Samael
@somethingxwicked.bsky.social
neurospicy noisemaker
my brain is allergic to inner peace
my brain is allergic to inner peace
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
"If you’ve led a life that is—by the standards of history and the world—stable and comfortable, your brain is going to have a hard time truly getting how depraved people can become unless you see it directly.
They have not had to fear for their lives...They have not had family [call them] demonic."
They have not had to fear for their lives...They have not had family [call them] demonic."
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ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
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When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
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“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the onslaught of ICE has reshaped daily life, drawing comparisons to 1930s Germany.
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the onslaught of ICE has reshaped daily life, drawing comparisons to 1930s Germany.
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the onslaught of ICE has reshaped daily life, drawing comparisons to 1930s Germany.
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the onslaught of ICE has reshaped daily life, drawing comparisons to 1930s Germany.
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Good to know...
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Good to know...
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OMG right in the nostalgia.
Pirates, you heard the order!
Pirates, you heard the order!
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM
OMG right in the nostalgia.
Pirates, you heard the order!
Pirates, you heard the order!
You assholes already should have?!?
Like. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND TERM AS A TREASONOUS FELON. But the goddamn Constitution means nothing....
Like. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND TERM AS A TREASONOUS FELON. But the goddamn Constitution means nothing....
Please no,
Don't tempt us with a good time...
Don't tempt us with a good time...
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
You assholes already should have?!?
Like. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND TERM AS A TREASONOUS FELON. But the goddamn Constitution means nothing....
Like. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND TERM AS A TREASONOUS FELON. But the goddamn Constitution means nothing....
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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The people who thought Auschwitz was necessary and good were Nazis.
The people who think CECOT is necessary and good are Nazis.
There are not good people on both sides — in spite of what our misogynist, racist, child rapist President thinks.
#RemoveTrump
202-224-3121
The people who think CECOT is necessary and good are Nazis.
There are not good people on both sides — in spite of what our misogynist, racist, child rapist President thinks.
#RemoveTrump
202-224-3121
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The people who thought Auschwitz was necessary and good were Nazis.
The people who think CECOT is necessary and good are Nazis.
There are not good people on both sides — in spite of what our misogynist, racist, child rapist President thinks.
#RemoveTrump
202-224-3121
The people who think CECOT is necessary and good are Nazis.
There are not good people on both sides — in spite of what our misogynist, racist, child rapist President thinks.
#RemoveTrump
202-224-3121
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Bari Weiss, meet The Streisand Effect.
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Bari Weiss, meet The Streisand Effect.
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
I was told we'd have flying cars... The "future" sucks
*Realizing also people can barely drive cars on the ground
*Realizing also people can barely drive cars on the ground
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I was told we'd have flying cars... The "future" sucks
*Realizing also people can barely drive cars on the ground
*Realizing also people can barely drive cars on the ground
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The Education Department was investigating a Texas middle school for allegations that Black students were being harassed with racial slurs and monkey sounds.
Then Trump closed the civil rights division’s Dallas office, indefinitely stalling the case.
Then Trump closed the civil rights division’s Dallas office, indefinitely stalling the case.
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Education Department was investigating a Texas middle school for allegations that Black students were being harassed with racial slurs and monkey sounds.
Then Trump closed the civil rights division’s Dallas office, indefinitely stalling the case.
Then Trump closed the civil rights division’s Dallas office, indefinitely stalling the case.
Or a bunch of drones who take their orders from fundamentalist evangelical pulpits....
Shut up, couch fucker
Shut up, couch fucker
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Or a bunch of drones who take their orders from fundamentalist evangelical pulpits....
Shut up, couch fucker
Shut up, couch fucker
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A November YouGov poll had ICE favorability underwater by 14 points among all Americans and 37(!) points among political independents today.yougov.com/politics/art...
December 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A November YouGov poll had ICE favorability underwater by 14 points among all Americans and 37(!) points among political independents today.yougov.com/politics/art...
We *literally* pay their salary and job benefits with taxes ... They better fucking listen.
It's funny how many are indoctrinated to think politicians don't owe us shit. Yes they do! Their job is to give us what we want & need. It's bad enough that the politicians don't think they owe us anything, but the fact that they've brainwashed so many to agree with them so people won't even ask?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We *literally* pay their salary and job benefits with taxes ... They better fucking listen.
Truly a shame he didn't write more operas too 💜 What a beautiful understanding of drama and the voice
Rachmaninoff would have been a KILLER film composer. It's a shame he died before the golden age of Hollywood. You can see so much influence on the greats like John Williams and Bernard Hermann.
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Truly a shame he didn't write more operas too 💜 What a beautiful understanding of drama and the voice
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
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I know the main takeaway from Andrew Tate losing a boxing match is "this guy sucks and should be in jail but a sock to the jaw is satisfying," but it's also a reminder that training for aesthetics & training for sport are two *entirely* different things. There's a reason boxers don't have six packs!
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I know the main takeaway from Andrew Tate losing a boxing match is "this guy sucks and should be in jail but a sock to the jaw is satisfying," but it's also a reminder that training for aesthetics & training for sport are two *entirely* different things. There's a reason boxers don't have six packs!
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WELKER: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved just days after you interviewed her?
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
WELKER: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved just days after you interviewed her?
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk