peter hess
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fun fact: every virtual program nominally offering "schools" in carceral juvenile institutions is actually a scam stealing money from taxpayers
New from me in @prospect.org: ICE is opening a school inside one of their concentration camps and the outfit they picked to run it is a virtual education company that's been failing students for years. Stride, aka K12, was also accused of securities fraud just a few days ago.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
prospect.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
fun fact: every virtual program nominally offering "schools" in carceral juvenile institutions is actually a scam stealing money from taxpayers
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
i hate when people who haven't smoked crack say donuts aren't like crack! they are! you have one and then want more and then you have more and you feel bad. they're just like crack!
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i hate when people who haven't smoked crack say donuts aren't like crack! they are! you have one and then want more and then you have more and you feel bad. they're just like crack!
i didn't realize just how bad things have gotten in the USA: Pantone's color of the year is white
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
i didn't realize just how bad things have gotten in the USA: Pantone's color of the year is white
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This this this
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This this this
locking in my prediction that marjorie taylor greene gets a job at cbs news before the new year
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
locking in my prediction that marjorie taylor greene gets a job at cbs news before the new year
unfortunately i'm trapped and can't stand up for the rest of the day
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
unfortunately i'm trapped and can't stand up for the rest of the day
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"What strong views on diversity?"
"Ohh you know the ones..."
"Ohh you know the ones..."
"The hiring of a former opinion journalist with strong views on Israel and diversity, equity and inclusion"
get out of journalism, you're all fucking useless
get out of journalism, you're all fucking useless
‘I Wanna Blow This Up’: How Bari Weiss Is Trying to Overhaul CBS News
The new editor in chief is personally recruiting potential anchors, booking guests herself and asking staff what they do.
www.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"What strong views on diversity?"
"Ohh you know the ones..."
"Ohh you know the ones..."
it actually makes so much sense that George Miller wrote and directed both of these movies
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
it actually makes so much sense that George Miller wrote and directed both of these movies
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This is terrible. Every single person they kidnapped belongs in NYC a million times more than these brownshirts and, in case, you think the city isn’t actively a part of it, here’s some photos from where they’re holding folx just filled with NYPDs. Every single one of these guys is a city cop
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is terrible. Every single person they kidnapped belongs in NYC a million times more than these brownshirts and, in case, you think the city isn’t actively a part of it, here’s some photos from where they’re holding folx just filled with NYPDs. Every single one of these guys is a city cop
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ICE/Feds targeting a pastor in prayer outside their facility. Looks like they may have shot the pastor in the head and even with less lethal ammo, could easily be fatal. Truly insane where things have gotten.
www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...
www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...
From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago’s Broadview ICE Targets Pastor in Prayer: Opens Fire from Rooftop, Shooting Him and Causing Him to Collapse
Explore this post and more from the illinois community
www.reddit.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ICE/Feds targeting a pastor in prayer outside their facility. Looks like they may have shot the pastor in the head and even with less lethal ammo, could easily be fatal. Truly insane where things have gotten.
www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...
www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...
free podcast idea for Haliey Welch if she decides to rebrand as pro-gun: Hawk 2A
September 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
free podcast idea for Haliey Welch if she decides to rebrand as pro-gun: Hawk 2A
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As I believe a French European Affairs delegate put it last year, their security cannot be left to how personally racist voters in Wisconsin are feeling every four years
September 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As I believe a French European Affairs delegate put it last year, their security cannot be left to how personally racist voters in Wisconsin are feeling every four years
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Not covering trans issues like this is a choice, and one that could still be rectified at any time
After Trump's announcement about tylenol and autism, the NYT assembled a panel of experts, including an autistic person and a parent or an autistic person, to assess and debunk the claims.
It's a good model. I'd like to see them use it more often on more topics.
It's a good model. I'd like to see them use it more often on more topics.
Opinion | ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Not covering trans issues like this is a choice, and one that could still be rectified at any time
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Interesting paragraph on the Jewish response to the 1967 murder of the US neo-Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell, who was shot by a disgruntled member of his own movement.
