Theda b
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
Damn. I guess all my studying to join the SS has been for nought
There is no military or law enforcement training in the world that teaches you to hold your taser like an NPC from Grand Theft Auto.
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Damn. I guess all my studying to join the SS has been for nought
I am the exchequer of antifa.
OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
October 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I am the exchequer of antifa.
People just discovering GWAR are so cute.
September 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
People just discovering GWAR are so cute.
I should post here more often, but I bet I won’t.
August 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I should post here more often, but I bet I won’t.
Just dropping a note into o the abyss here that the US paid $6 million to El Salvador to imprison 137 Venezuelans for approximately 4 months. That is significantly more expensive per person per day than it cost NYC to house them in the former Roosevelt Hotel.
August 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just dropping a note into o the abyss here that the US paid $6 million to El Salvador to imprison 137 Venezuelans for approximately 4 months. That is significantly more expensive per person per day than it cost NYC to house them in the former Roosevelt Hotel.
I’m feeling cynical enough to wonder if that wasn’t the goal. Make up implausible stories about ICE abuses to discredit all stories about ICE abuses. I’m ultimately reserving judgment, but the thought crossed my mind.
When people make things up, even if it’s in support of a righteous cause, it just strengthens the hand of the oppressor.
July 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’m feeling cynical enough to wonder if that wasn’t the goal. Make up implausible stories about ICE abuses to discredit all stories about ICE abuses. I’m ultimately reserving judgment, but the thought crossed my mind.
Cut funding for social services and funnell it into these private prison companies running inhumane torture camps. It’s the american way. This isnt fiscal responsibility. It’s graft. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Immigrants in overcapacity ICE detention say they're hungry, raise food quality concerns
As the Trump administration ramps up immigration arrests, recent detainees and advocacy groups are raising concerns about food in ICE facilities nationwide.
www.nbcnews.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Cut funding for social services and funnell it into these private prison companies running inhumane torture camps. It’s the american way. This isnt fiscal responsibility. It’s graft. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Manifest destiny is “fashionable” again.
I don’t want to say I immediately had a visceral reaction when I saw the DHS post but … yeah… I did …
Right on cue with the fascism.
Right on cue with the fascism.
July 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Manifest destiny is “fashionable” again.
Maybe I should be more cynical, but this arrest raises him in my esteem.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Maybe I should be more cynical, but this arrest raises him in my esteem.
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ICE Vows To Restore Order Using Whatever Force Unnecessary
June 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
ICE Vows To Restore Order Using Whatever Force Unnecessary
Fuck around and find out, DOJ.
In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ takes the position that an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint. So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long.
April 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Fuck around and find out, DOJ.
“Just take him anyway,” they said. Again, it’s never really been about illegal immigration.
ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Apartment. Now He's in El Salvador's Mega-Prison.
Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.
www.thecity.nyc
April 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“Just take him anyway,” they said. Again, it’s never really been about illegal immigration.
It has never really been about coming here legally or doing things the “right way.”
Trump Appears to Be Targeting Muslim and “Non-White” Students for Deportation
Students from Muslim-majority countries as well as Asia and Africa are having their visas revoked with little or no explanation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It has never really been about coming here legally or doing things the “right way.”
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1/ I never took DHS's scary-sounding notice that I had 7 days to leave the country too seriously, because it was obviously some kind of mistake. But what about the people the emails were actually aimed at? Let's talk a bit about immigration "parole" and what Trump is doing here
April 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
1/ I never took DHS's scary-sounding notice that I had 7 days to leave the country too seriously, because it was obviously some kind of mistake. But what about the people the emails were actually aimed at? Let's talk a bit about immigration "parole" and what Trump is doing here
Now my penguins will cost 10% more.
I think I missed some. But here’s a fun fact: the Heard and Macdonald Islands are uninhabited.
The tariff is on penguins.
The tariff is on penguins.
April 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Now my penguins will cost 10% more.
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“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished…. if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection….”
March 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished…. if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection….”
I have a rose tattoo. Am I in Tren de Aragua now?
"ICE authorities link him to Tren de Aragua especially because of the rose tattoo, which they consider a symbol of the gang although there is no evidence that the criminal organization identifies itself that way."
March 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I have a rose tattoo. Am I in Tren de Aragua now?
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The coming normalization of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged "gang members" & "terrorists" immediately without so much as a hearing before an immigration judge is the single scariest thing Trump has done yet.
We do not--and may never--know exactly who we just sent to Bukele's gulag, or why
We do not--and may never--know exactly who we just sent to Bukele's gulag, or why
March 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The coming normalization of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged "gang members" & "terrorists" immediately without so much as a hearing before an immigration judge is the single scariest thing Trump has done yet.
We do not--and may never--know exactly who we just sent to Bukele's gulag, or why
We do not--and may never--know exactly who we just sent to Bukele's gulag, or why
Every day brings new horrors. New stories of civil liberties eroded. More cuts to social welfare. More attacks on science and reality itself.
Remember: the road to totalitarianism is paved with people telling you you’re overreacting. And no one thinks it could happen to them until it does.
Remember: the road to totalitarianism is paved with people telling you you’re overreacting. And no one thinks it could happen to them until it does.
March 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Every day brings new horrors. New stories of civil liberties eroded. More cuts to social welfare. More attacks on science and reality itself.
Remember: the road to totalitarianism is paved with people telling you you’re overreacting. And no one thinks it could happen to them until it does.
Remember: the road to totalitarianism is paved with people telling you you’re overreacting. And no one thinks it could happen to them until it does.
You know the fun thing about nazism and fascism in general? It doesn’t really matter so much who the target is, just as long as there’s a target. You just need a scapegoat, like a human MacGuffin.
History rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes.
History rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes.
January 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You know the fun thing about nazism and fascism in general? It doesn’t really matter so much who the target is, just as long as there’s a target. You just need a scapegoat, like a human MacGuffin.
History rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes.
History rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes.
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The final speech at the end of The Great Dictator:
youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20
youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20
Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The final speech at the end of The Great Dictator:
youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20
youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20
I need another app like I need a hole in the head.
January 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I need another app like I need a hole in the head.