Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈

Completely agree. Since Trump 1 I’ve come to appreciate how much of our constitution is unwritten. We’re not nearly as different from the UK as we claim, as so much depends on norms, not text. Massive violation of norms is in fact a constitutional crisis.

I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors

The guys with guns and masks who destroy lives and communities are apparently upset because we blow whistles. It’s so traumatic for them that it almost makes them feel bad about killing peaceful protesters.

First Billy Bragg, now the Boss. The artists are stepping up to face the moment.

Flying to Europe, so picked up Nnedi Okorafor’s latest to read on the plane. Excited to dive in!! @nnedi.bsky.social

Republicans Unload On Kristi Noem: 'Way Out Of Her Depth' “She's proven that she doesn't know how to lead," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday.

I swear, after Kristi Noem gets fired, if CNN or MSNow or another news station hires her as a talking head, I will never ever watch that channel again.

Riding in an Uber with an immigrant driver, one of Kristi Noem’s ads threatening “illegals” and promoting Trump just came on and my first thought is: Why the F does she still have a job?
And then: How much of our tax dollars are going to support this propaganda BS?
Her voice makes me want to vomit.

The FBI is developing impressive skills in doing cover ups of actually crimes and intimidating other people with false accusations.

This is really powerful. True changes of heart, where people don’t equivocate but fully confess to the harms they’ve caused and seek to repair them, are rare.

‘I want my mom’: Kindergartner left without her mother for several days as ICE detains parents in Maine - The Boston Globe A growing number of children across Maine have been left without a parent as immigration enforcement surges in the state.

The “party of family values” shows once again that they don’t actually give a crap about anyone’s family but their own. MAGA’s deportation surge has been designed to cause maximum suffering to black and brown folk. It’s about white supremacy, not law or economics.

I have come down with a head cold, and I’m flying to Europe tomorrow night. Anyone have suggestions for a miracle cure so my head doesn’t explode while in flight?

If someone who was not an ICE agent assaulted me like this, I would go to the police and press charges. As it is, we're just supposed to accept being bullied and assaulted? This is not security. This is not rule of law.

PRRI Survey: Friendship Networks of White Americans Continue to Be 90% White PRRI Survey: Friendship Networks of White Americans Continue to Be 90% White More Diverse Friendship Networks Linked to Higher Support for Religious Pluralism Among Americans Washington, DC (May 24…

Being in an interracial marriage and having lots of non-white friends (I teach African studies after all), I was curious whether your claim was true. Turns out that it is, very clearly. No wonder it's so easy for people to maintain racist attitudes.

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

This is an important read. Remembering the humanity of the victims of state-sponsored violence is crucial to combatting it. Being numbed by numbers and anonymity is easy. When I teach a class on Rwanda, I have students read a memoir from a Tutsi survivor to understand the suffering violence causes.

This is very much how I feel. I was in the grocery store the other day and heard other customers speaking Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, French, and my thought was, "Cool. I love living in a diverse place." It also means the food options on the shelves are way more interesting.

That last line, "Calm down, Bari Weiss. CBS is too big to fail," really made me chuckle.

This is brilliant!

This is brilliant!

No!! I wish! I've loved Billy Bragg since the year I lived in Sweden in 1985, when Kirsty MacColl's version of A New England was on the radio constantly, which led me to Billy Bragg's music.

CITY of HEROES A new song of resistance

Billy Bragg wrote a song for Minneapolis. Powerful as ever.

City officials make clear ICE is not welcome in Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn takes a stand after federal agents kill a second person in Minneapolis.

Medford, my formerly moderate, middle-of-the-road Democratic city, has been moving gradually left since Trump first got elected in 2016. I feel like Trump 2.0 is giving our town a hard shove toward more progressive politics. I'm guessing that we're not alone.

They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.

The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.

It’s scary how often I agree with Bill Kristol these days. We are living through dark times.

Border czar Tom Homan’s arrival in Minnesota signals a shift by the Trump administration Homan’s assignment comes amid reports that some federal immigration agents will soon be pulled out of Minnesota.

The fact that they think sending someone as incendiary as Tom Homan to Minnesota will calm things down tells you just how awful the situation.

The trees behind our house are full of turkeys. This can’t possibly be a good omen.

My Mamdani experience: was on a panel with him at Brown organized by Chinua Achebe. They asked us to sign a waiver to put it online. He refused. “If you put things online, anyone can see it.”
Very grumpy indeed. His conflict with Stella Nyanzi made national news in Uganda.

There's another way to look at this. ICE is doing everything the military manual tells you not to do to civilian populations because it creates insurgencies where none existed before.

So, don't carry firearms? I'm totally cool with that, but... I kind of thought conceal and carry was one of ya'll's basic principles?