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by Sanford F. Schram

sandysfs.bsky.social
AOC just told Kaitlin Collins she is a big part of the gaslighting problem by suggesting Democrats like Schumer are just concerned about getting re-elected. The Collins honeymoon is over!
acyn.bsky.social
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h
Sanders: They have refused to negotiate. And anyone thinks that tomorrow they'll suddenly start negotiating. I think, is smoking what is illegal in many states

AOC: And should be legal in more.

Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, David Darmofal

acyn.bsky.social
Sanders: They have refused to negotiate. And anyone thinks that tomorrow they'll suddenly start negotiating. I think, is smoking what is illegal in many states

AOC: And should be legal in more.
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
WSJ: “.. the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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kathleenbelew.bsky.social
A 15-year-old kid was tear gassed, slammed to the ground, and detained for five hours in a garage by armed ICE in Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/1...
15-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Taken By Feds For 5 Hours After East Side Protest, Attorney Says
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the teen hit an agent in the face with an egg. They said claims that agents disappeared the teen are “categorically false.”
blockclubchicago.org
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
god this is so funny because back when I had my life blown up due to white people tweets I lost exactly zero (0) friends defector.com/free-press-r...
Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector
It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...
defector.com
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Vance on Wednesday downplayed bigoted messages in Young Republicans’ group chats, suggesting they were nothing more than ‘edgy, offensive jokes.’”

“.. The messages .. included more than 250 slurs, an instance in which rape was called “epic’ ..”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Efrén O. Pérez, Trevon D. Logan , and 3 more

jamellebouie.net
white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
www.nytimes.com
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theintercept.com
Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.
Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.
Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.
interc.pt
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atrupar.com
FOX: Grijalva says you're afraid of her being the 218th signer to the Epstein petition, that if she was a Republican you would've sworn her in. What do you say?

MIKE JOHNSON: I say bless her heart. She's a representative-elect, she doesn't know how it works around here.
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sethabramson.bsky.social
Now that Trump has delegated his preposterous politicking for a Nobel Peace Prize to sycophants, he can finally get around to declaring unilateral war on Venezuela, a war crime, as he murders Colombian civilians at sea, another war crime, and endorses collective punishment in Gaza, another war crime
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
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by Sanford F. Schram

sandysfs.bsky.social
Danny Postel shows how The Trajectory of Trumpism is being actively resisted today in Chicago:

newlinesmag.com/reportage/ch...
Chicago Is Pushing Back Against Trump
The spectacular repression of ICE is leading ordinary residents of the Windy City to protest and activism
newlinesmag.com

by Diane Ravitch — Reposted by Sanford F. Schram

dianeravitch.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Does dissent=terrorism? Trump thinks so.
Inside Trump’s NSPM-7: The Secret Directive Targeting Americans as “Radical Threats”
A new national security memorandum quietly signed by Donald Trump is being used to surveil and label millions of Americans as potential terrorists for their political and religious beliefs.
open.substack.com
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

gregsargent.bsky.social
A few other ideas:

*impeaching top DHS officials
*criminal referrals for potential lawbreaking
*more aggressive defunding
*much stricter codified limitations

Full piece here:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening
There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.
newrepublic.com
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Will Jennings, Richard Price , and 10 more

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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Andrew R. Morral, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

gregsargent.bsky.social
We constantly talk about Dems' struggles to reach deeper into the culture and access people who ignore politics.

You know what issue is penetrating deep into the culture? ICE's masked raids and kidnappings! It's on Rogan and in country music. In the Manosphere!

newrepublic.com/article/2018...
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muellershewrote.com
Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Diane Ravitch

sethabramson.bsky.social
This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Juliet B. Schor, Jon Green , and 5 more

atrupar.com
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Matthew P. McAllister

gregsargent.bsky.social
This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening
There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.
newrepublic.com
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Tom Clark, Scott Lucas , and 7 more

originalsp.in
ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
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jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Every time something like the GOP chat leak occurs I hear smart people arguing that shame could be a useful tactic. But shame only works if the bad actors think their actions are bad. Hypocrisy, shame, these Victorian-ish norms are just that, norms, guardrails, and they don't work against fascism.
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meidastouch.com
Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?
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atrupar.com
Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
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jamalgreene.bsky.social
Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.
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elienyc.bsky.social
Kavanaugh looking to find the "end point" when the Court no longer has to worry about the intentional use of race to create black districts.
I'd say "WHEN WHITE FOLKS STOP INTENTIONALLY USING RACE TO DECREASE BLACK VOTING POWER" but he thinks white people doing that is cool.
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realworldrj.bsky.social
Imagine the New York Times front page if some rando Dem in rural New Mexico said "I love Osama"

There are zero stories about Kansas Republicans exchanging racist and klan notes. Note that the Texas GOP chair also said similar stuff

The Republican Party are proud nazis. We ignore it at our peril
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Scott L. Greer, Karen Benjamin Guzzo , and 1 more

donmoyn.bsky.social
New, from me: I break down all that is happening with the shutdown.
Shutdowns are bad. But only Trump and Russ Vought are brave enough to ask: what if shutdowns aren’t painful enough? How can we use this as an opportunity to target our political enemies? 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...
The Shutdown Shitshow
As Trump uses the shutdown to settle scores, the public bears the cost
donmoynihan.substack.com
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, David R. Miller

brendannyhan.bsky.social
What would you say if you saw it in another country? What would you say if you had been told in 2015 that this is where we would be?
johnpfaff.bsky.social
John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d
To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
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niallharbison.bsky.social
The end is very close now but I've known him so long I knew he wouldn't want to just sit on a drip in the hospital.

Life is for living even at the very end ♥️
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Cas Mudde, Richard S.J. Tol , and 4 more

davidho.bsky.social
“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
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