Tariq Khan
@tariq-khan.bsky.social
Lecturer at Yale. Historian of insurgency and counterinsurgency. Author of The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean: How Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression. Skateboarder, whitewater kayaker, upright bassist, and punk musician for fun.
"Many of the accounts, which have large followings and claim to be conservative people based in Texas or “America First” accounts “promoting good resisting evil,” are actually operated everywhere from Chile and Nigeria to Russia and across eastern Europe."
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Trump Is Boosting MAGA X Accounts Operating Overseas
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Many of the accounts, which have large followings and claim to be conservative people based in Texas or “America First” accounts “promoting good resisting evil,” are actually operated everywhere from Chile and Nigeria to Russia and across eastern Europe."
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Let me add my voice to the chorus of military veterans who say to current members of the military and intelligence:
"Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders; you must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution."
"Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders; you must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution."
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let me add my voice to the chorus of military veterans who say to current members of the military and intelligence:
"Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders; you must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution."
"Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders; you must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution."
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To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros.”
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros”
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros.”
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
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“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
"Many of the encyclopedia’s entries on prominent white nationalists, antisemites and holocaust deniers appear to be written to portray them in a positive light while casting doubt on the credibility of their critics."
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White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
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November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"Many of the encyclopedia’s entries on prominent white nationalists, antisemites and holocaust deniers appear to be written to portray them in a positive light while casting doubt on the credibility of their critics."
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Families in every state are paying more this year amid the President's reckless tariffs and broken promises to lower prices
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Families in every state are paying more this year amid the President's reckless tariffs and broken promises to lower prices
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We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Trump is deflecting from the fact that he was part of a gang of wealthy men who raped underage girls for recreation. The DOJ is investigating Trump’s political enemies to aid in his deflection efforts and no one in the Trump administration is interested in protecting girls from wealthy abusive men.
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump is deflecting from the fact that he was part of a gang of wealthy men who raped underage girls for recreation. The DOJ is investigating Trump’s political enemies to aid in his deflection efforts and no one in the Trump administration is interested in protecting girls from wealthy abusive men.
Eric Trump said of the MAGA movement, “We’re saving Christianity. We’re saving God. Pictured below are 1) Trump’s ICE thugs shooting a Chcago pastor in the head with a pepper ball while the pastor prayed, and 2) ICE thugs shooting an Oakland pastor in the face with a flash bang grenade.
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Eric Trump said of the MAGA movement, “We’re saving Christianity. We’re saving God. Pictured below are 1) Trump’s ICE thugs shooting a Chcago pastor in the head with a pepper ball while the pastor prayed, and 2) ICE thugs shooting an Oakland pastor in the face with a flash bang grenade.
In the midst of a government shutdown, Trump’s main concern is getting his fancy ballroom built so he and his billionaire friends can have bigger taxpayer-funded parties. You aren’t invited.
October 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In the midst of a government shutdown, Trump’s main concern is getting his fancy ballroom built so he and his billionaire friends can have bigger taxpayer-funded parties. You aren’t invited.
"Results showed that around 48 per cent of respondents said they would “never support” any candidate who receives funding from AIPAC or other pro-Israel lobbying organisations, while 28 per cent expressed this stance firmly without hesitation."
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Nearly half of Democrats in primary races vow to oppose candidates backed by pro-Israel lobby
As public anger in the United States toward Israel continues to grow after more than two years of the war in Gaza, an internal poll has found that support from pro-Israel lobbying groups has become…
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October 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Results showed that around 48 per cent of respondents said they would “never support” any candidate who receives funding from AIPAC or other pro-Israel lobbying organisations, while 28 per cent expressed this stance firmly without hesitation."
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An actual exchange between a reporter and Speaker Mike Johnson today:
Reporter: “What does it say that POTUS over the weekend released a video of him pooping on the American people?”
Speaker Johnson: "The president uses social media to make a point…”
Johnson then said it’s wrong to mock Trump.
Reporter: “What does it say that POTUS over the weekend released a video of him pooping on the American people?”
