Virginia Reinburg
@vreinburg.bsky.social
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Historian. Feminist. France. Hawai’i. Author of Storied Places (Cambridge UP 2019). NO KINGS
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vreinburg.bsky.social
Boston fighting tyranny for 250 years (April 18, 1775 through today, April 18, 2025)
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jamellebouie.net
an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can
lenasun.bsky.social
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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fondationme.bsky.social
Une parution essentielle : première traduction française d’un ouvrage majeur (paru en anglais en 1995 !) sur l’effacement de la révolution haïtienne du récit national français, méditation profonde sur ce qu’est l’Histoire, ses rapports avec la mémoire et le sens de ces relations.
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blenormand.bsky.social
Turns out the Nobel peace prize winner is an ally of European far right politicians. Nice.
oceanclub.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/world/europe...

"All the speakers railed against immigration and most called for a new "Reconquista"... former Estonian Finance Minister Martin Helme kicked off the rally following a video message by Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado."
www.reuters.com
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boltsmag.org
In its recent ruling, the Hawaii Supreme Court vowed to protect the due process of Hawaii residents; the majority opinion stated that the state constitution offers more safety than the federal constitution’s “suddenly fluid protections.”
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
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assisiproject.com
"In a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor www.ncronline.org/pope-leo-bla...
Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document
"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.
www.ncronline.org
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
PRITZKER: "I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help."
gregsargent.bsky.social
JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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lmacthompson1.bsky.social
Please acknowledge what is happening to American professors right now.

We do not deserve this.
vreinburg.bsky.social
congratulations! looks wonderful
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darrigomelanie.bsky.social
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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nathankalmoe.bsky.social
This is what the states should’ve been doing from the start to stop lawless ice goons. About damn time.
sabrinarina.bsky.social
Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
oh hell no get Black people outta your crusty mouth
atrupar.com
Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."
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esqueer.net
DHS is repelling from helicopters into apartment buildings to raid them and zip tie children in the middle of the night while saying "fuck them kids." They're shooting at people on the streets and lying about it.

This is a hostile occupying force that is a threat to everyone's safety.
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
I cannot believe what we are subjected to, day after day.
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gbrockell.bsky.social
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
What's important is to understand the cumulative effect of it all. To not just see today's outrage.

See the silencing of Kimmel, the arrest of Comey, the harassment of Soros, the troops in our cities, the seizure of spending power, as all part of a plan to end our democracy.
govpritzker.illinois.gov
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025 Judge's house on fire
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borowitzreport.bsky.social
Pretty sure you can't win the Nobel Peace Prize if you make California invade Oregon
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andrewjweinstein.com
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
cristianfarias.com
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
vreinburg.bsky.social
Bystanders forced them to let him go
cristianfarias.com
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
This Trump administration policy of generating an artificial civil war on the basis of big lies is of course meant to be frightening but it is also anti-American, unlawful, stupid and pursued by wildly unpopular people.
brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary
@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.