Jara
@jaraconnell.bsky.social
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📍Austin, TX
📍Austin, TX
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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Just to remind ppl that zohran campaigned as unapologetically pro-Palestine so stop saying it’s an untenable position
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Just to remind ppl that zohran campaigned as unapologetically pro-Palestine so stop saying it’s an untenable position
Every time I see one of the videos, I feel a spark of hope that I thought had died.
October 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Every time I see one of the videos, I feel a spark of hope that I thought had died.
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he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
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also weird: widespread tendency to apply the term “political violence” only to acts of violence committed by non state actors.
September 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
also weird: widespread tendency to apply the term “political violence” only to acts of violence committed by non state actors.
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It's not lost on me in the midst of this eulogizing and memorializing a monster that my home state, Florida, has made it a crime to commemorate or remember the victims of the Pulse massacre.
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's not lost on me in the midst of this eulogizing and memorializing a monster that my home state, Florida, has made it a crime to commemorate or remember the victims of the Pulse massacre.
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
In America, only some deaths are considered grievable. The rest of us are just "collateral damage."
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For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
August 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
Why oh why can’t HEB keep any of the good varieties of cottage cheese in stock 😩
August 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why oh why can’t HEB keep any of the good varieties of cottage cheese in stock 😩
“[HPD Detective Kyle] Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks.”
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks, bulletproof vests claiming to be police, HPD says
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks, bulletproof vests claiming to be police, HPD says
Two men are dead after police say they were impersonating officers at a southeast Houston home overnight.
www.khou.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“[HPD Detective Kyle] Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks.”
Eating cherries in bed makes me feel like a queen.
August 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Eating cherries in bed makes me feel like a queen.
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The Trump administration thinks the cop who recklessly fired his gun into two homes during the Breonna Taylor raid should spend 1 day in prison.
For perspective, the administration incarcerated Rümeysa Öztürk for 45 days for writing an op-ed -- and only released her after a court order.
For perspective, the administration incarcerated Rümeysa Öztürk for 45 days for writing an op-ed -- and only released her after a court order.
Trump DOJ seeking one day in prison for ex-officer in Breonna Taylor case is 'insulting': Ben Crump
The Justice Department is seeking no prison time for a former officer who blindly shot into Breonna Taylor’s home during a botched 2020 raid that sparked a federal inquiry into policing in Louisville,...
www.msnbc.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Trump administration thinks the cop who recklessly fired his gun into two homes during the Breonna Taylor raid should spend 1 day in prison.
For perspective, the administration incarcerated Rümeysa Öztürk for 45 days for writing an op-ed -- and only released her after a court order.
For perspective, the administration incarcerated Rümeysa Öztürk for 45 days for writing an op-ed -- and only released her after a court order.
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The GEO Group, a major ICE contractor that was the first maxed-out corporate donor to Trump's 2024 campaign, has boosted bonuses and stock awards for its top executives following passage of Trump's Big Ugly Bill.
The border-industrial complex is getting rich off cruelty.
The border-industrial complex is getting rich off cruelty.
July 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The GEO Group, a major ICE contractor that was the first maxed-out corporate donor to Trump's 2024 campaign, has boosted bonuses and stock awards for its top executives following passage of Trump's Big Ugly Bill.
The border-industrial complex is getting rich off cruelty.
The border-industrial complex is getting rich off cruelty.
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By 2030, 1 in 4 women in developed countries will remain childfree.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
July 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
By 2030, 1 in 4 women in developed countries will remain childfree.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
Up to 45% will be single by choice.
Society will frame this as a crisis.
Governments will panic over birth rates.
This is about choice though…
It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.
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Billionaire donors to Cuomo's super PAC included:
-Bill Ackman
-Michael Bloomberg
-Stephen Ross
-Ken Langone
-Dan Loeb
-Ken Griffin
Let Zohran's victory in the face of Big Money remind us that people have the power.
-Bill Ackman
-Michael Bloomberg
-Stephen Ross
-Ken Langone
-Dan Loeb
-Ken Griffin
Let Zohran's victory in the face of Big Money remind us that people have the power.
June 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Billionaire donors to Cuomo's super PAC included:
-Bill Ackman
-Michael Bloomberg
-Stephen Ross
-Ken Langone
-Dan Loeb
-Ken Griffin
Let Zohran's victory in the face of Big Money remind us that people have the power.
-Bill Ackman
-Michael Bloomberg
-Stephen Ross
-Ken Langone
-Dan Loeb
-Ken Griffin
Let Zohran's victory in the face of Big Money remind us that people have the power.
One of my favorite spots to work remotely is at a cafe/brewery (very popular combo in ATX). There’s a legion of people doing v serious tech work and then tourists drinking beer at 10am. Balance.
June 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
One of my favorite spots to work remotely is at a cafe/brewery (very popular combo in ATX). There’s a legion of people doing v serious tech work and then tourists drinking beer at 10am. Balance.
A Rage Against the Machine reunion tour would go so hard right now.
June 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A Rage Against the Machine reunion tour would go so hard right now.
Why is she always in some Party City looking getup? Does she not own slacks and a blazer?
Noem says the Department of Homeland Security is “not going away” and that it will “liberate” Los Angeles from its democratically elected mayor and governor.
The fascism is getting more brazen by day.
The fascism is getting more brazen by day.
June 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Why is she always in some Party City looking getup? Does she not own slacks and a blazer?
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Efficient resistance means pushing back against fascism & pressuring it both on the streets as in the court rooms. Scenes from Tucson Arizona where protestors cornered Trump regime ICE troops, sprayed them in self-defence.
Protestors kettled ICE & used their own riot control methods. #3E #StopICE
Protestors kettled ICE & used their own riot control methods. #3E #StopICE
June 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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If like any sane, moral person you think this administration's immigration policy is cruel, inhumane, and brutal, there are probably better ways to spend your time than lecturing the people harmed by that policy about patriotism and proper decorum when protesting what's being done to them.
June 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If like any sane, moral person you think this administration's immigration policy is cruel, inhumane, and brutal, there are probably better ways to spend your time than lecturing the people harmed by that policy about patriotism and proper decorum when protesting what's being done to them.
I miss Cambridge sometimes.
Interview with Harvard's 2025 valedictorian, a Chinese national, while two American men fight over nothing in the background
June 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I miss Cambridge sometimes.
Whyyy do I have to wear a bra when I look so good without one 😩
June 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Whyyy do I have to wear a bra when I look so good without one 😩
More of this straight into my veins
San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
June 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
More of this straight into my veins
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Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety"
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
May 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety"
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
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Hidden in the Republican budget bill: a provision to do away with all oversight on AI systems with rent fixing algorithms. If your rent starts to go up, Republicans are to blame.
Rent-Setting Algorithms Find Legal Lifeline
RealPage stands to benefit as the GOP tax bill seeks to bar state and local oversight of AI and automated decision systems for 10 years.
www.wsj.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hidden in the Republican budget bill: a provision to do away with all oversight on AI systems with rent fixing algorithms. If your rent starts to go up, Republicans are to blame.