Parker Johnson
@parkercj50.bsky.social
(he/him). US person residing in Canada. Living toward collective liberation.
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We want ICE out of our state.
We want this terror to stop.
We want this terror to stop.
January 14, 2026 at 3:03 AM
We want ICE out of our state.
We want this terror to stop.
We want this terror to stop.
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Thread. [the shorthand about her that is often uplifted on social media always does her a disservice and also does Rosa Parks one too. Glad for this thread]
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Thread. [the shorthand about her that is often uplifted on social media always does her a disservice and also does Rosa Parks one too. Glad for this thread]
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over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
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32 people died in ICE custody last year — the agency’s deadliest year in over two decades.
Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.
Cashing in on cruelty.
January 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
32 people died in ICE custody last year — the agency’s deadliest year in over two decades.
Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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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...
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in the 4th grade we were taught: slave catchers were un-American thugs, those who helped escaping slaves were heroes, & unjust laws like the Fugitive Slave Act are meant to challenge us as patriots, to show through risking arrest that everyone knows laws about catching people aren't themselves legal
We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
Gateway to Freedom
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom., Gateway to Freedom, The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, Eric Foner, 9780...
wwnorton.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
in the 4th grade we were taught: slave catchers were un-American thugs, those who helped escaping slaves were heroes, & unjust laws like the Fugitive Slave Act are meant to challenge us as patriots, to show through risking arrest that everyone knows laws about catching people aren't themselves legal
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Sam Alito's repeated, sneering "what is a woman, oh can anyone just claim to be a woman" questions at this Supreme Court oral argument suggest that his brain is, if possible, even more pickled in right-wing media than I thought
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Sam Alito's repeated, sneering "what is a woman, oh can anyone just claim to be a woman" questions at this Supreme Court oral argument suggest that his brain is, if possible, even more pickled in right-wing media than I thought
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They refused to probe a murder. The people with consciences walked out.
🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
They refused to probe a murder. The people with consciences walked out.
🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
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On Jan. 7, Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, sparking national outrage and protests condemning the organization and national government. Teen Vogue spoke to young people marching in NYC, where DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was speaking, to share their thoughts.
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
On Jan. 7, Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, sparking national outrage and protests condemning the organization and national government. Teen Vogue spoke to young people marching in NYC, where DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was speaking, to share their thoughts.
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once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...
Trump appalls with attack on Civil Rights Act: 'White people very badly treated'
Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Monday after he complained to the New York Times that the Civil Rights Act – the landmark 1964 legislation that outlawed racial discrimination – was “unfair i...
www.rawstory.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...
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From anti ICE to anti policing to abolition.
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
From anti ICE to anti policing to abolition.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
youtube.com/watch? “We are sutured to each other” Ross Gay
The Poetry of Joy and Connection | Ross Gay & Thomas Hübl | Point of Relation Podcast
YouTube video by Thomas Hübl
youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
youtube.com/watch? “We are sutured to each other” Ross Gay
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Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
January 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
youtube.com/watch?v=9aRc... Resisting US imperialism and invasion
Armed Venezuelan Civilians SHOCK Trump-Here’s What the Media Hid
YouTube video by Katie Halper
youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=9aRc... Resisting US imperialism and invasion
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1000 days ago we woke up to my then 3 year old asking me if I could turn that horrible sound (of gunshots and explosions) off, because it’s scary. My heart goes out to everyone, especially those parenting while surviving this war in Sudan and elsewhere. May it all end inshallah. Everywhere.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
1000 days ago we woke up to my then 3 year old asking me if I could turn that horrible sound (of gunshots and explosions) off, because it’s scary. My heart goes out to everyone, especially those parenting while surviving this war in Sudan and elsewhere. May it all end inshallah. Everywhere.
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Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen is blunt:
If the U.S. attacks a NATO ally, the post-WWII order dies and America becomes the threat NATO was built to stop.👀
If the U.S. attacks a NATO ally, the post-WWII order dies and America becomes the threat NATO was built to stop.👀
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen is blunt:
If the U.S. attacks a NATO ally, the post-WWII order dies and America becomes the threat NATO was built to stop.👀
If the U.S. attacks a NATO ally, the post-WWII order dies and America becomes the threat NATO was built to stop.👀
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1. The DOJ has not released 99% of the Epstein Files, in direct violation of the law
They claim the delay is necessary to review the files
But here is the thing: The DOJ previously claimed THE REVIEW WAS COMPLETE IN JULY
They claim the delay is necessary to review the files
But here is the thing: The DOJ previously claimed THE REVIEW WAS COMPLETE IN JULY
DOJ admits it has still not released 99% of Epstein files, violating law
The DOJ said it is still reviewing millions of Epstein files, after previously claiming it completed the review in July
popular.info
January 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
1. The DOJ has not released 99% of the Epstein Files, in direct violation of the law
They claim the delay is necessary to review the files
But here is the thing: The DOJ previously claimed THE REVIEW WAS COMPLETE IN JULY
They claim the delay is necessary to review the files
But here is the thing: The DOJ previously claimed THE REVIEW WAS COMPLETE IN JULY
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Meteor Borealis
A single exposure made with a camera pointed almost due north recorded this bright Perseid meteor in the night sky west of Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
August, 2024
📷: Jason Dain
A single exposure made with a camera pointed almost due north recorded this bright Perseid meteor in the night sky west of Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
August, 2024
📷: Jason Dain
January 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Meteor Borealis
A single exposure made with a camera pointed almost due north recorded this bright Perseid meteor in the night sky west of Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
August, 2024
📷: Jason Dain
A single exposure made with a camera pointed almost due north recorded this bright Perseid meteor in the night sky west of Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
August, 2024
📷: Jason Dain
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So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
White House's newly-posted "timeline" of Jan 6 blames Capitol Police for Jan 6, which included an attack on ..... Capitol Police
January 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
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Casualties taken to Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah following an Israeli army attack on Birzeit University.
Israeli school assault wounds dozens of Palestinians in West Bank raid
Casualties taken to Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah following an Israeli army attack on Birzeit University.
www.aljazeera.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Casualties taken to Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah following an Israeli army attack on Birzeit University.