Capybaron Goldstein
@goldstein.bsky.social
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair
Never again is now.
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"
Never again is now.
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"
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Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The next thing I knew, they put handcuffs on me and put me in the back of an SUV. I asked if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
January 8, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The next thing I knew, they put handcuffs on me and put me in the back of an SUV. I asked if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.
Fed study ties 1918 flu pandemic to Nazi Party gains
The paper examined municipal spending levels and voter extremism in Germany from the time of the initial influenza outbreak until 1933.
www.politico.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.
Extraordinarily rendition the ice dude to the Hague to stand trial for charges. LEOs are not covered by the invade the Hague law.
January 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Extraordinarily rendition the ice dude to the Hague to stand trial for charges. LEOs are not covered by the invade the Hague law.
Ship his ass to the Hague. He's not a soldier so hes not covered by that invade the icc law.
January 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Ship his ass to the Hague. He's not a soldier so hes not covered by that invade the icc law.
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I'm looking at the data for a column, and "abolish ICE" is both a lot more popular than you probably think, and a lot more popular than it has been in the past, including 2018
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I'm looking at the data for a column, and "abolish ICE" is both a lot more popular than you probably think, and a lot more popular than it has been in the past, including 2018
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A comrade over on Facebook shared a helpful reminder by Deleuze and Guattari.
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
A comrade over on Facebook shared a helpful reminder by Deleuze and Guattari.
Ah, the classic infighting.
January 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Ah, the classic infighting.
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bds america
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
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January 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
bds america
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Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
That is an amazing insight. Thank you!
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
That is an amazing insight. Thank you!
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Remembering Aristotle’s account of courage as the mean between the extremes of fear and rashness, and noting (again) that cops as a group seem to skew towards the extreme of fear.
I see a lot of people trying to plant a hypocrisy charge about the ICE situation. But everyone needs to be very mindful of the fact that law enforcement officers DO, in fact, think they have special rights above and beyond the rest of us allowing them (only them) to murder us if they feel threatened
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Remembering Aristotle’s account of courage as the mean between the extremes of fear and rashness, and noting (again) that cops as a group seem to skew towards the extreme of fear.
Very interested that Vance is asserting an absolute immunity standard, which is above the qualified immunity that cops normally have.
probably doesn't help when leadership suggests they do
January 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Very interested that Vance is asserting an absolute immunity standard, which is above the qualified immunity that cops normally have.
I'm sorry, what? I didn't see he said they have ABSOLUTE immunity. That's a step above and beyond the currently understood standard of qualified immunity. He's trying to give them even more immunity than they already have. And he's a lawyer, so this wasn't a slip of the tongue.
January 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I'm sorry, what? I didn't see he said they have ABSOLUTE immunity. That's a step above and beyond the currently understood standard of qualified immunity. He's trying to give them even more immunity than they already have. And he's a lawyer, so this wasn't a slip of the tongue.
It is not hypocrisy to them. They are operating under a caste mentality and we do not belong to the caste with that right.
January 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
It is not hypocrisy to them. They are operating under a caste mentality and we do not belong to the caste with that right.
During the Trump administration no less. I'm sure they'll be locked away for years.
January 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
During the Trump administration no less. I'm sure they'll be locked away for years.
I see a lot of people trying to plant a hypocrisy charge about the ICE situation. But everyone needs to be very mindful of the fact that law enforcement officers DO, in fact, think they have special rights above and beyond the rest of us allowing them (only them) to murder us if they feel threatened
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I see a lot of people trying to plant a hypocrisy charge about the ICE situation. But everyone needs to be very mindful of the fact that law enforcement officers DO, in fact, think they have special rights above and beyond the rest of us allowing them (only them) to murder us if they feel threatened
They might go to jail for perjury!
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
They might go to jail for perjury!
If the FBI hasn't assassinated at least one leader, its not a real org.
January 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
If the FBI hasn't assassinated at least one leader, its not a real org.
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I can’t get over all the journalists and centrist pundits who sneered that “Twitter isn’t real life” when it was full of weird leftists but now insist it’s a vital window into the public mood when the entire site is Nazis, illegal porn, bots, and Belarusians calling themselves “Iowa MAGA Farm Guy”
thinking about how long leftists were blamed for making twitter inhospitable for MPs who are refusing point blank to leave now it's full of nazis and child porn
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I can’t get over all the journalists and centrist pundits who sneered that “Twitter isn’t real life” when it was full of weird leftists but now insist it’s a vital window into the public mood when the entire site is Nazis, illegal porn, bots, and Belarusians calling themselves “Iowa MAGA Farm Guy”
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I think if you're the kind of person who'd choose child porn and Nazis over people being mean to you, this goes a long way to explain why so many people are mean to you.
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I think if you're the kind of person who'd choose child porn and Nazis over people being mean to you, this goes a long way to explain why so many people are mean to you.
When will you release a video showing us all the places someone can stash drugs?
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
When will you release a video showing us all the places someone can stash drugs?
This is Kristi Noem's terrorist. The average suburban mom is now a terrorist.
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This is Kristi Noem's terrorist. The average suburban mom is now a terrorist.
This is just an American president being honest about America's views on power. It was the existence of the USSR that FORCED the US to constrain itself and in the absence of a peer rival, one can easily point to violation after violation of international norms under the justification of hegemony.
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
This is just an American president being honest about America's views on power. It was the existence of the USSR that FORCED the US to constrain itself and in the absence of a peer rival, one can easily point to violation after violation of international norms under the justification of hegemony.
