@christinj.bsky.social
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This statement is true, and Steve also knows what I‘m about to say, so this is just additional commentary not a correction:
This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.
This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.
It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile *speech* and hostile *conduct.*
The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This statement is true, and Steve also knows what I‘m about to say, so this is just additional commentary not a correction:
This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.
This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.
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6 months ago, in the shadow of the night, Israeli soldiers took 16-year-old American Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim from his family. He’s been imprisoned ever since. He’s suffered from scabies & lost 25 pounds.
Remember Sayfollah Musallet, the young American killed by settlers last month? They’re cousins.
Remember Sayfollah Musallet, the young American killed by settlers last month? They’re cousins.
A US Teenager Has Been Locked in an Israeli Prison, With No Trial, for 6 Months. Where’s the Outrage?
The family of 16-year-old Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim, who was taken by Israeli soldiers in the middle of the night, says they feel abandoned by the Trump administration.
zeteo.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
6 months ago, in the shadow of the night, Israeli soldiers took 16-year-old American Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim from his family. He’s been imprisoned ever since. He’s suffered from scabies & lost 25 pounds.
Remember Sayfollah Musallet, the young American killed by settlers last month? They’re cousins.
Remember Sayfollah Musallet, the young American killed by settlers last month? They’re cousins.
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“Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions”
Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions - BBC News
Investigation by BBC Verify using satellite images and verified footage to show the extent of destruction in Gaza, where the Israeli military have carried out demolitions to raze entire towns and subu...
www.bbc.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions”
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This cannot be allowed and will not be allowed. It is possible to bring this horror to an end. If you have a public voice - use it now.
Haaretz’s Yaniv Kubovich reports that Israel plans to seize 75% of Gaza and relocate more than 1,3 million Palestinians in the upcoming offensive, ultimately forcing the entire population into three military zones with food supplies strictly controlled by GHF/Israel. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
May 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This cannot be allowed and will not be allowed. It is possible to bring this horror to an end. If you have a public voice - use it now.
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Things that have been defunded or are on the chopping block but are not police
Public Schools
FDA
Universities
Libraries
USAID
Health & Human Services
Illness & disease research
Air traffic
Housing assistance
Medicaid
Air quality control
USDA
Food banks
Veterans assistance
Ah, character limit
Public Schools
FDA
Universities
Libraries
USAID
Health & Human Services
Illness & disease research
Air traffic
Housing assistance
Medicaid
Air quality control
USDA
Food banks
Veterans assistance
Ah, character limit
Since the argument about “defund” being a bad word to use in political discourse is going on again, I will just observe that the present regime has made such violent terms as “diversity,” “equity” and “inclusion” disqualifying words to use.
There is no word that can’t be turned into the wrong word.
There is no word that can’t be turned into the wrong word.
April 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Things that have been defunded or are on the chopping block but are not police
Public Schools
FDA
Universities
Libraries
USAID
Health & Human Services
Illness & disease research
Air traffic
Housing assistance
Medicaid
Air quality control
USDA
Food banks
Veterans assistance
Ah, character limit
Public Schools
FDA
Universities
Libraries
USAID
Health & Human Services
Illness & disease research
Air traffic
Housing assistance
Medicaid
Air quality control
USDA
Food banks
Veterans assistance
Ah, character limit
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Pritzker invokes his own Jewish background in responding to Trump:
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
April 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Pritzker invokes his own Jewish background in responding to Trump:
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
I need someone to invent an app that synchs scary movies with your smart watch. And before every jump scare, you get a gentle haptic tap.
April 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I need someone to invent an app that synchs scary movies with your smart watch. And before every jump scare, you get a gentle haptic tap.
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African Americans didn't lose or squander wealth on the ongoing road from enslavement to equality. Instead, each time the American economy changed, agents of that change dispossessed, disinherited, or decapitalized Black people.🙏 @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering...
www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering...
Plundering Black America
An excerpt from an important new book chronicling the history of the racial wealth gap
www.americaamerica.news
March 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
African Americans didn't lose or squander wealth on the ongoing road from enslavement to equality. Instead, each time the American economy changed, agents of that change dispossessed, disinherited, or decapitalized Black people.🙏 @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering...
www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering...
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What is truly heartbreaking is that she has told us this for over a decade (much more) and still people haven’t heard the truth.
April 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
What is truly heartbreaking is that she has told us this for over a decade (much more) and still people haven’t heard the truth.
“If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen*; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary” -Timothy Snyder (*or just say “oops oh well”)
April 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
“If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen*; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary” -Timothy Snyder (*or just say “oops oh well”)
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One of the most effective manipulation tactics from folks who spread/profit off of medical misinformation is to ask questions (for which we have answers) and present them as mysteries they will heroically solve.
January 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
One of the most effective manipulation tactics from folks who spread/profit off of medical misinformation is to ask questions (for which we have answers) and present them as mysteries they will heroically solve.