Evan Procknow
@eprocknow.bsky.social
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French colonial history; all things Algeria and the Sahel. Also tweets about policy, defense, and sports in that order.
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buddyspell.bsky.social
Fort Worth, Texas.

#WeAreEverywhere
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cethompson.bsky.social
Just think of how many TT faculty lines, graduate stipends, and resources for teaching and research this kind of money could buy...
nkalamb.bsky.social
the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)
Firings so far this season by Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, UAB, UCLA and Virginia Tech have those schools committed to buyouts totaling $93.9 million, subject to mitigation and offset, but not including amounts that also will be owed to assistant coaches
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
Send every ICE employee to the fucking Hague.
caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago



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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.
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irhottakes.bsky.social
Imagine being a sweatshop manager in Shanghai told to crack the whip because American wizards need increased frog suit production to ward off an invasion of America by America.
livraineysmith.bsky.social
Last night when I looked at this listing it said "200+ sold in last month". This morning it said "300+ sold in last month." Now...
Screenshot of amazon dot com listing for the inflatable frog costume currently known as the Portland Frog. It says "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." Then suggests that you might like other items and shows partial images of  axolotl and gnome inflatable costumes
eprocknow.bsky.social
Totally agree. College football is littered with has been programs
eprocknow.bsky.social
You got to make sure your next hire is a better coach-that’s a high bar when you regularly win 10 games
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pgourevitch.bsky.social
Mali has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up to $10,000 (£7,500) for business and tourist visas, in response to a similar requirement the Trump administration has imposed on its citizens.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mali imposes $10,000 visa bond on US visitors in reciprocal move
The West African state says it has introduced an "identical visa programme" for US travellers.
www.bbc.com
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en.afp.com
#UPDATE A mutinied army unit declared on Sunday that it was taking control of all of Madagascar's military forces as President Andry Rajoelina said an "attempt to seize power illegally" was under way ➡️ u.afp.com/Sma8
File photo shows Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina at the opening session of the 19th Summit of the Francophonie at the Grand Palais in Paris, on October 5, 2024
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en.afp.com
#BREAKING Madagascar mutinied army unit says all military forces under its command
Members of a section of the Malagasy army ride an armoured vehicle surrounded by protesters celebrating their arrival as they head to City Hall following clashes between demonstrators and security forces during protests calling for the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo, on October 11, 2025
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davidcolborne.bsky.social
Exec3: What if, while we targeted our advertising towards lanyard-class staffers with an occasionally overdeveloped sense of noblesse oblige, we argued that the NLRB was unconstitutional?

Exec1 and Exec2: Okay, now it's starting to get warm in here.
Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional
Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.
www.bloomberg.com
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parismarx.com
benioff is a pathetic man. every time i see his face i think of when he was at wef on a panel with sam altman, and instead of engaging like a normal person, he was sitting there with his phone out recording altman from the other end of the panel.
gilduran.com
We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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atherton.bsky.social
If SCOTUS were not also simply an organ of Trumpist rule, Voughts entire vast papertail of "I hate the government and will break laws to destroy it" would make these layoffs illegal & the workers could rightfully expect court to rule in their favor. Unfortunately, SCOTUS

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...
Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown | CNN Politics
More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...
www.cnn.com
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nktpnd.bsky.social
First look at the Hwasong-20: North Korea's massive new solid-fuel ICBM.
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pbump.com
Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸
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levparikian.bsky.social
If only there were a French expression to denote an uncanny feeling of having experienced something before
sophiepedder.bsky.social
France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times
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qjurecic.bsky.social
18 USC 111 is quickly becoming the statute for bullshit charges that will get thrown out
cjciaramella.bsky.social
UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."
Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

 

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer. 

 

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”
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marisakabas.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:
DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property
In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.
www.thehandbasket.co
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electproject.bsky.social
Wtf? We're allowing foreign countries to build military bases on US soil?
atrupar.com
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
eprocknow.bsky.social
So why should we trust a partisan hack lawyer with no intellectual output?
financialtimes.com
What does Robert Lighthizer make of the trade wars of Trump 2.0? The former US trade chief reflects on the end of the free trade era — and why he considers Donald Trump ‘the most honest person’. on.ft.com/3W1MfTZ
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davidho.bsky.social
Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
apnews.com
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donmoyn.bsky.social
This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.
Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.