Bob Libal
@blibal.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Organizer. Immigration & criminal justice advocate.
Those of us protesting the Iraq War were considered naive kids.
Turns out the people in power were war-mongering liars who plunged the region into a generational disaster…
Turns out the people in power were war-mongering liars who plunged the region into a generational disaster…
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Those of us protesting the Iraq War were considered naive kids.
Turns out the people in power were war-mongering liars who plunged the region into a generational disaster…
Turns out the people in power were war-mongering liars who plunged the region into a generational disaster…
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Trump has no right to take us to war with Venezuela. This is reckless and illegal.
Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him.
My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.
Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him.
My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.
January 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Trump has no right to take us to war with Venezuela. This is reckless and illegal.
Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him.
My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.
Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him.
My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.
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Just a few weeks ago, these guys said jurisdiction was so powerful that the US could not recall its own detainees from CECOT in El Salvador…
#theyllsayanything
#theyllsayanything
Actually, that exactly how JURISDICTION works unless you have an extradition treaty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Just a few weeks ago, these guys said jurisdiction was so powerful that the US could not recall its own detainees from CECOT in El Salvador…
#theyllsayanything
#theyllsayanything
Look, I’m no international law expert…
But if the standard for invading a country and deposing their leaders is now that they conspired to obtain machine guns, wouldn’t it apply to every country with a military?
But if the standard for invading a country and deposing their leaders is now that they conspired to obtain machine guns, wouldn’t it apply to every country with a military?
January 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Look, I’m no international law expert…
But if the standard for invading a country and deposing their leaders is now that they conspired to obtain machine guns, wouldn’t it apply to every country with a military?
But if the standard for invading a country and deposing their leaders is now that they conspired to obtain machine guns, wouldn’t it apply to every country with a military?
If the forbidders have no comment on forbidden courses they must remain thusly forbidden….
New Forbidden Course at Bari Weiss’s University of Austin: watching bootleg copies of 60 Minutes smuggled in from Canada
December 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If the forbidders have no comment on forbidden courses they must remain thusly forbidden….
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December 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m extremely proud to join the board of the non-profit that supports the amazing and venerable @texasobserver.org!
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New AP poll has Trump's approval on immigration down to an abysmal 38% as he rants psychotically about "shithole countries," smears Somalis, threatens large-scale denaturalization and remigration, and openly pines for more white immigrants and fewer nonwhite ones
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
New AP poll has Trump's approval on immigration down to an abysmal 38% as he rants psychotically about "shithole countries," smears Somalis, threatens large-scale denaturalization and remigration, and openly pines for more white immigrants and fewer nonwhite ones
If I were @ginafortexas.bsky.social, I would hold events in front of every school slated to close — including ours — as part of her campaign.
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If I were @ginafortexas.bsky.social, I would hold events in front of every school slated to close — including ours — as part of her campaign.
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
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Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
Honored to have worked with some great folks on this project for @sentencingproject.bsky.social that came out today!
Check out this new brief w/ @sentencingproject.bsky.social on how to get people w/ convictions who can vote out to the polls! W/ @blibal.bsky.social @nicoledporter.bsky.social #RobStewart
Summarizes existing and emerging research that partners w/ community orgs already doing the work!
Summarizes existing and emerging research that partners w/ community orgs already doing the work!
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Honored to have worked with some great folks on this project for @sentencingproject.bsky.social that came out today!
Our dystopian present: Masked government agents using AI to scan random people’s faces for their status….
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our dystopian present: Masked government agents using AI to scan random people’s faces for their status….
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Am I reading this correctly: the firms that opposed Trump's intimidation tactics have suffered no consequences, whereas the firms that struck deals gave away $900 million while jeopardizing any work with clients who have interests at odds with the government?
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
October 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Am I reading this correctly: the firms that opposed Trump's intimidation tactics have suffered no consequences, whereas the firms that struck deals gave away $900 million while jeopardizing any work with clients who have interests at odds with the government?
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
Democratic text machinery has really jumped the shark…
(Spoiler: no mention of corruption case or being the private prison industry’s favorite congressional D in the introduction….)
(Spoiler: no mention of corruption case or being the private prison industry’s favorite congressional D in the introduction….)
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Democratic text machinery has really jumped the shark…
(Spoiler: no mention of corruption case or being the private prison industry’s favorite congressional D in the introduction….)
(Spoiler: no mention of corruption case or being the private prison industry’s favorite congressional D in the introduction….)
Try imagining the reaction if Obama did this....
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Try imagining the reaction if Obama did this....
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🏎️ The crowd at Austin’s Formula 1 Grand Prix made their feelings loud and clear.
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🏎️ The crowd at Austin’s Formula 1 Grand Prix made their feelings loud and clear.
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Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
A truly impressive number of No Kings protests happening in Texas this weekend!
October 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A truly impressive number of No Kings protests happening in Texas this weekend!
Good piece for understanding Abbott and our political moment
There’s something missing in Greg Abbott. Over the last decade, he seems to have learned to fill it by moving troops around, a hobby which is having a stranger and stranger effect on his country as time goes by: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
What the Texas National Guard Deployment Tells Us About Greg Abbott
Our governor can be a maddeningly inscrutable figure. His latest exercise in ordering troops around can help us understand him.
www.texasmonthly.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Good piece for understanding Abbott and our political moment
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This is a very strong reason to vote FOR Prop. Q
Man, Mackowiak and Save Austin Now making a big Nextdoor push against Prop Q.
October 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very strong reason to vote FOR Prop. Q
My kid’s beloved school is shutting down. Abbott’s sending millions to send unwanted troops to Chicago.
Maybe keep the schools open instead?
Maybe keep the schools open instead?
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
My kid’s beloved school is shutting down. Abbott’s sending millions to send unwanted troops to Chicago.
Maybe keep the schools open instead?
Maybe keep the schools open instead?
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Abbott egged on the Jade Helm conspiracists, who claimed that a military training operation was actually Obama invading the state of Texas.
Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.
Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
October 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Abbott egged on the Jade Helm conspiracists, who claimed that a military training operation was actually Obama invading the state of Texas.
Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.
Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.
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Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"
September 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"
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Out today: Some friends had rented the Airbnb for 3 days to celebrate a pair of birthdays. There were beers, arepas, and a birthday cake. They were planning to blow out candles and sing the following day.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.
Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.
A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven…
www.texasobserver.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Out today: Some friends had rented the Airbnb for 3 days to celebrate a pair of birthdays. There were beers, arepas, and a birthday cake. They were planning to blow out candles and sing the following day.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.
As a someone currently on parental leave, I really like appreciate @colinallredtx.bsky.social talking about this
I was the first member of Congress to take paternity leave.
There’s no substitute for time spent.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As a someone currently on parental leave, I really like appreciate @colinallredtx.bsky.social talking about this