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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He’s Just Falling for Trump’s Demagoguery.

The @democrats.org need to stop taking advice from folks like Jonathan Chait

Where has this centrist nonsense gotten them lately?

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Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.

A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 8h

Some people believe Peter Thiel is the Antichrist 🤷‍♀️

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

Tired of Peter Thiel trying to destroy democracy by forcing his dystopian vision of the world on us?

You can join @purgepalantir.bsky.social, a movement that is protesting the billionaire and his companies.

And @solidaritydept.bsky.social has a full report exposing Thiel that you can share widely:

Peter Thiel - The People's Audit | DOCS

Learn about Peter Thiel's role as Chairman at Palantir Technologies. Net worth: $25.6 Billion. Key threats and impact on democracy.

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 16h

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

.. there should be consequences for everyone involved in bringing these specious charges that won't hold up

#IStandWithLetitiaJames

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 15h

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social

#Resist #ColumbiaUniversity
#FreeSpeech #NYC

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

www.theguardian.com

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

The ’90s Gender Swap Novel You Need to Read Now

#BookReview: Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman

#books #BookReviews #booksintranslation

The ’90s Gender Swap Novel You Need to Read Now

www.nytimes.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

At the Met’s ‘Divine Egypt,’ the Gods Are Eternally Fabulous

#art #museums #MuseumNews #NY

At the Met’s ‘Divine Egypt,’ the Gods Are Eternally Fabulous

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

.. ugh, disgusting - every last one of these so-called comics

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punitive amputation, jail for satirists … these are the human rights abuses fuelling the fury now being directed at the likes of Louis CK and Dave Chappe...

www.theguardian.com

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Indivisible LES/Lower Manhattan, NYC @indivisible-les.bsky.social · 14h

#NYC Says #NoKings!

In America, we don't put up with would-be kings!

Join the movement now!
#WeThePeople will win!

#Indivisible #IndivisibleLES #Resist

NYC SAYS NO KINGS! New York City · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** 📍 Where: Father Duffy Square, 47th st. and Broadway 📅 When: 11:00 AM ET, October 18, 2025 NOTE: this will be a march, not a rally! Enter from the...

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 15h

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social

#Resist #ColumbiaUniversity
#FreeSpeech #NYC

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

www.theguardian.com

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 15h

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

This is how fascism works

It's not on the way
It's here

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

www.theguardian.com

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is ‘endangering nation’s health’

Former top doctors condemn health secretary’s vaccine, research policies, saying ideology replaced science at HHS

www.theguardian.com

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 16h

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

.. there should be consequences for everyone involved in bringing these specious charges that won't hold up

#IStandWithLetitiaJames

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

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Indivisible LES/Lower Manhattan, NYC @indivisible-les.bsky.social · 1d

We stand with NY Attorney General Letitia James!

✊️✊️✊️

#IStandWithLetitiaJames
#WeStandWithLetitiaJames #NewYork #Resist

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

18,457 children

dead

How can the world go on tolerating this?

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda

.. the Trump regime is evil

I can't think of a better word to describe the fascist pricks

US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda

Trump administration reported to be planning expansion of ‘global gag rule’ to halt any initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion

www.theguardian.com

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He’s Just Falling for Trump’s Demagoguery.

The @democrats.org need to stop taking advice from folks like Jonathan Chait

Where has this centrist nonsense gotten them lately?

@jonathanbchait.bsky.social

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.

A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.

theintercept.com

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

Cool, cool--history professor facing right-wing threats of violence has to flee to Europe.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps

US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

@drannieandrews.com

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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

Gavin Newsom keeps throwing the trans community under the bus - and for what?

#MAGA will never support him

And now, many on the other side won't either

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