Courtney Hagle

@chagle.bsky.social

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Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer

An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

pressherald.com

There's a good chance Trump will invoke a variation of the false Venezuelan election fraud conspiracy theory in his speech on Thursday. Read here about some of the conspiracy theorists who have played a major role spreading it, like Patrick Byrne and Martin Rodil.

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Background here on the Venezuela election fraud conspiracy theory & some of the figures who are connected to these "whistleblowers." It includes Patrick Byrne, who attended the now-well known December 2020 Trump meeting with Michael Flynn & Sidney Powell. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

I was curious about what the report says, so here's the relevant section. Beyond the sloppiness (there's a sentence repeated twice by mistake), note how the report doesn't make any real effort to DENY the racial origins of the Act, but instead just takes umbrage at people pointing out the history.

In addition to attacking America’s white Christian Founders, NMAH’s exhibits also portray
restrictive immigration laws as a tool of white supremacy. The Many Voices, One Nation
didactic entitled “Negotiating Inclusion” alleges that when “thousands of Chinese journeyed to
the American West, encouraged by the promise of gold rush opportunity” in the 1850s, “[t]heir
race…troubled white Americans,” leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, “the first of many
restrictive immigration laws.”457 Another states, “White laborers considered the Chinese
competition and responded with hostility.”458
One American Democracy didactic asks “How Diverse Should the Citizenry Be?” and notes that
“In a nation created by immigrants…One view is that ‘multiculturalism,’ the preservation of
diverse cultural heritage, enriches the country…Still others challenged diversity by seeking to
restrict immigration and exclude certain racial and ethnic groups.”459
In addition to attacking America’s white Christian Founders, NMAH’s exhibits also portray
restrictive immigration laws as a tool of white supremacy. The Many Voices, One Nation
didactic entitled “Negotiating Inclusion” alleges that when “thousands of Chinese journeyed to
the American West, encouraged by the promise of gold rush opportunity” in the 1850s, “[t]heir
race…troubled white Americans,” leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, “the first of many
restrictive immigration laws.”460 Another states, “White laborers considered the Chinese
competition and responded with hostility.”461One American Democracy didactic asks “How Diverse Should the Citizenry Be?” and notes that
“In a nation created by immigrants…One view is that ‘multiculturalism,’ the preservation of
diverse cultural heritage, enriches the country…Still others challenged diversity by seeking to
restrict immigration and exclude certain racial and ethnic groups.”462 Photo of “How Diverse Should the Citizenry Be?” didactic in NMAH’s “American Democracy” exhibit.
Another American Democracy didactic claims that “the calls for exclusion of certain groups span
the history of the nation” and is not limited “to certain ethnic and racial groups, but also sought
to exclude those of differing . . . sexual orientations.”463
This rhetoric mirrors language Director Hartig used in an April 13, 2024 address while serving as
the President of the Organization for American Historians, where she recounted the story of Juana Briones, a Mexican-American immigrant who “fought a long battle to retain title to her
lands” after “the American take-over of California in 1848,” stating:
Understanding Juana’s life thus also foreshadows and connects for us the long and ongoing histories of brutality in all European colonial regimes across the continent. In
particular, in California after 1848, Anglo-American ‘sexual violence, laws prohibiting
interracial and same-sex relationships, and controls on women’s reproduction helped establish and maintain white male supremacy and class hierarchy in North America. Each
served as scaffolding to slavery, Native American removal, Jim Crow, and immigration
restrictions.’
464
Notice what Hartig repeatedly demonizes here—“European,” “Anglo-American,” “white
male”—and her characterization of “immigration restrictions” as a racist and oppressive practice
akin to “slavery,” “Native American removal,” and “Jim Crow.”465
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 3w ago

A White House report has defended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, pushing back against its characterization by a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that the law was racially motivated. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

caring about victims of sexual assault is a feminine-coded concern, and there are some left wing men who seem like they'd prefer being called a misogynist by a woman on the left than a betacuck soy boy by a man on the right

The screenshots Madeline compiled in here are bleak as hell and deserving of attention, as she says -> "Taking away a woman’s right to vote would require a constitutional amendment. And as far-fetched as this seems, the fever swamps of social media are exactly where these types of ideas start."

Madeline Peltz@peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 4w ago

My latest: Kristan Hawkins, the president of anti-abortion group Students for Life, said she wants women to be able to keep their right to vote. That's no longer a popular position in the conservative movement. SUBSCRIBE ⬇️ numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/a-conserva...

My latest: Kristan Hawkins, the president of anti-abortion group Students for Life, said she wants women to be able to keep their right to vote. That's no longer a popular position in the conservative movement. SUBSCRIBE ⬇️ numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/a-conserva...

A conservative leader said she wanted to keep her right to vote. Then the trolls came.

There’s a growing right-wing contingent online advocating to repeal the 19th amendment

numbertwopencil.substack.com

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

The deaths of these babies likely could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin K shot. For reporter @deldeib.bsky.social, their autopsy reports painted the clearest picture of the tragedy of their short lives.

What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot

Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.

propublica.org

Gonna be a generational burden to recreate the norm that scamming other people is bad when our positions of leadership are being filled by proud scammers and people who previously only succeeded in the field of social media engagement bait

so one reason why we should never elect rich assholes anymore is they say shit like “the strait will open like magic” because they think they have better dna than us and thats why everything has always worked out for them and not people sucking up to them and the 8 figure trust fund

The Trump administration is illegally withholding $150 million for domestic violence service providers, which has led to "layoffs, diminished services for survivors and sacrifices among advocates." A 24-hour hotline is now closed on nights and weekends. 19thnews.org/2026/05/dome...

No one to answer the phone: What a missing $150 million means for domestic violence services

The 19th reached out to over 250 domestic violence shelters, organizations and municipalities that have received federal grants in the past to determine the impact of withheld funds.

19thnews.org

The word "hero" gets thrown around a lot. But it's clear the attack on the San Diego Islamic Center yesterday could have been SO much worse. 140 children were feet away from the attackers. Security guard Amin Abdullah engaged these cowards in a gunfight, and they ran away.

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My latest: Upcoming TPUSA conference for young women will feature a 20-year-old "trad wife" who belives women shouldn't have the right to vote. Savanna Faith Stone: “I think since the 19th Amendment, society has really decayed" numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/turning-po...

Turning Point USA women's conference speaker thinks women shouldn't be allowed to vote

20-year-old Savanna Stone is an up-and-coming anti-feminist influencer with extreme views on gender

numbertwopencil.substack.com