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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 19h

Even conservatives don't like it. 5/ www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Trump's higher education compact isn't conservative. It's federal intimidation. | Opinion

President Trump is trying to impose an ideological checklist on universities. That's not conservative reform. That's an abuse of power.

www.usatoday.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 19h

Extortion. 8/ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/m...

‘It’s extortion’: Brown, Dartmouth faculty urge schools to resist Trump bid to reshape higher education - The Boston Globe

“You must refuse all unlawful demands and political threats that would undermine our academic freedom and self-governance,” read a petition signed by 500 members of the Dartmouth community.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 6h

finders of fact+fact's liberal bias=double trouble!

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6h

DHS default is to lie about every encounter. Which is why they’re trying to criminalize recording them.

CHICAGO (WGN) - A WGN creative services department employee was detained by two
Border Patrol officers and later released after federal agents swarmed a busy intersection on Chicago's North Side Friday morning, at the height of rush hour.
WGN is not naming the employee, as station policy requires blurring faces and not identifying those who have not been charged with a crime.
Witnesses on site who captured the incident on video spoke to WGN about the moments leading up to the staffer's detainment.

Thomas added that when he made his way down to the scene, around 8:30 Friday morning, he realized there was another person already detained inside the minivan being used by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
"I didn't get his name, although I asked for his name," Thomas said. "He didn't speak very good English. They claimed that the WGN employee was obstructing justice, even though she was, like all of us, just standing there, taking video.'
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Tricia McLaughlin ®
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She was arrested for throwing objects at law enforcement.
Heartland Signal D @HeartlandSignal • 3h
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 11h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 9h

a nice thing you can do for the Democratic lawmaker in your life is to call them up and remind them that politics does not reflect majorities, it *constructs* them.

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Dems Will Stay Weak Until They Stop Obsessing Over Polls

Political strategist Anat Shenker-Osorio says that polling alone won’t find the messages and ideas that will galvanize voters and help Democrats win elections.

newrepublic.com

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 6h

well, i'm a vegan now, but when i was a kid it was really simple: cream cheese & lox. sesame seed bagel. LA, not NYC. but my NYC relatives did not disagree when visiting.
ok, yeah, every once in a while an onion slice, too. but only once i was like 5.

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 9h

If you've never encountered the details of these events in 1919 and are wondering how bad it could possibly be: its absolutely fucking awful. Genuinely, horrendous.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 13h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 11h

As a reverend, this guy is both really articulate and politically compelling, and the Robert Redford rugged good looks don't hurt.

A multi-denominational vigil of religious leaders at every ICE facility being protested would also be a powerful political device.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 6h

has beans for has-beens!

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11h

Soybean farmers should dump their beans on Capitol Hill…

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 6h

History doesn't repeat itself, but it often... oh well!

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 9h

🚨 BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron today reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister — less than a week after Lecornu’s stunning resignation as PM plunged France into a political crisis.

Full story:

Macron picks Lecornu as French PM again

The 39-year-old head of government abruptly resigned Monday, thrusting the country into crisis.

www.politico.eu

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 9h

The best way to show up for #NoKings ❌👑:
Prepared and
In Numbers
THIS IS HOW WE WIN.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 7h

so more posting about it on Bluesky than people watching.
about what one might expect.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 7h

No peace prize for Mr. Department of War?
They'll be hell to pay for THAT!

J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 9h

I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you that the person responsible for unleashing mass violence across this country did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. Shocked.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 7h

Flea-flicker out of bounds, 15 game penalty.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui refuses an indictment DC US Atty's office got from DC Superior Court grand jury after US District Court grand jury refused to indict. Faruqui calls indictment "facially invalid." Govt to appeal to Boasberg. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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www.documentcloud.org

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History News Network @myhnn.bsky.social · 9h

“Forty percent of the team was Black, an unheard-of number for a college football team in Texas. It was the most integrated institution anywhere in West Texas.” www.hnn.us/article/the-...

The Most Integrated Institution in West Texas

What happened after West Texas State College desegregated its football team in the 1960s.

www.hnn.us

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 8h

gotta admit i was fascinated by earthworms as a kid.

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 14h

OTD in 1881, Charles Darwin published his last book, on earthworms.

It reflected a long interest in animal minds: “One alternative alone is left, namely, that worms, although standing low in the scale of organization, possess some degree of intelligence.”

🧪 🌱🐋🦋🦫 #HistSTM #philsci #pschsky #cogsci

Caricature by Edward Linley Sambourne from Punch in 1882 titled “Man is but a Worm,” depicting human evolution, commencing with Chaos, through worm, monkey, culminating in Darwin himself.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 2d

Solidarity Against Sadism

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left.

Tuesday, October 14th at 6 PM ET

RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall

Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Astra Taylor, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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Kernighan says FREE LINK @kernighan.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, I keep asking this... What organization is actually developing a plan for the fixes necessary to make the US a democracy? Where's the plan to abolish the Senate? Completely rework SCOTUS? Pass the ERA with additional protections for LGBTQ+? (this is just a short list).

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Also a BIG question of what gets built (NOT rebuilt!) afterwards. Trump was just the symptom & super-spreader. The disease goes much, MUCH deeper.

Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 9h

Looking at the level of resistance Trump is facing at this point I’m quite confident his regime will fall, it’s only a question of how much damage he will do before it does

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

you're right. he doesn't have the level of charisma (good or evil) that can overwhelmingly change people's minds. but he DOES have more charisma than the robotic political norm of late allows & none of his followers come close.

Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Where are the #ArticlesOfImpeachment Dems???

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 12h

I think we need to be crystal clear about how Trump's creation of a nationwide police force—loyal only to him—threatens to create a feedback loop of lawlessness in which our constitutional right to dissent may vanish. slate.com/news-and-pol...

It is now beyond debate that one of Donald Trump’s key goals is the creation of a national police force that is loyal to him alone. To that end, the president has repeatedly federalized the National Guard—often over governors’ objections—and deployed troops to invade blue cities whose residents oppose his administration. He has also transformed Immigration and Customs Enforcement into a kind of secret police that targets, with especially sadistic brutality, journalists, protesters, and others exercising their First Amendment rights. Trump’s multifaceted attack on the Constitution creates a feedback loop of lawlessness: He first erodes the structural limits on his authority, then exploits his newly unchecked power to trample the people’s freedom to dissent.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

What happens when Trump & Johnson get their wish & you don't have millions of antifa on the streets:

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 13h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Nothing proves anything by itself. But highlighting their folly & laughing at them significantly undermines their tough-guy intimidation strategy.
It's not time to sit back & laugh.
It's not time to lean forward, stick out your tounge & laugh.

Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 10h

"The administration is doing dumb things, this proves they will fail."

1. They are not as dumb as you think in the areas that matter to them: grabbing power.

2. Being dumb is a feature, not a bug, of authoritarianism. Hiring based on loyalty does that.

3. This thinking is what leads to inaction.

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