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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 3h

“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.”

🚨 new from me 🚨

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

“Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most

www.counterpunch.org

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 3h

Deadline extended to 10/31!

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 5h

Deadline extended to 10/31, you have time to submit!

Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 1d

Sociologists, political scientists, other scholars & practitioners of US politics - submit a proposal to our People-Ing Politics conference as part of the Eastern Sociological Society's conference in DC this March 5 - 8th. Apply by 10/15 (unless they extend) & please share - ess2026.exordo.com/login

Call for paper flyer with too much text to type, but the gist is:
Bringing the People Back In - Race, Class, and Inequality in US politics.
People-Ing Politics Network Mini-Conference
March 6-7, 2025, Washington DC
Amid threats to democracy, this conference will bring together social scientists and practitioners who study US politics with a focus on race, class, inequality, and the influence of social and cultural forces.
We are looking for papers that explore:
- how people's cultures, identities, and social groups shape their political views and behaviors
- how race, class, and other forms of inequality influence political engagement, representation, and policy outcomes
- the roles played by behind-the-scenes actors such as campaign staff, organizers, and bureaucrats, as well as by marginalized communities, in shaping political institutions and procesess.
visit https://www.essnet.org to apply; make sure to select this mini-conference when you do.

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Faiza Patel @faizapatel.bsky.social · 5h

Deep dive from me into natsec memo that encourages DOJ, FBI & others to investigate antifascism.

Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 5h

If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

www.brennancenter.org

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 1d

New study finds Democrats represent public opinion better than Republicans: "the quality of statehouse democracy, here meaning the dynamic relationship between opinion and policy, is substantially weakened by Republican Party control of state government."

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

wow JOP has been putting out some bangers recently

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

🧵*10/13/2025 noncooperation thread*

A daily-ish thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, defiance, & whatnot by individuals, communities, &/or institutions.

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"Peaceful? Yup. Passive? Never."

On Sat we get to be defiant together! Find a #NoKings event (link in next) & bring a pal!

Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 1d

Boston No Kings! won't be your average protest.

Yes, we’ll have speakers-but also live music, theater & art, & more than 30 resistance groups ready to turn your outrage into action.

Peaceful? Yup. Passive? Never. Join us!

#NoKings #Boston #Unite #Resist

www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 1d

We have some *very exciting* confirmed & invited speakers for the symposium on the 5th, and I am sure we will have a great lineup at ESS as well. If you're doing work in these areas, please submit an abstract!

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 1d

Sociologists, political scientists, other scholars & practitioners of US politics - submit a proposal to our People-Ing Politics conference as part of the Eastern Sociological Society's conference in DC this March 5 - 8th. Apply by 10/15 (unless they extend) & please share - ess2026.exordo.com/login

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 1d

Agree 100% @stanfordaaup.bsky.social!

“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”

stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...

From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'

Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.

stanforddaily.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Cracks are showing in the resistance

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland

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Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn't matter that they're eventually going to have to give in, you don't just give in as soon as you're told to do something, and you make it really damn clear that you're doing it under protest.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 4d

week 7, in a city under siege for 32 days and counting, and the students who are able to come to class despite the blitz are showing up like their lives depend on those 50 minutes of togetherness, poetry, and big questions

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 4d

IDK, man. School started 2 weeks ago for us, and once again students remind me that they’re so curious and interested in the world and anxious to ask big questions. We hear that these questions are no longer useful or relevant, but wherever that’s coming from, it’s not what students believe.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think we disagree - tried to make clear in the thread that things are already unacceptably bad and may very well get much worse - but I *had* thought of fascism as more of a binary, even if intellectually I also knew better.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 3d

the washington post is sparking debate with claims that jeff bezos has a spine and heart, but scientists say the evidence is lacking

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 3d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 4d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 3d

Among other updates, ICE/DHS were told -- again, this time by a judge -- to remove the fence around ICE Broadview. It was still up when I left at noon. And as this story reports, today IL Sens Duckworth & Durbin were denied entry, as other local officials have been for weeks.

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 3d

Protesters gathered Friday outside the Broadview ICE facility, as they have for weeks in resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. blockclubchi.co/48oEVt5

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 3d

Folks can say protest is ineffective. You can claim it's not achieving anything. But there's no way Dick Durbin is doing this if courageous protestors aren't out there daily for the last few weeks forcing people in positions of power to take action.

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 3d

We’re outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

It’s clearer than ever before.

What’s happening in Illinois is an unprecedented, unlawful abuse of power.

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

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

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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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks! It's so bad in both the US and the UK.

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