There is no internal state of war in the United States. It seems incredible we have to say it but we must say it. Some of the most authoritarian regimes in the hemisphere justified their existence by making up internal wars that didn't exist.

Unbelievable but true.

Spent the last decade reading conservative blogs use the word "Orwellian" more than they used the word "the" and now they're literally just saying "War is Peace" out loud in front of everybody.

It seems the U.S. military is about to reach a college's fraternity level of training but without legal consequences.

Does this mean that Stephen Miller is now personally responsible for killing Venezuelans on international waters without any due process? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Book presentation at CUNY Graduate Center (@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social) yesterday. It was a long day of very interesting conversations.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

"Fascism does not always look like Nazi Germany and fascists do not always look like Hitler. Fascism does not always lead to death camps. But fascism does depend on a vague sense of oppression and victimization that flows from a powerful, shadowy opponent."

This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.

"As the fight against fascism commences in our homes and communities, each act of defiance is a grain of sand—enough grains can bring the entire machine to a halt." @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Cuomo should read this NY Times story about why Vienna has affordable housing. Short version: even wealthy people benefit from it. Programs that only benefit the poor tend to be underfunded and poorly run. archive.ph/2023.05.23-1...

They say you shouldn't play favorites (😉 no one says that, really). But I am very proud of this one.

LANGUAGE & POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITY: Stancemaking, Power and Politics in Chile and Venezuela by Miki Makihara and Juan Luis Rodríguez ( @jlrodriguez10.bsky.social) has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/4jTo9UQ #PoliticalAnthropology #Anthropology #EconomicAnthropology

With ongoing testimonies such as this gradually coming to light, it's clear that the govt of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele is torturing prisoners - some of whom have never been convicted of any crime - at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) www.tampabay.com/news/2025/07...

"Abolish ICE" is one of those slogans that was ridiculed as hopelessly naive by centrist liberal types. Now the future of American democracy (such as it is) depends on it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...

The #disappearedByICE

Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July

They said they would go after undocumented immigrants with a criminal history, but since that's not working, they will make documented immigrants 'illegal' to satisfy the promise of rounding up migrants: www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/p...

"Sex Is a Spectrum will be important for introducing a wide readership to the nuances of scientific understandings of variability in sex and of the biocultural constitution of humans, and I believe that there is much for biologists to appreciate in the book as well." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Deeply thankful for the excellent review of "Sex is a spectrum" by @malinahking.bsky.social in @science.org It's a great overview and a thoughtful critique. Have a read: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In March, 48 people were arrested in New Mexico, according to an ICE press release. Why is nothing known about who was arrested or their whereabouts?

ICYMI, in response to the Times story today of the Venezuelan man disappeared by the Trump administration on March 15, DHS has acknowledged for the first time that the man is currently being imprisoned in CECOT. It shouldn't take a major media story to get DHS to say who they're paying to imprison.

‘Alien Enemies’ or Innocent Men? Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...

Who are the Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador? www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.

This morning I had a perfect moment with my giggling toddler and my mind drifted to how Tom Homan, a father, using that same feeling innovated family separation as a policy of immigration deterrence & that same cruel man was awarded & promoted by Democrat & Republican to shape migration policy.

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

This made me cry and it really should not have. It is a document of basic decency. Good for Tufts, may the other institutions grow a spine too. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

Here's an interview I did explaining state racism in China. "So what’s up with race? The Uyghurs in China" www.dailymotion.com/video/x9gxvu6

You do all know what "reciprocal" means, right? And that you don't have to repeat it just because he says it?

The New Jersey Democrat spent more than 25 hours criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. ET Monday. He ended his marathon speech shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers

I can’t believe this is real! It’s like the worst caricature of how the right says Soros does politics.

Immigration attorney Linette Tobin shares details with NPR about the government's case against her client, Jerce Reyes Barrios, a Venezuelan soccer player and father of two.

FACT: Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, which is far lower than private sector retirement programs.

No criminal record, no gang ties, no tattoos, applied for asylum, father of a 9-year-old, government's case full of errors, sent to mega-prison anyway amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

A friend sends:

Washington Post : El Salvador ya es conocido internacionalmente como el Guantánamo de EEUU, un hoyo oscuro de tortura y represión para decenas de inocentes incluyendo venezolanos

El Salvador resembles a gigantic horror movie. The problem is that the Central American gulag is real, with real people inside, many of whom are innocent. In fact, it's more like a gory reality TV show for the delight of the very cruel. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Intellectualized bigotry is still bigotry.

Pete Hegseth Blows Into Breathalyzer To Unlock Phone

They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed. He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.

This is what your criminal govts are doing, Americans & Salvadorans: "One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, 'I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber'...[He] began to whimper, folding his hands in prayer...He was slapped." time.com/7269604/el-s...

I have four degrees from Columbia and did a post-doc there and I support this message. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...