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US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists.
Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
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In a fight between Pritzker and and police, who is going to win? This is what happens when both parties allowed law enforcement to become one of the most powerful political actors in the country -- a taxpayer-funded political movement that wants to kill people.
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In a fight between Pritzker and and police, who is going to win? This is what happens when both parties allowed law enforcement to become one of the most powerful political actors in the country -- a taxpayer-funded political movement that wants to kill people.
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The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...
National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty
Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.
www.foxnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...
Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era - defector.com/bari-weiss-s...
Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector
On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...
defector.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era - defector.com/bari-weiss-s...
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‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism
on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism
connectedplaces.online/blueskyism-p...
on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism
connectedplaces.online/blueskyism-p...
‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism
After Kirk's murder, calls for censorship and the crackdown on political places started to include Bluesky. Open social networks must now fight political suppression as well as platform monopolies.
connectedplaces.online
September 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism
on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism
connectedplaces.online/blueskyism-p...
on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism
connectedplaces.online/blueskyism-p...
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JD Vance invoking "blood libel" is dangerous and wrong. He is using a term with a specific, horrific history tied to centuries of antisemitic violence.
Weaponizing it for political attacks undermines the fight against actual antisemitism.
Weaponizing it for political attacks undermines the fight against actual antisemitism.
Here’s JD Vance accusing Democrats of “blood libel” against ICE agents.
Historically, blood libel referred to the false claim that Jews murdered Christians to use their blood in rituals.
Dangerous language on every level.
Historically, blood libel referred to the false claim that Jews murdered Christians to use their blood in rituals.
Dangerous language on every level.
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
JD Vance invoking "blood libel" is dangerous and wrong. He is using a term with a specific, horrific history tied to centuries of antisemitic violence.
Weaponizing it for political attacks undermines the fight against actual antisemitism.
Weaponizing it for political attacks undermines the fight against actual antisemitism.
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I wrote about the experience of government of, by, and for people who have been driven insane by screens. (This is a gift link, please Consider Defector if you are interested in subscribing to a website) defector.com/the-united-s...
The United States Of Snitches | Defector
On Saturday, the chairman of the Republican Party in Michigan’s Oakland County spent his afternoon directing his online followers’ attention to local businesses that had not lowered their flags to hal...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I wrote about the experience of government of, by, and for people who have been driven insane by screens. (This is a gift link, please Consider Defector if you are interested in subscribing to a website) defector.com/the-united-s...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Fugitive Slave Act. Sadly, our nation finds itself in much the same place today.
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Today is the 175th anniversary of the Fugitive Slave Act. Sadly, our nation finds itself in much the same place today.
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When conspiracy theorists are going on about the Illuminati, while their MAGA King is literally walking around a palace with people who wield the most pervasive, unaccountable power on the planet.
September 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
When conspiracy theorists are going on about the Illuminati, while their MAGA King is literally walking around a palace with people who wield the most pervasive, unaccountable power on the planet.
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The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
September 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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I think one of the better, more subtle tributes to Robert Redford's life is the string of utterly iconic female co-stars who've come forward to eulogize him; each of them take-no-shit types like Fonda and Streisand, and every one of them without a single bad thing to say. A model for male behavior
September 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I think one of the better, more subtle tributes to Robert Redford's life is the string of utterly iconic female co-stars who've come forward to eulogize him; each of them take-no-shit types like Fonda and Streisand, and every one of them without a single bad thing to say. A model for male behavior
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This is what David Brooks meant when he said a conservative had texted him that Kirk was their George Floyd. They didn't mean that Kirk was a victim of a profound injustice. In the conservative mind, Floyd was used as a symbolic pretext to reorient society. They want to use Kirk that way.
Vance encourages people to call the employers of people who "celebrate Charlie's murder," then says "get involved. Get involved. Get involved."
Cites Stephen Miller's vow to go after orgs that "promote violence and terrorism", and closes by calling on people to "put on the full armor of God."
Cites Stephen Miller's vow to go after orgs that "promote violence and terrorism", and closes by calling on people to "put on the full armor of God."
In his closing remarks while hosting Charlie Kirk's show for the White House, Vance says "the most important truth Charlie told was" — and then recites Apostles' Creed.
Vance then spends several minutes railing against the left in a speech that, uh, I think is likely gonna get some attention.
Vance then spends several minutes railing against the left in a speech that, uh, I think is likely gonna get some attention.
September 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is what David Brooks meant when he said a conservative had texted him that Kirk was their George Floyd. They didn't mean that Kirk was a victim of a profound injustice. In the conservative mind, Floyd was used as a symbolic pretext to reorient society. They want to use Kirk that way.
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By allowing the right to conflate criticizing Charlie Kirk with celebrating his murder, our elite media is inflaming the situation enormously.
September 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
By allowing the right to conflate criticizing Charlie Kirk with celebrating his murder, our elite media is inflaming the situation enormously.
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More than 1 in 4 workers without jobs have been unemployed for at least six months, new data shows.
That number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil.
That number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil.
Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy
The US economy is seeing a rise in long-term unemployment, with over 1.9 million Americans out of work for 27 weeks or more, sparking concerns about the labor market.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
More than 1 in 4 workers without jobs have been unemployed for at least six months, new data shows.
That number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil.
That number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil.
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Interesting polling data: Those with unfavorable views of Donald Trump are the LEAST LIKELY to support political violence.
September 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Interesting polling data: Those with unfavorable views of Donald Trump are the LEAST LIKELY to support political violence.
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This speech is now an Emmy winner.
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest."
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
September 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This speech is now an Emmy winner.
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Last November I wrote that Republicans wanted to “socialize the means of cancellation” through the creation of a “Snitch State.” Feels relevant now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale
In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government.
www.theatlantic.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Last November I wrote that Republicans wanted to “socialize the means of cancellation” through the creation of a “Snitch State.” Feels relevant now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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you could write an entire book about this post and I will for the right price
September 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
you could write an entire book about this post and I will for the right price
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Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
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JUST IN: All job sectors except healthcare are down. We are in a “no hire” economy. And unemployment for young people just hit 10%. - Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
JUST IN: All job sectors except healthcare are down. We are in a “no hire” economy. And unemployment for young people just hit 10%. - Bureau of Labor Statistics