emily
@soupmuse.bsky.social
lawyer. human rights and civilian protection. forever Arabic student.
conscientious objector to “AI”
our liberation is bound together.
conscientious objector to “AI”
our liberation is bound together.
EPG is on the dais straight-out saying no punitive measures should result from an investigation into how tens of millions of tax dollars were hidden (!!!)
and in the same breath accusing the oversight sponsors of pre-judging the situation? the sheer audacity.
and in the same breath accusing the oversight sponsors of pre-judging the situation? the sheer audacity.
going to do a Venn diagram of "who doesn't want to look at this" and "who is friends with Donnie Oliveira" lol
February 4, 2026 at 8:09 PM
EPG is on the dais straight-out saying no punitive measures should result from an investigation into how tens of millions of tax dollars were hidden (!!!)
and in the same breath accusing the oversight sponsors of pre-judging the situation? the sheer audacity.
and in the same breath accusing the oversight sponsors of pre-judging the situation? the sheer audacity.
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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This is a little over 10 minutes long and you really, really ought to listen to it.
Here it is! You MUST listen to the audio if at all possible. These two are quintessential Minnesotans.
Listen to Tippy Amundson and Heather Zemian talk about protecting their neighborhood from these incompetent ICE boobs
Listen to Tippy Amundson and Heather Zemian talk about protecting their neighborhood from these incompetent ICE boobs
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
This is a little over 10 minutes long and you really, really ought to listen to it.
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Damn look what a DA can do when they want to use their power
Philidelphia DA Larry Krasner warns ICE: If an agent commits crimes in Philly, I will charge you. You will be arrested. You will stand trial, and you will be convicted in state or federal court and you will do your time. Donald Trump can't pardon you for a state court conviction.
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Damn look what a DA can do when they want to use their power
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My number one takeaway from two days of meetings in #ORleg is that Democrats are more worried about pissing off their friends/colleagues (and big bad OBI) than losing their jobs.
As advocates, we've gotta change that math.
Especially with several cycles of more cuts coming.
As advocates, we've gotta change that math.
Especially with several cycles of more cuts coming.
February 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
My number one takeaway from two days of meetings in #ORleg is that Democrats are more worried about pissing off their friends/colleagues (and big bad OBI) than losing their jobs.
As advocates, we've gotta change that math.
Especially with several cycles of more cuts coming.
As advocates, we've gotta change that math.
Especially with several cycles of more cuts coming.
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France getting serious with Musk.
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live
The raid is linked to a year-long investigation into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
France getting serious with Musk.
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They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent
Department of Homeland Security says agent fired in self-defense after being attacked with a snow shovel and broom.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
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A senior State Department official characterized this approach as "weasel lawyering."
US government lawyers never reached those conclusions because they went out of their way not to.
They knew such conclusions would be unwelcome by the White House and thus avoided them.
From 2024, on the subject of Israel restricting humanitarian assistance:
www.justsecurity.org/93589/no-mil...
They knew such conclusions would be unwelcome by the White House and thus avoided them.
From 2024, on the subject of Israel restricting humanitarian assistance:
www.justsecurity.org/93589/no-mil...
Section 620I: No Military Assistance to States Restricting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance
The United States should be using the leverage this provision creates to shape more responsible Israeli policies toward aid delivery.
www.justsecurity.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A senior State Department official characterized this approach as "weasel lawyering."
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As I wrote here, "reconstruction risks ushering in a new era of clientelism and corruption in Syria, benefiting only Sharaa’s allies and international developers, while the Syrian people continue to be locked out of the decisions that will shape their future." tcf.org/content/comm...
Syria’s Reconstruction Risks Cutting Out the Syrian People
Damascus’s battered fairgrounds, on the outskirts of the city, hosted a reconstruction fair this fall, billed as an international exhibition to rebuild
tcf.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
As I wrote here, "reconstruction risks ushering in a new era of clientelism and corruption in Syria, benefiting only Sharaa’s allies and international developers, while the Syrian people continue to be locked out of the decisions that will shape their future." tcf.org/content/comm...
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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“If we’re going to say it’s OK to kill so-called terrorists in the Caribbean, for actions that have traditionally been dealt with as a criminal matter, using due process — what’s to say you can’t do the same in an American city?” asked @scanlon.house.gov
theintercept.com/2026/02/02/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/02/t...
Trump Calls His Enemies Terrorists. Does That Mean He Can Just Kill Them?
From boat strikes to killings in the streets of Minnesota to NSPM-7, the White House leans on the word “terror” to justify its violence.
theintercept.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
“If we’re going to say it’s OK to kill so-called terrorists in the Caribbean, for actions that have traditionally been dealt with as a criminal matter, using due process — what’s to say you can’t do the same in an American city?” asked @scanlon.house.gov
theintercept.com/2026/02/02/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/02/t...
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It’s not that much of an overstatement to say that Oregon’s far right fight clubs from the first Trump administration have basically morphed into the official volunteer comms team of the second Trump administration. bsky.app/profile/seth...
I've long wondered what happened to the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer, far right groups that were ubiquitous in 2018-20 but who seemed to have largely disappeared. It turns out they've come back together not in the form of a street fighting unit, but in the form of "citizen journalists" on Twitter.
