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We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

despite everything, i still believe in the potential of humankind to create utopia. but it will require hard work, courage, and above all else extremely deep v-necks that go almost down to the dick

THREAD. This week, the New York Times published a hagiography of a ruthless drug war prosecutor. I want to make a few important points about the most important kinds of misinformation that regularly appear in the New York Times and other mainstream news outlets.

Fuck jingoism.

Fuck nativism.

Fuck bigotry.

Fuck nationalism.

Fuck ethno-nationalism.

Fuck Christian nationalism.

Fuck white supremacy.

Fuck colonialism.

Fuck patriotism, the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Fuck the fourth of July.

crimethinc.com/July4

So go shoot off some fireworks and scare all the dogs and wildlife to celebrate a country that has never once in its history come anywhere close to deserving your respect.

There's literally no point in demanding an end to authoritarian despots, if we we don't also dismantle the source of their power, the enforcers of that state domination.

All Cats Are Beautiful

I keep thinking of the people who hid folks during the third reich. Specifically after one man was praised for being so brave but he did not agree and stated regret to not just opposing the nazis aggressively at the begining.

no human being is immune to bricks

“Why is Elon’s coup not on the front page of the New York Times???”

idk, probably because the NYT is a puzzle game app that happens to also release articles about how trans people aren’t real but are also somehow a menace. It’s like asking why there isn’t a sonnet printed on your toilet paper

At anytime we can choose to stop listening to like 300 people ya know?

beyond the state

While I have always held the belief that travel nursing was a form of scabbing I would caution folks more about considering it as the state is looking to remove labor rights and attempt to dismantle union rights.

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

Viva la revolución motherfuckers

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

If Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") agents enter the healthcare facility in which you work, here is what you need to know to protect yourself, your patients, and your license.

Idk. Maybe governments are bad.