Speaker Johnson: "The president uses social media to make a point…”
Johnson then said it’s wrong to mock Trump.
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An actual exchange between a reporter and Speaker Mike Johnson today:
Reporter: “What does it say that POTUS over the weekend released a video of him pooping on the American people?”
Speaker Johnson: "The president uses social media to make a point…”
Johnson then said it’s wrong to mock Trump.
Reporter: “What does it say that POTUS over the weekend released a video of him pooping on the American people?”
Speaker Johnson: "The president uses social media to make a point…”
Johnson then said it’s wrong to mock Trump.
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These accounts are only here to flood Bluesky with disinfo. All got super active today just before NO Kings tomorrow. This list is very useful to either block all or pick and choose.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
These accounts are only here to flood Bluesky with disinfo. All got super active today just before NO Kings tomorrow. This list is very useful to either block all or pick and choose.
The Christian right is a cesspool of adults who sexually abuse children
Seems to be a trend here, just can't put my finger on it.
October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Christian right is a cesspool of adults who sexually abuse children
an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening”
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening”
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Dr. @tariq-khan.bsky.social comes on to speak about his 2023 book "The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean" (@illinoispress.bsky.social), US Settler Colonial violence, Red Scares in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Americanism + the importance of education
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October 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dr. @tariq-khan.bsky.social comes on to speak about his 2023 book "The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean" (@illinoispress.bsky.social), US Settler Colonial violence, Red Scares in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Americanism + the importance of education
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The MAGA extremists try to project the image of invulnerability. Their power depends on us believing them. Don’t believe them. They are fragile, weak, and internally divided. We can render them obsolete with solidarity, collective resistance, and collective refusal to cooperate with their agenda.
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The MAGA extremists try to project the image of invulnerability. Their power depends on us believing them. Don’t believe them. They are fragile, weak, and internally divided. We can render them obsolete with solidarity, collective resistance, and collective refusal to cooperate with their agenda.
U.S. American fascist and conspiracy theory pedlar Posobiec, who is admired by JD Vance, characterized the antifascists in Germany who opposed the Nazis pre-1933 as the bad guys of the story, whilst Trump nodded along in agreement.
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Pizzagate Guy Compares Trump Fighting Antifa to Rise of Hitler
Jack Posobiec’s comment was a little too on the nose.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
U.S. American fascist and conspiracy theory pedlar Posobiec, who is admired by JD Vance, characterized the antifascists in Germany who opposed the Nazis pre-1933 as the bad guys of the story, whilst Trump nodded along in agreement.
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Masked agents snatching people at work, church, their child’s daycare. A return of family separations. States are lining up to run their own detention centers.
Anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.
We report from inside the American gulag.
Anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.
We report from inside the American gulag.
American Gulag
The brutal rollout of Trump's police state.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Masked agents snatching people at work, church, their child’s daycare. A return of family separations. States are lining up to run their own detention centers.
Anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.
We report from inside the American gulag.
Anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.
We report from inside the American gulag.
Tariq D. Khan talks about Red Scares and Americanism: how settler colonial violence shaped anti-left repression in the 19th and 20th century USA and the importance of pushing back on the white washing of history. Hear it now for $3+/month to our patreon!
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October 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Fascism is bad. Anti-fascism is good. This should not be a controversial statement.
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Fascism is bad. Anti-fascism is good. This should not be a controversial statement.
Unequivocal solidarity with Mark Bray.
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Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Unequivocal solidarity with Mark Bray.
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“The Antifa myth is a wedge that will be used to destroy free speech…. Democrats need to rally Americans with the argument that the threat to Antifa will one day be used against anyone who speaks out against Trump” - @jeetheer.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump Is Lying About Antifa to Justify His Authoritarian Crackdown
Too easily dismissed as hyperbole, the Antifa myth is being used as a weapon to destroy domestic opposition.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“The Antifa myth is a wedge that will be used to destroy free speech…. Democrats need to rally Americans with the argument that the threat to Antifa will one day be used against anyone who speaks out against Trump” - @jeetheer.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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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