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Harvey J Kaye

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Professor Emeritus of Democracy @UWGB #AFTunion & Award-winning #Author/editor of 18 books + CoAuthor of 21C Economic Bill of Rights https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/economic-bill-of-rights 🌹🇺🇸

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Harvey J. Kaye is an American historian. He has written and edited over a dozen books, many of which focus on the radical tradition in American history and thought.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 5d

Today January 30 is the birthday of Franklin D Roosevelt, the President who - for all of his sins of omission and commission - led Americans to beat the Great Depression and defeat Fascism by making the United States radically freer, more equal, and more democratic.

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Strandvogel ⊥ Resist @strandvogel.united-for-democracy.com · 15h

Armed #ICE thugs trying to kidnap US citizens out of their car #dumptrump
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ICE Agents Pulling Weapons on Unarmed U.S. Citizen in MN

YouTube video by NowThis Impact

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?

BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism

SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?

BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

Opinion | Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them.

www.nytimes.com

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

Bernie Sanders Nails Trump For Wasting $38 Million To Weaken Civil Rights
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Bernie Sanders Nails Trump For Wasting $38 Million To Weaken Civil Rights

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) found that Trump wasted $38 million in taxpayer money while weakening the civil rights of students.

open.substack.com

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

The president fired the professionals at Washington’s top performing-arts venue and attempted a MAGA makeover. His announcement that it will close for two years is an acknowledgement that his strategy has been a failure.
— The Atlantic

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

Corruption every which way = Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search

www.nytimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

on this day 12 years ago bill de blasio dropped staten island chuck who later died of his injuries

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 2d

10 years ago:
Newt Gingrich needed a history lesson :
Keeping the True Faith: Rediscovering America on the National Mall | OurFuture.org by People's Action ourfuture.org/20160610/kee...

Keeping the True Faith: Rediscovering America on the National Mall | OurFuture.org by People's Action

It is easy to scoff at and debunk the “history” Newt Gingrich offers on the walking tour featured in his latest book. But it reminds progressives of the imperative of speaking to American historical.....

ourfuture.org

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump’s post-truth agenda beaten back as Americans refuse to accept ICE lies

Effort to manipulate killing of Alex Pretti collapsed after footage torpedoed ‘domestic terrorist’ claim – could this be a turning point?

www.theguardian.com

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 2d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 2d

‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...

‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

I went on Fox News this morning to tell conservatives what is happening to their nation. ICE is out of control - teargassing schools, murdering American citizens, and obliterating the constitutional rights Republicans claim to care about. Every citizen should want this to stop.

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Elizabeth Shockman @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social · 2d

We know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.

MPR News @mprnews.org · 3d

JUST IN: The five-year-old Columbia Heights Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who have been in an ICE detention facility in Texas, are on their way home.

Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have landed back in Minnesota following a judge's order

Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked national fervor, returned home to Minnesota with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, Sunday morning after a judge ordered their release.

www.mprnews.org

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 3d

JUST IN: The five-year-old Columbia Heights Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who have been in an ICE detention facility in Texas, are on their way home.

Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have landed back in Minnesota following a judge's order

Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked national fervor, returned home to Minnesota with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, Sunday morning after a judge ordered their release.

www.mprnews.org

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans

www.nytimes.com

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

GOP STUNNED IN TEXAS www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-...

GOP STUNNED: Democrat Flips Reliably Republican Texas State Senate Seat

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election in a Texas state Senate district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

www.huffpost.com

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

Bizarre
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

‘Bizarrely and personally lurking’: Gabbard’s appearance at FBI election raid alarms Dems

A White House spokesperson defended Gabbard’s involvement, saying she has a “pivotal role in election security.”

www.politico.com

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

If I lived in Maine I know who I’d vote for. From a distance, I support Graham Platner. Check him out. Consider donating &/or volunteering. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · Aug 19

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 3d

CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY
202 224 3121 to say
Not a Penny More for ICE Brutality.
Here's my call to Cory Booker.
Not perfect but you don't need to be perfect.
Script per @indivisible.org is below.

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 4d

Could someone please explain why anyone pays any attention to this loud and obnoxious fool?
"Elon Musk says that in 10 to 20 years, work will be optional and money will be irrelevant thanks to AI and robotics"

www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

MSN

www.msn.com

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David J. Voelker @david-j-voelker.bsky.social · 4d

Could easily add 25 more: my classes at Hanover College (1992-96) were so good that I remember almost all of them, along with the instructors.
6) The Renaissance
7) History of the English Language
8) Colonial America
9) Dante in Florence!
10) Social Psychology
11) Creative Writing
12) Historiography

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 4d

US government shuts down partially over homeland security funding
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government shuts down partially over homeland security funding

Democratic senators refuse to vote for bill authorizing continued DHS spending after killings of two US citizens

www.theguardian.com

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4d

#OtD 31 Jan 1919 striking workers fought police in central Glasgow. Declared a "Bolshevist uprising", thousands of troops were deployed to restore order. The strike was to lower the working week to 40 hours stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1036...

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wizardkitten @wizardkitten.bsky.social · 4d

At this hour, NBC has totally dropped the ball on this national story. No headlines at all. 🤔

AP, CNN, ABC, Reuters, NPR all have headlines near the top. Partial shutdown is leading everywhere.

Anti-ICE protests take place nationwide following fatal shootings in Minneapolis

Protesters across the U.S. called for "no work, no school, no shopping" as part of a nationwide strike to oppose the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

abcnews.go.com

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 4d

Hey @nytimes.com: CHANGE THIS HEADLINE.
ICE absolutely does NOT have the power to nullify the 4th Amendment.

Headline: ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants.
“Expands” is crossed out in red and replaced with “claims.”

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 4d

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wizardkitten @wizardkitten.bsky.social · 4d

Locally owned small businesses are really stepping up, and that gets attention. This is Ishpeming in the UP.

Doozers to start donating portion of cookie sales to National Immigrant Justice Center

Every Wednesday, Doozers will select a random cookie and donate $1 for every version of that cookie sold.

www.uppermichiganssource.com

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 4d

Tell me 5 classes you took in college (university)

1) Modernism
2) Formal Logic
3) Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
4) The History of Western Music from Plainchant to Schoenberg
5) Sociological Theory

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 4d

Tell me 5 classes you took in college (university)

Quantum Mechanics
Logic & Philosophy of Mathematics
Literature and Film of Weimar Germany
Nonviolent Political Action
Latin American Politics

alison says reinstate Link! @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 4d

Tell me 5 classes you took in college (university)

Environmental philosophy
Parks planning and management
Woody plants (the full name of the course)
Rangeland management
Wetland ecology

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