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AC Roosevelt

@acroosevelt.bsky.social

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Archaeologist and four-field anthropologist. Born on Long Island, NY. Do field research in Amazonia and Central Africa. Like animals. Like to grow plants. Don't like fake news, deception, authoritarianism. Teach at a large public university in Chicago, IL.

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AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 12h

Seems kind of late to recognize all that about the Tates. Been going on more than a year.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 12h

Many happy returns!

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday Governor Newsom
Keep On Trolling.......

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AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 12h

LOL!

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 12h

(Sorry for mispellings, I have to post late in the day.) The events of the week in Chicago brought out several MAGA trolls, who are posting at us with slurs. But the week also brought out many more democracy and freedom lovers. More than 100 in my case!

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

American voters blame both parties in Congress for the government shutdown but blame Trump and Congressional Republicans more.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

Jobs and the economy are Americans' top concerns, not health, immigration, crime, government spending, or events overseas.

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AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

A huge majority of American voters think Trump is not doing enough to lower prices.

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AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

A huge majority of American voters think Trump's policies are leaving them worse off economically.

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AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

Significant pluralities of American voters dispprove of Trump's handling of the economy, inflaiton, and immigration.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

A majority of Americans don't like Trump deploying National Guard to US states.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

A large majority of American voters oppose Trump's deploying US military troops to US cities. A CBS poll last week.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

58% of voters interviewed in a Reuters/Ipsos poll last week oppose the militarization of law enforcement in the US. Trump's approval rating dropped to 40% due to voters' concerns about Trump's handling of crime.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

"Ford Boss Me", the guy claiming his video on YouTube shows Debbie Brockman throwing things at ICE, shows no such thing in the video. Go figure.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

Trolls claim a video shows WBGN's Brockman throwing things at ICE but it doesn't. It shows the rear of a large white SUV/Van seamed to a shot of a different vehicle next to which ICE has her on the ground. No one throwing anything! And the trolls don't include any such video with their claims.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

Trolls usually leave me alone, but they were on the alert yesterday, when so many reversals for DHS and ICE took place. How to tell a troll? They insist on a factoid but have no evidence for their claims, such as a screen shot, and they use slurs against you in their posts.

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AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

When I posted that "Breaking and entering is a crime, even when ICE is doing it.", a flood of Twitterers, more than a hundred, immediately liked or reposted my post. The most I've had ever, all at once. But five or siz MAGA trolls responded with insults. So I answered them then muted them.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

Take a look at some of the other videos, when ICE first attacked him. He was standing by himself with his hands raised in prayer, then an ICE came up behind him and around his left and sprayed the pepper cannister directly in his face close up.

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Lisa @gracehunterlisa.bsky.social · 4d

Ice is a domestic terrorist organization

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Lisa @gracehunterlisa.bsky.social · 4d

Ice is a domestic terrorist organization

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AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is blocking the videos of the arrest of Debbie Brockman the producer for WGN who was viciously arrested and detained on trumped up charges yesterday. He claims it is graphic content. Department of Homeland Security released her without charges, despite having claimed she "threw things" at ICE.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 2d

We all need friendship

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AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 1d

Department of Homeland Security claimed Ms. Brockman, the radio news producer who was forcibly arrested and taken away, that it was because she threw things at ICE. But now a day later they dropped the charges. So what was the reason? Journalists need to ask McLaughlin.

AC Roosevelt @acroosevelt.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, and he's said a couple of other sensible things, before.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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