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A cop doing the right thing? I think that i might need my fainting chair!

This ICE agent tells an immigration attorney of her three clients: "I'm not picky so I'm giving you the options cause I have to take one. If not I'll take all." He is quite literally saying that ICE is simply deporting people at random to meet a quota. www.instagram.com/reel/DKzbcQe...

What’s wild about the current political use of “antisemitism” (as opposed to its actual instances) is it has nothing to do with Jewish people at all. So much so that an Italian sexual harasser can wield it against a Muslim who is endorsed by a Jewish candidate. It’s just all nonsense.

There are no ways to not let this become the story. The media & the moneyed-yet-mediocre who are in bed with fascists will not stop calling any space that does not welcome fascists an echo chamber until they do. It is a rhetorical trap designed convince people to welcome foxes into the hen house.

UPDATE — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the government had until 9:30AM today (30 minutes ago) to appeal Mahmoud Khalil’s possible release. They *did not* do so. His legal team has just asked the court to accordingly order his release.

The thing about taxing the rich… even after you tax them… they will still be rich The entire grievance of wealth is sadistic

Just so we are all clear This is the same camp that Ras J Baraka was arrested at and LaMonica McIver caught a FEDERAL charge for investigating because they did not believe the conditions were humane So the two Black legislators who actually did something ENTIRELY correct

There is already a nuclear-armed country in the Middle East that does not allow international inspectors despite having nukes for decades - and it’s not Iran. Israel is also one of a handful of countries to have never signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

I'm pouring over the details of the reconciliation bill and its potentially apocalyptic effects on higher education for a short piece - it really is a five alarm fire. They're going to overhaul the student loan infrastructure as a means of anti-intellectual, resegregationist social engineering.

The stories used by Israel on Gaza is that Hamas hides under schools, hospitals etc when in fact the Israeli command center is underground in Tel Aviv, ie under and near Israeli civilians - not in the desert or somewhere remote, in the heart of Tel Aviv

Lawyer, here. Habeas corpus (pls Google it) applies to every human on U.S. soil, regardless of citizenship. Put plainly, habeas corpus has been eliminated, for all practical purposes. I’ve personally spoken to many who’ve been arrested/caged, 100% unaware of what law they’re thought to’ve broken.🇺🇸

Let’s also not forget that foreign born nannies have been very vocal about facing no wages, sexual assault, and violence and if they speak out, their rich white employers will threaten to report them to ICE

🚨 Gaza Has No Internet or Mobile Service. Israel Is Using the Blackout to Target Starving Civilians.

Ran into Senator Katie Britt and asked her if she would vote no on the reconciliation bill — which will cut Medicaid and re-segregate higher education. “A lot of people are going to die and it’s going to be because you voted for it.” Senator do you hear me?” Just a blank stare?”

You feed the neighborhood, they plant informants around you and start building a case. You write open source software, they do everything they can to make sure you don't garner any more resources or public support. Seems like the people in power don't want any more power to the people.

The erasure of poor Black immigrants in these United States has ALWAYS been a thing. Poor Black immigrants are demonized within their immigrant communities (classism), within the broader Black community (xenophobia), and across the globe (anti-Blackness). #blacksky

I just submitted my book for peer review. After 15 years of thinking, researching, and writing, and, as I keep saying, an NEH this year to finish up. I’m furious about the gutting of that institution, which makes so much knowledge possible. I hope this book eventually lives up to that honor.

Impossible not to contrast his apprehensiveness wrt our domestic crises & his show of force here. He's been repeatedly presented with the option of fighting for Americans or supporting foreign rogue state & chose the latter. Hard not to see it as he & others have effectively turned their backs on us

Most LLM-based Chatbots are designed to tell you things you're more likely to accept. So if you're in the middle of— or even just susceptible to— crisis, they absolutely can & often will *Affirm That Headspace*. And this has been shown w/ depression, schizoaffective syndromes, & self-harm ideation…

WGAE Urges Senate to Halt Effort to Defund PBS and NPR, Says House Vote Is ‘Fueled by Radical Right-Wing Ideology’ www.thewrap.com/wga-urges-se...

UPDATE — Court gives the government until 1:30 to respond to Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team. “The deadline has come and gone and Mahmoud Khalil must be released immediately,” his lawyers say in statement. “Anything further is an attempt to prolong his unconstitutional, arbitrary, and cruel detention.”

