shawnconnery.bsky.social
Drug development in real life. PhD, Immunology.
International relations hobbyist.
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I went on a 4-week backpacking trip through Mexico in the mid-90s when I was in grad school. Traveled only by bus. Really loved Chiapas. And Tulum was still great at that time, too. Fond memories.
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This may be a combination of what you describe and also driven by a desire to find scapegoats - immigrants as the threat from the outside, minorities as the threat from the inside. The latter would also explain the reaction to trans people, they are vilified only because they're an easy scapegoat.
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I think they're OK with being ruled by immigrants and the children of immigrants, see Musk, Thiel etc. It just has to be the right type.
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But remember, during the fire don't protest or provoke them further. It alienates the people who sympathize with them and that will be bad for you. Things have to stay orderly.
[heard a million time from "centrists"]
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I discussed how Trump's segregationist purge is a reaction to Obama's rise.
Too many white people lost their minds during the Obama era.
They want to destroy Black and brown (and immigrant) advancement so that one of "us" will never rule them again.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
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What happened in Newark?
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World-renowned for their excellent de-escalation training
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De-escalation, what is it
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On the bright side, maybe this is a promise. Nothing I would rather see than Musk on a space ship.
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Arguably what sustains the MAGA movement is the overt threat of violence against anyone who opposes it, including within the Republican Party. That seems to work pretty well. It's this weird dynamic that it's so baked into the cake already virtually no one reports on it.
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This guy is such a smug lying reactionary, the smirk alone and then he softly says the most hare-brained things
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Hard disagree. Miller being driven by his hate is something that is accurate and should have been said long ago.
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They're all folding
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Here they come. Just about the entire Cabinet now issuing statements to raise the temperature and sow disorder & chaos. It’s what they want.
The only administration in our lifetimes that seeks to escalate tensions.
National Guard now deployed to California.
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The article reports on a federal investigation involving 103 cases for a particular procurement organization with concerning features. Seems newsworthy to me.
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What part of the story is inaccurate?
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Maybe there should be more energy devoted to the root cause of these protests, and less to the reaction. It's an instigated confrontation.
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That's not DHS
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It's fucking European territory. The weirdest framing, as if the Europeans owed the US deference for Trump's insane brazen claims.
"In a challenge to President’s Trump’s vow to take control of Greenland, President Emmanuel Macron of France will visit the enormous Arctic island"
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Multiple journalists on the scene. Crowd has been growing steadily as Angelenos leave work and pour into the area.
Some peaceful street takeovers have begun including at the intersection of Aliso and Alameda, looks like a couple hundred people in that spot with more marching.
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Entrances to Federal building covered in "Fuck ICE" graffiti and IDF/LAPD/ICE 🔻spraypainted with a red triangle over it.
Reports of some feds shooting pepperball shots from the parking structure into a crowd that refuses to disperse. Pepperballs met with chants of "Fuck you" from the crowd.