You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed. ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos. 9 TOTAL. ABOLISH ICE.

That we know of.

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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

“Bodycams for Sauron’s army!” — my spouse

As it happens, Alex Pretti apparently had a carry permit. THAT DOESN'T MATTER, because he *didn't draw a gun.* Even had he possessed an illegal gun, this would still be murder. His alleged gun is a DHS red herring; it doesn't matter. We do not need to debate it one way or other.

They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence. newrepublic.com/article/2055...

Something @mskellymhayes.bsky.social said a few years back that I still think about pretty often

Alex Pretti was murdered in cold blood simply because he was filming.

This won’t work and it’s not the right solution. Regulate social media, not kids.

This will be another lesson for the government in jury nullification.

God bless Minneapolis.

I’m guessing @adamsmith.house.gov is too afraid to say what is obvious, ICE needs to be abolished. Just like how he is afraid to call the genocide in Palestine a genocide.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The most important thing I've read today.

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Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016

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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.

I'm literally crying. The absolute courage of this woman.

Police and ICE lying is their base mode. Do not believe them.

500 years and counting of “we can take it if we want”

There will soon be RFK approved foods… which of course will have a hearty fee for his stamp of approval. #nutrition #rdchat #dietitian

pair it with brogurt

I'm hoping for a bit of help here... Tor has asked me if I have any minor corrections for the paperback edition of Lessons in Magic and Disaster. I know there's a couple typos and missing words in the hardcover edition, but can't find 'em. Did you notice any goofs?

Hey y'all, what goggles do you use to protect your eyes from tear gas and pepper spray?

DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.

This is more than a horrific shooting. This is murder.

ICE has shot and killed a community observer in Minneapolis. Sending all of my love to the people of Minneapolis and the folks defending their neighbors there. This is heinous, and I am so sorry. To everyone else: REMEMBER ICE LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING. THIS IS DOCUMENTED.

If Hilton is a welcoming place for fascists, I will not be staying at Hilton.

“Hilton is - and has always been - a welcoming place for all.” Insane line to include in a statement siding with ICE. apple.news/A8ZVzY2ovQRm...

There. Are. Four. Lights.

Keep this in mind as Trump and the oil companies negotiate terms: thecradle.co/articles-id/...

Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed

No surprises here. It's always about oil and money. "Trump repeatedly referenced Venezuela’s vast oil reserves and said that U.S. oil interests would be heavily involved in the country’s future."

This is not surprising since Bezos is essentially the editorial board. But I was surprised to see @nytimes.com editorial board denounce the kidnapping of Madura and attack on Venezuela.

I promised no Bluesky if war in Venezuela broke out, for my own self care needs of limiting my despair. I'm going to be back in February. Going to the well that is Deep Space Nine, I'm watching clips from Rocks and Shoals. "Evil must be opposed." - Yassim Don't be a willing tool of the state 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Ha! Haven't seen this meme in a while, but as you might imagine it was the precursor to the illustration I did of the same scene back in 2021. Anyway happy birthday Deep Space Nine. (It premiered 33 years ago today)

Not surprising that @nytimes.com is focusing on AI billionaires rather than the workers and people that make AI happen and that are impacted by their products.

We this, we that. You know what, fuck that. The US has never been a united country. It’s a place built with the sole purpose of enabling white supremacy in the most destructive ways possible. Black, Brown and Native folks have been screaming this for centuries. Fuck outta here with ‘we.’

wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader

If you're wondering if the military will refuse illegal orders, they've already shown they will not. You cannot trust our military leaders and members to do what is right and say no to a fascist.

This is a public health crisis and cis people acting like it isn’t because it targets trans children primarily (even though it will affect cis children too!!) is nasty business

So, because feudalism was a shitty system makes the horrors of capitalism just fine? Your (il)logic befuddles me. But nice try. ;)

There is an epidemic of the trans and non-binary kidsthat do exist being cool as hell tho.

They found a new way to do Blackness without Black people To use Black labor without compensating Black people

The idea that enhancing surveillance in academic buildings will protect students from mass shootings is absolutely fucking preposterous. What it will increase is the criminalization of our students. Reject it!!! GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE. BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.

I just wish someone would be honest and say “we are ending civilian science in favor of science that is focused on serving national security and war”

They're not waiting on the Supreme Court to tell them they can ignore the clear, plain text of the 14th Amendment that everyone born in the US is a birthright citizenship. They are trying to erase the citizenship of anyone with skin darker than Stephen Miller's through administrative action alone.