L Bates
@theafricanus.bsky.social
Pan African Scholar, historian of the US urban environment, Army brat, US Army vet, master electrician, social & environmental justice activist, Life Long Learner
“…ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
James Baldwin
“…ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
James Baldwin
Reposted by L Bates
At least a dozen graves of Milwaukee Indian boarding school students uncovered wausaupilotandreview.com/2026/10/04/a... #nativeamerican #ushistory
At least a dozen graves of Milwaukee Indian boarding school students uncovered - Wausau Pilot & Review
For generations, much of this history was nearly lost. Researchers have now identified 14 girls who died while attending a federally funded Indian boarding school in Milwaukee in the late 1800s — many...
wausaupilotandreview.com
October 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
At least a dozen graves of Milwaukee Indian boarding school students uncovered wausaupilotandreview.com/2026/10/04/a... #nativeamerican #ushistory
When the political right pine for the “good ole days” of “truth and sanity in US history,” this is the history they really want you and I to forget.
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org)
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org)
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Oct. 9, 1893 | Bob Hudson Lynched and Wife Beaten in Weakley County, Tennessee
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
October 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
When the political right pine for the “good ole days” of “truth and sanity in US history,” this is the history they really want you and I to forget.
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org)
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org)
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Reposted by L Bates
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
October 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
F.B.I. Arrests Key Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack of Its Own Agents’ Data
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
F.B.I. Arrests Key Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack of Its Own Agents’ Data (Gift Article)
The hack left the nation’s premier law enforcement agency racing to respond as both the victim and the investigator of a murky group that threatened to expose agents’ personal information.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
F.B.I. Arrests Key Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack of Its Own Agents’ Data
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
Reposted by L Bates
This is what happens when you cross racist goons with a quota incentive.
October 8, 2026 at 1:06 AM
This is what happens when you cross racist goons with a quota incentive.
Reposted by L Bates
Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations.
Read our full story:
Read our full story:
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump…
projects.propublica.org
October 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations.
Read our full story:
Read our full story:
Reposted by L Bates
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did.
We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
October 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did.
We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
Reposted by L Bates
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money.
October 8, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money.
We never get tired!!!
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
We never get tired!!!
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
Curtis Flowers Has Died at 56. His Case Became a Symbol of Racial Bias.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
Curtis Flowers Has Died at 56. His Case Became a Symbol of Racial Bias. (Gift Article)
A white district attorney tried Mr. Flowers six times for the same murder, always ensuring that few or no Black people were on the juries.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Curtis Flowers Has Died at 56. His Case Became a Symbol of Racial Bias.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
Just SMDH.
This did not have to happen, it should have never happened.
They Argued About Trump at a Dog Park. Then They Pulled Their Guns.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
This did not have to happen, it should have never happened.
They Argued About Trump at a Dog Park. Then They Pulled Their Guns.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
They Argued About Trump at a Dog Park. Then They Pulled Their Guns. (Gift Article)
What happened between two dog owners one April afternoon in Ohio will soon be scrutinized by a judge and jury as both men grapple with the consequences.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Just SMDH.
This did not have to happen, it should have never happened.
They Argued About Trump at a Dog Park. Then They Pulled Their Guns.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
This did not have to happen, it should have never happened.
They Argued About Trump at a Dog Park. Then They Pulled Their Guns.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks (Gift Article)
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
Reposted by L Bates
The central question of our time:
“Where the fuck is that money coming from?” she asked me. “I can’t work any harder. There’s nothing else I can cut out. My basic needs have to be met.”
“Where the fuck is that money coming from?” she asked me. “I can’t work any harder. There’s nothing else I can cut out. My basic needs have to be met.”
Trump’s Dismantling of Student Loan Aid Is Crashing Down on Debtors This Week
Organizers are calling to stop the collections, the wage garnishments, and the credit score reductions.
truthout.org
October 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The central question of our time:
“Where the fuck is that money coming from?” she asked me. “I can’t work any harder. There’s nothing else I can cut out. My basic needs have to be met.”
“Where the fuck is that money coming from?” she asked me. “I can’t work any harder. There’s nothing else I can cut out. My basic needs have to be met.”
Welfare recipients being portrayed as white, strikes a nerve with white conservatives.
apnews.com/article/welf...
apnews.com/article/welf...
Arkansas campaign ad sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy welfare recipient as white
A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state’s stricter rules for people on Medicaid.
apnews.com
October 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Welfare recipients being portrayed as white, strikes a nerve with white conservatives.
apnews.com/article/welf...
apnews.com/article/welf...
Reposted by L Bates
DR OZ: We went grocery shopping. Butter in America -- it's about a buck for a stick
INGRAHAM: Where are you shopping? It's not a buck. It's like $4
INGRAHAM: Where are you shopping? It's not a buck. It's like $4
October 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
DR OZ: We went grocery shopping. Butter in America -- it's about a buck for a stick
INGRAHAM: Where are you shopping? It's not a buck. It's like $4
INGRAHAM: Where are you shopping? It's not a buck. It's like $4
Reposted by L Bates
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump.
We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
October 4, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump.
We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
ICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
ICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity
ICE arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools.
www.newyorker.com
October 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
ICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...