Reposted by Max Felker-KantorGautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 22/06/2026@mfkantor.bsky.social I really don’t know how to contextualize this 8353
Max Felker-Kantor @mfkantor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026That’s pretty funny! I saw that news story and just laughed to myself 010
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorKelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 04/08/2026@mfkantor.bsky.social, your episode of Unsung History was unexpectedly referenced on a celebrity gossip website. 😂laineygossip.comKristen Stewart and Dakota Johnson gear up for separate press runs while running errands in LAKristen Stewart seen in LA on a coffee run ahead of press run for The Wrong Girls and Dakota Johnson is seen in a vintage DARE shirt ahead of release of Maggie Gyllenhaal's Flesh Impact in which she s... 363
Max Felker-Kantor @mfkantor.bsky.social · 20/05/2026New piece for California History placing policing and immigration enforcement in historical perspective online.ucpress.edu/ch/article/1...online.ucpress.eduRethinking Special Order 40Policing, Immigration Enforcement, and the Threat to Public SafetyRecent decisions by the Trump administration to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents to American cities have raised significant questions about the role of local law... 040
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorAlex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Check out the fantastic flyer for my event tonight in Idaho. 0171
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorJules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 04/02/2026❗LA City Council Member Hugo Soto-Martinez demanding that LA28 Chair Casey Wasserman step down after creepy emails between Wasserman & Ghislaine Maxwell appeared in the Epstein files. “Casey Wasserman should step aside immediately. Anything less is a distraction." www.dailynews.com/2026/02/03/j...dailynews.comJanice Hahn and other officials call for LA28 Chair Casey Wasserman to resignLos Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez issued a statement Tuesday echoing Hahn’s sentiments 13311
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 03/02/2026It’s not just Oklahoma City??? anymore — LA28 is adding six new venues outside of the LA region that will host the soccer matches and semi-finals for the 2028 Summer Olympics: NYC, Columbus, Nashville, St. Louis, San Jose, and San Diego 3263
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorKelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The thanks belongs to @mfkantor.bsky.social for his fantastic book and his willingness to share his insights! 132
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorAmy Laura Hall @profligategrace.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Dear @feministkelly.bsky.social Thank you for this interview on the history of D.A.R.E! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... @uncpress.bsky.socialpodcasts.apple.comThe History of DAREPodcast Episode · Unsung History · 04/08/2024 · 45m 121
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorJules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Police forces consistently use the Olympics their own private cash machine. LAPD is already asking for additional $100 million & we’re 2.5 full years away from the Games. Gives lie to LA28 organizers’ claims that it will deliver a *completely privately funded Olympics* laist.com/news/lapd-wa...laist.comLAPD wants nearly $100M to police the Olympics. Who's going to pay for it?City Hall is already in dispute over the department's current budget. Now, LAPD wants new vehicles and equipment for 2028. 02415
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorAlex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Today is publication day for Protest and Pedagogy! To receive 30% off the list price, enter the promotion code 08PROTEST at checkout #histed #edhist #history #charlottesville #protestandpedagogy #protest #pedagogy @aeradivf-history.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social 0132
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...forbes.comThe U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced ImmigrationGovernment data show the Trump administration’s policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025. 1042815994
Reposted by Max Felker-Kantorjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/01/2026i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed 409160003020
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/01/2026New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...404media.coInside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t... 14569034592
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/01/2026If your drug-dealing pres be Honduran, We’ll give that criminal a pardon But if you’re the head of Venezuela Trump will send in troops to jail ya 26610118
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorDaniel Ford @writersbone.com · 23/12/2025Best of 2025: @mfkantor.bsky.socialwritersbone.comMax Felker-Kantor, Author of DARE to Say No — Writer's BoneAuthor and historian Max Felker-Kantor chats with Daniel Ford about his book DARE to Say No: Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools. 031
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025"Wherever the agents appear, even when they lean idly, chatting, we see the cold threat of violence and the fragility of freedom. And in the brave crowds who gather to confront them, scrambling their illusion of total control, we see the power of solidarity..." hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...hammerandhope.orgWar at HomeA record of ICE’s assault on immigrants and the people’s resistance. 2535181
Reposted by Max Felker-Kantorjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/12/2025my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)nytimes.comOpinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause 882975661
