Richard Ashby Wilson
Princeton University Professor of #Anthropology. Co-Director of the Human Rights Initiative. I write about #HumanRights & #CivilRights
Views are personal.
- Tell every member of Congress as loud as you can: Defund ICE!
- “Imagine if we had to follow the law”
- Judge rules members of Congress can inspect all ICE detention centers without appointment. "...DHS Sec. Kristi Noem re-implemented a notice requirement…..[which] required 7-days’ warning for visits to [ICE] facilities... funded exclusively by the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’..." thehill.com/regulation/c...
- happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
- Golden Gate Park is starting to bloom. Sometimes I need to be reminded that beauty exists, despite the cruelty in our world. #uplift #nature #hope
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- Covered Bridge #Photography
- Are we clear this criminal insurrectionist who despises the people & the Constitution will try to steal the midterms by taking control from the states to run elections & count the votes? We need governors & state AGs to band together & fight back. www.americaamerica.news/p/nationaliz...
- We are now facing the largest measles outbreak since the disease was eliminated from the United States over a quarter-century ago. The science is clear: vaccines are the best way to protect against measles. The NIH Director admits it. Why won’t RFK, Jr.?
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- Good morning, Bluesky! Happy #Sunday! Sunrise at Tahoma. The sun lighting up a lenticular cloud just as it peeks above the summit of Mt Rainier, Washington on New Year's Day, 2025. 📸Morgan Stephen
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- This is almost definitely AI - where did you find this? Any googling of Stephen Morgan results in a few photographers, none of which specialize in large landscape photography. It's tough because from Google Earth, Bearhead Mountain would likely be where the shot was taken, but no valley between them
- I can see that it's possible if, indeed a high peak does stand that close to Rainier, but the setup boggles the mind. They had to know when and where the sun was to rise, had to know the GPS coordinates for the alignment. Did they stay overnight up there waiting? Did they stage the hikers?
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- Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
- Unless the fines far outweigh the profits derived from the behavior, nothing will change. It'll just be the cost of doing business. Make corporate fines so large they're extinction-level events and we'll see the bosses deciding the risks aren't worth it.
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- Osprey 🪶
- ICE is now claiming it can arrest people without a warrant. This comes after another internal memo asserting ICE agents can forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant. Hello? Democrats cannot let these blatantly unconstitutional actions continue. Not another penny for ICE.
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- I guess they are pretty upset. For some reason.
- Hundreds of groups hold protests against federal immigration operations, calling for an end to ICE surge. Demonstrators challenge Minneapolis-based retailer Target. n.pr/3ZGJZmP
- Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing. Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
- Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
- Keith Ellison: "The president is openly promoting authoritarianism and tyranny. That is what's happening in America. Most of us thought we would never see it, but here it is right in front of our eyes."
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- Sanity prevaiis. Thank God. Justice Department's Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Gets Tossed www.huffpost.com/entry/justic...
- "The people in the battle could not understand its significance. It would take time for everyone to grasp exactly what the events of Gettysburg meant. Which brings us to Minneapolis."
- Even Texas hates the Nazis
- Day out with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social, Red/Black Necked Grebe,Scaup at Cheddar. Kentish Plover at Burnham, Corn Bunting, RL Patridge at Rushmead Lane. #ukbirding
- Don Lemon Charged With Federal Civil Rights Crimes After Covering Minnesota Protest
- There is something deeply broken in this country when the Department of Justice is arresting journalists but letting pedophiles run free.
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- I love MN
- Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024 UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M. HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
- They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
- I won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it 🤝🏾🇺🇸
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- The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024. If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
- Movie review from Guardian on Melania.
- "Make sure to get my good side", said this Carolina Wren when it saw me with my camera. North Texas #photography #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #Texas #backyardbirds
- This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?
- every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
