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David Hochfelder

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause.

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David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · Nov 15

Finished up work in May on an NEH grant to inventory urban renewal records from about 90 municipalities around NY State. Inventories are here and freely available to anyone who wants to use them: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/0q4nu...

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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!

Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.

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The bird says, "Abolish ICE" @imadifferentbird.myatproto.social · 11h

I was hesitant to blanket block government accounts with this list, and then I saw the kind of crap these accounts are skeeting.

Block freely. This list is not a place of honor.

eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 13h

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

Reverend David Black is here shaming the cops.

"You're arresting us? Look at yourselves. Look at yourselves.

You know which side you're on and I don't think you want to be there.

And you have that choice."

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 18h

As a larger point, police officers who commit perjury should be fired and spend ten years in prison minimum. Few types of corruption are more corrosive to a society than that.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

OXNARD, CA: Trump’s ICE goons ram into a citizen’s car, arrest him… and claim he rammed into them.

Whaddya know — Video shows they lied.

More: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 20h

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly.

Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.

Stay safe out there.

This picture is from about 5 minutes after being hit. A visible bruise is forming on my right cheekbone and by my right eye.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22h

Do not obey in advance: NoKings.org.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21h

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today

issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

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David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 1d

A Shirley Jackson lottery?

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David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 1d

What about the rebellious province of Staten Island?

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 1d

You should make more money TEACHING children than you do ZIP TYING them.

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David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 1d

Please read this NYT article. I'm on the board of one of the orgs, the Underground RR Education Center.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...

Facing Funding Cuts and Censorship Threats, Museums Band Together

www.nytimes.com

David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 1d

Over the past couple years I worked with the Empire State Library Network to circulate four copies of a traveling exhibit on urban renewal, to pair with a digital exhibit on their website. nyheritage.org/exhibits/urb...

If any library in NYS wants to show these, let me know.

David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe take a wild ride

David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 2d

Hang on... Rivers burning in rural areas? Deloitte causing it?

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David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 2d

Every time we think we've hit bottom, it turns out bottom has a basement, then a crawl space.

David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 2d

History Professor signs memorandum declaring the Chicago Cubs winners of the NLDS, escalating his challenge to the authority of MLB on baseball matters.

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David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, in these times, who knows what's sensible anymore.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2d

Reading the excerpts you kind of get the desperation from the powerful to make this story go away.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 2d

I think I found the problem:
"About a decade ago, I stopped by the desk of a young man named James Hitchcock, who was then my brilliant and generally wonderful editorial assistant at the Times. James is now a speechwriter for Vance."

David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 3d

The best version of Hamlet was Strange Brew.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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David Hochfelder @dphochfelder.bsky.social · 3d

This is why I play sousaphone

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

Journalists should ask every Republican they encounter whether they consider the things said by these Young Republicans to be deplorable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

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