Elliot Sperber
@elliotsperber.bsky.social
Lawyer. Human rights. Degrowth. Bylines here and there. He/him
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Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen
Thomas Paine: “the strength and powers of despotism consist wholly in the fear of resisting it”
February 1, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Thomas Paine: “the strength and powers of despotism consist wholly in the fear of resisting it”
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“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
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"News outlets across the political spectrum need to loudly defend [independent journalists Don] Lemon’s and [Georgia] Fort’s rights. Journalists are not making themselves the story, Trump is.”
Full Freedom of the Press Foundation statement below.
Full Freedom of the Press Foundation statement below.
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"News outlets across the political spectrum need to loudly defend [independent journalists Don] Lemon’s and [Georgia] Fort’s rights. Journalists are not making themselves the story, Trump is.”
Full Freedom of the Press Foundation statement below.
Full Freedom of the Press Foundation statement below.
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if you've ever posted on here or in a personal group chat that you can't believe that this is where we are, read this entire article.
THIS IS PAR FOR THE COURSE!
during a time when buildings were DECLARED accessible, this Black person was brutalized for seeking shelter.
THIS IS PAR FOR THE COURSE!
during a time when buildings were DECLARED accessible, this Black person was brutalized for seeking shelter.
On a night of life-threatening cold, a homeless person entered a Lansing bus station seeking refuge from the freezing temperatures.
Video shows police slamming them to the ground and pinning them with knees on their neck as they plead, "I'm here because it's cold outside, and I have nowhere to go."
Video shows police slamming them to the ground and pinning them with knees on their neck as they plead, "I'm here because it's cold outside, and I have nowhere to go."
‘I Have Nowhere to Go!’: Michigan Cops Caught on Video Abusing Homeless Black Person Who Entered Bus Station for Warmth During Freezing Temperatures
"Caught on video: Michigan cops brutalize homeless Black person seeking shelter in freezing temperatures. Shocking abuse unfolds at city'...
atlantablackstar.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
if you've ever posted on here or in a personal group chat that you can't believe that this is where we are, read this entire article.
THIS IS PAR FOR THE COURSE!
during a time when buildings were DECLARED accessible, this Black person was brutalized for seeking shelter.
THIS IS PAR FOR THE COURSE!
during a time when buildings were DECLARED accessible, this Black person was brutalized for seeking shelter.
Looking at all the piled up snow I wonder whether the libraries and playgrounds will ever carry and loan people shovels. Shovel Share
January 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Looking at all the piled up snow I wonder whether the libraries and playgrounds will ever carry and loan people shovels. Shovel Share
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Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
Throw ice in the river
January 28, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Throw ice in the river
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New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:44 PM
New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Snow is nice, but fuck ICE
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Snow is nice, but fuck ICE
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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democratic commitment to preserving and reforming a nightmare state security organ that’s less than 25 years old *even now* is both craven and betrays such a profound impoverishment of ideas beyond a nonnegotiable given of a withdrawing state where only a giant repressive apparatus can and must grow
We should not fund DHS without serious reform. We could return CBP to border. We could require warrants for immigration arrests. We could beef up training and require identification.
The list of possible reforms is long. What's unacceptable is the current lawless status quo.
The list of possible reforms is long. What's unacceptable is the current lawless status quo.
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 PM
democratic commitment to preserving and reforming a nightmare state security organ that’s less than 25 years old *even now* is both craven and betrays such a profound impoverishment of ideas beyond a nonnegotiable given of a withdrawing state where only a giant repressive apparatus can and must grow
The fish rots from the head.
The best defense is a good offense.
The best defense is a good offense.
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 AM
The fish rots from the head.
The best defense is a good offense.
The best defense is a good offense.
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ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
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I want to go on the record as being pro-banishment for any & all fascist collaborators.
Every one of those Dems should get every inbox they've got flooded with every picture of every ICE atrocity until they're driven from office.
The seven Democrats who sided with Republicans were Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Don Davis (N.C.), Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) and Vicente Gonzalez (Texas).
January 23, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I want to go on the record as being pro-banishment for any & all fascist collaborators.
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Something lost on JD Vance—and much of the news media—is that no legal or other reason existed to arrest the 5-year-old child’s father either. Not even the administration has articulated any reason to cage people while their asylum or other cases are proceeding.
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Something lost on JD Vance—and much of the news media—is that no legal or other reason existed to arrest the 5-year-old child’s father either. Not even the administration has articulated any reason to cage people while their asylum or other cases are proceeding.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
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The Pentagon is drawing up plans to invade a US city
NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The Pentagon is drawing up plans to invade a US city
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He opened the door to let his friend inside, and as he went to close the door, an ICE officer shot him in the leg.
The DHS said he “began to resist and violently assault the officer.”
They are trying to gaslight us. They will not succeed.
The DHS said he “began to resist and violently assault the officer.”
They are trying to gaslight us. They will not succeed.
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week • Minnesota Reformer
Two videos add new details to what happened before and after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. One video, a livestream of a...
minnesotareformer.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
He opened the door to let his friend inside, and as he went to close the door, an ICE officer shot him in the leg.
The DHS said he “began to resist and violently assault the officer.”
They are trying to gaslight us. They will not succeed.
The DHS said he “began to resist and violently assault the officer.”
They are trying to gaslight us. They will not succeed.
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This is what you do when you’re running death camps
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is what you do when you’re running death camps
Someone’s gotta just grab that guy with a big ol butterfly net
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Someone’s gotta just grab that guy with a big ol butterfly net
The precedent for Trump dismantling well-established institutions and causing mass destruction is Biden and Gaza.
January 20, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The precedent for Trump dismantling well-established institutions and causing mass destruction is Biden and Gaza.
The irony of Scalia saying “the Constitution is dead dead dead”
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM
The irony of Scalia saying “the Constitution is dead dead dead”