Saying "CSA" and "paedophile" in a post got me (temporarily) banned from Facebook, the platform whose official internal policy is that child traffickers get 17 strikes before they're out
Elites have been doing sex crimes while forcing the rest of us to say "grape" and "unalive" to avoid having our posts taken down
Not being able to accurately describe abuse makes people (especially children) vulnerable to it
Not being able to accurately describe abuse makes people (especially children) vulnerable to it
Every major website/company now: Yeah if we find out you post or look at a boob we will freeze all your accounts without warning
The CEO of every major website/company over Gmail: Oh Jeffrey you are simply a hoot. Lovely spending time with you on Party Pervert Pedo Island
Jeffrey Epstein: yeag ,
The CEO of every major website/company over Gmail: Oh Jeffrey you are simply a hoot. Lovely spending time with you on Party Pervert Pedo Island
Jeffrey Epstein: yeag ,
February 1, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Saying "CSA" and "paedophile" in a post got me (temporarily) banned from Facebook, the platform whose official internal policy is that child traffickers get 17 strikes before they're out
“They’re arguing that they need to negotiate policy changes. You cannot negotiate with liars. You cannot negotiate with murderers. You cannot negotiate with fascists.”
— CT Rep Jillian Gilchrest, US Congress Candidate, on Dems funding ICE for 2 more weeks
This is the energy.
— CT Rep Jillian Gilchrest, US Congress Candidate, on Dems funding ICE for 2 more weeks
This is the energy.
February 1, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“They’re arguing that they need to negotiate policy changes. You cannot negotiate with liars. You cannot negotiate with murderers. You cannot negotiate with fascists.”
— CT Rep Jillian Gilchrest, US Congress Candidate, on Dems funding ICE for 2 more weeks
This is the energy.
— CT Rep Jillian Gilchrest, US Congress Candidate, on Dems funding ICE for 2 more weeks
This is the energy.
i think this is a key thing that makes "abolish ICE and undo DHS" good policy in and of itself
these killers are not fresh recruits, they're just existing guys who got the go ahead to be vicious thugs and pounced on the opportunity
these killers are not fresh recruits, they're just existing guys who got the go ahead to be vicious thugs and pounced on the opportunity
Both of the agents responsible for killing Alex Pretti were hired long before the current surge where “training” could be a culprit.
The rot in Border Patrol and DHS at large runs very deep. There has to be a reckoning soon where we look at what we’ve created and how we got here /
The rot in Border Patrol and DHS at large runs very deep. There has to be a reckoning soon where we look at what we’ve created and how we got here /
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
February 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
i think this is a key thing that makes "abolish ICE and undo DHS" good policy in and of itself
these killers are not fresh recruits, they're just existing guys who got the go ahead to be vicious thugs and pounced on the opportunity
these killers are not fresh recruits, they're just existing guys who got the go ahead to be vicious thugs and pounced on the opportunity
I wrote about how Trump’s debate stage lie of “they’re eating the pets”, a product of participatory propaganda, was mobilized into the policy that will strip the legal status away from many Haitian immigrants the week, and what that may mean for Springfield: katestarbird.substack.com/p/sensemakin...
February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I wrote about how Trump’s debate stage lie of “they’re eating the pets”, a product of participatory propaganda, was mobilized into the policy that will strip the legal status away from many Haitian immigrants the week, and what that may mean for Springfield: katestarbird.substack.com/p/sensemakin...
My reflections on the ongoing framing contents around Minnesota, the right wing propaganda to policy pipeline, and worries that we may see the echoes of "they're eating the pets" falsehoods mobilized against Haitians in Springfield Ohio this week. open.substack.com/pub/katestar...
Making Sense of Minnesota, Anticipating Springfield
Exposing the propaganda-to-policy pipeline (and other reflections on current events)
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
My reflections on the ongoing framing contents around Minnesota, the right wing propaganda to policy pipeline, and worries that we may see the echoes of "they're eating the pets" falsehoods mobilized against Haitians in Springfield Ohio this week. open.substack.com/pub/katestar...
A federal judge stayed Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status, thank goodness. But it's still vital to understand how "they're eating the pets" participatory propaganda was used to motivate and justify that policy change. This article gives a detailed breakdown of that effort.
Highly recommend this article showing how the "They're Eating the Pets" refrain emerged from the right's participatory propaganda machine. Extremely relevant, as many Haitian immigrants (the targets of that false rumor/campaign) lose their status Feb 3. americanunreality.substack.com/p/american-u...
