🌺Rani
@eraniel.bsky.social
Just a person on the internet who hates fascism and anti-intellectualism.
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Every racist & brutal system has been “laying about like a loaded weapon” (Korematsu, Justice Jackson) for a moment like this. Racism & inequality is the gateway. And it is the infrastructure that will hold up the worst of this authoritarian regime. GIFT LINK
www.wsj.com/us-news/ango...
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Trump Plans to Send Immigrant Detainees to Notorious Louisiana Prison
Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular prison rodeo.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Every racist & brutal system has been “laying about like a loaded weapon” (Korematsu, Justice Jackson) for a moment like this. Racism & inequality is the gateway. And it is the infrastructure that will hold up the worst of this authoritarian regime. GIFT LINK
www.wsj.com/us-news/ango...
www.wsj.com/us-news/ango...
I signed this petition organized by Oregonizers. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as well?
Tell Tom Homan: Face the People of Oregon at Wyden’s Town Hall · Oregonizers
Tom Homan says he’s coming to Portland.
Senator Ron Wyden says: “Fine. But you’re going to face the people.”
This is The Oregon Way—open, public, and face-to-face.
Senator Wyden holds town halls in e...
www.mobilize.us
July 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I signed this petition organized by Oregonizers. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as well?
Flames. Flames Flames.
On the side of my face.
Gift article.
On the side of my face.
Gift article.
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Flames. Flames Flames.
On the side of my face.
Gift article.
On the side of my face.
Gift article.
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
@propublica.org Are Trump's DOJ and HHS taking credit for work done/continued under Merrick Garland? Today's announcement seemed to crib directly from last year's statement.
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
Justice Department Announces Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action
This is archived content from the U.S. Department of Justice website. The information here may be outdated and links may no longer function. Please contact webmaster@usdoj.gov if you have any question...
www.justice.gov
June 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@propublica.org Are Trump's DOJ and HHS taking credit for work done/continued under Merrick Garland? Today's announcement seemed to crib directly from last year's statement.
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
Long and detailed, as is Sen. Whitehouse's wont, but always worth the time.
The tale of Trump and “his” justices — you need to understand this to understand what went down at the Supreme Court. The commonly understood story is wrong.
So here we go 🧵
So here we go 🧵
June 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Long and detailed, as is Sen. Whitehouse's wont, but always worth the time.
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Allowing immigration agents to identify people using face recognition technology, which is notoriously biased and unreliable, is a recipe for disaster.
Congress must put an end to this dangerous practice.
Congress must put an end to this dangerous practice.
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
www.404media.co
June 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Allowing immigration agents to identify people using face recognition technology, which is notoriously biased and unreliable, is a recipe for disaster.
Congress must put an end to this dangerous practice.
Congress must put an end to this dangerous practice.
Since Trump is getting his war advice from Fox News, shouldn't their hosts have to go through Senate confirmation?
June 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Since Trump is getting his war advice from Fox News, shouldn't their hosts have to go through Senate confirmation?
Today's mood:
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj
April 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Today's mood:
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🚨🚨 IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ!! 🚨🚨
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🚨🚨 IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ!! 🚨🚨
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
Need to buy a President? Just buy his meme coin! It's anonymous and legal bribery. Are we great yet?
Trump’s Biggest Corruption is Flying Under the Radar
The scale of corruption in Trump’s White House has been stunning and unprecedented.
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Need to buy a President? Just buy his meme coin! It's anonymous and legal bribery. Are we great yet?
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Here is a lady who used to teach kindergarten, shooting down a cruise missile.
Can some mealy-mouthed fossilized jackass like Tommy Tuberville please explain to me, what the fuck is a "woke" military?
Can some mealy-mouthed fossilized jackass like Tommy Tuberville please explain to me, what the fuck is a "woke" military?
Brave Ukraine defender Natalia Grabarchuk, a former kindergarten teacher, stopped a Russian cruise missile from killing civilians, including children in 2024. #3E #IWD #InternationalWomensDay
March 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Here is a lady who used to teach kindergarten, shooting down a cruise missile.
Can some mealy-mouthed fossilized jackass like Tommy Tuberville please explain to me, what the fuck is a "woke" military?
Can some mealy-mouthed fossilized jackass like Tommy Tuberville please explain to me, what the fuck is a "woke" military?
This is the shit that pisses me off the most. The horrors and extreme stress our people are going through in dangerous posts. And the summarily fired ones struggle to get back and end up literally homeless upon their return.
DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
March 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is the shit that pisses me off the most. The horrors and extreme stress our people are going through in dangerous posts. And the summarily fired ones struggle to get back and end up literally homeless upon their return.
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Senator Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor on Friday to break down the corruption flowing from the WH. He connects the dots, and makes a clear argument regarding who what where and why Shitler and Muskrat are destroying our govt!! This needs to be shared far and wide!!
youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Senator Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor on Friday to break down the corruption flowing from the WH. He connects the dots, and makes a clear argument regarding who what where and why Shitler and Muskrat are destroying our govt!! This needs to be shared far and wide!!
youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
Prof @timothysnyder.bsky.social again reminding us that the defending of our values, of values and decency themselves, is desperately important to pull back from the fascist pit we are swiftly falling towards.
Antisemitism in the Oval Office
A confrontation seen with a historian's eye
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Prof @timothysnyder.bsky.social again reminding us that the defending of our values, of values and decency themselves, is desperately important to pull back from the fascist pit we are swiftly falling towards.
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He’s doing it for free? Nope. Follow the money and see where it goes.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
March 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
He’s doing it for free? Nope. Follow the money and see where it goes.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
@mcuban.bsky.social Do you have EU or other wealthy contacts that can help these organizations? We need the appropriated funds to be released but they need immediate help!
DOGE’s Foreign Aid Cuts Have Sparked ‘Total Chaos’ Around the World
Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free-speech initiatives and put the lives of their staff at risk.
www.wired.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social Do you have EU or other wealthy contacts that can help these organizations? We need the appropriated funds to be released but they need immediate help!
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Every accusation is an intention.
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every accusation is an intention.
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Trump and Musk are doing a $350 billion pump and dump with your tax money. Trump’s “Crypto Reserve” is a money laundering scheme and you are being robbed blind.
March 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Trump and Musk are doing a $350 billion pump and dump with your tax money. Trump’s “Crypto Reserve” is a money laundering scheme and you are being robbed blind.
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March 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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This is 100% bullshit. There are no algorithms. Musk and his incel clown posse are not forensic accountants and do not know how to audit. Discovering fraud is a labor-intensive project that can never be done by looking at payments alone. This is just a thinly-veiled rationale to gut Social Security.
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is 100% bullshit. There are no algorithms. Musk and his incel clown posse are not forensic accountants and do not know how to audit. Discovering fraud is a labor-intensive project that can never be done by looking at payments alone. This is just a thinly-veiled rationale to gut Social Security.
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Beyond parody — after taking a blowtorch to the federal government the Trump administration is now in court saying they can’t obey court orders because their staff has been cut 🤔
March 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Beyond parody — after taking a blowtorch to the federal government the Trump administration is now in court saying they can’t obey court orders because their staff has been cut 🤔