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Reece Jones
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Professor of political geography at the University of Hawai'i; editor-in-chief of Geopolitics; author of Violent Borders, White Borders, Border Walls, and Nobody is Protected

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Reece Jones is an American political geographer and Guggenheim Fellow.

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Feb 12
My next book SMUGGLER with Greg Boos will be out in September 2026. Thrilled that HBO optioned the rights for a scripted series

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d
BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 7d
We're seeing similar things at Geopolitics. It's a huge problem without a clear solution
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 7d
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 9d
Great piece by @patrickobrienstrickland.com on the long history of racist invasion rhetoric inkstickmedia.com/the-long-oft...
The Long, Lethal History of Trump's 'Invasion' Rhetoric
In 2018, Trump began to routinely describe immigration as an ‘invasion.’ That rhetoric has fueled deadly violence for nearly two centuries.
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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 9d
Trying to remember what happened last time the largest Armada was assembled
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us. The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping. For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela. The Illegal Aliens and Criminals that the Maduro Regime has sent into the United States during the weak and inept Biden Administration, are being returned to Venezuela at a rapid pace. America will not allow Criminals, Terrorists, or other Countries, to rob, threaten, or harm our Nation and, likewise, will not allow a Hostile Regime to take our Oil, Land, or any other Assets, all of which must be returned to the United States, IMMEDIATELY. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us. The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping. For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela. The Illegal Aliens and Criminals that the Maduro Regime has sent into the United States during the weak and inept Biden Administration, are being returned to Venezuela at a rapid pace. America will not allow Criminals, Terrorists, or other Countries, to rob, threaten, or harm our Nation and, likewise, will not allow a Hostile Regime to take our Oil, Land, or any other Assets, all of which must be returned to the United States, IMMEDIATELY. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10d
Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 11d
It's also intergenerational. Both my daughter and I lived through school shootings in the spring semester of our freshman years of college. Me at UNC in 1995, her at MSU in 2023 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com

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Inkstick Media @inkstickmedia.com · 11d
In recent years, Trump has routinely described immigration as an ‘invasion.’ That rhetoric has fueled deadly violence for nearly two centuries.

By: @patrickobrienstrickland.com

inkstickmedia.com/the-long-oft...
The Long, Lethal History of Trump's 'Invasion' Rhetoric
In 2018, Trump began to routinely describe immigration as an ‘invasion.’ That rhetoric has fueled deadly violence for nearly two centuries.
inkstickmedia.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 13d
The goal of the Trump administration is an ethnic cleansing that is actively being enacted, and that promises to destroy the diversity & freedoms that were ever the strength of this imperfect nation.

My latest in @theguardian.com.

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The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
www.theguardian.com

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 16d
Am I the only one that gets 14 words vibes from this title? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must protect our borders to defend our democracies. Here's how
This is our strong message to our friends in Europe. Unless responsible governments reflect their citizens’ concerns, populists will win, say British PM Keir Starmer and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen
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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 17d
4) Somatic States: On Cartography, Geobodies, and Bodily Integrity by @frankbille.bsky.social with @dukepress.bsky.social

www.dukeupress.edu/somatic-states
Cover of Somatic States

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 17d
3) The Geopolitics of Fear: From Security to Solidarity at Europe's Racial Borders by Berna Turam with
@stanfordpress.bsky.social

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Cover of the Geopolitics of Fear

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 17d
2) Immigration Detention Inc. The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants by @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social and @drdconlon.bsky.social

50% off right now at @plutopress.bsky.social www.plutobooks.com/product/immi...
Cover of Immigration Detention Inc.

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 17d
I love it when my friends publish books and send me a copy. Here are four great ones I got this year:

1) The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe by @lunavives.bsky.social with @columbiaup.bsky.social

cup.columbia.edu/book/the-gat...
Cover of The Gates of the Sea

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 17d
“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”

“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”

www.wwltv.com/article/news...
'Go somewhere else': Manager locks Border Patrol out of Kenner store
In video shared with WWL, the manager can be heard taunting agents through the locked door.
www.wwltv.com

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Wearenotstupid!!!! @sjmedeiros111.bsky.social · 18d
How long are we as a civil society going to let ICE do what they are doing.?

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 21d
What to get for your bestie who's organizing neighborhood anti-ICE patrols
Unbuild Walls No Cop City No Cop World The Case For Open Borders Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence Border & Rule

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27d
Journalists speaking to any Administration official have a simple question to ask:

Please define “remigration”.

It’s now been officially and repeatedly stated as policy by DHS. So the American public has a right to know what that policy is.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Nov 25
Video of her being dragged by authorities in Ghana:

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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Geography and Environment @ UH-Manoa @hawaiigeography.bsky.social · Nov 25
📚 Lecture Recording Now Available

UH Mānoa Department of Educational Foundations has released the recorded lecture by Prof. Reece Jones on his book Nobody Is Protected.

🎥 Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_DJ...
Title image of Prof. Reece Jones' talk with a photo of Prof. Jones.

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Nov 25
Operation Stonegarden, which allows DHS to pay local police to patrol with the Border Patrol, got $450 billion in additional funding in the big beautiful bill

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · Nov 25
Kristi Noem says 223 people were arrested in a multi-state roadway operation with Indiana police. Advocates say these sweeps often target workers and long-time residents.

Read: indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/30/n...
Noem announces 223 immigration arrests in roadway blitz with Indiana State Police • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said "Operation Midway Blitz" has yielded 3,000-plus arrests through deals with locals.
indianacapitalchronicle.com

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Nov 22
As a historian, I have been torturing myself by watching some of the series that the White House in cooperation with Hillsdale College produced about American Independence (tellingly, they avoid the word "revolution").

There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · Nov 22
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · Nov 20
The federal government just dismissed charges against this woman who it had accused of deliberately attacking its agents and trying to kill them. Instead, it now appears they tried to murder her. Will Chicago or Illinois police prosecute?

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Nov 19
I always tell my students that Republicans are the best postmodernists www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Nov 19
Wrong guay

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · Nov 18
NEW: In light of widespread allegations of civil rights violations arising from Trump's immigration crackdown, Democrats are renewing efforts to pass legislation to hold federal agents individually accountable:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats target federal officials accused of civil rights violations in new legislation
Lawmakers are launching a new effort to close a legal loophole that means federal officials, including law enforcement agents, cannot be sued for constitutional violations.
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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Nov 18
The Supreme Court said in Almeida-Sanchez (1973) that the Border Patrol needs a warrant, consent, or probable cause to search, just like all other police. I cover that case in my book Nobody is Protected 2/2 counterpointpress.com/books/nobody-is-protected/ share.google/FVlBQJNnOkhp...
Nobody is Protected
An urgent look at the U.S. Border Patrol from its xenophobic founding to its assault on the Fourth Amendment in its quest to become a national police forceLate one July night in 2020, armed men, id…
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