Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15hthe people responding to this defensively are nuts. i’m talking about a critical mass of democrats to make it clear that they’ll put themselves on the line to protect congresswoman omar. im glad there have been some strongly worded statements but there needs to be action. 20129094
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15hher colleagues are really gonna show their asses in the coming days. 442368353
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialMy Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Everyone, from Elon down to the unpaid intern, who was a part of DOGE needs to be convicted and spend SIGNIFICANT time in jail 1237
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 14/10/2026Then she cautioned against doing bike lanes on Lyndale Ave. The richest people you know, even the ones on a panel of experts, are just constantly pulling it out of their asses. 1666
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Abolish ICE originally came from activists who opposed deportation, full stop. This is not that. But it looks like an excellent starting point. Eliminating DHS and everything under it would be an unqualified good. 148339
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026the people who are terrified by that thought should perhaps not be in office 149328
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11. 1354811670
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I expanded one of yesterday’s threads into a piece about the attack on Ilhan Omar’s home, fascist desperation, and fighting our way out of this mess.organizingmythoughts.orgWhat Happens When Fascists Realize They Might Lose?The attack on Ilhan Omar’s home, the desperation of an unpopular fascist administration, and the long fight ahead. 312157
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Some of the escalations we're seeing, including the attack on Ilhan Omar's home (I will not pretend this act was "investigatory"), are desperate acts. But we must remember that desperate people can be very dangerous. A domestic abuse victim, for example, is in the most danger when trying to leave. 32748667
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialAndrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is how all Democrats should speak to Trump. 452353478
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialAurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · 12/10/2026We can’t be silent in the face of fascism. The raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar weeks before an election is naked an attempt to interfere with it. Trump has weaponized the DOJ to target his political opponents, manufacturing charges that have been dismissed by court after court. I stand with Ilhan. 212538
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialAisha Chughtai @aishaforward10.com · 12/10/2026We stand with @ilhanmn.bsky.social and our Somali neighbors. 018031
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 13/10/2026We stand with you @repilhan.bsky.social. 526868
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialAvery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"He's not evil, he's stupid" is not a solid defense, especially as he's already claimed that he did it because he's 82 & needed the paycheck. When claiming poverty doesn't work, having your kid claim ignorance only makes things look worse. 171
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialGrievous "Bodily" Harmsworth @mach101010.bsky.social · 13/10/2026If there are 9 people at a party and a shitbird nazi sits down and nobody says anything what you got there are 10 nazis. Trejos pulled this shit before fuck him 👎 1121
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialbrigadierginger.bsky.social @brigadierginger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Does Trejo lack any sort of agency in this? Is he physically handcuffed to Shapiro, unable to just walk away? Is Danny fucking Trejo not rich enough to just pay the breach of contract fine and walk away? I'll buy he was tricked. Shapiro has a history of that. But I don't buy that he's powerless. 0182
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialcool dog mowing lawn @mosesconspiracy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026i mean is this actually true or just PR ass covering? this is the second daily wire project he's been involved with, how does he not know who they are 0151
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialEh-I @eh-i.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Not feeling a ton a sympathy for Danny. Maybe read the scripts or nut up and walk away and maybe get sued. 061
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialJessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The administration's goal, openly stated, is to consolidate police power in the country and create a huge, well-funded, extremely aggrieved, pro-MAGA, anti-immigrant, anti-protestor police force the likes of which we have never seen in this country. 8695221
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/10/2026David Brooks contributed to this current fascist moment in the U.S. I don't know why people still give him a platform to spew his nonsense. 1249559
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 11/10/2026We can't let Trump & ICE rip apart families and criminalize our immigrant neighbors without due process. I'll keep fighting for her release, to abolish ICE, and to hold this lawless Administration accountable. 24810
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Years ago I wrote this essay, and the clamor for compromise and one-sided pandering marches on, and of course David Brooks is a standard-bearer in the parade. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what if they are Nazis?lithub.comRebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis HalfwayWhen Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them … 522311566
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Republican Party is chock full of Nazis. The government has Nazis in senior administration positions. The Republican Party’s largest donor is a neo-Nazi. David Brooks might not want to admit it, but that’s why it’s long past time for him to shut up. 382136404
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.social🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 12/10/2026Several scholars of authoritarianism and even the Third Reich have, for years, pointed to the similarities between Trump's GOP and the NSDSP and fascism generally. So unless Brooks knows more about that than us, I'd suggest he be quiet and listen to the actual experts. 417624
