David Ambaras
@borderlander62.bsky.social
Historian. Author, Japan's Imperial Underworlds: Intimate Encounters At the Borders of Empire (2018), Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan (2006). Co-director, https://bodiesandstructures.org. Also shitposts.
Pinned
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Shameful capitulation to extortion, plus NU helps legitimate the Trump administration's disingenuous claim that this is about combating antisemitism. And it comes after the faculty voted overwhelmingly against any sort of capitulation.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Shameful capitulation to extortion, plus NU helps legitimate the Trump administration's disingenuous claim that this is about combating antisemitism. And it comes after the faculty voted overwhelmingly against any sort of capitulation.
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“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Nobody cares about Grandpa anymore
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Turning Point USA plans to support JD Vance in 2028 presidential election, Erika Kirk says – live
Kirk told Megyn Kelly in interview that one of the last conversations she had with Charlie Kirk before his death was about ‘intentional’ support for vice-president
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Nobody cares about Grandpa anymore
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Well I'm convinced
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Well I'm convinced
No.
This has been another installment of simple answers to stupid questions.
This has been another installment of simple answers to stupid questions.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
No.
This has been another installment of simple answers to stupid questions.
This has been another installment of simple answers to stupid questions.
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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On Nov. 22, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor at University of Oklahoma, was boarding a flight to attend the Middle East Studies Assn mtg in Washington, D.C. when he was detained by ICE.
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On Nov. 22, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor at University of Oklahoma, was boarding a flight to attend the Middle East Studies Assn mtg in Washington, D.C. when he was detained by ICE.
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
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Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
Again with the "Yes Kings" thing. Not gonna happen, old man
Things are going well over on Truth Social, where Trump just reposted AI Slop of himself as what I can only describe as imperial Lannister cosplay, with prominent Democrats kneeling at his feet
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Again with the "Yes Kings" thing. Not gonna happen, old man
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War criminal says what
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
War criminal says what
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The US is turning into Russia
Big, yearlong investigation from @NBCNews.com landed today:
"Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The US is turning into Russia
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
I can go for being' twice as nice
I can go for just repeating
The same old lines
Use the body
Now you want my soul
Ooh, forget about it
Now say, "no go"
I can go for just repeating
The same old lines
Use the body
Now you want my soul
Ooh, forget about it
Now say, "no go"
"You got to know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
And know when to run,
You never count your money,
When you're sitting at the table,
There'll be time enough for counting,
When the dealing's done"
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
And know when to run,
You never count your money,
When you're sitting at the table,
There'll be time enough for counting,
When the dealing's done"
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I can go for being' twice as nice
I can go for just repeating
The same old lines
Use the body
Now you want my soul
Ooh, forget about it
Now say, "no go"
I can go for just repeating
The same old lines
Use the body
Now you want my soul
Ooh, forget about it
Now say, "no go"
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ICE point gun at father in front of son—drag him out of truck by smashing window.
"Please put the gun down! That's my dad!" son cries. "You're hurting him... Look he's bleeding!"
"Why did you break window? He wasn't doing anything."
Club Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Please put the gun down! That's my dad!" son cries. "You're hurting him... Look he's bleeding!"
"Why did you break window? He wasn't doing anything."
Club Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina.
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
ICE point gun at father in front of son—drag him out of truck by smashing window.
"Please put the gun down! That's my dad!" son cries. "You're hurting him... Look he's bleeding!"
"Why did you break window? He wasn't doing anything."
Club Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Please put the gun down! That's my dad!" son cries. "You're hurting him... Look he's bleeding!"
"Why did you break window? He wasn't doing anything."
Club Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina.
"As I told Trump today" tells you all you need to know about who ran the meeting
Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"As I told Trump today" tells you all you need to know about who ran the meeting
"One day, lad, all this will be yours"
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"One day, lad, all this will be yours"
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
I'm old enough to remember when Paul Ryan squealing "Mitt Romney is a car guy" during the 2012 VP debate was the most embarrassing phrase
“I’m a Grok guy” is the single most embarrassing phrase ever uttered in the course of human history.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I'm old enough to remember when Paul Ryan squealing "Mitt Romney is a car guy" during the 2012 VP debate was the most embarrassing phrase
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Mamdani controlled the narrative, controlled the optics, looked charming, comfortable and confident AF and somehow managed to get Trump to speak *his* language -- prices, affordability, building houses -- all while standing on business, denouncing genocide and calling a fascist.. a fascist. Amazing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Mamdani controlled the narrative, controlled the optics, looked charming, comfortable and confident AF and somehow managed to get Trump to speak *his* language -- prices, affordability, building houses -- all while standing on business, denouncing genocide and calling a fascist.. a fascist. Amazing.
No, she's already got a bleach job
No, she’s gonna take the Auburn job…
Marjorie Taylor Greene taking the LSU job?!
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
No, she's already got a bleach job