![The Jewish community had a generally mixed response. In the aftermath, many Jewish figures and organizations spoke out against violence and for gun control while denouncing Rockwell's beliefs.[30][45] Journalist Harry Golden called the murder deplorable,[45] and Samuel Samuels, the leader of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, said the killer "has done a great disservice to the nation in the elimination of Rockwell by making a martyr of a despicable enemy of America."[30] Arthur Lelyveld, the president of the American Jewish Congress, called Rockwell "a nuisance rather than a menace to American institutions", but said that the AJC "condemn the use of violence, even when it is directed against the enemies of democracy".[30][45] Ted Weiss, commented that he abhorred Rockwell's views but that "this violence has no political discrimination. [...] It hits left and the right, the young and the old. This carnage has to be controlled. How much longer do we go on killing people senselessly?"[45] Benjamin Epstein of the Anti-Defamation League stated that the ADL, one of Rockwell's "prime targets, hopes his killer will be brought to justice", but that it was "ironic that a man who for so long advocated and incited violence and trained his followers in the use of firearms, should himself reach a violent end".[45]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mwxupf6cc4uqpepytlhbf5ut/bafkreibxmdz65huj2upprb542aziweq6262fmhlnlmss7qbqcot6marpym@jpeg)
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Interesting paragraph on the Jewish response to the 1967 murder of the US neo-Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell, who was shot by a disgruntled member of his own movement.
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Hate when 'The Internet' stokes baseless conspiracy theories about a president's health
September 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hate when 'The Internet' stokes baseless conspiracy theories about a president's health
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![Genocide justification is the claim that a genocide is morally excusable/defensible, necessary, and/or sanctioned by law.[1] Genocide justification differs from genocide denial, which is an attempt to reject the occurrence of genocide. Perpetrators often claim that genocide victims presented a serious threat, justifying their actions by stating it was legitimate self-defense of a nation or state. According to modern international criminal law, there can be no excuse for genocide.[2][3] Genocide is often camouflaged as military activity against combatants, and the distinction between denial and justification is often blurred.[4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreia4twc2qbwkmn3ozstknikbeo5xx56elnzdkycdjkzfkwehmvk4jq@jpeg)
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"Mariam Dagga, a visual freelance journalist for The Associated Press, chronicled the stream of wounded and dead"
"She followed doctors as they struggled to save starving children."
"Dagga was killed Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital"
Her photographs:
apnews.com/photo-galler...
"She followed doctors as they struggled to save starving children."
"Dagga was killed Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital"
Her photographs:
apnews.com/photo-galler...
August 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Mariam Dagga, a visual freelance journalist for The Associated Press, chronicled the stream of wounded and dead"
"She followed doctors as they struggled to save starving children."
"Dagga was killed Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital"
Her photographs:
apnews.com/photo-galler...
"She followed doctors as they struggled to save starving children."
"Dagga was killed Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital"
Her photographs:
apnews.com/photo-galler...
i had a lovely tinned fish potluck picnic in the park today with my friends
i love my friends and we all love food
i think there's like a dozen tins of fish in this photo
i love my friends and we all love food
i think there's like a dozen tins of fish in this photo
August 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
i had a lovely tinned fish potluck picnic in the park today with my friends
i love my friends and we all love food
i think there's like a dozen tins of fish in this photo
i love my friends and we all love food
i think there's like a dozen tins of fish in this photo
August 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The Center Gets A New Publication Dedicated to Scolding Leftists
August 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Center Gets A New Publication Dedicated to Scolding Leftists
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After seeing public officials nationwide quiet as church mice after those two lawmakers in MN were politically assassinated, shrugged shoulders at congresspeople held hostage by their colleagues & strongly worded letters in response actual Hitlerian rule I can’t help but wonder if help ain’t coming
August 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
After seeing public officials nationwide quiet as church mice after those two lawmakers in MN were politically assassinated, shrugged shoulders at congresspeople held hostage by their colleagues & strongly worded letters in response actual Hitlerian rule I can’t help but wonder if help ain’t coming
the replies are a steady stream of "wow, how can he think he's the master race when he's so clearly genetically inferior!"
so many folks have absolutely lost the plot
so many folks have absolutely lost the plot
The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DHS speechwriter linked to hateful social accounts
‘They are not migrants. They are not ‘undocumented.’ They are an invading army. The largest invasion in American history,’ DHS speechwriter writes on X
www.independent.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
the replies are a steady stream of "wow, how can he think he's the master race when he's so clearly genetically inferior!"
so many folks have absolutely lost the plot
so many folks have absolutely lost the plot