Bylo
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Human rights education, community development, history, fascism (she/her). As the evergreen poetry of Bowling for Soup charges us all, “Don’t Be a Dick”.
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· Nov 14
Defending Democracy: Lessons for Building Resilience and Taking Action — Woven Teaching
Based on the framework provided by Timothy Snyder in On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Defending Democracy offers teachers a suite of 15 lessons to support students to be promoter...
www.woventeaching.org
Defending Democracy: Lessons for Building Resilience and Taking Action is a free, downloadable curriculum for educators who want to engage their students in the fight to protect democracy and fight authoritarianism.
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Minnesotans face off against ICE as they target Somalis.
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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He seems to be suggesting that anything short of actively drowning themselves is evidence they sought to paddle their shipwreck to US to continue their mission. If true, I want an inspiring biopic of the most determined employees in human history. That'd be some serious can-do attitude.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
He seems to be suggesting that anything short of actively drowning themselves is evidence they sought to paddle their shipwreck to US to continue their mission. If true, I want an inspiring biopic of the most determined employees in human history. That'd be some serious can-do attitude.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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It's not complicated, honestly.
The dead ender sycophants who have no career post-Trump need Trump to stay gold and in office, as a corpse if necessary.
The Nazis, meanwhile, are building a coalition to replace him.
People are choosing sides.
The dead ender sycophants who have no career post-Trump need Trump to stay gold and in office, as a corpse if necessary.
The Nazis, meanwhile, are building a coalition to replace him.
People are choosing sides.
I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's not complicated, honestly.
The dead ender sycophants who have no career post-Trump need Trump to stay gold and in office, as a corpse if necessary.
The Nazis, meanwhile, are building a coalition to replace him.
People are choosing sides.
The dead ender sycophants who have no career post-Trump need Trump to stay gold and in office, as a corpse if necessary.
The Nazis, meanwhile, are building a coalition to replace him.
People are choosing sides.
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USAID represented 0.3% of the federal budget.
Anybody who thinks thousands of agonizing deaths is a fine price to pay for saving a fractional amount of government spending is unworthy of being listened to, let alone being given political power www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
USAID represented 0.3% of the federal budget.
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I'm not 100% sure that Trump came to office with the explicit personal goal of harming as many people as possible. But you sure as hell can't reject the hypothesis.
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I'm not 100% sure that Trump came to office with the explicit personal goal of harming as many people as possible. But you sure as hell can't reject the hypothesis.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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“America is sleepwalking into authoritarianism, and if there’s anybody out there that is a member of a labor union that is safe and doesn’t think this applies to you, he’s coming for you. They’re coming for you.”
inthesetimes.com/article/drop...
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Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey Wants You to Wake the F*ck Up
The Nazi-punching, union-supporting punk rocker who's setting an example in the Trump era.
inthesetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“America is sleepwalking into authoritarianism, and if there’s anybody out there that is a member of a labor union that is safe and doesn’t think this applies to you, he’s coming for you. They’re coming for you.”
inthesetimes.com/article/drop...
inthesetimes.com/article/drop...
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Hard to convince people this is all the Democrats' fault when you are going to court (during the shutdown no less) to defy a court order to fund SNAP
BREAKING: The Justice Department said it would file an appeal after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to pay food stamps in full this month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hard to convince people this is all the Democrats' fault when you are going to court (during the shutdown no less) to defy a court order to fund SNAP
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play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr... Jason Stanley on Reveal podcast
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November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr... Jason Stanley on Reveal podcast
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A gut wrenching “picking up where we left off” feeling. That moment on Jan 6 where we still didn’t know how it was going to end. Here we are right back there, except standing in an enormous and growing cost of millions of lives, livelihoods, futures, other forms of goodness and decency.
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A gut wrenching “picking up where we left off” feeling. That moment on Jan 6 where we still didn’t know how it was going to end. Here we are right back there, except standing in an enormous and growing cost of millions of lives, livelihoods, futures, other forms of goodness and decency.
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America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The merging of Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes is not surprising at all. Nor is the professional Christian right's vocal support of it. They make perfect sense together, and essentially have the same gimmick of "say outrageous and horrible things, and never apologize." 1/
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The merging of Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes is not surprising at all. Nor is the professional Christian right's vocal support of it. They make perfect sense together, and essentially have the same gimmick of "say outrageous and horrible things, and never apologize." 1/
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"Why does the country think you're biased?" asks woman firing people using evidence and science in their reporting
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Why does the country think you're biased?" asks woman firing people using evidence and science in their reporting
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1. This morning, a flurry of movement in federal rulemaking signals Trump's intent to ban transgender youth care nationwide.
If these rules go into effect, the administration may be successful in doing so.
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Trump Admin Attempts To Ban Trans Youth Care Nationwide With New Federal Rules
Three new rules pushed by the Trump administration may serve as the next wave of a federal crackdown on trans youth care.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
1. This morning, a flurry of movement in federal rulemaking signals Trump's intent to ban transgender youth care nationwide.
If these rules go into effect, the administration may be successful in doing so.
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If these rules go into effect, the administration may be successful in doing so.
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Important context 🧵 delivered by Aaron on news that might otherwise seem pedantic or just bureaucratic to most observers without experience in DHS/CBP/ICE spaces.
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Important context 🧵 delivered by Aaron on news that might otherwise seem pedantic or just bureaucratic to most observers without experience in DHS/CBP/ICE spaces.
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...