Sébastien Bachelet
@sebbachelet.bsky.social
Anthropologist & migrant https://sebastienbachelet.com/crimes-of-solidarity
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NEW BOOK - Very happy to announce that today is the publication date for my monograph: "'The Adventure': violent borders, illegal migration, and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco" An open-access copy is available here www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
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Stephen Miller Reminds Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement
Stephen Miller Reminds Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement
ARLINGTON, VA—In an apparent attempt to guilt his children into eating their vegetables Monday, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller reportedly reminded one of his sons, a picky eater, tha...
theonion.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Stephen Miller Reminds Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement
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Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy
abcnews.go.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
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‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s Board of Peace: ‘To invite the same cast of characters who allowed Israel to expand to the point at which Gaza exploded, and expect them to end the conflict, is more than just insane. It is criminal.’
'Board of Peace': Trump is running Gaza, and the world, like a mafia boss
To invite the same cast of characters who allowed Israel to expand to the point at which Gaza exploded, and expect them to end the conflict, is more than just insane. It's criminal
www.middleeasteye.net
January 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Trump’s Board of Peace: ‘To invite the same cast of characters who allowed Israel to expand to the point at which Gaza exploded, and expect them to end the conflict, is more than just insane. It is criminal.’
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In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
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Trump: I need to take over Greenland now, because if I don’t, Russia will.
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
January 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Trump: I need to take over Greenland now, because if I don’t, Russia will.
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
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if you know anything about the Hmong and how they came to America, this becomes (somehow) even worse
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
if you know anything about the Hmong and how they came to America, this becomes (somehow) even worse
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Lecornu, octobre 2025: «Je prends l'engagement formel de ne jamais recourir au 49.3. »
Les “socialistes“: «Bravo, nous ne vous censurerons pas.»
Lecornu, janvier 2026: «Je vais recourir au 49.3 pour faire passer le budget.»
Les “socialistes“: «Bravo, nous ne vous censurerons pas.»
#MisérablesPitres.
Les “socialistes“: «Bravo, nous ne vous censurerons pas.»
Lecornu, janvier 2026: «Je vais recourir au 49.3 pour faire passer le budget.»
Les “socialistes“: «Bravo, nous ne vous censurerons pas.»
#MisérablesPitres.
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Lecornu, octobre 2025: «Je prends l'engagement formel de ne jamais recourir au 49.3. »
Les “socialistes“: «Bravo, nous ne vous censurerons pas.»
Lecornu, janvier 2026: «Je vais recourir au 49.3 pour faire passer le budget.»
Les “socialistes“: «Bravo, nous ne vous censurerons pas.»
#MisérablesPitres.
Les “socialistes“: «Bravo, nous ne vous censurerons pas.»
Lecornu, janvier 2026: «Je vais recourir au 49.3 pour faire passer le budget.»
Les “socialistes“: «Bravo, nous ne vous censurerons pas.»
#MisérablesPitres.
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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
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Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.
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Good vs. ICE by the brilliant Jesse Welles...
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Good vs. ICE by the brilliant Jesse Welles...
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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 2:52 PM
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
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Yep, The Times is going with 'The murder of Renee Nicole Good is the fault of immigrants'.
January 10, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Yep, The Times is going with 'The murder of Renee Nicole Good is the fault of immigrants'.
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I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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'The rector of the University of Glasgow has been cleared of misconduct by a medical watchdog over alleged antisemitism and support for Hamas.'
University of Glasgow rector cleared of misconduct by medical watchdog over alleged antisemitism
Palestine activist and doctor Ghassan Abu-Sitta also cleared over alleged support for Hamas in case brought by GMC
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
'The rector of the University of Glasgow has been cleared of misconduct by a medical watchdog over alleged antisemitism and support for Hamas.'
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🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
January 8, 2026 at 9:16 PM
🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
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"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.
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1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
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Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
Share on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DSXLsi3jZI...
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
Share on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DSXLsi3jZI...
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This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
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Have you stolen that man's wallet? No, I'm just controlling the flow of cash from it.
CNBC: Is there a narrative in Venezuela that you are stealing their oil?
CHRIS WRIGHT: That's untrue. We're just controlled the flow of revenues from their oil
CHRIS WRIGHT: That's untrue. We're just controlled the flow of revenues from their oil
January 8, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Have you stolen that man's wallet? No, I'm just controlling the flow of cash from it.
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Amongst everything else, I'm thinking about how eager the UK press were initially to swallow the Met's lie that Jean Charles de Menezes was a terrorist after they executed him in a tube station
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Amongst everything else, I'm thinking about how eager the UK press were initially to swallow the Met's lie that Jean Charles de Menezes was a terrorist after they executed him in a tube station