I understand it's hard for some to use the term concentration camp, even for those horrified by what's happening. And there are settings (e.g., court) where it may not be helpful today. The key thing to realize is that there's an arc of how detention regimes tend to go, and we're recognizably on it.

Melanie Stansbury: “Arresting journalists. Raiding election offices. Invading American cities. Committing violence against our own people. The worst of what we feared is here — it’s time for any of my colleagues sitting on the sidelines to do something & stand up”

Correct. Homan saying “in theater” says it all — they view themselves as at war with other Americans

The new fake video of Alex Pretti that is being used to discredit his memory is an AI fake made by @mazemoor (on X). He even admitted it. It has been debunked by many sources. The video is a very good fake, but it’s fake.... I slow-motioned the mistake for you. WATCH👇🏻 #TheAlexPrettiFakeVideo

Trump says he has the power to seize ballots — and now his spy chief is joining FBI raids of election offices. But guess what? I co-wrote the order he’s talking about. He’s lying. And a crime might be in progress. www.defiance.news/p/why-we-sho...

Stella Carlson - known as "Pink Jacket Lady" - is a hero! Anderson Cooper is gentle as she recounts how her phone & whistle don't feel like enough. And yet, with them, she created irrefutable evidence of Alex Pretti's murder. And now gives a sincere & articulate call for justice.

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

The jig is up.

I wrote about how murders of people seen as “good” tend to galvanize the public against state violence in helpful ways. But to establish a just system in the long run, it's critical to recognize harm done to those who would never make the cut as saints.

Continuing to work on panels for the next episode of It Takes a World. Here's a peek at one of the growing ambassadors as she does an interview for a Solarpunk podcaster!

The nurses are pissed

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

This is a MUST-READ affidavit. This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:

DHS is telling us not to believe our own eyes. They are counting on the fact that some new outlets will air this disinformation without pointing out the contradictory evidence, and plenty of viewers will never learn the truth. We deserve better from our government.

There is a need in America right now for news organizations that speak truth to power, and are able to resist the urge to sell themselves to billionaires. A news source owned by the people, for the people.

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

I want to see all victims from these goons get justice and recompense. I want to see this administration, ICE, oligarchs and Palantir execs jailed. I want Nuremberg 2.0 live-streamed in 4k. This is the absolute bare minimum.

FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.

SEEING IS BELIEVING DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite. 📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported. DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.

"[M]asked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday...[the agent] led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”

I've been waiting for this. Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window. It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.

Is Meow Wolf Art—or Just America Entertaining Itself? "Denver's Convergence Station reveals what immersive experience really sells: nostalgia, managed weirdness, and the pleasure of seeing the seams." www.architectmagazine.com/des...

"This is a board of colonial administration, run by war criminals and kleptocrats," said one critic. "It has zero legitimacy."

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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

100% this.

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Zero percent chance this is true.

Russia offers to help the U.S. Military sink NATO ships If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will

Not even in the top 100 worst ethical lapses in Trump's presidency, but the Secretary of Labor apparently had her staffers create fraudulent records of fake work trips so she could take time off (and have an affair with a subordinate) news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...

House Speaker Mike Johnson apparently doesn’t understand how our justice system works. He said if Fed Chair Jerome Powell is innocent, “then he can prove that.” No, Mikey, he doesn’t need to prove he’s innocent. His accusers need to prove he’s guilty.

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A disabled woman trying to drive to a doctor's appointment had agents break her window and drag her out of her car. A peaceful observer on scene was tackled and had his face pressed into the concrete, a State Rep. was shoved and multiple others safely observing were needlessly pepper sprayed.

Your government says it can get away with murder.

A protester is currently lying in a hospital bed with a piece of shrapnel in his neck 7mm from his carotid artery. While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."

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Frey: "You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You're not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. That is against the law in every state. That is against our US Constitution."

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Why that two-minute video of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaking directly to the American public is such a big deal:

"They want an excuse to fire on protesters." "They're looking for a reason to declare martial law. Don't..." Ah. See, they're already doing and saying whatever they want. They're putting people in camps and murdering people at will. Our behavior doesn't drive theirs.

And despite it all, this is Tehran 🇮🇷

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DHS was created to FIGHT terrorists, not to BE terrorists. It needs to be defunded by congress in 2027, and we should select candidates who run on that platform.

NEWS --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman are introducing a new bill to strip ICE officers of qualified immunity, making lawsuits and prosecutions easier. They also say agent who killed Renee Good should be prosecuted in Minnesota. They break this news on our pod: newrepublic.com/article/2051...

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”