Alonso Duralde
@aduralde.bsky.social
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Alonso Duralde
@aduralde.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Hey! My book is now on sale everywhere (you’ll probably have better luck getting it online than from bookstores, alas), but come buy a signed copy at one of the following events! Thread:
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This has become about Trump claiming the right to subdue, menace, and assault any population he considers in opposition to him. ICE is his private army.
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 4:10 AM
This has become about Trump claiming the right to subdue, menace, and assault any population he considers in opposition to him. ICE is his private army.
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From Echo Park Tenants Union, 10 people taken today in Echo Park/Silver Lake. Some were gardners, painters, and workers. All of them my neighbors.
January 10, 2026 at 4:21 AM
From Echo Park Tenants Union, 10 people taken today in Echo Park/Silver Lake. Some were gardners, painters, and workers. All of them my neighbors.
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I'd love to see a reporter ask rank-and-file ICE agents if they understand that the administration is clearly hoping one of them gets killed out there.
"Are you ready to give your life to become a meme pushed by incels on Twitter for a couple days?"
"Are you ready to give your life to become a meme pushed by incels on Twitter for a couple days?"
The White House surely wants to see one of these ICE crackdowns lead to violent pushback. They've got untrained unqualified goons acting with impunity. It seems deliberately designed to provoke an incident.
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, said agents told her in the truck that if she didn’t watch herself “they were going to pull me over to the side of the road and give me this OC,” law enforcement shorthand for pepper spray.
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I'd love to see a reporter ask rank-and-file ICE agents if they understand that the administration is clearly hoping one of them gets killed out there.
"Are you ready to give your life to become a meme pushed by incels on Twitter for a couple days?"
"Are you ready to give your life to become a meme pushed by incels on Twitter for a couple days?"
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In the civil rights movement, they used to say that the agitator was the part in a washing machine designed to get all the dirt out.
DOOCY: Vance yesterday suggested Renee Good was part of a broad left-wing network. What has your team told you about this? Who is in charge of it?
TRUMP: I haven't seen the vice president's statement but he's generally very accurate. She was an agitator. Probably a paid agitator. She was not normal
TRUMP: I haven't seen the vice president's statement but he's generally very accurate. She was an agitator. Probably a paid agitator. She was not normal
January 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
In the civil rights movement, they used to say that the agitator was the part in a washing machine designed to get all the dirt out.
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Apparently this also applies to his Secret Police force.
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Apparently this also applies to his Secret Police force.
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President Sundown McGoodbrain thinks he won all three times in Minnesota despite losing all three times.
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
President Sundown McGoodbrain thinks he won all three times in Minnesota despite losing all three times.
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The next NO KINGS rally is going to feature a ton of "Don't Tread on Me" flags.
January 9, 2026 at 11:13 PM
The next NO KINGS rally is going to feature a ton of "Don't Tread on Me" flags.
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This is a big one. The Washington National Opera was one of the Kennedy Center's few mainstays, and this break is evidence that the Trump-zombie version is simply not a viable arts venue. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
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January 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
This is a big one. The Washington National Opera was one of the Kennedy Center's few mainstays, and this break is evidence that the Trump-zombie version is simply not a viable arts venue. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
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In October, a poll showed Americans opposed it by a 2-to-1 ratio, and I'd imagine the numbers have only gotten worse since then.
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
In October, a poll showed Americans opposed it by a 2-to-1 ratio, and I'd imagine the numbers have only gotten worse since then.
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This is a completely reasonable way for any top official to address Trump, given the entirety of his record. You get the discourse you deserve; you receive the courtesy from your opponents that you extend to them.
You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
This is a completely reasonable way for any top official to address Trump, given the entirety of his record. You get the discourse you deserve; you receive the courtesy from your opponents that you extend to them.
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Vance is the embodiment of the cowardice and complicity in the GOP.
In a blink of an eye, Vance went from decrying Trump as a dangerous nut who would be "America's Hitler" to happily serving as his loyal little lickspittle. He can't be shamed, but he should still be insulted as often as possible.
In a blink of an eye, Vance went from decrying Trump as a dangerous nut who would be "America's Hitler" to happily serving as his loyal little lickspittle. He can't be shamed, but he should still be insulted as often as possible.
Shapiro: J.D. Vance is profoundly and pathetically a weak human being, and he does whatever he thinks his boss wants him to do.
What we need right now is not idiotic gaslighting from the sitting VP
He should be ashamed of himself—and he’s not. I think that speaks to the weakness of his character.
What we need right now is not idiotic gaslighting from the sitting VP
He should be ashamed of himself—and he’s not. I think that speaks to the weakness of his character.
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Vance is the embodiment of the cowardice and complicity in the GOP.
In a blink of an eye, Vance went from decrying Trump as a dangerous nut who would be "America's Hitler" to happily serving as his loyal little lickspittle. He can't be shamed, but he should still be insulted as often as possible.
In a blink of an eye, Vance went from decrying Trump as a dangerous nut who would be "America's Hitler" to happily serving as his loyal little lickspittle. He can't be shamed, but he should still be insulted as often as possible.
