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From "Torchlight," some of my "fable-dispatches" about living in Trump's hellish America . First time in English. Pubbed in Japan in trans by #MotoyukiShibata #twililight
Book Post@bookpostusa.bsky.social · 3w ago@barryyourgrau.bsky.social with some new original short fiction on Book Post: books.substack.com/p/diary-barr...
2/ "Last year 400 federal judges were targets of serious threats, a 78% jump in four years." www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
Federal judges who've ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families
Federal judges say criticism from President Trump can put their safety at risk. The White House says the president "understands the dangers of political violence."
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The utter BS fictions from DHS about every ICE shooting. Howard Lutnick's preposterous Epstein fib, and much more Government lying isn't just bad. It's unconstitutional, and much of it is felony perjury. The next admin needs to send the liars to jail My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/gove...
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison. | Will Bunch
The outrageous lies of Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a Commerce Secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.
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The Bondi style is vintage fascist rhetoric. Never respond to questions and instead hurl baseless accusations at the questioner. Also state over and again that the acts and decisions of the Leader may never be questioned. This comports with a political theory, but it's not democracy.
バリー・ユアグロー『松明のあかり 暗くなっていく時代の寓話』、読了。第二次トランプ政権下で書かれた掌編集。2～4ページほどの作品を22編収録。新書サイズで88ページという薄さがレジスタンスによる地下出版物っぽくて、危機感が伝わってくる。帯によれば「「アメリカのいまを伝える」緊急文書」。柴田元幸さんの訳者あとがきによれば、これらの掌編は今年の４～６月にユアグローから柴田さんの元へメールで送られてきたものだとか。それをすぐに訳して８月に出版するというのも、かなり異例の速さというかすごいことだよね。まさに緊急文書だ。
読みました。 バリー・ユアグロー 柴田元幸 訳 『松明のあかり 暗くなっていく時代の寓話』 トランプ政権下のアメリカに住む著者が、日々の不安や恐怖を描いた小説集。 寓話として読めないくらい現実に近づいているようで(もはや現実になっている？)、なんとも言えない気持ちになる。ざわざわする。 アメリカは大変だ…などと、他人事のようには言えなくなっている現在の日本にも当てはまるだろう寓話がいくつか。怖い。 それにしても、今年の4月から6月にかけて書かれた小説集を、こんなに早く読むことができるとは。 本当にありがたい。 いま読めて良かったです。
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Across America and the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator. The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him. It's time for a massive general strike across the country.
For The Nation I wrote about Martin Niemöller, the heroic German pastor whose famous mea culpa in fact obfuscates his fuller and darker story... But he changed astonishingly... tho with troubling complexities still... www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Strange Story of the Famed Anti-Fascist Lament “First They Came…”
In his celebrated mea culpa, the German pastor Martin Niemöller blamed his failure to speak out against the Nazis on indifference. Was that the whole reason?
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My great pleasure to write about this epically special project.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 10mo ago‘We’re all in this together’: New York cathedral pays tribute to immigrants with new mural
administration should just put up a “no niggers” sign and save themselves the trouble of writing out each country
Edward Wong@ewong.bsky.social · last yr.A State Dept. cable says the Trump administration might add up to 36 countries — most in Africa — to a list of 21 countries on which it imposed a full or partial travel ban this month. Citizens can't get visas to the US. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
WTF @Independent Millions marched peacefully nationwide, but you show this utterly unrepresentative teargassing in LA as yr image for No Kings? #badjournalism
I want them all unmasked. I want Noem, Homan, and Miller to someday be tried for their crimes against humanity. Ditto for the ICE agents and other officers who abuse innocent tourists, college students, and refugees When all this is over, I want justice. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanity
Escalating reports of human rights crimes from Kristi Noem's propaganda to ICE cruelty must be wiped clean with justice.
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Thank you, Senator Van Hollen. bsky.app/profile/plai...
Nancy@plaintanjane.bsky.social · last yr.@vanhollen.senate.gov is holding a live press briefing in El Salvador after his meeting w/ Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa. Here, he details the lies Trump & his administration have taken told about Abrego Garcia.🔥