🚨Gaza | June 13, 2025 Israel has killed more than 50 Palestinians across the Strip since dawn, amid a second consecutive day of total internet blackout.

Gettin' real tired of living through actual history.

Today I.C.E. kidnapped Mr. Edgar Hernández while he was selling flowers. - #ICE agents faces covered - unmarked car - no visible names/badge numbers - refusal to provide same when citizens demanded Folks please understand, habeas corpus & due process have been suspended. This is domestic terrorism.

The conservative movement is just three internet scams wrapped in racist trench-coat.

If you see something You absolutely did not Shut up , feed them people and go on about Your day

🚨 BREAKING: IRAN RETALIATES Iran’s official news agency IRNA: “A few minutes ago, the decisive response to the Zionist Regime’s brutal attack began with the firing of hundreds of ballistic missiles at the occupied territories.”

Tomorrow is our Romany and Traveller Heritage Day! Join us from 11am to 4pm for a day of free family fun, celebrating the history of the UK's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. Featuring blacksmithing, arts and crafts, music, talks, poetry, and more! merl.reading.ac.uk/event/romany...

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NEW: A Biden-appointed judge sided with the Trump admin's last-minute argument to *DENY* Mahmoud Khalil's release. Trump admin argued he could be detained for a frivolous charge they gave him *after* his arrest. The judge agreed. Khalil will spend his first Father's Day away from his newborn boy.

UPDATE — Minutes before their deadline, the government responds, now says it does *NOT* plan to release Mahmoud Khalil, arguing the judge's Wednesday order left room for them to keep him detained for reasons other than Rubio's faulty "foreign policy" justification.

No, seriously, fuck cancer. Fuck it so much.

Israel is calling them "concentration areas" so please don't call them Gaza concentration camps because that would be antisemitic. Remember that the Germans called the Warsaw Ghetto the "Jewish Residential District in Warsaw" and it would have been Germanophobic to call it a Ghetto

“Why is the south not protesting?” 1. Yes we are 2. They will shoot you dead in the street here. And brag about it. You’re legally allowed to run over protestors with your vehicle in Louisiana. We’re the bravest of the brave in the south. Facing all that and still fighting for rights.

Being kind to people in the service industry has NEVER steered me wrong. EVER. In fact, it has helped me in MANY cases.

Wrote a dispatch from the US — inspired by how the Western media often covers African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American countries. Read: US Regime Deploys Troops, Arrests Citizens, and Detains Opposition Amid Mass Pro-Democracy Protests

The Gaza genocide is structured, the Israeli tactics are clear and easy to understand - because they are just telling us what their plans are. The only thing that can stop a final solution right now is if Israel is forced to by its allies. We're at that stage. www.972mag.com/gaza-expulsi...

New @zeteo.com — US Regime Deploys Troops, Arrests Citizens, and Detains Opposition Amid Mass Pro-Democracy Protests What if we wrote about events in Trump’s America how Western media describes African and Middle Eastern countries?

If you gay and got a husband i still expect you to do the gay things

Lots of things can be true at once. You can be disgusted with the Genocidal freak show that is Israel for bombing Iran, feel scared for the people of Iran, hope that it will lead to the horrific Ayatollah regime being ousted, and wish that change had come from *within* all at once.

You guys got me up to 30K so I just want to mention to people that I'm not on here trying to be A Character I'm just another person processing & coping & learning & trying to seek joy & human connection. Also I'm neurodivergent af & have never been able to piece my life together in almost 44 years.

🚨BREAKING: Journalist Anas Al-Sharif reports that Israeli forces shelled a crowd waiting for aid near the American center north of Nuseirat. Dozens were killed or wounded. Ambulances rushed to Salah al-Din Street and the Wadi Gaza Bridge.

BREAKING: Judge sides with the Trump administration's argument — DENIES Mahmoud Khalil release from ICE detention. Story to come @zeteo.com

The thing to note about Israel's war on Iran is that Palestinians in Gaza are still being murdered while hunting for food.

Another ‘aid massacre’ took place north of Nuseirat, where Palestinians had gathered near the Netzarim checkpoint to wait for food. Recap of the day in Gaza is below. 👇🏼

"Begging Obama to save us is undignified. It reeks of weakness, and it begets more weakness. The answer will not come from above." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social spitting facts. Because you know what actually saves people? COMMUNITY. #bluesky #blacksky #politics

I don’t think I’ve ever read two more infuriating sentences in my life.

