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Anne Norton
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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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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 1d
He may need it. Bon courage to the reporter!

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Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 1d
Following the latest ICE raids and major developments from Operation Metro Surge on Friday, Feb. 6.

More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/list-of-ice-raids-major-updates-in-minnesota-on-friday-feb-6

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Anne Norton

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 1d
A small group of protestors assembled near an empty warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, in mid-January with one objective: to stop the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from converting the building into an immigration detention center.
ICE Proposal to Hold 8,500 Immigrants in Mississippi Mega Warehouse Draws Local Opposition
An ICE plan to use a warehouse to hold 8,500 immigrants in Byhalia, Mississippi, has drawn opposition from residents and Sen. Roger Wicker.
buff.ly

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d
Steve Bannon is the most influential person in the MAGA movement — what he says goes.
And he just promised ICE would be at the polls this November.

The message couldn’t be clearer: Republicans are planning to steal the midterms. It’s time to stop living in denial, Marc Elias writes.

One month into 2026 and Republicans are losing their minds
If Democrats win the majority, Trump’s authoritarian plan will be foiled — and he knows that.
www.democracydocket.com

Reposted by Anne Norton

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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 1d
A drop of good news delivered by today's Tabs:

www.erininthemorning.com/p/fox-news-p...

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Diane Ravitch, Joseph Schafer , and 2 more

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 1d
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.

(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 1d
Exactly. He doesn’t need the Post to make a cent.

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 1d
Law serves the rich well. For the rest of us it is an uncertain tool, dependent on chance and charity.
chasingray.bsky.social Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 1d
FYI, you can have a lawsuit designated as Anti-SLAPP by a judge and still have to pay tens of thousands in legal fees to defend yourself & not get your fees back after winning because the plaintiff appeals which will then cost tens of thousands more.

Anti-SLAPP is great but still; lawsuits suck.
buckscountybeacon.com Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 2d
Congressman Lloyd Smucker’s Defamation Lawsuit Against @lancasteronline.bsky.social May Run Straight Into Pennsylvania’s New Anti-SLAPP Law | PA’s statute declares courts should guard against lawsuits that chill speech on matters of public significance & should dispose of meritless claims early.

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 1d
Not a game. Did she socialize with Epstein? Are we to admire her? I don’t think so.

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 1d
There is nothing too low for this administration

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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 1d
FYI, you can have a lawsuit designated as Anti-SLAPP by a judge and still have to pay tens of thousands in legal fees to defend yourself & not get your fees back after winning because the plaintiff appeals which will then cost tens of thousands more.

Anti-SLAPP is great but still; lawsuits suck.

Reposted by Anne Norton

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d
Today, hundreds of Seattle high school students walked out of class and gathered on the steps of City Hall in solidarity with Minneapolis, calling on elected officials to defund ICE and showing support for immigrant students in their communities.

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Jonathan A. Eisen, Tom Clark , and 13 more

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 1d
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org

Reposted by Anne Norton

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d
These Silicon Valley bros will kill us all.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Latest Epstein files release rattles Silicon Valley
Some of Silicon Valley’s boldest names appeared in the recent Justice Department release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
www.nbcnews.com

Reposted by Anne Norton, Larry W. Hunter, Kate Jackson , and 1 more

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.

In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.

This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d
"The farm is everything; our future, our life."

"Hakoritna farm in the West Bank has belonged to the Taneeb family since the 1920s."

"Israeli military sent the family a demolition order for all infrastructure on their farm."
#WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Food #Military #EthnicCleansing
The soil is everything
Tulkarm farming family face losing their land, as the Israeli military orders their farm demolished.
electronicintifada.net

Reposted by Anne Norton

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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 1d
Failure to Alert Judge to Press Law for Reporter Search Draws Ethical Scrutiny

The Justice Department may have violated a candor rule by not disclosing a 1980 law when seeking a warrant for a Washington Post reporter’s home.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Failure to Alert Judge to Press Law for Reporter Search Draws Ethical Scrutiny
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Nicholas Birns, Gerald Friedman , and 4 more

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.

Reposted by Anne Norton

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d
Is this good chat
If you invested $100,000 into ETH when Eric Trump told you to buy, you would now have $1,245 Ethereum / U.S. Dollar • 1D • COINBASE • 01,805.16 H1,816.28 L1,555.00 C1,573.11 -231.98 (-12.85%) 1,573.06 SELL 0.01 1,573.07 BUY

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Sanford F. Schram, David R. Miller , and 3 more

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.

Reposted by Anne Norton

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 1d
Criminals with badges....

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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 1d
Visitor brochures are returned to Medgar Evers home

Officials with the National Park Service said they had removed brochures to the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument that identified his murderer as a racist because they were “outdated.”
Visitor brochures are returned to Medgar Evers home
Officials with the National Park Service said they had removed brochures to the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument that identified his murderer as a racist because they were “outdated.”
mississippitoday.org

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d
Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges

Regional and community colleges professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions. https://bit.ly/4tlEtUq

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
The image shows a split view: on the left, a brick building with a clock tower labeled "Southwestern," and on the right, a photo of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.

Reposted by Anne Norton, Sarah Roberts, Dan Immergluck

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 1d
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.

Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Richard E. Lenski, Will Jennings , and 9 more

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Anne Norton, Sarah Roberts , and 1 more

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d
SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
Air Wisconsin has done 60+ ICE flights since mid-January
Dozens of secret flights carrying shackled migrants follow Air Wisconsin’s sale to ICE’s flight broker.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io

Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch , and 12 more

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Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · 1d
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
www.chronicle.com

Reposted by Robert C. Richards, Anne Norton

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 1d
Breaking: I have launched an investigation as ranking member of the Select Committee on China into a $500 million UAE investment in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency company.

This is about public trust and transparency. https//www.wsj.com...
Exclusive | Top Democrat Launches Probe Into ‘Spy Sheikh’ Deal With Trump Company
World Liberty Financial said lawmakers are “harassing a private American business to score political points.”
www.wsj.com

Reposted by Steve Peers, Anne Norton

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d
This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen:

A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"

But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration — when she chooses to speak up. Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas said in a post on social media that he had picked up Liam and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, from the Dilley detention center on Saturday night and escorted them to Minnesota on Sunday morning. He shared photos of the two on social media, including one showing Liam at the airport clutching what appeared to be a Pikachu toy and wearing a Pikachu backpack. Mr. Castro was part of a delegation of Democratic lawmakers who visited Liam and his father at the detention center last week, where he said Liam’s father had reported that the child was “very depressed” and hadn’t been eating well since they were detained earlier this month.

Reposted by Steve Peers, W. Andy Knight, Gerald Friedman , and 1 more

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
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