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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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

People rightly complain that a lot of TV dramas are "copaganda," but those shows have set some expectations in the general public about how law enforcement is supposed to act. Lean into that.

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

I need a montage of famous cops in movies and TV shows flashing their badges and announcing their names, followed by a stream of masked ICE guys refusing to give theirs.

a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom

ALT: a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Jane C @janecragun.bsky.social · 1d

I think there’s a non zero chance we get to a single payer system in the U.S. eventually. The current system is simply unsustainable for the vast majority of voters.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

OBAMA: “Better’s good… we’re not gonna get to perfect. Do I think single-payer with no profit motive would’ve been smarter? Absolutely.”

President Obama tells Maron the ACA was a compromise because he didn’t have the votes for what he really wanted. #MedicareForAll

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

John Oliver is good at his job

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t make the protest? Here are other ways you can resist:

• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one

• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise

• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com

• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Dr. Jane C @janecragun.bsky.social · 4d

Every university should follow this example. Every. Single. One.

Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social · 4d

An excellent response by MIT’s President Sally Kornbluf rejecting the Trump compact.

Other universities should do the same.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know American farmers made more money with fewer subsidies under the Biden administration?

My interview with Dr. Chris Jones -- catch up on farm policies and what we should be doing to preserve our food and farm markets. One word: diversification. jesspiper.substack.com/p/soybeans-a...

Soybeans and Sisyphus

A conversation with Dr. Chris Jones

jesspiper.substack.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Json Momoa @jotatx.bsky.social · 6d

@chrischirp.bsky.social is doing a fantastic work here
www.trumpactiontracker.info

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Sep 2

Also a pretty fair guess that someone who talks about "the West" and any threats to it is a big racist.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Sep 2

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 8d

Shameful from both publisher and ‘author’:

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 8d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 8d

BUT! (seriously!!) the left cannot merely copy the right's formula. We all respond to narrative, emotion, community & status. The left doesn't respond to the exact same emotional appeals. The community is different in important ways, but the need for community is the same. Status is different too.

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 8d

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 9d

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

CNN @cnn.com · 11d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 9d

📌We are being besieged by toxic masculinity in this country. Emotionally illiterate, weak, immature men are lashing out, because it's easier than calling themselves into account.
It's been going on forever, is dangerous, and really, really fucking tiresome.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 9d

Things to consider:

Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter

Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed

You are a witness.
Expose it.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 9d

A study imagined NIH with 40% less funding. The result? More than half of FDA-approved drugs since 2000 might not exist. Basic research dollars have real-world impact.
buff.ly/CIfauh4

Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why

The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support research that has a clearer eventual payoff.

buff.ly

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9d

Everything by Trump and Miller right now is weakness.

They know they've lost the majority and their policies are unpopular and they've F'd up the economy.

So, they'll use the military and threats and unleash their Reeks.

But, they don't have the numbers.

All hands on deck resistance.

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Dr. Jane C @janecragun.bsky.social · 9d

I’m gen X. Did not vote for Trump in 2016, 2020, or 2024. I get the FAFO reactions, but it isn’t necessarily all that accurate.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10d

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 10d

Kavanaugh Collateral

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 10d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 10d

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Document it!

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10d

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

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