Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Hmmm. Maybe time to dust this account off a bit Also remember folks, all this shit is AI 000 0
Reposted by IsiDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 12/07/2025There's no justification for using Twitter, folks. Not saying you have to delete your account, but if you're actively using it... come on. 325745 257
Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025I’m worried that Overton has shifted With the new budget the admin will go “ok” & produce uniforms, rank/division badges etc “we’ve solved the problem” THEN they will keep doing what they are doing BUT IN UNIFORMS & elected officials, media, members of the public will see it as an improvement 010 1
Reposted by IsiSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Did he say THE FBI is contacting media???? 17137541140 3.8K
Reposted by IsiSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 12/07/2025It will never be comprehensible or forgivable that the man who incited a deadly insurrection and attack on our Capitol was able to run again and retake the levers of power. 899163463997 16.3K
Reposted by Isijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025there is no jurisprudence at work here. the republican court believes that anything a republican president is presumptively constitutional, even if it directly violates the unambiguous constitutional text and causes total chaos in law and policy. 11599992423 10K
Reposted by IsiDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 27/06/2025It's a good day to remember that American Samoans are US "nationals," not citizens, by birth, and SCOTUS declined to hear their case a few years ago Felt like a warning for birthright citizenship as a concept and here we are www.civilbeat.org/2022/10/us-s...civilbeat.orgUS Supreme Court’s Decision Not To Hear American Samoa Citizenship Case Gets Mixed ReactionAdvocates had hoped the case would be a chance for the court to overturn racist case law that affects residents of all U.S. territories. 212945 129
Reposted by Isijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025as for the upshot of the decision, the republican court has put the citizen children of non-citizens in a position similar to that of free blacks during the antebellum period. their right to enjoy the privileges and immunities of american citizenship will vary according to state borders 2744131033 4.4K
Reposted by Isidell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Not the same, technically, but in January, Jerawit Gezahegn Dejene died in transit to a hospital from the Eloy Federal Contract Facility. He had untreated HIV and tuberculosis and had repeatedly complained about his worsening conditions inside. Eloy is a CoreCivic facility in Pinal County, Arizona. 14216 42
Reposted by IsiCynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 26/06/2025www.404media.co/flock-remove... This is all because of 404 Media’s relentless reporting.404media.coFlock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches RevealedFollowing 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia. 222256 222
Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 27/06/2025www.404media.co/ice-is-using...404media.coICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails ShowThe new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin... 010 1
Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 27/06/2025www.wired.com/story/ice-de...wired.com‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 CallsRecords of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin... 010 1
Reposted by IsiAlt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 27/06/2025Meanwhile, 6 more positions are being added to the office that protects the Secretary/DepSec. That's on top of 8 extra hired this spring to the tune of $2M for Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling, even though the deputy secretary has never had (and does not need) their own security detail. 34115 41
Reposted by IsiBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now. 7534331139 3.4K
Reposted by IsiJon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Holy fuck things have escalated to the point where there's NO SUBTEXT. It's all just plain fucking text: Dems are illegitimate, their voters and votes don't count, let's use the federal government to terrorize them. 210719 107
Reposted by IsiAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Via ABC News's Rachel Scott, let's never forget for a minute what a classless scumbag the President is. x.com/rachelvscott... 513109603037 11K
Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Totally normal rhetoric from a President. Not even Reagan was so over the top B movie villain. And he was an actual actor 000 0
Reposted by IsiSarah Florini @florini.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Calvin, an experienced handyman, is raising funds so he can repair his neighbors’ homes in St Louis after they were damaged by the tornado last month. He’s already hit his 1st goal, which covers 4 houses. If you can, think about donating so he can keep going.gofund.meDonate to Help Calvin Rebuild His Neighborhood - STL Rebuild, organized by Mark TimmermanHelp Calvin Rebuild His Neighborhood, One House at a Time … Mark Timmerman needs your support for Help Calvin Rebuild His Neighborhood - STL Rebuild 069 9
Reposted by IsiAndrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter. 4430091834 3K
Reposted by IsiMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/06/2025As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs. 18487252896 8.7K
Reposted by IsiNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California. 7903851913498 38.5K
Reposted by IsiEd BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 12/06/2025This is from 2022 but it was absolutely right. The practiced buffoonery of Trump 1, all the "just kiddings" and "seriously but not literallys" absolutely succeeded in desensitizing people who are hardly paying any attention to the harder stuff they always intended to do next.patreon.comTrumpism and R.G. Swing's "Forerunners of American Fascism" (1935) | Gin and TacosGet more from Gin and Tacos on Patreon 340443 404
Reposted by IsiEd BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 12/06/2025When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid. 275166865104 16.7K
Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025This is how an authoritarian government behaves. Full stop. The mask has officially dropped in preparation for what they have planned this weekend. Take care of each other and stay safe folks 000 0
Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025As many folks warned, the RICO charges against the ATL Stop Cop City folks were a dry run at the state level They are escalating. Note also the request for social media activity and things like follower lists and donor lists 000 0
Reposted by IsiJim James Jamie 🌻 @jloc4820.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I read this as, unlike most other dictators through history, he's too cowardly to go invade other countries. So he's playing out his Gaza fantasy by invading his own country, where he can (with the help of state media) control the narrative. 0102 10
