Jason Guthartz
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Jason Guthartz
@restructures.bsky.social
· Sep 12
also: That people like Friedersdorf—and the entirety of the white punditry class—don't consider the exponential increase in the U.S. prison population during the 1980s & 1990s to be a form of political violence really says everything.
#DefundPolice #AbolishPrisons #DismantleWhiteness
#DefundPolice #AbolishPrisons #DismantleWhiteness
All of the fascist horrors playing out in front of us today have been enabled by the bipartisan consensus that has prioritized an expansion of the PIC & surveillance state at any & all costs in order to serve & protect the violence & cruelty of our systems of whiteness/capitalism.
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BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
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ICE can arrest Dems and illegally refuse them access to facilities and Dems still aren’t willing to flatly say they won’t vote for more funding
January 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
ICE can arrest Dems and illegally refuse them access to facilities and Dems still aren’t willing to flatly say they won’t vote for more funding
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If you keep giving them money, you aren’t reining them in.
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 AM
If you keep giving them money, you aren’t reining them in.
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ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to do this. I’d do it for free. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to do this. I’d do it for free. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.”
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The article says immigration agents took this kid's phone.
And then the phone showed up for sale at a vending machine near an ICE facility?
Did ICE agents STEAL and SELL this kid's PHONE?
This obviously isn't the worst of what's described in the article. But it tells you something.
And then the phone showed up for sale at a vending machine near an ICE facility?
Did ICE agents STEAL and SELL this kid's PHONE?
This obviously isn't the worst of what's described in the article. But it tells you something.
January 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The article says immigration agents took this kid's phone.
And then the phone showed up for sale at a vending machine near an ICE facility?
Did ICE agents STEAL and SELL this kid's PHONE?
This obviously isn't the worst of what's described in the article. But it tells you something.
And then the phone showed up for sale at a vending machine near an ICE facility?
Did ICE agents STEAL and SELL this kid's PHONE?
This obviously isn't the worst of what's described in the article. But it tells you something.
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take a second to really wrap your head around this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
take a second to really wrap your head around this.
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The story www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The story www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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"We must defame, defund, and abolish these systems. We must empty all the cages, kick dirt over made-up borders, and fund the things that help us thrive, imagine, create. Free us all."
- @holidarity.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/we-...
- @holidarity.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/we-...
We Can Honor Renee Nicole Good’s Life by Abolishing Death-Making Institutions
Those of us who see ourselves in Renee Good can take this moment to deepen our solidarities with all who are policed.
truthout.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
"We must defame, defund, and abolish these systems. We must empty all the cages, kick dirt over made-up borders, and fund the things that help us thrive, imagine, create. Free us all."
- @holidarity.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/we-...
- @holidarity.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/we-...
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The endless expansion of the infrastructure of state violence has been a bipartisan project.
Dem elites aren't going to do anything to protect anyone from the MAGA goon squads they helped create.
#AbolishBorderPatrol
#AbolishICE
#AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
truthout.org/articles/bid...
Dem elites aren't going to do anything to protect anyone from the MAGA goon squads they helped create.
#AbolishBorderPatrol
#AbolishICE
#AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
truthout.org/articles/bid...
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The endless expansion of the infrastructure of state violence has been a bipartisan project.
Dem elites aren't going to do anything to protect anyone from the MAGA goon squads they helped create.
#AbolishBorderPatrol
#AbolishICE
#AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
truthout.org/articles/bid...
Dem elites aren't going to do anything to protect anyone from the MAGA goon squads they helped create.
#AbolishBorderPatrol
#AbolishICE
#AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
truthout.org/articles/bid...
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An injury to one is an injury to all.
#AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness
#StopTheCoup #NoFascistUSA
#TrumpTakedown #TeslaTakedown
bsky.app/profile/timd...
#AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness
#StopTheCoup #NoFascistUSA
#TrumpTakedown #TeslaTakedown
bsky.app/profile/timd...
“If their rights are on the line, my rights are on the line. That’s not just a moral position. It’s actually, politically, 100 percent correct.”
'You Can't Despair. Because That's What They Want'
Expert advice on how to fight against MAGA fascism in a second Trump term.
www.rollingstone.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
An injury to one is an injury to all.
#AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness
#StopTheCoup #NoFascistUSA
#TrumpTakedown #TeslaTakedown
bsky.app/profile/timd...
#AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness
#StopTheCoup #NoFascistUSA
#TrumpTakedown #TeslaTakedown
bsky.app/profile/timd...
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"If we are going to ever defeat Trumpism, modern fascism, and wage a viable challenge to gendered racial capitalism, we must revive the old IWW slogan, 'An injury to one is an injury to all.'"
www.bostonreview.net/articles/not...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/not...
Notes on Fighting Trumpism - Boston Review
To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity.
www.bostonreview.net
January 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"If we are going to ever defeat Trumpism, modern fascism, and wage a viable challenge to gendered racial capitalism, we must revive the old IWW slogan, 'An injury to one is an injury to all.'"
www.bostonreview.net/articles/not...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/not...
