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For its next step, ICE is turning warehouses into massive detention centres, the largest of which is more than four times the capacity of the largest prison in Britain www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
For its next step, ICE is turning warehouses into massive detention centres, the largest of which is more than four times the capacity of the largest prison in Britain www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Our weekly Tuesday evening Nonfiction Views for @dailykos.com this week offered a survey of books on the militarization of police, police violence, and the racism often connected to it. You can read it here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
More info in alt-text
Bluesky authors in comment
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January 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Our weekly Tuesday evening Nonfiction Views for @dailykos.com this week offered a survey of books on the militarization of police, police violence, and the racism often connected to it. You can read it here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
More info in alt-text
Bluesky authors in comment
#Booksky
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"Threatened simultaneously by external war and internal crisis, the state chooses to wage economic war on its own populations rather than purchase domestic peace through welfare." New online: Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh on the protests in Iran. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Iran’s Three-Body Problem | Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh
The ongoing uprising is rooted in the political economy of structural adjustment, which forms the unstable medium through which revolt becomes contagious.
www.nplusonemag.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
"Threatened simultaneously by external war and internal crisis, the state chooses to wage economic war on its own populations rather than purchase domestic peace through welfare." New online: Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh on the protests in Iran. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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I wrote for The Nation about Maduro and the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, and how the West's indifference to the killing of a sovereign state's military commander outside of war paved the way for indifference to the abduction of a sovereign state's president. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack
How Trump’s illegal 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani—and the West’s indifferent response—laid the groundwork for the brazen abduction of Nicolás Maduro.
www.thenation.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I wrote for The Nation about Maduro and the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, and how the West's indifference to the killing of a sovereign state's military commander outside of war paved the way for indifference to the abduction of a sovereign state's president. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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This is such an incredible piece, with soooo many amazing links and so much info that I didn’t even know (e.g. Pinochet being involved in drug-running!): prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
prospect.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This is such an incredible piece, with soooo many amazing links and so much info that I didn’t even know (e.g. Pinochet being involved in drug-running!): prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
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"The current form of technics, namely that artificial intelligence which aims to objectivate cognitive processes and self-reflection, can be better understood and more radically criticized if contrasted with the child’s learning of the world."
www.e-flux.com/notes/678343...
www.e-flux.com/notes/678343...
A Materialist Philosopher: Paolo Virno (1952–2025) - Notes - e-flux
Alberto Toscano remember the influential Italian philosopher and militant Paolo Virno.
www.e-flux.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"The current form of technics, namely that artificial intelligence which aims to objectivate cognitive processes and self-reflection, can be better understood and more radically criticized if contrasted with the child’s learning of the world."
www.e-flux.com/notes/678343...
www.e-flux.com/notes/678343...
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In the past week, the Trump-Vance admin:
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
In the past week, the Trump-Vance admin:
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
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ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.
October 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.
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Netanyahu bragged about hijacking cell phones in Gaza to force the Palestinians he's starving to hear a speech that half the United Nations walked out on. What more can you say
September 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Netanyahu bragged about hijacking cell phones in Gaza to force the Palestinians he's starving to hear a speech that half the United Nations walked out on. What more can you say
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"At least 120 FBI agents were reassigned from other duties to take part in Sunday's patrols. At one intersection, a minor traffic accident between a car and a moped brought at least two dozen agents running, some wearing masks and one carrying a rifle." 🙄
I don’t have anything smart to say about this. It’s foolish, cruel, and deeply autocratic.
www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...
Federal agents spread out across D.C. streets amid Trump vow to crackdown on crime
President Trump promised a weekend crackdown of Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.
www.npr.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"At least 120 FBI agents were reassigned from other duties to take part in Sunday's patrols. At one intersection, a minor traffic accident between a car and a moped brought at least two dozen agents running, some wearing masks and one carrying a rifle." 🙄
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Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
aje.io
August 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
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Under the new birthright citizen denial plan, newborn infants of immigrants who lack permanent legal status - many of them lawful residents - will effectively be deemed stateless.
The Trump administration has quietly released the first stage of its plan to revoke birthright citizenship from the children of immigrants. It uses dry legalese to conceal the barbaric reality of ICE agents in maternity wards and deportation flights for babies. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined.
Try as it might, the government cannot cover up the horrors with bureaucratic legalese.
slate.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Under the new birthright citizen denial plan, newborn infants of immigrants who lack permanent legal status - many of them lawful residents - will effectively be deemed stateless.
“Throughout Central to South Gaza, there are only 4 aid distribution sites, 3 of them are in the South, located right in the middle of the IDF’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots, which is an offensive operation… The civilians get shot at by the IDF and they get shot at by American contractors.”