American Unreality — Part 1: Springfield, Ohio
The Story That Devoured a Town
americanunreality.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:04 AM
A federal judge stayed Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status, thank goodness. But it's still vital to understand how "they're eating the pets" participatory propaganda was used to motivate and justify that policy change. This article gives a detailed breakdown of that effort.
"I love the poorly educated," Trump declared in 2016. A decade later, MAGA has manifested that love into policy. They're purging scientists from govt; defunding R&D; and blocking the best & brightest from around the world from studying, teaching, working, or founding businesses in the United States.
Trump Is Making America Stupider
How MAGA is purging scientists and other skilled workers from both the private and public sectors.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"I love the poorly educated," Trump declared in 2016. A decade later, MAGA has manifested that love into policy. They're purging scientists from govt; defunding R&D; and blocking the best & brightest from around the world from studying, teaching, working, or founding businesses in the United States.
Pretty much. Policy is "don't release files on active investigations" and they're active until appeals are done
February 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Pretty much. Policy is "don't release files on active investigations" and they're active until appeals are done
The party that decided long ago to let elementary school kids be mass murdered in their classrooms was a clear sign that of a death cult heading toward what we see today, in addition to its supremacisms. It’s no surprise they’re so murderous across policy domains & inviting mass US death by disease.
February 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The party that decided long ago to let elementary school kids be mass murdered in their classrooms was a clear sign that of a death cult heading toward what we see today, in addition to its supremacisms. It’s no surprise they’re so murderous across policy domains & inviting mass US death by disease.
… protecting its single market, its supply chains and its industrial strategy.
“Made in Europe” rules aren’t retaliation, they’re rational policy inside a union the UK chose to leave.
“Made in Europe” rules aren’t retaliation, they’re rational policy inside a union the UK chose to leave.
January 31, 2026 at 11:54 AM
… protecting its single market, its supply chains and its industrial strategy.
“Made in Europe” rules aren’t retaliation, they’re rational policy inside a union the UK chose to leave.
“Made in Europe” rules aren’t retaliation, they’re rational policy inside a union the UK chose to leave.
I have not been able to find any revocation of the most recent policy restrictions on DOJ/White House contacts regarding pending matters, so I guess that they’re just outright ignoring this.
www.justice.gov
February 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I have not been able to find any revocation of the most recent policy restrictions on DOJ/White House contacts regarding pending matters, so I guess that they’re just outright ignoring this.
Ahhhhh the 'ol "I'm not affected by Labour policy so I don't care that they're punching down on sick people and the left".
Trans people, disabled people, mentally unwell people, migrants, WASPI women... Is there a minority Labour HAVEN'T punched down on??
Trans people, disabled people, mentally unwell people, migrants, WASPI women... Is there a minority Labour HAVEN'T punched down on??
Knowing a few MPs, I honestly don’t believe this. There’s lots that’s been done on women’s rights and workers rights - actual legislation, not just rhetoric. But it hardly makes a ripple in the media!
February 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Ahhhhh the 'ol "I'm not affected by Labour policy so I don't care that they're punching down on sick people and the left".
Trans people, disabled people, mentally unwell people, migrants, WASPI women... Is there a minority Labour HAVEN'T punched down on??
Trans people, disabled people, mentally unwell people, migrants, WASPI women... Is there a minority Labour HAVEN'T punched down on??
Arnold Betrand X: “Epstein email: an exchange between him and Peter Thiel in which Thiel says that the grand "plan" of U.S. foreign policy is to make the world "a mess" in order to be less involved abroad.
The idea being, I imagine, that if everyone is warring and divided, they're kept weak.”
The idea being, I imagine, that if everyone is warring and divided, they're kept weak.”
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Arnold Betrand X: “Epstein email: an exchange between him and Peter Thiel in which Thiel says that the grand "plan" of U.S. foreign policy is to make the world "a mess" in order to be less involved abroad.
The idea being, I imagine, that if everyone is warring and divided, they're kept weak.”
The idea being, I imagine, that if everyone is warring and divided, they're kept weak.”
