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When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen.
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen.
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
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I think attitudes towards government employees are a bit like attitudes towards race and religion and sexuality. Plenty of people are unregenerate bigots in the abstract but have That One Black Friend who They Don’t Think of As Black. There are exceptions in the particular, unreconciled. /1
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
February 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I think attitudes towards government employees are a bit like attitudes towards race and religion and sexuality. Plenty of people are unregenerate bigots in the abstract but have That One Black Friend who They Don’t Think of As Black. There are exceptions in the particular, unreconciled. /1
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I was at the National Archives in November & took this photo of my favorite inscription, showing the relationship btwn studying our past & our pursuit of democratic institutions. The illegal GOP destruction of our public resources & institutions relies on the suppression/erasure of our shared past.
February 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I was at the National Archives in November & took this photo of my favorite inscription, showing the relationship btwn studying our past & our pursuit of democratic institutions. The illegal GOP destruction of our public resources & institutions relies on the suppression/erasure of our shared past.
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Good morning! What hot fresh hell awaits us today? Has Musk stolen all our dogs overnight? Does your toothbrush now have AI in it, and is suddenly racist? Has Trump thrown Santa Claus in an El Salvadoran prison? Why is everything sticky?? Tune in to the SERIES FINALE OF AMERICA to find out!
February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Good morning! What hot fresh hell awaits us today? Has Musk stolen all our dogs overnight? Does your toothbrush now have AI in it, and is suddenly racist? Has Trump thrown Santa Claus in an El Salvadoran prison? Why is everything sticky?? Tune in to the SERIES FINALE OF AMERICA to find out!
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I don't know if this is literally true. But it helps to clarify some arguments that @mcopelov.bsky.social and I are pulling together about the political economy of crypto and state power. If tech billionaires are massively overleveraged on two products that nobody wants, only the state can save them
Please read this and pass it on: Aaron is a Harvard educated lawyer, community organizer and bookstore owner in Buffalo.
February 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I don't know if this is literally true. But it helps to clarify some arguments that @mcopelov.bsky.social and I are pulling together about the political economy of crypto and state power. If tech billionaires are massively overleveraged on two products that nobody wants, only the state can save them
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i watched this 1997 TV special on "what if the US became a personalist patriarchal dictatorship" and it's not good, but it is striking. i might write about it or better make a video about it this week.
"What's Right with America" (entire special)
YouTube video by Cedar1956
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
i watched this 1997 TV special on "what if the US became a personalist patriarchal dictatorship" and it's not good, but it is striking. i might write about it or better make a video about it this week.
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I do think it is important to be inspiring, to be as effective as possible, and where you can, to be both. That’s the goal.
But the effective options are thin right now and there is SO MUCH FUCKING SHIT to respond to. Let me try to sketch out briefly ten days in the life of a House press strategy
But the effective options are thin right now and there is SO MUCH FUCKING SHIT to respond to. Let me try to sketch out briefly ten days in the life of a House press strategy
February 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I do think it is important to be inspiring, to be as effective as possible, and where you can, to be both. That’s the goal.
But the effective options are thin right now and there is SO MUCH FUCKING SHIT to respond to. Let me try to sketch out briefly ten days in the life of a House press strategy
But the effective options are thin right now and there is SO MUCH FUCKING SHIT to respond to. Let me try to sketch out briefly ten days in the life of a House press strategy
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I could try to explain part of the response and why I think this is wrong but people would just get mad and ratio it so I do not think I will
I really can’t wrap my head around congressional Democrats’ response to the past 12 days of crises. It reeks of pathetic capitulation. Trump is asserting dictatorial powers of absolute control over the entire government and the reaction is “we don’t swing at every pitch”? An appalling abdication.
February 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I could try to explain part of the response and why I think this is wrong but people would just get mad and ratio it so I do not think I will
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Take this advice now pls. Below is a taste of how reality should be conveyed by the press. It’s beyond brilliant; it activates your internal alarms. Sample below.
bsky.app/profile/asha...
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February 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Take this advice now pls. Below is a taste of how reality should be conveyed by the press. It’s beyond brilliant; it activates your internal alarms. Sample below.
bsky.app/profile/asha...
bsky.app/profile/asha...
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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
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In case it helps someone:
The phrase “We don’t do / say that here” is immensely useful in managing people who feel emboldened to try to push boundaries and test behaviour norms in your spaces.
It’s a bland statement of fact, doesn’t contain an accusation, and can be used by anyone including peers.
