Victor Caston
@vcaston.bsky.social
Philosophy & Classical Studies, University of Michigan. In case anyone was in doubt, my opinions are my own.
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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
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Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
no pretence anymore of a unified front
Welp — Latinas for Trump co-founder fighting with Katie Miller and revealing she “labeled Stephen a racist when you were upset he treated you poorly and me as a mere token”
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
no pretence anymore of a unified front
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USA Today is openly lying in this story. There is not "widespread criticism," there is:
* Criticism from a body that Donald Trump controls
* Criticism from a far-right body aligned with Donald Trump
* Criticism from a political appointee appointed by Donald Trump
That's it. That's the "widespread"
* Criticism from a body that Donald Trump controls
* Criticism from a far-right body aligned with Donald Trump
* Criticism from a political appointee appointed by Donald Trump
That's it. That's the "widespread"
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 AM
USA Today is openly lying in this story. There is not "widespread criticism," there is:
* Criticism from a body that Donald Trump controls
* Criticism from a far-right body aligned with Donald Trump
* Criticism from a political appointee appointed by Donald Trump
That's it. That's the "widespread"
* Criticism from a body that Donald Trump controls
* Criticism from a far-right body aligned with Donald Trump
* Criticism from a political appointee appointed by Donald Trump
That's it. That's the "widespread"
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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.
ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown
Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 AM
We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.
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I disagree with the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Kids right now are being targeted because their race and nationality. We are warehousing immigrants in camps. Gangs of masked officers pulling people out of houses and off the streets, killing observers. The Holocaust didn’t begin with the death camps.
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I disagree with the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Kids right now are being targeted because their race and nationality. We are warehousing immigrants in camps. Gangs of masked officers pulling people out of houses and off the streets, killing observers. The Holocaust didn’t begin with the death camps.
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I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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Last week, Mayor Frey joined La Raza radio to discuss the ongoing harm caused by the presence of federal immigration agents in our neighborhoods and their aggressive, undisciplined tactics designed to spread fear among community members.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Last week, Mayor Frey joined La Raza radio to discuss the ongoing harm caused by the presence of federal immigration agents in our neighborhoods and their aggressive, undisciplined tactics designed to spread fear among community members.
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second sitting black congressperson to be assaulted in the past week. all the violence seems to be coming from one side, and it ain’t ours
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
second sitting black congressperson to be assaulted in the past week. all the violence seems to be coming from one side, and it ain’t ours
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For you youngn's out there, this is a deep, deep cut especially to the sentient but evil remaining members of the Republican party, because all the Keyboard Commandos LOVED them when they were publishing satirical cartoons about Muhammad
This will hit different for older Republicans.
This will hit different for older Republicans.
Wow.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 AM
For you youngn's out there, this is a deep, deep cut especially to the sentient but evil remaining members of the Republican party, because all the Keyboard Commandos LOVED them when they were publishing satirical cartoons about Muhammad
This will hit different for older Republicans.
This will hit different for older Republicans.
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"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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OMG, he’s doing the “what was she wearing?”, but unironically
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 AM
OMG, he’s doing the “what was she wearing?”, but unironically
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Echoing the cowardly white moderates who inspired MLK to write Letter from Birmingham Jail, 60 Minnesota CEOs made no mention of ICE, Alex Pretti or Renee Good in a bloodless plea for MN's problems to disappear
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
What gutless corporations don’t get about ICE | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, a Fetterman shows moral leadership on Minnesota.
www.inquirer.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Echoing the cowardly white moderates who inspired MLK to write Letter from Birmingham Jail, 60 Minnesota CEOs made no mention of ICE, Alex Pretti or Renee Good in a bloodless plea for MN's problems to disappear
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
WORD
Tough couple of months for the people trying to optimize Democratic strategy to win the last election instead of the next one
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www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
The ICE shootings are a tipping point
Donald Trump's approval on immigration has collapsed 17 points since taking office, and support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement has swung 50 points since Sept. 2024.
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:18 PM
WORD
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In all seriousness, it's a good thing that these ICE goons are stupid enough to keep announcing their criminal intentions to people recording them.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
In all seriousness, it's a good thing that these ICE goons are stupid enough to keep announcing their criminal intentions to people recording them.
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absolute scenes
*TRUMP: DOLLAR IS DOING GREAT
*TRUMP DOESN'T THINK DOLLAR DECLINED TOO MUCH
*BLOOMBERG DOLLAR INDEX FALLS MORE THAN 1% AFTER TRUMP REMARKS
*DOLLAR TUMBLES AFTER TRUMP SAYS NOT CONCERNED WITH ITS DECLINE
*TRUMP: DOLLAR IS DOING GREAT
*TRUMP DOESN'T THINK DOLLAR DECLINED TOO MUCH
*BLOOMBERG DOLLAR INDEX FALLS MORE THAN 1% AFTER TRUMP REMARKS
*DOLLAR TUMBLES AFTER TRUMP SAYS NOT CONCERNED WITH ITS DECLINE
January 27, 2026 at 8:54 PM
absolute scenes
*TRUMP: DOLLAR IS DOING GREAT
*TRUMP DOESN'T THINK DOLLAR DECLINED TOO MUCH
*BLOOMBERG DOLLAR INDEX FALLS MORE THAN 1% AFTER TRUMP REMARKS
*DOLLAR TUMBLES AFTER TRUMP SAYS NOT CONCERNED WITH ITS DECLINE
*TRUMP: DOLLAR IS DOING GREAT
*TRUMP DOESN'T THINK DOLLAR DECLINED TOO MUCH
*BLOOMBERG DOLLAR INDEX FALLS MORE THAN 1% AFTER TRUMP REMARKS
*DOLLAR TUMBLES AFTER TRUMP SAYS NOT CONCERNED WITH ITS DECLINE
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Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
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Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
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This is complete bullshit, and it's a criminal administration's transparent effort to cover up a crime.
www.ms.now/news/no-civi...
www.ms.now/news/no-civi...
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This is complete bullshit, and it's a criminal administration's transparent effort to cover up a crime.
www.ms.now/news/no-civi...
www.ms.now/news/no-civi...
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in Hungary do they have masked agents of the state gunning down civilians in the street? I feel like we need to dial up our authoritarian regime comparisons quite a bit from where they were a year ago
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
in Hungary do they have masked agents of the state gunning down civilians in the street? I feel like we need to dial up our authoritarian regime comparisons quite a bit from where they were a year ago
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New on MS NOW: Leader Jeffries says Democrats will begin impeachment proceedings against Kristi Noem if she is "not fired immediately."
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
New on MS NOW: Leader Jeffries says Democrats will begin impeachment proceedings against Kristi Noem if she is "not fired immediately."
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Some powerfully resonant quotes from 'Salvation by Words' near the end of @backlisted.bsky.social on Iris Murdoch:
'Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth'
@irismurdoch.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/256...
'Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth'
@irismurdoch.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/256...
256. The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch — Backlisted
Ian Patterson, author of Books: A Manifesto (W&N), returns to Backlisted for a joyful discussion of Iris Murdoch and her sixteenth novel The Sacred and Profane Love Machine  ...
www.backlisted.fm
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Some powerfully resonant quotes from 'Salvation by Words' near the end of @backlisted.bsky.social on Iris Murdoch:
'Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth'
@irismurdoch.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/256...
'Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth'
@irismurdoch.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/256...
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Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
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Night of the pocket knife
January 27, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Night of the pocket knife