Don Haider-Markel
@dhmarkel.bsky.social
social scientist studying political groups, civil rights, and political extremism/violence (he/his)
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the woman using the r-word in this clip, Laura Ndirangu, is now interviewing for a position on the school board in Forest Lake, Minnesota
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
the woman using the r-word in this clip, Laura Ndirangu, is now interviewing for a position on the school board in Forest Lake, Minnesota
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In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
QAnon Isn’t So Thrilled About the Epstein Revelations www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | QAnon Isn’t So Thrilled About the Epstein Revelations
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November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
QAnon Isn’t So Thrilled About the Epstein Revelations www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
Kansas Board of Regents explores changes in faculty workload, post-tenure reviews lawrencekstimes.com/2025/11/20/k...
Kansas Board of Regents explores changes in faculty workload, post-tenure reviews
The Kansas Board of Regents is preparing to vote on faculty tenure policy recommendations that set academic workload expectations and require rigorous post-tenure reviews of professors at the state’s ...
lawrencekstimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Kansas Board of Regents explores changes in faculty workload, post-tenure reviews lawrencekstimes.com/2025/11/20/k...
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NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
In Stunning Admission, DOJ Says Grand Jury Never Saw Indictment Against Comey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
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Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Poland says 2 Ukrainians working for Russia are suspected of being involved in railway blast
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
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BREAKING: A Federal Court has BLOCKED Texas republicans from using their new maps in the 2026 midterms. The ruling must be appealed directly to the Supreme Court. Unsure why the Trib has two conflicting headlines. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
Federal court clears new Texas congressional map for 2026 // Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026
The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through this unusual mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump.
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
BREAKING: A Federal Court has BLOCKED Texas republicans from using their new maps in the 2026 midterms. The ruling must be appealed directly to the Supreme Court. Unsure why the Trib has two conflicting headlines. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview. President Trump defended Mr. Carlson’s friendly interview with Nick Fuentes, an openly antisemitic white supremacist. Hours later, Mr. Fuentes wrote “Thank you Mr. President!” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
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November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview. President Trump defended Mr. Carlson’s friendly interview with Nick Fuentes, an openly antisemitic white supremacist. Hours later, Mr. Fuentes wrote “Thank you Mr. President!” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal data shows.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal data shows.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
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Charlotte reels as immigration raids bring North Carolina city to a ‘standstill’
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Charlotte reels as immigration raids bring North Carolina city to a ‘standstill’
Thriving business districts in North Carolina city now at a ‘standstill’ after at least 81 were arrested over the weekend
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Charlotte reels as immigration raids bring North Carolina city to a ‘standstill’
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@us.theguardian.com
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Breaking News: President Trump urged House Republicans to back a measure to release the Epstein files, a sharp reversal from his previous stance.
Trump Live Updates: Latest on the Epstein Files and National Guard Immigration News
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November 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Breaking News: President Trump urged House Republicans to back a measure to release the Epstein files, a sharp reversal from his previous stance.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson. The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of white supremacy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
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November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson. The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of white supremacy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
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Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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