The phrase “We don’t do / say that here” is immensely useful in managing people who feel emboldened to try to push boundaries and test behaviour norms in your spaces.
It’s a bland statement of fact, doesn’t contain an accusation, and can be used by anyone including peers.
February 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In case it helps someone:
The phrase “We don’t do / say that here” is immensely useful in managing people who feel emboldened to try to push boundaries and test behaviour norms in your spaces.
It’s a bland statement of fact, doesn’t contain an accusation, and can be used by anyone including peers.
The phrase “We don’t do / say that here” is immensely useful in managing people who feel emboldened to try to push boundaries and test behaviour norms in your spaces.
It’s a bland statement of fact, doesn’t contain an accusation, and can be used by anyone including peers.
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But we now live in a time where even credible media deems the online postings of random people worthy of inclusion in stories on matters such as this. Social media unfortunately adds confusion to very serious events and interferes with our ability to accurately understand what has happened and why.
January 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
But we now live in a time where even credible media deems the online postings of random people worthy of inclusion in stories on matters such as this. Social media unfortunately adds confusion to very serious events and interferes with our ability to accurately understand what has happened and why.
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This administration is finding ways to upset me I didn't even know existed
NEW: Yesterday, the Department of Transportation issued a memo that says DOT and DOT-supported programs should "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average." www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
www.transportation.gov
January 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This administration is finding ways to upset me I didn't even know existed
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I've watched this video maybe 20 times in the last day
January 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I've watched this video maybe 20 times in the last day
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I can absolutely tell the difference between left and right.
January 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I can absolutely tell the difference between left and right.
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It would be difficult for America’s enemies to execute a sabotage operation that compromises U.S. governance, security and prosperity more than this administration is doing of its own accord.
The White House budget office has paused all federal grants and loans, according to a memo sent to agencies Monday www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It would be difficult for America’s enemies to execute a sabotage operation that compromises U.S. governance, security and prosperity more than this administration is doing of its own accord.
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Truly the 🦅 represents us all
January 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Truly the 🦅 represents us all
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Hey, it’s the Trump breakfast inflation plan! First eggs, now coffee, and once the raids start in the meat packing plants, bacon is next. Oh wait, does Canadian wheat go into our cereals? So even your kids are out of luck.
(I know he didn’t do the eggs, but since he blamed Biden, all’s fair …)
(I know he didn’t do the eggs, but since he blamed Biden, all’s fair …)
January 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hey, it’s the Trump breakfast inflation plan! First eggs, now coffee, and once the raids start in the meat packing plants, bacon is next. Oh wait, does Canadian wheat go into our cereals? So even your kids are out of luck.
(I know he didn’t do the eggs, but since he blamed Biden, all’s fair …)
(I know he didn’t do the eggs, but since he blamed Biden, all’s fair …)
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This is the video this is it
January 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is the video this is it
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A 2-part series of interviews I conducted with Chris Squire of Yes is live on YouTube. We discussed Yes projects including Keys to Ascension, Union, 90125 & Fly From Here, XYZ with Jimmy Page, creative process & bass gear/techniques.
Pt. 1 youtu.be/6fqITcYdYoc?...
Pt. 2 youtu.be/CyiyLHhAhN0?...
Pt. 1 youtu.be/6fqITcYdYoc?...
Pt. 2 youtu.be/CyiyLHhAhN0?...
January 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A 2-part series of interviews I conducted with Chris Squire of Yes is live on YouTube. We discussed Yes projects including Keys to Ascension, Union, 90125 & Fly From Here, XYZ with Jimmy Page, creative process & bass gear/techniques.
Pt. 1 youtu.be/6fqITcYdYoc?...
Pt. 2 youtu.be/CyiyLHhAhN0?...
Pt. 1 youtu.be/6fqITcYdYoc?...
Pt. 2 youtu.be/CyiyLHhAhN0?...
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as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination
the war on DEI
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination
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Imagine spending your life being a second-generation NASA employee — she was running NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center before this week — and having it come to this.
A lot of people are making a lot of decisions already this week that should stay with them for life.
A lot of people are making a lot of decisions already this week that should stay with them for life.
Here's an e-mail that just went out to NASA agency wide. 🔭
January 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Imagine spending your life being a second-generation NASA employee — she was running NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center before this week — and having it come to this.
A lot of people are making a lot of decisions already this week that should stay with them for life.
A lot of people are making a lot of decisions already this week that should stay with them for life.