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A white man from Stanford is saying it.
Will folks now act even a lil bit sensible
Will folks now act even a lil bit sensible
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A white man from Stanford is saying it.
Will folks now act even a lil bit sensible
Will folks now act even a lil bit sensible
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Ok these all sound like gay porn titles.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ok these all sound like gay porn titles.
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Latino U.S. citizens/ permanent residents racially profiled by immigration agents in Chicago.
Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Latino U.S. citizens/ permanent residents racially profiled by immigration agents in Chicago.
Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Even after they told the agents they were in the country legally, officers zip-tied their hands & detained them, in some cases even transporting them to Broadview.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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This should be comms and strategy 101 for any non-fascist political group, candidate, or party today. Somehow, it continues to be lost on a large proportion of the people in charge of messaging.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This should be comms and strategy 101 for any non-fascist political group, candidate, or party today. Somehow, it continues to be lost on a large proportion of the people in charge of messaging.
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Please watch
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Please watch
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Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
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“Hélène” (2023) by Hans Op de Beeck. (MDF, polyester, and coating, 90 x 142 x 110.5 centimeters.)
Image © Studio Hans Op de Beeck
Image © Studio Hans Op de Beeck
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“Hélène” (2023) by Hans Op de Beeck. (MDF, polyester, and coating, 90 x 142 x 110.5 centimeters.)
Image © Studio Hans Op de Beeck
Image © Studio Hans Op de Beeck
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I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States
NEW: The DOJ is in settlement talks with Mike Flynn for $50M. They're robbing us blind. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States
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A young person who facilitated a session at Communiversity today alerted me to a situation happening in Tunisia with West African migrants. They are from there and will be heading home in a week & is fundraising for mutual aid to support the migrants - linktr.ee/tnmutualaid - I donated.
tnmutualaid | Instagram | Linktree
Linktree. Make your link do more.
linktr.ee
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A young person who facilitated a session at Communiversity today alerted me to a situation happening in Tunisia with West African migrants. They are from there and will be heading home in a week & is fundraising for mutual aid to support the migrants - linktr.ee/tnmutualaid - I donated.
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Smartphones???
ABSOLUTELY NOT
Theyre probably the same as the pagers: full of explosive materials that will be detonated and thus causing more harm.
ABSOLUTELY NOT
Theyre probably the same as the pagers: full of explosive materials that will be detonated and thus causing more harm.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Smartphones???
ABSOLUTELY NOT
Theyre probably the same as the pagers: full of explosive materials that will be detonated and thus causing more harm.
ABSOLUTELY NOT
Theyre probably the same as the pagers: full of explosive materials that will be detonated and thus causing more harm.
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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Was this message directed at Trump or Speaker Mike Johnson
Now is the time to prepare to not set your house on fire this Thanksgiving.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Was this message directed at Trump or Speaker Mike Johnson
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Yep, the 10,000 limit on U Visas is so patently absurd. There are people who will have their application for a U Visa approved this year who won't get their visa until the 2040s.
it's so perverse to have visa number limits on humanitarian protections like these
"oh sorry, you're already in the US but you can't get protection because of the arbitrary magical number a senate intern dreamt up as being applicable one day and suggested"
U visas, Ts, SIJS, it's so evil
"oh sorry, you're already in the US but you can't get protection because of the arbitrary magical number a senate intern dreamt up as being applicable one day and suggested"
U visas, Ts, SIJS, it's so evil
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yep, the 10,000 limit on U Visas is so patently absurd. There are people who will have their application for a U Visa approved this year who won't get their visa until the 2040s.
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If cops really cared about protecting and serving their communities, they'd be arresting ICE. ACAB.
Protesters clashing with ICE Goons at Broadview ICE facility just outside of Chicago. Mostly faith based leaders singing and advocating for their release. 🗣️ 📣
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If cops really cared about protecting and serving their communities, they'd be arresting ICE. ACAB.
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Infantilizing women until they’re no longer responsible for their choices is also sexist.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Infantilizing women until they’re no longer responsible for their choices is also sexist.
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As a woman who used to be a teen, nothing has shocked me, but it is still so much to bear
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
As a woman who used to be a teen, nothing has shocked me, but it is still so much to bear
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I don't know if I've shared this before or not, but please enjoy this video of my large orange fur nephew, Carl, purring. He's a very loud purr-er. My brother thinks it's a self-soothing mechanism.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I don't know if I've shared this before or not, but please enjoy this video of my large orange fur nephew, Carl, purring. He's a very loud purr-er. My brother thinks it's a self-soothing mechanism.
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A reminder that in 2022, President Biden signed the “Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act,” eliminating the statute of limitations to file civil action for federal sex offenses. Seems relevant.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A reminder that in 2022, President Biden signed the “Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act,” eliminating the statute of limitations to file civil action for federal sex offenses. Seems relevant.
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this literally made me tear up a little, it’s nice to be reminded that some people out there do care still 🥹
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
this literally made me tear up a little, it’s nice to be reminded that some people out there do care still 🥹
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Born on this day in 1939. Happy posthumous birthday to the legendary Idris Muhammad!
Power of Soul (1974)
Full album credits ⬇️
www.discogs.com/release/5924...
My favorite tracks
"Piece of Mind"
youtu.be/rI7yrHXQ_S8?si
"Loran's Dance"
youtu.be/a9gdvyEF6M4?si
#JazzSky #MusicSky
Power of Soul (1974)
Full album credits ⬇️
www.discogs.com/release/5924...
My favorite tracks
"Piece of Mind"
youtu.be/rI7yrHXQ_S8?si
"Loran's Dance"
youtu.be/a9gdvyEF6M4?si
#JazzSky #MusicSky
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Born on this day in 1939. Happy posthumous birthday to the legendary Idris Muhammad!
Power of Soul (1974)
Full album credits ⬇️
www.discogs.com/release/5924...
My favorite tracks
"Piece of Mind"
youtu.be/rI7yrHXQ_S8?si
"Loran's Dance"
youtu.be/a9gdvyEF6M4?si
#JazzSky #MusicSky
Power of Soul (1974)
Full album credits ⬇️
www.discogs.com/release/5924...
My favorite tracks
"Piece of Mind"
youtu.be/rI7yrHXQ_S8?si
"Loran's Dance"
youtu.be/a9gdvyEF6M4?si
#JazzSky #MusicSky
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The question everyone is asking right now is this: NYT had deep access into all of this in real time and reported none of it. Why? In consequence, no NYT reporting on this subject is trustworthy.
After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The question everyone is asking right now is this: NYT had deep access into all of this in real time and reported none of it. Why? In consequence, no NYT reporting on this subject is trustworthy.
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The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
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Soooo much sexual harassment from men who were old enough that I sort of roughly grouped them as age 30-50 in middle school and high school. Some guys would stop if you said “I’m 13, weirdo,” others who would be like “I’m young at heart” and keep harassing
oh yeah i got sexually harassed by guys in cars on my way to tennis practice in middle school. basically every time
I was talking with a friend my age not long ago about how she received the largest amount of male interest from older men when she was ~8 years old to around 19 or so.
At least a couple of them--from church, mind you--said she was "worth the risk with law enforcement". She wasn't safe at church.
At least a couple of them--from church, mind you--said she was "worth the risk with law enforcement". She wasn't safe at church.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Soooo much sexual harassment from men who were old enough that I sort of roughly grouped them as age 30-50 in middle school and high school. Some guys would stop if you said “I’m 13, weirdo,” others who would be like “I’m young at heart” and keep harassing