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Joe Feagin

@profjoefeagin.bsky.social

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Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University; researcher on systemic racism and the white racial frame

Joe Richard Feagin is an American sociologist and social theorist who has conducted extensive research on racial and gender issues in the United States. He is currently the Ella C. McFadden Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University. .. more

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

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Rep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 5h

I surveyed over 300,000 of my constituents, and most of the respondents said they don’t approve of the National Guard being deployed to Portland.

As I’ve said: we don’t need this, and we don’t want this.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 10h

more authoritarian anti-democracy

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 1d

article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

www.nytimes.com

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sad news, more political attacks

After 35 years at UT Austin, I hardly recognize my university | Opinion

What was once a beacon of access and discovery is now fighting for its soul and mission as political attacks upend norms, rules and rights, Lisa L. Moore writes.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Study: Institutions, Over Peers and Tribes, Bolster Indigenous Student Belonging https://bit.ly/3J0aaQE

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

A group of four college students of different races/ethnicities talk and laugh together as they walk across a campus.

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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 1d

If you all would have included truthful Black History as part of American History, you wouldn't be so "shocked" by what is happening right now. In fact, what is happening now likely wouldn't be happening because you would have been able to see it coming with knowledge of history.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Senate OKs Richey to Lead @usedgov.bsky.social Civil Rights Office https://bit.ly/3Wz4UXm

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Kimberly Richey, a white woman with blond streaks in her hair, sits at a table in front of an audience during a confirmation hearing on Thursday.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"The University of Zurich said the married couple, who currently work at MIT, would join its economics faculty …. [They] will be moving … at a time when experts are warning that Trump's cuts to research funding and attacks on … freedoms could lead to a brain drain …."

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

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

This is what courage in the face of authoritarianism looks like. No university should take Trump's bribe & surrender their integrity — bending the knee to a bully only feeds the beast & puts ALL our rights at risk.

Others should follows MIT’s example ASAP.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters. n.pr/3KNzJF8

Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters.

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Gregory Rothman @gregoryrothman.bsky.social · 1d

This bird was not having its photo taken. Running and searching and running. One image, underexposed and it was gone. #RedSatinBird.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography
#EastCoastKin #Photohour #PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
#Birding #BirdsOnBlueSky

The bird perched on a rustic wooden fence has a bright, fiery red-orange head and back, with deep black underparts. Its feathers appear smooth and glossy, especially the wings, which show a warm orange sheen. The bill and legs are black, and the bird’s posture is alert, angled slightly forward as if ready to hop or take off.

The Red Satinbird is a small bird-of-paradise relative found in the mountain forests of New Guinea, usually at elevations between 1,800 and 3,500 meters. Males are strikingly colored — brilliant red-orange above and black below — while females are more camouflaged, in browns and olives.

Males perform simple perching displays to attract females. Their diet consists mostly of fruits and berries, which they forage for in the forest canopy.

This species is part of the family Cnemophilidae (satinbirds), which were once classified with birds-of-paradise but are now recognized as a separate group.

ICUN lists as Least Concern, but they depend on intact montane forests, making them sensitive to habitat loss.

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

A long and informative thread on Trump's proposed "compact" with universities

#academicsky

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @nytopinion.nytimes.com for publishing this rot. Marc Rowan has run hundreds of companies into the dust to extract profits from their failure and bankruptcies. Now he wants to do the same to American higher education. Do not believe a word this man says. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Badly Needed

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 1d

rest in peace, and thanks from us all

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Sister Jean, nun who became a national icon during Loyola Chicago's Final Four run, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, team chaplain for an unheralded underdog Loyola Chicago squad in 2018 that notched upset after upset en route to the Final Four, dies at 106.

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 1d

GOP-run state

Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 1d

A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. Public Health Watch publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/09/t...

A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. - Public Health Watch

Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details — a decision some experts s...

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