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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
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Some people have to experiment a lot with gender, some people don't know they're trans early in, there's no changing that.
But for many trans kids it's absolutely clear who they are from a young age. Any professional could tell you that, and the research backs that up.
But for many trans kids it's absolutely clear who they are from a young age. Any professional could tell you that, and the research backs that up.
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Some people have to experiment a lot with gender, some people don't know they're trans early in, there's no changing that.
But for many trans kids it's absolutely clear who they are from a young age. Any professional could tell you that, and the research backs that up.
But for many trans kids it's absolutely clear who they are from a young age. Any professional could tell you that, and the research backs that up.
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Trump wants you to think your problems are caused by immigrants.
The reality is that if you're out of a job, a corporation offshored or automated your job. Corporations are squeezing and pricing us out of healthcare. Corporations are buying up our homes.
The reality is that if you're out of a job, a corporation offshored or automated your job. Corporations are squeezing and pricing us out of healthcare. Corporations are buying up our homes.
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Trump wants you to think your problems are caused by immigrants.
The reality is that if you're out of a job, a corporation offshored or automated your job. Corporations are squeezing and pricing us out of healthcare. Corporations are buying up our homes.
The reality is that if you're out of a job, a corporation offshored or automated your job. Corporations are squeezing and pricing us out of healthcare. Corporations are buying up our homes.
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This book really affected me, I think because the narrative vividly illustrates in such a personal way how everything works in practice bsky.app/profile/dipl...
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, by Nathan Thrall is very good and highlights the draconian geographical limitations placed on Palestinians under occupation, and how they are *literally* fatal.
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This book really affected me, I think because the narrative vividly illustrates in such a personal way how everything works in practice bsky.app/profile/dipl...
“(This is how men behave.)”
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“(This is how men behave.)”
It’s so important to hear from ppl in the Twin Cities. My friends in the suburbs there are fully activated: delivering groceries, dropping handwarmers at detention center protests, and—heartbreakingly—slowing to check the backseats of abandoned cars for kids left by ICE in life-threatening temps.
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
It’s so important to hear from ppl in the Twin Cities. My friends in the suburbs there are fully activated: delivering groceries, dropping handwarmers at detention center protests, and—heartbreakingly—slowing to check the backseats of abandoned cars for kids left by ICE in life-threatening temps.
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NEW: State troopers and conservation officers from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, with the assistance of Minneapolis Police and the University of Minnesota Police, arrested 67 protesters after threatening arrests over an LRAD mounted on a UMNPD Jeep.
State and Local Police Make Mass Arrest After Noise Demo at Hotel Housing ICE Agents - UNICORN RIOT
A medley of state and local police officers arrested nearly 70 protesters after the third noise demo at the Graduate Hotel for hosting ICE agents.
unicornriot.ninja
February 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
NEW: State troopers and conservation officers from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, with the assistance of Minneapolis Police and the University of Minnesota Police, arrested 67 protesters after threatening arrests over an LRAD mounted on a UMNPD Jeep.
“I continue to be amazed that we live in a society where even a cup of hot coffee comes with cautionary warnings, yet I can walk into a courtroom with my liberty at stake and not get so much as a trustworthy guide. A pamphlet, a map, something. Anything.”
inquest.org/39-years/
inquest.org/39-years/
39 Years - Shebri Dillon - Inquest
I rejected a plea deal and chose instead to go to trial. I would not understand until too late that I had placed a target on my back.
inquest.org
February 1, 2026 at 8:14 AM
“I continue to be amazed that we live in a society where even a cup of hot coffee comes with cautionary warnings, yet I can walk into a courtroom with my liberty at stake and not get so much as a trustworthy guide. A pamphlet, a map, something. Anything.”
inquest.org/39-years/
inquest.org/39-years/
A succinct account of why this administration’s “mass deportations” are a danger & a menace to American society.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/26/i...
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/26/i...
How ICE and Border Patrol Keep Injuring and Killing People
After shooting people, federal agents repeatedly failed to provide first aid, and officials spun narratives disproven by video.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:39 PM
A succinct account of why this administration’s “mass deportations” are a danger & a menace to American society.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/26/i...
