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Aspiring anthropologist living in Hsinchu, Taiwan who always stands up for what is right. I care about immigration and queer life in the American South. I'm also a photographer and something of a journalist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 | 台灣加油 🇹🇼 Opinions are mine
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August 11, 2017 - white nationalists march the lawn with tiki torches, no police intervention

May 4, 2024 - students protest israel's ongoing genocide of palestine, riot police beat and arrest protesters

it's not about the protesting, it's what we're protesting
Hundreds of self-proclaimed white nationalists holding lit tiki torches gather around the statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. August 11, 2017. Police in riot gear hold riot shields in formation between the Rotunda and Chapel at the University of Virginia as they prepare to push anti-genocide protesters into the street after University President Jim Ryan authorized the Virginia State Police to beat and arrest UVa students, faculty, and staff who were protesting Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestine in an encampment on the Grounds of the University of Virginia.
emgunter.bsky.social
The occupation is terrified of Greta because she is a white woman using her white privilege and her white body to stand up for Palestinians.

Her whiteness makes other white people listen and understand the horrors being committed by the occupation. This is why they hate her.
jordanuhl.com
Absolutely heinous.
emgunter.bsky.social
I'm watching the Global Sumud Flotilla livestream as they prepare to be intercepted by the Israeli Navy. This is so evil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
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emgunter.bsky.social
If seeing men with big guns is necessary for you to feel safe on the metro, you have serious problems.
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ericumansky.bsky.social
Ya know, I'm reminded today of a story I did re Eric Adams controlling a secretive, abusive NYPD unit

The connex was so tight, the mayor had access to a *live-feed* of the unit's body-cams

“The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall," a source told me

www.propublica.org/article/eric...
How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.
www.propublica.org
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.
bradlander.bsky.social
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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prisonculture.bsky.social
The tell tale signs of where things were going was when they arrested Ras Baraka and indicted LaMonica McIver. [those of you who have followed me for a while know that I was harping on this when it happened]
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
I hear the President has decreed that it is possibly a crime to refer to Americans as "fascists," but "fascism" is a word that has a relatively clear meaning that's worth understanding. Here's how an official publication of the US Army defined "fascism" in 1945.
sethcotlar.bsky.social
The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."
Can We Spot It?
(Question: How can we identify native American fascists at work? )
An American fascist seeking power would not proclaim that he is a fascist. Fascism always camouflages its plans and purposes. Hitler made demagogic appeals to all groups and swore: "Neither I nor anybody in the National Socialist Party advocates proceeding by anything but Constitutional methods." Any fascist attempt to gain power in America would not use the exact Hitler pattern. It would work under the guise of "super-patriotism" and "super-American-ism." Fascist leaders are neither stupid nor naive.
They know that they must hand out a line that "sells." Huey Long is said to have remarked that if fascism came to America, it would be on a program of "Ameri-canism."
Fascists in America may differ slightly from fascists in other countries, but there are a number of attitudes and practices that they have in common. Following are three. Every person who has one of them is not necessarily a fascist. But he is
emgunter.bsky.social
I was in high school during the pandemic in a family that was dirt poor and we were better off financially during the pandemic than I could ever remember. It was incredible to not have to worry about having enough food or anything like that.
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
I have no idea who shot at the ICE facility or why, & hard to trust this FBI director. Murder is always inexcusable.

Now, the idea that people are mad at ICE because of ‘Democrats’ rhetoric’ & not because of daily videos of masked ICE agents assaulting people, including citizens, is for the birds.
emgunter.bsky.social
This feels like textbook compromising of an investigation
emgunter.bsky.social
that really should be changed
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emgunter.bsky.social
August 11, 2017 - white nationalists march the lawn with tiki torches, no police intervention

May 4, 2024 - students protest israel's ongoing genocide of palestine, riot police beat and arrest protesters

it's not about the protesting, it's what we're protesting
Hundreds of self-proclaimed white nationalists holding lit tiki torches gather around the statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. August 11, 2017. Police in riot gear hold riot shields in formation between the Rotunda and Chapel at the University of Virginia as they prepare to push anti-genocide protesters into the street after University President Jim Ryan authorized the Virginia State Police to beat and arrest UVa students, faculty, and staff who were protesting Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestine in an encampment on the Grounds of the University of Virginia.
emgunter.bsky.social
On my way to meet a friend so we can go see a movie 👀
A paper train ticket from xinzhuang to liujia held intye air while standing on a train platform in Hsinchu Taiwan
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'
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radleybalko.bsky.social
It will definitely be well received by the people who matter to him. There are few things MAGA loves more than performative dickishness.
paleofuture.bsky.social
“I believe the speech was very well received.”
Trump: It was a great honor to speak before the United Nations. I believe the speech was very well received. It focused very much on energy and migration/immigration. I have been talking about this for a long period of time and this Forum, was the absolute best from the standpoint of making these two important statements. I hope everybody gets to watch it! The teleprompter was broken and the escalator came to a sudden hault as we were ridding up to the podium, but both of those events probably made the speech more interesting than it would have been otherwise. It is always an honor to speak at the United Nations, even if, their equipment is somewhat faulty. Make America Great Again!
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leahlitman.bsky.social
I'm just gonna keep reposting this inane BS from Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence on the roving immigration patrol case from LA.
The Government
sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check the
immigration status of those who gather in locations where
people are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work
in jobs such as construction, landscaping, agriculture, or car
washes that often do not require paperwork and are
therefore attractive to illegal immigrants; and who do not
speak much if any English. If the officers learn that the
individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise
lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the
individual go
emgunter.bsky.social
President of Indonesia starting strong with how everyone is entitled to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness".

While then commending a series of revolutions across the globe. I'm so glad there are competent people speaking again even if they're problematic.
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alixeharrow.bsky.social
our local police department--which was previously planning to ask for an extra $800k to police our kids--has magically discovered that actually they have enough money internally. wow! really makes you feel like these numbers are very real and not made up at all!
We understand and share the community’s concerns about costs; by reducing the number of SROs from 4 to 2, the Charlottesville Police Department will be able to staff these officers from their currently budgeted positions with no budgetary impact aside from the training of the officers (which can be absorbed in the professional learning budget of the police).
emgunter.bsky.social
Trump just gave an exceedingly embarrassing speech at the UNGA.
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atrupar.com
Pritzker: "MAGA Republicans in Congress may be in control now, but in 2026 they will not be unless Donald Trump does something to change this country fundamentally. And that is what he's trying to do ... we Democrats are going to win in 2026, but not if Donald Trump is allowed to cheat."
emgunter.bsky.social
I generally try to ignore his bloviating and focus on organizing, this is just a new level of embarrassment on the world stage.
emgunter.bsky.social
I'm convinced at this point that a random undergrad in the US could give a better speech than this. Hell probably a high schooler could give a better speech than this.