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Gabe Malo

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Critical media studies. PhD in Communications & Media from ICR @ UIUC. He/him.

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From the MurderedByWords community on Reddit: One question just dismantled the whole narrative. Explore this post and more from the MurderedByWords community

Mmm.

14.02.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really like this version of the clip because you can hear people doing the barks (people bark like a dog for Brody, it's a thing), what sounds like some "A-E-Dub" chants (AEW fans do that when it's a matchup they really want to see) but then everybody coalesces on "FUCK ICE"

05.02.2026 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 822    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas GonzΓ‘lez in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

25.01.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5555    πŸ” 2162    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 26
Toronto Consulate Tel: 1-416-595-1700 Post Mailing Address: Consulate General of the United States 360 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 1S4 Canada (+0 EST)

ICE has 5 field offices in Canada.
Shut them down
@mark-carney.bsky.social

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25.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.

23.01.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8431    πŸ” 2997    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 121
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

16.01.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 13151    πŸ” 4159    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 212

That is why I told you to fix your heart.

You think it's only us weird lefties here on Bluesky who care about this but it's literally foundational American principles in the goddamn bill of rights which are being gleefully violated in the name of deporting more brown people and fuck that shit.

16.01.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 635    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

This is why the work of the late Robert McChesney, who *for decades* revealed the dangers of concentration in media ownership, is so important.

(FWIW, 25yrs ago in grad school β€” during the first dot-com bubble, AOL-TW, etc β€” I was senior researcher for a lab that mapped media consolidation.)

11.01.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A woman shot fucking dead in the streets and the biggest worry liberals have is that there could be looting or lawlessness.

What the fuck do you call summary executions by masked, unaccountable violent men? Let me know.

08.01.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911

Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting "They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head." An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911

"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries. "We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.

This could be you.

08.01.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 44297    πŸ” 17151    πŸ’¬ 1080    πŸ“Œ 780

I'm sorry, but I just think it's very telling when we differentiate between ICE's killing of American citizens versus undocumented immigrants. And I'm seeing that a lot right now.

07.01.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3096    πŸ” 830    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 47
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Enrique Tarrio said that President Donald Trump owes more to his supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. Tarrio, whose prison sentence was commuted while 1,500 rioters received pardons, not... TikTok video by HuffPost

We are one step away from the Proud boys suing the US Government for β€œretribution.”

It’s the perfect Trumpian phrasing for the moment too.

Soon enough, I bet Trump will give everyone pardoned $1million each and offer a job with ICE.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh8CkoEk/

07.01.2026 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

06.01.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14750    πŸ” 3032    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 215

The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.

05.01.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4204    πŸ” 1874    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 60
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March is heading up toward Trump Tower now. Organizers stopped briefly in the intersection to call attention to common threads between Israeli occupation of Gaza and U.S. military intervention in Latin America. People inside the shops on Michigan Avenue and lined up for the Nutella store look on.

04.01.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

31.12.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 11734    πŸ” 3336    πŸ’¬ 187    πŸ“Œ 123

Paris green! If only arsenic weren't poisonous...

31.12.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.

We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.

Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.

28.12.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3267    πŸ” 903    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 25

[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care

28.12.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1930    πŸ” 554    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 11

ICE was founded in 2003.

27.12.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the cia. I’m at the combination pizza hut and CIA.

26.12.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to see @mandytroeger.bsky.social and my article on the legacy of Bob McChesney publically available today in MR: monthlyreview.org/articles/be-...

It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective

17.12.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Must Not Look Away: The Escalating Targeting of Trans People "The attacks we’ve endured are neither anomalous nor abstract β€” they’re relentless, coordinated, and growing in frequency."

They keep escalating the attacks on us.

ccrjustice.org/home/blog/20...

25.12.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLike prime, but with human beings”

24.12.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6181    πŸ” 2478    πŸ’¬ 227    πŸ“Œ 143

this is called a "concentration camp"

24.12.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The latest records are also limited to enforcement activity by ICE β€” and not Border Patrol, which initiated some of the most aggressive and violent federal actions in Chicago."

23.12.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just feel like it really needs to be emphasized that a trans teacher lost their job because they were trans. Not from any shoddy work, not for any scandal. For the simple fact of being trans.

Fuck that.

23.12.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.

22.12.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3627    πŸ” 1323    πŸ’¬ 277    πŸ“Œ 318
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Noise machines installed by LA Home Depot β€˜torture’ for day laborers, advocates say Advocates call for removal of machines and demand that company speak out against ICE raids in parking lots

β€œA Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three high-pitch noise-emitting machines outside to deter day laborers from seeking work there, causing them to suffer headaches and nausea, advocates alleged at a press conference on Wednesday.”

21.12.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 30

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