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You can’t just fake your own death through life. That’s no way to not live. 🥰💖💜💙♐️ Join me in giving monthly https://mannahattafund.org & justicecommittee.org

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julia ghoulia🦇 @juleschmaj.bsky.social · 8d

I’m so excited to host the @justicecommittee.bsky.social annual party fundraiser #JusticeStateofMind! Make a donation to help JC support families whose loved ones were killed by police & organize for change for decades to come: tinyurl.com/f7d33f8w. I am matching all donations up to $1,000!!!

Welcome to Julia Chmaj's Fundraising Page!

Hello! I've joined the Justice Committee this year as a member of their Host Committee for their Justice State of Mind VI: The Peoples' Rhythm event Thursday, October 30th! I plan to match don...

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julia ghoulia🦇 @juleschmaj.bsky.social · 1d

she’s not and that’s why she’s so mad

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

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

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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julia ghoulia🦇 @juleschmaj.bsky.social · 5d

Always on the New Blood tip! Happy birthday!!! 👻🎂

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 7d

An easy example: Bill Burr

Bill Burr’s schtick is that he’s comedy woke uncle. He gave Beyonce so much shit for going to Saudi Arabia over a decade ago & performing at a PRIVATE PARTY for a PRIVATE CITIZEN where she then gave the money to charity.

He JUST went over & told yall to die mad about it

The horrors persist, but so do I @triniliz22.bsky.social · 7d

How do you know if someone is being willfully ignorant?

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julia ghoulia🦇 @juleschmaj.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome to Julia Chmaj's Fundraising Page!

Hello! I've joined the Justice Committee this year as a member of their Host Committee for their Justice State of Mind VI: The Peoples' Rhythm event Thursday, October 30th! I plan to match don...

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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 21d

It sucks the way the humanities are being eroded & labeled unimportant. For every rant against a “new identity,” there is an ancient poem or painting or song or or or that tells us there is nothing new under the sun

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21d

Yes I will be fighting back against the unjust firing by @washingtonpost.com.

I have filed a grievance and will be represented by none other than the amazing @katiephang.bsky.social and an incredible legal team.

Journalistic freedom is a bedrock of a healthy society and is worth battling for.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22d

“DEI” for these people just means integration and the enforcement of civil rights laws www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21d

i have seen exactly zero evidence to suggest that peter thiel is anything other than a dumbass who got lucky once

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 21d

New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...

For about a year now, Thiel has been publicly laying out his understanding of biblical prophecies and the potential for the rapid advance of technology to bring about an apocalyptic future.

In a lecture Monday, he encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said, according to people who attended.

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julia ghoulia🦇 @juleschmaj.bsky.social · 27d

fuuuuuuck this

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 11

1,100 people killed on 9/11 in New York City have not had any of their remains identified by authorities. The medical examiner's office is using new technology to identify more people.

Inside the lab working to identify the remains of 9/11 victims

1,100 people killed on 9/11 in New York City have not had any of their remains identified by authorities. The medical examiner's office is using new technology to identify more people.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Sep 11

"Political violence" is a term that exists to suggest a moral distinction between "violence against politicians" and "violence by politicians" - so that one can be condemned while the other can be normalized. Obviously, no such distinction exists in reality: violence is violence.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 11

When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Sep 11

It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · Sep 11

What actually would be useful, though, would be to point out that Kirk’s embrace of violence *was* practicing white conservatism “the right way“—in the way it has historically been practiced. That dynamic would be helpful for people living under fascist state capture to grasp.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · Sep 11

Bruh he promoted the very violence that ended his life, but for others. Use your brain parts please & thank you.

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Sep 11

Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · Sep 11

I have two professor colleagues who have faced threats and harassment due to the organization Charlie Kirk built, and they were not alone. We can denounce and loathe political violence without hagiography for its victims. This is dangerous nonsense.

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · Sep 11

"But I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness."
That is Ezra Klein.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Sep 11

US political violence overwhelmingly comes from the right -

the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Sep 11

The Heritage Foundation released the following words from the organization's president, Kevin Roberts, about the death of Charlie Kirk: “His martyrdom must be a turning point for our country.”

Yes, he said "martyrdom." Remember, we don't even know who killed the man or why.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

These conservative movements used both legal & extralegal violence constantly & wove them into the laws & practices of governance that defined the country. Here I talk abt how lynching & voter suppression efforts worked alongside legal suppressionist tactics.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

I've written so much abt this, from the relationship of white conservative election violence & suppressionist tactics to those we see today, to broader public-facing pieces on the ways this violence shapes the country we inherit.

Racist Mass Violence Isn’t Incidental To White Conservatism—It Is Its Defining Feature - Bucks County Beacon

From the White League Coup of 1874 to the January 6 Insurrection, white conservatives have used direct violence in attempts to seize power.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

These people genuinely know nothing of the history—white conservative state & vigilante violence has been arguably *the defining feature* of U.S. history. They apparently also know very little of the present, in which, again, the very opposite is the case.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · Sep 10

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · Sep 10

Enough.

CNN @cnn.com · Sep 10

JUST IN: Three people are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to St. Anthony’s Hospital. https://cnn.it/46fImzg

At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN

At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · Sep 10

As stated earlier by others, it does not matter what you post or do not post here. The right wing has their narrative they’re going to push, because they understand they are at war with democracy and that propaganda *works.*

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Sep 10

Fox News' Jason Chaffetz: "I don’t think it was a coincidence that the shot rang out when you have a question about transgender mass shootings. Hopefully I am wrong. I will probably get criticized for jumping to conclusions... I don’t think that is a coincidence but we will see."

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · Sep 10

I mean.

It doesn't matter if people celebrate or not. Fascists are gonna do what fascists do. They never actually need a real reason.

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · Sep 10

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 10

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…

Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.

And America shrugged and moved on.

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