josh
@kafstan.bsky.social
urbanist, lover, music enjoyer
24 | Boston
24 | Boston
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they say i spent time on j-dawg’s, uh, mr. epstein’s island. that’s a terrible lie. i didn’t even get to use the zip line. i mean if there even was a zip line on the island
Trump: [Trevor Noah] said I spent time on Jeffrey’s— Jeffrey Epstein's island. I didn't. He's a lightweight, this guy, I think he's terrible.
February 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
they say i spent time on j-dawg’s, uh, mr. epstein’s island. that’s a terrible lie. i didn’t even get to use the zip line. i mean if there even was a zip line on the island
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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plymouth church are singing and marching down nicollet ave to alex pretti’s memorial after their 9am service
February 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
plymouth church are singing and marching down nicollet ave to alex pretti’s memorial after their 9am service
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A truly unacceptable assault on the First Amendment.
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM
A truly unacceptable assault on the First Amendment.
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The problem won’t be gone until you are, Tom.
Pull all ICE and CBP agents out of Minnesota and stop attacking American communities.
Pull all ICE and CBP agents out of Minnesota and stop attacking American communities.
Homan says CBP, ICE working on drawdown plan in Minnesota, but says "I'm staying 'til the problem is gone"
Border czar Tom Homan gave his first news conference Thursday morning since arriving in Minnesota at the request of President Trump, and said "a lot of progress" has been made since he arrived, and he...
www.cbsnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The problem won’t be gone until you are, Tom.
Pull all ICE and CBP agents out of Minnesota and stop attacking American communities.
Pull all ICE and CBP agents out of Minnesota and stop attacking American communities.
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Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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Insane footage from on the ground in Minneapolis. Trump continues to turn our neighborhoods into war zones. This is not normal.
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Insane footage from on the ground in Minneapolis. Trump continues to turn our neighborhoods into war zones. This is not normal.
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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ICE goons smash the window of an activists car brutally yank 2 out, abduct them and leave their car abandoned in Southside Minneapolis (1/11/26)
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
ICE goons smash the window of an activists car brutally yank 2 out, abduct them and leave their car abandoned in Southside Minneapolis (1/11/26)
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How much has ICE officer training deteriorated under Trump?
New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about 5 months of training; Academy training has now been shortened to just 47 days, a number "picked because Trump is the 47th president."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about 5 months of training; Academy training has now been shortened to just 47 days, a number "picked because Trump is the 47th president."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fast Times at Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
How much has ICE officer training deteriorated under Trump?
New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about 5 months of training; Academy training has now been shortened to just 47 days, a number "picked because Trump is the 47th president."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about 5 months of training; Academy training has now been shortened to just 47 days, a number "picked because Trump is the 47th president."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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This is assault btw, and the state should have this officer arrested and prosecuted
Cops are great
Cops are great
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is assault btw, and the state should have this officer arrested and prosecuted
Cops are great
Cops are great
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All the lies they're telling about Renee Good are in service of an even bigger lie: that individual human lives have no intrinsic worth and are therefore theirs to dispose of. publiccomment.blog/p/the-poison...
The Poison Always Drips Through
On Renee Good and George Floyd
publiccomment.blog
January 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
All the lies they're telling about Renee Good are in service of an even bigger lie: that individual human lives have no intrinsic worth and are therefore theirs to dispose of. publiccomment.blog/p/the-poison...
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More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
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What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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Here are some of the ideologies that could get you surveilled by your local FBI field office under the new orders:
• anti-capitalism
• anti-Christianity
• opposition to law and immigration enforcement
• radical gender ideology
• hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality
• anti-capitalism
• anti-Christianity
• opposition to law and immigration enforcement
• radical gender ideology
• hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here are some of the ideologies that could get you surveilled by your local FBI field office under the new orders:
• anti-capitalism
• anti-Christianity
• opposition to law and immigration enforcement
• radical gender ideology
• hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality
• anti-capitalism
• anti-Christianity
• opposition to law and immigration enforcement
• radical gender ideology
• hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality
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From my Cato colleagues in February: "We find that all immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis... Noncitizens were 7.3 percent of the population and consumed just 3.5 percent of all welfare and entitlement benefits."
Immigrants Used Less Welfare than Native-Born Americans in 2022
Rather than reaching toward expensive mass deportations as a solution to fiscal issues, the more free-market, libertarian, and fiscally responsible solution is to build a higher wall around the welfar...
www.cato.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
From my Cato colleagues in February: "We find that all immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis... Noncitizens were 7.3 percent of the population and consumed just 3.5 percent of all welfare and entitlement benefits."
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The scale of the militarized police state needed to do what Trump outlines — deporting up to 53M people (~18% of the U.S. population) & denaturalizing many more for deportation — is beyond the pale. They’ll chaotically/illegally tear apart families & communities.
We must put an end to this regime.
We must put an end to this regime.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The scale of the militarized police state needed to do what Trump outlines — deporting up to 53M people (~18% of the U.S. population) & denaturalizing many more for deportation — is beyond the pale. They’ll chaotically/illegally tear apart families & communities.
We must put an end to this regime.
We must put an end to this regime.
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“The vacated homes were substantially cheaper than the new units and spanned diverse locations and housing types.”
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“The vacated homes were substantially cheaper than the new units and spanned diverse locations and housing types.”
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
When people move into new housing developments, they free up space in older housing. This is good for housing affordability and availability.
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There’s no demographic more afraid of its own collective shadow than middle-aged white upper middle class from Nassau County. They have no actual idea what they’re so afraid of and can never articulate it, but they must be able to drive to the epicenter of it (NYC) for free at all times.
Build the wall (around Nassau County) www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc...
NYC suburb makes major security move by city border after Mamdani victory: 'Talks like he's pro-criminal'
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said that he is directing cameras and security technology be installed along the New York City border in light of Zohran Mamdani's victory.
www.foxnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
There’s no demographic more afraid of its own collective shadow than middle-aged white upper middle class from Nassau County. They have no actual idea what they’re so afraid of and can never articulate it, but they must be able to drive to the epicenter of it (NYC) for free at all times.
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my most woke opinion is that any truck/SUV over 4,000 pounds should require a commercial drivers license, increased insurance/registration, more expensive parking, and higher punishments for traffic violations
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
my most woke opinion is that any truck/SUV over 4,000 pounds should require a commercial drivers license, increased insurance/registration, more expensive parking, and higher punishments for traffic violations
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For the second time in a little over a week, ICE officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles.
This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For the second time in a little over a week, ICE officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles.
This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.