S Pringle
@pringle38.bsky.social
Resisting the illusions of safety and comfort.
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And one of many many reasons we were trying to warn people about what racial profiling run amok looks like ...
America is outraged after ICE killed two white people in Minneapolis.
I understand why folks are feeling afraid and angry right now. But I need you to understand something just as clearly: this is what Black America has been living with for generations.
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
I understand why folks are feeling afraid and angry right now. But I need you to understand something just as clearly: this is what Black America has been living with for generations.
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
This Is America, Just Not the America You Knew
Two white people were killed by ICE in Minneapolis and suddenly White America is outraged.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
And one of many many reasons we were trying to warn people about what racial profiling run amok looks like ...
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The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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I wrote about how murders of people seen as “good” tend to galvanize the public against state violence in helpful ways. But to establish a just system in the long run, it's critical to recognize harm done to those who would never make the cut as saints.
The Innocence Trap
Survival should not require sainthood.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I wrote about how murders of people seen as “good” tend to galvanize the public against state violence in helpful ways. But to establish a just system in the long run, it's critical to recognize harm done to those who would never make the cut as saints.
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Blaming the victims is nothing new in America, especially in its right-wing media, when a hotheaded white vigilante loses his cool and uses deadly force without justification.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Blaming the victims is nothing new in America, especially in its right-wing media, when a hotheaded white vigilante loses his cool and uses deadly force without justification.
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Remember: a white supremacist tactic is to blame victim.
For example: brave & effective Mississippi voting rights activist, Rev. George W. Lee, was murdered by shotgun in 1955.
Sheriff said it was a traffic accident & the shotgun pellets were dental fillings.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/re...
For example: brave & effective Mississippi voting rights activist, Rev. George W. Lee, was murdered by shotgun in 1955.
Sheriff said it was a traffic accident & the shotgun pellets were dental fillings.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/re...
May 7, 1955: Murder of Rev. George W. Lee
Rev. George W. Lee, one of the first African Americans registered to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction and head of the Belzoni, Mississippi NAACP, was murdered.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Remember: a white supremacist tactic is to blame victim.
For example: brave & effective Mississippi voting rights activist, Rev. George W. Lee, was murdered by shotgun in 1955.
Sheriff said it was a traffic accident & the shotgun pellets were dental fillings.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/re...
For example: brave & effective Mississippi voting rights activist, Rev. George W. Lee, was murdered by shotgun in 1955.
Sheriff said it was a traffic accident & the shotgun pellets were dental fillings.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/re...
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Americans have a habit of trying to compare all authoritarianism to Nazi Germany. I think in some ways i think it is comforting to view authoritarianism as a foreign ideology. If you want to understand our current authoritarian moment, you need to look to our own past, not to Europe 1/x
January 25, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Americans have a habit of trying to compare all authoritarianism to Nazi Germany. I think in some ways i think it is comforting to view authoritarianism as a foreign ideology. If you want to understand our current authoritarian moment, you need to look to our own past, not to Europe 1/x
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What lying fucks they all are.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
What lying fucks they all are.
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JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The signs were removed today. Here they are. Slavery happened. President Washington owned slaves. Doug Burgum and Donald Trump can try to hide it, but it won't be erased. (Gift link to the @inquirer.com story is attached.)
share.inquirer.com/N9IhHX
share.inquirer.com/N9IhHX
Here are the signs the Trump administration removed from Independence Park
Following last year’s review, every sign has been removed from the President’s House site.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The signs were removed today. Here they are. Slavery happened. President Washington owned slaves. Doug Burgum and Donald Trump can try to hide it, but it won't be erased. (Gift link to the @inquirer.com story is attached.)
share.inquirer.com/N9IhHX
share.inquirer.com/N9IhHX
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 AM
The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.
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Jack Smith on Jan 6 pardons: "I do not understand why you would mass-pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
Watch our LIVE special coverage here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNnz...
Watch our LIVE special coverage here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNnz...
January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Jack Smith on Jan 6 pardons: "I do not understand why you would mass-pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
Watch our LIVE special coverage here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNnz...
Watch our LIVE special coverage here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNnz...
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I always thought MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ speech was his best, which was given the day before he was killed. It is especially relevant given what is happening now in MN and elsewhere. He was getting many serious threats, which he references in his line “I may not get there with you.”
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I always thought MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ speech was his best, which was given the day before he was killed. It is especially relevant given what is happening now in MN and elsewhere. He was getting many serious threats, which he references in his line “I may not get there with you.”
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Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
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In "From Selma to Minneapolis," @jelaniya.bsky.social examines parallels with murders of white women Viola Liuzzo (killed by Klan, 1965) & Renee Good (killed by ICE, 2026.)
"Yet the more disturbing similarities lie in what happened after their deaths." 🧵
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Yet the more disturbing similarities lie in what happened after their deaths." 🧵
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
From Selma to Minneapolis
On M.L.K. Day, the death of Renee Good calls to mind another woman who died protesting for the rights of others.
www.newyorker.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:05 AM
In "From Selma to Minneapolis," @jelaniya.bsky.social examines parallels with murders of white women Viola Liuzzo (killed by Klan, 1965) & Renee Good (killed by ICE, 2026.)
"Yet the more disturbing similarities lie in what happened after their deaths." 🧵
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Yet the more disturbing similarities lie in what happened after their deaths." 🧵
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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How it started/how it's going
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How it started/how it's going
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Thinking about what it must feel like to have a Pastor in your community be the field director for the violent secret police unit that has been brutalizing you for days, it would make sense that someone flailing about it being a "house of God" would fall flat.
January 19, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Thinking about what it must feel like to have a Pastor in your community be the field director for the violent secret police unit that has been brutalizing you for days, it would make sense that someone flailing about it being a "house of God" would fall flat.
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Worth every second
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It is impossible to properly calculate the depth and breadth of the courage and sacrifice of those prepared to confront white supremacy and assert their right to full citizenship.
We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin.
We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin.
"I knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' And I did."
Rest in power, Ms. Claudette Colvin.
The fight for equality continues.
❤️
Rest in power, Ms. Claudette Colvin.
The fight for equality continues.
❤️
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
It is impossible to properly calculate the depth and breadth of the courage and sacrifice of those prepared to confront white supremacy and assert their right to full citizenship.
We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin.
We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin.
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This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.