McJulie
@mcjulie.bsky.social
Lifelong bitch. Ruining your workplaces since the early 1990s. Former journalist. Current data scientist. For fun I write books about Cajun werewolves https://www.gothhouse.org/tales-of-the-rougarou/
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McJulie
@mcjulie.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Reporter: And a sense of helplessness because there's nothing you can do about it.
Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.
Marche: Oh, we're not helpless. There's lots we can do. It's you guys that are helpless. You have a political system that can't respond to reality.
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN COMMENT BY THE REPORTER HOLY GOD.
“We’re not helpless… it’s you guys that are helpless”
That hits HARD
That hits HARD
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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I'm going to lay this marker down: it is not possible to convert a warehouse into humane housing for humans, even by the very bad standards of modern prisons. It would be cheaper to raze and rebuilt. The reason to buy warehouses is that they have no plans to house people humanely.
February 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I'm going to lay this marker down: it is not possible to convert a warehouse into humane housing for humans, even by the very bad standards of modern prisons. It would be cheaper to raze and rebuilt. The reason to buy warehouses is that they have no plans to house people humanely.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
So has anybody pointed these people and their supposed concern for the well-being of young children toward Trump's concentration camps for kids?
ProLife protests turns super spreader for measles; a potentially fatal infection (though fatality potential is lesser in healthy ppl with strong immune systems). Many , especially on the right, don't believe in immunizations.
www.rawstory.com/march-for-li...
www.rawstory.com/march-for-li...
Right-wing pro-life march ends up being measles super spreader: health officials
Anti-abortion protesters who travelled to Washington, D.C. for the March for Life ended up at a measles super spreader-event, according to health officials.Thousands of pro-lifers came for the Jan. 23...
www.rawstory.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
So has anybody pointed these people and their supposed concern for the well-being of young children toward Trump's concentration camps for kids?
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They’re ramping up not ramping down.
And again the resistance referenced is literally just documenting state actions.
And again the resistance referenced is literally just documenting state actions.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
They’re ramping up not ramping down.
And again the resistance referenced is literally just documenting state actions.
And again the resistance referenced is literally just documenting state actions.
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
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The answer is, as always, a monument to the concentration camps.
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The answer is, as always, a monument to the concentration camps.
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I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
'What's wrong with the world?' Man in wheelchair found dead outside in freezing temps
The 61-year-old man had been released from a hospital the day before.
news4sanantonio.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
Hey yeah remember that time when supposedly Trump was a good guy who cared deeply about this one particular rabbit?
oh so now the "bunny" is "bad" to you, mister president?? we the people brought receipts 😤
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Hey yeah remember that time when supposedly Trump was a good guy who cared deeply about this one particular rabbit?
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now that's the power of a union
The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
now that's the power of a union
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This clip is actually deeply prophetic about trump, in one clip you have the media sanewashing of him (look how happy he is!) and also him working hard to rig elections and impose violent Republican policies
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This clip is actually deeply prophetic about trump, in one clip you have the media sanewashing of him (look how happy he is!) and also him working hard to rig elections and impose violent Republican policies
This is a fascinating debate because I'm not sure which direction is better: no, it **wasn't** political when Bad Bunny called for unity, love, and justice, in Spanish, with lots of references to the history and culture of Puerto Rico, vs. of course it was.
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
This is a fascinating debate because I'm not sure which direction is better: no, it **wasn't** political when Bad Bunny called for unity, love, and justice, in Spanish, with lots of references to the history and culture of Puerto Rico, vs. of course it was.
There are still a handful of more practical-minded (ie less culty) Republicans who still recognize the value of plausible deniability for their racism
wrote about the sweeping Republican backlash to Trump's racist video post.
I don't think the GOP has suddenly found a line it won't cross. I think trump's poll numbers have scared them. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-obam...
I don't think the GOP has suddenly found a line it won't cross. I think trump's poll numbers have scared them. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-obam...