As starvation worsens by the day in Gaza, the Netanyahu government has been using food as a weapon of war — with complicity from Trump and U.S. taxpayer dollars.
This is painful to listen to but here’s what a U.S. Army veteran and Green Beret who witnessed it first-hand recounted to me:
This is painful to listen to but here’s what a U.S. Army veteran and Green Beret who witnessed it first-hand recounted to me:
WATCH: U.S. Army veteran gives first-hand account of suffering, starvation in Gaza
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtu.be
July 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“Throughout Central to South Gaza, there are only 4 aid distribution sites, 3 of them are in the South, located right in the middle of the IDF’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots, which is an offensive operation… The civilians get shot at by the IDF and they get shot at by American contractors.”
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The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
interc.pt
July 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
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BREAKING: "A senior ICE official testified that the agency assembled a team in early 2025 to investigate student protestors. The team — referred to internally as the “Tiger Team” — rapidly compiled over 100 reports based on a list of 5,000 people identified on the Canary Mission website."
July 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
BREAKING: "A senior ICE official testified that the agency assembled a team in early 2025 to investigate student protestors. The team — referred to internally as the “Tiger Team” — rapidly compiled over 100 reports based on a list of 5,000 people identified on the Canary Mission website."
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Earlier Knight Institute testimony from the trial —>
Says DHS built up an operation that targeted students (like Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, Rumeysa Ozturk, Yunseo Chung, and Badar Khan Suri) whose names were on black lists of anti-free speech groups like Canary Mission.
Says DHS built up an operation that targeted students (like Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, Rumeysa Ozturk, Yunseo Chung, and Badar Khan Suri) whose names were on black lists of anti-free speech groups like Canary Mission.
July 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Earlier Knight Institute testimony from the trial —>
Says DHS built up an operation that targeted students (like Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, Rumeysa Ozturk, Yunseo Chung, and Badar Khan Suri) whose names were on black lists of anti-free speech groups like Canary Mission.
Says DHS built up an operation that targeted students (like Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, Rumeysa Ozturk, Yunseo Chung, and Badar Khan Suri) whose names were on black lists of anti-free speech groups like Canary Mission.
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Federal Agents Deploy Brutal Tactics in LA Immigration Raids
Don't miss this one by @jonahmv.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/07/07/i...
Don't miss this one by @jonahmv.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/07/07/i...
Federal Agents Deploy Brutal Tactics in LA Immigration Raids
Video analysis of reveals how federal agents in Southern California regularly use force against unarmed individuals, many of them U.S. citizens.
theintercept.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Federal Agents Deploy Brutal Tactics in LA Immigration Raids
Don't miss this one by @jonahmv.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/07/07/i...
Don't miss this one by @jonahmv.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/07/07/i...
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In a historic policy change, California is moving to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage during active fires. That effort took on a new urgency after hundreds of incarcerated firefighters were deployed to battle LA's deadly wildfires cal.news/3GkRz0A
📝 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📝 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
July 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In a historic policy change, California is moving to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage during active fires. That effort took on a new urgency after hundreds of incarcerated firefighters were deployed to battle LA's deadly wildfires cal.news/3GkRz0A
📝 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📝 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
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Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
July 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
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You live in a country that is establishing concentration camps & soon will be stripping citizens of their papers.
Trump on DeSantis's new detention camp for migrants: "We'd like to see them in many states. And at some point they might morph into a system."
July 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You live in a country that is establishing concentration camps & soon will be stripping citizens of their papers.
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"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.
slate.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
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As the U.S. and Israel escalates their war with Iran, Israel is doing something else: annexing Palestine under the radar. Roads for settlers. Cages for Palestinians.
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/how-...
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/how-...
How Israel is using the war with Iran to accelerate its annexation of the West Bank
Israel is using the war on Iran to further its colonization and annexation of the West Bank, turning Palestinian communities into caged enclaves.
mondoweiss.net
June 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As the U.S. and Israel escalates their war with Iran, Israel is doing something else: annexing Palestine under the radar. Roads for settlers. Cages for Palestinians.
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/how-...
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/how-...
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Trump pledged to “measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.” Trump also regularly claims to have opposed the Iraq War from its outset. (He actually supported it.)
theintercept.com/2025/06/21/i...
theintercept.com/2025/06/21/i...
June 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trump pledged to “measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.” Trump also regularly claims to have opposed the Iraq War from its outset. (He actually supported it.)
theintercept.com/2025/06/21/i...
theintercept.com/2025/06/21/i...