@ablecitizen.bsky.social
Native NYer. PoliSci PhD. Pugnacious progressive. NY Mets / Giants fan. Currently in the Rio Grande Valley delivering the goods daily at UTRGV. Have not perfected any student indoctrination spells. US Navy vet (87-93). Opinions my own.
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Knowing they can’t easily deliver on mass deportation, Trump will want to make the public believe—especially those who could be potentially impacted—they can remove anyone and everyone.
That terror will have real consequences.
That terror will have real consequences.
Fear is the goal
Trump's anti-immigration push is backed by intense propaganda for a reason.
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Knowing they can’t easily deliver on mass deportation, Trump will want to make the public believe—especially those who could be potentially impacted—they can remove anyone and everyone.
That terror will have real consequences.
That terror will have real consequences.
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Spot on
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Spot on
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I've heard it said elsewhere that when you're used to supremacy and dominance, equality FEELS like oppression.
POTUS is just reiterating that axiom.
POTUS is just reiterating that axiom.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I've heard it said elsewhere that when you're used to supremacy and dominance, equality FEELS like oppression.
POTUS is just reiterating that axiom.
POTUS is just reiterating that axiom.
Personally, I was pulling for Mayim to get the full-time gig, but this post is worthy of a follow. 😜
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Personally, I was pulling for Mayim to get the full-time gig, but this post is worthy of a follow. 😜
When you're an armed agent of the state, it is YOUR responsibility to de-escalate. ALWAYS. If people mock and scream at you, you have to take it. ALWAYS. If people call you names, you have to take it. ALWAYS.
If you can't restrain violent tendencies, you shouldn't be in law enforcement.
If you can't restrain violent tendencies, you shouldn't be in law enforcement.
"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
When you're an armed agent of the state, it is YOUR responsibility to de-escalate. ALWAYS. If people mock and scream at you, you have to take it. ALWAYS. If people call you names, you have to take it. ALWAYS.
If you can't restrain violent tendencies, you shouldn't be in law enforcement.
If you can't restrain violent tendencies, you shouldn't be in law enforcement.
I voted for Jesse when he ran for MN Governor in 1998. I protested him in 2001 when he maligned union state workers. He's an odd political figure to say the least.
He's right on the money in this interaction.
He's right on the money in this interaction.
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I voted for Jesse when he ran for MN Governor in 1998. I protested him in 2001 when he maligned union state workers. He's an odd political figure to say the least.
He's right on the money in this interaction.
He's right on the money in this interaction.
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No way Drumpf would EVER understand this.
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
No way Drumpf would EVER understand this.
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Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
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Pro tip: don’t take your medical advice from a man who can’t tell the difference between a viral chainsaw massacre and a viral pillow fight—or who thinks measles and chickenpox are just two flavors of the same popsicle.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
The Podcast-to-Plague Pipeline
Maybe just maybe, people shouldn’t take medical advice from a guy who doesn’t know the difference between chicken pox and measles
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Pro tip: don’t take your medical advice from a man who can’t tell the difference between a viral chainsaw massacre and a viral pillow fight—or who thinks measles and chickenpox are just two flavors of the same popsicle.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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Remember, the Secretary of Transportation is absolutely terrified of this subway system. Just mentioning the ACE line will reduce him to tears.
And yet ...
And yet ...
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Remember, the Secretary of Transportation is absolutely terrified of this subway system. Just mentioning the ACE line will reduce him to tears.
And yet ...
And yet ...
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Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
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(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
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1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
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It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
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Stop criticizing Trump's bad economy. You're making him sad.
You think you've got it hard trying to put food on the table? Try being President Donald Trump, the billionaire saint of perpetual grievance.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
You think you've got it hard trying to put food on the table? Try being President Donald Trump, the billionaire saint of perpetual grievance.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Stop criticizing Trump's bad economy. You're making him sad. | Opinion
Donald Trump is swiftly losing control of his presidency, and he has it in his head that 'affordability' is a hoax and not a real word.
www.usatoday.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Stop criticizing Trump's bad economy. You're making him sad.
You think you've got it hard trying to put food on the table? Try being President Donald Trump, the billionaire saint of perpetual grievance.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
You think you've got it hard trying to put food on the table? Try being President Donald Trump, the billionaire saint of perpetual grievance.
My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
"If this happened as described in the Post report, it was, at best, a war crime under federal law."
Hegseth has lost National Review.
www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
November 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Simple and savage takedown.
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Simple and savage takedown.
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Christopher Moynihan is a violent insurrectionist who was pardoned by Donald Trump.
He was just re-arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
He shouldn’t have been pardoned in the first place.
He was just re-arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
He shouldn’t have been pardoned in the first place.
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Christopher Moynihan is a violent insurrectionist who was pardoned by Donald Trump.
He was just re-arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
He shouldn’t have been pardoned in the first place.
He was just re-arrested for threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
He shouldn’t have been pardoned in the first place.
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“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
"Prince of the City" and "Amazon Women on the Moon", definitely.
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"Prince of the City" and "Amazon Women on the Moon", definitely.
#StudentsTalkPolitics REMEMBER: Just because people BELIEVE something does NOT mean it is true. Whether the protests were violent or not is an empirical fact that can be measured.
A quick airport post about a telling poll result. www.pbump.net/o/half-of-re...
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#StudentsTalkPolitics REMEMBER: Just because people BELIEVE something does NOT mean it is true. Whether the protests were violent or not is an empirical fact that can be measured.
I'll be watching the @pbsnews.org Newshour with my students at the top of the hour. Follow our hashtag to see what tomorrow's leaders are saying about current events today!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics starts at the top of the hour. Here's a link to today's broadcast of the @pbsnews.org Newshour:
www.youtube.com/live/ugrIxD5...
www.youtube.com/live/ugrIxD5...
PBS News Hour live episode update, Oct 8, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I'll be watching the @pbsnews.org Newshour with my students at the top of the hour. Follow our hashtag to see what tomorrow's leaders are saying about current events today!
#StudentsTalkPolitics
#StudentsTalkPolitics