Peter Leavitt 🇨🇦
@peterleavitt.bsky.social
Social psychologist. Lecturer at Simon Fraser University. Lover of mountains, movies, books, and games.
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As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
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The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
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“I think” is how a system run by a king or a dictator works. Here, we have a rule of law that says no one, and that includes the government, can murder people on a whim because it “thinks” they’re up to no good.
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“I think” is how a system run by a king or a dictator works. Here, we have a rule of law that says no one, and that includes the government, can murder people on a whim because it “thinks” they’re up to no good.
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Slotkin: Do you believe there is such a thing as an illegal order? Something the president could ask you to do that violates the constitution?
Hegseth: Anyone of any party could give an illegal order.
Slotkin: Will you stand in the breach if Trump does?
Hegseth: I reject the premise
Hegseth: Anyone of any party could give an illegal order.
Slotkin: Will you stand in the breach if Trump does?
Hegseth: I reject the premise
January 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Slotkin: Do you believe there is such a thing as an illegal order? Something the president could ask you to do that violates the constitution?
Hegseth: Anyone of any party could give an illegal order.
Slotkin: Will you stand in the breach if Trump does?
Hegseth: I reject the premise
Hegseth: Anyone of any party could give an illegal order.
Slotkin: Will you stand in the breach if Trump does?
Hegseth: I reject the premise
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
I've been thinking a lot about how much we want other people to think and behave as we do, but how we don't often create the circumstances necessary for people to feel comfortable doubting and changing their minds.
I wrote down some of my thoughts. I'd love to hear what you think.
I wrote down some of my thoughts. I'd love to hear what you think.
If Confidence In Your Beliefs Faltered, Who Would You Turn To?
Would anyone else feel comfortable turning to you?
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I've been thinking a lot about how much we want other people to think and behave as we do, but how we don't often create the circumstances necessary for people to feel comfortable doubting and changing their minds.
I wrote down some of my thoughts. I'd love to hear what you think.
I wrote down some of my thoughts. I'd love to hear what you think.
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On the one hand, this little shit is a real piece of work. On the other hand, the real scandal is not so much that Teenage Douchbags like this exist (they always have) but that we have set up a quasi-military governmental apparatus ready to take orders from them
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On the one hand, this little shit is a real piece of work. On the other hand, the real scandal is not so much that Teenage Douchbags like this exist (they always have) but that we have set up a quasi-military governmental apparatus ready to take orders from them
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So much D over-claiming about last night. Bingo card:
-"This proves we have to {do what I wanted to do anyway}"
-"{A winning D} supported {position on which Ds are vulnerable} therefore it doesn't matter"
-"{A losing R} used {issue/tactic on which Ds are vulnerable} therefore it doesn't matter"
-"This proves we have to {do what I wanted to do anyway}"
-"{A winning D} supported {position on which Ds are vulnerable} therefore it doesn't matter"
-"{A losing R} used {issue/tactic on which Ds are vulnerable} therefore it doesn't matter"
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So much D over-claiming about last night. Bingo card:
-"This proves we have to {do what I wanted to do anyway}"
-"{A winning D} supported {position on which Ds are vulnerable} therefore it doesn't matter"
-"{A losing R} used {issue/tactic on which Ds are vulnerable} therefore it doesn't matter"
-"This proves we have to {do what I wanted to do anyway}"
-"{A winning D} supported {position on which Ds are vulnerable} therefore it doesn't matter"
-"{A losing R} used {issue/tactic on which Ds are vulnerable} therefore it doesn't matter"
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Pete Hegseth just murdered more people and we have to take his word for it that they deserved it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Pete Hegseth just murdered more people and we have to take his word for it that they deserved it.
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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More illegal boat strikes by the US, this time killing 14 (with one survivor) in four separate attacks off eastern Mexican coast. Once again, no evidence or legal justification provided. Bears repeating that these strikes are illegal, immoral, and ineffective
U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
More illegal boat strikes by the US, this time killing 14 (with one survivor) in four separate attacks off eastern Mexican coast. Once again, no evidence or legal justification provided. Bears repeating that these strikes are illegal, immoral, and ineffective
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Yeah, this is full-hog Radio Rwanda / Der Sturmer tier stuff.
Gives you an idea of whom they're going to end up hiring.
Gives you an idea of whom they're going to end up hiring.
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Yeah, this is full-hog Radio Rwanda / Der Sturmer tier stuff.
Gives you an idea of whom they're going to end up hiring.
Gives you an idea of whom they're going to end up hiring.
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“Tenemos que portarnos bien o ICE nos atrapará”: cómo las redadas migratorias en Chicago "traumatizan" a los niños.
“Tenemos que portarnos bien o ICE nos atrapará”: cómo las redadas migratorias en Chicago "traumatizan" a los niños
La ofensiva migratoria del Gobierno de Trump en esa ciudad de Illinois, una de las más latinas de Estados Unidos, está causando un daño irreversible en los residentes más pequeños.
www.telemundo.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“Tenemos que portarnos bien o ICE nos atrapará”: cómo las redadas migratorias en Chicago "traumatizan" a los niños.
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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Never imagined our law enforcement would look like this.
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Never imagined our law enforcement would look like this.
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
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To be clear:
These donations are bribes, made anonymously to conceal Trump’s corruption.
These donations are bribes, made anonymously to conceal Trump’s corruption.
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
To be clear:
These donations are bribes, made anonymously to conceal Trump’s corruption.
These donations are bribes, made anonymously to conceal Trump’s corruption.
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Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say
The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
www.nbcnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes
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absolutely heartbreaking www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
absolutely heartbreaking www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract
October 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract