@pmsbiker.bsky.social
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Please read this extremely thoughtful & careful post on Tim Walz, Anne Frank, & the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from Martin Shuster, philosopher, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, former Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow, & scholar of genocide, the Holocaust, & authoritarianism:
![Not unrelatedly, I am noticing that a lot of--oftentimes even well-intentioned--people are spending time trying to delineate exactly which historical referent best captures what's going on now, as if we have to pick only one. There is the now well-circulated meme that says: no, ICE isn't the Gestapo, it's actually American--it's slave catchers. But this is a kind of odd distinction: the Nazis were themselves influenced by the Americans (if you're curious read the excellent book by James Whitman, _Hitler's American Model_). Nazis came here and studied American legal systems and statutes ... and remarkably a group of "liberal" Nazis decided that they couldn't make German laws as *extreme* as American ones (and this "liberal" group in fact won the day; German laws weren't as extreme as many of ours). Equally, Nazi jurists and theorists like Carl Schmitt were deeply influenced by American notions of manifest destiny. So the Nazi and American contexts were already fused. The idea of foreign/domestic is already quite complex in this context. (And this is before we even speak of the many actual Nazis that existed here and the many people who materially supported Hitler and the regime).
We can complicate this picture more by noting that Nazism itself, even apart from these American influences, wasn't something that sprouted up out of thin air: it, too, had a(n experimental) history. Many of its barbaric practices and aims were developed and tested on colonial and imperial victims (as I have written elsewhere: there is a direct line from Shark Island concentration camp [called frequently simply "Death Island" where the Germans committed genocide against the Herero and Nama people] to the entire Nazi camp system). Thinkers like Hannah Arendt and Aimé Césaire drew our attention to this already in the middle of the last century.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreifucubotcz54scclzmnpxlnv6x5olf2zb6ow5xufzdyqbflhuzcn4@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Please read this extremely thoughtful & careful post on Tim Walz, Anne Frank, & the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from Martin Shuster, philosopher, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, former Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow, & scholar of genocide, the Holocaust, & authoritarianism:
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Them: "high IQ individuals"
Counterpoint: "A report by NBC News stated that about half [of new ICE hires] have failed an open-book and open-notes test on immigration and constitutional law."
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
Counterpoint: "A report by NBC News stated that about half [of new ICE hires] have failed an open-book and open-notes test on immigration and constitutional law."
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
ICE is struggling to hire officers — even after lowering its standards
DHS is spending millions of dollars on an aggressive television ad campaign targeting local police officers — but it's not getting nearly enough applicants.
www.ms.now
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Them: "high IQ individuals"
Counterpoint: "A report by NBC News stated that about half [of new ICE hires] have failed an open-book and open-notes test on immigration and constitutional law."
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
Counterpoint: "A report by NBC News stated that about half [of new ICE hires] have failed an open-book and open-notes test on immigration and constitutional law."
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
@fetterman.senate.gov
Please don’t be fooled by this.
They are coming for naturalized citizens soon if we don’t stop them now.
If you don’t love your wife anymore, you could just get a divorce; you don’t need to have her deported.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Please don’t be fooled by this.
They are coming for naturalized citizens soon if we don’t stop them now.
If you don’t love your wife anymore, you could just get a divorce; you don’t need to have her deported.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
15206
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov
Please don’t be fooled by this.
They are coming for naturalized citizens soon if we don’t stop them now.
If you don’t love your wife anymore, you could just get a divorce; you don’t need to have her deported.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
15206
Please don’t be fooled by this.
They are coming for naturalized citizens soon if we don’t stop them now.
If you don’t love your wife anymore, you could just get a divorce; you don’t need to have her deported.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
15206
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Days after the killing of Renee Good, Stephen Miller and DHS began bragging that ICE agents have immunity from being held accountable.
There's a bill sitting in Congress that would end that immunity - and Democrats could right now use their sudden leverage to force its passage.
Pass it on.
There's a bill sitting in Congress that would end that immunity - and Democrats could right now use their sudden leverage to force its passage.
Pass it on.
How Dems Could End Immunity For ICE Agents
Steven Miller and DHS are bragging that ICE agents have immunity. Democratic senators could change that by conditioning their votes on passage of a bill already in Congress.
sirota.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Days after the killing of Renee Good, Stephen Miller and DHS began bragging that ICE agents have immunity from being held accountable.
There's a bill sitting in Congress that would end that immunity - and Democrats could right now use their sudden leverage to force its passage.
Pass it on.
There's a bill sitting in Congress that would end that immunity - and Democrats could right now use their sudden leverage to force its passage.
Pass it on.
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Find time in your day to listen to the fantastic @equalityalec.bsky.social talk copaganda
Alec Karakatsanis says both Fox News and even more "liberal" outlets like The New York Times have disseminated stories that create the illusion of a crime wave, when, in fact, U.S. crime is at a 20-year low.
January 27, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Find time in your day to listen to the fantastic @equalityalec.bsky.social talk copaganda
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Links to fundraisers follow in the thread below. Please help the families who are, for a variety of reasons including race and immigration status, receiving less attention.
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 27, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Links to fundraisers follow in the thread below. Please help the families who are, for a variety of reasons including race and immigration status, receiving less attention.
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I think Ds should ask for the firing of RFK in the budget negotiations. It's a big, easily understandable ask, which would massively benefit the American ppl, and I think it would split the gop, many of whom want rfk gone anyway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/demand-the...
Demand the Head of RFK
A (maybe) winnable ask for a budget compromise
www.everythingishorrible.net
September 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I think Ds should ask for the firing of RFK in the budget negotiations. It's a big, easily understandable ask, which would massively benefit the American ppl, and I think it would split the gop, many of whom want rfk gone anyway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/demand-the...
