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Dr. DaShanne Stokes

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Sociologist, writer, speaker, and commentator. I study power and inequality. You may have caught me on TV or radio or read my work. Views mine. Find me at www.dashannestokes.com. Media inquiries: media at dashannestokes dot com.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 9d

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ―Elie Wiesel

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 2d

Innocent people wouldn't do everything in their power to hide the Epstein files.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

"Trump is criminalizing Americans’ ability to challenge their leaders..."

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Opinion | Trump Disgraces American Justice

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 19h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 11h

No one is coming to save us and we can't expect things will just blow over. It's up to us to make change happen.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 15h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 13h

Remember, if Trump leaves office, he faces the risk of imprisonment. That is more than enough reason for him to break every law he can to stay in power.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 13h

Make no mistake: Trump is not only much more powerful now than he was on Jan. 6, but he is also showing he is much more willing to commit crimes, grab more power, and abuse office for personal gain.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 13h

He is already setting the stage to incite his followers again for a much bigger insurrection.

Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 13h

Thanks to his enablers in Congress and the Supreme Court, I believe Trump has the ability to prevent the 2028 election from happening. He can wage war, he can declare a national emergency, he can invoke the Insurrection Act, he can fully deploy the military against citizens...

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 13h

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How Did Adolf Hitler Happen?

Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 14h

We are slowly becoming a totalitarian state.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 14h

Every day gets worse with no end in sight. We need to stop acting like this will be over in 2028. We may not survive until 2028.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 18h

I'm no psychologist, but an inability to keep track of one's lies and a lack of awareness about time and space more generally seems like evidence of cognitive decline to me. (Trump was in office Jan. 6).

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 19h

Proof, again, that "Truth Social" is a fraud. Trump was in office Jan. 6.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 19h

Trump was in office Jan. 6, but claims Biden's FBI put agents in the crowd. Biden didn't have control of the FBI until he took office two weeks later. Does Trump even know where he is?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 4d

The U.S. was added to a global human rights watch list, and the Committee for the First Amendment, originally birthed during McCarthyism, was brought back, both due to actions of this administration. Let that sink in.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Guess that Qatari jet wasn’t a “gift” to Trump after all.

Screenshot of tweets. Mike Madrid writes: “Joe Biden was criticized for a Chinese balloon flying over our airspace. They’re giving Qatar an entire f’ing air base.”
Below, Aaron Rupar’s tweet quotes Pete Hegseth saying on Fox News: “I’m also proud that today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.”

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 1d

Research showing immigrants commit fewer crimes shows that what ICE is doing isn't about safety or threats. Trump having hired undocumented immigrants and being married to a former undocumented immigrant shows it also isn't about the law or immigration. The racist stereotypes show it's about hate.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 1d

I'm not seeing any actual evidence here. If we're going to hold them to facts and evidence, I think we should hold ourselves to facts and evidence, too. Respectfully.

Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 1d

Judging from recent history, I sense that if undocumented immigrants were all white female porn stars, Trump would be looking either to marry them or pay for their silence.

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 1d

If ICE is responding to an actual threat, why does research consistently show that immigrants commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens?

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