October 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
It’s not that much of an overstatement to say that Oregon’s far right fight clubs from the first Trump administration have basically morphed into the official volunteer comms team of the second Trump administration. bsky.app/profile/seth...
this spoke to me. when working with survivors of an acute atrocity, there can be relief in speaking about a crime and violation that occurred and has ended. it is relegated into the past tense.
for some atrocities, like the Nakba, the crime never ended. its victims remain engulfed.
for some atrocities, like the Nakba, the crime never ended. its victims remain engulfed.
"Witnessing the anguish in the Palestinians I interviewed who are effectively condemned to lifelong refugee status is among the hardest things I’ve seen,” he said. “They deserve to know why their stories aren’t being told.”
February 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
this spoke to me. when working with survivors of an acute atrocity, there can be relief in speaking about a crime and violation that occurred and has ended. it is relegated into the past tense.
for some atrocities, like the Nakba, the crime never ended. its victims remain engulfed.
for some atrocities, like the Nakba, the crime never ended. its victims remain engulfed.
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Do people not see the continuum between "don't wear black outfits to a protest because they send a message I don't like" and "Alex Pretti shouldn't have brought his gun"
February 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Do people not see the continuum between "don't wear black outfits to a protest because they send a message I don't like" and "Alex Pretti shouldn't have brought his gun"
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Shakir: “Such a limitation means we would be saying that the suffering caused by the denial of return for a Palestinian displaced for a year from a West Bank refugee camp would meet the threshold of sufficient gravity to be a crime against humanity, but not those denied return for 78 years.”
February 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Shakir: “Such a limitation means we would be saying that the suffering caused by the denial of return for a Palestinian displaced for a year from a West Bank refugee camp would meet the threshold of sufficient gravity to be a crime against humanity, but not those denied return for 78 years.”
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This is a great example of what Marx called "the vampire thirst for the living blood of labour."
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
This is a great example of what Marx called "the vampire thirst for the living blood of labour."
how something 'resonates' with your audience is not a relevant factor in atrocity crime analysis, in case you were wondering.
Shakir is a legal force. I assure you that he and his team nailed the argument.
Shakir is a legal force. I assure you that he and his team nailed the argument.
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
how something 'resonates' with your audience is not a relevant factor in atrocity crime analysis, in case you were wondering.
Shakir is a legal force. I assure you that he and his team nailed the argument.
Shakir is a legal force. I assure you that he and his team nailed the argument.
holy shit.
extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.
what a stain on HRW's reputation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.
what a stain on HRW's reputation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
holy shit.
extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.
what a stain on HRW's reputation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.
what a stain on HRW's reputation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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This is a very important read, both because it captures a crucial moment in our history very well and because it features what’s gotta be the absolute best ethical disclosure in journalism history. (I’m not gonna spoil it — it’s a gift link; you can read it yourself!)
ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This is a very important read, both because it captures a crucial moment in our history very well and because it features what’s gotta be the absolute best ethical disclosure in journalism history. (I’m not gonna spoil it — it’s a gift link; you can read it yourself!)
"the plan leaves far less room for Palestinian housing than existed before the war, suggesting a smaller population in Gaza."
that small population will be concentrated in enclaves, easily cut off from one another, in yet another fracturing of the Palestinian people. 1/
www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...
that small population will be concentrated in enclaves, easily cut off from one another, in yet another fracturing of the Palestinian people. 1/
www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...
February 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
"the plan leaves far less room for Palestinian housing than existed before the war, suggesting a smaller population in Gaza."
that small population will be concentrated in enclaves, easily cut off from one another, in yet another fracturing of the Palestinian people. 1/
www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...
that small population will be concentrated in enclaves, easily cut off from one another, in yet another fracturing of the Palestinian people. 1/
www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...
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Zohran Mamdani's STATEWIDE favorability rating is 48/32, with a positive rating among independents (43/31).
Within New York City (via a crosstab), Mamdani's favorability rating in this poll is 68% to 20%.
Within New York City (via a crosstab), Mamdani's favorability rating in this poll is 68% to 20%.
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Zohran Mamdani's STATEWIDE favorability rating is 48/32, with a positive rating among independents (43/31).
Within New York City (via a crosstab), Mamdani's favorability rating in this poll is 68% to 20%.
Within New York City (via a crosstab), Mamdani's favorability rating in this poll is 68% to 20%.
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this part is so true, i mostly travel in women-and-children spaces in far outer SE, so the exact opposite end of town, and since saturday i've overheard and had multiple conversations about how to launder tear gas out of things like diaper bags including one at the methodist church
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
this part is so true, i mostly travel in women-and-children spaces in far outer SE, so the exact opposite end of town, and since saturday i've overheard and had multiple conversations about how to launder tear gas out of things like diaper bags including one at the methodist church
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Judge Reyes starts with a comparison: George Washington versus Kristi Noem.
![[start quotation] MEMORANDUM OPINION
On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of
all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President
Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8
U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United
States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS
holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take."[end quotation]
Underneath is a screenshot of a tweet, which reads: " Secretary Kristi Noem
@Sec_Noem
I just met with the President.
I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.
Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
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Dec 1, 2025
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February 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Judge Reyes starts with a comparison: George Washington versus Kristi Noem.
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Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf