Yao Lin 林垚
@linsantu.bsky.social
Philosophy. Political Theory. Comparative Politics. Law. https://philpeople.org/profiles/yao-lin-1/publications
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For folks unfamiliar, this was a bog standard position for Nazi and incel 8chan/board culture back in the day.
He's not inventing, he's regurgitating and repackaging
He's not inventing, he's regurgitating and repackaging
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
For folks unfamiliar, this was a bog standard position for Nazi and incel 8chan/board culture back in the day.
He's not inventing, he's regurgitating and repackaging
He's not inventing, he's regurgitating and repackaging
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Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
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holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
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Ro Khanna names 6 Epstein co-conspirators who the DOJ was protecting up until yesterday:
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
& Leslie Wexner
He asks congress to cease having 2 tiers of justice & finally hold the Epstein class accountable for crimes.
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
& Leslie Wexner
He asks congress to cease having 2 tiers of justice & finally hold the Epstein class accountable for crimes.
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Ro Khanna names 6 Epstein co-conspirators who the DOJ was protecting up until yesterday:
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
& Leslie Wexner
He asks congress to cease having 2 tiers of justice & finally hold the Epstein class accountable for crimes.
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
& Leslie Wexner
He asks congress to cease having 2 tiers of justice & finally hold the Epstein class accountable for crimes.
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Literally searching for outgroups to scare people about
"That has left the G.O.P. looking for ways to address its voters’ concerns over the number of immigrants who came into the country during the Biden admin. while avoiding the increasingly unpopular policy of mass deportations under Mr. Trump."
"That has left the G.O.P. looking for ways to address its voters’ concerns over the number of immigrants who came into the country during the Biden admin. while avoiding the increasingly unpopular policy of mass deportations under Mr. Trump."
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Literally searching for outgroups to scare people about
"That has left the G.O.P. looking for ways to address its voters’ concerns over the number of immigrants who came into the country during the Biden admin. while avoiding the increasingly unpopular policy of mass deportations under Mr. Trump."
"That has left the G.O.P. looking for ways to address its voters’ concerns over the number of immigrants who came into the country during the Biden admin. while avoiding the increasingly unpopular policy of mass deportations under Mr. Trump."
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When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
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Pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai, 76, has been sentenced to 20 years for national security crimes.
Since the day he was arrested, everyone has been predicting the government will make sure he dies behind bars. Everyone was, of course, right — but it’s still, to say the very least, a gut punch.
Since the day he was arrested, everyone has been predicting the government will make sure he dies behind bars. Everyone was, of course, right — but it’s still, to say the very least, a gut punch.
黎智英案判刑 官斥黎是主腦兼推動者並有預謀 判監20年
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英，被指用其國際人脈，在2019年更透過「重光團隊」，極力遊說多個國家，向中港兩地政府及官員作出制裁。他又同時利用旗下的《蘋
www.hk01.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai, 76, has been sentenced to 20 years for national security crimes.
Since the day he was arrested, everyone has been predicting the government will make sure he dies behind bars. Everyone was, of course, right — but it’s still, to say the very least, a gut punch.
Since the day he was arrested, everyone has been predicting the government will make sure he dies behind bars. Everyone was, of course, right — but it’s still, to say the very least, a gut punch.
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“Lorin Stein, the disgraced former editor of The Paris Review who resigned after accusations of sexual impropriety, forwarded to Wolff an email from the writer Stephen Elliott, who intended to sue the list’s creator… Epstein promises to ‘help anyway i can.’”
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
“Lorin Stein, the disgraced former editor of The Paris Review who resigned after accusations of sexual impropriety, forwarded to Wolff an email from the writer Stephen Elliott, who intended to sue the list’s creator… Epstein promises to ‘help anyway i can.’”