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 12/10/2026i just know there’s overlap between people who’ll triple down on the legitimacy of yelp reviews like “barista blinks too hard so the café should be burnt down” & people who are like “the senator can’t suggest letting everyone keep *all* their human rights—it’s too politically risky! splitter!” 111819
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Not only is he a WARMONGER but he's also OLD 🤣 01176
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Can I just say that "Mike Rogers has been advocating for war after war my entire adult life" is a DEEP CUT. LOLOLOLOL 222735
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Proposing analog to,”racism can explain every weird thing in America” is, “women are busy working for money is the secret reason everything we miss about a society is now dying.” 261924420
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I understand this view but I think we should consider the implications of preemptively giving up charging a criminal with crimes because the jury may not convict 855278550
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialHasanTheHun (automated mirror) @hasanabirepeater.bsky.social · 10/10/2026republican gotv strategy geninunely has been “eat shit and die - also our opponents are muslim” and the races are still close despite the deep bench of talent the dems actually put up this time around. there’s truly no force more powerful in this country than racism. 524433
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Also the social capital - ie the friend of my parents friend who can hook me up with a meeting with a key person who might invest in my idea either with $$ or with more social connections - what Granovetter calls the "strength of weak ties" 13632152
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026And look at all of those white women behind him. #SMH 1735
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026no one has more contempt for his supporters than he does. 949079
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialJessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Police have killed nearly 1000 people this year so far. That doesn't include deaths in custody. 110856
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's not even that complicated, as @katelynburns.com put it: Just explain why "The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People"burnsnotice.comThe Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans PeopleElon Musk obviously hates trans people, but let's not pretend he has nothing to gain personally from a Republican win this fall 728687
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?wired.comElon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential ElectionsAmerica PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats. 652769959
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here. 3659751509
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026New Fed estimates of wealth by age are out. Under-35 wealth dropped 23% over these three years www.wsj.com/economy/affl...wsj.comAffluent and Older Americans Got Much Richer in Postpandemic YearsA Federal Reserve study found overall median net worth rose 2% between 2022 and 2025. 13478185
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialJessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Read this thread 13413
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The "leaders" of Silicon Valley appear to be fascists or fascist-adjacent. Why exactly is the public being badgered to "trust" these people re AI? It makes NO SENSE. 738589
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialBunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Kentucky State's Aminata Seck freed while another college basketball player lands in #ICE custody www.yahoo.com/news/article...yahoo.comKentucky State's Aminata Seck freed while another college basketball player lands in ICE custody(AP) — A Kentucky State University women's basketball player from Senegal, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been released after spending two months in custody.At a hearing ... 04527
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 10/10/2026Really glad to be writing this monthly column for Documented. The first one is up now. 0196
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 10/10/2026I wrote about Julian Curo-Churata last week. His only conviction appears to be a traffic offense. A civil immigration violation should not carry the death penalty. austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-… 26439
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026YOU ARE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. STOP TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO BE NUMB AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO. 5593109
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Here's a collection of reporting from Trump's execution spree. I would also emphasize that this DID NOT begin with Trump and if you really want to know who to blame for largely paving the way for so much of the expansion of the "modern" death penalty, it is the Democrats. (End rant.)theintercept.comOut for BloodIn his second term, Trump has ramped up new federal death penalty prosecutions. 317134
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I, too, feel revulsion over recent events. But part of me also feels anger that so few people even seem aware of the fact that Trump carried out 13 executions in the last 6 months of his first term. I was in Terre Haute, IN for all of them. And for much of that time, they felt utterly invisible. 120338
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Also in 2017 I was outside the prison when Ohio tried unsuccessfully to execute an elderly man named Alva Campbell, a horrifying ordeal we've seen some version of over and over again since.theintercept.comCruel and Unusual: A Second Failed Execution in OhioThe botched attempt to kill Alva Campbell marked the second time an Ohio man has survived an execution in less than a decade. 118022
Reposted by @juanabaloo.bsky.socialLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's been almost a decade since I wrote this piece about Arkansas but I often think about that execution spree because of what it showed me up close about the death penalty, prisons, and torture in this country.theintercept.comArkansas Justice: Racism, Torture, and a Botched ExecutionDespite its long history of torture, racism, wrongful convictions, and botched executions, Arkansas is still intent on carrying out the death penalty. 225433