Under the Volcano
@bfbnk.bsky.social
Historian: ritual and culture, fraternal groups, symbols in culture, art, politics, etc. Writer of textbooks, college educator.
If Democrats like @markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov go along with "reforming" and "restraining" or "retraining" ICE they're making a huge mistake and validating the horrors of the past year. Primary them.
New in PN: 'Abolish ICE' is imperative
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
'Abolish ICE' is imperative
It's also better politics than you might think.
www.publicnotice.co
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
If Democrats like @markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov go along with "reforming" and "restraining" or "retraining" ICE they're making a huge mistake and validating the horrors of the past year. Primary them.
"...Mass deportation is more than a human rights abomination—it is a fiscal catastrophe, threatening to starve Social Security of contributors, embolden tax cheats, and hobble the agencies tasked with recovering stolen public money."
Need to highlight the $2 trillion cost of ICE and the cuts in health care and food aid paying for this militarization of our cities and the graft enriching the private prison industry housing and abusing these detainees.
nathannewman.substack.com/p/the-2-tril...
nathannewman.substack.com/p/the-2-tril...
The $2 Trillion Price Tag of Mass Deportations
How the Diversion of White Collar Crime Fighting to ICE Deportations Explodes the National Debt
nathannewman.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:37 PM
"...Mass deportation is more than a human rights abomination—it is a fiscal catastrophe, threatening to starve Social Security of contributors, embolden tax cheats, and hobble the agencies tasked with recovering stolen public money."
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
Many parallels between British oppression in 1770s and intimidation of Colonial American taxpayers and Trump administration oppression/intimidation of 21st century American taxpayers.
January 22, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Many parallels between British oppression in 1770s and intimidation of Colonial American taxpayers and Trump administration oppression/intimidation of 21st century American taxpayers.
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
What they printed: "Extraordinary"; what they meant: "completely insane"
"Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump steps up demand to annex Greenland but rules out using force
US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
What they printed: "Extraordinary"; what they meant: "completely insane"
"Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Extraordinary" = "completely insane"
"Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump steps up demand to annex Greenland but rules out using force
US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"Extraordinary" = "completely insane"
"Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Thousands of masked, heavily armed agents, some with minimal training, have been unleashed on the streets of an American state. They have been promised near-total legal immunity by the president, effectively unshackled from any constitutional constraints."
Not immigration enforcement, occupation.
Must-read on-the-ground reporting from Lydia Polgreen, a Times journalist who grew up in Minnesota.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Must-read on-the-ground reporting from Lydia Polgreen, a Times journalist who grew up in Minnesota.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
"Thousands of masked, heavily armed agents, some with minimal training, have been unleashed on the streets of an American state. They have been promised near-total legal immunity by the president, effectively unshackled from any constitutional constraints."
Throwing the NATO alliance, Euro-American relations and the American & European economies into high crisis because you didn't get a Nobel Prize:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Donald Trump links threats to seize Greenland to Nobel prize snub in letter
US president says he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ in letter to Norwegian prime minister
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Throwing the NATO alliance, Euro-American relations and the American & European economies into high crisis because you didn't get a Nobel Prize:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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One of the worst members of Congress in Virginia's history (Ben Cline) applauds one of the worst governors in Virginia's history (Glenn Youngkin)... bluevirginia.us/2026/01/frid...
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
One of the worst members of Congress in Virginia's history (Ben Cline) applauds one of the worst governors in Virginia's history (Glenn Youngkin)... bluevirginia.us/2026/01/frid...
Grand Theft Venezuela.
(Trump among the oil executives)
(Trump among the oil executives)
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Grand Theft Venezuela.
(Trump among the oil executives)
(Trump among the oil executives)
Monday 1/12/26 noontime, downtown Roanoke, VA in front of Trump-loving Republican congressman "Spineless" Ben Cline's office. Cline hasn't had a public town hall since re-elected. Cline defended ICE's killing of Renee Good. Spirited crowd in the freezing cold....
January 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Monday 1/12/26 noontime, downtown Roanoke, VA in front of Trump-loving Republican congressman "Spineless" Ben Cline's office. Cline hasn't had a public town hall since re-elected. Cline defended ICE's killing of Renee Good. Spirited crowd in the freezing cold....
