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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 10m

Dear Dem Governors,

Why haven’t you done anything to protect us from ICE?? Start ARRESTING these criminals!!! WTFFFFFF. They are committing CRIMES in your state!! WTF HAPPENED TO STATES RIGHTS??? You aren’t even using it??

FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 7h

One of the terrible things about the conservative elites’ attacks on higher education is that they are giving their constituents the impression that the universe isn’t big, complicated, and fascinating — that it really does take this many people to work out how even a small fraction of it works

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 1h

2) As I recall, there was no discussion of the substance of some of the conservative students’ beliefs. Not all conservative students are racists & anti-Semites. Not all liberal students are non-racists & non anti-semites. BUT, consider this story when we think of those previous articles.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 1h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

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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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 45m

Donald Trump Stuns With 'Insensitive' Boast At Charlie Kirk Medal Ceremony

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Trump Stuns With 'Insensitive' Boast At Charlie Kirk Medal Ceremony

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 48m

Here's one of the posts that State listed as foreigners whose visa they stripped. Ask yourself, how they found this? Unlike the others, it doesn't mention Kirk, nor anything in English.

It likely came from this Facebook post.

www.facebook.com/philippbreit...

„Wenn Faschisten sterben, jammern Demokraten nicht.“
Dieses widerwärtige Zitat des ZDF-Drehbuchautors und Publizisten Mario Sixtus, veröffentlicht nur Stunden nach dem Attentat auf Charlie Kirk, markiert einen moralischen Tiefpunkt.
Wer so spricht, entlarvt sich selbst: nicht als Demokrat, sondern als Zyniker, der das Fundament unserer freiheitlichen Ordnung mit Füßen tritt. Wer den Tod eines politischen Gegners feiert, beweist nicht Haltung, sondern bestätigt, dass er in Wahrheit keinerlei Respekt vor der Demokratie hat – denn Demokratie lebt vom Wort, von der Debatte, vom Streit der Argumente, nicht vom Hass auf Menschenleben.
Ja, Charlie Kirk hat radikale Positionen vertreten, ja, er war streitbar und unbequem. Aber er hat die Debatte gesucht. Und solange Debatte, Rede, Diskurs möglich ist, gibt es einen zivilisierten, legitimen Rahmen. Gewalt, Häme über den Tod und Entmenschlichung gehören nicht dazu.
Darum sage ich es klar: Jeder, der sich über den Tod eines Menschen freut, disqualifiziert sich selbst als Demokrat. Wer vorgibt, gegen Unmenschlichkeit zu kämpfen, dabei aber selbst unmenschlich handelt, ist ein Heuchler.
Der Fall zeigt erneut, wie tief die Risse in unserer Gesellschaft sind – und wie groß die Gefahr, dass die selbsternannte „moralische Elite“ in Wahrheit jede moralische Orientierung verloren hat.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 45m

Translation includes:

from ZDF screenwriter and publicist Mario Sixtus, published just hours after the assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk, marks a moral low point.
Anyone who speaks like this exposes themselves: not as a democrat, but as a cynic who tramples on the foundations of our free order

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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 44m

Reenactors will not like his model of hoplite battle but it’s easy to stand if you’re not at risk if losing yr life

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 21h

For those who would like more on Mark Bray; his story has received very little attention in the US. /4

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats

www.theguardian.com

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 3h

Just to be clear, threats aren’t unusual - I have gotten them- but threats rising to this level are.

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 3h

There is good work by two French scholars, Rémi Saou and Thierry Lucas. In my polis book, I followed van Wees, but without making a big fuss about it.

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 4h

Every time they say Antifa, we say pro democracy. Not because we aren’t anti-fascist, but because ‘pro democracy movement’ is what you call it when a populace peacefully demands their democratic rights from a corrupt authoritarian regime.

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Joy of Napping @joyofnapping.bsky.social · 4h

I have read a fair bit about US racial history but there are still details that stop me in my tracks.

Here is one (content warning - racial violence):

What kind of society allows people
to buy and mail postcards of lynching? As a fun souvenir?? And then treats these as collectibles???

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 4h

Something that I don’t think people realize is how bonkers racist society was for a long time. Like it is racist now but it was *SO RACIST* that it is hard to describe it without sounding unhinged

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h

State Department revokes six visas over comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination https://twp.ai/9PXLO1

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fintechernest.bsky.social @fintechernest.bsky.social · 4h

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 9h

Trump admin ousted another prosecutor for refusing to hunt down his enemies

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Trump admin ousted another prosecutor for refusing to hunt down his enemies

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 9h

'It’s terrible': CNN data analyst delivers flashing red warning sign about US dollar

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'It’s terrible': CNN data analyst delivers flashing red warning sign about US dollar

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h

'Evidence be damned!' Analysts stunned by explosive report on why Trump axed prosecutor

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'Evidence be damned!' Analysts stunned by explosive report on why Trump axed prosecutor

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Naturally, the only prominent Republican to address the vile comments from the Young Republicans while refusing to condemn them was JD Vance.

But that’s only because Ron Desantis hasn’t weighed in yet.