Enemy of the State in Grad School Purgatory
@n8studiesir.bsky.social
Defended PhD @ Brandeis University Dept. of Politics | Global Governance and Intl. Law Development in the Global Commons. I make maps sometimes, worried about the world all the time.
This guy voted for a congressional resolution which praised ICE
Shooting unarmed citizens in the head does not make America safe.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
This guy voted for a congressional resolution which praised ICE
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Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
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AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
Get more pissed off! Get more pissed off! GET MORE PISSED OFF!!!!!
Breaking News: President Trump said the U.S. would withdraw from the U.N.’s bedrock climate treaty, and 65 other treaties and agreements.
Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Treaty
The action could make it more difficult for a future administration to rejoin the Paris climate accord, the agreement among most nations to fight climate change.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Get more pissed off! Get more pissed off! GET MORE PISSED OFF!!!!!
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the opposition party
Governor Walz says he's prepared to deploy the Minnesota National Guard if protests become violent in reaction to ICE fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis.
"We will not take the bait," adds Walz, saying he's also angry but demonstrations should remain lawful.
"We will not take the bait," adds Walz, saying he's also angry but demonstrations should remain lawful.
January 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
the opposition party
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BREAKING: ICE killed a Minnesota woman in broad daylight & there must be accountability.
But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down.
They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down.
They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
January 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
BREAKING: ICE killed a Minnesota woman in broad daylight & there must be accountability.
But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down.
They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down.
They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
As someone who has done research on the International Law Commission, withdrawing from it is one of the stupidest, most unaware things any US power can do. As a scholar, I'm aghast. As a citizen, I'm pissed. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 AM
As someone who has done research on the International Law Commission, withdrawing from it is one of the stupidest, most unaware things any US power can do. As a scholar, I'm aghast. As a citizen, I'm pissed. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
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"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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There’s a video of ICE shooting a woman in the head.
What else do you need to see?
What else do you need to see?
Let's wait for the facts to come out and demand ICE/CBP end their terror.
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
There’s a video of ICE shooting a woman in the head.
What else do you need to see?
What else do you need to see?
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it can’t be independently verified (by the NYT) because they have been explicitly denied permission to use the video by the person who took it for being an untrustworthy news org and for publishing anti-trans disinformation
the nyt says that no version of events in minneapolis can be "verified independently." but that's not true! there are multiple videos proving that the ICE version of events is a total lie. maybe the nyt can, y'know, watch one of them? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
it can’t be independently verified (by the NYT) because they have been explicitly denied permission to use the video by the person who took it for being an untrustworthy news org and for publishing anti-trans disinformation
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Guys, with understanding that everyone is angry right now, I am honestly going to start blocking people who say things like, "Who cares? The law doesn't matter anymore," or "They can do whatever they want, they can't be stopped" etc. I mean, if you really feel that way, you're a part of the problem.
January 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Guys, with understanding that everyone is angry right now, I am honestly going to start blocking people who say things like, "Who cares? The law doesn't matter anymore," or "They can do whatever they want, they can't be stopped" etc. I mean, if you really feel that way, you're a part of the problem.
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Trump is using ICE like a secret police force. They’ve used Gestapo-like tactics to terrorize communities for nearly a year, and now they’re literally killing people. This can’t be America.
I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.
I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
January 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Trump is using ICE like a secret police force. They’ve used Gestapo-like tactics to terrorize communities for nearly a year, and now they’re literally killing people. This can’t be America.
I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.
I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.
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I've been watching American police at every level murder people with impunity my entire life, and every time I hope it will be the moment that changes something. Just, fucking hell, please let this time change something
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I've been watching American police at every level murder people with impunity my entire life, and every time I hope it will be the moment that changes something. Just, fucking hell, please let this time change something
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The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
This Jan 6th I'm thinking about the denouement from the 2010 David Suchet adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. youtu.be/JQRVJF4u-GE?...
Agatha Christie: Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express (2010). - Rule of Law
YouTube video by mips
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January 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
This Jan 6th I'm thinking about the denouement from the 2010 David Suchet adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. youtu.be/JQRVJF4u-GE?...
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Incredibly, the Wall Street Journal article about the attack on Venezuela doesn't even mention that the US killed 80 people, only noting that no Americans were killed. The lives of non-Americans are considered so worthless as to not even need mentioning.
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Incredibly, the Wall Street Journal article about the attack on Venezuela doesn't even mention that the US killed 80 people, only noting that no Americans were killed. The lives of non-Americans are considered so worthless as to not even need mentioning.
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Things I've worked very hard to teach IR students in the past:
- Despite folk theories, outcomes are rarely explained by individual choices
- Power of intl law lies in actors' use of its language to cloak law-breaking
- Neocolonialism doesn't look like overt calls to return to pre-WWII intl order
- Despite folk theories, outcomes are rarely explained by individual choices
- Power of intl law lies in actors' use of its language to cloak law-breaking
- Neocolonialism doesn't look like overt calls to return to pre-WWII intl order
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Things I've worked very hard to teach IR students in the past:
- Despite folk theories, outcomes are rarely explained by individual choices
- Power of intl law lies in actors' use of its language to cloak law-breaking
- Neocolonialism doesn't look like overt calls to return to pre-WWII intl order
- Despite folk theories, outcomes are rarely explained by individual choices
- Power of intl law lies in actors' use of its language to cloak law-breaking
- Neocolonialism doesn't look like overt calls to return to pre-WWII intl order
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A few small tweaks and this will be ready to go
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January 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
A few small tweaks and this will be ready to go
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@bencollins.bsky.social @atrupar.com
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Reposting specifically because Bari Weiss told me not do
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Reposting specifically because Bari Weiss told me not do