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James Stout

@jamesstout.bsky.social
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I write stories about conflict and borders and the people they impact. Just published a book about anarchists at war in Spain, Kurdistan, and Myanmar, previously wrote one about the anti fascist Olympics.Para todos,todo✌️ www.patreon.com/Jamesstout

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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 6h
USFS has announced a forest closure in southern Arizona in what is clearly a direct response to people attempting to protest the destruction of that forest land for the border wall. www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coronado...
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Coronado National Forest : Alert - Border Barrier Construction Closure
Going into or being upon the Described Area.
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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
James talks about the cultural and ecological damage done by the border wall and continues his interview with Dr. Christina Aiello about the Peninsular Bighorn ram that was killed by razor wire in the Jacumba mountains @jamesstout.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I work at the newspaper and just wrote The Great Awokening is over, I’m both 79 and 12 years old and make 260,000 dollars a year from a man who sent Katy Perry into space on a rocket ship. As you can see, everyone else is the problem.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
But an increasing proportion of arrests have been made by local law enforcement in partnership with ICE, via 287(g) agreements. In many regions, it can be difficult to know when local officers are conducting routine policework or immigration enforcement. In many cases, they are doing both.
A chart showing immigration arrests by local police, which have increased steadily since ICE's new enforcement strategy began in April 2026, reaching its highest amount above 200 arrests per day in late June 2026.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Membership tab is on the right if you want to see if your favorite “advocacy“ org is part of this nonsense.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is bonkers. It’s worth remembering that dozens of outdoor industry firms, including REI who have apologized, endorsed Burgum Because they didn’t see all his other bullshit as a problem as long as they could make money. They helped this happen. recreationroundtable.org/news/outdoor...
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Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Supports Nomination of Governor Doug Burgum for Secretary of the Interior - Outdoor Recreation Roundtable
Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), the nation’s leading coalition of outdoor recreation associations, has expressed its support for the nomination of North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to serve as th...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 26/09/2026
Threats to denaturalize journalists and filmmakers are illegal and outrageous and belie any claim that financing Israel’s wars advances democracy.
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Threats Against 'NAZA' Directors Must Stop, IDA Tells Israel
Israel's government must stop threatening 'NAZA' filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the IDA is urging in a public letter.
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Border wall threatens tribe’s way of life. Trump administration plan would split the Tohono O’odham nation apart, damage sacred sites, tribal leaders say. ictnews.org/news/southwe...
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Border wall threatens tribe’s way of life - ICT
Trump administration plan would split the Tohono O’odham nation apart, damage sacred sites, tribal leaders say.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
deleted a post about the Iced Coffee thing after realizing it came from a WaPo article. What a pathetic way to seek attention and clicks when ur a newspaper and our country is sliding into fascism.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you are at UT and you want someone to come tell your big macho military history survey course about women in conflict in Spain, Myanmar and Rojava, I would love to.
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NDN Collective @ndncollective.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎤 The Indigenous Peoples Day artist lineup is here!! We are excited to celebrate the brilliance and beauty of Indigenous Peoples, from the He Sápa to Palestine. 🇵🇸 We invite all our relatives and comrades in the region to join us for a FREE concert with an incredible lineup.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New Kaveh podcast! I’m excited to hear this
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We all only have so many days on this planet, and none of us know which is our last. And yet some of you are spending your precious time with the living doing imaginative fiction about the implications of a Boston globe story that got cribbed from a Jesse Singal podcast
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is what they wanted, what they explicitly asked for. Disgusting
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a real fuckin problem with journalism. This piece seemed mean spirited, unkind, and not really the sort of thing I would dedicate thousands of words to when people are being snatched off our streets. But the industry will go towards this kind of shit because they want the money it brings
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don’t know anything about wresting, but appreciate “fuck ICE” being a core part of twin cities identity now.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This video comes from filmthepoliceLA. I won’t post his name but he’s been doing great work for a very long time and he’s being ripped off by someone who watermarked this. here’s the post x.com/FilmThePolic...
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Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) on X
Karen Bass’s LAPD is openly defying a judge’s order to turn over LAPD moonlighting documents. I believe these records will show LAPD officers are working for ICE contractors.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
fwiw entering by CBP One was a serious risk. People died waiting for a CBP One appointment. The app sucked, the facial liveness scan barely worked on Black faces, and the app struggled or failed on older Android devices that most migrants use. Managing to get a CBP One slot was a huge effort
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Sophie Rae Lichterman @whysophiewhy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cool Zone Media Announcement Please welcome @vaquero2xl.bsky.social to the It Could Happen Here team!!! Check out his independent journalism here: heavyweather.media Previous ICHH episodes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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AK Press @akpress.org · 23/09/2026
If you're anywhere in the NYC area, you'll have SEVERAL chances to hear Ashanti Alston talk about 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 this week. You will definitely want to go to at least one of these. If not all three. You can thank us later.
If you're anywhere in the NYC area, you'll have SEVERAL chances to hear Ashanti Alston talk about 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 this week:


Saturday 9/26, 3:30pm at the NYC Anarchist Bookfair (@nycabf)
La Plaza Community Garden (@laplazacultural)


