Woke 2 is coming back with a vengeance

Screenshot of a New York Times puff piece about Katie Britt, "The G.O.P. Senator Who Can't Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained"

paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."

‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’

Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don't. *crowd groans* I know we have some here today. I don't know why they're here, because they certainly don't give us their vote ... they cheat."

An example of how impacts of interventions can differ at individual and population levels, and are conditional on other events. Given a car hits you, the helmet helps. But mandating helmets could lower the # of bikes on the road & thus might increase the chance of getting hit in the first place.

"We're All in the Epstein Files (feat. Ross Douthat)," a podcast from February 4, 2025 hosted by Josh Barro.

"We're All Fascists Now," an opinion piece by Bari Weiss, March 7, 2018.

"We Are All Domestic Terrorists," a banner above the stage at the 2022 CPAC conference.

"JD Vance admits he is willing to 'create stories' to get media attention. Republican vice-presidential candidate defends spreading false, racist claims demonizing Haitian immigrants." The Guardian, September 15, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/15/jd-vance-lies-haitian-immigrants

It's not disagreement about what's happening, it's disagreement over whether what's happening is bad.

Utah voter roll review finds no evidence of noncitizens casting a ballot, Lt. Gov. says An ongoing Utah review of 2.1 million voter registration records has found one noncitizen who registered to vote and zero examples of any noncitizens actually voting.

Utah's chief election officer, Lt Gov Deidre Henderson, has conducted a review of the state's voter rolls to identify any ineligible voters, including by running her rolls through the DHS SAVE Program. Guess how many non-citizens voted in Utah according to the review? Zero.

In case anyone thinks OP is exaggerating the point

1. Brandon M. Terry, Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope 2. Casey D. Nichols, Poverty Rebels 3. Jesse Montgomery, It is Not Enough to Survive: 4. Cecilia Márquez, Making the Latino South 5. Sam Klug, The Internal Colony 6. Michelle Adams, The Containment 7. Nic John Ramos, Health as Property 8. Kathryn Cramer Brownell, 24/7 Politics Bench Ansfield, Born in Flames 10. Danielle Wiggins, Black Excellence 11. Heather Ann Thompson, Fear and Fury 12. Dylan Gottlieb, Yuppies 13. René Esparza, From Vice to Nice 14. Katie Batza, AIDS in the Heartland 15. Nicole Hemmer, Partisans 16. John Bodnar, Divided by Terror

Here are the books I'm assigning for my Fall 2026 graduate readings course in US History since 1965. (I know I've posted this list before, but I just submitted my textbook orders for the fall, so I thought I would circulate it again.) 🗃️

If we could get the average American to work twice as many hours we could double the economy

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

Graph showing FAIR plan liability growth rising 230% since 2022.

The current exposure for the California FAIR plan (California’s insurer of last resort) sits at $724 billion. Its liability almost doubled in two years and is now more than double the state’s annual budget. In its most recent financial reporting it had about $1.5 billion on hand.

Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."

MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."

University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

if Musk is doing this for London crime, what do you think he is doing for content about American politics, an issue that affects him much more directly?

DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.

vulgar stuff from the epstein files

Okay, so impeach when?

This is so unhinged

This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.

The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.

Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

Persecution fetish on full display

Ron Johnson on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "Let's talk about how crazy this is. Had that been a Republican member of Congress and an illegal immigrant spraying something at them, in Minneapolis what would probably happen is they would release that illegal immigrant."

Denying the Israeli genocide of Gaza and not committing to abolishing ICE are two non-starter positions for Democrats in 2026/2028. I don't care that you testified against Trump and got famous off it.

This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.

Oh.

Found the LRAD.

In Minneapolis.

Being used on Americans.

By their own militarized state police forces.

That we all pay for.

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