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NEW ▶️ “Who Watches the Watchmen?” Community Resistance in Long Beach, California [Commentary]
unicornriot.ninja/2026/comment...
Rapid response and patrol teams have become an effective strategy in both deterring ICE activity and creating relationships with vulnerable populations affected by ICE.
unicornriot.ninja/2026/comment...
Rapid response and patrol teams have become an effective strategy in both deterring ICE activity and creating relationships with vulnerable populations affected by ICE.
Commentary: “Who Watches the Watchmen?” Community Resistance in Long Beach, California - UNICORN RIOT
Each morning, I wake up to messages on encrypted chats alerting members of potential ICE sightings in Long Beach, where cars are going, where they came from, the make, the model. Throughout the day, I...
unicornriot.ninja
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
NEW ▶️ “Who Watches the Watchmen?” Community Resistance in Long Beach, California [Commentary]
unicornriot.ninja/2026/comment...
Rapid response and patrol teams have become an effective strategy in both deterring ICE activity and creating relationships with vulnerable populations affected by ICE.
unicornriot.ninja/2026/comment...
Rapid response and patrol teams have become an effective strategy in both deterring ICE activity and creating relationships with vulnerable populations affected by ICE.
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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My 7yo niece came home from school with a drawing of herself fighting ice in her backyard with a knife
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
My 7yo niece came home from school with a drawing of herself fighting ice in her backyard with a knife
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Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
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Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL): "I rise today to announce I will be impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Secretary Noem has violated the Constitution and needs to be held accountable for terrorizing our communities."
"I will be impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem."
YouTube video by C-SPAN
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL): "I rise today to announce I will be impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Secretary Noem has violated the Constitution and needs to be held accountable for terrorizing our communities."
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The data is being released to the ICE List, an online database created to promote accountability by these masked federal agents. The first batch of names is set to be released tonight.
They're also getting names and information from citizens, including hotel and bar staff, and agents' neighbors.
They're also getting names and information from citizens, including hotel and bar staff, and agents' neighbors.
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released sensitive details of 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees, including almost 2,000 frontline enforcement agents.
www.thedailybeast.com//personal-de...
www.thedailybeast.com//personal-de...
Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach
A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The data is being released to the ICE List, an online database created to promote accountability by these masked federal agents. The first batch of names is set to be released tonight.
They're also getting names and information from citizens, including hotel and bar staff, and agents' neighbors.
They're also getting names and information from citizens, including hotel and bar staff, and agents' neighbors.
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Maybe this is wishful thinking, but I suspect the Trump administration is taking a risk by turning the whole news apparatus into state media.
The media was normalizing every fascist escalation. But the gap in coverage around ICE has radicalized a whole city who are shocked it got so bad so fast.
The media was normalizing every fascist escalation. But the gap in coverage around ICE has radicalized a whole city who are shocked it got so bad so fast.
I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Maybe this is wishful thinking, but I suspect the Trump administration is taking a risk by turning the whole news apparatus into state media.
The media was normalizing every fascist escalation. But the gap in coverage around ICE has radicalized a whole city who are shocked it got so bad so fast.
The media was normalizing every fascist escalation. But the gap in coverage around ICE has radicalized a whole city who are shocked it got so bad so fast.
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I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
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The concealed identity thing among the fascist goon squads isn't about fear of the law.
Their fear is more about extra-legal consequences of being social pariahs & having their lives made difficult by "Antifa Inc." & by people in their community with a sense of decency.
bsky.app/profile/brai...
Their fear is more about extra-legal consequences of being social pariahs & having their lives made difficult by "Antifa Inc." & by people in their community with a sense of decency.
bsky.app/profile/brai...
Like I and others in the counter far right academic community have been saying for a year now.
The fascists are wearing masks because they are planning on committing further atrocity without fear of being caught or arrested.
It is not *legally* possible to stop a legal fascist regime.
The fascists are wearing masks because they are planning on committing further atrocity without fear of being caught or arrested.
It is not *legally* possible to stop a legal fascist regime.
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The concealed identity thing among the fascist goon squads isn't about fear of the law.
Their fear is more about extra-legal consequences of being social pariahs & having their lives made difficult by "Antifa Inc." & by people in their community with a sense of decency.
bsky.app/profile/brai...
Their fear is more about extra-legal consequences of being social pariahs & having their lives made difficult by "Antifa Inc." & by people in their community with a sense of decency.
bsky.app/profile/brai...
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Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists in Minneapolis on Tuesday as students walked out of a suburban school in protest at the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps. https://to.pbs.org/3LxVsla
Protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off in Minnesota
It's common for people to boo, taunt and blow orange whistles when they spot heavily armed agents passing through in unmarked vehicles or walking the streets.
to.pbs.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists in Minneapolis on Tuesday as students walked out of a suburban school in protest at the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps. https://to.pbs.org/3LxVsla
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM