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Richard Ashby Wilson

@richardawilson.bsky.social

Professor of #Anthropology at Princeton University. I write about #HumanRights & #CivilRights Views are personal, obviously.

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#NoKings in front of monument to #GeorgeWashington
#NewJerseyProtests

18.10.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The #RightofAssociation is a core #humanright and citizenship right in the U.S. Constitution
#Protest is American!
#NoKings

18.10.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The New York Times and Anti-Anti-Fascism On the burdens of solidarity.

"Media outlets committed to liberal democracy should take the side of liberal democracy against authoritarianism. Period. The end."

18.10.2025 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1792    ๐Ÿ” 438    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Trump's FCC tried to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air...literally a month ago today! Do they think we are stupid?

17.10.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6418    ๐Ÿ” 1820    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 729    ๐Ÿ“Œ 164
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Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force in the Caribbean

I know, let's do regime change in Latin America again! That has always gone so well for the population.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

17.10.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NO KINGS Princeton NJ ยท No Kings **In America, we donโ€™t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. โ€œNO KINGSโ€ is more than just a sloganโ€”itโ€™s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

I shall be marching tomorrow at the #NoKingsProtest
tomorrow in #NewJersey
Join us!
mobilize.us/s/8CMj2k

17.10.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Penn rejects the #Compact which was a suicide pact.

Trump's Alma mater says no!

#DefendHigherEd

16.10.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

15.10.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2076    ๐Ÿ” 724    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod โ€ข 22h โ€ข
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text: Episcopalians on Facebook Elizabeth Rose Elrod โ€ข 22h โ€ข Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

15.10.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35085    ๐Ÿ” 9841    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 561
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Trump administration doling out access to select right-wing media personalities equates to propaganda, experts say โ€œThat is a hallmark of authoritarianism," said professor who has studied the effects of propaganda.

Quoted in this piece in The Oregonian on the administrationโ€™s practice of withholding access from some journalists while granting it only to those who will spread pre-approved messages; "a hallmark of #authoritarianism.โ€

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

14.10.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sunday thought: the big Reveal Friends,

Friends โ€” something dramatic has happened over the last two weeks.

12.10.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1128    ๐Ÿ” 395    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Right after the round table on the Easter Bunny, of course!

09.10.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

08.10.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24038    ๐Ÿ” 5717    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 923    ๐Ÿ“Œ 297
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Sickening.

08.10.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8471    ๐Ÿ” 3463    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 545    ๐Ÿ“Œ 264

The ICC has jurisdiction because the persons being abducted are nationals of States Parties to the statute, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

08.10.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ICC Art 7(i) "Enforced disappearance of persons" means the arrest, detention or abduction of persons by, or with the authorization...of a State...followed by a refusal to...give information on the fate or whereabouts of those persons...

08.10.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Trump, #StephenMiller, #KristiNoem & #TomHoman should be indicted by the #InternationalCriminalCourt for a widespread and systematic attack on a civilian population under Article 7(i) "Enforced disappearance of persons."

08.10.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

Governor Pritzker: โ€œTheir plan all along has been to cause chaos, and then they can use that chaos to consolidate Donald Trumpโ€™s power,โ€

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

06.10.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Portland protesters baiting ICE agents with donuts, calling it "ICE fishing."

06.10.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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We Found the โ€˜Enemy from Withinโ€™ Heโ€™s in the White House

Excellent piece by Jennifer Rubin on the #ICE reign of terror in Chicago last week.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

06.10.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where is the #SCOTUS emergency #shadowdocket protecting the #FirstAmendment rights of all people living in the United States?

05.10.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE] killed an unarmed person just a couple of weeks ago in Franklin Park...They killed somebody...They are just putting out their propaganda and then we've gotta later determine what actually happened."

05.10.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8658    ๐Ÿ” 3161    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 208    ๐Ÿ“Œ 85
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โ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ

05.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10021    ๐Ÿ” 4133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 232    ๐Ÿ“Œ 134

I do not support massive deportations and neither should you. Why? Because it means there was no due process or rule of law, and when that happens, it's just a matter of time before they're at YOUR door.

05.10.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes."

- Anne Frank

04.10.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Donโ€™t blame our leaders if the US military begins committing war crimes or attacking American civilians. Blame the women who laughed at Pete Hegseth during sex.

03.10.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1556    ๐Ÿ” 242    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

Biased, mean-spirited @nytimes.com piece on #Portland
"At a downtown art gala last month, affinity for Portlandโ€™s socialists among champagne-sipping attendees was in short supply."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

04.10.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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