Robert Stilling

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Why Attack Iran? Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

“The presumption created by the surrounding evidence is that this war could very well be about (1) subverting US democracy, (2) enriching the president, or both. These presumptions, while not proof, provide solid lines of inquiry as we learn more about the war.”
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ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank, a former ICE instructor and attorney, testifies that agents were trained to disregard constitutional rights.

Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.

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"Toxic Modernism / Modernist Intoxication"

Hosted at U Adelaide, Nov 19-21; proposals due 24 July. Please spread the word and join us!

Father of the 6-month-old being taken to the hospital because of flashbang ICE threw at his car. From Instagram.

Would be nice if every single Democrats who is in Congress or wants to in Congress - especially everyone from California - spoke with clarity and moral conviction like Matt.

Would like to see some JAG officers on the news talking about whether these military strikes are technically legal and, if not, what sort of liability commanders have incurred by carrying them out.

Good thread here.

Does anyone doubt Bari Weiss spiked the story to kowtow to Trump? What a disgrace. At a network that once knew its duty to speak truth to power.

This is straight-up authoritarian media capture. Allies of the regime purchase major media corporations and install new leadership. Media organization ceases to report critically on the regime.

It's that simple.

This is happening now. (Along with over 100 murders in the Caribbean and Pacific.)

🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.

Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.

See for yourself.

Finally, it couldn't be more fitting to have Alison Sperling, Assistant Professor of Literature, Media, and Culture at Florida State University, give a keynote talk.

The wonderful Laura Wheeler Waring's cover for the December 1928 Christmas issue of The Crisis. Full issue online here: archive.org/details/sim_...

That is stunning. Thanks for posting.

you guys have GOT to watch the whole thing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...

Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.

If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.

Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.

We should not just be asking the real price of this ballroom, how it’s really being financed and how Trump could get away with this East Wing demolition and desecration of our history. We should find out whether he’s building an underground bunker and how much he’s stealing for himself.

What hideous schlock.

Extrajudicial murder campaign.

Every bit of this story is amazing. Absolute amateur hour at Trump’s DOJ.

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

Portland is showing the way.

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

If you are at the MSA conference, stop by the JHUP table to take a look at the beautiful latest issue of Cusp.

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

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At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?