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Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social enjoyed the monkeyshines of Primate. #filmsky 📽
PRIMATE Movie Review | Johnny Sequoyah | Troy Kotsur | Horror
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January 10, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social enjoyed the monkeyshines of Primate. #filmsky 📽
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Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social went LIVE on YouTube to talk about the week’s entertainment news. #filmsky 📽
Movie News LIVE! Jan. 9, 2026 | Golden Globes | Actor Awards | Stranger Things
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January 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social went LIVE on YouTube to talk about the week’s entertainment news. #filmsky 📽
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The CBS Evening News, once a leader in journalism, is now basically the kid who didn't do the reading bullshitting his way through a book report.
Every night, it's just going to be 22 soft-focus minutes about how America truly *is* a land of contrasts and we'll just have to leave it there.
Every night, it's just going to be 22 soft-focus minutes about how America truly *is* a land of contrasts and we'll just have to leave it there.
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
The CBS Evening News, once a leader in journalism, is now basically the kid who didn't do the reading bullshitting his way through a book report.
Every night, it's just going to be 22 soft-focus minutes about how America truly *is* a land of contrasts and we'll just have to leave it there.
Every night, it's just going to be 22 soft-focus minutes about how America truly *is* a land of contrasts and we'll just have to leave it there.
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Look, I don't think it would be wise to protest ICE with a sign that reads WE'RE ALL SORRY ABOUT WHATEVER WENT WRONG WITH YOUR PENIS given how they seem to be violent, reckless assholes who will lash out at you because they desperately need to prove to themselves they're still Real Men.
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Look, I don't think it would be wise to protest ICE with a sign that reads WE'RE ALL SORRY ABOUT WHATEVER WENT WRONG WITH YOUR PENIS given how they seem to be violent, reckless assholes who will lash out at you because they desperately need to prove to themselves they're still Real Men.
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They still believe no one should tread on *them* personally.
Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-R): "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
They still believe no one should tread on *them* personally.
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Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
When Vance insists, contra the videos, that Good threatened the ICE agent and "had it coming", what he means is that he, like Ross, feels threatened by any woman who has the audacity to use her voice in the public sphere.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
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Okay, a diversion: SAG, the DGA, and the PGA are turning a kind of boring awards season into an enjoyably loony one. The PGA list: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty S., One Battle, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams, Weapons. Headline: No Avatar, no Wicked. From producers, that's big.
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Okay, a diversion: SAG, the DGA, and the PGA are turning a kind of boring awards season into an enjoyably loony one. The PGA list: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty S., One Battle, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams, Weapons. Headline: No Avatar, no Wicked. From producers, that's big.
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This ICE agent lost it and killed an innocent woman. Despite the bloodthirsty braying of JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., and Tom Cotton that this is exculpatory, that is what this video "proves." I didn't think Vance could be more of a moral abomination after "They're eating the pets," but I was wrong.
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This ICE agent lost it and killed an innocent woman. Despite the bloodthirsty braying of JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., and Tom Cotton that this is exculpatory, that is what this video "proves." I didn't think Vance could be more of a moral abomination after "They're eating the pets," but I was wrong.
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Remember, when Vance was caught spewing racist lies that Haitian immigrants were eating people's pets, he admitted that "if I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do."
Proudly, openly a liar.
Proudly, openly a liar.
ah. they all got the memo
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January 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Remember, when Vance was caught spewing racist lies that Haitian immigrants were eating people's pets, he admitted that "if I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do."
Proudly, openly a liar.
Proudly, openly a liar.
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Wrote a pair of CAMPAIGN TRAILS posts this week about authoritarians trying to rewrite the past.
First off, this piece on the Trump White House's ridiculous effort to spin the events of January 6th around.
First off, this piece on the Trump White House's ridiculous effort to spin the events of January 6th around.
Rewriting History
The term "revisionist history" routinely gets thrown around in popular discourse as a shorthand for "lying about the past."
I've noted before that this is actually quite different from how historians...
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January 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Wrote a pair of CAMPAIGN TRAILS posts this week about authoritarians trying to rewrite the past.
First off, this piece on the Trump White House's ridiculous effort to spin the events of January 6th around.
First off, this piece on the Trump White House's ridiculous effort to spin the events of January 6th around.
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I've offered to Zoom with Aaron's class anytime he wants, and that offer goes for any other teacher or professor whose administration has banned WHITE FLIGHT from their classroom.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social Thought you should know that five days before class starts, Tarleton U (part of the A&M system) explained to me that I wasn't allowed to teach your book "White Flight" because the title has the word "White" in it.
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I've offered to Zoom with Aaron's class anytime he wants, and that offer goes for any other teacher or professor whose administration has banned WHITE FLIGHT from their classroom.
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Democrats should demand the dismantling of ICE, congressional hearings into its operations and prosecution of its worst offenders, but at the VERY least they must refuse to spend our tax money to fund these masked goons who are terrorizing our communities.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Democrats should demand the dismantling of ICE, congressional hearings into its operations and prosecution of its worst offenders, but at the VERY least they must refuse to spend our tax money to fund these masked goons who are terrorizing our communities.