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Reece Jones

@reecejones.bsky.social

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Professor of political geography at the University of Hawai'i; editor-in-chief of Geopolitics; author of Violent Borders, White Borders, Border Walls, and Nobody is Protected

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Reece Jones is an American political geographer and Guggenheim Fellow.

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · Feb 12

My next book SMUGGLER with Greg Boos will be out in September 2026. Thrilled that HBO optioned the rights for a scripted series

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 8d

Tyler Hicks on the militarization of Trump's America @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social inkstickmedia.com/lets-go-bash...

‘Let’s Go Bash Some Skulls’: Inside the Militarization of Trump’s America

As the Trump administration expands its push to militarize US cities, critics rail against the heavy-handed impact on marginalized groups.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10d

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 10d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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

WOW. This entire story is HORRIFIC. This is FOIA of a body cam from the raid in upstate New York the same day as the Hyundai plant. It catches a Border Patrol agent on camera only bragging about denying medical care to migrants detained at the border under Biden — who he says are all "animals."

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 12d

The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 12d

The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 16d

Let’s be clear: What Donald Trump said in public, in plain view, on his own social media feed is more corrupt and dangerous than anything Richard Nixon was caught on tape saying in the White House tapes. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rid-me-of-...

Rid me of this meddlesome priest, Pam!

How mob boss Trump sped through all of Watergate in just a single weekend.

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Hallam Tuck @hallamtuck.bsky.social · 16d

Our special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders is out now in Geopolitics!

@nikostrand.bsky.social @dorinadamsa.bsky.social

Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...

Geopolitics

The Constitution and Contestablity of Borders. Volume 30, Issue 5 of Geopolitics

www.tandfonline.com

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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 17d

I haven't listened to it yet, but I will

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Dustin @theunread.bsky.social · 17d

Excellent to hear Stuart Schrader cite @reecejones.bsky.social on the border patrol in this great discussion of fascism and policing for @thedigradio.bsky.social. overcast.fm/+AAFPlxNNOwI

Fascist Police State w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader — The Dig

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 19d

LMAO WUT

Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue

Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 19d

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20d

Unless I'm reading this badly wrong and the administration puts out contrary implementation, it would appear that starting tonight, anyone with an H-1B who doesn't write a $100,000 check to the US government is banned from reentering the country if they're currently outside the US.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 21d

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People

New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes Deportation Data Project Data Accessible to More People

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes ICE arrest data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 24d

from my latest: "The trans-shooter myth largely began circulating in 2023 around the Nashville shooting, 'as the right began rolling back LGBTQ rights in earnest'... Two years later, and just a decade after the so-called trans tipping point, anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage."

The trans-shooter myth, reports the Trace, a newsroom focused on gun violence, largely began circulating in 2023 around the aforementioned Nashville shooting, “as the right began rolling back LGBTQ rights in earnest.” As I’ve explained previously, trans people are over four times more likely than cis people to be victims of violent assault. Conversely, over the past decade, according to the Gun Violence Project, less than a tenth of one percent of shootings were committed by someone who identified as trans or nonbinary. Nonetheless, last week the Justice Department was reportedly considering how to ban trans people from buying guns.

Two years later, and just a decade after the so-called trans tipping point, anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage. Trans people are afraid to leave the country, let alone leave their houses. The right-wing ecosystem has gladly spent years creating these conditions, while Democrats have by turns avoided saying anything about them at all or, like in the past week, spending more time mourning the death of a guy who gleefully mocked Nancy Pelosi’s husband being attacked with a hammer than urging caution to protect a population that voted for Kamala Harris second only to Black women. It would almost be surprising, considering those numbers, how quickly 2028 hopeful Gavin Newsom praised Kirk, if Kirk hadn’t been Newsom’s first podcast guest.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27d

guys it's happening

www.newsweek.com/groyper-char...

What is a 'groyper? What to know about Nick Fuentes' alt-right movement

Fuentes' band of extremist followers take their name from the underbelly of internet meme culture.

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Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · 27d

One of the best people decoding all this chaos is @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme

Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence

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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 27d

I guess I'm not sure if "I wish we could blame an immigrant" really is the message that can lower the temperature in America right now

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27d

So nearly everything connecting the killer of Charlie Kirk to the left is just gamer/chan culture. Video games do not cause violence, but the chan culture mixed with America's love of violence does.

A thread (that will update)

Bella Ciao is a song from Far Cry 6
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Bella Ciao de Libertad | Far Cry 6: The Music of Yara (from the Far Cry 6 OST) | La Sonora Yarana

YouTube video by Ubisoft Music

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onion person @junlper.beer · 27d

incredible stuff happening

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29d

Remember that you don’t have to post your first reaction and Bluesky is forever even if you delete

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's not the most important part of the issue but Kavanaugh saying "well they should just sue if they're the victims of excessive force from ICE" when he himself has previously voted to bar lawsuits against federal officers for violations of the 4th Amendment in immigration cases takes chutzpah.

The injunction is silent as to the use
of force. And it is not necessary for the injunction to address
that use-of-force question because the Fourth Amendment’s
reasonableness standard continues to govern the officers’
use of force and to prohibit excessive force.
To the extent that excessive force has been used, the
Fourth Amendment prohibits such action, and remedies
should be available in federal court. I agree with the
dissent on that point. But to reiterate, this injunction
against brief stops for questioning does not address the useof-force issue.

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Alex Abdo @alexabdo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Chief Justice Roberts (2007): “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

Justice Kavanaugh (2025): ethnicity “can be a 'relevant factor' when considered along with other salient factors” in immigration stops.

Quoting from Justice Roberts in a recent decision

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