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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 19h

“That was the latest in a string of moves that suggested the Justice Department had become a tool of vengeance against those whom Mr. Trump views as his enemies..”

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 19h

“The report, which was published Sept. 17, largely catalogs statements in which Soros grantees offered support for Palestinians in the wake of violent attacks against Israel, suggested tactics for civil disobedience”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 20h

I am disgusted that I gave birth in the Benioff Children’s Hospital. These are not the words of a benefactor but of an authoritarian accomplice.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 20h

“Mr. Benioff said that he avidly supported Pres Trump & thought National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco — an action that city leaders would consider beyond the pale.”

No matter the giant phallus in the skyline, SF is not his city. It is ours.

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 1d

up is down. down is up.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 1d

Hundreds Could Be Freed From ICE Custody After Warrantless Arrest Ruling

Immigration attorneys said they have already identified more than 200 arrests that potentially violate the consent decree. However, they said those 200 arrests are likely “just the tip of the iceberg.”

Hundreds Could Be Freed From ICE Custody After Warrantless Arrest Ruling

Immigration attorneys said they have already identified more than 200 arrests that potentially violate the consent decree. However, they said those 200 arrests are likely "just the tip of the iceberg....

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 1d

"Peter Thiel, the billionaire political svengali and tech investor, is worried about the antichrist. It could be the US. It could be Greta Thunberg."
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Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 1d

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 1d

“As we think about antecedents to this administration, this episode is structurally similar to the controversy over the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required the citizens..of Northern free states to act as slave catchers against their will”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | It’s Not Government They Don’t Like

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 1d

Social scientists have been arguing for decades that race and gender cannot be viewed through the teleological lens of progress, and never in my lifetime has that been more clear and important to understand than now.

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Charmaine Chua @charmainechua.bsky.social · 2d

The Berkeley Faculty Association is currently running an event featuring about the UC’s release of 160 names of faculty, staff and students to the Trump administration’s OCR. Three lawyers - Catherine E. Lhamon, Brian Soucek, and Asli Bali will speak. I’ll be live-tweeting key moments.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 2d

I am both immensely proud and wowed and inspired by @azizaahmed.bsky.social - sister of my heart! This is a work of history, love, brilliance, and resistance. I needed this today.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 2d

“The list includes Soros' Open Society Foundations; ActBlue, the funding arm of the Democratic Party; Indivisible, a grassroots coalition opposed to Trump policies and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, a Los Angeles-based group.”

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Ben Gerstein @bwgerstein.bsky.social · 2d

Per the Trump playbook, Jews who do not adhere to fascist tendencies are categorized as "bad Jews" alongside the enemy "other." Investigating these Jewish orgs. also tracks the targeting of JVP featured prominently in the Heritage Foundation's Project Esther: lpeproject.org/blog/how-the...

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 2d

“When a city that has given them so much now is facing a budget deficit of $800 million in the next two fiscal years, what did Airbnb do? They filed lawsuits against us so they don’t have to pay their fair share,” San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan said,”

www.kqed.org/news/1205915...

SF Unions Call for Boycott of Airbnb as It Tries to Claw Back $120 Million in Taxes | KQED

The boycott campaign is the latest push to get Airbnb to drop its lawsuit against San Francisco, which organizers said was the company trying to avoid paying its fair share.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 2d

My sweet brother left for his forever hike 5 years ago today. Here is a photo of him as an undergrad at Stanford, commemorating the Nakba. We will all be specs of dust in the universe one day. Sam taught me that in this life we hold each other.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 2d

““The worth of a politics comes from its application to all, and I think part of why so many have lost faith in politics is the absence of that consistency,” he said.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

How Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 2d

“A rival..petition began circulating.., calling on the Rutgers chapter of Turning Point USA to be disbanded, accusing it of inciting violence & promoting hate speech…that petition had..several hundred more than the original petition calling for Dr. Bray’s firing.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4d

Hard to compete with this.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 4d

It was incredibly moving to hear Prof Nickel and other non-citizen professors testify in court about the ways in which the arrests and deportations of students had affected them and their colleagues. So grateful to them for their integrity and courage. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 5d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 5d

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 5d

13 Waymo robots in a mile is rookie numbers, ie early phase S-curve.

13 Waymo robots in a row is an event at the Chase Center, Symphony, Cow Palace, etc, ie late phase S-curve.

Reminder: Waymo had ~0 VMT growth in both San Francisco and Phoenix for their last reported quarter, 2025Q2.

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 5d

I have just seen 13 Waymos in a one mile distance on El Camino Real close to the San Fransisco airport.

This is going to have a devastating impact on so many workers. And it’s not even clearly safe. We are part of this big experiment in private driverless mobility/environmental disaster. 😞

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · Jul 25

NHTSA closed their year+ investigation of Waymo. Waymo's 2 recalls re to this investigation were for crashing into a utility pole and roadway barriers. Evidently, robots repeatedly driving on the wrong side of the road into traffic and disobeying traffic control devices is ok in USA. Scale that.

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