@kwhitlock.bsky.social
Writer. Activist. Co-author "Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States"; "Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture"; and "Carceral Con: The Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform."
I stopped decades ago.
Yes. And the culture wars have tangible, terrible impacts. They are not “side issues” at all. See comments for a piece I wrote on this 4 years ago.
I won’t stop boycotting Target. These leaders have nothing to say.
They haven’t been ok for decades. ADL monitored & informed on anti-war and leftist groups at least from late 1960s on.
I agree with this and it's something for which community groups should already be developing concrete plans. I think reparations are already due.
If you want to begin to grasp the depth and reach of carceral reality in the US – including the growth of immigrant detention - you need to be following (and hopefully donating to) @prisonpolicy.org. Here's the latest mass incarceraton overview in 2026. www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2...
Third death in 4 weeks at Bedford Hills, NY's largest women's prison
nysfocus.com/2026/03/05/b...
🚨Invisible data pathways can expose patient information to ICE.
🗣️In my new op-ed, I urge CA + all states to:
1️⃣ Require state-funded health systems to disclose data sharing w/ outside companies
2️⃣ Bar vendors that contract with ICE
3️⃣ Give patients clear notice on data collected and who can access it
Sure, he is ultimately responsible. But there are individuals and, indeed, entire institutions and systems supporting all of this - "pillars of support." And they will be here long after T. We'd better address that, too. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/understand...
I am gobsmacked by all my fellow college teachers who think they can Neville Chamberlain AI. Find some kind of compromise. They think it's just about cheating. They don't get it's about our *jobs.* They tell themselves they can't be replaced. Yes, that's why colleges are investing in teaching bots.
Thanks for making my day!
Yep!
Missoula here. And yes, we are.
Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz is getting some press after escorting one of the students out of ICE detention but remember that she proudly voted for the bill that made ICE the highest-funded “law enforcement” agency in the nation: delacruz.house.gov/news/documen...
Great thread. What he didn't say is his victory blather is based on rising fury over gas prices & realization that his lethal adventurism can be used against him in upcoming elections because nobody really wanted this.
Agree.
This BS is, I believe, just blather to try to make his vile Iran attacks a non-issue for elections.
That’s Booker. Preposterous.
Goodbye remaining shards of social safety nets.
This is not true—driver’s licenses aren’t acceptable under the SAVE Act without additional proof of citizenship. The fact that they keep doing this sleight of hand should make clear that the SAVE Act is not something that “every American gets”
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Through a myriad of strategies, we stopped the American war in Vietnam. Cultural tactics mattered, profoundly.
Rest in peace and power. I sang along to this in college. Still singing. youtu.be/eRl6-bHlz-4
Yeah, and Texas is going to fight like hell for this, especially through tax cuts , deregulation, and reactionary labor requirements.
This administration is addicted to killing, preferably in the cruelest and most brutal ways possible. It’s their entertainment; their erotica.
It's an exquisite novella. And yes, "haunting" is exactly right.
Scream this from the rooftops.
Trump and bros are turning violence and even death into entertainment. Sometimes it’s masked ICE. Sometimes it’s a mashup of clips from Top Gun with real “kill” footage.
They’re in the business of selling violence. They vilify care about civilian casualties as “woke”
There isn't a hell hot enough for every low-level ICE thug or functionary who makes these things happen.
What snake oil. My days as a Target shopper have been over for some time. Target won’t stand up to ICE. I’ll never return.
