Ivan Raikov
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Tiny Tim was to remember that distant Christmas when his father's employer took him to discover a goose.
December 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Tiny Tim was to remember that distant Christmas when his father's employer took him to discover a goose.
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When this whole sector collapses, you'll hear people argue that they need to be bailed out because they're such a big part of the economy, or some shit like that, and those people should immediately be launched into the sun. bsky.app/profile/rbre...
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
When this whole sector collapses, you'll hear people argue that they need to be bailed out because they're such a big part of the economy, or some shit like that, and those people should immediately be launched into the sun. bsky.app/profile/rbre...
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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By the way, Kavanaugh saying this now shows he knew his prior ruling was lawless and without justification.
Also, Justice Kavanaugh sounds like he really, really wants a second try at his decision authorizing Kavanaugh Stops.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
![arrests in Illinois. The State and the Government disagree about whether the immigration officers have violated the Constitution in making certain immigration stops and arrests. The basic constitutional rules governing that dispute are longstanding and clear: The Fourth Amendment requires that immigration stops must be based on reasonable suspicion of illegal presence, stops must be brief, arrests must be based on probable cause, and officers must not employ excessive force. Moreover, the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity. Cf. Whren v. United States, 517 U. S. 806, 813 (1996) (“[T]he Constitution prohibits selective enforcement of the law based on considerations such as race”). This application does not require us to delve into the parties’ underlying dispute and to determine whether any particular immigration encounter or series of encounters in Illinois has violated those basic constitutional principles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreiftd2dsbnwupyavikifhpranzsrgae4czsegm4dlyrwdixfumxmwi@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
By the way, Kavanaugh saying this now shows he knew his prior ruling was lawless and without justification.
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told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime
December 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Whether it's MAGA influencers saying "Hitler was cool" or suburban liberals putting up signs that say "we believe in science," both sides have made some provocative statements.
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Whether it's MAGA influencers saying "Hitler was cool" or suburban liberals putting up signs that say "we believe in science," both sides have made some provocative statements.
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
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No One Left Behind.
Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.
December 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
No One Left Behind.
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Why are the Ukrainians & Europeans allowing the Americans to push them to make concessions to Russia?
1. The US National Security Strategy clarifies that Trump's US supports Russia & not Ukraine or Europe. /1
1. The US National Security Strategy clarifies that Trump's US supports Russia & not Ukraine or Europe. /1
December 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Why are the Ukrainians & Europeans allowing the Americans to push them to make concessions to Russia?
1. The US National Security Strategy clarifies that Trump's US supports Russia & not Ukraine or Europe. /1
1. The US National Security Strategy clarifies that Trump's US supports Russia & not Ukraine or Europe. /1
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Widening busy roads and highways makes traffic worse. It is very expensive and makes everything worse, including the #climatecrisis. But big oil and big auto profit from everything becoming worse, so shut up and pay to make things worse. #transportation #publictransit
I'm in @latimes.com today on why LAX's $1.5B plan to expand its road network will only make traffic worse. Instead: better FlyAway bus service, more bike/pedestrian/People Mover investment, and congestion pricing for the horseshoe to actually make it flow!:
Contributor: Only Los Angeles could spend $1.5 billion to make airport traffic worse
LAX authorities scuttled its terminal expansions after the pandemic. And yet the now seemingly unnecessary roadway plan marches on.
www.latimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Widening busy roads and highways makes traffic worse. It is very expensive and makes everything worse, including the #climatecrisis. But big oil and big auto profit from everything becoming worse, so shut up and pay to make things worse. #transportation #publictransit
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Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because it’s a smash and grab.
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The assault on vaccines gets real.
Children's Health Defense, founded by Kennedy filed a citizen's petition asking Marty Makary to deem Moderna & Pfizer COVID vaccines "misbranded" & revoke their licenses "due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations."
#SacktheQuack
🧪 archive.today/3CSVr
Children's Health Defense, founded by Kennedy filed a citizen's petition asking Marty Makary to deem Moderna & Pfizer COVID vaccines "misbranded" & revoke their licenses "due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations."
#SacktheQuack
🧪 archive.today/3CSVr
This RFK Jr.-founded group demands the FDA kill the COVID vaccine
An anti-vaccine organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a petition to remove the shots from the market.
www.axios.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The assault on vaccines gets real.
Children's Health Defense, founded by Kennedy filed a citizen's petition asking Marty Makary to deem Moderna & Pfizer COVID vaccines "misbranded" & revoke their licenses "due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations."
#SacktheQuack
🧪 archive.today/3CSVr
Children's Health Defense, founded by Kennedy filed a citizen's petition asking Marty Makary to deem Moderna & Pfizer COVID vaccines "misbranded" & revoke their licenses "due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations."
#SacktheQuack
🧪 archive.today/3CSVr
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this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
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working for fox news or the white house must be so easy. any failing can be blamed on immigrants. "sorry for the late reply, an immigrant had my gmail password." "need an extension on this assignment, an immigrant deleted my file." "sorry i didn't pay the bill. immigrants."
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
working for fox news or the white house must be so easy. any failing can be blamed on immigrants. "sorry for the late reply, an immigrant had my gmail password." "need an extension on this assignment, an immigrant deleted my file." "sorry i didn't pay the bill. immigrants."
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Not including Border Patrol, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures do not include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Not including Border Patrol, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
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If all you did today was breathe and survive… that’s ok.
Surviving a capitalist, eugenicist, ableist system is hard work.
Resistance is exhausting.
Never forget that rest is resistance.
Survival is resistance.
You’re not alone.
There’s more of us than there are of them.
Surviving a capitalist, eugenicist, ableist system is hard work.
Resistance is exhausting.
Never forget that rest is resistance.
Survival is resistance.
You’re not alone.
There’s more of us than there are of them.
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
If all you did today was breathe and survive… that’s ok.
Surviving a capitalist, eugenicist, ableist system is hard work.
Resistance is exhausting.
Never forget that rest is resistance.
Survival is resistance.
You’re not alone.
There’s more of us than there are of them.
Surviving a capitalist, eugenicist, ableist system is hard work.
Resistance is exhausting.
Never forget that rest is resistance.
Survival is resistance.
You’re not alone.
There’s more of us than there are of them.
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Under Trump, the NIH is giving fewer grants to fewer scientists. The grants awarded are smaller and scientists have less time to spend them.
Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Under Trump, the NIH is giving fewer grants to fewer scientists. The grants awarded are smaller and scientists have less time to spend them.
Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
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This is certainly the case, and why I wrote the broader OpEd below.
jacobin.com/2025/12/trum...
jacobin.com/2025/12/trum...
Cheney and Obama Enabled Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings
The extrajudicial murders carried out by the Trump administration in the Caribbean build on a dangerous power grab forged by Dick Cheney and expanded under Barack Obama.
jacobin.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is certainly the case, and why I wrote the broader OpEd below.
jacobin.com/2025/12/trum...
jacobin.com/2025/12/trum...