Ravi Pillalamarri
@mrpillalamarri.bsky.social
Class sizes, caseloads, and bears, oh my! https://linktr.ee/rpillala
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me: here
student 1: oh I LOVE glue sticks
me: well you've come to the right pla- DON'T EAT IT
1: hehehehe
2: ?
me: something about the way she said that is making me worry
1: you should be worried muhuhehehah
me: do not - no do not eat it
student 1: oh I LOVE glue sticks
me: well you've come to the right pla- DON'T EAT IT
1: hehehehe
2: ?
me: something about the way she said that is making me worry
1: you should be worried muhuhehehah
me: do not - no do not eat it
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1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
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This is pathetic. THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE.
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This is pathetic. THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE.
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Don’t ever forget who Newsom really is.
Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Don’t ever forget who Newsom really is.
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A project to dismantle ICE will be years in the making. This is because you will have opponents [not just in the fascist GOP but also in the Democratic party]. And that means that organizing campaigns will have to be strategic and they will always be subject to being undermined by purported "allies"
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
A project to dismantle ICE will be years in the making. This is because you will have opponents [not just in the fascist GOP but also in the Democratic party]. And that means that organizing campaigns will have to be strategic and they will always be subject to being undermined by purported "allies"
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This is your regular reminder that authoritarianism is just domestic abuse writ large.
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
This is your regular reminder that authoritarianism is just domestic abuse writ large.
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If you're in the NYC area, I hope you will support this on Tuesday. I'll be there!
January 11, 2026 at 3:32 AM
If you're in the NYC area, I hope you will support this on Tuesday. I'll be there!
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I really hate that I have to post this, but with ICE shooting people, it’s good information to know.
It’s also wise to carry gloves in your glovebox.
Stay safe, friends.
It’s also wise to carry gloves in your glovebox.
Stay safe, friends.
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I really hate that I have to post this, but with ICE shooting people, it’s good information to know.
It’s also wise to carry gloves in your glovebox.
Stay safe, friends.
It’s also wise to carry gloves in your glovebox.
Stay safe, friends.
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
That level 4 list looks awful familiar
“US citizens should leave Venezuela immediately” … Checking in on the country President Trump executed a coup against a week ago
January 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
That level 4 list looks awful familiar
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For 248 years the streets of America didn’t feature a roving masked federal kidnapping squad that might send you a Central American death camp or just murder you themselves, but getting rid of it now is some impossible lefty fantasy that professional Democrats lamentably must struggle against.
Classic Democratic no-win. All of them voted against the OBAA, which supercharged ICE funding and hiring. But they won't say they'd "abolish ICE" so they'll get yelled at (mostly by people who'll vote for them in the midterms after threatening not to).
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
For 248 years the streets of America didn’t feature a roving masked federal kidnapping squad that might send you a Central American death camp or just murder you themselves, but getting rid of it now is some impossible lefty fantasy that professional Democrats lamentably must struggle against.
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A lot of Democrats may find they're going to lose primaries to candidates who can see beyond the AI bubble and want to rein in data centers.
Abdul El-Sayed releases plan to rein in data center expansion in Michigan
As plans for large, electricity-guzzling data centers continue to crop up across Michigan, Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed this week became the first candidate in the race to release a d...
gandernewsroom.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
A lot of Democrats may find they're going to lose primaries to candidates who can see beyond the AI bubble and want to rein in data centers.
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ICE is a "rogue organization" and it should be "disbanded," says Democratic Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social in an interview with me today, for 'Mehdi Unfiltered', reacting to the shocking killing in Minneapolis.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
ICE is a "rogue organization" and it should be "disbanded," says Democratic Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social in an interview with me today, for 'Mehdi Unfiltered', reacting to the shocking killing in Minneapolis.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
The "typo" in my previous tweet was, of course, a ruse to catch liberal scolds. And, predictably, they fell for it.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The "typo" in my previous tweet was, of course, a ruse to catch liberal scolds. And, predictably, they fell for it.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
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New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
Call Trump's power grab in Venezuela what it is
Corporate media must recognize they're being openly lied to—and report accordingly.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
no way me too
the plot twist of I'M CHEVY CHASE, AND YOU'RE NOT is so wild. turns out i actually AM chevy chase
January 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
no way me too
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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If the regime change in Venezuela is successful, the US will likely declare it a "safe" country, revoke the refugee status of all these people, and set ICE loose to deport them.
There are 770,000 Venezuelan refugees in the US. Let's be sure to protect them too.
Here's a list of refugee resettlement orgs by state that you can volunteer with or donate to:
rcusa.org/resources/st...
Here's a map highlighting resettlement clusters:
Here's a list of refugee resettlement orgs by state that you can volunteer with or donate to:
rcusa.org/resources/st...
Here's a map highlighting resettlement clusters:
January 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
If the regime change in Venezuela is successful, the US will likely declare it a "safe" country, revoke the refugee status of all these people, and set ICE loose to deport them.
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"the US will run Venezuela" is a wild thing to think. You've got communes, a military, militias, and paramilitaries to contend with.
The US will run Venezuela, Trump said, 'until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,' signaling an open-ended US role reut.rs/3Ne4l3T
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"the US will run Venezuela" is a wild thing to think. You've got communes, a military, militias, and paramilitaries to contend with.
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Don’t be fooled: you can’t both claim this was simply the execution of an arrest warrant AND say the U.S. is now "running" Venezuela & grabbing its oil resources.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Don’t be fooled: you can’t both claim this was simply the execution of an arrest warrant AND say the U.S. is now "running" Venezuela & grabbing its oil resources.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
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Venezuelans reject a false choice: back U.S. regime change or defend Nicolás Maduro.
In 2019, Alejandro Velasco argued for principled solidarity—oppose U.S. intervention while taking grassroots, left criticism of the government seriously.
inthesetimes.com/article/vene...
In 2019, Alejandro Velasco argued for principled solidarity—oppose U.S. intervention while taking grassroots, left criticism of the government seriously.
inthesetimes.com/article/vene...
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Venezuelans reject a false choice: back U.S. regime change or defend Nicolás Maduro.
In 2019, Alejandro Velasco argued for principled solidarity—oppose U.S. intervention while taking grassroots, left criticism of the government seriously.
inthesetimes.com/article/vene...
In 2019, Alejandro Velasco argued for principled solidarity—oppose U.S. intervention while taking grassroots, left criticism of the government seriously.
inthesetimes.com/article/vene...
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Hakeem Jeffries takes a bold stand for Trump asking first next time so Dems can exercise their rubber stamp. This is the kind of statement official Russian “opposition” parties run by Putin make.
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Hakeem Jeffries takes a bold stand for Trump asking first next time so Dems can exercise their rubber stamp. This is the kind of statement official Russian “opposition” parties run by Putin make.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader