"ABOLISH ICE"

Nothing more discomfiting than federal agents circling your grocery store parking lot to try and snatch people. Since when did federal agents kidnapping people off the street become a normal course of action. It happened in my community; it's happening in MN. Coming to your neighborhood soon.

Very true. But also, not everything needs to happen instantaneously and not everyone needs to do everything. Time to organize, folx. Time to act.

David French argued Renee Good's murder is an example of the US having two sytems of law: orderly for friends & belligerent for foes. @victorerikray.bsky.social corrects him: US law has always promised fascism for non-whites & those who stand with them. groupthreat.com/p/americas-d...

This is dystopian… and not just because they’re dressed like a scene from the handmaids tale. These are mostly children. This is where Liam Ramos is being held. They’re screaming “let us out” and protesting the brutal conditions. These kids are braver than every ICE thug holding them hostages

He sounds like a beautiful person. My heart breaks for his and others' families of those killed, in and out of detention, and those disappeared. So many people crushed under the boot of fascism.

Trying out Qobuz and Tidal. Liking Tidal but it keeps crashing when I open it. Qobuz doesn't have the album I listen to on repeat that I'm pretty sure isn't available in hard copy: Hiatus' Ghost Notes. If I get Tidal to work it may win by default on account of that.

The investment firm known as Northwestern University gleefully staffed by the BOT.

A university called Northwestern should have a compass.

Northwestern University board of trustees and interim President Bienen. SHAME on you for going behind faculty and grad workers backs, when both the Faculty Senate and the Grad Workers Union have explicitly voted against making deals with the Trump admin. Lie down with dogs and get up with fleas.

Sometimes you see a photograph, and you are like, I just saw history. And you can picture the page of the textbook where it will live. Inshallah, we will make it thru to when these actions are universally condemned by every good citizen.

Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters Discussion thread: old.reddit.com/r/illinois/c...

If the US President never siced a federal agency on your city to round you or yours up, I'm gonna need you to sit down with your imaginary persecution complex. It's happened many times, but the ones always crying about seem to be the ones wearing the jackboots. Living through it feels surreal.

Stream tonight!!! Hour 1: I’m crafting with constituents Pete and Juan while we talk about guaranteed income, progressive politics, and self reliance in community for the first hour. Hour 2: Playing Stray! Join at 7 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning. There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

Portland, OR, 2025

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We are being traumatized. There is an intentional effort to overwhelm our senses with the senselessness. In Chicago, in Waco, in Palestine and in other places. There are those who believe they must hurt and dominate others to secure their place in the world. I do not believe that.

This moment is disturbing even in the mundane: I’ve started taking screenshots of historical sources I’m using in research from the national park service, the smithsonian, and the national archives, just in case they get taken down. It’s now a part of my process and takes time I have to plan for.

The empire has stricken back now we must rise! Support the actions happening across the country, September 21st by going to boycottdisneyabc.com - see toolkit with details on how to continue the pressure on Disney and its affiliates, like Hulu, ESPN, Sinclair, and Nexstar Media. #boycottdisneyabc

"Israel has emerged as a regional killer of journalists... This latest killing spree is not only a grave violation of international law, but also a terrifying warning to journalists across the region: no place is safe." — Sara Qudah, CPJ regional program director

I am pleased to report that Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins has dropped another total evisceration of the Supreme Court. He says originalism is a fraud—and the Republican justices are shamelessly making up facts and history to impose radical Christian nationalism: slate.com/news-and-pol...

I'm practicing thumperism on social media. If I ain't got something nice to say I say it on my alt account. Wait wrong rabbit.

what an efficient reminder that "free speech" only ever applies to a really specific type of guy

Facebook needs to get a grip.

"Political violence" is a term that exists to suggest a moral distinction between "violence against politicians" and "violence by politicians" - so that one can be condemned while the other can be normalized. Obviously, no such distinction exists in reality: violence is violence.

The genocide that we are seeing in Gaza is not a passive act. It is being perpetrated by the Israeli government — and the United States, by sending them $30 BILLION of weapons since the start of this war, is complicit. This can end. This must end. Block the bombs.

Someone bring my crucifix and garlic

Trump suggested that his administration will go to “WAR” with the city of Chicago. Illinois Dems say he's a "tyrant" and "a wannabe dictator."

Chicago’s mayor said Trump’s “threats are beneath the honor of our nation.”

Chicagoans have made it clear that President Donald Trump’s threats to send in the National Guard won’t be taken lightly. Grassroots organizations and activists are providing Chicago-area residents with information on how to stay safe during these times. thetriibe.com/2025/09/we-k...

Finishing preliminary edits on not one but two reviews of SWANA work in Chicago for Arab Stages after dealing with some family illness. If you know of a play or performance that could benefit from being reviewed in an academic publication that will be archived, let me know.

I wish this was more shocking. The outright dehumanization of Palestinians and Arabs has become a terrible norm. It is an unconscionable and indefensible position. Each of these precious lives is a future and a possibility stolen from the world. To advocate for killing children is barbarism.

What in the world. These people are so unserious.

Vichy Democrats and N*zi Republicans. What a time to be alive.

NEW: With @raskin.house.gov & @crockett.house.gov, I’m demanding info from Tom Homan on his potential conflicts of interest w/ private for-profit prisons. Govt officials shouldn't be funneling taxpayer $$ to corporations they used to work for. We need answers. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I'd be interested in the gender breakdown here. I think pleasure reading is up for women.

The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans. It is inconceivable that the US is once again building concentration camps, denying the lessons learned 80 years ago. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."' variety.com/2025/film/fe...

Whenever possible, be the reader whose reports you’d like to receive.

The only sentence I agree with in this is the one that says, “Hey, it actually makes no sense to put these on Earth.”

Read my latest article: Towards a Transnational Dramaturgy of SWANA Relationality in Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy lmda.org/review

We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.

Awdah Hathaleen was a journalist and activist working toward justice. His killing is a tragedy. I was proud to show No Other Land in the Capitol — to bring its message from the West Bank to lawmakers. My heart goes out to his family and those mourning. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Great panels today at ATHE: Dramaturging the Real-world led by Dan Smith and 8/33 chapter contributors feat my article "From Tombs to Tahrir" MET Focus Group Debut Panel Beyond the Single Narrative: about New Work Development of MENA theatre featuring Burcu Seyben, Adam Kassim, and Mona Kasra

Land grant communities and the state’s emergency managers on Tuesday asked state lawmakers for reforms they say would help them prepare for and recover from disasters.

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