Jalane Schmidt 📢🚫👑✊🏾🏴🌈🇨🇺🇻🇪 🇬🇱 🇺🇦🍉YIMBY🏘️🏗️🏢
@jalaneschmidt.bsky.social
Antifascist professor.📚👩🏽🏫 #Blackademic. Views expressed are (unfortunately) not those of my employer.🗣️Scholar-activist in Charlottesville, Virginia. #BLM. Public history & local🍷+🍺stan. 🏈fan. "Wiry and intense" -- The New Yorker
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👋🏽 new followers. I’m a professor of African diaspora + Latin Am religions at U of Virginia, I’ve lived in/researched/written about Cuba. Antifascist racial justice organizer and public historian in Charlottesville, Virginia, where I protest against Confederates, remove and melt down their statues.
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Don Lemon appreciation post. Here @donlemonofficial.bsky.social in Charlottesville last April. He showed up unannounced at an @indivisiblecville.bsky.social event and encouraged others to show up too.
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Don Lemon appreciation post. Here @donlemonofficial.bsky.social in Charlottesville last April. He showed up unannounced at an @indivisiblecville.bsky.social event and encouraged others to show up too.
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Minnesota organizers want us to help turn up the heat on the state's biggest regime-friendly corporations. Contact Target, Hilton, Enterprise, Home Depot, and Delta Airlines to demand they take action to get ICE out of our communities FOR GOOD.
ICE Out for Good
On January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action.
iceoutforgood.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Minnesota organizers want us to help turn up the heat on the state's biggest regime-friendly corporations. Contact Target, Hilton, Enterprise, Home Depot, and Delta Airlines to demand they take action to get ICE out of our communities FOR GOOD.
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I was at the peaceful Union-led protest earlier today in Portland. ICE shot munitions into an apartment window above our heads and glass rained down all around. They also gassed tons of families protesting with their kids, completely unprovoked and without warning.
February 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
I was at the peaceful Union-led protest earlier today in Portland. ICE shot munitions into an apartment window above our heads and glass rained down all around. They also gassed tons of families protesting with their kids, completely unprovoked and without warning.
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
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Speak out against hate, tyranny, and antisemitism!
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Speak out against hate, tyranny, and antisemitism!
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(extraordinarily laudatory)
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
(extraordinarily laudatory)
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"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Mikie Sherrill, the newly inaugurated Democratic governor of New Jersey, said that her administration would soon begin collecting images of federal agents interacting with the public, cementing the state’s growing opposition to Trump’s [fascist] crackdown.
Sherrill Urges New Jersey Residents to Record ICE Action on Their Phones
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Mikie Sherrill, the newly inaugurated Democratic governor of New Jersey, said that her administration would soon begin collecting images of federal agents interacting with the public, cementing the state’s growing opposition to Trump’s [fascist] crackdown.
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Anti-DHS protesters in LA moved a huge dumpster, partially blocking agents in their building.
January 31, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Anti-DHS protesters in LA moved a huge dumpster, partially blocking agents in their building.
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years
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Charlottesville tonight. ❤️
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Charlottesville tonight. ❤️
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Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
All about "reactionary centrism"
Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.
www.volts.wtf
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
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When I resigned as co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists convention after their decision to platform Trump, I took a lot of heat for it.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
When I resigned as co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists convention after their decision to platform Trump, I took a lot of heat for it.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
Re-upping these threads for my Charlottesville peeps. Antifascist researchers like @ignitetheright.net @latenightafa.bsky.social @letsgomathias.bsky.social still work to ID these Unite the Right rally creeps — some of whom have moved on to Drumpf administration adjacent positions. We keep us safe.
Gene Andrews of Nashville, TN attended UTR. He's a prominent member & speaker of Sons of Confederate Veterans and caretaker of [KKK Grand Wizard and slave trader] Nathan Bedford Forrest's boyhood home in Tennessee. #GeneAndrewsUTR
archive.is/DxDi5
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archive.is/DxDi5
archive.is/Oj9SI
www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Re-upping these threads for my Charlottesville peeps. Antifascist researchers like @ignitetheright.net @latenightafa.bsky.social @letsgomathias.bsky.social still work to ID these Unite the Right rally creeps — some of whom have moved on to Drumpf administration adjacent positions. We keep us safe.
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New: Antifa unmasked a new generation of fascists in the Trump era. Now it's exposing ICE.
"Predators don’t get anonymity."
My latest for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Predators don’t get anonymity."
My latest for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Following in a long American tradition of identifying fascists, a network of leftists has set out to name and shame Trump’s immigration agents
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
New: Antifa unmasked a new generation of fascists in the Trump era. Now it's exposing ICE.
"Predators don’t get anonymity."
