Luke Baumgartner

“You know, Jeffrey, me getting shit for denying the Cambodian genocide for decades is a lot like running a pedophile island.”

What if you heard about a German citizen in 1939, who kicked a car driven by Gestapo agents and was murdered by them several weeks later? Would you consider him a criminal or a hero?

I’m very well-versed in far-right thought and literature. I can’t say the same for leftists. Where does one begin?

If I had a dollar for every time some racist loser has/had a non-white girlfriend or wife.

Neo-Nazis arrested on weapons charges planned to strike 'high value targets,' feds say Two neo-Nazis arrested last week are accused of buying machine guns as part of an alleged scheme to launch a paramilitary death squad.Aiden Cuevas, 20, and Andrew Nary, 23, each face a federal charge ...

🧵 2 neo-Nazis arrested buying machine guns as part of an alleged scheme to launch a paramilitary DEATH SQUAD

Timely announcement as ICE has announced they are surging Springfield, Ohio.

Ryan Christopher Patrick of North Carolina aka “Finnegus” was a member of Blood Tribe (Neo-Nazi groups).

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Ricky Bobby-ass moment

Reactionary conservatism likely sees this as a culminating moment in conspiracy theory lore, where young, influential Muslims like Mamdani can get elected to office through their progressivism to cover for the fact that they're "secret jihadists." There's a way to tie Obama into this as well.

Totally agree. I would guess that younger Arabs and Muslims in the US are more left-leaning than their parents or previous generations. Given what's happening in Gaza and US intervention in the Middle East, there's probably been an influx of younger people into "the left."

Flagging the guy next to hear with a mag in the well. Amazingly stupid.

I have more complicated thoughts that I want to put into writing, but that's a work in progress.

We're all very familiar with the "Judeo Bolshevism" trope, typcasting Jews as the harbingers of a worldwide communist hellscape. However, that language—especially after 9/11—is now commonly applied to Arabs and Muslims who happen to be liberals, socialists, communists, or any strand of leftist.

I can't help but think that the attack on Ilhan Omar is an extension of redbaiting and the age-old strategy of using the fear of leftists as a way to scapegoat minorities. More recently, redbaiting has been used as a way to shift the focus from Jews to Muslims, creating a new flavor of Islamophobia.

Smartest guy in the army I ever met was an E-7 who was my PLT trainer at summer training as a cadet. I don’t think he had a college degree, but one of the most well read people I’ve come across. Reconnected with him as a butter bar at BOLC and he gave me his copy of “Heart of Darkness.”

I’ve listened to enough episodes of Stew Peters to make me want to throw myself into a woodchipper.

Oh cool. I hate it.

I just want to point out that Bovino's response to Bill gives away the underlying worldview: Sympathizing with (black and brown) immigrants over (white) American citizens makes you a (race) traitor, which makes you a part of the "problem" (and thereby deserving of same treatment as the immigrants)

The Pod Save Bros were waxing poetic about sending CBP "back to the border." What they neglected to do was actually finish that statement with "so they can commit the same crimes with less media attention on them."

Evergreen thought

Opinion | Mass Deportation by the Numbers ICE arrests are growing but fewer have a criminal history.

Since October, 73% taken into ICE custody had no criminal conviction and only 5% had a violent criminal conviction, according to a Cato Institute review of ICE data. www.wsj.com/opinion/mass...

Some cornball GOP candidate for Congress in Georgia shared a fake photo on X of a parade for ICE agents. A bunch of white people wave U.S. flags, some of whom are in front of the ICE agent's vehicle. The statue of liberty is in the background somehow. What appears to be a blow-up bald eagle stands guard.

all they have are their sad little AI photos. other people smarter than me have said this but seeing people do autonomous action and form mutual aid networks breaks the conservative brain. conservatives don't understand solidarity. they understand transactional relationships and wielding power.

One thing about political extremism (where the in-group is Republicans/conservatives and out-group is Democrats/progressives) is that these identity classes are fluid and permeable. Past these labels, you still have to deal with White supremacy, but there's definitely room to peel off defectors.

Anatomy of Extremism: What ICE Is Revealing in Minnesota The federal persecution of immigrants and white citizens alike lays bare the unstable logic of in-group power.

My latest, for the MIT Press Reader: Why is an anti-immigrant extremist force cracking down on non-immigrants? Because when extremists can't win over their in-group, they must assign dissenting members to an out-group in order to maintain legitimacy.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/anatomy-of-e...

He's going off about the 1965 Hart-Celler Act, a favorite boogeyman of white supremacists everywhere, notably David Duke.

Martin Blaine Harvey, of the supposed "master race."

The federal agent who disarmed Pretti ND’d the firearm. If they can’t even be trusted to safely handle a pistol, what makes anyone think that body cams, QR codes, and “better training” are going to stop them from killing civilians in the streets like dogs?

This is some real Turner Diaries-ass shit.

The security culture of the GWOT coming home to roost? Who could have seen coming?

No amount of training, reform, body cams, QR codes, or funding changes can fix this. Abolition is the only solution.

How many people have to be killed in broad daylight for democrats to show a spine

DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online Community watch groups have a playbook to keep ICE away from subscriber information.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...