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Harvey J Kaye

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Professor Emeritus of Democracy @UWGB #AFTunion & Award-winning #Author/editor of 18 books + CoAuthor of 21C Economic Bill of Rights https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/economic-bill-of-rights 🌹🇺🇸

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Harvey J. Kaye is an American historian. He has written and edited over a dozen books, many of which focus on the radical tradition in American history and thought.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1h

The #ANTIFA President and Generation who were also, for all of their faults & failings, our most Progressive President and Generation = Here’s their story from the 1930s to the 1970s. 🇺🇸

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1h

President Trump and his administration are amplifying the voices of pro-White House podcasters and streamers eager to ratify the president’s description of Oregon’s largest city as a “hellscape.”
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How Right-Wing Influencers Are Shaping the Guard Fight in Portland

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The Rift in American Socialism

Today on TAP: Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it.

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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 11h

The mandate(s) for our Constitution is set out in the Preamble:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 15h

Reich warns
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'The whole point': DC insider warns Trump about to 'unleash the final step in his plan'

Robert Reich, a former Secretary of Labor and a professor of public policy, is sounding the alarm — warning that President Donald Trump plans to invoke the Insurrection Act, and detailing the steps he...

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 20h

The #ANTIFA President and Generation who were also, for all of their faults & failings, our most Progressive President and Generation = Here’s their story from the 1930s to the 1970s. 🇺🇸

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 23h

After political economy
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After political economy

Politics and economics were once a unified discipline — and both were much better for it

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Omar Says Trump Plot to Invoke Insurrection Act an ‘Unhinged Act of Authoritarianism’ www.commondreams.org/news/ilhan-o...

Omar Says Trump Plot to Invoke Insurrection Act an ‘Unhinged Act of Authoritarianism’ | Common Dreams

Progressive Congresswoman Ilhan Omar warns against Trump's potential use of the Insurrection Act, calling it illegal and authoritarian. Trump's deployment of federal forces to cities with decreasing c...

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

At the times when #MLKjr grew despondent about America and the movement, he would recall Thomas Paine’s revolutionary words “We have it in our power to begin the world over again” 🇺🇸

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

The Case for the Forever Shutdown: Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate. newrepublic.com/article/2014... via @newrepublic.com

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

“I think patriotism- our patriotism - has never been better defined than by Paine - he hit it off in several places. For instance, where he says - the world is my country to do good is my religion - that is the whole gospel of politics, life.” - Walt Whitman, our great democratic poet 🇺🇸

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 2d

Museum of tje worst www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | The Second Trump Administration Is a Museum of America’s Worst Moments

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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 2d

California get your ballots in.

Check your texts to make sure your ballot was received.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson To Betray The House To Protect Trump On The Epstein Files
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Mike Johnson To Betray The House To Protect Trump On The Epstein Files

Speaker Mike Johnson has a plan to kill the Epstein files discharge petition, and it involves going back on his word and changing the rules.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

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Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

#MVC #Newsies with Rivka Rivera, Frank Cappello & yours truly podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Newsies (w/ Harvey Kaye)

Podcast Episode · Movies vs. Capitalism · 05/02/2023 · 1h 28m

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 3d

Trump appointee, Judge Immergut: “[T]his is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law." Administration arguments blur "the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.”

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October 5, 2025

On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.

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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 4d

Newsom to sue Trump as Pentagon sends California national guard to Oregon.

Governor says president is ‘unapologetically attacking the rule of law’ after judge blocked Oregon national guard deployment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Newsom to sue Trump as Pentagon sends California national guard to Oregon

Governor says president is ‘unapologetically attacking the rule of law’ after judge blocked Oregon national guard deployment

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 4d

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.

Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.

It’s illegal and un-American.

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gagorilla.bsky.social @gagorilla.bsky.social · 5d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 5d

Trump slump www.newsweek.com/trumps-appro...

Trump’s approval rating plunges with low income voters

Low-income voters appear to be shifting sharply away from Trump, largely driven by economic pressures and rising uncertainty.

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