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Judd Taube
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Adjunct Professor of Jewish Studies and Social Justice, University of San Francisco

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Judd Taube @judd.bsky.social · Apr 11
Ok I’m doing it: Thread of all the unquestionable antisemitism by trump admin and associates, because as a Jew, I refuse to be used to further their cynical assault on civil liberties. 1/x
caitesq.bsky.social Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · Apr 11
I'm not going to speak for other Jews, but for me personally: I find it pretty fucking galling for the Trump administration, which is staffed in large part by Nazi sympathizers, to use antisemitism as an excuse for their racism and xenophobia.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Apr 9
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
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adamweinstein.bsky.social
a man in a military uniform is talking about baltimore .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is talking about baltimore .
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Really, a remarkable statement from Colombia’s President.
I don’t know if Maduro is good or bad, not even if he’s a drug trafficker; in the files of the Colombian justice system, after half a century of dealing with the biggest cocaine mafias, the names of Nicolás Maduro or Cilia Flores don’t appear. Those who have come forward to denounce him are Venezuelan opposition generals, nothing more, seeking to topple the popular vote. The judicial power in Colombia doesn’t belong to me; it’s independent of me, and my opposition largely handles it. If one wants to know about the mafia and the business of cocaine commercialization, just look at Colombia’s judicial files. That’s why I deeply reject Trump speaking without knowing; my name doesn’t appear in the judicial files on drug trafficking over 50 years, neither from before nor from the present. Stop slandering me, Mr. Trump. That’s not how you threaten a Latin American president who emerged from the armed struggle and then from the people of Colombia’s fight for Peace. I was part of the clandestine organization that fought for democracy in Colombia against the civil dictatorship of the "State of Emergency." The organization that in 1974, long before Chávez, carried out the operation to raise Bolívar’s sword once more, who said he would never sheathe it until injustice ended in Gran Colombia. I was with the M19 that made the first peace in contemporary Latin America. He doesn’t read Colombia’s history, and that’s why he fails when he criticizes us. He should only meet with his officers who are experts in drug investigations in Colombia, whom I’ve helped with my own investigations as a senator of the Republic from Colombia’s Left and its people, who have suffered the narco genocide and its political allies, who are also allies of the American far right. Tens of thousands of our comrades from the armed and popular struggle for democracy were assassinated, and we didn’t go begging you for invasions; we endured and won through Peace. I’ve never burned a U.S. flag because I’ve read the history of the popular and workers’ struggles in the U.S. through Zinn’s books in Spanish. And that’s why I honor the American working people, the Black and Indigenous people, the young soldiers who, alongside the Soviets, defeated Hitler. And that’s why I dared to speak on a street in New York in front of the United Nations building and under U.S. law that protects the opinions of those attending the United Nations Assembly to speak freely. I spoke against the genocide in Gaza—how I would have loved to accompany you to make peace in Gaza! Where the Palestinians love me, and perhaps if instead of going to capture a Latin American president with small controls on oil because you blocked the oil and condemned us to hunger and unleashed the exodus that reached your own country, I would have accompanied you to capture Netanyahu, the genocidaire. For what I said, you took the arrogance to punish my opinion, my words against the Palestinian genocide. Your punishment is to falsely accuse me of being a drug trafficker and having cocaine factories; I don’t have a car, nor estates abroad—my house I’m still paying off to the bank with my salary. It’s unjust, and I fight against injustices. I’m friends with a lot of people in the U.S. who stop me on the streets, surround me with their arms. That’s why I respect the history that began with Washington and Bolívar together; they gave each other things, they were liberators more than enslavers. I learned not to be a slave, and I reject your
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
This story is terrific. A woman infiltrated a racist dating site, used chatbots to get info from horny incels, and then leaked it all.

