Sam Menefee-Libey
@sml47.bsky.social
Antifascist. Abolitionist. Anthropology, Critical Theory, American Studies, dogs, film, music, democratic pedagogy, degrowth and bioregionalism in greater Los Angeles. This world (system) we must leave. https://boxd.it/6oFrP
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(One of) the first double feature(s) at my movie theater
February 15, 2026 at 5:35 AM
(One of) the first double feature(s) at my movie theater
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
Makes me think: I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
Makes me view the world differently: Taste of Cherry (1997)
Understand others/someone else differently: Dance Me to My Song (1998)
Best expresses who I am: Blues Brothers (1980)
Made me laugh: Tampopo (1985)
Made me cry: Moonlight (2016)
Makes me view the world differently: Taste of Cherry (1997)
Understand others/someone else differently: Dance Me to My Song (1998)
Best expresses who I am: Blues Brothers (1980)
Made me laugh: Tampopo (1985)
Made me cry: Moonlight (2016)
Whats your favorite movie that…
makes you think?
made your view the world differently?
understand others/someone else differently?
best expresses who you are?
made you laugh hardest?
made you cry?
Answer any or all
makes you think?
made your view the world differently?
understand others/someone else differently?
best expresses who you are?
made you laugh hardest?
made you cry?
Answer any or all
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Makes me think: I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
Makes me view the world differently: Taste of Cherry (1997)
Understand others/someone else differently: Dance Me to My Song (1998)
Best expresses who I am: Blues Brothers (1980)
Made me laugh: Tampopo (1985)
Made me cry: Moonlight (2016)
Makes me view the world differently: Taste of Cherry (1997)
Understand others/someone else differently: Dance Me to My Song (1998)
Best expresses who I am: Blues Brothers (1980)
Made me laugh: Tampopo (1985)
Made me cry: Moonlight (2016)
Rubio saw "Aguirre, Wrath of God," and thought it was an inspirational story of righteous martyrdom...
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Rubio saw "Aguirre, Wrath of God," and thought it was an inspirational story of righteous martyrdom...
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Police lie. All the time. In paperwork. To prosecutors. To the media. On the stand while testifying under oath. And even when in the very rare case their lies are exposed, they get to keep lying with few if any consequences. This pattern isn’t just limited to ICE.
February 15, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Police lie. All the time. In paperwork. To prosecutors. To the media. On the stand while testifying under oath. And even when in the very rare case their lies are exposed, they get to keep lying with few if any consequences. This pattern isn’t just limited to ICE.
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this article contains excellent descriptions of how the resistance has adapted to ICE's tactics, and also a warning of how it could be adapted to support the status quo
February 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
this article contains excellent descriptions of how the resistance has adapted to ICE's tactics, and also a warning of how it could be adapted to support the status quo
It’s still going down in Iran.
Iran’s rebellious youth conduct 50 operations to avenge martyrs of January uprising #ResistanceUnits #Iran
english.mojahedin.org/news/irans-r...
english.mojahedin.org/news/irans-r...
Iran’s rebellious youth conduct 50 operations to avenge martyrs of January uprising |
In a defiant response to the clerical regime’s brutal crackdown on the recent nationwide uprising, the Rebellious Youth have launched a wave of 50
english.mojahedin.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:02 AM
It’s still going down in Iran.
Gift link for this important article www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
February 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Gift link for this important article www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
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ICE is still in my Minneapolis neighborhood today.
February 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
ICE is still in my Minneapolis neighborhood today.
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ICE has pulled out of Terminal Island, its base for the last eight months for escalated immigration raids across Los Angeles and Southern California.
“ICE didn’t leave," Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, told the L.A. Times. "The people kicked them out.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“ICE didn’t leave," Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, told the L.A. Times. "The people kicked them out.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Activists celebrate as immigration agents depart Terminal Island. 'The people kicked them out'
Federal immigration agents departed from the Coast Guard site at Terminal Island in San Pedro, which they had used as a base for months while the Trump administration conducted immigration raids acros...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
ICE has pulled out of Terminal Island, its base for the last eight months for escalated immigration raids across Los Angeles and Southern California.
“ICE didn’t leave," Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, told the L.A. Times. "The people kicked them out.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“ICE didn’t leave," Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, told the L.A. Times. "The people kicked them out.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
High school students really leading the way today!
Looks like Los Angeles high school students are scraping with Feds downtown today 👀👀 hundreds of students surrounded a group of fed pigs an forcefully made them retreat back into the detention center garage.
Solidarity with the youth! 🖤
Solidarity with the youth! 🖤
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
High school students really leading the way today!
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There are no quick fixes for fascism - our charge is to confront and uproot the criminalization that underlies and drives it within and beyond borders.
Democrats are suggesting reforms for ICE, but the reality is: abolition is the way forward, not reform.
Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!
Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!
Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This
Forget the useless so-called “reforms” to ICE and policing currently on offer. We need much more fundamental change.
www.thenation.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
There are no quick fixes for fascism - our charge is to confront and uproot the criminalization that underlies and drives it within and beyond borders.
Just the absolute worst people on the planet in every way
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Just the absolute worst people on the planet in every way
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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UPDATE: He was just released. This shows that just indiscriminately took someone because they were Latino. Their illegal tactics continue so we still need neighbors to patrol, observe, and support our immigrant community.
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
UPDATE: He was just released. This shows that just indiscriminately took someone because they were Latino. Their illegal tactics continue so we still need neighbors to patrol, observe, and support our immigrant community.
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I explicitly do not. If a community _wants_ to be present online that is fine. But if they do not want to it's not "their fault that they are not represented".
Communities don't owe their data to the Internet.
Communities don't owe their data to the Internet.
I want this to be an argument for bringing those communities experiences to the world by making them available as data
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I explicitly do not. If a community _wants_ to be present online that is fine. But if they do not want to it's not "their fault that they are not represented".
Communities don't owe their data to the Internet.
Communities don't owe their data to the Internet.
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I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
Of course they did.
After a federal judge banned the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from using 40mm foam projectile launchers in crowd-control settings, the LAPD replaced the 40mm with another “less-lethal” launcher: the FN303.
The full story: lataco.com/lapd-fn303-j...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/lapd-fn303-j...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Of course they did.
Comrade knows what’s up.
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Comrade knows what’s up.
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
In 1989, Gorbachev understood there was no containing the popular uprisings without military force, so he explicitly, publicly ruled that out. No govt committees took down the Berlin Wall - people took their own initiative after being assured they would not be killed. time.com/5714770/mikh...
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
In 1989, Gorbachev understood there was no containing the popular uprisings without military force, so he explicitly, publicly ruled that out. No govt committees took down the Berlin Wall - people took their own initiative after being assured they would not be killed. time.com/5714770/mikh...
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Rest in Power, Teresa de Lauretis (1938 - 2026). 💔
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Rest in Power, Teresa de Lauretis (1938 - 2026). 💔
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This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
The Irish media showing what the US media could have been doing for years - talking to people held captive in these camps and prisons and getting first-hand accounts from inside, unsanitized by legalisms or pro-state propaganda.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The Irish media showing what the US media could have been doing for years - talking to people held captive in these camps and prisons and getting first-hand accounts from inside, unsanitized by legalisms or pro-state propaganda.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."