The blowback to Trump's racist video reveals his weakness
Even his allies don't want to be anywhere near him.
www.publicnotice.co
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
There are still a handful of more practical-minded (ie less culty) Republicans who still recognize the value of plausible deniability for their racism
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If only someone had seen this coming.
The dark side of AI meeting notes | Fortune
The meeting ends. The AI doesn’t.
fortune.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
If only someone had seen this coming.
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"Vance let slip a patently racist view of immigrants and the value they bring to the country and individual neighborhoods. We counter that Vance himself would make a pretty bad neighbor." lnk.thebulwark.com/4klj89m
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"Vance let slip a patently racist view of immigrants and the value they bring to the country and individual neighborhoods. We counter that Vance himself would make a pretty bad neighbor." lnk.thebulwark.com/4klj89m
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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REVIEW: At the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny made it clear that his global popularity translates seamlessly to the biggest stage in the U.S.
Review: Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to a revolutionary Super Bowl show
www.stripes.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
REVIEW: At the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny made it clear that his global popularity translates seamlessly to the biggest stage in the U.S.
Of all the people who actually should have been warning people about Trump, libertarians failed to do this the most
February 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Of all the people who actually should have been warning people about Trump, libertarians failed to do this the most
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It's infuriating and hilarious how all the people who were wrong all along are now saying "see? told you so."
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
It's infuriating and hilarious how all the people who were wrong all along are now saying "see? told you so."
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You will be unsurprised to learn the word "racism" appears nowhere in this long, self-back-patting "told-ya-so"
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
You will be unsurprised to learn the word "racism" appears nowhere in this long, self-back-patting "told-ya-so"
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Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
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"Quite frankly, I think it’s time to question our society’s stigma about eating people. It was perfectly acceptable in many cultures in the past."
Just Because I Hung Out in the Cannibal King’s Murder Basement, It Does Not Make Me a Murderous Cannibal
“If I actually wanted to spend my time partying with young women, it would be trivial for me to do so without the help of a creepy loser like Epste...
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Quite frankly, I think it’s time to question our society’s stigma about eating people. It was perfectly acceptable in many cultures in the past."
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So ICE is forging people’s signatures to say that they agreed to be deported and then holding them hostage if their lawyers appeal their cases
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
So ICE is forging people’s signatures to say that they agreed to be deported and then holding them hostage if their lawyers appeal their cases
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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What we’re seeing are not “protests,” but what Adam Serwer has so aptly called “neighborism”: Acts of democratic solidarity that directly confront the political project that is fueling the violent occupation and defy the MAGA vision of terrorizing those who don’t “belong” into isolation.
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
What we’re seeing are not “protests,” but what Adam Serwer has so aptly called “neighborism”: Acts of democratic solidarity that directly confront the political project that is fueling the violent occupation and defy the MAGA vision of terrorizing those who don’t “belong” into isolation.
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“Be a neighbor, not a Nazi.”
ICYMI yesterday: A reflection on the anatomy of the resistance and the regime’s response - on “neighborism,” cross-racial solidarity, and the responsibility we bear for what happens in our community.
ICYMI yesterday: A reflection on the anatomy of the resistance and the regime’s response - on “neighborism,” cross-racial solidarity, and the responsibility we bear for what happens in our community.
Why the Resistance Matters
Anti-authoritarian “neighborism” and cross-racial solidarity from below are a massive problem for the regime, exposing Trumpism’s weaknesses and ideological blind spots
steady.page
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
“Be a neighbor, not a Nazi.”
ICYMI yesterday: A reflection on the anatomy of the resistance and the regime’s response - on “neighborism,” cross-racial solidarity, and the responsibility we bear for what happens in our community.
ICYMI yesterday: A reflection on the anatomy of the resistance and the regime’s response - on “neighborism,” cross-racial solidarity, and the responsibility we bear for what happens in our community.