Jon Orris
@orrisjd.bsky.social
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Understanding society is dangerous to reactionaries selling racial animus & crushing austerity, while enriching the rich
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Understanding society is dangerous to reactionaries selling racial animus & crushing austerity, while enriching the rich
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A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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"Just move on," he screams.
In which Jeffrey Epstein, who laundered money for the Russians, explains how Donald Trump was doing exactly the same thing, and how this accounts for most of his wealth.
February 7, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"Just move on," he screams.
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This deserves to be spread as far and wide as what happened to Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
February 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This deserves to be spread as far and wide as what happened to Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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I’m reminded how in the Eastman coup memo, he outlines an elaborate roleplaying scenario where Democrats are cowed into submission because… there’s a Larry Tribe quote that maybe sorta supports them if you squint.
Toddlers have a stronger theory of mind.
Toddlers have a stronger theory of mind.
February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I’m reminded how in the Eastman coup memo, he outlines an elaborate roleplaying scenario where Democrats are cowed into submission because… there’s a Larry Tribe quote that maybe sorta supports them if you squint.
Toddlers have a stronger theory of mind.
Toddlers have a stronger theory of mind.
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So, which senior Trump official is Gabbard covering up for? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
So, which senior Trump official is Gabbard covering up for? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co
February 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
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It makes sense once you understand that he’s determined these people have no real rights beyond the border at all.
Yes but have you considered that it is in fact not
February 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It makes sense once you understand that he’s determined these people have no real rights beyond the border at all.
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NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees.
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
ICE Is Treating Trans Immigrants With A New Level Of Cruelty
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees.
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Our Congressional leaders are going to have to learn how to not just legislate but also to degrade and delegitimize the regime. The fight against ICE is a good first step, but we must broaden it out to include his illegal tariffs, his monumental corruption, his desecration of the Capital, etc.....
People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Our Congressional leaders are going to have to learn how to not just legislate but also to degrade and delegitimize the regime. The fight against ICE is a good first step, but we must broaden it out to include his illegal tariffs, his monumental corruption, his desecration of the Capital, etc.....
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Kash Patel, a podcaster selected because of his fierce loyalty to the President, told FBI agents not to investigate the details on Renee Good's shooting because it would contradict the President. Fact matter less than the King's opinion in a personalist regime.
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Kash Patel, a podcaster selected because of his fierce loyalty to the President, told FBI agents not to investigate the details on Renee Good's shooting because it would contradict the President. Fact matter less than the King's opinion in a personalist regime.
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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What an amazing achievement.
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 4:48 AM
What an amazing achievement.
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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ICE deported 4 Haitian women from Puerto Rico—they have now been found dead & decapitated.
At least 18 Haitian deportees have been murdered upon return—with 9 linked to Puerto Rico.
"Deporting them is condemning them to death," said community leader.
Gangs kidnap women to demand ransom.
At least 18 Haitian deportees have been murdered upon return—with 9 linked to Puerto Rico.
"Deporting them is condemning them to death," said community leader.
Gangs kidnap women to demand ransom.
February 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
ICE deported 4 Haitian women from Puerto Rico—they have now been found dead & decapitated.
At least 18 Haitian deportees have been murdered upon return—with 9 linked to Puerto Rico.
"Deporting them is condemning them to death," said community leader.
Gangs kidnap women to demand ransom.
At least 18 Haitian deportees have been murdered upon return—with 9 linked to Puerto Rico.
"Deporting them is condemning them to death," said community leader.
Gangs kidnap women to demand ransom.
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“Putting kids in cages is so morally bankrupt it’s beyond words.”
Liam was one of hundreds of kids in this facility. Now, my constituent Diana is locked up there, surely frightened and traumatized. Putting kids in cages is so morally bankrupt it’s beyond words.
Release them all.
Release them all.
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:18 AM
“Putting kids in cages is so morally bankrupt it’s beyond words.”
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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moral rot.
She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility | CNN
As a mother drove her 10-year-old girl to the bus stop, they were intercepted by federal agents. The fourth-grader thought the officers were going to take her to school. Instead, she was put on a plan...
www.cnn.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
moral rot.
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Impeach and remove Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, for this and many other reasons.
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Impeach and remove Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, for this and many other reasons.
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If this is true--it cements the US-Russian alliance. The USA becomes formally the enemy of freedom. Own up to this Republicans.
⚡️Zelensky says Russia presented $12 trillion economic plan to US, called 'Dmitriev package.'
President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.
Zelensky warns of 'risk' US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv
"We clearly state that Ukraine will not support even potential agreements about us without us," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
kyivindependent.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM
If this is true--it cements the US-Russian alliance. The USA becomes formally the enemy of freedom. Own up to this Republicans.
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it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!
Just heard back from DHS on why they abruptly expedited Ramos' asylum hearing:
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
February 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!
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I will never understand people who see this little girl who's only known America, screaming for a cat she'll never see, becoming ill, withdrawing, losing vision from accidentally(?) being hit in the face in DHS detention, and say "Good" that her life was destroyed
I don't *want* to understand them
I don't *want* to understand them
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I will never understand people who see this little girl who's only known America, screaming for a cat she'll never see, becoming ill, withdrawing, losing vision from accidentally(?) being hit in the face in DHS detention, and say "Good" that her life was destroyed
I don't *want* to understand them
I don't *want* to understand them
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Do not let any Republican today get away with the “I haven’t seen the video/image” bullshit. Do not let ANY of them get away with that cowardly bullshit today.
February 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Do not let any Republican today get away with the “I haven’t seen the video/image” bullshit. Do not let ANY of them get away with that cowardly bullshit today.