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koos167.bsky.social @koos167.bsky.social · 9h

Barack Obama had the right to appoint a Supreme Court Justice and just let fucking Mitch McConnell steamroll him. Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer had a chance to fix the Supreme Court before Trump 2.0 and instead we have this fucking Nazi bullshit. Great.

koos167.bsky.social @koos167.bsky.social · 9h

if i had to guess it would be something about Kennedy's kid

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 12h

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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koos167.bsky.social @koos167.bsky.social · 9h

When good people like good things well is my happy place.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Matt Stoller being very Matt Stoller, calling someone else a "classic left poseur snob"

Matt Stoller being eviscerated by @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

Do you know what you are doing on Saturday, October 18?

If the answer is no, you are deserving of nonlethal, but firm slap. #NoKings

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16h

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 9h

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Ned @thewesterhazys.bsky.social · 17h

Does Zohran have to report this as campaign contribution?

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 9h

the fact that the right wing authoritarian extremist president openly describes anything liberal, left wing or remotely related to PoC as crime, violence, lawlessness & terrorism should give the game away entirely, but too many Americans are deeply fucking stupid indoctrinated rubes

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Kecka @kecka.bsky.social · 17h

Just leaving this here.

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Craig @crrrrrraig.bsky.social · 18h

Falls under the "Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time" category.

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 14h

lol did not expect this one to take off but I just wanna say there’s no such thing as a good cop. ACAB means all for a reason.

Please don’t bother with this nonsense about “oh bad cops will leave” because A. No they won’t and B. There is no point in making that distinction.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 11h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Jezza Riddell @jezzariddell.bsky.social · 19h

Is this the Atlantic's standard? Bari Weiss is a known grifter. You're caping by playing up the "women entrepreneur" card without mentions Bari is extremely bad for women.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

I knew it! She's been his handler this whole time, hasn't she?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 2d

The collapse of the AI bubble will give us the third bubble driven recession of the century deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-magnif...

The Magnificent Collapse of the Stock and Crypto Bubbles

The third bubble recession of the century will not be fun

deanbaker22.substack.com

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koos167.bsky.social @koos167.bsky.social · 2d

so is a hermit crab, or the concept of heat

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

Janet Mills — who is 77 — should stay the absolute fuck away from the Senate race and this situation is honestly

FRUSTRATING. AS. FUCK.

GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE!

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koos167.bsky.social @koos167.bsky.social · 2d

oh, and family (i.e., christian) values

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koos167.bsky.social @koos167.bsky.social · 2d

REPUBLICANS: the party of small government, fiscal responsibility, and the military

ha ha ha ha ha

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koos167.bsky.social @koos167.bsky.social · 2d

bet

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Carl @listeningtofilm.net · 2d

Makes me think of how the House Dems passed over AOC for ranking member of oversight in favor of a guy who died 6 months later

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

MIT President Sally Kornbluth just issued a statement to the campus community saying NO to Trump’s authoritarian compact

“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit.
Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute
was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.

• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available
to any American with an internet
connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly
10%.
• We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree.

These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law.
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific
funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that tree marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences.
Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.

As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the
U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people.
We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation.
Sincerely,
Sally Kornbluth
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Ms. May Mailman
Mr. Vincent Haley

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