DrEarlSmith1
@watsoneddie.bsky.social
Professor of Social Stratification, University of of Delaware
On January 6, 1959, Richard and Mildred Loving were convicted of interracial marriage, given a one-year suspended sentence, and banished from the state of Virginia by court order.
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
On January 6, 1959, Richard and Mildred Loving were convicted of interracial marriage, given a one-year suspended sentence, and banished from the state of Virginia by court order.
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This guy's a vet and a lawyer who threw a sandwich and offered to turn himself in, so they sent a paramilitary platoon with a camera crew.
They have FBI and U.S. Marshal badges; apparently those agencies do no real work beyond camera stunts, harassing minorities, and filling concentration camps.
They have FBI and U.S. Marshal badges; apparently those agencies do no real work beyond camera stunts, harassing minorities, and filling concentration camps.
The White House posted an insane video of the police arresting the sandwich guy in a safe and wealthy neighborhood.
August 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This guy's a vet and a lawyer who threw a sandwich and offered to turn himself in, so they sent a paramilitary platoon with a camera crew.
They have FBI and U.S. Marshal badges; apparently those agencies do no real work beyond camera stunts, harassing minorities, and filling concentration camps.
They have FBI and U.S. Marshal badges; apparently those agencies do no real work beyond camera stunts, harassing minorities, and filling concentration camps.
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Chris Murphy on Putin: "He's standing with the most powerful person in the world. It's a sign from Donald Trump, essentially, that all is forgiven. And so this is a big moment for Putin because he is being legitimized in the eyes of the US and in the eyes of the world."
August 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Chris Murphy on Putin: "He's standing with the most powerful person in the world. It's a sign from Donald Trump, essentially, that all is forgiven. And so this is a big moment for Putin because he is being legitimized in the eyes of the US and in the eyes of the world."
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1/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
Being in a strip-cell, is identical to being in a sink. It is a square “room” with a hole in the center. The floor inclines like the bottom of a sink. The hole in the floor is the “toilet.” A mysterious hole at first.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
Being in a strip-cell, is identical to being in a sink. It is a square “room” with a hole in the center. The floor inclines like the bottom of a sink. The hole in the floor is the “toilet.” A mysterious hole at first.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
1/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
Being in a strip-cell, is identical to being in a sink. It is a square “room” with a hole in the center. The floor inclines like the bottom of a sink. The hole in the floor is the “toilet.” A mysterious hole at first.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
Being in a strip-cell, is identical to being in a sink. It is a square “room” with a hole in the center. The floor inclines like the bottom of a sink. The hole in the floor is the “toilet.” A mysterious hole at first.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
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5 / SOLITARY CONFINMENT
When punishment bears no relationship to the crime, it ceases to be punishment and becomes torment for its own sake—itself an anti-human crime.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
When punishment bears no relationship to the crime, it ceases to be punishment and becomes torment for its own sake—itself an anti-human crime.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
July 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
5 / SOLITARY CONFINMENT
When punishment bears no relationship to the crime, it ceases to be punishment and becomes torment for its own sake—itself an anti-human crime.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
When punishment bears no relationship to the crime, it ceases to be punishment and becomes torment for its own sake—itself an anti-human crime.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
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3/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
The “toilet” is flushed by an apparatus outside the cell (at a guard’s whim). There is no water facility nor even the semblance of a bed rack—there is nothing.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
The “toilet” is flushed by an apparatus outside the cell (at a guard’s whim). There is no water facility nor even the semblance of a bed rack—there is nothing.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
July 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
3/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
The “toilet” is flushed by an apparatus outside the cell (at a guard’s whim). There is no water facility nor even the semblance of a bed rack—there is nothing.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
The “toilet” is flushed by an apparatus outside the cell (at a guard’s whim). There is no water facility nor even the semblance of a bed rack—there is nothing.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
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Glad I didn’t get that memo George
July 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Glad I didn’t get that memo George
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A key benchmark of Trump's personalist regime is that his personal lawyers are now occupying key positions of power, and using those positions to focus on the interests of their client rather than (and at the expense of) the public interest and their oath the constitution
Whitehouse: "Let me mention first just how very bizarre it is that the Deputy AG is going out to do a witness interview. It really raises the question whether he's doing that in the role as Deputy AG, or if he's stepping back into his role as Trump criminal defense lawyer."
July 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A key benchmark of Trump's personalist regime is that his personal lawyers are now occupying key positions of power, and using those positions to focus on the interests of their client rather than (and at the expense of) the public interest and their oath the constitution
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"I'm Donald Trump's 27th sexual assault victim... Jeffrey Epstein walked me into his office to be sexually assaulted by him."
— Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Stacey Williams in February 2025
— Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Stacey Williams in February 2025
July 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"I'm Donald Trump's 27th sexual assault victim... Jeffrey Epstein walked me into his office to be sexually assaulted by him."
— Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Stacey Williams in February 2025
— Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Stacey Williams in February 2025
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Fuck yeah Obama. Slap that filthy orange bitch upside the head.
July 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Fuck yeah Obama. Slap that filthy orange bitch upside the head.
