Sol J Brager
@soljbrager.bsky.social
Author of HEAVYWEIGHT (William Morrow 2024). Historian, teacher, cartoonist. Mostly drawing comics, doing research. https://solomonbrager.com/
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Renee Good is at least the fifth death to result in an aggressive immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Other cases include a person fatally shot by ICE outside Chicago and two people who died after being struck by vehicles while fleeing authorities.
Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in U.S. immigration crackdown
A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year. The...
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January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Renee Good is at least the fifth death to result in an aggressive immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Other cases include a person fatally shot by ICE outside Chicago and two people who died after being struck by vehicles while fleeing authorities.
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I reshared @siembranc.bsky.social's excellent toolkit "How We Dealt with Border Patrol" in NC just this morning in my newsletter before this horrible killing. It's worth people reading and then acting on: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I reshared @siembranc.bsky.social's excellent toolkit "How We Dealt with Border Patrol" in NC just this morning in my newsletter before this horrible killing. It's worth people reading and then acting on: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Also
It seems it is once again time for everyone to familiarize themselves with this anti-imperialist classic.
January 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Also
I read this Greg Grandin book America América this summer and I recommend it for having a smidge of context for *what the fuck is happening*
January 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I read this Greg Grandin book America América this summer and I recommend it for having a smidge of context for *what the fuck is happening*
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Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.
“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.
“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
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The US has been sanctioning and starving Venezuela for a decade, more recently committing wanton murder in the Caribbean. Trump has been open about wanting Venezuela's oil. The US does not care about the people of Venezuela. This is about domination and dispossession and oil.
January 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The US has been sanctioning and starving Venezuela for a decade, more recently committing wanton murder in the Caribbean. Trump has been open about wanting Venezuela's oil. The US does not care about the people of Venezuela. This is about domination and dispossession and oil.
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wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
Buffalo save the date! Really looking forward to being hosted by the brilliant Dr. Lou Tam and in conversation with @benpassmore.bsky.social whose new book I’m teaching this spring for Bard Brooklyn.
January 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Buffalo save the date! Really looking forward to being hosted by the brilliant Dr. Lou Tam and in conversation with @benpassmore.bsky.social whose new book I’m teaching this spring for Bard Brooklyn.
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congratulations to the anti-porn and anti-sex work groups for helping create an internet where independent adult sex workers have been exploited, ripped off, and then run off and are now being replaced by on-demand CSAM
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 AM
congratulations to the anti-porn and anti-sex work groups for helping create an internet where independent adult sex workers have been exploited, ripped off, and then run off and are now being replaced by on-demand CSAM
Girl I’m not special
December 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Girl I’m not special
Deadline season, pray for me.
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Deadline season, pray for me.
A beloved comrade is coming home, folks are fundraising to make sure he has what he needs, give what you can?
www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
Donate to Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning, organized by Danielle Squillante
Our beloved comrade and friend Stevie Wilson is FINALLY coming home from pri… Danielle Squillante needs your support for Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning
www.gofundme.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A beloved comrade is coming home, folks are fundraising to make sure he has what he needs, give what you can?
www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
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the year is 1990. american children walk out of their schools chanting, "no blood for oil." the year is 2003. american children walk out of their schools chanting, "no blood for oil." the year is 2025
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
the year is 1990. american children walk out of their schools chanting, "no blood for oil." the year is 2003. american children walk out of their schools chanting, "no blood for oil." the year is 2025
How are people traveling for work right now? After a flight cancellation and multiple delays this airline‘s vibe is like “if you didn’t leave a 3 day buffer on either side to prepare for us being fucking awful that’s on you.”
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How are people traveling for work right now? After a flight cancellation and multiple delays this airline‘s vibe is like “if you didn’t leave a 3 day buffer on either side to prepare for us being fucking awful that’s on you.”
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December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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NYU Press author @paisleycurrah.com examines the wave of legislation redefining "sex" across the country and what it means for transgender people and women's rights more broadly.
His new piece in @nybooks.com traces how these laws imperil legal protections built over decades:
His new piece in @nybooks.com traces how these laws imperil legal protections built over decades:
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NYU Press author @paisleycurrah.com examines the wave of legislation redefining "sex" across the country and what it means for transgender people and women's rights more broadly.
His new piece in @nybooks.com traces how these laws imperil legal protections built over decades:
His new piece in @nybooks.com traces how these laws imperil legal protections built over decades:
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Video: comra via X (@comrawire)
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Video: comra via X (@comrawire)
Are you a theater person and if so what is your favorite theater warm up activity?
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Are you a theater person and if so what is your favorite theater warm up activity?
A thing I love about oil painting (which I am new to) is that you paint some blobs and then dab at the blobs and suddenly you start to see recognizable forms.
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
A thing I love about oil painting (which I am new to) is that you paint some blobs and then dab at the blobs and suddenly you start to see recognizable forms.
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Find my book Fawn’s Blood at a library near you! If the library near you doesnt have it, ask them to purchase it! Queer trans vampire books in teen hands now! search.worldcat.org/title/148205...
Fawn's blood : a novel | WorldCat.org
When Silver goes missing, his best friend Fawn sets out to find him and crosses paths with Rachel, a newly turned vampire with a vampire-hunting mother, and together, the two teens become entangled in
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November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Find my book Fawn’s Blood at a library near you! If the library near you doesnt have it, ask them to purchase it! Queer trans vampire books in teen hands now! search.worldcat.org/title/148205...
I don’t know, maybe if this person didn’t limit replies (evidently only to people who think BDS is antisemitic) someone could explain the goals and tactics of BDS to her 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I don’t know, maybe if this person didn’t limit replies (evidently only to people who think BDS is antisemitic) someone could explain the goals and tactics of BDS to her 🤔