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Dr. Karen Carr

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anarchafeminist archaeologist PhD Michigan, Prof. Emer. Portland State (((she/elle))) Fuck ICE. Articles and (award-winning!) books at http://linktr.ee/karen.eva.carr. Coming soon: a history of gender and money, and a new take on ancient slavery.

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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about β€œille...

DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.

Documents show the real story behind the raid was to target alleged squatters β€” with the landlord's blessing.

04.03.2026 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 318    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9

People still congratulate me when i tell them I’m Director of Graduate Studies. If you find yourself in that situation, I have a pro tip for you: if you have to do a lot more work for the same pay, it’s not really a promotion.

03.03.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

this is not an amount of money any individual or household should be able to have and we have to abolish both billionaires as a group and the economic system that makes them possible

04.03.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1583    πŸ” 318    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

Jared Polis, Gov of Colorado, just pardoned Tina Peters (a 2020 election conspiracist who broke the law) at the demand of Trump

I’m shocked and sickened

04.03.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2697    πŸ” 717    πŸ’¬ 418    πŸ“Œ 150

We also just murdered this guy’s parents, his wife, and his son so good luck getting a peace deal

04.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1480    πŸ” 327    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
A tweet from Eleanor Klibanoff saying, "The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily BLOCKED a Dallas judge’s order to keep the polls open til 9, ordering the county to separate out votes from people who were not in line at 7pm. 

Not a final ruling, but will create chaos in getting results from Dallas County"

A tweet from Eleanor Klibanoff saying, "The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily BLOCKED a Dallas judge’s order to keep the polls open til 9, ordering the county to separate out votes from people who were not in line at 7pm. Not a final ruling, but will create chaos in getting results from Dallas County"

Wow. If any races in Dallas County are super tight, this will be a huge legal fight as thousands of votes hang in purgatory.

04.03.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 735    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 62

In the North Carolina General Assembly, Carla Cunningham, Nasif Majeed, and possibly Shelly Willingham, all conservative Democrats who have voted to overturn Josh Stein's vetoes, are on track to lose their primaries. Look at God.

04.03.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1015    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 17

This is what happens when the Secretary of HHS is a guy who snorts cocaine off of a toilet seat

04.03.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2143    πŸ” 842    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 29
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Justice Department rescinds Biden-era β€˜no-knock’ warrant policy Policy launched after the police killing of Breonna Taylor restricted when law enforcement could burst into a home without knocking.

Trump's Deputy Attorney General has rescinded the Biden Justice Department's policy that tightly restricted when law enforcement agents executing a search could take the exceptional step of bursting into a home without knocking first β€” known as no-knock warrants. www.ms.now/news/justice...

04.03.2026 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 426    πŸ” 260    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 19
Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, according to a joint investigation by the Texas Newsroom and the California Newsroom. In Texas, abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest.

Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, according to a joint investigation by the Texas Newsroom and the California Newsroom. In Texas, abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest.

the phrase β€œmore than a dozen pregnant children” ringing in my ears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

04.03.2026 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1297    πŸ” 555    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 72
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The Deputy Attorney General just rescinded the policy against no knock warrants in most cases. That policy was an important public safety measure. Restricting their use saved lives. Breonna Taylor died because of one. www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/u...

04.03.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1252    πŸ” 611    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 26

my guy you have literally just explained why this is a serial animal abuser who has now moved on to humans exactly like the literature warns

03.03.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 507    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

A judge has ordered Dallas County polling places to stay open until 9pm CT for the *Democratic primary only.*

04.03.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 886    πŸ” 392    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 20

"I had to punch that guy because I could tell he was going to hit me back once we jumped him" is just a description of jumping a guy

03.03.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1201    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

How many times has the west screwed the Kurds over the years

03.03.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 357    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 3
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If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

03.03.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2488    πŸ” 848    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 79

I won't shop at Target again unless they become a worker-owned cooperative that gives out free whistles, anti-ICE zines, binders, contraception, and K95 masks.

03.03.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 657    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6

I feel like we typically see these sorts of completely outraged opinions from federal judges a couple times a year across the whole country, maybe a little more often in last few years. Now, in cases stemming from Trump's immigration crackdown, judges are ringing the alarm bell several times a week.

03.03.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1390    πŸ” 401    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5
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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

03.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1929    πŸ” 676    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 114

Breaking - US consulate in Dubai has been hit and is on fire
@cnn.com

03.03.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 942    πŸ” 319    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 130

The approximate cause of death for Anne Frank was the Nazis. The specific cause of death was the outbreak of Typhus at Bergen-Belsen camp, which overtook her (and others) from chronic malnutrition and medical abuse. These conditions are not, in character, unlike our system of immigration camps today

03.03.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1748    πŸ” 670    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

🚨 Big news for the littlest New Yorkers: 2-K is coming.
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Starting this year, we’re delivering 2,000 FREE child care seats for 2-year-olds across our city.
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By Fall 2027, we'll be ready to serve 12,000 kids.
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Grateful to our partner in this work, @governor.ny.gov, for her support.

03.03.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2324    πŸ” 229    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 21

Yes, that's what I came here to say.

03.03.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scoop: Lutnick volunteers to testify on Epstein ties "I have done nothing wrong and I want to set the record straight."

Breaking Axios:

Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, once a neighbor of Jeffrey Epstein, has agreed to a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee over his ties to Epstein β€” ties that continued after Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

03.03.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 935    πŸ” 286    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 42

men love to be like β€˜if i saw some guy doing that shit to my girl i’d kill him.’ no you wouldn’t lol. you can’t even politely ask your buddy to stop calling women fat bitches or whatever

03.03.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1825    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 9

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

03.03.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7050    πŸ” 2203    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 155
uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%)

Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose
U.S. adult citizens
39
Party ID
Democrats
14
Independents
35
Republicans
68

uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%) Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose U.S. adult citizens 39 Party ID Democrats 14 Independents 35 Republicans 68

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE.

Literally, "abolishing."

yougov.com/en-us/articl...

03.03.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3728    πŸ” 1036    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 132

In the last decade, the Atlantic has not platformed a single trans person to speak about issues affecting them or the broader trans community. Not a single one. Yet, they have monthly screeds by Helen Lewis and endless money to pay random transphobic grifters to pump stuff like this out.

03.03.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2003    πŸ” 461    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 14

Could the press please, finally, learn this lesson:

Everything these people said about Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, starting new warsβ€”all of itβ€”was false. Not because they meant the opposite, but because they're post-truth and say whatever they think gets them an advantage in the moment.

03.03.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1286    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 9

no

03.03.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1523    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 6