5 / SOLITARY CONFINMENT
When punishment bears no relationship to the crime, it ceases to be punishment and becomes torment for its own sake—itself an anti-human crime.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
When punishment bears no relationship to the crime, it ceases to be punishment and becomes torment for its own sake—itself an anti-human crime.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
July 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
5 / SOLITARY CONFINMENT
When punishment bears no relationship to the crime, it ceases to be punishment and becomes torment for its own sake—itself an anti-human crime.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
When punishment bears no relationship to the crime, it ceases to be punishment and becomes torment for its own sake—itself an anti-human crime.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
“Solitary confinement in prison can alter the ontological make-up of a stone.”
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
July 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Solitary confinement in prison can alter the ontological make-up of a stone.”
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
3/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
The “toilet” is flushed by an apparatus outside the cell (at a guard’s whim). There is no water facility nor even the semblance of a bed rack—there is nothing.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
The “toilet” is flushed by an apparatus outside the cell (at a guard’s whim). There is no water facility nor even the semblance of a bed rack—there is nothing.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
July 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
3/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
The “toilet” is flushed by an apparatus outside the cell (at a guard’s whim). There is no water facility nor even the semblance of a bed rack—there is nothing.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
The “toilet” is flushed by an apparatus outside the cell (at a guard’s whim). There is no water facility nor even the semblance of a bed rack—there is nothing.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
2/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
There is nothing else in the room—except a bare light bulb on the ceiling, well out of reach.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
There is nothing else in the room—except a bare light bulb on the ceiling, well out of reach.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
July 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
2/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
There is nothing else in the room—except a bare light bulb on the ceiling, well out of reach.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
There is nothing else in the room—except a bare light bulb on the ceiling, well out of reach.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
1/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
Being in a strip-cell, is identical to being in a sink. It is a square “room” with a hole in the center. The floor inclines like the bottom of a sink. The hole in the floor is the “toilet.” A mysterious hole at first.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
Being in a strip-cell, is identical to being in a sink. It is a square “room” with a hole in the center. The floor inclines like the bottom of a sink. The hole in the floor is the “toilet.” A mysterious hole at first.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
1/5 SOLITARY CONFINMENT
Being in a strip-cell, is identical to being in a sink. It is a square “room” with a hole in the center. The floor inclines like the bottom of a sink. The hole in the floor is the “toilet.” A mysterious hole at first.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
Being in a strip-cell, is identical to being in a sink. It is a square “room” with a hole in the center. The floor inclines like the bottom of a sink. The hole in the floor is the “toilet.” A mysterious hole at first.
---Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast
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@aoc.bsky.social - You just keep doing the good work you do. We need you and others like you more now than ever.
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@aoc.bsky.social - You just keep doing the good work you do. We need you and others like you more now than ever.
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People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
July 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Legally defining people of African descent not as non-citizens & less than fully human laid the ground work for a criminal legal system designed for punishment, torture. We argue in Way Down in the Hole, the structures of solitary confinement are built upon and justified by this belief.
July 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Legally defining people of African descent not as non-citizens & less than fully human laid the ground work for a criminal legal system designed for punishment, torture. We argue in Way Down in the Hole, the structures of solitary confinement are built upon and justified by this belief.
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Ghislaine Maxwell pardon or suicide incoming.
BREAKING: Justice Department fires SDNY federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who played key role prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, per @eorden www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/maurene-comey-fired-doj-00458921
Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor
Comey, who had worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
www.politico.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell pardon or suicide incoming.
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HAPPENING NOW: Hello from the federal courthouse in Nashville, Tennessee, where Judge Waverly Crenshaw is set to hold an evidentiary hearing to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be released from criminal custody.
I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along ⬇️
I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along ⬇️
July 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Hello from the federal courthouse in Nashville, Tennessee, where Judge Waverly Crenshaw is set to hold an evidentiary hearing to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be released from criminal custody.
I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along ⬇️
I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along ⬇️
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July 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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With all eyes have been on the Epstein debacle, Trump quietly returned 2000 troops to the California National Guard from federalized duty. Trump’s efforts to politicize the military are a significant challenge to our democracy. He can’t be permitted to do it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Why We Don't Politicize the Military
When I started working on this piece, it was in the context of Trump‘s announced decision to bring the National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles to quell protests against ICE.
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
With all eyes have been on the Epstein debacle, Trump quietly returned 2000 troops to the California National Guard from federalized duty. Trump’s efforts to politicize the military are a significant challenge to our democracy. He can’t be permitted to do it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Russian trolls use false accusations to demonize and character assassinate Gavin Newsom.
They did it to Obama, Hillary, Biden, and Kamala. And now they're doing it to Gavin. Don't fall for their propaganda lies.
They did it to Obama, Hillary, Biden, and Kamala. And now they're doing it to Gavin. Don't fall for their propaganda lies.
Russian trolls use false accusations to demonize and character assassinate Gavin Newsom.
They did it to Obama, Hillary, Biden, and Kamala. And now they're doing it to Gavin. Don't fall for their propaganda lies.
www.malloy.rocks
July 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Russian trolls use false accusations to demonize and character assassinate Gavin Newsom.
They did it to Obama, Hillary, Biden, and Kamala. And now they're doing it to Gavin. Don't fall for their propaganda lies.
They did it to Obama, Hillary, Biden, and Kamala. And now they're doing it to Gavin. Don't fall for their propaganda lies.