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Antifa was the PTA all along
January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Antifa was the PTA all along
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Close the ICE death camps!
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Close the ICE death camps!
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A big part of the story here is that women like Renee Good are braver and stronger than they could have ever imagined and that just doesn't fit with what MAGA men tell themselves about how gender works. It just does not compute.
January 26, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A big part of the story here is that women like Renee Good are braver and stronger than they could have ever imagined and that just doesn't fit with what MAGA men tell themselves about how gender works. It just does not compute.
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We definitely don't hate Elon Musk enough. I'm serious. There are, at most, two or three people more responsible for the current state of the world than that man. He should be persona non grata everywhere. Instead we pretend he's some kind of strange genius. He sucks.
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
We definitely don't hate Elon Musk enough. I'm serious. There are, at most, two or three people more responsible for the current state of the world than that man. He should be persona non grata everywhere. Instead we pretend he's some kind of strange genius. He sucks.
Keep pushing
if Rosen is calling for Noem to be impeached the Dem caucus is PISSED, the NV Senators are moderate and not big on picking fights with the admin in a purple state that’s getting redder
we’ve had to drag the Dems kicking and screaming at times but they’re moving
we’ve had to drag the Dems kicking and screaming at times but they’re moving
Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
"Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."
January 26, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Keep pushing
🤔 I dunno. Maybe ask Kyle Rittenhouse.
“Why would you bring a gun to a protest?”
Pal, there are people who bring AR’s to the grocery store and you’re totally cool with that so maybe sit this one out.
Pal, there are people who bring AR’s to the grocery store and you’re totally cool with that so maybe sit this one out.
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
🤔 I dunno. Maybe ask Kyle Rittenhouse.
Federal agents cannot murder people in broad daylight and face zero consequences.
I will NOT support the DHS bill as it stands.
The DHS bill needs to be split off from the larger funding package before the Senate—Republicans must work with us to do that.
I’ll keep fighting to rein in DHS and ICE.
I will NOT support the DHS bill as it stands.
The DHS bill needs to be split off from the larger funding package before the Senate—Republicans must work with us to do that.
I’ll keep fighting to rein in DHS and ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Is America ready to give up something to get something?
You had your Christmas are you able to give up your spring break and your summer vacations? Are you able to say no to the corporations and stop spending on anything but your absolute necessities.
Are you ready to get in some good trouble?
You had your Christmas are you able to give up your spring break and your summer vacations? Are you able to say no to the corporations and stop spending on anything but your absolute necessities.
Are you ready to get in some good trouble?
January 25, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Is America ready to give up something to get something?
You had your Christmas are you able to give up your spring break and your summer vacations? Are you able to say no to the corporations and stop spending on anything but your absolute necessities.
Are you ready to get in some good trouble?
You had your Christmas are you able to give up your spring break and your summer vacations? Are you able to say no to the corporations and stop spending on anything but your absolute necessities.
Are you ready to get in some good trouble?
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Hi I'm a visual forensics reporter at The Washington Post. Do you have any footage of today's ICE shooting? Please reach out. DMs open.
January 24, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Hi I'm a visual forensics reporter at The Washington Post. Do you have any footage of today's ICE shooting? Please reach out. DMs open.
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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I just watched the shooting video. It's a horrific beating and execution in the middle of the street.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I just watched the shooting video. It's a horrific beating and execution in the middle of the street.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
You need to stop this. You have the power to speak and act against this.
Silence = complicity
Defund ICE; they are murdering us!
You need to stop this. You have the power to speak and act against this.
Silence = complicity
Defund ICE; they are murdering us!
I'd only add, if you vote to fund ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You're also complicit
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
You need to stop this. You have the power to speak and act against this.
Silence = complicity
Defund ICE; they are murdering us!
You need to stop this. You have the power to speak and act against this.
Silence = complicity
Defund ICE; they are murdering us!
@fetterman.senate.gov
You need to stop this. You are a Senator; you have the power to speak and act against this.
Silence = complicity
15206
You need to stop this. You are a Senator; you have the power to speak and act against this.
Silence = complicity
15206
I'd only add, if you vote to fund ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You're also complicit
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov
You need to stop this. You are a Senator; you have the power to speak and act against this.
Silence = complicity
15206
You need to stop this. You are a Senator; you have the power to speak and act against this.
Silence = complicity
15206
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“abolish ICE” does not even begin to capture the type of change that needs to occur here
January 24, 2026 at 3:28 AM
“abolish ICE” does not even begin to capture the type of change that needs to occur here
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They literally pay taxes for services they can't draw from.
Do you think undocumented immigrants have some "get out of sales tax free" card? Do you think they're exempt from property taxes? Do you think they don't have income and payroll taxes withheld from pay?
If you think that, you're wrong.
Do you think undocumented immigrants have some "get out of sales tax free" card? Do you think they're exempt from property taxes? Do you think they don't have income and payroll taxes withheld from pay?
If you think that, you're wrong.
January 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM
They literally pay taxes for services they can't draw from.
Do you think undocumented immigrants have some "get out of sales tax free" card? Do you think they're exempt from property taxes? Do you think they don't have income and payroll taxes withheld from pay?
If you think that, you're wrong.
Do you think undocumented immigrants have some "get out of sales tax free" card? Do you think they're exempt from property taxes? Do you think they don't have income and payroll taxes withheld from pay?
If you think that, you're wrong.
Florida and Texas have many more undocumented persons, but Minnesota has Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz.
There are VERY FEW undocumented people in Minnesota. A much lower rate than in a lot of the country. They’re not here for undocumented people, they’re here to terrorize the broader population, especially any minority.
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Florida and Texas have many more undocumented persons, but Minnesota has Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz.
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Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.