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But I guess it’s terribly inconvenient to challenge your own understanding of this country. It’s way easier to ignore the harm the U.S. has inflicted on its colonies for over a century and pretend fascism began this year.

Like it’s so funny that this week the main takeaway from Bad Bunny’s politics has been that he is anti-ICE and “woke” while commentators pointedly ignore his anti-colonial and pro-independence views. He has been quite explicit about that, my friends!

“Bad Bunny is more American than the first lady!” “Here’s what Chuck Schumer can learn from Bad Bunny!” “Puerto Rico is the U.S!”

My kingdom for liberals to stop using Puerto Ricans as a rhetorical device and actually engage with the uncomfortable fact that we are colonized subjects.

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.

The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.

How? 1/

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

Trump Doesn’t Care if You’re Actually “Antifa” Have you protested his policies? His administration’s elastic definition of left-wing violence could eventually ensnare you.

I spoke with historian @mark-bray.bsky.social about what’s behind Trump's executive order declaring antifa a “domestic terrorist organization” and his memorandum ordering federal probes into “organized political violence.”

www.thecut.com/article/trum...

Trump Doesn’t Care if You’re Actually “Antifa” Have you protested his policies? His administration’s elastic definition of left-wing violence could eventually ensnare you.

I spoke with historian @mark-bray.bsky.social about what’s behind Trump's executive order declaring antifa a “domestic terrorist organization” and his memorandum ordering federal probes into “organized political violence.”

www.thecut.com/article/trum...

The Woman Who Ate Only Fruit Karolina Krzyzak went to Bali to meet the raw-vegan influencers she’d followed for years. She never made it back home.

Karolina spent years idolizing raw vegan influencers on Instagram. She went to Bali to meet them — and never came home.

My deep dive on fruitarianism — a group of wellness influencers who exclusively eat raw fruit — is up on @nymag.com @thecut.com today. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

YouTube video by NPR Music Chuwi: Tiny Desk Concert

El talento de Puerto Rico es incomparable, ñeta 🇵🇷❤️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3ZP...

hate to say I told you so www.theverge.com/policy/69730...

Opinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society

a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Exactly How Much Should I Be Freaking Out Over This Jimmy Kimmel News? Two authoritarianism experts break down the Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspension and Trump’s media crackdown.

I spoke with @kimlanelaw.bsky.social and Jason Stanley about Jimmy Kimmel, Trump, and how does this moment compare to other authoritarian takeovers.

The TL;DR? "This is how dictatorships behave."

www.thecut.com/article/auth...

Exactly How Much Should I Be Freaking Out Over This Jimmy Kimmel News? Two authoritarianism experts break down the Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspension and Trump’s media crackdown.

I spoke with @kimlanelaw.bsky.social and Jason Stanley about Jimmy Kimmel, Trump, and how does this moment compare to other authoritarian takeovers.

The TL;DR? "This is how dictatorships behave."

www.thecut.com/article/auth...

What happened to Jimmy Kimmel is not about one comedian who said something he should not have said. The Trump administration and its enforcers want to control your speech, your behavior, even your public expressions of mourning. You are not allowed to criticize the president’s associates. You do not even retain the right to remain silent; you must make public expressions of emotions demanded by the administration and its allies or incur its disfavor, which can threaten your livelihood. This is the road to totalitarianism, and it does not end with one man losing his television show.

The Republican reaction to Kirk’s murder has been a campaign of state repression that ends with Trumpist toadies deciding what Americans are allowed to think, do and say. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Pulled 'Indefinitely' By ABC Over Charlie Kirk Comments 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' has been pulled 'indefinitely' by ABC.

As we’ve reported before at @rollingstone.com, trump and his gang plotted to use the federal government against his enemies in late night tv even before he was reelected.

Now….

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

A must-read by Ta-Nehisi Coates:

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

ICYMI here’s my interview with @qabila.bsky.social:

They Want Charlie Kirk’s Killer to Be Trans The right was so quick to blame “trans ideology’ for Charlie Kirk’s assassination last week that no facts will be enough to convince them otherwise.

The right was so quick to blame “trans ideology’ for Charlie Kirk’s assassination last week that no facts will be enough to convince them otherwise.

What I See As a Midwife for Pregnant Women in ICE Detention “One pregnant woman in detention recently told me that she’d lost 25 pounds in just a month.”

Heffernan is worried about how pregnant women are vulnerable to a lot of harm as well as how they are not being given bonds, therefore extending their time in custody.

"Maybe this is the beginning of seeing people detained a lot longer in pregnancy," she says.

www.thecut.com/article/preg...

Two separate reports by Democratic senators Jon Ossoff and Dick Durbin have found cases of pregnant people being unable to access health care, denied adequate meals, and forced to sleep on the floor due to overcrowding.

www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.

In April, a Guatemalan immigrant at a detention center in Louisiana had a stillbirth after reportedly being denied medical care for three days.

nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...

What I See As a Midwife for Pregnant Women in ICE Detention “One pregnant woman in detention recently told me that she’d lost 25 pounds in just a month.”

I spoke with Amanda Heffernan, a nurse-midwife based in Seattle, about what's like to currently work with pregnant migrants in ICE custody. What she has witnessed in Washington state mirrors other recent cases of mistreatment in detention centers across the country:

www.thecut.com/article/preg...

Three months after
- asking us to delay a deadline for comment
- using the extra time to contact other members of the media to sow doubt in our reporting
- calling our reporting "lies" without directly refuting it
- PPPFA confirms our reporting was correct on a press call we were not invited to

Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.

Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:

www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...

Letting Go of My Diaspora Grief at the Bad Bunny Residency I went home to El Choli to dance, cry, and be among Boricuas who understand why I couldn’t stay on the island.

And here's the piece mentioned in the episode! www.thecut.com/article/bad-...

Good Bunny

Grateful to the folks at @vox.com's Today, Explained for having me on to talk about Benito and Pe Erre 🇵🇷❤️‍🔥

open.spotify.com/episode/7KWv...

6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.

"In June and July, the New York City field office, which covers parts of Long Island and several counties north of the city, arrested 48 children" www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/19/e...

Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

BREAKING WSJ:

The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Texas Woman Files Wrongful Death Suit, Alleges Man Slipped Abortion Pills in Her Drink Jonathan Mitchell is representing a woman suing both her male partner and Aid Access founder Rebecca Gomperts. Mitchell associate Mark Lee Dickson said he learned of the incident from a crisis pregnan...

NEW: A Texas woman filed a wrongful death suit in federal court today alleging a man gave her abortion pills without her consent. The suit also names Aid Access and its founder Rebecca Gomperts. The woman is represented by SB 8 architect Jonathan Mitchell.

Me at @autonomynews.co:

Vox Media has announced yet another round of layoffs at Eater, this time coming as the publication is celebrating its 20th anniversary. We stand in solidarity with our @voxmediaunion.bsky.social colleagues impacted by these devastating cuts.