I’ll never forget that woman calling my salary back then “unacceptable” and immediately changing my life. I live the life I live now because of her. Because a Latina woman was the first person to give a damn about me in the workforce. Id be so absolutely devastated if something happened to her.

It is so fucking depraved that the US provided cover for this illegal Israeli war of aggression by engaging in false diplomatic talks with Iran.

I just can’t imagine it felt this way under Grover Cleveland

….. I can’t even say anything it’s so blatant

Americans are so cool. They just log on and assume you are talking about them and the Democrats because they are mentally unable to fathom that a "rest of the world" exists. And still they feel they can lecture us! Incredible.

In the village of Ehrenstein in southern Germany, #Neolithic limestone discs adorned with incised lines are a common find. These discs featured a striking black and white contrast, achieved by filling the incisions with dark birch pitch. They measured up to 12 centimeters in diameter. 🧵 1/2 🏺

Goodnight from Cawstone’s Parish Council meeting, where there’s fractious debate on whether all ‘THE WOODWOSE IS A HOAX’ signs around the village are actually needed. Goodnight from Dr. Regan, wiring up the megaliths to see what the stones are dreaming. Goodnight from Hookland.

It's Friday. It's been a long week. You deserve a fun map. So here! This is one of three 2-page maps for a textbook on the medieval globe. It's been such a fun project to work on. I've shared one of the other maps before, and I think some bits of this one. But here it is!

One is pretty clearly worse

Racism is an emergency. Why don’t enough journalists and media outlets treat it as such? For my final article as @theemancipator.org’s Editor-in-chief, I addressed the need for our industry to do better, and quickly. theemancipator.org/2025/06/12/t...

Israel's Own Actions Invalidate All Pro-Israel Arguments This is what Israel chose to be. This is what a state full of Zionists looks like when you let the Zionists do everything they want to do. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israels-ow...

The Onion is doing more critical work than the vast majority of US media, and that kinda feels like it’s not a good sign of media health

I love my current boss. But the best boss I ever had was a Cuban woman. I was being harassed at work by the two heads of my team (and proved to the point they fired one of them & transferred the other). She recruited me, gave me a $30,000 raise, & mentored me. I still send her Christmas cards.

Paper is finally up and open access (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...), it's a sequel to an earlier paper where we'd argued that there's not good evidence that pre-publication peer review is a net benefit (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1093/...). So in this one we suggest an alternative.

Suburban New York community chases ICE out. ICE crashes while fleeing.

CNN: A senior Iranian official says Iran will soon intensify its attacks on Israel—and will target bases of any country that tries to defend Israel. Iranian missiles striking Tel-Aviv below.

View of Iranian missiles launched toward the apartheid state—filmed from Gaza.

Took some time last pm to organize my files and take an accounting of the recent influx of legal responsibility. Of the 37 individuals/families I’ve spoken with over the last week, all of whom have been or have family or friends who’ve been kidnapped by #ICE well over HALF are American citizens.🇺🇸

Just spoke with a gentleman whose wife/kids were kidnapped from their elementary school pickup. He couldn’t reach his wife then began receiving texts from friends who saw what happened. He hadn’t heard from his wife in 72hrs. And I wouldn’t know any of this w/out the translator I hired w/my own $.

🚨ACTION ALERT The BDS movement urges Belgian authorities to stop container carrying military materiel for Israel’s genocide in Gaza transiting in the Flemish port of Antwerp. Read our full statement: loom.ly/5RkOiL4 #BlockTheBoat #MilitaryEmbargo

We’re still at the stage where if I open most Western media outlets it’s normal to see articles that start with ‘IDF says’. Israel doesn’t allow international journalists in Gaza. The IDF has lied hundred of times about basically everything.

Iranian missiles penetrated Israeli defenses and struck central Tel Aviv today, damaging buildings near the Kirya and Ramat Gan. Reports say at least seven sites were hit, including a sensitive command post in the Kirya area.

It’s not both sides with Iran, even the UN gives Iran the right to defend itself from an unprovoked attack. Are we this used to Israel having every excuse to wage violence with no consequence?

You know what they call a government that doesn’t respond to court orders? An authoritarian regime. Free Mahmoud. Free Kilmar.

