Jamie Owen Daniel
@jamie-daniel.bsky.social
Writer, translator, trade unionist, ruminator. Mother of the best of all possible Owens. Always wishing she were still in Prenzlauer Berg.
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Ugh. The right wing bullshit machine is pumping out and amplifying fake videos (Sora, AI) of Black people talking about SNAP benefits, videos oozing with racist stereotypes, to justify / distract from the real human suffering that the SNAP suspension is going to cause. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMqbgpgj/
Fox News Can’t Tell What’s Real Anymore part 2 #foxnews #viral
TikTok video by The Bulwark dh
www.tiktok.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Ugh. The right wing bullshit machine is pumping out and amplifying fake videos (Sora, AI) of Black people talking about SNAP benefits, videos oozing with racist stereotypes, to justify / distract from the real human suffering that the SNAP suspension is going to cause. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMqbgpgj/
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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FIGHTING BACK GETS RESULTS
Don’t let the bullies convince you that standing down is the way to protect yourself. They do this so they don’t have to deal with consequences for their actions. They depend on our acquiescence.
Standing up is *strategic*, not just brave. Stand up now or it keeps going.
Don’t let the bullies convince you that standing down is the way to protect yourself. They do this so they don’t have to deal with consequences for their actions. They depend on our acquiescence.
Standing up is *strategic*, not just brave. Stand up now or it keeps going.
From NPR: When pressed ... [Trump] hedged, saying he may or may not send in federal troops to Chicago.
"I didn't get a request from the governor... And I think until I get that request from that guy, I'm not going to do anything about it."
"I didn't get a request from the governor... And I think until I get that request from that guy, I'm not going to do anything about it."
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
FIGHTING BACK GETS RESULTS
Don’t let the bullies convince you that standing down is the way to protect yourself. They do this so they don’t have to deal with consequences for their actions. They depend on our acquiescence.
Standing up is *strategic*, not just brave. Stand up now or it keeps going.
Don’t let the bullies convince you that standing down is the way to protect yourself. They do this so they don’t have to deal with consequences for their actions. They depend on our acquiescence.
Standing up is *strategic*, not just brave. Stand up now or it keeps going.
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a society that wants to keep functioning has to punish baldfaced lying, even by non authorities - this poster seems to have entirely made up this account of the incident
August 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
a society that wants to keep functioning has to punish baldfaced lying, even by non authorities - this poster seems to have entirely made up this account of the incident
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One of the biggest open secrets of the 21st century is that most of the things people blame for workers not getting a fair shake -- technological unemployment, outsourcing -- aren't nearly as big a deal as the law continuing to become more hostile to the existence of unions.
August 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
One of the biggest open secrets of the 21st century is that most of the things people blame for workers not getting a fair shake -- technological unemployment, outsourcing -- aren't nearly as big a deal as the law continuing to become more hostile to the existence of unions.
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A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
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There are currently more kids in Texas with measles than there are transgender collegiate athletes in all of America.
Guess which one they want you to focus on.
Guess which one they want you to focus on.
July 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There are currently more kids in Texas with measles than there are transgender collegiate athletes in all of America.
Guess which one they want you to focus on.
Guess which one they want you to focus on.
also, those are the cities that had some of the biggest No Kings protests
June 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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This is the politicization of law enforcement. It's not about "immigration," it's about demonizing cities and winning elections
Trump declares war on cities
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
June 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This is the politicization of law enforcement. It's not about "immigration," it's about demonizing cities and winning elections
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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Tactical ICE agents and "mini-tanks" are expected in Chicago tomorrow. I am not hearing encouraging things about the city's planning and preparedness around this.
City officials confirm Trump will send tactical ICE agents to Chicago
At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chief of Staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas confirmed reports Trump is sending tactical immigration agents to Chicago.
www.cbsnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Tactical ICE agents and "mini-tanks" are expected in Chicago tomorrow. I am not hearing encouraging things about the city's planning and preparedness around this.
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These young Californians have something to say. I hope you’ll listen.
“The kids in the Cages” by The Neighborhood Kids
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“The kids in the Cages” by The Neighborhood Kids
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June 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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Those concerned about violence might want to start with violence against immigrants, by ICE here, by illegal deportations to gulags and third countries, the violence against so many federal departments, against the law, the climate, the public lands, waters, civil rights, reproductive rights...
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Those concerned about violence might want to start with violence against immigrants, by ICE here, by illegal deportations to gulags and third countries, the violence against so many federal departments, against the law, the climate, the public lands, waters, civil rights, reproductive rights...
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This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year
And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor
And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor
And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
June 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year
And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor
And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor
And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
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The president of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itnoo announcing a reciprocal travel ban on Americans: "Chad has neither airplanes to offer nor billions of dollars to give, but Chad does have its own dignity and pride."
June 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The president of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itnoo announcing a reciprocal travel ban on Americans: "Chad has neither airplanes to offer nor billions of dollars to give, but Chad does have its own dignity and pride."
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
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This is a five alarm fire
HOLY SHIT. The ban on any federal funding gender-affirming care includes stripping ACA plans of covering it as the essential care it is.
I have an ACA plan. I live in a blue state, but I am about to lose access to treatments I need.
We told you this was coming
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
I have an ACA plan. I live in a blue state, but I am about to lose access to treatments I need.
We told you this was coming
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
BREAKING: Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ stripping transgender Americans of health care
The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."
www.advocate.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is a five alarm fire
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Essentially if it does good for humans they try to destroy it. Hindman Settlement School is one of thousands of good causes built on the labor of good people and rightly benefiting from a bit of government support.
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DOGE cutting funds for dyslexic children’s reading program at KY settlement school
Hindman Settlement School in Knott County will lose $250,000 this year and could lose an estimated $1.2 million next year, say executive director Will Anderson and Josh Mullins, senior director of ope...
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May 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Essentially if it does good for humans they try to destroy it. Hindman Settlement School is one of thousands of good causes built on the labor of good people and rightly benefiting from a bit of government support.
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but also, he's a nazi. his family moved to south africa in support of apartheid. he's literally named after a character in a wernher von braun novel. he openly advocates for eugenics. he's complained that poor black and brown countries are 'outbreeding' us. he's a trans eliminationist. he's a nazi.
Much fairer to say he's the greatest American popularizer of Nazism since Henry Ford and the greatest ever since Adolf Hitler.
Elon Musk: It Is 'Outrageous' to 'Claim That I'm a Nazi'
Elon Musk called claims that he's a Nazi 'outrageous' during an interview with Lara Trump on Fox News.
www.rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
but also, he's a nazi. his family moved to south africa in support of apartheid. he's literally named after a character in a wernher von braun novel. he openly advocates for eugenics. he's complained that poor black and brown countries are 'outbreeding' us. he's a trans eliminationist. he's a nazi.
