Philippe Duhart
@philippeduhart.bsky.social
Professor of sociology and criminology at Cal Poly Pomona researching state repression, counterterrorism, and postfascism.
In national security circles, “smart” doesn’t mean what you think it means: “He wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle…And people way smarter than me on that say that he will.”
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles may have given up the game, admitting that the Trump administration’s strike on alleged “drug boats” in the Caribbean Sea is an effort to bring about regime change in Venezuela, rather than a war on drug trafficking. trib.al/vvRtkd9
Trump Chief of Staff Admits Real Reason Behind “Drug Boat” Strikes
Susie Wiles gave an explanation that contradicts the administration’s public talking points.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In national security circles, “smart” doesn’t mean what you think it means: “He wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle…And people way smarter than me on that say that he will.”
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kind of interesting that we aren’t seeing any protests rise up against this obvious big step toward absolute censorial repression of any and all political enemies, both real and perceived www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
kind of interesting that we aren’t seeing any protests rise up against this obvious big step toward absolute censorial repression of any and all political enemies, both real and perceived www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
This morning's reading.
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This morning's reading.
Los Angeles’s Bridge of Sighs, the passageway between the jail and Hall of Justice. Photo from 1921.
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Los Angeles’s Bridge of Sighs, the passageway between the jail and Hall of Justice. Photo from 1921.
I unceremoniously deactivated my account at the other place, rather unceremoniously. Felt like I had to tell somebody.
December 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I unceremoniously deactivated my account at the other place, rather unceremoniously. Felt like I had to tell somebody.
Biden commuted Leonard Peltier’s sentence.
January 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Biden commuted Leonard Peltier’s sentence.
The incoming chair of the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Rep. August Pfluger, not so subtly links counterterrorism to the new Cold War and immigration. Surprised he didn’t add drug cartels but I didn’t read the full statement.
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The incoming chair of the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Rep. August Pfluger, not so subtly links counterterrorism to the new Cold War and immigration. Surprised he didn’t add drug cartels but I didn’t read the full statement.
Happy spring semester to those who celebrate. To the rest of you, bon courage.
January 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy spring semester to those who celebrate. To the rest of you, bon courage.
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Gaza Ceasefire: Palestinian Lawyer Says Women, Children Released by Israel Faced Torture, Starvation
Gaza Ceasefire: Palestinian Lawyer Says Women, Children Released by Israel Faced Torture, Starvation
As the ceasefire in Gaza has entered its second day and appears to be holding, we begin our coverage in Ramallah. “We’re hoping that it will continue, the Israelis will continue to release prisoners....
www.democracynow.org
January 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Gaza Ceasefire: Palestinian Lawyer Says Women, Children Released by Israel Faced Torture, Starvation
The magic word “preemption” has done a lot, maybe as much as has “terrorism,” to usher in the transnational authoritarianism that is coming to define the contemporary era.
January 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The magic word “preemption” has done a lot, maybe as much as has “terrorism,” to usher in the transnational authoritarianism that is coming to define the contemporary era.
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You read this and it’s clear, on a basic editorial level, NYT doesn’t consider Palestinians fully human. Every Palestinian is presumed a cartoon terrorist, every Israeli a smol civilian. If you’re Arab, show trials by occupying armies and “admin detention” magically turn a hostage into a “prisoner”
What’s behind the uneven exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners?
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January 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
You read this and it’s clear, on a basic editorial level, NYT doesn’t consider Palestinians fully human. Every Palestinian is presumed a cartoon terrorist, every Israeli a smol civilian. If you’re Arab, show trials by occupying armies and “admin detention” magically turn a hostage into a “prisoner”
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The ceasefire is not an excuse to stop speaking about Gaza and Palestine. Now, more than ever, we must demand accountability. Everyone who participated in the slaughter of so many thousands of Palestinians must be punished. Israel cannot be allowed to repeat this.
January 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The ceasefire is not an excuse to stop speaking about Gaza and Palestine. Now, more than ever, we must demand accountability. Everyone who participated in the slaughter of so many thousands of Palestinians must be punished. Israel cannot be allowed to repeat this.
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Khalida Jarrar: Who is the recently freed Palestinian prisoner? - https://www.middleeasteye.net/profiles/khalida-jarrar-palestine-freed-prisoner
Khalida Jarrar: Who is the recently freed Palestinian prisoner?
A lifelong feminist and rights activist, the senior PFLP figure has been an Israeli target for decades
www.middleeasteye.net
January 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Khalida Jarrar: Who is the recently freed Palestinian prisoner? - https://www.middleeasteye.net/profiles/khalida-jarrar-palestine-freed-prisoner
Just here to let you all know there’s a ceasefire that may have hopefully ended that genocide that’s been ongoing.
January 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Just here to let you all know there’s a ceasefire that may have hopefully ended that genocide that’s been ongoing.
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EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with Drop Site News, senior Hamas official Dr. Basem Naim said the group intends to uphold its side of the “ceasefire” deal—
January 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with Drop Site News, senior Hamas official Dr. Basem Naim said the group intends to uphold its side of the “ceasefire” deal—
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Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians waiting outside Ofer Prison ahead of the prisoner release under the ceasefire agreement, according to medical sources.
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January 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians waiting outside Ofer Prison ahead of the prisoner release under the ceasefire agreement, according to medical sources.
🔴 LIVE updates: http://aje.io/ra03xo
🔴 LIVE updates: http://aje.io/ra03xo
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Razed to dust, this is what Israel's apocalyptic erasure of Northern Gaza looks like. Palestinians are "returning" to nuclear-scale desolation.
January 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Razed to dust, this is what Israel's apocalyptic erasure of Northern Gaza looks like. Palestinians are "returning" to nuclear-scale desolation.
Israel gets sixty more days of war? That’s not how ceasefires work.
NEW: A permanent ceasefire has been announced between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, to be fully implemented over the course of 60 days. This is a positive though much belated step, explains @nancyokail.bsky.social.
Read the full statement: internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Read the full statement: internationalpolicy.org/publications...
November 26, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Israel gets sixty more days of war? That’s not how ceasefires work.
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"Just minutes after President Biden announced that a ceasefire agreement had been reached, an Israeli airstrike once again hit in the heart of Beirut," NYT reports.
"It appears the fighting is set to continue until it formally goes into effect at 4 a.m. local time in Israel and Lebanon."
"It appears the fighting is set to continue until it formally goes into effect at 4 a.m. local time in Israel and Lebanon."
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
"Just minutes after President Biden announced that a ceasefire agreement had been reached, an Israeli airstrike once again hit in the heart of Beirut," NYT reports.
"It appears the fighting is set to continue until it formally goes into effect at 4 a.m. local time in Israel and Lebanon."
"It appears the fighting is set to continue until it formally goes into effect at 4 a.m. local time in Israel and Lebanon."
“…moments after.”
Israeli airstrikes shook Lebanon's capital, Beirut, moments after US President Biden announced that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to a ceasefire deal.
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November 26, 2024 at 9:51 PM
“…moments after.”
The other place is a ghost town and it’s like detention here. Going back to basics.
November 26, 2024 at 9:37 PM
The other place is a ghost town and it’s like detention here. Going back to basics.
Maximum damage right up to the ceasefire seems to be the MO.
November 26, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Maximum damage right up to the ceasefire seems to be the MO.
Revise and resubmit. By gar it’s been awhile.
November 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Revise and resubmit. By gar it’s been awhile.