@jrslu.bsky.social
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The sheer cruelty is breathtaking.
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The sheer cruelty is breathtaking.
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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i was IN BED WITH THE LIGHTS OUT last night when Josh came into the room whispering that he had to tell me some bad news, and then he showed me this post
ey, take it easy. i just found out they ain’t selling De Cecco in America no more. i’m hurtin here
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
i was IN BED WITH THE LIGHTS OUT last night when Josh came into the room whispering that he had to tell me some bad news, and then he showed me this post
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content
October 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content
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MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.
msf.org/msf-denounce...
msf.org/msf-denounce...
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.
msf.org/msf-denounce...
msf.org/msf-denounce...
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This is what Blair’s team created together with BCG
September 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is what Blair’s team created together with BCG
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
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"When nearly one-third of all political contributions get recycled back into asking for more contributions, we've created a system that exists primarily to perpetuate itself while enriching fundraising consultants." data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-fundra...
The Fundraising-Industrial Complex Is Eating American Politics
New data reveals campaigns burn about a third of donations raised just asking for more donations
data4democracy.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"When nearly one-third of all political contributions get recycled back into asking for more contributions, we've created a system that exists primarily to perpetuate itself while enriching fundraising consultants." data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-fundra...
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism
September 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism
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Coates nails it with the Lost Cause analogy.
"The rewriting and the ignoring were done not just by Confederates, but also by putative allies for whom the reduction of Black people to serfdom was the unfortunate price of white unity."
"The rewriting and the ignoring were done not just by Confederates, but also by putative allies for whom the reduction of Black people to serfdom was the unfortunate price of white unity."
September 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Coates nails it with the Lost Cause analogy.
"The rewriting and the ignoring were done not just by Confederates, but also by putative allies for whom the reduction of Black people to serfdom was the unfortunate price of white unity."
"The rewriting and the ignoring were done not just by Confederates, but also by putative allies for whom the reduction of Black people to serfdom was the unfortunate price of white unity."
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Our full episode, btw, is a full-length doc about how two Democratic politicians from Harvard are behind a $2.3B scheme centered around climate change.
They had a key donor: the richest owner in sports.
They hired Drake, Leo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr...
And, secretly... youtu.be/1OwzYk6OCFM?...
They had a key donor: the richest owner in sports.
They hired Drake, Leo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr...
And, secretly... youtu.be/1OwzYk6OCFM?...
Kawhi Leonard Signed a Secret $28M Deal. Steve Ballmer Funded a Fraud. We Followed the Money. | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our full episode, btw, is a full-length doc about how two Democratic politicians from Harvard are behind a $2.3B scheme centered around climate change.
They had a key donor: the richest owner in sports.
They hired Drake, Leo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr...
And, secretly... youtu.be/1OwzYk6OCFM?...
They had a key donor: the richest owner in sports.
They hired Drake, Leo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr...
And, secretly... youtu.be/1OwzYk6OCFM?...
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An “unattractive combination of machismo and self-pity. .. If you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
August 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
An “unattractive combination of machismo and self-pity. .. If you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🧵: Let's show DC and Pink Polo we have their backs.
It's time for another fundraiser.
For every:
- repost of this post
- new follower I get
- dollar you give to the Capital Area Food Bank
- dollar you give to @washlegalclinic.bsky.social
(links in 🧵)
I will donate $1 to CAFB
AND
$1 to WLCH.
It's time for another fundraiser.
For every:
- repost of this post
- new follower I get
- dollar you give to the Capital Area Food Bank
- dollar you give to @washlegalclinic.bsky.social
(links in 🧵)
I will donate $1 to CAFB
AND
$1 to WLCH.
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
🧵: Let's show DC and Pink Polo we have their backs.
It's time for another fundraiser.
For every:
- repost of this post
- new follower I get
- dollar you give to the Capital Area Food Bank
- dollar you give to @washlegalclinic.bsky.social
(links in 🧵)
I will donate $1 to CAFB
AND
$1 to WLCH.
It's time for another fundraiser.
For every:
- repost of this post
- new follower I get
- dollar you give to the Capital Area Food Bank
- dollar you give to @washlegalclinic.bsky.social
(links in 🧵)
I will donate $1 to CAFB
AND
$1 to WLCH.
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A recent graduate reflects on what she will remember of her time at Columbia www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
August 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A recent graduate reflects on what she will remember of her time at Columbia www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
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A Latino family in L.A. sued over an illegal eviction. The landlord's lawyer, Rod Fehlman, warned in an email that they'd "likely be picked up by ICE and deported prior to trial thanks to all the good work the Trump administration has done."
The kicker? Every member of the family is a U.S. citizen.
The kicker? Every member of the family is a U.S. citizen.
Latino tenants sued their landlord. A lawyer told them they would be 'picked up by ICE.'
When a Latino tenant filed a lawsuit against a landlord and real estate agent for selling the home she was evicted from, an opposing lawyer suggested she'll likely be deported by ICE before trial.
www.latimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A Latino family in L.A. sued over an illegal eviction. The landlord's lawyer, Rod Fehlman, warned in an email that they'd "likely be picked up by ICE and deported prior to trial thanks to all the good work the Trump administration has done."
The kicker? Every member of the family is a U.S. citizen.
The kicker? Every member of the family is a U.S. citizen.
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Without clicking through, I’m guessing they have to buy $200 million in TrumpCoin
Columbia University agreed to pay a $200 million fine to resolve a Trump administration investigation "into alleged violations of federal anti-discrimination laws," the college announced today.
Columbia agrees to pay $200 million fine to settle Trump admin dispute
The agreement will see the restoration of federal funding that the Trump administration had pulled.
www.axios.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Without clicking through, I’m guessing they have to buy $200 million in TrumpCoin
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The video is shocking - but felony charges have been filed: against the protestors who are being beaten up.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
July 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The video is shocking - but felony charges have been filed: against the protestors who are being beaten up.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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Abrego is the *only* prisoner ever released from CECOT, so this is the sole account we have of the horrifying conditions in the prison in El Salvador where Trump has sent over 260 people from the US.
Abrego said he shared a cell with 20 people, who were forced to kneel overnight, “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion.”
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
Politico - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegaly deported by the Trump administration, details his mistreatment in a Salvadoran prison, claiming he suffered "severe beatings," sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
July 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Abrego is the *only* prisoner ever released from CECOT, so this is the sole account we have of the horrifying conditions in the prison in El Salvador where Trump has sent over 260 people from the US.