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Anne Norton

@annenortonnow.bsky.social

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Political theory, the wild, the anarchic, also cats, corgis (the wild, the anarchic).

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Anne Norton is an American political scientist and a Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Political science 64%

Sociology 21%

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 12h

Ah, yes, the same Marc Rowan whom Bessent is effectively bailing out for Rowan’s (losing) bet on the Milei government. Good times!🤮🤮🤮

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 13h

Not meaning to be hyperbolic when I say that no self-respecting university would allow him to be affiliated with it at this point.

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 16h

“Designated space for public expression”: proof that freedom of expression is gone. Protesters are put in kennels.

erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 16h

“individuals participating in a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest” is a delillo-level dystopian sentence

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 16h

“individuals participating in a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest” is a delillo-level dystopian sentence

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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Nurse RoRo @nurseroro.bsky.social · 1d

Dear WH Press Corp
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Start demanding answers. Portland isn’t on fire. Chicago isn’t at war. Seattle isn’t thanking him.
ANTIFA isn’t assaulting ICE agents
Hold him accountable for the lies.
Refuse to ask anything else until he answers these.
Demand the proof

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 2d

Censorship has fully arrived. In the latest, Apple banned an app that archived ICE abuses for legal evidence

Every single day, censorship gets stronger as media and corporations bend to serve the regime

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 4d

Medicare for all. Health care is a right.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

If ACA healthcare subsidies are not extended, a 60-year-old earning $65k in Key West, Fla. could see premiums go from $460 a month with the subsidies to $2,400 a month without.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Maps show how expected increases in monthly premiums vary by age and geography.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 4d

SECOND, on a much larger scale, as Fred Kaplan explains here, the government is laying down a farrago of lies as the official predicate for military action against Americans.

Huge piles of claims in here are false—about America's "well-financed" domestic "terror network," etc.

It’s Hard to Overstate How Disturbing This Trump Directive Is

It’s the clearest statement of the president’s intentions that we’ve seen so far.

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Wendy Breuer @lostbird1950.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you to all these public servants who stood up for our friends and neighbors: youtube.com/shorts/L47XJ...

11 New York Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Rayfield: When Trump learned that this was a judge who was appointed by him, he said he wasn’t served well.

To have any president or any politician in America say a judge is not serving them—words can’t even describe how backwards that is.

Phang: He’s not the king. He’s the court jester.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5d

3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.

Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 5d

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

WIC runs out this week

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Lovely woman @recepkanli.bsky.social · 6d

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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago | Flipboard

Associated Press - CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital...

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 6d

Well done!

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t self-censor. If you are important enough for the Feds to go after, all the more reason to speak.

Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 6d

I think this every day.

RealMattHopkins @realmatthopkins.bsky.social · 6d

American Democrats need to start wrapping their minds around bringing the Trump Administration members to justice in the years ahead. It can't be another scenario like where Biden looked the other way, and allowed Trump to do even worse things. #USPolitics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurembe...

Nuremberg trials - Wikipedia

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 6d

Too late

Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 6d

True but not admirable in either case

Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 6d

Shameful assumption that the military is wholly Republican

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 6d

Trump says US will start striking drug traffickers on land because, after yet another strike last night on a boat off Venezuela, "they're not coming in by sea anymore, so now we'll have to start looking about the land because they'll be forced to go by land."

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RealMattHopkins @realmatthopkins.bsky.social · 6d

Nuremberg trials - Wikipedia

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

The government does not have the power to declare “free speech zones.” And the violent arrest of the rabbi should set off some alarm bells.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7d

Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

Same judge. While Miller rails about judges.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

Fascism occurs twice: first as the tragedy of a Second World War started by men who fought the First and knowingly chose slaughter, then as the farce of an ignorant draft dodger trying to provoke a war against his own people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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