Angela Mitropoulos
@mitropoulos.bsky.social
Contract & Contagion: From Biopolitics to Oikonomia (2012)
Pandemonium: Proliferating Borders of Capital and the Pandemic Swerve (2020)
More (open access) writings at https://s0metim3s.com/mitropoulos/
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May 2026 bring freedom, justice, and a defeat from which fascism cannot recover. Nothing is inevitable, so much is possible.
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The new HBO documentary "Critical Incident: Death at the Border" examines the alleged cover-up of the murder of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, an undocumented Mexican immigrant "beaten to death" by U.S. border agents in 2010.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/29/critical_incident
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/29/critical_incident
December 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The new HBO documentary "Critical Incident: Death at the Border" examines the alleged cover-up of the murder of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, an undocumented Mexican immigrant "beaten to death" by U.S. border agents in 2010.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/29/critical_incident
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/29/critical_incident
Greenwald launched his career by defending, pro bono, self-described Nazis in court. Arguably, he's been acting as their unofficial media lawyer ever since.
Glenn Greenwald says Nick Fuentes' authenticity makes it easy for critics to "demonize and attack you by taking these quotes that can sound not just very racist, but very almost Nazi-like and kind of an extermination rhetoric." Um, yea. People who use Nazi-like rhetoric tend to get labeled a Nazi.
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Greenwald launched his career by defending, pro bono, self-described Nazis in court. Arguably, he's been acting as their unofficial media lawyer ever since.
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"If you filter the statistic to include as unemployed people who can’t find anything but part-time work or who make a poverty wage (roughly $25,000), the percentage is actually 23.7 percent. In other words, nearly one of every four workers is functionally unemployed in America today"
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"If you filter the statistic to include as unemployed people who can’t find anything but part-time work or who make a poverty wage (roughly $25,000), the percentage is actually 23.7 percent. In other words, nearly one of every four workers is functionally unemployed in America today"
Congress has issued a lot of legal orders, which have not been enforced.
And the US President has issued many illegal orders, which have been enforced.
In effect, what passes for a parliamentary system in the US has been abolished. And the President rules as a capricious, mass-murdering monarch.
And the US President has issued many illegal orders, which have been enforced.
In effect, what passes for a parliamentary system in the US has been abolished. And the President rules as a capricious, mass-murdering monarch.
January 4, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Congress has issued a lot of legal orders, which have not been enforced.
And the US President has issued many illegal orders, which have been enforced.
In effect, what passes for a parliamentary system in the US has been abolished. And the President rules as a capricious, mass-murdering monarch.
And the US President has issued many illegal orders, which have been enforced.
In effect, what passes for a parliamentary system in the US has been abolished. And the President rules as a capricious, mass-murdering monarch.
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In Trumpworld you don’t leak to the press, you leak to your brother in law who will bet for you on polymarket
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In Trumpworld you don’t leak to the press, you leak to your brother in law who will bet for you on polymarket
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Seth Harp: 'The unit that abducted President Nicolas Maduro was Delta Force, an organization filled with cokeheads and pervaded by drug trafficking. You can bet that the only narcotics involved were the ones that they were on.'
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Seth Harp: 'The unit that abducted President Nicolas Maduro was Delta Force, an organization filled with cokeheads and pervaded by drug trafficking. You can bet that the only narcotics involved were the ones that they were on.'
The horrific bombing of Venezuela may have something to do with oil, mining and expansionism.
But I think the better explanation is that Duginesque "multipolarity" has gone from being a fringe, far Right geopolitics to, now, being the default geopolitical diagram of the broader Right.
But I think the better explanation is that Duginesque "multipolarity" has gone from being a fringe, far Right geopolitics to, now, being the default geopolitical diagram of the broader Right.
January 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
The horrific bombing of Venezuela may have something to do with oil, mining and expansionism.
But I think the better explanation is that Duginesque "multipolarity" has gone from being a fringe, far Right geopolitics to, now, being the default geopolitical diagram of the broader Right.
But I think the better explanation is that Duginesque "multipolarity" has gone from being a fringe, far Right geopolitics to, now, being the default geopolitical diagram of the broader Right.
Babylon 5 watchers would surely hear "last best hope" — except that in B5, EarthGov are fascists who happen to to take over the news service. Eg, s3e05: "Voices of Authority."
