Initial reports of at least some 300 people killed in Israel’s bombing of Beirut today

It's official: after putting a fifth person to death this week (the most in decades), the US has now executed 1600 people since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty.

This State Is Disturbingly Comfortable in Killing

A system with such low regard for life warrants total interruption.

After @kenklippenstein.bsky.social tweeted the hacked JD Vance dossier & his account was suspended, now you also cannot post the link to Ken's story "because this link has been identified by X or our partners as being potentially harmful."

Something deeply sick about a small group of people being able to so confidently decide that someone should be sentenced to die; and anyone with such confidence ought to be as far away as possible from that decision at all

Anatomy of a Smear Campaign Against Rashida Tlaib A step-by-step breakdown of how a lie started, spread, and was picked up on by elected officials and high-profile journalists.

Anatomy of a Smear Campaign Against Rashida Tlaib

A step-by-step breakdown of how a lie started, spread, and was picked up on by elected officials and high-profile journalists.

Another great piece today from an open borders perspective. This paradox lurks at the root of Democratic immigration policy: the very same person is deemed a threat, part of a crisis, and is kept outside our border by force; but once inside, we are supposed to welcome them as a neighbor.

Formula for a better politics

Assurances that Haitians work hard, don’t do drugs. Fact checks that, actually, they're here legally. Stop. Judging newcomers’ ability to be “one of us" by the merits of their labor or legal status dehumanizes them & advances the idea that we too are only as good as the work we do, papers we have.

Haitians Matter Even If They Aren’t “Legal” or “Hard Workers”

In his first weekly column, Prem Thakker explains why we must defend newcomers on the basis of humanity alone.

Thank you, Perry

Excellent. "If newcomers — whether they cross the border or seek asylum or obtain temporary protected status — are welcome after they are here, why such financial and ideological commitment to a violent apparatus to keep them out in the first place?"

PTpremthakker.bsky.socialSep 20, 2024 2:07pm

Wrote about something that’s been bothering me while seeing otherwise well-intentioned defenses of our Haitian neighbors. “Human beings are significant and full of potential and worthy of love, regardless of the labor they provide or whether their simple existence is considered ‘legal.’”

Haitians Matter Even If They Aren’t “Legal” or “Hard Workers”

In his first weekly column, Prem Thakker explains why we must defend newcomers on the basis of humanity alone.