R2-JL
@r2-jl.bsky.social
I'm into video games, public transit, and not saying too much on the internet.
See also kind.social/@r2jl
See also kind.social/@r2jl
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The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing."
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
Breaking MS NOW:
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, Ohio, a community that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance targeted during the 2024 campaign, falsely accusing the community ...
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing."
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
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If anybody out there is like, “kids so young would never do this without adult prompting!“
1) you really don’t know kids
2) when Reagan met with Gorbachev, I was in 5th grade & still managed to get my class to sign an anti-nuke petition
Don’t underestimate how much the kids are paying attention
1) you really don’t know kids
2) when Reagan met with Gorbachev, I was in 5th grade & still managed to get my class to sign an anti-nuke petition
Don’t underestimate how much the kids are paying attention
Younger kid's whole middle school walked out today in solidarity with Minnesota. Apparently there were 13 year olds getting up and making impromptu speeches. They didn't prep a chant in advance, so they settled on "F*ck ICE"
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
If anybody out there is like, “kids so young would never do this without adult prompting!“
1) you really don’t know kids
2) when Reagan met with Gorbachev, I was in 5th grade & still managed to get my class to sign an anti-nuke petition
Don’t underestimate how much the kids are paying attention
1) you really don’t know kids
2) when Reagan met with Gorbachev, I was in 5th grade & still managed to get my class to sign an anti-nuke petition
Don’t underestimate how much the kids are paying attention
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Starlight tours. This is as American as apple pie.
"Healthcare workers confirm that ICE is abandoning half-naked kidnapping victims in the woods of Minnesota to die. "Individuals have shown up in emergency rooms who require amputations—some with cracked skulls." (1/29/26)"
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
From the ICE_Watch community on Reddit: Healthcare workers confirm that ICE is abandoning half-naked kidnapping victims in the woods of Minnesota to die. "Individuals have shown up in emergency rooms ...
Explore this post and more from the ICE_Watch community
www.reddit.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Starlight tours. This is as American as apple pie.
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It's funny how all these billionaires started buying up all the social media apps, newspapers, and television networks right as all these revelations were starting to come out.
Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:38 AM
It's funny how all these billionaires started buying up all the social media apps, newspapers, and television networks right as all these revelations were starting to come out.
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Elites have been doing sex crimes while forcing the rest of us to say "grape" and "unalive" to avoid having our posts taken down
Not being able to accurately describe abuse makes people (especially children) vulnerable to it
Not being able to accurately describe abuse makes people (especially children) vulnerable to it
Every major website/company now: Yeah if we find out you post or look at a boob we will freeze all your accounts without warning
The CEO of every major website/company over Gmail: Oh Jeffrey you are simply a hoot. Lovely spending time with you on Party Pervert Pedo Island
Jeffrey Epstein: yeag ,
The CEO of every major website/company over Gmail: Oh Jeffrey you are simply a hoot. Lovely spending time with you on Party Pervert Pedo Island
Jeffrey Epstein: yeag ,
Me: If I post any NSFW art I might lose job opportunities or even have my payment methods or bank accounts frozen
Every third dude in politics and tech: Hello Mister Pedophile may I request passage to Nubile Redhead Beach it seemed ever so interesting. Best Regards
Jeffrey Epstein: yea h / .,
Every third dude in politics and tech: Hello Mister Pedophile may I request passage to Nubile Redhead Beach it seemed ever so interesting. Best Regards
Jeffrey Epstein: yea h / .,
January 31, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Elites have been doing sex crimes while forcing the rest of us to say "grape" and "unalive" to avoid having our posts taken down
Not being able to accurately describe abuse makes people (especially children) vulnerable to it
Not being able to accurately describe abuse makes people (especially children) vulnerable to it
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34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
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We should hold government employees accountable for assaulting law abiding citizens and attempting to silence their constitutionally protected speech.
February 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
We should hold government employees accountable for assaulting law abiding citizens and attempting to silence their constitutionally protected speech.
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The nazis redistributed the stolen property of deported Jews to the German population. It was called Aryanization.
This is no different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...
This is no different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The nazis redistributed the stolen property of deported Jews to the German population. It was called Aryanization.
This is no different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...
This is no different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...
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I almost didn’t write this post because it was so obvious. But apparently it wasn’t. presswatchers.org/2026/01/jour...
February 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I almost didn’t write this post because it was so obvious. But apparently it wasn’t. presswatchers.org/2026/01/jour...
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
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We are killing children all around the world because a handful of rich people who don’t understand the science think it is worse to be neurodivergent than it is to be dead.
U.S. ultimatum to vaccine group: No more funds unless you stop using thimerosal
This mercury-containing compound, used as a vaccine preservative, is commonly used in lower-income countries — and deemed safe. The U.S. is now demanding that Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance stop using it.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:16 AM
We are killing children all around the world because a handful of rich people who don’t understand the science think it is worse to be neurodivergent than it is to be dead.