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This is the message of a competent politician in a competitive race in one of the most competitive states in the country—and it's not just a message about the economic havoc of Trumpism
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
This is the message of a competent politician in a competitive race in one of the most competitive states in the country—and it's not just a message about the economic havoc of Trumpism
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Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
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This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen:
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen:
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
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solidarity means not mistaking geopolitical opposition for decolonization
inspired by the works of @linsantu.bsky.social @shadimokhtari.bsky.social and others
read the full interview here on China and the global politics of the far right www.tni.org/en/article/m...
inspired by the works of @linsantu.bsky.social @shadimokhtari.bsky.social and others
read the full interview here on China and the global politics of the far right www.tni.org/en/article/m...
February 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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I talked to a woman who quit an AUSA job recently. She was asked by main DOJ to dismiss a Medicare fraud prosecution because the defendant was the daughter of a girlfriend of a MAGA figure.
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I talked to a woman who quit an AUSA job recently. She was asked by main DOJ to dismiss a Medicare fraud prosecution because the defendant was the daughter of a girlfriend of a MAGA figure.
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30 years old, joined the DOJ in January 2025, seems to have spent some minimal time at a couple private firms before that but of late was in the White House as counselor to the president and chief of staff for Bove. So, another no-experience person tapped for fealty not ability.
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
30 years old, joined the DOJ in January 2025, seems to have spent some minimal time at a couple private firms before that but of late was in the White House as counselor to the president and chief of staff for Bove. So, another no-experience person tapped for fealty not ability.
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WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.
Q: You're a constitutional lawyer. Can you detail the 4th Amendment protections someone has if ICE approaches their home w/an administrative warrant?
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
February 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
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a 30-point swing isn't a flip, it's a Sunset Flip Power Bomb
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:34 AM
a 30-point swing isn't a flip, it's a Sunset Flip Power Bomb
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They’re using AI facial recognition tools as the end-all, be-all, despite those tools being significantly less accurate on darker-skinned people and on women in general, and notoriously bad for Black women sanford.duke.edu/story/dr-joy...
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
They’re using AI facial recognition tools as the end-all, be-all, despite those tools being significantly less accurate on darker-skinned people and on women in general, and notoriously bad for Black women sanford.duke.edu/story/dr-joy...
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DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 AM
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
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We already have a warrant requirement. It's called the US Constitution. If that's not fucking binding them, what the hell does your little agreement mean?
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the party agreed on three main goals:
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
Democrats demand new ICE restrictions as government shutdown looms
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they’ll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 AM
We already have a warrant requirement. It's called the US Constitution. If that's not fucking binding them, what the hell does your little agreement mean?
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Speaking of children not being able to walk to school, ICE agents are snatching kids off the streets of Minneapolis (and St. Paul!) and parents are having to form patrols to guard against kids getting abducted at pick-up and drop-off.
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Speaking of children not being able to walk to school, ICE agents are snatching kids off the streets of Minneapolis (and St. Paul!) and parents are having to form patrols to guard against kids getting abducted at pick-up and drop-off.
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This is one of the big findings from my work on campus sexual violence.
Training made school administrators more practiced in discrimination. They treated survivors *worse* after training, not better!
Training made school administrators more practiced in discrimination. They treated survivors *worse* after training, not better!
And those who are mad only about the bad PR will stop paying attention, when the violence is enacted on the subjects intended to suffer.
I flinch every time I see another politician say “undertrained” because we don’t want secret police with better protocol for protecting their public image.
I flinch every time I see another politician say “undertrained” because we don’t want secret police with better protocol for protecting their public image.
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This is one of the big findings from my work on campus sexual violence.
Training made school administrators more practiced in discrimination. They treated survivors *worse* after training, not better!
Training made school administrators more practiced in discrimination. They treated survivors *worse* after training, not better!
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This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
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consistent pattern: trump says a dozen contradictory things & the media focuses on the sane one
they treat this as a guarantee & the rest as bluster
they treat this as a guarantee & the rest as bluster
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM
consistent pattern: trump says a dozen contradictory things & the media focuses on the sane one
they treat this as a guarantee & the rest as bluster
they treat this as a guarantee & the rest as bluster