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 10/09/2025For those that have not been following what's happening in San Francisco--an unelected cryptocurrency billionaire just gave millions to the city to expand and consolidate its massive surveillance apparatus (which has just been discovered to be leaking data to ICE) and found a police foundation.eff.orgSan Francisco Gets An Invasive Billionaire-Bought Surveillance HQSan Francisco billionaire Chris Larsen once again has wielded his wallet to keep city residents under the eye of all-seeing police surveillance. The San Francisco Police Commission, the Board of Super... 0179
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 04/09/2025How to record ICE: 1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE. 2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video. 3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS 4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How? 5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked. @eltragon.bsky.social 5224021529
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorOscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Readers, @uncpress.bsky.social has a new website and is celebrating with a 48-hour 50% flash sale (US only, use code 01NEWSITE50) so I thought I'd do a 🧵of some of my favorite American modern history titles available at uncpress.org 3135
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorOscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Another favorite is DARE to Say No, by @mfkantor.bsky.social, an insightful critical study of something often remembered as a joke that bridges the fields of education history, carceral history, and political history: uncpress.org/978146967904...uncpress.orgDARE to Say NoWith its signature “DARE to keep kids off drugs” slogan and iconic t-shirts, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was the most popular drug education p... 141
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorLauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Say it again for those in the back: HUMANITIES USUALLY SUBSIDIZE STEM at most R1s. Yes we have receipts. 7669164
Reposted by Max Felker-Kantorjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/08/2025genuinely brings me pleasure that no one respects this guy (least of all himself) 170108991574
Max Felker-Kantor @mfkantor.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Lemme think. Thats a good option for resistance. I have some journal articles more focused on resistance that could work. DM me and we can chat 000
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorNathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/08/2025***Historians of California and/or policing*** Police Records Access Project clean.calmatters.org 34018
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Instead of abandoning the public realm — which is what it feels like LA has done! — our leaders need to prioritize the places we can find community and confluence, solidarity and solace. The same places that, with a little more foresight, can also become our best defense to tackle those crisestorched.laCivic promiseWhat Angelenos need right now, more than ever, is a commitment to the spaces that we share with each other 17415
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorLA Forward @laforward.org · 29/07/2025Check out the newest episode of #LAPodcast from #ThinkForwardLA. On SMOKES AND SMEARERS, @awalkerinla.bsky.social and @mikebonin.bsky.social sit down for a full assessment of recovery efforts six months after the January fires — and discuss why a key rebuilding effort went off the rails. Plus...thinkforward.laLA Podcast - Smoke and SmearersAlissa and Mike sit down for a full assessment of recovery efforts six months after the January fires — and discuss why a key rebuilding effort went off the rails. Plus, we check in on the accomplishm... 131
Max Felker-Kantor @mfkantor.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Thanks! Yes, it’s exciting and a great place to land. Ah, yes, not too far 000
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorLA Forward @laforward.org · 23/06/2025NEW LA Podcast -- updates on LA under siege as at least 500 people are brutally taken in federal raids, the massive No Kings rally in DTLA ends in police violence, how CHIRLA’s rapid response team is monitoring detention centers, widespread fear fuels economic crisis across a city of immigrants... 12311
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorLA Forward @laforward.org · 23/06/2025Listen to today's "ICE GUYS FINISH LAST" episode featuring @awalkerinla.bsky.social @mikebonin.bsky.social @rachelreyes.bsky.social and Oscar Zarate at Think Forward, on Apple Podcasts, via Spotify, or wherever you get your podcaststhinkforward.laLA Podcast - ICE Guys Finish LastAlissa, Mike, Rachel, and Oscar give an update on LA under siege as at least 500 people are taken from their families in federal raids. Plus, the massive No Kings rally in Downtown LA ends in police v... 093
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorAnodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 15/06/2025"At least 1,260 people were killed by police in 2024. More people were killed by police in 2024 than any other year in the past decade. ... Officers were charged with a crime in only 9 of these cases. Less than one percent of all killings by police."policeviolencereport.org2024 Police Violence ReportComprehensive review of killings by police in 2024. 0148
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Love how this administration talks about LA like it's fucking Dresden in 1945. Let me go instead, you babies. I've been craving a jalapeno egg burrito from the Tacos Por Favor on Olympic for like six months now. 1825343600
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2025With protests like No Kings happening across the nation, we’ve curated a reading list on protest, immigration, and civic action to help you unpack the history behind today’s movements. Explore the list on the blog 📚 uncpressblog.com/2025/06/16/p...uncpressblog.comProtest, Immigration, and Civic Action Reading List - UNC Press BlogAs protests like No Kings continue to unfold across the country, they serve as powerful reminders of the long-standing struggles for justice, equity, and civic participation. In response to this momen... 08030
Reposted by Max Felker-KantorAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Thanks to John Oliver for quoting my highly scientific analysis proving we don’t need federal troops in LA 201170226