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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Let’s try this one in foreign correspondent voice:
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Let’s try this one in foreign correspondent voice:
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
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Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
All about "reactionary centrism"
Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.
www.volts.wtf
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
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The national press desperately misses having Biden around to beat up, so they are vowing to make the 2028 Dem primary all about Biden ... and having the gall to pretend that it's *voters* who want this.
January 30, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The national press desperately misses having Biden around to beat up, so they are vowing to make the 2028 Dem primary all about Biden ... and having the gall to pretend that it's *voters* who want this.
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Pinning the communication failure on Biden and his age is pure cope, a way to avoid having to grapple with the utter wreckage of our information environment more broadly. The fact is, the system is set up to make it effectively impossible to convey positive news about Dems to voters. Period.
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Pinning the communication failure on Biden and his age is pure cope, a way to avoid having to grapple with the utter wreckage of our information environment more broadly. The fact is, the system is set up to make it effectively impossible to convey positive news about Dems to voters. Period.
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Are Democratic politicians ready to accept that most Americans who say "border security" don't mean border security, they mean make the country whiter?
Under Obama, the US increased security assets along the US-Mexico border, including patrols and drones. Few who demand "border security" cared.
Under Obama, the US increased security assets along the US-Mexico border, including patrols and drones. Few who demand "border security" cared.
January 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Are Democratic politicians ready to accept that most Americans who say "border security" don't mean border security, they mean make the country whiter?
Under Obama, the US increased security assets along the US-Mexico border, including patrols and drones. Few who demand "border security" cared.
Under Obama, the US increased security assets along the US-Mexico border, including patrols and drones. Few who demand "border security" cared.
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I can't emphasize how radical this all is. There's never been a bill to mass invalidate driver's licenses at this scale. It will create immense fear for trans people. They could be pulled over and arrested for driving with an invalid license. They could be ratted out by people around them.
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I can't emphasize how radical this all is. There's never been a bill to mass invalidate driver's licenses at this scale. It will create immense fear for trans people. They could be pulled over and arrested for driving with an invalid license. They could be ratted out by people around them.
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It plainly invalidates all driver's licenses held by trans people if they've changed their gender markers. It requires them to turn those licenses over.
They don't have a list to check but now any out trans person could be ratted out by family, friends or coworkers and have their licenses revoked.
They don't have a list to check but now any out trans person could be ratted out by family, friends or coworkers and have their licenses revoked.
January 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It plainly invalidates all driver's licenses held by trans people if they've changed their gender markers. It requires them to turn those licenses over.
They don't have a list to check but now any out trans person could be ratted out by family, friends or coworkers and have their licenses revoked.
They don't have a list to check but now any out trans person could be ratted out by family, friends or coworkers and have their licenses revoked.
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Want to re-emphasize what this bill does. It implements a $1,000 bounty for anyone to sue someone they suspect is trans and using the bathroom.
January 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Want to re-emphasize what this bill does. It implements a $1,000 bounty for anyone to sue someone they suspect is trans and using the bathroom.
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"Should we freak out that Trump sent his masked goons to a polling place in a key state?"
How is it even possible that this is a question? Has no one learned anything?
Listen to Hasen:
How is it even possible that this is a question? Has no one learned anything?
Listen to Hasen:
Trump’s Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not.
Was this a dry run?
slate.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"Should we freak out that Trump sent his masked goons to a polling place in a key state?"
How is it even possible that this is a question? Has no one learned anything?
Listen to Hasen:
How is it even possible that this is a question? Has no one learned anything?
Listen to Hasen:
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This is not a "possibility," it is very, very obviously what's currently happening. The only reason people in power want to view it as a possibility rather than an ongoing fact is that they are scared of the implications. If it's the latter, they have to *do* something. History calls. It's scary!
"The most disturbing possibility is that the president is creating a militia which answers only to himself ... Abroad, from El Salvador to the Philippines, would-be despots often turn the army and the police against their people in the name of keeping order." www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence
Is America’s president building his own paramilitary militia?
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This is not a "possibility," it is very, very obviously what's currently happening. The only reason people in power want to view it as a possibility rather than an ongoing fact is that they are scared of the implications. If it's the latter, they have to *do* something. History calls. It's scary!
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This is why there is no free speech without anonymous speech.
This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.
This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.
This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Homeland Security wants to know who's anonymously posting about ICE
www.politico.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This is why there is no free speech without anonymous speech.
This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.
This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.
This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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“Parents should absolutely have the right to choose not to vaccinate” is not a pro-vaccine position. It’s the MAHA premise. It treats children as objects of parental choice rather than persons with independent claims to health.
The first time I remember praying for death I was 7 or 8 years old. The nuns said to offer my suffering up to Jesus. I had Crohn’s disease. Pediatric treatments existed, I never got them
Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...
Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
“Parents should absolutely have the right to choose not to vaccinate” is not a pro-vaccine position. It’s the MAHA premise. It treats children as objects of parental choice rather than persons with independent claims to health.