Alexander M. Cannon (he/him)
@alexmcannon.bsky.social
Professor of Ethnomusicology. Lapsed baker. Bad dancer. Happy husband 🏳️🌈. Advocate for non-violent resistance.
Let’s make sure this report and the video spread far and wide. This is the United States.
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Let’s make sure this report and the video spread far and wide. This is the United States.
I am outraged by this. How dare UM flagrantly disregard the principles of education by intimidating its students—and using their tuition fees to do it!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—Trump and his cronies are not the problem. America has been sliding into fascism for years now.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—Trump and his cronies are not the problem. America has been sliding into fascism for years now.
University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protesters
Revealed: security trailing students on and off campus as video shows investigator faking disability when confronted
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I am outraged by this. How dare UM flagrantly disregard the principles of education by intimidating its students—and using their tuition fees to do it!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—Trump and his cronies are not the problem. America has been sliding into fascism for years now.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—Trump and his cronies are not the problem. America has been sliding into fascism for years now.
I’m glad that the Guardian has identified the clear connections between the rhetoric of the speeches made by Starmer and Enoch Powell. I thought we were 57 years past ‘rivers of blood’, but evidently not…
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m glad that the Guardian has identified the clear connections between the rhetoric of the speeches made by Starmer and Enoch Powell. I thought we were 57 years past ‘rivers of blood’, but evidently not…
Let there be no mincing words. We have reached and stepped over a red line. The Trump administration is now deporting US citizens.
Breaking News: A federal judge expressed deep concern that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
April 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Let there be no mincing words. We have reached and stepped over a red line. The Trump administration is now deporting US citizens.
Terrifying. I learned about the Gestapo when I was in school, and it was always presented as a vestige of a dangerous past. Little did I know then that the United States would become that past.
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
April 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Terrifying. I learned about the Gestapo when I was in school, and it was always presented as a vestige of a dangerous past. Little did I know then that the United States would become that past.
The judiciary erodes from within…
US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views
Decision sides with White House’s claim that Khalil’s ‘beliefs and associations’ were counter to US foreign policy interests
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The judiciary erodes from within…
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Breaking News: The Trump administration moved to cancel lawfully obtained Social Security numbers in an effort to pressure immigrants to “self deport” by cutting people off from using crucial financial services like bank accounts and credit cards, along with their access to government benefits.
Pushing ‘Self-Deportation,’ Trump White House Moves to Cut Migrants’ Social Security
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration moved to cancel lawfully obtained Social Security numbers in an effort to pressure immigrants to “self deport” by cutting people off from using crucial financial services like bank accounts and credit cards, along with their access to government benefits.
Time to boycott Avelo.
Airline abandons Bay Area hub to instead offer ICE deportation flights
Avelo Airlines is ditching the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport to begin a "long-term charter program" with ICE for deportation flights in Arizona.
www.sfgate.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Time to boycott Avelo.
Anyone with some understanding how the US economy works knows that it needs immigrant labour to run. Now with violent anti-immigrant policies in the US, Republicans are turning to child labour to keep economies going. In what kind of horror are we?
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Anyone with some understanding how the US economy works knows that it needs immigrant labour to run. Now with violent anti-immigrant policies in the US, Republicans are turning to child labour to keep economies going. In what kind of horror are we?
We absolutely cannot look away from this.
Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.
March 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
We absolutely cannot look away from this.
Again, the point appears to be to inflict harm on students and international scholars—those unlikely to have enough savings to get by. America continues its race to the bottom.
US funding freeze affecting both American and international exchange students and major US scholarship funders
The Trump administration’s funding freeze affecting several prominent international education grant programmes in the US continues. Over 10,000 students and professionals participating in internati
monitor.icef.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Again, the point appears to be to inflict harm on students and international scholars—those unlikely to have enough savings to get by. America continues its race to the bottom.
Trump has his brownshirts and now an enormous brown-noser sitting with him in the White House. I am embarrassed to see the PM feeding Trump’s ego like this. It won’t work, Sir Keir!
Trump invited to UK for state visit as US president calls Starmer ‘a special man’ at White House talks – follow live
King Charles also invites US president to Scotland ahead of the unprecedented second state visit
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump has his brownshirts and now an enormous brown-noser sitting with him in the White House. I am embarrassed to see the PM feeding Trump’s ego like this. It won’t work, Sir Keir!
“Trump is treating the law as coterminous with his own desires.” A terrific piece in the Atlantic on Trump’s fashioning of himself as king—in action and in language.
The Governor Who Stood Up to Trump
The president sees himself as national king, and every other American—including Maine Governor Janet Mills—as one of his quavering subjects.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
“Trump is treating the law as coterminous with his own desires.” A terrific piece in the Atlantic on Trump’s fashioning of himself as king—in action and in language.
Be sure to read through the "Assurance of Compliance" notes, which contain a requirement that anyone accepting an NEA grant must adhere to any and all Executive Orders. There is special mention that no grant holder may pursue any DEI initiative or anything that "promote[s] gender ideology."
February 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Be sure to read through the "Assurance of Compliance" notes, which contain a requirement that anyone accepting an NEA grant must adhere to any and all Executive Orders. There is special mention that no grant holder may pursue any DEI initiative or anything that "promote[s] gender ideology."
I don’t even know where to begin on the unethical and cruel nature of Trump’s policies. But as we said during his first presidency, the cruelty is the point.
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I don’t even know where to begin on the unethical and cruel nature of Trump’s policies. But as we said during his first presidency, the cruelty is the point.
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Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.
February 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.
This is 🔥. My only disagreement is with the suggestion that Trump supporters didn’t foresee this happening. They did.
We have a Constitutional crisis because his voters wanted a Constitutional crisis. We have to convince them that this will lead to destruction for all.
We have a Constitutional crisis because his voters wanted a Constitutional crisis. We have to convince them that this will lead to destruction for all.
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is 🔥. My only disagreement is with the suggestion that Trump supporters didn’t foresee this happening. They did.
We have a Constitutional crisis because his voters wanted a Constitutional crisis. We have to convince them that this will lead to destruction for all.
We have a Constitutional crisis because his voters wanted a Constitutional crisis. We have to convince them that this will lead to destruction for all.
Reposted by Alexander M. Cannon (he/him)
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
The suggestion that DEI is somehow responsible for the American Airlines crash is cruel and callous—but it’s also not going to play well. The politicisation of grief cannot happen this quickly—it looks too much like scoring cheap political points, even to MAGA stalwarts (I suspect).
January 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The suggestion that DEI is somehow responsible for the American Airlines crash is cruel and callous—but it’s also not going to play well. The politicisation of grief cannot happen this quickly—it looks too much like scoring cheap political points, even to MAGA stalwarts (I suspect).
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January 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Chúc mọi người một năm mới Ất Tỵ hạnh phúc, thành công, vui vẻ! 恭喜發財! Wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and prosperous Year of the Snake!