How odd. If we’re in charge of everything there, how is it that Americans are being forced to escape Venezuela?
"We’re in charge of everything. We’re in charge of everything… We’re going to run it. We’re going to fix it."
---Donald Trump, on Air Force One
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"We’re in charge of everything. We’re in charge of everything… We’re going to run it. We’re going to fix it."
---Donald Trump, on Air Force One
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries
State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
How odd. If we’re in charge of everything there, how is it that Americans are being forced to escape Venezuela?
"We’re in charge of everything. We’re in charge of everything… We’re going to run it. We’re going to fix it."
---Donald Trump, on Air Force One
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"We’re in charge of everything. We’re in charge of everything… We’re going to run it. We’re going to fix it."
---Donald Trump, on Air Force One
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
In other words, lies.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed – we examine the claims and the reality
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:44 AM
In other words, lies.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Stephen Miller, 2026–“We live in a world, in the real world that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world…”
Karl Rove, 2024: "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.“
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Karl Rove, 2024: "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.“
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Stephen Miller, 2026–“We live in a world, in the real world that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world…”
Karl Rove, 2024: "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.“
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Karl Rove, 2024: "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.“
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Ignoring the country's healthcare, transportation and housing crises while making billions $$ for himself, his family and friends:
"Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Ignoring the country's healthcare, transportation and housing crises while making billions $$ for himself, his family and friends:
"Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We know one thing--while Social Security is under steady attack by Trump and Republicans like Congressman Ben Cline in SW Virginia, the Trump family has gained $5+ billion in the past year from shady deals with Saudis, Qatar, and American billionaires.
wapo.st/4pheQks
wapo.st/4pheQks
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service has deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We know one thing--while Social Security is under steady attack by Trump and Republicans like Congressman Ben Cline in SW Virginia, the Trump family has gained $5+ billion in the past year from shady deals with Saudis, Qatar, and American billionaires.
wapo.st/4pheQks
wapo.st/4pheQks
@bethmacy.bsky.social is the real deal. Running for Congress in a SW VA district where the four-term Repub incumbent doesn't believe in holding public town halls or discussing his positions. Cong. Ben Cline's key asset is the "R" next to his name in a red district.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
She’s Written Bestsellers About Appalachian Struggles. She’s Running for Office. But Don’t Compare Her to JD Vance.
“Dopesick” author Beth Macy’s unlikely bid for Congress.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
@bethmacy.bsky.social is the real deal. Running for Congress in a SW VA district where the four-term Repub incumbent doesn't believe in holding public town halls or discussing his positions. Cong. Ben Cline's key asset is the "R" next to his name in a red district.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
No shoes for you: Trump's ICE thugs deport longtime Korean shoe/tailor shop owners despite being legally compliant w/immigration regs:
"The Parks were beloved in Richmond and leaned on local friends for support. Unfortunately, many letters did not change the outcome of the deportation..."
"The Parks were beloved in Richmond and leaned on local friends for support. Unfortunately, many letters did not change the outcome of the deportation..."
December 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
No shoes for you: Trump's ICE thugs deport longtime Korean shoe/tailor shop owners despite being legally compliant w/immigration regs:
"The Parks were beloved in Richmond and leaned on local friends for support. Unfortunately, many letters did not change the outcome of the deportation..."
"The Parks were beloved in Richmond and leaned on local friends for support. Unfortunately, many letters did not change the outcome of the deportation..."
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This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
@nytimes.com has a problem with using clear, truthful language when discussing Trump. The word they're avoiding here is "CORRUPTION. "The astounding haul($2 billion) hints at a level of TRANSACTIONALISM which it is difficult to find comparisons in..American history."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
@nytimes.com has a problem with using clear, truthful language when discussing Trump. The word they're avoiding here is "CORRUPTION. "The astounding haul($2 billion) hints at a level of TRANSACTIONALISM which it is difficult to find comparisons in..American history."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Horns/whistles alert ICE targets/citizens of their presence but are also potent symbols: they catalyze opposition among the larger population to a presence of a fascist force, uninterested in evidence-based law enforcement and justice.
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Horns/whistles alert ICE targets/citizens of their presence but are also potent symbols: they catalyze opposition among the larger population to a presence of a fascist force, uninterested in evidence-based law enforcement and justice.