What are the odds one of the accounts on WhiteDate belongs to a White House staffer?
Investigator breaches white supremacist dating sites, exposes 8,000 users
An investigative journalist infiltrated three white supremacist platforms, including the dating site WhiteDate, exfiltrating over 8,000 user profiles and 100GB of sensitive data.
cybernews.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
They speak of justice while ruling through fear. They speak of sovereignty while stealing the vote. They speak of dignity while condemning their own people. I learned that those who insist the most on calling themselves "the good ones" are often the ones most afraid to face themselves. The Maduro regime wraps itself in flags, in anti-imperialist rhetoric, in a false epic where any criticism is labeled as betrayal. They claim to defend Venezuela, yet they stole the people's voice when they refused to respect the elections. That act alone strips away any moral authority. But do not be mistaken. The fact that a tyrant is real does not automatically turn an external aggressor into a savior. The United States does not act out of love for democracy. It acts out of interest. It always has. The language changes, the enemy changes, but the method remains the same: pressure, punishment, displays of power. And as always, the blow is not absorbed by those in power, but by ordinary people. The Venezuelan people are trapped between two narratives that do not represent them. One that oppresses them from within, and another that exploits them from outside. One that claims legitimacy without real elections. Another that claims justice without taking responsibility for the human consequences of its actions. I do not defend Maduro. I point at him. But I also refuse to accept that a global power can appoint itself as a moral judge while its history is written in interventions, sanctions, and broken countries. Pain does not need propaganda. Hunger does not understand geopolitics. Dignity is not imposed with missiles, nor with dictatorships. While some sell themselves as the good ones to justify repression, and others sell themselves as the good ones to justify aggression, the result is always the same: more suffering, more rage, more generations learning that force replaces justice. And once again, pain is inherited.
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
judd.bsky.social
There was no way to see this coming and our consequence structures have in no way been undermined. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mic...
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
beyerstein.bsky.social Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10h
NBC's sources said that "the potential mission in Mexico is not designed to undermine the Mexican government." But that's what it will do if the US is doing CIA drone strikes on Mexican soil over the objections of the president.
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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nickturse.bsky.social
The U.S. intervened to oust governments in Latin America a total of at least 41 times — about once every 28 months from 1898 to 1994 — including 17 cases of direct intervention by the U.S. armed forces, intelligence agencies, or locals employed by U.S. government agencies.
theintercept.com The Intercept @theintercept.com · 5d
A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.” interc.pt/4sinphB
A photo of the CIA seal seen in the lobby of the headquarters building in Langley, Va., on Sept. 24, 2022, overlaid with the headline, "CIA Was Behind Venezuela Drone Strike, Source Says," and the DEK, "The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America — which often lead to destabilization and blowback."
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d
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."
A 8:42 AM · Jan 3, 2026 post from JD Vance saying "And PSA for everyone saying this was "illegal": 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 3:19 PM
judd.bsky.social
Huh, word.
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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atherton.bsky.social
"It is a sad fact that no court since the Nuremberg Trials has held an individual accountable for the crime of aggression."

fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/29/m...
Make Aggression a Crime Again
By Michael Youhana Last week, Sinan Antoon published a reflection on the fifteenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq in The New York Times. An emergent antiwar left would do well to contemplate h…
fellowtravelersblog.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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tyleraking.com
If you or someone you know have been a victim of the sexualized deepfakes created by Grok and would like to discuss your civil legal options, DM me or reach out on Signal at riot.95. I can connect you with excellent free legal counsel.
wilwheaton.net Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 2d
Unless I'm missing something, and I'm pretty sure I'm not, Twitter's AI is cranking out CSAM deepfakes, Elon Musk is making jokes about it, and nobody is doing anything to stop it or hold anyone at Twitter accountable for its creation and distribution.

Is that right?
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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davidforbes.bsky.social
*Witch cackles*
Current beginning of wikipedia entry for NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger: "Arthur Gregg Sulzberger (born August 5, 1980) is an American journalist and anti-transgender activist serving as the chairman of the New York Times Company and publisher of its flagship newspaper, The New York Times. He has been described as the "primary architect" of the paper's "barrage of anti-trans coverage."[1][2][3][4]"
January 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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anildash.com
You are kidding yourself if you think OpenAI won't be charging for ChatGPT to generate CSAM for pay in a few months. They already charge money for a product that tells kids to self harm, they already have a product that generates "adult content", they already lobby against any AI regulation.
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
judd.bsky.social
Yeah that tracks
January 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
Lyme is one of many health problems caused & exacerbated by manmade climate change. A legitimate health secretary would acknowledge that.

