@erictaysom.bsky.social
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
"But for liberalism to offer a persuasive alternative to the hateful and authoritarian snake oil coming from the right, it will have to be willing to have big conversations about virtue, meaning, and the good life."
"The right has not really surrendered in the fight against same-sex marriage." www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...
Marriage, Misogyny, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Right Is Offering a Morally Barren Vision of the Family
Liberals cannot allow the right to monopolize the discourse on virtue and the good life or they will cede space to their rigid and hierarchical visions.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"But for liberalism to offer a persuasive alternative to the hateful and authoritarian snake oil coming from the right, it will have to be willing to have big conversations about virtue, meaning, and the good life."
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we had decades of discourse about how the only possible solution to climate change was global-scale hair-shirtism and now--
This is incredible (good news too): “After a 40% fall in 2024 in battery equipment costs, it’s clear we’re on track for another major fall in 2025…The economics for batteries are unrecognizable, & the industry is only just getting to grips with this new paradigm”
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
we had decades of discourse about how the only possible solution to climate change was global-scale hair-shirtism and now--
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“You don’t owe anyone anything” has done apocalyptic damage to society
so much of our political discourse is just "my status as an X should liberate me from the requirement to be prosocial" for different values of X
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“You don’t owe anyone anything” has done apocalyptic damage to society
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
You meet the most interesting people online.
ok so apparently I have to give some backstory to this event.
(this is why a lot of my childhood stories are things like "And then the Patriarch of Constantinople poked his head round the door and said "Boys! Would you like a lift back to the city on my yacht?")
December 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You meet the most interesting people online.
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Liberal Currents being like “they’re persecuting Christians” while the Bulwark is like “the siege on LGBT Americans is obscene” is
the buddy cop team up of our decade
the buddy cop team up of our decade
"To deliberately target mass services during holy weeks of obligation in the Catholic church is just so wrong, especially during Christmas services where the story of the holy family's travel under government edict is a central part of the story."
www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war-o...
www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war-o...
Trump's War on Christmas Is a War on Liberalism
After decades of make-believe, the Trump administration is promising an actual war on Christmas that would traumatize religious communities with armed state power.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Liberal Currents being like “they’re persecuting Christians” while the Bulwark is like “the siege on LGBT Americans is obscene” is
the buddy cop team up of our decade
the buddy cop team up of our decade
I want to rub every non-interventionist's face in this until they either understand their ideas are stupid, or admit that they just don't think humans outside of their chosen identity are actually people.
The alternative to intervention is genocide. Because we can act, we have a duty to. Man up.
The alternative to intervention is genocide. Because we can act, we have a duty to. Man up.
the working assumption of NGOs and IGOs with contacts or staff in the city is that their people are dead.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I want to rub every non-interventionist's face in this until they either understand their ideas are stupid, or admit that they just don't think humans outside of their chosen identity are actually people.
The alternative to intervention is genocide. Because we can act, we have a duty to. Man up.
The alternative to intervention is genocide. Because we can act, we have a duty to. Man up.
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60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
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So much terrible writing and thinking about race and racism starts from trying to invent special rules for race and racism, rather than accepting the broad principles of “am I not a man and a brother?”.
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So much terrible writing and thinking about race and racism starts from trying to invent special rules for race and racism, rather than accepting the broad principles of “am I not a man and a brother?”.
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Which was something he shared with another bearded socialist political figure of the 19th century
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Which was something he shared with another bearded socialist political figure of the 19th century
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Not to cite a church father from a faith that I don’t believe in but Marx reviled gambling as providing the exact kind of false hope that the lefty defender of it in the screenshot uses to call it a potential point of relief
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Not to cite a church father from a faith that I don’t believe in but Marx reviled gambling as providing the exact kind of false hope that the lefty defender of it in the screenshot uses to call it a potential point of relief
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Counterpoint: if she cannot handle the task of "not saying racial slurs and not gesturing at her crotch" during anywhere from 4 to 8 hours, she's unfit for any job that involves working with the public. I feel like if you want socialism, then you need to understand that requires treating people well
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Counterpoint: if she cannot handle the task of "not saying racial slurs and not gesturing at her crotch" during anywhere from 4 to 8 hours, she's unfit for any job that involves working with the public. I feel like if you want socialism, then you need to understand that requires treating people well
Something actually non-political.
Iso's a fun artist, you should follow.
Iso's a fun artist, you should follow.
mouseworld... alternate universe? About a jaded detective who has to help out a small town girl whose husband mysteriously disappeared???
Commissioned by @dirtyriver from tumblr thank you so much for your support, this was a fun one!
Commissioned by @dirtyriver from tumblr thank you so much for your support, this was a fun one!
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Something actually non-political.
Iso's a fun artist, you should follow.
Iso's a fun artist, you should follow.
We are called to be peacemakers, and I must ask, what peace is possible here?
There is one side here who is at fault. One side who violently violated the rights of another. Peace requires them to stop and they continually choose not to.
So, again, what peace is possible for peacemakers here?
There is one side here who is at fault. One side who violently violated the rights of another. Peace requires them to stop and they continually choose not to.
So, again, what peace is possible for peacemakers here?
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We are called to be peacemakers, and I must ask, what peace is possible here?
There is one side here who is at fault. One side who violently violated the rights of another. Peace requires them to stop and they continually choose not to.
So, again, what peace is possible for peacemakers here?
There is one side here who is at fault. One side who violently violated the rights of another. Peace requires them to stop and they continually choose not to.
So, again, what peace is possible for peacemakers here?
It is once again that time of year when the ghosts of British folklorists and German nationalists from centuries past rise to possess the living and make them spout a whole bunch of rubbish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5v...
Christmas trees are not pagan
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It is once again that time of year when the ghosts of British folklorists and German nationalists from centuries past rise to possess the living and make them spout a whole bunch of rubbish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5v...
'Fetishes run amuck' being a useful frame in understanding both our government and body politic is deeply upsetting.
I do not like the reins of power being held by people with uncontrollable ageplay fantasies!!!
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
'Fetishes run amuck' being a useful frame in understanding both our government and body politic is deeply upsetting.
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2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late in most places! runforwhat.net
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late in most places! runforwhat.net
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See?
It's word-play.
It's funny.
I am funny!
Get your damn hands off that bottle!
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
It's word-play.
It's funny.
I am funny!
Get your damn hands off that bottle!
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
See?
It's word-play.
It's funny.
I am funny!
Get your damn hands off that bottle!
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
It's word-play.
It's funny.
I am funny!
Get your damn hands off that bottle!
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
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we should start calling undocumented immigrants “prenaturalized US citizens”
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
we should start calling undocumented immigrants “prenaturalized US citizens”
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THESE PEOPLE ARE FILTH
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
THESE PEOPLE ARE FILTH
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I love this. Instead of liberals simply whining about all the bad stuff Trump is doing to take over media, here's ACTUAL CREATIVE LEGAL THINKING ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT BACK.
This is exactly what we need! Will all this stuff work? No! But we need to TRY THINGS.
counterpunch.news/p/nexstar-go...
This is exactly what we need! Will all this stuff work? No! But we need to TRY THINGS.
counterpunch.news/p/nexstar-go...
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I love this. Instead of liberals simply whining about all the bad stuff Trump is doing to take over media, here's ACTUAL CREATIVE LEGAL THINKING ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT BACK.
This is exactly what we need! Will all this stuff work? No! But we need to TRY THINGS.
counterpunch.news/p/nexstar-go...
This is exactly what we need! Will all this stuff work? No! But we need to TRY THINGS.
counterpunch.news/p/nexstar-go...