Modern authoritarian states no longer need mass killing to produce mass suffering. They govern by deciding who will be protected — and who can be left exposed. #Necropolitics #Authoritarianism #Immigration #HumanRights #Democracy

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"Officers must not make Kavanaugh stops."

ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.

We are in the maelstrom of a multi-century struggle for this nation. If we don’t understand that, then we will fail to understand what’s at stake. And we will under-react to the danger of this moment. That is why we need to know how history brings us here.

Sounds like they're trying to Bari the story.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Bari Weiss is really bad at her job, until you realize it's her job to be really bad at her job, in which case she is excellent at her job

Anyone at CBS with the details is morally obligated to leak what happened and who did what ASAP

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Please patronize independent bookstores this holiday season (& always!) And don’t forget your local libraries!

Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas. www.nola.com/news/educati...

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plan to draft articles of impeachment against AG Pam Bondi over the DOJ’s failure to release all Epstein files as required by law.

In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.

Hey @nytimes.com, why do you give this clown a platform?

The Administration is making noises about not wanting to “lose to China” in AI while letting abject idiots gut scientific research across the board virtually everywhere else. This is intentionally-produced ignorance.

this right here is what's actually happening & really ought to be a part of every pundit panel and news story. The GOP made it's choice, it chose to fund the secret police that is back in my city of Chicago again today terrorizing hard working people.

How about a nice pointless tweet thread? OK.🧵 So, Trump said some ugly & horrible things about Rob Reiner on Truth Social. I have been watching with fascination as several Republican policymakers -- & even commenters on Truth Social! -- reacted with horror. It has brought to mind ...

F$&k Trump and every craven Republican who has enabled this sick, sick man. I will never forgive or forget.

I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India

@warren.senate.gov and I released a new report showing Trump diverted $2 B from the DoD for his immigration agenda—hurting readiness, morale, and military families. Using troops for political stunts and raiding funds for barracks & training is dangerous. Congress must act.

Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2043...

MAGA America is depraved. Just straight up fucking evil.

An important message from @adamkinzinger.substack.com on burnout. I needed this today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOeT...

Once right-wing oligarchs gain control of just about every national and local media company, social media platform, and big AI, as they are systematically doing with little notice from the general public, it will be game, set and match for the Republic.

Your donors and voters aren't motivated because they supported a feeble, aging con man for President who pretended he cared about them and high costs and then when he won turned the White House in a 24/7 grift machine to enrich himself, his family and his friends.

And of course, the @nytimes.com ignores the overt racism.

What's wrong with these jerks? Switching to a more modern typeface that's easier for people with disabilities to read is a 'wasteful diversity move'? The GOP wants minorities, people with disabilities and trans people to disappear. Little nazi wannabes.

Democrats—if they take back the House—already needed to launch an investigation into Bove’s egregious criminal conduct on Trump’s behalf before his confirmation to the 3rd Circuit. But they should also look into his brazen partisanship, which obviously violates the judicial Code of Conduct.

This is all just a lead up to my vessel-bursting disappointment when the next Deomcrat elected president doesn't immediately say, 'I hereby terminate every Trump appointee to any federal office whatsoever.'

The reason to require government approval of big mergers is to prevent market-distorting concentrations of corporate power that harm competition and consumers, not so the president can distort the market in favor of ideological allies and/or solicit a bribe for himself.

America got “the president is killing terrorists, don’t question it” in the 2000s too. But unlike now: -The US had been attacked -Al Qaeda was a terrorist group and planned more attacks -They were in areas the US military did not freely operate, where arrest was risky -Congress authorized the action

Please read this thread. The ‘I’m not familiar…’ line should not be accepted. It’s a lie. As Kevin suggests, cut them off.

If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there. “I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”

Toledo-Martinez answered a knock at his door to find a federal immigration agent posing as a construction worker, who claimed to have hit his car. He went outside and another agent released the dog, which bit him repeatedly. Now Patty Murray calls for his release. newrepublic.com/post/204073/...

This should not be happening to anyone. What on earth could justify manhandling a tiny little woman who quite clearly didn't do anything wrong at all and posed no threat to anyone? These guys are drunk on power. ICE needs to be disbanded and frankly most of them should be in jail.

Even if she had "hesitated to show her ID" (and apparently she didn't), you don't have to show your fucking papers in the United States. That's what you had to do in fucking Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Fuck these fuckers forever. May each and every one of them rot in hell.

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office. More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases. As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.

Trump’s national police force doesn’t even care if it’s a Member of Congress standing up for her constituents, if you’re brown you’re a target. They might think they’re untouchable now, but we’re watching, and we will hold every single one of them accountable.

This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.

There is no reason to be polite or decorous about this any more. The current Supreme Court is corrupt. US democracy cannot survive unless it is reformed.

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.