Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
@jjmcgrath.bsky.social
socialist, historian, feminist with a dark sense of humor
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yes to this⤵️
"The news media don’t need to go along with this playful nicknaming. They could stay generic and refer to the “immigration crackdown” in a particular area. They could – and should – refuse to be manipulated."
Read Mark's latest:
"The news media don’t need to go along with this playful nicknaming. They could stay generic and refer to the “immigration crackdown” in a particular area. They could – and should – refuse to be manipulated."
Read Mark's latest:
The news media serve as tools of a repressive regime when they highlight nicknames like “Operation Charlotte’s Web” and “Cornhusker Clink” to help Trump market misery.
Every crackdown on immigrants should not be treated as if it’s a new flavor of Ben & Jerry’s.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Every crackdown on immigrants should not be treated as if it’s a new flavor of Ben & Jerry’s.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The media must stop helping Trump market misery
Journalists don’t have to repeat the regime’s cutesy nicknames for its corrupt campaigns
www.stopthepresses.news
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
yes to this⤵️
"The news media don’t need to go along with this playful nicknaming. They could stay generic and refer to the “immigration crackdown” in a particular area. They could – and should – refuse to be manipulated."
Read Mark's latest:
"The news media don’t need to go along with this playful nicknaming. They could stay generic and refer to the “immigration crackdown” in a particular area. They could – and should – refuse to be manipulated."
Read Mark's latest:
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Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
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Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
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This one is speaking to me today
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This one is speaking to me today
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PUTIN BOUGHT PERPETUALLY BANKRUPT TRUMP OVER 40 YEARS AGO
TRUMP IS KRASNOV
TRUMP IS KRASNOV
Trump’s ties to the Russian mafia go back 3 decades
Journalist Craig Unger talks Russia, Trump, and “one of the greatest intelligence operations in history.”
www.vox.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
PUTIN BOUGHT PERPETUALLY BANKRUPT TRUMP OVER 40 YEARS AGO
TRUMP IS KRASNOV
TRUMP IS KRASNOV
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Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
We're in the fight of our lives and some have to fight harder than others for one reason or another, but if you have an ounce of empathy, YOU FIGHT, LOUD.
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We're in the fight of our lives and some have to fight harder than others for one reason or another, but if you have an ounce of empathy, YOU FIGHT, LOUD.
Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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How many people who watch Fox News know Trump pardoned a man who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.?
Hardly any of them, I suspect.
Sometimes the right wing murders the truth, sometimes is just kidnaps it and throws it in the basement.
Hardly any of them, I suspect.
Sometimes the right wing murders the truth, sometimes is just kidnaps it and throws it in the basement.
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
How many people who watch Fox News know Trump pardoned a man who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.?
Hardly any of them, I suspect.
Sometimes the right wing murders the truth, sometimes is just kidnaps it and throws it in the basement.
Hardly any of them, I suspect.
Sometimes the right wing murders the truth, sometimes is just kidnaps it and throws it in the basement.
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Reposted by Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Congress is set to pass a $900 Billion defense bill that includes funding Israel’s defense & rebuilding areas Israel bombed—using our tax dollars—while refusing to extend healthcare subsidies for 40M Americans. Israelis get free healthcare/college/subsidized housing.
Americans get nothing!
Americans get nothing!
Congress Gears Up to Pass $900 Billion Defense Policy Bill
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Congress is set to pass a $900 Billion defense bill that includes funding Israel’s defense & rebuilding areas Israel bombed—using our tax dollars—while refusing to extend healthcare subsidies for 40M Americans. Israelis get free healthcare/college/subsidized housing.
Americans get nothing!
Americans get nothing!
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FIFA rescinds Peace Prize.
Thailand-Cambodia clashes reignite, killing soldier and civilians
Thailand launched air strikes Monday on its neighbour Cambodia, with both sides trading blame for renewed fighting on their disputed border that has killed four Cambodian civilians and a Thai soldier.
www.rfi.fr
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
FIFA rescinds Peace Prize.
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Hegseth wrote a book in which he bragged about ignoring war crimes. I for one am shocked that Hegseth wrote a book
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Hegseth wrote a book in which he bragged about ignoring war crimes. I for one am shocked that Hegseth wrote a book
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