My latest for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Predators don’t get anonymity."
My latest for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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this was such a fun conversation, thank you @letsgomathias.bsky.social!
i’ll admit that i sometimes skip interview episodes of shows i listen to, but i think you’ll all get a kick out of this.
i’ll admit that i sometimes skip interview episodes of shows i listen to, but i think you’ll all get a kick out of this.
Molly interviews @letsgomathias.bsky.social about his new book, To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. It's a rollicking tale of infiltrating nazi groups and exposing their private communications to dox them en masse.
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
January 29, 2026 at 11:22 PM
this was such a fun conversation, thank you @letsgomathias.bsky.social!
i’ll admit that i sometimes skip interview episodes of shows i listen to, but i think you’ll all get a kick out of this.
i’ll admit that i sometimes skip interview episodes of shows i listen to, but i think you’ll all get a kick out of this.
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Coming to you live from outside the very special screening of “Melania” at The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Coming to you live from outside the very special screening of “Melania” at The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center
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This was such an entertaining listen! A lot of antifa stories, some of which I'd forgotten about, @socialistdogmom.bsky.social (who really does have such a great voice!) interviews @letsgomathias.bsky.social about how antifa infiltrates, spies on, and destroys fascist movements
Molly interviews @letsgomathias.bsky.social about his new book, To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. It's a rollicking tale of infiltrating nazi groups and exposing their private communications to dox them en masse.
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
January 30, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This was such an entertaining listen! A lot of antifa stories, some of which I'd forgotten about, @socialistdogmom.bsky.social (who really does have such a great voice!) interviews @letsgomathias.bsky.social about how antifa infiltrates, spies on, and destroys fascist movements
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Incredible interview from @socialistdogmom.bsky.social with @letsgomathias.bsky.social.
There's a direct line from the demonization of antifascists to the recent murders in Minneapolis - the far-Right is hoping to grease of wheels of mass repression and state organized murder. Read the book!
There's a direct line from the demonization of antifascists to the recent murders in Minneapolis - the far-Right is hoping to grease of wheels of mass repression and state organized murder. Read the book!
January 30, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Incredible interview from @socialistdogmom.bsky.social with @letsgomathias.bsky.social.
There's a direct line from the demonization of antifascists to the recent murders in Minneapolis - the far-Right is hoping to grease of wheels of mass repression and state organized murder. Read the book!
There's a direct line from the demonization of antifascists to the recent murders in Minneapolis - the far-Right is hoping to grease of wheels of mass repression and state organized murder. Read the book!
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Molly interviews @letsgomathias.bsky.social about his new book, To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. It's a rollicking tale of infiltrating nazi groups and exposing their private communications to dox them en masse.
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Molly interviews @letsgomathias.bsky.social about his new book, To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. It's a rollicking tale of infiltrating nazi groups and exposing their private communications to dox them en masse.
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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There are a lot of "is the Antifa in the room with us right now" comments indicating that people don't fully understand the real activism done by real people. Antifa exists, but not in the way that the bogeyman narrative shapes it.
Get @letsgomathias.bsky.social's book when it comes out. Listen 👇
Get @letsgomathias.bsky.social's book when it comes out. Listen 👇
Molly interviews @letsgomathias.bsky.social about his new book, To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. It's a rollicking tale of infiltrating nazi groups and exposing their private communications to dox them en masse.
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
There are a lot of "is the Antifa in the room with us right now" comments indicating that people don't fully understand the real activism done by real people. Antifa exists, but not in the way that the bogeyman narrative shapes it.
Get @letsgomathias.bsky.social's book when it comes out. Listen 👇
Get @letsgomathias.bsky.social's book when it comes out. Listen 👇
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The Hanover County property that federal immigration officials wanted to buy and convert into an immigrant processing and detention center is no longer for sale, according to a statement released by the Canadian-based developer that owns it.
Hanover County facility sought by ICE is no longer for sale
Updated Jan. 30: Jim Pattison Developments says "the transaction ... will not be proceeding."
www.vpm.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
The Hanover County property that federal immigration officials wanted to buy and convert into an immigrant processing and detention center is no longer for sale, according to a statement released by the Canadian-based developer that owns it.
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If nothing changes, this is a huge victory for grassroots organizing. And for human right.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, Virginia.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, Virginia.
The Hanover County property that federal immigration officials wanted to buy and convert into an immigrant processing and detention center is no longer for sale, according to a statement released by the Canadian-based developer that owns it.
Hanover County facility sought by ICE is no longer for sale
Updated Jan. 30: Jim Pattison Developments says "the transaction ... will not be proceeding."
www.vpm.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM
If nothing changes, this is a huge victory for grassroots organizing. And for human right.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, Virginia.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, Virginia.