Jessica
@jewishreader.bsky.social
Educator, Ph.D. in Religious Studies. Politics, pop culture, sports. Hoosier by birth, living in the SF Bay Area. Formerly RosenJ415/FirstLineHockey on The Bad Place.
Netanyahu and all his cronies belong in the Hague.
Netanyahu and all his cronies belong in the Hague.
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The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
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A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:27 PM
A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
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I think it’s really worth underlining how unusual it is to have a former JSOC and SOCOM commander making statements like this directly to senior administration officials.
January 27, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I think it’s really worth underlining how unusual it is to have a former JSOC and SOCOM commander making statements like this directly to senior administration officials.
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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Hey, here’s a great idea: passing state laws to prevent ICE agents from holding law enforcement jobs in the future.
wtop.com/maryland/202...
wtop.com/maryland/202...
Md. lawmaker proposes bill to bar certain ICE officers from state law enforcement jobs - WTOP News
Maryland State Del. Adrian Boafo is proposing legislation designed to bar some sworn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from working for state police agencies.
wtop.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Hey, here’s a great idea: passing state laws to prevent ICE agents from holding law enforcement jobs in the future.
wtop.com/maryland/202...
wtop.com/maryland/202...
I have watched it twice through now and I am ready to apply for citizenship and answer the call.
France has problems etc etc but man this song goes hard
Most English speakers have never heard the lyrics to the French National Anthem in English. It's stunning: youtu.be/7MQ-SC9bmp4?...
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I have watched it twice through now and I am ready to apply for citizenship and answer the call.
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Honored that in his last days of fame and fortune at CBP the disgraced Gregory Bovino chose to attack, among others, me.
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Honored that in his last days of fame and fortune at CBP the disgraced Gregory Bovino chose to attack, among others, me.
Sadly for those of us who hate phones, calling is much more effective than emailing. I will be calling, and if I can do it you probably can.
Friends, I recommend you ALL get on the phones and or send emails first thing tomorrow telling @democrats.senate.gov NO FUNDING FOR ICE. NONE.
They are, per Chris Coons, planning to negotiate body cameras. This willl not change the violence, the invasions of our cities.
They are, per Chris Coons, planning to negotiate body cameras. This willl not change the violence, the invasions of our cities.
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Sadly for those of us who hate phones, calling is much more effective than emailing. I will be calling, and if I can do it you probably can.
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San Francisco, I have enjoyed seeing all your unbelievably small dogs.
January 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM
San Francisco, I have enjoyed seeing all your unbelievably small dogs.
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People who think we should wait until we win everything think we should win forever. Celebrate interim victories, partial victories, imperfect victories, small victories, because celebrating strengthens the resolve to keep on, reminds us of our power, and also is fun.
January 27, 2026 at 3:39 AM
People who think we should wait until we win everything think we should win forever. Celebrate interim victories, partial victories, imperfect victories, small victories, because celebrating strengthens the resolve to keep on, reminds us of our power, and also is fun.
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it was waiting for the 1 California but got frustrated
A mountain lion was spotted on video in San Francisco overnight Sunday and may still be at large in the city, S.F. Animal Care and Control said on Monday.
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM
it was waiting for the 1 California but got frustrated
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Honestly the most important thing Trump is doing now is sending the message that if you fuck up he will not protect you, which has not been the message to date
Bovino's project was to himself become a rally flag for the worst elements of DHS. Turfing him out hurts their morale and makes it clear that today's patron might be tomorrow's underbus.
January 27, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Honestly the most important thing Trump is doing now is sending the message that if you fuck up he will not protect you, which has not been the message to date
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Well fuck.
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Well fuck.
See: institutional responses to Black Lives Matter, and the Me Too movement.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
See: institutional responses to Black Lives Matter, and the Me Too movement.
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I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
They're too cowardly to deal with the people united, so they're intimidating individuals instead.
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:41 AM
They're too cowardly to deal with the people united, so they're intimidating individuals instead.
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Hello I’m the ubermensch, my one weakness is whistles
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Hello I’m the ubermensch, my one weakness is whistles
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I just wouldn’t execute a man in public on the weekend where 200 million Americans are snowbound
WSJ, WashPost, NYT all have analysis saying pretty straight-up that videos refute administration claims on Pretti shooting. USA Today with a piece saying much the same. Major national media treating this as a major, top-of-site story, with fed govt depicted as bad guys.
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I just wouldn’t execute a man in public on the weekend where 200 million Americans are snowbound
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This is a thread of people who died in the detention camps. Read it and demand the cruelty finally stop.
January 2025
Genry Ruiz Guillén: died of medical neglect in detention
Age 29
Genry Ruiz Guillén: died of medical neglect in detention
Age 29
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 AM
This is a thread of people who died in the detention camps. Read it and demand the cruelty finally stop.
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Walz: "If it was the intention of Donald Trump to make an example of Minnesota, then I'm damn proud of the example that the world is seeing"
January 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Walz: "If it was the intention of Donald Trump to make an example of Minnesota, then I'm damn proud of the example that the world is seeing"
Smaller? But I was reliably informed that this march said something incontrovertible about the San Francisco polity's move to the right. /s
NEW from LCRW: @jwcroxton.bsky.social and EiC Abner Häuge (me) covered yesterday's anti-abortion "Walk for Life" event in San Francisco. This year had a noticeably lower turnout than previous ones, but the Proud Boys still skulked around in the back of the march like it was still 2017.
ANTI-ABORTION “WALK FOR LIFE” LETS PROUD BOYS IN AGAIN
| Left Coast Right Watch
Turnout was notably lower this year at this year’s anti-abortion ‘Walk for Life’ but the Proud Boys still showed up.
leftcoastrightwatch.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Smaller? But I was reliably informed that this march said something incontrovertible about the San Francisco polity's move to the right. /s
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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Not only is authoritarianism not new, it is still in our living memory. Southern racial apartheid is more recent than the Nazis, and more relevant to understanding our current politics. As American politics have nationalized, the South anchors one of the two parties and exported its politics 5/x
January 25, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Not only is authoritarianism not new, it is still in our living memory. Southern racial apartheid is more recent than the Nazis, and more relevant to understanding our current politics. As American politics have nationalized, the South anchors one of the two parties and exported its politics 5/x
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.