Sunday 9/27, 4:30pm at @mayslesdocumentarycenter, in conversation with Joy James


Monday 9/28, 7pm at @thewordischange


You will definitely want to go to at least one of these. If not all three. You can thank us later.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Are there any podcasts by Indigenous folks / about Indigenous affairs that people enjoy? I have some that I like, but I am sure I have overlooked some and I'd like to use the platform we have on Natural Causes to boost them.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Unbelievable TIME interview with Myanmar‘s dictator Min Aung Hlaing in which they say his troops “stand accused” of war crimes & that he “denies wrongdoing.” they’re not accused of doing it, they have filmed themselves doing it, there’s no doubt that they did it.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 23/09/2026
News outlets publish classified or “sensitive” information every day. If that’s the standard, Trump could ban any reporter at any time. Journalists must refuse to be intimidated. Publish even more about every news story this White House wants buried.
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Defending reporter ban, Justice Department argues stories on Trump’s ballroom project, Iran war threaten national security | CNN Politics
The Justice Department said late Tuesday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico can be shut out from areas of the White House at the president’s will. The lawyers argue that the outlets’ coverage of the Iran w...
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Something is deeply broken about the political discourse uk . Between this and “let them drown” chants it’s really got genocidal energy. Abhorrent that it’s happening and appalling that so many in the media made money on setting us on this path
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Your regular reminder that this is a public website and things that you say can and will be used against you.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a common lie from DHS press flacks. They claim that people who came through CBP One — who registered for an appointment through a government app, went to a port of entry, and were issued a grant of humanitarian parole by a CBP officer letting them enter — "entered illegally." Total nonsense.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These Wagner flags show up in Myanmar as well so there is a secondary market I guess, but there’s a more simple explanation here
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yes you should!
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This week we talk about the border wall and what it’s doing to our wild places.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We found British James Wario. What a fucking idiot.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am thinking of making a podcast about the issues presented by the fact that far too much of the outdoor industry is essentially a daycare for failsons of the rich, and why this damages inclusivity and accessibility. Hit me up if you've had experiences with this
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I can’t imagine what you have to do to a human’s soul to make them believe that this is justified or worse yet to lie about it being pretend.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Todd Gloria is out trying to farm political capital for himself after ICE snatched parents of 2 children at a school drop off. Here’s a reminder he was defunding programs for migrants 2 years ago & he’ll do whatever benefits him no matter who he has to tread on hoodline.com/2026/09/ice-...
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ICE Arrests Near John Marshall Elementary, San Diego
ICE detained two parents a block from a City Heights elementary school, and Mayor Todd Gloria says the tactics are cruel and counterproductive.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Lmao this is the perfect outlet for Todd Gloria and his brand of lock ‘em up liberalism
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
this account does a good job of showing the linguistic breadcrumbs of incremental normalization and compliance
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you want to stop trafficking, the place to start is safe, affordable, and accessible legal pathways.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
since we’re Dreher posting
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He wants to rule by decree and circumvent the legislative process because he’s an egotistical maniac whose only goal is to seek more personal power
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s bonkers to me there aren’t more e bike incentives. Our city is absolutely in the grips of parking extremists, our state has passed some housing reforms to allow parking free housing near transit but our transit still isn’t great. in a city like San Diego e bikes could solve so many problems.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is fucking disgusting. Our lifeboats are a foundational mutual aid organization (they’re literally in the book Mutual Aid). they’re funded by people who want people to be safe on the sea. I’ve really got to get home and do some lifeboat episodes.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yeah I mean I bet if you asked her parents if they thought she'd be on a show called THE YOUNG TURKS they would also be quite surprised.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Another great thread from Edith. If you have not read these, they are among the best sources for understanding Myanmar on this website, where there is sadly very little discussion of or solidarity with the Spring Revolution.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Man I used to write for NBC’s op-ed page. I can’t even put half the places I’ve worked for on my resume, this is so fucking embarrassing to me and I’m not even the one doing it.
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The Amargi @theamargi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A general strike continued across parts of Rojhelat on Wednesday, with businesses and markets closed to mark the fourth anniversary of Jina “Mahsa” Amini’s death and the start of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadî movement. theamargi.com/posts/strike...
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People respond to strike call in Rojhelat in commemoration of Jîna Amini
Iranian Kurdistan observes a general strike on the fourth anniversary of Jîna Amini’s death, amid heavy security and solidarity hunger strikes.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very cool people scoffing at all the Mackelmore stuff but I want to always hold space for the fact that music can change the world. Music and sport really did help bring down apartheid, and almost every generation last century had a movement for change that had a strong cultural element.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 16/09/2026
The truth is none of y’all hate Robert Kraft enough. Get on my level. (From February) gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
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The truth about ICE and the New England Patriots jets (Go Seahawks)
The best reason to hate the New England Patriots is where their team planes have been.
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Edith Mirante @edithmirante.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Industrial History Belt touring my "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" at cool venues The Reading Room CLE in Cleveland Ohio (Sept. 26, 2PM, tix $5 advance) & @burningbooks.bsky.social in Buffalo NY (Sept 27, 7PM, free.) Looking forward to Lake Erie & of course Lake Ontario! 📚
map showing Lake Erie & Lake Ontario, with info about Edith Mirante events at Reading Room Cleveland Sept. 26 2PM & Burning Books, Buffalo NY Sept. 27 7PM.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’ve been pitching PFAS stuff for so long, but I really don’t think any of us have a handle on how fucked this is. I’m writing a show about this but there was clear evidence for more than a decade before too many super “ethical” outdoor companies even began to stop using PFAS.
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