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Student Press Law Center @splc.org · 8h

We are alarmed that the IU Media School issued orders to interfere with content @idsnews.bsky.social & fired its adviser. These actions disregard strong 1A protections and a long-standing tradition of student editorial independence.

More: https://loom.ly/dypEC6s

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 17h

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US measles cases still rising after reaching highest total in 30 years

It has been 33 years since the U.S. has seen more measles cases in a single year, and the CDC says more cases will likely be confirmed in the coming months.

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Montgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 5d

Last week, hours before the start of Yom Kippur, Montgomery County State Senator Ben Kramer sent us a belittling diatribe, insulting his Jewish constituents and repeating debunked talking points from the Israeli government.

Read the letter and our response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We sent a letter condemning Sen Kagans trip to Israel, we got a letter in response from Sen. Kramer

Sen Kramer accused us of getting our information from the “Hamas propaganda bureau” and made Islamophobic statements

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Part of the reason many Germans supported the Nazis was that there really was a lot of violence in the streets & they wanted order. But much of that violence was carried out by the Nazi paramilitary SA.

So the Nazis presented themselves as the solution to a problem they intentionally created

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

It's good that the hostages are home and that the bombs have quieted. But rumors of peace are extremely premature.

New Racket.

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This isn't peace

Israel is threatening the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, the occupation continues, and the real negotiations haven't started. But Trump wants the glory.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

SOMEONE CHECK ON MATT TAIBBI

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

1. In a major capitulation to Trump, Fenway Health, a center ostensibly dedicated to LGBTQ+ healthcare, has ended its trans care program under 19.

It could have fought for its patients. It chose instead to roll over.

Community members are devastated.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 22h

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 1d

I think it's an image rendering issue; when I click on the image I can see the full image

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 1d

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How Gen Z protesters brought down Madagascar's government and now want the president out

Youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar are continuing for a third week in the most significant unrest in the country in years.

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chiefsmama.bsky.social @chiefsmama.bsky.social · 2d

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Trump's Pedophile Friends

How can one man "accidentally" surround himself with so many child rapists?

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 2d

After years of advocacy and growing awareness of Columbus’s human rights abuses, some states and cities switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. Now, we are witnessing the backlash to that modicum of change. Full post on my substack now:

The racist edict that allowed Columbus to colonize and slaughter Indigenous people is still the law in the U.S. today.

What holiday we celebrate on the second Monday in October matters because it reflects the beliefs we hold about who we are and where we come from as a country.

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 2d

www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

Economics Nobel awarded to trio for work on innovation-driven growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt were presented with the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on a key economic concept known as 'creative destruction.'

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 2d

www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/en...

Ending Months of Limbo, OHRP’s Klote Resigns; HHS Admitted RIF Error But Paused Her Return | JD Supra

On July 23, Molly Klote, M.D., heard news she’d been hoping for since early April: Yes, HHS made a mistake when it laid her off from her job as...

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 2d

Another case demonstrating the importance of proper accounting and watching for irregularities. Don't undervalue accountants!
www.wsj.com/business/fir...

Behind the Collapse of an Auto-Parts Giant: $2 Billion Hole and Mysterious CEO

Patrick James started out buying small Ohio factories and ended atop a messy auto-parts conglomerate with piles of hidden debt.

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 2d

Important video (with script and resources in description) by @essenceofthought.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJQC...

Law Firm Pays Out On Anti-Trans Discrimination Lawsuit - RE: Morrison Foerster

YouTube video by EssenceOfThought

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 3d

Insightful newsletter by @felienne.bsky.social
www.felienne.nl/2025-41/

AI in week 41

De NAVO en Grace Hopper, willen we een minister voor digitale zaken, de derde plaats, welke meningen ertoe doen, en gepersonaliseerd leren in de jaren '60 | NATO and Grace Hopper, do we want a ministr...

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Atlas Mugged ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · Apr 30

"In practice, the Halo Law lets police get rid of witnesses temporarily and take their phones as evidence if they violate it...

“It’s doing exactly what I suspected it was for, which is to stop people from monitoring the police, not for safety.”

www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...

Florida begins first prosecutions under controversial ‘Halo Law’ intended to protect law enforcement

The first people arrested and prosecuted under the law say they were left in the dark

www.orlandoweekly.com

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 3d

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Lawsuit: Man died after Eagan police, Dakota County jail staff mistook stroke for intoxication

A civil complaint filed in U.S. District Court alleges police and jail staff actively ignored the signs of 50-year-old Kingsley Bimpong's medical emergency and treated him instead as though he was und...

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 3d

torment for anyone. If there is to be a punitive aspect to prisons (big 'if') the loss of freedom is punishment enough.

Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 3d

"President Trump, who canceled Biden’s moratorium on federal executions on Inauguration Day, has long favored the death penalty for dangerous criminals."
Inaccurate imo. Trump favors death penalty for people he deems dangerous, regardless of their actual danger.
Also federal prison shouldn't be

Daily Rotation @dailyrotation.bsky.social · 4d

Gift link

Hard to envision trump as a Christian

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

www.wsj.com

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Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 3d

; and Israel, with US backing, continues to starve Palestinians in Gaza, quibbling over details rather than admitting what is in front of all our eyes."
Tankies should consider the similarities between Holodomor denial and Gaza genocide denial.

Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social · 3d

"Even today, a statue of one of the most notorious agents of mass starvation in India, Robert Clive, stands in central London; Russia refuses to admit its responsibility for the Holodomor and has destroyed memorials to its victims when it occupies Ukrainian towns

Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 9d

In a new analysis piece, famine expert Alex de Waal explores how weaponized mass starvation has historically been used to engineer societal breakdown—and how Israel is now trying to reproduce this pattern in Gaza. Read here: jewishcurrents.org/famines-long...

Famine's Long Shadow

Even if food is surged into Gaza today, the history of weaponized mass starvation shows that the social aftershocks will reverberate for generations.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 3d

Most media are glossing over Israel soon releasing 1,700 Palestinians it abducted and held without charge--in other words, hostages they kidnapped. And they're not releasing all of them.

Double Standard for Israeli and Palestinian Hostages

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Double Standard for Israeli and Palestinian Hostages

Most media are glossing over Israel soon releasing 1,700 Palestinians it abducted and held without charge--in other words, hostages they kidnapped. And they're not releasing all of them.

open.substack.com

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