Also, tax cuts for the rich and tax hikes for everyone else are how to slow down the economy. If we wanted to grow the economy, we'd tax the rich and distribute universal basic income.

We handed them both a multiracial democracy and the moral high ground paid for by the blood of everyone from Douglass to Ida B Wells to MLK. They threw it away rather than confront white grievances and now they are demanding our labor to rebuild what they squandered. SMH.

Mind you the most insulting part of this whole discourse is that the Twitter they are discussing as not na echo chamber... NEVER EXISTED they were writing this exact same article in 2018 www.cnet.com/culture/inte...

Your daily reminder that Zionism is more of an American Christian problem than a Jewish problem, and these Christians are antisemites. Also - a reminder that a good chunk of those 2 billions are Catholics and that pope Francis called the Gaza church daily And Israel kills Palestinian Christians

We are going to have to endure the noise of people who have been silent about the bombing of civilians in Gaza working themselves into outrage at the bombing of civilians in Israel. We're even going to hear the perpetrators of Gaza murders and the instigators of the bombing of Iran doing so.

Among the civilians killed in Israel's strikes on Iran was poet Parnia Abbasi. "but I will end I burn I’ll be that extinguished star In your sky like smoke" www.pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...

Refresher On The Rules For Discussing Israeli Wars "Rule 4: Israel has a right to defend itself, but nobody else does." www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/refresher-...

Screenshots of US politicians responding to Israel bombing Iran US politics is a void where no morals or empathy is allowed. Utterly broken humans. Your prayers are a curse

Iran says Israel launched aerial attacks on several locations across the country and warns that the Army (Artesh) and the IRGC will respond forcefully. Citizens are urged to remain calm, avoid military sites, and await instructions from the Supreme Leader. Full statement 👇🏼

This whole “rooting for Iran” shit is CRAZY. Israel and Iran are both absolutely SHIT countries. Israel STERILIZES Black Jewish immigrants because Netanyahu says the country is for whites only and Iran executes rape victims. Fuck ALL those people.

BREAKING: Axios reports that U.S. forces are taking part in repelling the Iranian missile attack on Israel, citing an Israeli official.

Earth definitely *has* a climate, & knowing about it is critical for people to plan their lives & make business decisions. Depriving people of that information comes with an extremely heavy cost. Sacking the entire staff of climate.gov is a huge act of self-harm. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to the OG of medieval sexwork history, Professor Ruth Karass. What were the laws around SW in medieval Europe? What would you find in a medieval brothel? And what would a medieval SW wear? Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

They always say that for any relationship, the 16 years, 5 months, and 11 days anniversary is among the most meaningful

Louder for the "They're taking the good ones!" crowd.

Israel remains the main destabilizing force in the Middle East. Just in the last 20 months it has attacked and occupied new swathes of territory in Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, and is carrying out a genocide in Gaza. It has bombed Iraq and Yemen and Iran.

There's subsidised public transport specifically for people who disagree with me!?

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/print-2 #smbc

According to my friends on the front lines in L.A., Gavin Newsom is Don Johnson in Django, offended at the audacity of you to come in his house and harm people better than he can.

I don't like this at fcking all. And it is VERY like white progressives to jump into making decisions for communities they're not even forreal part of yet.

Hooray that the big UN ocean summit this week made some progress. The two biggest ocean scandals (of many) still continue: the horribly destructive practice of bottom trawling still happens, and many Marine Protected Areas still allow fishing. More work needed! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There's an avenue at Ashcourt Necropolis called The Path of Eternal Youth. How the heart breaks to walk it. A hundred stone children memorialising tragedy. Anguish avatars. Lithic batteries storing sorrow. It is one of the most haunting and haunted parts of that great city of the dead. – #CLNolan

"To begin w/...[Brutus] obliged [the ppl] to swear an oath that they would suffer no man to be king in Rome ('adegit neminem Romae passuros regnare'), lest they might later be turned from their purpose by the entreaties or the gifts of princes." (🚫👑) the Republic's founding, 509 BCE Livy, AUC, 2.1

I often tell people that sometimes you go to something and the best thing that emerges is that you find the other people who care and value the same things you do. And that alone is a solid, durable good to build on. (I go to a lot of stuff with this spirit, & it has served me. YMMV.)

Deeply underrated benefit of age gap relationships is getting to roast your partner for being middle aged when you technically aren’t yet