Disgusting take and policy. I met a refugee in downtown Toronto with trench foot — a WWI disease — that he contracted while living unsheltered in the rain. Refugees are not why the system is failing; they're the people we have failed and are now scapegoating. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: It is the right time – socially and economically – to scale back extended health benefits for refugees
It’s one small step toward rebuilding trust in Canada’s immigration system
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Disgusting take and policy. I met a refugee in downtown Toronto with trench foot — a WWI disease — that he contracted while living unsheltered in the rain. Refugees are not why the system is failing; they're the people we have failed and are now scapegoating. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Before Donald Trump took office, ICE couldn’t raid schools, hospitals and churches. He reversed that policy on day one.
Grateful to @massgovernor.bsky.social and state leaders for stepping in to protect our neighbors, especially when they’re at their most vulnerable.
Grateful to @massgovernor.bsky.social and state leaders for stepping in to protect our neighbors, especially when they’re at their most vulnerable.
‘People have been killed’: Amid national outrage, Healey files bill to keep ICE out of Mass. schools, churches, and courts - The Boston Globe
The action comes after advocates in the state have urged Beacon Hill leaders to protect immigrants and implement any restrictions they can on ICE agents.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Before Donald Trump took office, ICE couldn’t raid schools, hospitals and churches. He reversed that policy on day one.
Grateful to @massgovernor.bsky.social and state leaders for stepping in to protect our neighbors, especially when they’re at their most vulnerable.
Grateful to @massgovernor.bsky.social and state leaders for stepping in to protect our neighbors, especially when they’re at their most vulnerable.
I'm working on a single graphic that illustrates how participatory propaganda becomes policy in the second Trump administration, particularly around the case of "They're Eating the Pets".
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
![Title: “They’re Eating the Pets”: From Participatory Propaganda to Policy in Trump 2.0
Slide contains a graphic with arrows moving clockwise, suggesting a circular process. At the top, are about ten large bubbles with the label “GOP Political Elites”. At the bottom are about a hundred small bubbles, with the label “Audiences”. Up the left side are a series of bubbles of increasing size, labeled “Influencers”.
Arrow [1] runs from GOP Political Elites down to Audiences and has 2 labels:
Political elites on the right set an “anti-immigration” frame during the 2024 election.
JD Vance claims Springfield has been “overwhelmed” by Haitian immigrants [July 10, 2024]
Arrow [2] runs up from Audiences to Elites and contains 3 labels:
A Facebook user in Ohio shared her (false) suspicion that a neighbor’s daughter’s friend’s missing cat had been eaten by Haitian immigrants. [Sept 2024]
The story percolated up through online influencers.
Online activists created AI-generated images or “memes” of Trump saving pets.
Arrow [3] runs down from Elites to Audiences and contains 2 labels:
GOP political leaders repeated the claims and amplified the memes.
Trump repeated the rumor from the debate stage. [Sept 10 2024]
Arrow [4] runs up from Audiences to Elites and contains 2 labels:
Online audiences continued to engage, cheering the rumors on, repeating and retweeting.
“They’re eating the pets” became a meme and a jingle
Arrow [5] runs down from Elites to Audiences and contains 2 labels, highlighted against a white background:
Trump administration rescinds TPS status for Haitian immigrants (ending Feb 3 2026) [Nov 2025]
Trump administration begins detaining and deporting Haitian immigrants? [Feb ?? 2026]
There are two images on the side, screenshots from social media. The first is Donald Trump on a debate stage (from Sept 10, 2024). The second is a synthetic AI image of Donald Trump in a blue suit, carrying a cat, and running away from a group of brown-skinned men in the background.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h3t5rqlvuaorq42yckpijirj/bafkreiggmmo32ws7eeuuttre3r4cwy7zt7ir43b7oi7eutlbk66xvqkvou@jpeg)
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I'm working on a single graphic that illustrates how participatory propaganda becomes policy in the second Trump administration, particularly around the case of "They're Eating the Pets".
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
The there are worse things than war and glib “peace kills” school of interventionist and foreign policy thought is kind of undermined by the fact that it is almost impossible to fathom nearly all the examples they’re thinking of rising up the way they did without World War I happening
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The there are worse things than war and glib “peace kills” school of interventionist and foreign policy thought is kind of undermined by the fact that it is almost impossible to fathom nearly all the examples they’re thinking of rising up the way they did without World War I happening
Once again, supposedly the POLICY is they’re not supposed to fire at a vehicle for fleeing. 🤦🏽♂️
But who is going to face any fucking consequences in this lawless regime?
But who is going to face any fucking consequences in this lawless regime?
