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Brandon Goodell

@bggoodell.bsky.social

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Mathematician, artist, aquarist, photographer, walking mistake

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · Jul 23

"I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery...

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 17m

how about we don't uncritically support *anyone* how about that? can we try that?

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 11h

This administration definitely would jail the people hiding the little girl in the attic

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 10h

No. No. That's all wrong. DVRs are layers of an onion. I am sorry you have onions for fingernails, but I am glad you think onions are beautiful.

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 11h

But ticket with card, get a cash refund in person, repeat.

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 14h

If you are employed & doing pretty fine right now, set aside some money from each paycheck to dedicate to mutual aid asks. Even just $20.

Shit is really bad, the social safety net is being shredded, & truly TRULY all we have is each other right now.

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 13h

ok I'll bite

how

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 14h

Gonna start calling Dune 2 "doont"

Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 14h

Two kavanaugh stops in every pot!

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks, Trump

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

i am unable to ask blm about it suddenly declaring the biggest solar project in nevada is canceled

the agency’s flacks all have bounce backs saying they can’t reply due to the shutdown

sick

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 19h

a subtle way that some people will reveal their worldviews to be not too different from an ICE goon will be when they act as if a migrant's life and justice is worth less than a fully-fledged citizen's. if your grandma was taken and roughly handled by prison guards and blackbagged: be that angry.

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 20h

Our classrooms are not safe for us or regular students. Our universities canot be relied upon to protect us. You have to keep speaking up about this. Faculty already are, but we need folks who aren’t in academia raising the alarm for everyone else. The End.

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 18h

How can anyone believe these auspices, at this point?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

Jenna would make Liz write jokes for her, Liz would write a bunch of feminist material because she’s mad at Jenna and then try to pull it at the last minute because she’s worried for Jenna’s safety. Jenna would ham it up so hard that the Saudis would love it as parody of shrill American women

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 1d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 20h

Since many of you cannot read my 2019 piece on tear gas in Nature, I will kindly replicate it for you:

Kaszeta, Dan. "Restrict use of riot-control chemicals." Nature 573.7772 (2019): 27-29.

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 19h

oh is this how jurisdiction works now?

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

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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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1d

Frog and Toad, helping each other wash off the geneva-banned chemical weapons from the protest before having absolutely mind-shattering sex

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 21h

Watch a MAGA try explain why a foreigner seeking political asylum is more dangerous than a Middle Eastern Kingdom constructing a military base with arms and troops in Idaho.

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Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 19h

went from capn america and indiana jones to this, all because the least popular president in history leveraged irredeemable pieces of shit who revel in villainy

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

Brandon Goodell @bggoodell.bsky.social · 19h

Woody Allen and The Daughters would be an awful band name

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 23h

We should be asking: what qualifies someone to brief a president on national crime data?
Who is claiming we have a “domestic terrorism” problem?

Professionals with years of policing and policy experience — or a 23 year old with a viral YouTube channel?

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

A federal judge has ordered that ICE cannot use rubber bullets or other “less lethal ammo” directly on protesters at the Broadview ICE facility.

Good.

Now arrest and charge the agents who shot the priest in the head and the woman in her car.

Stop letting them get away with it.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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