Reposted by IsiAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 12/06/2025This is what a federal government deliberately provoking civil war looks like. 822664 226
Reposted by IsiGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12/06/2025Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know. This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now. 50067602226 6.8K
Reposted by IsiAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/06/2025Q: The president said that paid insurrectionists were involved in the protest in LA. Does the WH have details about who they believe is paying these protesters? LEAVITT: The president has a lot of common sense ... it's a good question the president is raising 256783145 783
Reposted by IsiDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/06/2025NEW: Trump's federalization of the California National Guard without Gov. Newsom's approval asserts broad powers that could apply to any state. Experts warn that deploying the military in Los Angeles undermines federal law and risks federal overreach. From: @jaknutson.bsky.socialdemocracydocket.com'Fuel on the fire': Trump’s National Guard Memo Goes Far Beyond CaliforniaRead about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others. 6394123 394
Reposted by IsiJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen. 8785584616965 55.8K
Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025On this topic, the Gdansk port strike that sparked the Solidarnosc movement was supported by folks on the outside bringing them food, materials, comms equipment etc The 504-sit in, Montgomery bus strikes, various multi state marches, all worked because of community support & logistics/ organizing 000 0
Reposted by Isiⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I want you all to take a good, hard look at the opening sentence. "Tear gas was fired at protesters in Los Angeles when some demonstrators moved close to National Guard troops and police and shouted insults at them." apnews.com/photo-galler...apnews.comAP PHOTOS: Protesters clash with law enforcement in Los AngelesTear gas was fired at protesters in Los Angeles when some demonstrators moved close to National Guard troops and police and shouted insults at them. 671217410 1.2K
Reposted by IsiAbolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 06/06/2025If you're not following @inquest.bsky.social, you should be. Their recent article "Against Abandonment" makes clear how the poisonous roots of the so-called #bigbeautifulbill are entwined with our carceral state. inquest.org/against-aban...inquest.orgAgainst Abandonment - Katie Tastrom - InquestWhen the social safety net gets shredded, incarceration increases. We can’t just count on mutual aid; the most vulnerable among us need government benefits. 0157 15
Reposted by IsiProPublica @propublica.org · 02/06/2025We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists. W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investigapropublica.orgTrump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. CrimesHomeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws. 4725431139 2.5K
Reposted by IsiCongressman Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL 01) @jonathanjackson.house.gov · 01/06/2025104 years ago today, one of the worst acts of racial violence in U.S. history unfolded in Tulsa. We will never forget. 181310440 1.3K
Reposted by IsiPaul Johnston @pdj.bsky.social · 30/05/2025The US has no viable checks and balances on power any more 022 2
Reposted by IsiTom Zinnen @tmzinnen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Echoes of an American term from the 19th Century: resettlement. Of indigenous people, in our case. Ethnic cleansing is the result in both cases. 032 3
Reposted by IsiBradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025As the spouse of a longtime federal employee, this is exactly what life has been like for them over the past four months. It's infuriating to watch the administration belittle the federal workforce like this and to see so many brilliant people leave because they just can't take the abuse anymore.washingtonpost.comWhite House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?” 24214 42
Reposted by IsiCarolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025International students add $44 billion to the US economy, annually. www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea...aau.eduNew Analysis Shows International Students Contributed $44 Billion to the U.S. Economy Last Academic Year | Association of American Universities (AAU)New data show that 1.1 million international students at U.S. colleges and universities contributed $43.8 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2023-24 academic year and supported more than 378,000 j... 7289130 289
Reposted by IsiRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Can we have Harvard grads and plumbers or is this a zero-sum thing? bsky.app/profile/atru... 7725437693 5.4K
Reposted by IsiThe Gurgling Cod (he/him) @thegurglingcod.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Fucking yikes. 46819 68
Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025“Sheriffs, do what you want & deputize whoever you want. You’ll not be prosecuted or held accountable. We’ll not come after you or prevent you from deputizing thugs, cronies, criminals, racists” Or “Sheriffs, help me build my big beautiful loyal Sturmabteilung” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump pardons former Virginia sheriff convicted of fraud and briberyScott Jenkins was found guilty of accepting over $75,000 in exchange for appointing auxiliary deputy sheriffs 000 0
Reposted by IsiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/05/2025This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again. 648190696084 19.1K
Reposted by IsiDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/05/2025“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft 11863702039 6.4K
Reposted by IsiChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/05/2025. @CNN.com looks like shit right now, and deservedly so, for shamelessly hawking Jake Tapper’s book. This is perfect: “Forgetting about the fact that how fucking weird it is that the news is selling you a book about news they should’ve told you was news a year ago—for free.” ~ Jon Stewart. 1264085863 4.1K
Reposted by IsiJoshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Ongoing thread: Devoted to every cop who beat a protester, every military who killed an innocent, and every politician who said it was necessary "Bella Ciao" everyday by a different artist until I forget Day 10- Marc Ribot with Tom Waits www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_pW...youtube.comMarc Ribot - "Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)" (feat. Tom Waits)YouTube video by ANTI- Records 1143 14
Reposted by IsiThe Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 26/05/2025Trump is, in effect, creating a permission structure and legal system whereby right-wing violence has the special protection of the state, writes @jeetheer.bsky.social. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comWho Will Protect Judges from Trump’s Incitement?A threatened judiciary cannot rely on cops controlled by the White House. 1114266 142
