Marjorie Pak
@marjoriepak.bsky.social
I teach linguistics. I help people vote. I read a lot and write a little. I like democracy. Atlanta, GA. she/her
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
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Let this radicalize you.
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Let this radicalize you.
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Schools in Georgia have two major revenue streams: state taxes (primarily the income tax) and local property taxes. The Georgia legislature is seriously considering lowering both. If successful the end result will be catastrophic for schools.
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Senate bill proposes limiting property tax hikes to inflation, impacting schools — The Current GA
The Georgia state Senate has proposed a bill that would limit property tax increases to the rate of inflation, which could save homeowners money but reduce funding for public education and city and co...
apple.news
January 19, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Schools in Georgia have two major revenue streams: state taxes (primarily the income tax) and local property taxes. The Georgia legislature is seriously considering lowering both. If successful the end result will be catastrophic for schools.
apple.news/A7HthcuqTQQW...
apple.news/A7HthcuqTQQW...
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From an optics perspective... the protesters being the ones waving the US flag while Bovino et al looks like every awful nazi inspired movie we've ever seen... hats off to Minnesotans.
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
From an optics perspective... the protesters being the ones waving the US flag while Bovino et al looks like every awful nazi inspired movie we've ever seen... hats off to Minnesotans.
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"He’s been stolen from us."
Jsané Tyler's cousin Keith Porter, Jr. was shot and killed outside of his apartment complex in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE agent who also lived in the building.
More: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/13/keith_porter_jr_ice_shooting
Jsané Tyler's cousin Keith Porter, Jr. was shot and killed outside of his apartment complex in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE agent who also lived in the building.
More: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/13/keith_porter_jr_ice_shooting
January 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"He’s been stolen from us."
Jsané Tyler's cousin Keith Porter, Jr. was shot and killed outside of his apartment complex in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE agent who also lived in the building.
More: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/13/keith_porter_jr_ice_shooting
Jsané Tyler's cousin Keith Porter, Jr. was shot and killed outside of his apartment complex in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE agent who also lived in the building.
More: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/13/keith_porter_jr_ice_shooting
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Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
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🚨 Has this abuse of power become normalized already? I haven’t seen anyone in power DO ANYTHING to stop ICE since Nicole Good was murdered. How many innocents have to die? 100? 1,000? 10,000? 100,000? 1,000,000? 10M? This isn’t about immigration. This is about forcing us into submission.
January 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
🚨 Has this abuse of power become normalized already? I haven’t seen anyone in power DO ANYTHING to stop ICE since Nicole Good was murdered. How many innocents have to die? 100? 1,000? 10,000? 100,000? 1,000,000? 10M? This isn’t about immigration. This is about forcing us into submission.
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INBOX: Atlanta City Council will introduce legislation next Tuesday to rename Old Wheat Street to Cornelius Taylor Street.
Cornelius Taylor was bulldozed to death by City of Atlanta employees during a homeless encampment sweep in 2025 to make way for dignitaries attending MLK Day festivities.
Cornelius Taylor was bulldozed to death by City of Atlanta employees during a homeless encampment sweep in 2025 to make way for dignitaries attending MLK Day festivities.
Man killed during clearing of homeless encampment honored at public visitation
Family, friends and community members gathered at a public visitation for a man who was killed during the clearing of a homeless encampment.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:43 AM
INBOX: Atlanta City Council will introduce legislation next Tuesday to rename Old Wheat Street to Cornelius Taylor Street.
Cornelius Taylor was bulldozed to death by City of Atlanta employees during a homeless encampment sweep in 2025 to make way for dignitaries attending MLK Day festivities.
Cornelius Taylor was bulldozed to death by City of Atlanta employees during a homeless encampment sweep in 2025 to make way for dignitaries attending MLK Day festivities.
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Yes, when I think of voices calling for civic discourse and toning down the rhetoric, I think of the Trump administration. IN particular, I think of the guy who has routinely threatened to arrest elected officials who disagree with him.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Yes, when I think of voices calling for civic discourse and toning down the rhetoric, I think of the Trump administration. IN particular, I think of the guy who has routinely threatened to arrest elected officials who disagree with him.
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Despite all the John Roberts claims that the courts are in good shape and accusations of partisanship are unfair, the reality is that the public intuition that the courts have become more politicized under Trump are correct.
January 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Despite all the John Roberts claims that the courts are in good shape and accusations of partisanship are unfair, the reality is that the public intuition that the courts have become more politicized under Trump are correct.
“this is not merely the ‘normal’ spin almost all politicians engage in, but regime propaganda entirely detached from the facts and utterly unconcerned with objectively observable reality. It is the duty of every democratic citizen to call it out, reject it, push back.”
When the State Terrorizes the People
The killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism’s violent, authoritarian essence. MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
New piece:
The killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism’s violent, authoritarian essence. MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
New piece:
When the State Terrorizes the People
The killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism’s violent, authoritarian essence. MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
steady.page
January 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
“this is not merely the ‘normal’ spin almost all politicians engage in, but regime propaganda entirely detached from the facts and utterly unconcerned with objectively observable reality. It is the duty of every democratic citizen to call it out, reject it, push back.”
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This is why the US has not, at all, acknowledged covid as a mass death event, and part of why it refuses to acknowledge it is also an ongoing mass disabling event (with millions more grieving for the futures it made impossible to them)
THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 AM
This is why the US has not, at all, acknowledged covid as a mass death event, and part of why it refuses to acknowledge it is also an ongoing mass disabling event (with millions more grieving for the futures it made impossible to them)
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THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
Anyway ICE was filmed desecrating Renee Nicole Good’s memorial & doing violence to people who found that distasteful. Might be too soon to say if this falls into some kind of pattern of behavior if you’re the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
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Look at these dumb bubbas
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
January 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Look at these dumb bubbas
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"The media has largely let [tech companies] set the terms of the debate, right down to the terminology used in any discussion of these systems."
From @nannainie.bsky.social & me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social on how to spot and resist anthropomorphizing language about so-called "AI".
From @nannainie.bsky.social & me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social on how to spot and resist anthropomorphizing language about so-called "AI".
We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI' | TechPolicy.Press
We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.
www.techpolicy.press
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"The media has largely let [tech companies] set the terms of the debate, right down to the terminology used in any discussion of these systems."
From @nannainie.bsky.social & me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social on how to spot and resist anthropomorphizing language about so-called "AI".
From @nannainie.bsky.social & me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social on how to spot and resist anthropomorphizing language about so-called "AI".
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"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.
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nah man, No Kings
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
nah man, No Kings
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The idea that our demand for human rights and equality has to be packaged perfectly with a bow on top is tiresome. Hopefully this moment demonstrates how the failure to address law enforcement excess is now (through ICE actions) recognized as a threat to democracy in this country.
January 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The idea that our demand for human rights and equality has to be packaged perfectly with a bow on top is tiresome. Hopefully this moment demonstrates how the failure to address law enforcement excess is now (through ICE actions) recognized as a threat to democracy in this country.
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There’s a special kind of grief many of us are feeling tonight. Because it didn’t have to be like this.
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
There’s a special kind of grief many of us are feeling tonight. Because it didn’t have to be like this.
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Yes exactly. If protesters stand in front of cars, it’s fine to kill them, if someone is *inside* a car, then it’s fine for law enforcement standing in front of them to shoot them in the face.
This glib statement is all the more risible when you recall how many law enforcement officers used their vehicles as weapons against protesters in 2020... and how many Republican-dominated states *sought to legalize killing protesters with vehicles* as a reaction to the demonstrations
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Yes exactly. If protesters stand in front of cars, it’s fine to kill them, if someone is *inside* a car, then it’s fine for law enforcement standing in front of them to shoot them in the face.
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This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.
Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed:
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz
The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...
www.cbsnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.
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A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.