Joe M

pretty stunning chart

Something that white folk in the US have a hard time accepting:

Black people have a much more accurate understanding of how much racist intent white US voters have.

Not because Black people are magic
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But because Black people are the ones that experience it, and need to understand it to survive

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

Feb 16: Voters

Why do Black folk just assume that many supporters of Trump, Reagan, Nixon, etc are racist? That doesn't seem fair. Why do 90% of Black folk vote democrat? Why aren't more Black people "free thinkers?"

Read the whole linked thread.

minnesota is still being terrorized by ICE. it hasn’t stopped and from local reports has gotten way worse. it isn’t making major headlines anymore and we know why. ABOLISH ICE !!!

Publishing our conversation soon on thehandbasket.co. It's really good.

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

NEW: ProPublica and @texastribune.org found that DHS rushed a revamped tool to check voters’ citizenship into use while it was still adding data.

As a result, the tool has made persistent mistakes, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

A federal agent shot a Chicago woman 5 times after saying she tried to ram him with her car.

Newly released evidence contradict that agent's account — and shows that agents boasted about the shooting. blockclubchi.co/463Y4i1

He INNNOCENTLY got a Nazi tattoo? And covered it up only once called out. The infantilization of white men! Oh poor them doing bigotry in innocence.

Sad for them if it's the truth that they're 'over the tattoo stuff' because that's totally embarrassing and devoid of recent cultural & long term historical literacy and it completely explains why we are boxed in on both sides by people who support or allow people to be caged & killed by the gestapo

As OOPS goes, this is the Exactly Like We Fucking Planned-est.

Yeah the thing about having a working memory is knowing there was a time when declaring you would ban trans people from bathrooms led to your state being boycotted and everyone wondering what the hell your problem was…

The man who was killed last night wasn't the first Black man killed by government forces in DC since the government occupation of DC. He's like the 6th or 7th. If you're Black, you know that's how it is, no one makes a fuss over our murders & they're not big news.

Your writing is great and your thoughts are valuable and whatever you’re reporting is insightful and will illuminate my thoughts, but I won’t read it because you posted it on the transphobic Nazi blog network

Considering the previous "draw down" was purely symbolic, I'm skeptical about what this will functionally mean. That said, for the sake of the people of Minnesota, I pray it's true and that this campaign of terror will soon be over.

Here, after everyone watched 6 hours of Bondi lying and committing crimes, we could all use a minute of kittens sleeping.

1 person shot and killed by U.S. marshal in Northeast DC A U.S. marshal shot and killed a person Wednesday afternoon in Northeast D.C. This shooting happened on Hay Street right in front of the Cesar Chavez Middle Public Charter School and not far from the ...

I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.

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As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody.

An AP review of crimes committed by ICE agents shows how their powers can be abused:

One official admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody.

Another is charged with taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation.

“DHS was using her participation in a pro-Palestine demonstration as a pretext to justify the kidnapping…”

@premthakker.bsky.social reports on Leqaa Kordia’s hospitalization following a year in ICE detention after being arrested at a routine immigration check-in.

Read: zeteo.com/p/why-has-th...

This is why Minnesotans are begging folks outside the state to keep talking about us.

Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.

Confirmed: tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=d...

A rabbit in overalls and a goat in pants are sitting on the ground drawing pictures. The rabbit is saying “ART POSES A THREAT TO CORPORATOLRATIC SYSTEMS BECAUSE A PURPOSE OF ART IS TO REMIND THE INDIVIDUAL OF THEIR INHERENT AUTONOMY.”, the goat adds “THEIR HUMANITY.”

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Substack is a bad place for you to share your ideas. There are better sites that don’t rely on funding from Nazis.

I skip your shit if I see a substack link. I’m not coming into a nazi bar to hear your anti-fascist takes.

Trust that much better and smarter people than me are also ignoring you.

That blows my mind.

Wild if true. I heard a rumor that eating several times a day makes you have enough energy to do things. I don't know if I believe it though.

“If America’s university presidents believe that their foremost responsibility is simply to keep their institutions operational — collecting tuition and protecting endowments — they are mistaken… presidents and chancellors are stewards of intellectual freedom and democratic norms.”

Thread. 🧵 (1/x)

On the superiority of water as the primary decontaminant for tear gas and peppery spray on skin and eyes.

To make it clear to people, this is a thread. Some of you are not clear on the concept. I will reply this with another post and mark it with a number in (x). And so forth. (1)

A simple proposal for federal judges frustrated that Trump Regime isn’t freeing people in response to habeas corpus orders:

Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.

Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.

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