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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 23h

Tom Alter joined @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social on the latest episode of Working People to talk about his employment fight at Texas State University. Check out the interview below:
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Working People: Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist’s doctored video?

“In Texas, a socialist professor is now in the fight of his life against MAGA’s New McCarthyism,” scholar and author Bill V. Mullen writes in Jacobin. “Tom Alter, a labor historian and tenured profess...

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 1d

“There is no optimism,” one Gaza resident, Nusfat Modin, tells TRNN. “You can’t negotiate with these people. A deal, no deal—we have no hope. No one—ask anyone.”

For Gazans, ‘there is no optimism’ the war will actually end

“There is no optimism,” one Gaza resident, Nusfat Modin, tells TRNN. “You can't negotiate with these people. A deal, no deal—we have no hope. No one—ask anyone.”

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 1d

“Trump has been able to make this spectacle where you have disorder on one side and him on the other, and he can constantly encroach upon the civil rights of Americans by convincing us that this disorder is so systemic that only he can fix it.”

'Spectacle of disorder': How ICE creates the chaos ICE, cops, and the military are called in to 'fix'

"Trump has been able to make this spectacle where you have disorder on one side and him on the other, and he can constantly encroach upon the civil rights of Americans by convincing us that this disor...

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 1d

🎙 New @therealnews.com: Will @txst.edu fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video?

I spoke with Professor Tom Alter himself about his case, which has become a flashpoint in the MAGA right’s all-out assault on free speech & higher education.

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Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video?

“This is a self-described fascist, horribly antisemitic person who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaust and Hitler went to heaven… Who's going to listen to this person with this doctored video...

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 1d

"This is a self-described fascist... who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaust… Who’s going to listen to this person with this doctored video of me at this conference? Well, turns out Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse appears to have listened.”
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Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video?

“This is a self-described fascist, horribly antisemitic person who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaust and Hitler went to heaven… Who's going to listen to this person with this doctored video...

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 1d

🎙 New @therealnews.com: Will @txst.edu fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video?

I spoke with Professor Tom Alter himself about his case, which has become a flashpoint in the MAGA right’s all-out assault on free speech & higher education.

therealnews.com/will-texas-s...

Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video?

“This is a self-described fascist, horribly antisemitic person who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaust and Hitler went to heaven… Who's going to listen to this person with this doctored video...

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 3d

I remember when people were debating if Israel would actually strike a single hospital while they were leveling an entire civilization

Complete and total destruction of Jabalia camp in Gaza

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 5d

Donald Trump’s “20-Point Plan” could provide a path to end the Gaza genocide, but it is limited by a lack of details and the uncertainty of whether the U.S. is willing to enforce it on Israel.

Now that a Gaza ceasefire has been reached, will Trump force Israel to end the genocide?

Donald Trump’s “20-Point Plan” could provide a path to end the Gaza genocide, but it is limited by a lack of details and the uncertainty of whether the U.S. is willing to enforce it on Israel.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 6d

The “arrest first and ask questions later” reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of community well-being.

Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety

The “arrest first and ask questions later” reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of...

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 6d

“People were screaming in the streets, because after two years of bombings and destruction and loss, finally they will sign the ceasefire,” said one aid worker. “I hope they can maintain this deal.”

Palestinians, aid groups express cautious ‘jubilation’ as ceasefire deal reached

“People were screaming in the streets, because after two years of bombings and destruction and loss, finally they will sign the ceasefire,” said one aid worker. “I hope they can maintain this deal.”

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Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote about the Bari Weiss take over of CBS News as part of a broader trend away from the pretense of liberal institutionalism into a genuinely post-reality tabloidism, marked by AI slop, unsophisticated Trumpian-Likudite propaganda and consolidation of traditional and social media.

The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 7d

The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social

Bari Weiss and the post-liberal media order

The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 7d

The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social

Bari Weiss and the post-liberal media order

The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality.

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 19d

My podcast #StoriesOfResistance is a finalist for a Signal Award. You can check it out, vote & support here! @therealnews.com
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We’re finalists for the prestigious Signal Awards. Help us win!

Move over, Jon Stewart. The Real News is here…

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 7d

For years The Marc Steiner Show has lifted up voices of Palestinians and Israelis fighting against the violence of Occupation. And that vital work has earned us a spot as a 2025 finalist for a prestigious Signal Award, but we need your vote to win!
Vote today: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

Help us make sure voices from Gaza are heard!

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 7d

“Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting,” vowed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

‘Illegal... unconstitutional... dangerous... wrong’: Texas National Guard troops invade Illinois

“Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting,” vowed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 8d

We take you inside the horrifying halls of the NY immigration courts you've been seeing on the news. But you've never seen and heard this... Please watch and get everyone you can to watch.

"ICED out of America" by Michael Nigro @therealnews.com

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ICED out of America

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 8d

The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech.”

Lawmakers demand information about potential use of Paragon spyware by ICE

The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech."

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 8d

For over four months, journalists have been bearing witness to America’s cruel and unusual treatment of immigrants and Trump’s militarized war against them. There seems to be no end in sight.

ICED out of America

For over four months, journalists have been bearing witness to America’s cruel and unusual treatment of immigrants and Trump’s militarized war against them. There seems to be no end in sight.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 8d

“There is this very specific criteria for what makes something genocide, and it doesn’t have to look anything like the Holocaust.”

How can anyone still deny Israel is committing genocide in Gaza?

“There is this very specific criteria for what makes something genocide, and it doesn't have to look anything like the Holocaust.”

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured.

I spoke with Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing with the Freedom Flotilla on board the Conscience.
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social @therealnews.com

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured.

I spoke with Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing with the Freedom Flotilla on board the Conscience.
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social @therealnews.com

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 8d

We take you inside the horrifying halls of the NY immigration courts you've been seeing on the news. But you've never seen and heard this... Please watch and get everyone you can to watch.

"ICED out of America" by Michael Nigro @therealnews.com

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ICED out of America

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 8d

New @therealnews.com

More ships are sailing to Gaza after the Global Sumud Flotilla was captured last week. I spoke w/ Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing on the Conscience @freedomflotillafr.bsky.social

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Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured

“I'm here as an act of global Indigenous solidarity, and there are many, many people, many Indigenous nations across Turtle Island, that support the Palestinian people and their liberation struggle.”

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 8d

"Why does Bari Weiss Keep Winning?"

*raises hand* because if you spend your life looking out a society ravaged, pillaged, and destroyed by the rich and pushing batshit culture war "explanations" that never implicate the rich, the rich will reward you handsomely.

Vox @vox.com · 9d

The anti-woke backlash is coming for CBS News — in the person of Bari Weiss.

In a deal that could have seismic ramifications for the mainstream media, Paramount (CBS’s parent company) will reportedly buy the Free Press (Weiss’s online publication) for around $150 million.

Why does Bari Weiss keep winning?

She quit the New York Times, calling it too far left. Now she’s more powerful than ever.

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