We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 6d
You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?

There are several in late stages of development.

Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
Quote from RFK Jr’s Twitter feed that says Secretary Ke... @Secke.... 2n5... Lyme disease has made it hazardous to go into the woods, and the MAHA movement is trying to get children to be active. To get them to go outside, to get them to experience nature, not only because that's going to benefit them physically, but also the spiritual connection that we get to God, to our own health and well-being, to the serenity that we have access to only when we're in nature.
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
judd.bsky.social
I guess we’re talking about MTG again because of a NYT puff piece that just decides not to mention her consistent and overt antisemitism.
judd.bsky.social Judd Taube @judd.bsky.social · May 20
20b/x MTG managed to up her hate game recently, opposing an antisemitism bill because it might stop her from blaming Jews for Jesus’s death. Accusations of deicide have fueled centuries of persecution, casting Jews as beyond salvation and therefore inhuman. www.jpost.com/american-pol...
A tweet on X from MTG that is still live from 5.1.2024 and has nearly 5m views by the time of this post. "Antisemitism is wrong, but I will not be voting for the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 (H.R. 6090) today that could convict Christians of antisemitism for believing the Gospel that says Jesus was handed over to Herod to be crucified by the Jews. Read the bill text and contemporary examples of antisemitism like #9." The bill contains two pictures, the second one highlighting the phrase she objects to that says, "Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisimitism (e.g. claims of Hews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis"
December 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
judd.bsky.social
I know the news cycles are unrelenting, but the right basically mainstreaming the biggest nazi in the country seems like an important story
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
judd.bsky.social
I can’t stop laughing at this still from the odyssey. What the fuck are we even looking at? And they picked this for the TRAILER lol
A still from odyssey of a fucken boat, I guess, because you can’t see shit it’s so dark lol
December 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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brynntannehill.bsky.social
I told my story. It's behind a paywall, but here it is. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
A California National Guard pilot warned about Trump for years. Now she’s being forced out
Brynn Tannehill is a Navy-trained helicopter pilot who joined the California Air National Guard in 2023. She says she’s being kicked out for being transgender.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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katzish.bsky.social
Glad to see our president spent Christmas…bombing a field next to a healthcare facility in a peaceful village in Nigeria
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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missingthept.bsky.social
Me communicating with the new Japanese users.
Woman in spacesuit holding white board that says “ALF HOG.”
December 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
This is what every institution he threatens with frivolous defamation suits should be doing
newrepublic.com The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10d
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
judd.bsky.social
New entries in my unlimited thread on antisemitism in the GOP, on Tucker Carlson's embrace of Nazism. Important context from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social: "The great myth of the conservative past is that of Pontifex Buckley, excommunicating the heretics."
www.unpopularfront.news/p/a-viper-in...
December 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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clayranck.bsky.social
This is a powerful thread that chronicles the extent to which the Trump administration is steeped in antisemitic views.
judd.bsky.social Judd Taube @judd.bsky.social · Apr 11
Ok I’m doing it: Thread of all the unquestionable antisemitism by trump admin and associates, because as a Jew, I refuse to be used to further their cynical assault on civil liberties. 1/x
caitesq.bsky.social Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · Apr 11
I'm not going to speak for other Jews, but for me personally: I find it pretty fucking galling for the Trump administration, which is staffed in large part by Nazi sympathizers, to use antisemitism as an excuse for their racism and xenophobia.
December 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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clayranck.bsky.social
This is a powerful thread. Thank you for collecting all of this together. I was aware of a lot of these but it’s staggering to see it all collected together. bsky.app/profile/clay...
clayranck.bsky.social Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · Jul 16
I’m not Jewish myself, so I’m always hesitant to accuse other people of antisemitism. That said, the way that the right is using antisemitism as a weapon to justify their attacks on the institutions of our country while ignoring it on their own side is antisemitism. Jewish people shouldn’t be props.
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM