Russ Silva
@russellsilva.bsky.social
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modernistwitch.myatproto.social
feel like we can do better than “man these guys are real fatsos” when talking about agents of state violence idk
russellsilva.bsky.social
Repulsive and unacceptable
tusk81.bsky.social
When US citizen Leo Garcia Venegas tried to prove his identity by showing federal agents his REAL ID, they dismissed it as a fake and kept him detained, releasing him only after they bothered to run his Social Security number.

Just a few weeks later, they detained him again:
Mass Deportation Is A Threat To Us All
Aided by the Supreme Court and the insidious "Kavanaugh stop," the administration's chaotic mass deportation operations are sweeping up Americans – including children and U.S. military veterans.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
russellsilva.bsky.social
As someone who thinks repetition is important for persuasion, one of my concerns is that Trump disrupts the repetition process by causing new outrages constantly. No single one gets sufficiently hammered into distracted minds.
russellsilva.bsky.social
"Everyone who remembers the last time needs to be dead for the next time to happen." We're a society that has simply forgotten how bad fascism, tariffs, and vaccine-preventable diseases are, because those who remember them from their lifetimes are no longer with us.
newfie912.bsky.social
The thoughts of an economic depression are depressing
russellsilva.bsky.social
They're calling him "the Boromir of Bluesky".
russellsilva.bsky.social
I guess you could say John Romero made you his... you know what, forget it. It wouldn't be a nice thing to say.
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Trump continues to order the summary execution of people on boats in the Caribbean while asking everyone to accept his word that they deserved to die because they were smuggling drugs. We will never know in most cases if they were innocent or guilty of what he accuses them of.
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bmoreorless.bsky.social
She loves to tell people to calm down about upsetting things that she mistakenly avers won’t happen
russellsilva.bsky.social
Hopefully not snitch tagging to point out that @ahjohnson.bsky.social is here on Bluesky!
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rezekjoe.bsky.social
Just posting this. Everyone knows why.
Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
russellsilva.bsky.social
Is nuclear power a good example?
russellsilva.bsky.social
This is a strange example to me. Conservatives defending hate speech aren't defending something virtuous on principle. It's just a threat: "outlaw the N word and we'll outlaw being a communist." And conservatives have long tried to outlaw desecrating the American flag.
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strandjunker.com
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
russellsilva.bsky.social
Yeah I'm concerned that we need a 10-15 year anti-MAGA supermajority to reverse the damage and I'm not seeing the evidence of that happening.
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kellyscaletta.bsky.social
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
russellsilva.bsky.social
Love the throwback photo of Intern Alan but do you have any photos of *you* as a kid, Captain?
russellsilva.bsky.social
That enormous sucking sound you hear is Trumpists' disingenuous complaints about "cancel culture" flying out the window as they denounce the NFL for platforming Bad Bunny because they don't like his politics.
russellsilva.bsky.social
My concern (well, one of them) is that the SCOTUS conservative majority has bought into nativist panic and think that the country will be destroyed if immigration trends aren't reversed.
russellsilva.bsky.social
As always, the Trumpist way is as Steve Bannon described it in 2018: "flood the zone with shit."
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Unanimous First Circuit takes pains to emphasize that this was an incredibly easy case to decide, despite writing a very long opinion knocking down every ridiculous argument the Trump admin made.
The analysis that follows is necessarily lengthy, as we
must address the parties' numerous arguments in each of the cases
involved. But the length of our analysis should not be mistaken
for a sign that the fundamental question that these cases raise
about the scope of birthright citizenship is a difficult one. It
is not, which may explain why it has been more than a century since
a branch of our government has made as concerted an effort as the
Executive Branch now makes to deny Americans their birthright.
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felipedlh.bsky.social
No one really seems to care about this anymore but I think ICE detention centers turning away members of Congress is a good scandal to evaluate where we are right now. It is as clear as statutory language gets that members have the right to make unannounced visits; completely unequivocal 1/
russellsilva.bsky.social
Respectfully, Jay - your inflammatory posting behavior is shaking my trust in your leadership. Nobody's here because we wanted another Elon.