Rachel Navarre
@rnavarre.bsky.social
Displaced South Louisianan. Associate prof of PoliSci @Bridgewater StateU (MA), studies Populism, immigration policy and other depressing things. Newest book The Age of Discontent is out now.
I miss properly seasoned seafood
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I miss properly seasoned seafood
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Rachel Navarre
@rnavarre.bsky.social
· Mar 23
Boycott any company that sponsors. Let make sure it’s just Balance of nature, my pillow and relief factor and whatever else Foxnews one
Hey @democrats.org yet another story for your ad campaign that I’m really sure you’re going to start any second now.
Considering (a) that many do this under full government names with where they are located in bios, and (b) how easily a 17 year old girl could find out your mother’s maiden name, the fact that they need to illegally obtain this info raises a bunch of questions about their fitness for purpose.
This should simply encourage more people to criticize ICE on social media.
DHS sent hundreds of subpoenas to Google, Meta, and Reddit demanding names of people who criticize ICE boingboing.net/2026/02/16/d...
February 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Considering (a) that many do this under full government names with where they are located in bios, and (b) how easily a 17 year old girl could find out your mother’s maiden name, the fact that they need to illegally obtain this info raises a bunch of questions about their fitness for purpose.
Y’all reading this site when you’re at a parade, even if it’s a northshore one, is so weird. What do you mean, people are working today? #Nolasky
Sorry y’all, due to child and family issues, I couldn’t out run my destiny: I’m at the Northshore parade, not the Quarter. Thots and prayers.
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Y’all reading this site when you’re at a parade, even if it’s a northshore one, is so weird. What do you mean, people are working today? #Nolasky
Sorry y’all, due to child and family issues, I couldn’t out run my destiny: I’m at the Northshore parade, not the Quarter. Thots and prayers.
February 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Sorry y’all, due to child and family issues, I couldn’t out run my destiny: I’m at the Northshore parade, not the Quarter. Thots and prayers.
This is why we need to read the pro-slavery speeches and the anti-voting and anti-civil rights speeches. They are often the same arguments; replace who they are talking about and the reasons are startlingly similar.
god this drives me mad in the UK; hearing transphobic arguments from older liberals *that are identical to the 1990s conversation they were on the right side of*.
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
This is why we need to read the pro-slavery speeches and the anti-voting and anti-civil rights speeches. They are often the same arguments; replace who they are talking about and the reasons are startlingly similar.
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"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
Y’all I was at a parade and people were discussing the topic of my research and I didn’t cite anyone and I cannot describe how difficult that was.
February 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Y’all I was at a parade and people were discussing the topic of my research and I didn’t cite anyone and I cannot describe how difficult that was.
I once told my students that “bet, I got tons of rizz, no cap” and watched as they visibly deflated from the cringe.
10/10 highly recommended.
10/10 highly recommended.
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I once told my students that “bet, I got tons of rizz, no cap” and watched as they visibly deflated from the cringe.
10/10 highly recommended.
10/10 highly recommended.
Really “alright then, I’ll go to hell” true American vibes.
"you're gonna get in trouble for that"
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Really “alright then, I’ll go to hell” true American vibes.
This is a violation of my religious principles; I refuse the mark of the beast.
This is a serious statement of my deeply held beliefs that has congressional precedent originalists.
This is a serious statement of my deeply held beliefs that has congressional precedent originalists.
Trump’s follow up post says he’s going to issue an executive order on voter ID.
“If we can't get it through Congress, there are Legal reasons why this SCAM is not permitted. I will be presenting them shortly, in the form of an Executive Order.”
“If we can't get it through Congress, there are Legal reasons why this SCAM is not permitted. I will be presenting them shortly, in the form of an Executive Order.”
February 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This is a violation of my religious principles; I refuse the mark of the beast.
This is a serious statement of my deeply held beliefs that has congressional precedent originalists.
This is a serious statement of my deeply held beliefs that has congressional precedent originalists.
Can’t believe a wine mom did the tweet before any internet leftist actually did.
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Can’t believe a wine mom did the tweet before any internet leftist actually did.
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In the air for three hours did it happen?
February 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
In the air for three hours did it happen?
God, how we need a Sumner, not Schumer now: “[Sumner] believed that conviction not concession was the key to political success…. Lydia Marie Childs said “the Republican Party don’t know how to appreciate his honesty and moral courage… 1/2
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
God, how we need a Sumner, not Schumer now: “[Sumner] believed that conviction not concession was the key to political success…. Lydia Marie Childs said “the Republican Party don’t know how to appreciate his honesty and moral courage… 1/2
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Important story by @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social
“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
When U.S. Immigration and Customs agents first descended on families in Columbia Heights schools, superintendent Zena Stenvik smoldered but stayed quiet.
Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and silence was no longer an option.
Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and silence was no longer an option.
‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged
As federal immigration agents descended on Columbia Heights families, the school superintendent expected to stay silent. Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and s...
www.mprnews.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Important story by @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social
“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
“We had reached a saturation point”... ICE agents were “literally swarming all over the schools, day in and day out, in the morning, in the middle of the day ... on the weekends. We just decided that we couldn't even have a bigger target on our back.”
This is so gross especially from the people that have been lecturing us about duty, responsibility, and morality. They want us to be subject to their religion, but only when it controls us, never to uplift. The Lord may hear the cry of the poor, but these guys never do.
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
This is so gross especially from the people that have been lecturing us about duty, responsibility, and morality. They want us to be subject to their religion, but only when it controls us, never to uplift. The Lord may hear the cry of the poor, but these guys never do.
It’s almost #RexComus night!!!!
a woman is standing in a living room with her mouth open and a lamp in the background .
Alt: Lucille Bluth is very excited and happy
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 AM
It’s almost #RexComus night!!!!
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The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
If you’re looking for an academic explanation, there are much worse places to start than with. People don’t know how the system works, but even worse, don’t know they don’t know. academic.oup.com/book/55770?l...
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
If you’re looking for an academic explanation, there are much worse places to start than with. People don’t know how the system works, but even worse, don’t know they don’t know. academic.oup.com/book/55770?l...
Reposted by Rachel Navarre
This is as good a description as you'll see of the abuse of process and conspiracy against the Constitution going on right now.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
This is as good a description as you'll see of the abuse of process and conspiracy against the Constitution going on right now.
For all that is holy Dems, run on anti-corruption. Promise to ban individual stock trading; a constitutional amendment on campaign finance and that applies the same corruption laws to low level employees to all elected or nominated + publicize how the budget is PUBLIC as is the debates about it!
Jackson’s Rebecca Bextel gave campaign checks to some lawmakers on the House floor Monday. The move quickly became the chatter of the Capitol. Then, on Wednesday, quiet rumors spilled into a tense confrontation in the House when a lawmaker raised concerns. wyofile.com/conservative...
Conservative activist hands checks to lawmakers on Wyoming House floor. Controversy erupts. - WyoFile
Rebecca Bextel of Jackson admitted to “delivering lawful campaign checks from Teton County donors.” Republican, Democratic lawmakers cry foul.
wyofile.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:39 AM
For all that is holy Dems, run on anti-corruption. Promise to ban individual stock trading; a constitutional amendment on campaign finance and that applies the same corruption laws to low level employees to all elected or nominated + publicize how the budget is PUBLIC as is the debates about it!
This. It really does only take a few people and you have more fun that way. Also, it helps break up group think! Sometimes newbs ideas don’t work, or were already tried, but many times they just we able to look at it without the build up of how we approach this sort of thing.
i'm pretty sure I was the only non-STEM person who'd ever joined the club at the time, and they were all VERY nice.
it really just takes a few people to craft a welcoming culture capable of overcoming so much stupid shit we're culturally subjected to about who gets to be good at certain things.
it really just takes a few people to craft a welcoming culture capable of overcoming so much stupid shit we're culturally subjected to about who gets to be good at certain things.
February 11, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This. It really does only take a few people and you have more fun that way. Also, it helps break up group think! Sometimes newbs ideas don’t work, or were already tried, but many times they just we able to look at it without the build up of how we approach this sort of thing.
If your rep is a Republican here’s how to hit the greatest hits of right-wing projecting: “well how will they know I’m not an immigrant? They don’t have to bring you to court now so how do they know? I got to carry papers now? Or the Feds got a giant database of us? What do they need that for?”
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 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
If your rep is a Republican here’s how to hit the greatest hits of right-wing projecting: “well how will they know I’m not an immigrant? They don’t have to bring you to court now so how do they know? I got to carry papers now? Or the Feds got a giant database of us? What do they need that for?”
Just found out someone I know who’s always been incredibly nice to me has a job at one of those free speech centers. You know, the ones that exist because there’s discrimination in higher ed but they are the only ones that hire on an explicitly ideological basis?
February 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Just found out someone I know who’s always been incredibly nice to me has a job at one of those free speech centers. You know, the ones that exist because there’s discrimination in higher ed but they are the only ones that hire on an explicitly ideological basis?