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I think we are well beyond “close” at this point, as these ICE agents in Chicago make clear. (Esp note the metal rod at the ready.)

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Former ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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Absurd, @nytimes.com. The "conservative accusations" are a fake way to downgrade the seriousness of Trump's lawless arrests. Yet this silly idea is treated as if it's real w/great credulity, obscuring the naked authoritarianism of his project and degree to which "conservatives" are complicit in it

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I am an enormous soccer fan: I have sunk hundreds of hours into Football Manager. I listen to several football podcasts every week. I am (sadly) obsessed with Spurs. But, I won’t attend a World Cup or Club World Cup match in the US because FIFA is an insanely corrupt and fucked up organization.

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Brutal.

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SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

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The answer is in ICE's selection of targets: * Democratic politicians in public * Immigrants attending court hearings, at work, or at schools None of those people will be armed. On the flipside, ICE is scrupulously avoiding raids on cartel affiliates, drug dealing sites, etc. They might be armed.

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"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

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"Private" qualms count for zero, in current 'which side are you on?' lineup. And I mean "Zero Kelvin," absolute zero. If you're not standing up, you're kneeling down. Hoping people will think better of you. Nope. See also: "Concerned" GOP Senators. "Institutionalist" SCOTUS members.

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I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.

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Brad has been released and the crowd breaks into a chant of “Free them all.”

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What a country

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my way or no highway — mobutism american style

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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

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Worth noting that as masked federal agents (aka Trump's Brownshirts) are running rampant, NYC's sitting mayor is calling for a broad statewide ban on protestors wearing masks in the aftermath of the No Kings demonstrations. Gov. Hochul supports the protest-mask ban. Willing to bet Cuomo does too.

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This year a bunch of us professors got rid of our phones to save money www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzo...

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Democrats need to start calling for this guy to be removed from office immediately. He’s going to get us all killed.

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This is how you actually do it. Create a schism between the cops and ICE. Who's really in charge? The answer is neither of them. The people and the courts are in charge, so let them figure this out with each other. Secret police are no one's allies.

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This is the American ambassador to Israel communicating directly with the president of the United States to discuss potential entry into a war with the implied use of nuclear weapons. Can anyone tell me what communications platform he is using and whether it's secure?

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Jesus

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"You don't have the authority to arrest US citizens who are asking to see a judicial warrant." NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander being arrested along with a member of his NYPD security team by ICE.

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New — This banner was displayed outside FEMA headquarters in DC this morning by people wearing Greenpeace shirts, presumably in response to agency leadership canceling its strategic four-year hurricane response plan. The banner has since been taken down. (Shared with me by witness.)

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The answer is nobody, nobody says that

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In more book news: who says before there's a final cover or description is too early to post a pre-order link, especially when it shows the low, low price of $17.96? www.bloomsbury.com/us/banning-b...

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Sometimes When You Edit a Book Series You Don't Know When Books Are Starting to Emerge Into the World Until Somebody Tells You Part Two uipress.uiowa.edu/books/writin...

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Sometimes When You Edit a Book Series You Don't Know When Books Are Starting to Emerge Into the World Until Somebody Tells You Part One uipress.uiowa.edu/books/purplish

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Trump just openly endorsed "remigration," the vile goal of white nationalist extremists, and media yawned. On the pod, @willsommer.bsky.social is just fascinating on this idea and on the violent lawlessness and sadism at the core of MAGA. Don't miss this one: newrepublic.com/article/1968...

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Imagine having vibes so rancid that you throw yourself a birthday party that no one shows up to but inspires like ten thousand fuck that guys birthday party parties