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Once again, supposedly the POLICY is they’re not supposed to fire at a vehicle for fleeing. 🤦🏽♂️
But who is going to face any fucking consequences in this lawless regime?
But who is going to face any fucking consequences in this lawless regime?
Talking to country people: You know Nationals don't actually make policy that helps you.
Them: Nah.
*repeat for decades*
Them: You know, I don't think the Nationals make policy that helps us. They're in the pocket of the mining companies!
Me: YES!
Them: So now we're going to vote One Nation.
Them: Nah.
*repeat for decades*
Them: You know, I don't think the Nationals make policy that helps us. They're in the pocket of the mining companies!
Me: YES!
Them: So now we're going to vote One Nation.
a man is pointing at the camera and saying `` wait but ... '' with his finger .
Alt: Nathan Fillion is pointing at the camera and saying `` wait but ... '' with his finger .
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Talking to country people: You know Nationals don't actually make policy that helps you.
Them: Nah.
*repeat for decades*
Them: You know, I don't think the Nationals make policy that helps us. They're in the pocket of the mining companies!
Me: YES!
Them: So now we're going to vote One Nation.
Them: Nah.
*repeat for decades*
Them: You know, I don't think the Nationals make policy that helps us. They're in the pocket of the mining companies!
Me: YES!
Them: So now we're going to vote One Nation.
So it's media silence when the Deputy PM says NZers should starve themselves if they’re struggling financially rather than the govt doing anything to help.
But, imagine the outrage-o-meter going full tilt if the Greens or TPM advocated for a perfectly reasonable 'Ban Billionaires' policy.
#nzpol
But, imagine the outrage-o-meter going full tilt if the Greens or TPM advocated for a perfectly reasonable 'Ban Billionaires' policy.
#nzpol
Quick question: have any NZ media outlets confronted Seymour about his 'let them eat less' statement in Parliament?
He's the deputy PM for god's sake, whats stopping you?!
#nzpol
He's the deputy PM for god's sake, whats stopping you?!
#nzpol
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 PM
So it's media silence when the Deputy PM says NZers should starve themselves if they’re struggling financially rather than the govt doing anything to help.
But, imagine the outrage-o-meter going full tilt if the Greens or TPM advocated for a perfectly reasonable 'Ban Billionaires' policy.
#nzpol
But, imagine the outrage-o-meter going full tilt if the Greens or TPM advocated for a perfectly reasonable 'Ban Billionaires' policy.
#nzpol
JD Vance literally during the campaign that the Trump housing policy was deporting 20 million people and now everyone is aghast that they're doing exactly what they said they would do
January 31, 2026 at 10:35 PM
JD Vance literally during the campaign that the Trump housing policy was deporting 20 million people and now everyone is aghast that they're doing exactly what they said they would do
3/ Quick deportation needs judges, courts, to ensure fast processing. Instead, they’re building 150,000+ beds nationwide, skipping courts entirely. Beds cage. Judges free. They’re creating a national detention system disguised as immigration policy.
No one is safe if you don’t follow this regime.
No one is safe if you don’t follow this regime.
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 AM
3/ Quick deportation needs judges, courts, to ensure fast processing. Instead, they’re building 150,000+ beds nationwide, skipping courts entirely. Beds cage. Judges free. They’re creating a national detention system disguised as immigration policy.
No one is safe if you don’t follow this regime.
No one is safe if you don’t follow this regime.
imho the Right realizes that they don’t have a lot of ground to stand on in the realm of morality or public perception of RW Immigration Policy, so they’re gonna wanna drag this back to a trench war of procedural gotchas. they hate “if all this offends you, you should join the left”, they can’t win.
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
imho the Right realizes that they don’t have a lot of ground to stand on in the realm of morality or public perception of RW Immigration Policy, so they’re gonna wanna drag this back to a trench war of procedural gotchas. they hate “if all this offends you, you should join the left”, they can’t win.
"Not Company Policy - Handy Work"
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
"Not Company Policy - Handy Work"
The part that's most heartbreaking is that I know scientists who've made proposals like this. They're well-meaning but completely naive. I've attended UN meetings for5+ years and seen first-hand the damage these kinds of "studies" do to policy. They're on the wrong team and they don't even know it 😮💨
February 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The part that's most heartbreaking is that I know scientists who've made proposals like this. They're well-meaning but completely naive. I've attended UN meetings for5+ years and seen first-hand the damage these kinds of "studies" do to policy. They're on the wrong team and they don't even know it 😮💨