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Robert Rubsam

@robrubsam.bsky.social

Writing on books, movies, the arts: NYT Magazine, Baffler, Washington Post, Atlantic, Liberties, Commonweal, Mubi, Paris Review, Nation, etc. robjrub@gmail.com

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Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social · 5d ago

It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.

A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees

Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.

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Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social · 5d ago

In the last decade, the IDF prosecuted one (1) soldier for unlawfully killing a Palestinian in the occupied territories. Elor Azaria served 9 months in prison. Today Israel's president, Yitzhak Herzog, pardoned him and expunged his criminal record. A clear message of 100% impunity.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last wk.

the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · last wk.

Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted). As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en- hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef- fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec- tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not enough to convince me to deny the application. First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-
Robert Rubsam@robrubsam.bsky.social · last wk.

Tapping the sign www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/m...

Netflix Is Gobbling Up World Literature. What Could Go Wrong? (Gift Article)

The streamer keeps mounting lavish adaptations of beloved novels — and making them all feel like just more Netflix.

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New York Review Books@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social · last wk.

"It's an epic novel with many elements of Edith Wharton or Henry James: wry commentary on class and the upper crust; intrigue and scandal in luxurious drawing rooms; and a tale of doomed love." TV coverage for Bolesław Prus's The Doll. Get ready to binge the gilded age on the Vistula.

Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social · last wk.

Rawson, GOP nominee for Florida legislature, can also be seen in a photo from Charlottesville (left side in sunglasses) standing near James Alex Fields Jr. Not long after this photo was taken, Fields drove car into counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer & injuring dozens of others

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