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/26/i...
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“[The Federal occupation of the city] want to pick off a few people and bring them up on charges. That might still happen, but it will be a farce of a trial. If there’s a conspiracy, it’s the entire city conspiring to be free.”
From Minneapolis: I've Never Seen Unity Like This
or: a report from my first day in Minneapolis
margaretkilljoy.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM
“[The Federal occupation of the city] want to pick off a few people and bring them up on charges. That might still happen, but it will be a farce of a trial. If there’s a conspiracy, it’s the entire city conspiring to be free.”
Protest is righteous! Disruption of Mass has historically been controversial; ie, the Stop the Church action by ACT UP (which I personally find incredibly affecting but many organizers within the group worried was counterproductive in its level of confrontation).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_th...
January 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Protest is righteous! Disruption of Mass has historically been controversial; ie, the Stop the Church action by ACT UP (which I personally find incredibly affecting but many organizers within the group worried was counterproductive in its level of confrontation).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_th...
Finished the audiobook of DOPPELGÄNGER read & written by @naomiaklein.bsky.social last night & I wish I could experience it again for the 1st time. Ingeniously balancing personal and structural, it’s a wide-ranging exploration of the maddening doubling that characterizes rightwing ideas these days.
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Finished the audiobook of DOPPELGÄNGER read & written by @naomiaklein.bsky.social last night & I wish I could experience it again for the 1st time. Ingeniously balancing personal and structural, it’s a wide-ranging exploration of the maddening doubling that characterizes rightwing ideas these days.
I watched SENTIMENTAL VALUE this past weekend on a plane and found it very moving. I usually do not go for movies about directors making movies, but the family dynamics—particularly the sisters’ relationship—and the emotions of letting go of a family home got me. 🎥🦋💙
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I watched SENTIMENTAL VALUE this past weekend on a plane and found it very moving. I usually do not go for movies about directors making movies, but the family dynamics—particularly the sisters’ relationship—and the emotions of letting go of a family home got me. 🎥🦋💙
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This continues to get lost, but Miller is sinking massive resources into boosting the sheer numbers of deportations (to shift the ethnic mix of the country) at the expense of public safety.
This is empirically the case. It's almost never explained this way.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
This is empirically the case. It's almost never explained this way.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
January 22, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This continues to get lost, but Miller is sinking massive resources into boosting the sheer numbers of deportations (to shift the ethnic mix of the country) at the expense of public safety.
This is empirically the case. It's almost never explained this way.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
This is empirically the case. It's almost never explained this way.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
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I don't know how to convey to people that POLICING in the US is experienced by countless Black and brown people in the way that ICE is currently acting towards people.
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I don't know how to convey to people that POLICING in the US is experienced by countless Black and brown people in the way that ICE is currently acting towards people.
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It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
They almost killed this child and disappeared his dad with our tax dollars.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
They almost killed this child and disappeared his dad with our tax dollars.
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And here's a resource that explains why it's critical to focus on FOPs in order to divest from policing: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
Fight the (FOP) Power! — Interrupting Criminalization
A resource explaining why it is important to focus on police fraternal organizations as we work to divest from policing and create safer communities, including FAQs and core strategies for challenging...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
And here's a resource that explains why it's critical to focus on FOPs in order to divest from policing: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
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The NYPD kidnapped the mayor’s daughter to get him to decry the BLM protests.
Mayor after mayor of the country’s most powerful city has kowtowed to their power. Local governments across the country fear their unions and increase their budgets giving them more power.
They will not save us from ICE
Mayor after mayor of the country’s most powerful city has kowtowed to their power. Local governments across the country fear their unions and increase their budgets giving them more power.
They will not save us from ICE
January 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The NYPD kidnapped the mayor’s daughter to get him to decry the BLM protests.
Mayor after mayor of the country’s most powerful city has kowtowed to their power. Local governments across the country fear their unions and increase their budgets giving them more power.
They will not save us from ICE
Mayor after mayor of the country’s most powerful city has kowtowed to their power. Local governments across the country fear their unions and increase their budgets giving them more power.
They will not save us from ICE
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies