James Dechets
@jamesdechets.bsky.social
Definitely not a family of raccoons operating an old mannequin like a puppet, but possibly a colony of angry sentient cockroaches. Transphobes, racists, and all other weird bigots should fuck off.
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BREAKING: Congress has scheduled a vote on the SAVE America Act, a bill that would restrict the freedom to vote for millions of Americans.
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
BREAKING: Congress has scheduled a vote on the SAVE America Act, a bill that would restrict the freedom to vote for millions of Americans.
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And unless it's a cost-free government ID, it's a POLL TAX. If you have to pay the government for a document that you must have to vote, that is a POLL TAX.
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process. bit.ly/4cikrkp
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
And unless it's a cost-free government ID, it's a POLL TAX. If you have to pay the government for a document that you must have to vote, that is a POLL TAX.
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Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
Sometimes the "no less" part is as important as the "no more".
Sometimes the "no less" part is as important as the "no more".
February 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
Sometimes the "no less" part is as important as the "no more".
Sometimes the "no less" part is as important as the "no more".
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I want people to remember... When police get more money for "training" This is the kind of courses they take:
www.thetrace.org/2020/06/warr...
www.thetrace.org/2020/06/warr...
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I want people to remember... When police get more money for "training" This is the kind of courses they take:
www.thetrace.org/2020/06/warr...
www.thetrace.org/2020/06/warr...
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ME: *been calling Bluesky posts just "posts" since forever*
NEWSKIE: Oh god, I hate "skeets", people should stop calling posts "skeets."
ME: They're called "skeets," and I will die on this hill. It's skeetin' time!
NEWSKIE: Oh god, I hate "skeets", people should stop calling posts "skeets."
ME: They're called "skeets," and I will die on this hill. It's skeetin' time!
December 31, 2024 at 3:53 AM
ME: *been calling Bluesky posts just "posts" since forever*
NEWSKIE: Oh god, I hate "skeets", people should stop calling posts "skeets."
ME: They're called "skeets," and I will die on this hill. It's skeetin' time!
NEWSKIE: Oh god, I hate "skeets", people should stop calling posts "skeets."
ME: They're called "skeets," and I will die on this hill. It's skeetin' time!
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Look, I agree ICE shouldn't be kidnapping & locking up children, but I don't want judges ruling against it because of the Bible. The answer to rightwing Christian Nationalism is not progressive Christian Nationalism.
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Look, I agree ICE shouldn't be kidnapping & locking up children, but I don't want judges ruling against it because of the Bible. The answer to rightwing Christian Nationalism is not progressive Christian Nationalism.
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Washington County: Feds’ plan for immigration detention near Hagerstown cannot be stopped (Maryland)
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Washington County says feds’ plan for immigration detention near Hagerstown cannot be stopped
The federal government moved quickly over the last month to establish a foothold in Maryland, notifying Washington County officials of its intentions just days before inking the deed giving it full ow...
www.thebanner.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Washington County: Feds’ plan for immigration detention near Hagerstown cannot be stopped (Maryland)
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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In the 1950s, white folks chose to close public swimming pools rather than share them with Black folks. In 2024 they chose to sacrifice the lives of some of their nearest and dearest rather than having a Black or Brown neighbor. Absolutely fucking WILD set of values.
January 25, 2026 at 6:15 PM
In the 1950s, white folks chose to close public swimming pools rather than share them with Black folks. In 2024 they chose to sacrifice the lives of some of their nearest and dearest rather than having a Black or Brown neighbor. Absolutely fucking WILD set of values.
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How I know Black people know white people better than we know ourselves:
Black people said we would set our privileges on fire rather than extend them to everyone.
Now we have evidence. In 2024, white folks voted away our privilege of not being shot by the government.
Equity woulda been easier.
Black people said we would set our privileges on fire rather than extend them to everyone.
Now we have evidence. In 2024, white folks voted away our privilege of not being shot by the government.
Equity woulda been easier.
January 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
How I know Black people know white people better than we know ourselves:
Black people said we would set our privileges on fire rather than extend them to everyone.
Now we have evidence. In 2024, white folks voted away our privilege of not being shot by the government.
Equity woulda been easier.
Black people said we would set our privileges on fire rather than extend them to everyone.
Now we have evidence. In 2024, white folks voted away our privilege of not being shot by the government.
Equity woulda been easier.
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Recommitting myself to not sharing images on Bluesky that don't have alt text...and you should too.
There are great posts on my Popular With Friends feed by journalists, politicians, pundits, and celebrities that I wish I could share. But I want everyone to be able to read them, not just the abled.
There are great posts on my Popular With Friends feed by journalists, politicians, pundits, and celebrities that I wish I could share. But I want everyone to be able to read them, not just the abled.
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Recommitting myself to not sharing images on Bluesky that don't have alt text...and you should too.
There are great posts on my Popular With Friends feed by journalists, politicians, pundits, and celebrities that I wish I could share. But I want everyone to be able to read them, not just the abled.
There are great posts on my Popular With Friends feed by journalists, politicians, pundits, and celebrities that I wish I could share. But I want everyone to be able to read them, not just the abled.
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please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
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Keith Porter is a Black Father who was killed by an ICE Agent on New Years Eve.
Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.
The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.
The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Keith Porter is a Black Father who was killed by an ICE Agent on New Years Eve.
Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.
The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.
The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."
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I am so fucking tired of this shit. All these failed anal creampies just running amok.
January 25, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I am so fucking tired of this shit. All these failed anal creampies just running amok.
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Everybody's not coming. You just get a critical mass. Everyone's not part of the collective making change, everyone doesn't want to be & some never will. There's no point building with republicans. A lot of white folks will never get over whiteness to be useful. We just build power with who we can.
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Everybody's not coming. You just get a critical mass. Everyone's not part of the collective making change, everyone doesn't want to be & some never will. There's no point building with republicans. A lot of white folks will never get over whiteness to be useful. We just build power with who we can.
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I am begging people to please DECENTER Trump voters. It's just not helpful.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I am begging people to please DECENTER Trump voters. It's just not helpful.
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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Our aspirations have always exceeded our grasp, and that’s probably how it should be. Shouldn’t we always be striving to be a little better than we are?
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Our aspirations have always exceeded our grasp, and that’s probably how it should be. Shouldn’t we always be striving to be a little better than we are?
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People are not talking enough about the antiblack and anti-African reason for the ICE sending thousands of its agents to Minneapolis in the first place
It's always about fucking white people, wven when white people are the reason we're all in this situation in the first fucking place
It's always about fucking white people, wven when white people are the reason we're all in this situation in the first fucking place
January 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
People are not talking enough about the antiblack and anti-African reason for the ICE sending thousands of its agents to Minneapolis in the first place
It's always about fucking white people, wven when white people are the reason we're all in this situation in the first fucking place
It's always about fucking white people, wven when white people are the reason we're all in this situation in the first fucking place
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Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.
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I still remember Ma telling me five years ago that if these insurrectionists on January 6th were Black, then they would be dead. Five years later, they are almost all alive, out of jail, and their guy is back in the White House. If that’s not White privilege, then I don’t know what is.
January 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I still remember Ma telling me five years ago that if these insurrectionists on January 6th were Black, then they would be dead. Five years later, they are almost all alive, out of jail, and their guy is back in the White House. If that’s not White privilege, then I don’t know what is.
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They’re against democratic legitimacy, which is premium-grade legitimacy; but they’re against nationalist legitimacy, communist legitimacy and even royalist legitimacy. They want to rule unaccountably, and they are opposed to any theory that could hold them to account.
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 PM
They’re against democratic legitimacy, which is premium-grade legitimacy; but they’re against nationalist legitimacy, communist legitimacy and even royalist legitimacy. They want to rule unaccountably, and they are opposed to any theory that could hold them to account.
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This is profoundly not true. The American citizens do care. The problem is that American citizens do not know that they are strong. We are all tired, and broken, and grieving, and trained from birth that no one needs to fight anything ever because the magical military says we don’t have to
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
This is profoundly not true. The American citizens do care. The problem is that American citizens do not know that they are strong. We are all tired, and broken, and grieving, and trained from birth that no one needs to fight anything ever because the magical military says we don’t have to
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.