Brendan McQuade

I watched last night and these are three of the smartest people on the planet from whom I have learned a lot. If you listen, you'll learn too.

I wonder if people are paying attention to how much their doom scrolling is cutting into time they used to use to read books

ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

Academic friends & etc in social media void, pls tell me the recent books & articles I should read on consumption & consumerism. Bonus points for stuff on political economyof retail, waste & environmental impacts, theft & loss prevention but also just whatever you think is good & I should read.

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

They watched immigration agents in Maine. Then one fired projectiles at their cars. ICE agents were seen in a South Portland Home Depot parking lot telling people filming them they were impeding federal law enforcement.

www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/27/m...

i feel like this instagram reel gets truer every day

public service Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Finally, some ongoing coverage of what's happening with ICE in Maine: www.pressherald.com/tag/public-s...

Maine Solidarity Fund

There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org

In the fight against ICE, Maine’s leaders should take a cue from its organizers | Opinion What matters now is what we do next.

www.pressherald.com/2026/01/26/t... - Op-Ed from Maine by my comrade @bmcquade.bsky.social

thank you thank you thank you

solidarity!

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On day 2 of ICE operation, Portland officials decry enforcement tactics City Councilor Wes Pelletier called the immigration enforcement operation a 'war of terror that's being waged on our city.'

City Councilor @wespelletier.bsky.social called the immigration enforcement operation a ‘war of terror that’s being waged on our city.’

via @pressherald.com
No pay wall #publicservice

#Portland #Maine #Ice
@pinetreeactivism.org

ICE came for Gratien Milandou-Wamba. That tells us everything. | Opinion The Cumberland County corrections officer was not protected by the system he served.

It they arrested another CO back in June: www.centralmaine.com/2025/07/02/i...

Yesterday ICE arrested a Cumberland County Sherriff Deputy, a CO. The sherriff resolved its recruitment problems by hiring immigrants & refugees (ME CJ academy even waived it's language requirement!). So we had "New Mainer" CO working at a jail holding ICE detainees only to become ICE detainees

He’s One of the Few People With the Power to Stand Up to ICE. Here’s What He’s Doing With It. “Nobody really could prepare us for what we’ve seen,” says Minnesota AG Keith Ellison.

Aarron Frey and Jackie Sartoris need to take note of this what Ellison in doing in MN: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Good morning everyone but especially the guy who just danced his way into Market Basket on this wicked cold morning.

#FreePalestine
#HandsOffVenezuela

Remember when the Obama administration decided teenagers & young men were "military aged males" or legit targets for drone assassination?

Obama's normalized & institutionalized war on terror policies & practices. The constitutional lawyer turned pres brought impunity not accountability & now this

The panel starts at @ 19 minutes. It is very powerful & totally demolished the sheriff. Pls watch & share

NoICE4ME has been organizing against the deportations machinr for months. We've been targeting Cumberland County Commissioners to get then to stop cooperation btw ICE & the sheriff. Yesterday organizers & coalition partners gave powerful presentations to the county

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This is one my all time favorite books & writers. Mayer is really underappreciated essayist. This book on fascism is like Studs Terkel meets Wilhem Riech

Doubleplusgood

I guess I should check this more often, huh?

@bmcquade.bsky.social bat signal…

A prestige TV series of China Mievelle's Bas-Lag trilogy. Pls spectacle pls

Ahem

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ICE came for Gratien Milandou-Wamba. That tells us everything. | Opinion The Cumberland County corrections officer was not protected by the system he served.

"ICE came for Gratien Milandou-Wamba. That tells us everything"

GMW is refugee, was as a sheriff's deputy & now is an ICE detainee. The op-ed below explains the significance of the case & advocates for campaign to end Cumberland County's cooperation with ICE.

www.pressherald.com?p=7471455&uu...

Seems like Trump’s most powerful advisor being a white nationalist should inspire greater alarm than the possible mayor of new york being pro palestinian rights

Can’t successfully push back on ICE without rejecting the criminalization that makes it possible.

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 3 (Parts 1 and 2) - UNICORN RIOT May 28, 2020, the third day of the George Floyd Uprising, was the most significant as the community continued directing its outrage at the Minneapolis Police’s 3rd Precinct, leading to it being ransac...

On May 28, 2020, thousands of community members overran the Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct and lit the police station on fire in response to days of police violence following the horrific murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. Watch the night as it unfolded. unicornriot.ninja/2025/reporte...