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Hochul’s pro-survivor brand is a hoax. She loves criminalization, & survivors—at least those who fit “perfect victim” archetypes—are a pro-carceral prop for her. When she promises to help survivors—she funds DAs. When survivors need her—she abandons them: prismreports.org/2025/01/21/kat…

"Hochul must begin granting survivors clemency en masse and on a rolling basis, a long-time broken promise of hers. Otherwise, her purportedly pro-survivor politics will remain a cruel hoax." prismreports.org/2025/01/21/kat…

Disturbing piece on widespread looting after LA fires laist.com/news/housing-h…

All my raging about Dune now in writing

lovely to be briefly here on Queer…!

SCOOP—Emails obtained by Zeteo show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him. He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving. He even wrote he feared ICE "might come to my home." zeteo.com/p/scoop-emails…

Back in December, I stumbled upon a stunning detail in a prison technology company's bankruptcy case: The company's CEO, Jonathan Logan, owned a $10 million yacht called "Convict." And he was offering corrections officials sunset cruises on it. That was just the beginning.

And I found stark evidence of how the company has wined and dined sheriffs to sell its prison technology — offering “booze cruises,” all-inclusive resort stays, and steak dinners to its clients.

How has journalistic sensationalism helped lay the groundwork for the Trump administration’s current assault on civil liberties in the name of combating terrorism? Associate Editor Saliha Bayrak revisits Rozina Ali’s 2021 Drift essay “The ISIS Beat.” newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/reporting-on…

AMA!

In 1981, Israel (using the fictions name of “The Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners”) placed a bomb inside a movie theatre in Beirut. 4 dead and 23 injured. It was later revealed by Ronen Bergman that this front was an Israeli government terrorist front.

I’m shocked. I cannot believe some people in Gaza are turning to eat turtles. I’m even more shocked that the world is doing nothing to let food enter Gaza since March 1.

this focus on "held without charge" here, imo, demonstrates how little is understood about ICE's function right now, there are more than 37,000 people in ICE detention who face no criminal charges, and have no right to counsel. what can "due process" even mean in such a system?

26 years ago, April 24 1999, over 20,000 people marched in San Francisco, and the ILWU shut down all West Coast ports, to call for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The demonstration was planned on Mumia's 45th birthday. Today he turned 71 years old, and is remains imprisoned

Mahmoud’s letter to newborn son: “On this first Mother’s Day for Noor, I dream of a world where all families are reunited to celebrate the incredible women in their lives. I hope, with all my heart, that you will not witness the oppression that I’ve known” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My dear friend and beloved Survived & Punished NY comrade Ethel is grieving multiple losses—first her partner then her mother in law. She is badly in need of support. Please come through if you can. Z*lle & C*sh*pp info in the image/alt text.

Firefighter, anthropologist, and Drift contributor Jordan Thomas speaks with our Editorial Assistant shreya chattopadhyay about his new book, When It All Burns, and the shape of climate disaster today newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/one-edge-of-…

“Doing this research while firefighting had the effect of flattening time,” Jordan Thomas told shreya chattopadhyay in a Q&A about his book, “When It All Burns,” and the historical roots of megafires. “On the fireline, these forces intersect in your body.” newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/one-edge-of-…

The UAE, one of Israel’s closest allies, a country led by people wirh very little sympathy for Palestinians, says the aid trucks it coordinated to get into Gaza were forced by the Israeli army to travel on routes where the Israelis knew they’d be looted.