Remarkable how systematically the Right invert the politics of scifi so they can appropriate it to antithetical ends.
Remarkable how systematically the Right invert the politics of scifi so they can appropriate it to antithetical ends.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Babylon 5 watchers would surely hear "last best hope" — except that in B5, EarthGov are fascists who happen to to take over the news service. Eg, s3e05: "Voices of Authority."
Remarkable how systematically the Right invert the politics of scifi so they can appropriate it to antithetical ends.
Remarkable how systematically the Right invert the politics of scifi so they can appropriate it to antithetical ends.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
Franz Neumann's Behemoth: The Structure & Practice of National Socialism, 1933-1944.
Published in 1942.
[Disagreed with most of Neumann's theories. And, learned a lot — I'd become so bored with learning nothing new from more recent books on fascism.]
Published in 1942.
[Disagreed with most of Neumann's theories. And, learned a lot — I'd become so bored with learning nothing new from more recent books on fascism.]
December 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Franz Neumann's Behemoth: The Structure & Practice of National Socialism, 1933-1944.
Published in 1942.
[Disagreed with most of Neumann's theories. And, learned a lot — I'd become so bored with learning nothing new from more recent books on fascism.]
Published in 1942.
[Disagreed with most of Neumann's theories. And, learned a lot — I'd become so bored with learning nothing new from more recent books on fascism.]
May 2026 bring freedom, justice, and a defeat from which fascism cannot recover. Nothing is inevitable, so much is possible.
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
May 2026 bring freedom, justice, and a defeat from which fascism cannot recover. Nothing is inevitable, so much is possible.
Reposted by Angela Mitropoulos
Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.
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Peter Thiel’s Christmas party had an odd theme this year: “all things Britain.” (per NYT)
As Trump sunsets and backlash builds, expect a focus shift to the UK—where some see brighter possibilities for fascism,network states, and monarchies.
As Trump sunsets and backlash builds, expect a focus shift to the UK—where some see brighter possibilities for fascism,network states, and monarchies.
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Peter Thiel’s Christmas party had an odd theme this year: “all things Britain.” (per NYT)
As Trump sunsets and backlash builds, expect a focus shift to the UK—where some see brighter possibilities for fascism,network states, and monarchies.
As Trump sunsets and backlash builds, expect a focus shift to the UK—where some see brighter possibilities for fascism,network states, and monarchies.
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
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Listening As Activism: The Sonic Meditations Of Pauline Oliveros www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
December 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Listening As Activism: The Sonic Meditations Of Pauline Oliveros www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
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Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Weiss argued that those deported and interned should not be called "migrants" in the report — it doesn't convey sufficient criminality.
Bari Weiss is even more hamhanded than I imagined her to be.
Gift link:
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Weiss argued that those deported and interned should not be called "migrants" in the report — it doesn't convey sufficient criminality.
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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“It’s ok to be white” went from a troll campaign by fringe white supremacists on college campuses to words spoken by the sitting Vice President at a conference full of mainstream white supremacists.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“It’s ok to be white” went from a troll campaign by fringe white supremacists on college campuses to words spoken by the sitting Vice President at a conference full of mainstream white supremacists.
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I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
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Towers, who is not a social scientist,
does not have a PhD, and has never been involved in “doctoral education”, wants to remake a storied center of graduate social research into a Silicon Valley Ideology trade school staffed with adjuncts and devoid of research or researchers
does not have a PhD, and has never been involved in “doctoral education”, wants to remake a storied center of graduate social research into a Silicon Valley Ideology trade school staffed with adjuncts and devoid of research or researchers
“Prez Towers, a former execu dean at Parsons, said he believed the plan would lead to more innovations in the social sciences. He said he wanted to bring in more cultural and intellectual leaders from NYC to serve as part-time instructors + to reimagine doctoral education to make it more relevant…”
December 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Towers, who is not a social scientist,
does not have a PhD, and has never been involved in “doctoral education”, wants to remake a storied center of graduate social research into a Silicon Valley Ideology trade school staffed with adjuncts and devoid of research or researchers
does not have a PhD, and has never been involved in “doctoral education”, wants to remake a storied center of graduate social research into a Silicon Valley Ideology trade school staffed with adjuncts and devoid of research or researchers