Crossed Crocodiles
Interests: politics - global and local, agriculture, technology, arts, and following the relationships between the US and the countries of Africa
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesFloored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesThis is pretty fucked up. I mean, I know *everything* is pretty fucked up, but -- a polite email leading to the Feds putting the weight of their metaphorical thumb down on you feels like another degree of awfulness ratcheting up.
- Reposted by Crossed Crocodiles🚨🚨Poland to examine “increasingly likely possibility that pedophilia scandal was co-organized by intelligence services” in Moscow. Read the full story below. 🖇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesI’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesPlease listen to this from an eyewitness to what is happening in our country, and in Minnesota specifically.
- I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesThis issue has an excellent symposium on competition in labor markets, with great pieces by Ellie Prager on antitrust in labor markets (lots of unsettled issues) and @evanpstarr.bsky.social on noncompetes, as well as others. www.aeaweb.org/issues/836
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesEverything about the Washington Post news is depressing, but to lose what was once one of the best book sections in the English-language world is a gut punch.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesAnyway, support independent media like @autonomynews.co—the first worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication—founded by me and @garnethenderson.com. Our work will never paywalled and we are powered by paid subscriptions, tip jar gifts, and tax-deductible donations:
- Reposted by Crossed Crocodilesmagnificent
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesUS higher ed is under attack. Harvard refusing Trump's unreasonable, lie-based, often illegal demands is making a difference. I especially appreciate how @ryanenos.bsky.social explains that research grants aren't favors, they're competitive contracts serving national priorities as set by Congress.
- "We are now in a system of competitive authoritarianism. And it’s just about whether we manage to take our democracy back from that." On the pod, @ryanenos.bsky.social is so good on Harvard pulling back from surrender to Trump, and on need for institutions to fight: newrepublic.com/article/2061...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesConsistently, I loathe the way older male characters in TV and film are written to detest/look down own/NOT SEE women who are the same age as they are. It's toxic (because what must the man think of himself if he sees women his own age this way?!), gross and hypocritical.
- Reposted by Crossed Crocodilesaudrey was curious about how the stories about the Portland ICE occupation compared to reality. once she got to know the people on the ground, she was determined to stick with them. what she saw, felt and learned over the last four months is summarized here: www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-rea...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesMAGA Man tries to beat up high school kids. Emphasis on *tries*. :)
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesThe whole time Qanon was a thing, we kept trying to explain to cooked normies that nobody dedicated to fighting child sexual abuse would choose 4chan as their operation's HQ, because it is arguably the most well-known gathering place for CSAM enthusiasts on the internet.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesSo, let's get this straight. Christopher "Moot" Poole created 4chan as a gathering place for hentai and CSAM enthusiasts, started /pol/ the day he met with Jeffrey Epstein, then /pol/ memed Trump to the presidency and birthed Qanon, a conspiracy theory in which Trump is a good person who hates CSAM.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesThe teenager, who has not been identified, drove by the protest multiple times before revving the engine and running into a female student. bit.ly/4asPgEE
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesEXCELLENT. Appoint a special master. Get your stuff back.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesNeil Gaiman is crawling out of his bog two years after sexual assault allegations to play the sweet old fantasy uncle again -- complete with name-dropping that book you like & his twee "make good art" catchphrase -- all in order to (of course) sell you his upcoming book. Don't you dare fall for it.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesHey, I’m Tani, a black comic artist from Atlanta! I draw comics about inner growth and things of that nature. I also enjoy colorful things! portfolio: kuroitani.com insta: instagram.com/kuroitani email: taniandrews@kuroitani.com
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesThis is 1% of the population of Springfield. This would be the equivalent of 40,000 showing up in Los Angeles. Springfield is a red town in a red state.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesCounsel for civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong, lead defendant in the St. Paul church protest case, notified the court of the White House’s deepfake image of his client. It’s evidence the government’s “nakedly obvious bad faith.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesGood god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'. And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesAfter reading this, a better headline is “Trump and Gabbard Obstruct Whistleblower for 8 Months Citing Executive Privilege and Claiming it’s “Too Classified for Congress.”
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- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesMaybe there are stronger electoral messages than “we’ll kidnap your kids”
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesJust experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesSo… a bribe? Trump got $500 Million and U.A.E. got “tightly guarded” A.I. chips. How is this not a bribe, exactly? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesAnother Dem win for the House. Thank you, TX-18.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesDHS spokesperson responded by asking for the woman's name, date of birth & “A-number,” or alien number - The woman is a U.S. citizen. To protect the woman from retaliation, MPR News did not provide that info to them. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesTexas fire department helps ICE detain roofers—using tower ladder truck that should be reserved for local emergency. Agents grab at workers' legs to yank them off multi-story house—even using pepper spray atop roof. Firefighters did equip ICE with safety harness for this risky series of maneuvers.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesAn ICE agent in Minnesota showing their current mentality
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesA federal judge has ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Ramos and his father from ICE detention. The judge slammed ICE’s tactics as “traumatizing.” Children are not bargaining chips. #JusticeForLiam #EndChildDetention #AccountabilityNow dailyboulder.com/texas-judge-...
- Reposted by Crossed Crocodiles34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesMINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!” So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it (H/T longtimehistory)
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesIf the Epstein files feel “too dark to be true,” that’s the point. Denial is how systems like this survive.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesWhat's most amazing about this is the fact that the WSJ needed a “study” to figure it out.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesThere’s no justification for shooting someone ten times in the back. There’s no justification for shooting someone ten times in the back. The debate about what Alex Pretti did or didn’t do is irrelevant. The agents committed murder. It wasn’t a “bad shoot”. It was a killing
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesIt's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesDon Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by "federal agents." Federal agents from where? What federal agency is arresting journalists? Not seeing this in the news stories or announcements.
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesRecall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesJudge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
- NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesThis is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
- "MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesI also love how Charlie Rose demanded “Give white people some free advice,” and she responded “It’s in my books.”
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- Reposted by Crossed Crocodiles/2 AUSA jobs tend to be EXTREMELY competitive. (Not to say they’re not occasionally awarded to morons for politics.) Having to advertise for AUSAs on Nazi-Pedoworld is deeply embarrassing. Also the notion you have to be politically loyal to the President to be a entry-level lawyer is loathsome.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesUtterly pathetic and historically unprecedented.
- Reposted by Crossed CrocodilesIf you read one thing today, make it this. These February elections will shape power, funding, and representation far beyond their states. This is where the next fights are decided.
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