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No Kings protests were extraordinary. How exactly?
Americans, citizens and immigrants alike, protested on Saturday, June 14, in exceptional numbers as a wave of No Kings protests became the most widespread public repudiation of the second Donald Tr…
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How does a movement demonstrate political strength? Some thoughts and measures as the anti-Trump resistance kicks into gear.
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Minneapolis and St. Paul leaders rallied behind the Somali community Tuesday after reports emerged that the Trump administration plans an intensive immigration enforcement operation targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the region. (via @mprnews.org)
Twin Cities leaders rally behind Somalis amid reports feds may target community
City leaders from Minneapolis and St. Paul stood firmly with the Twin Cities Somali community Tuesday following reports that the Trump administration plans to primarily target hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Minneapolis and St. Paul leaders rallied behind the Somali community Tuesday after reports emerged that the Trump administration plans an intensive immigration enforcement operation targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the region. (via @mprnews.org)
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In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
Just added my first object to OpenHistoricalMap: the Mississippian and later Cherokee town of Toqua.
#NativeSoutheast
#NativeSoutheast
![Open Historical Map interface showing a region in eastern Tennessee at 1707 CE.
Title highlights: Node: Toqua [950 – 1819]
Toqua (Cherokee: ᏙᏉ, romanized: Toquo) was a prehistoric and historic Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern Woodlands. Toqua was the site of a substantial ancestral town that thrived during the Mississippian period (1000-1600 CE).
Added prehistoric Native American and Cherokee town
Edited 2 minutes ago by Carwil
Changeset #207314 0
Location: 35.5658732, -84.1696025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5qmblzn6nfuonk6iiml6i4ku/bafkreie7clip2nzt7x7sw6cbofbplixfn3mt4hoo7qthyk3loutd3ovrfy@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Just added my first object to OpenHistoricalMap: the Mississippian and later Cherokee town of Toqua.
#NativeSoutheast
#NativeSoutheast
American public support for Israel is collapsing. The Israeli press muses on when that will break through to US politicians. https://www.timesofisrael.com/fewer-and-fewer-americans-support-israel-will-their-next-president/
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
American public support for Israel is collapsing. The Israeli press muses on when that will break through to US politicians. https://www.timesofisrael.com/fewer-and-fewer-americans-support-israel-will-their-next-president/
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A collective action problem can't be solved with side deals. When individual universities make isolated side deals with the Trump administration, it weakens the collective bargaining position of higher-education institutions as a whole. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
Northwestern strikes $75 million funding deal with Trump admin
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. Last updated on Nov. 28 at 8:25 p.m. Northwestern reached a deal with the Trump administration to restore at least...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A collective action problem can't be solved with side deals. When individual universities make isolated side deals with the Trump administration, it weakens the collective bargaining position of higher-education institutions as a whole. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
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NEW: Over 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth org of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Gießen, Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police violently beat blockaders.
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW: Over 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth org of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Gießen, Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police violently beat blockaders.
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2000 people blocked roads, kept many delegates from arriving, and ultimately delayed the opening of the far-right AfD’s new youth wing “Generation Germany” convention. At least 25,000 people protested the convention overall. (AfD came in second in Germany’s recent election, with 20% of votes.)
German far-right party sets up its new youth wing as thousands protest
A confident far-right Alternative for Germany has set up its new youth organization as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
2000 people blocked roads, kept many delegates from arriving, and ultimately delayed the opening of the far-right AfD’s new youth wing “Generation Germany” convention. At least 25,000 people protested the convention overall. (AfD came in second in Germany’s recent election, with 20% of votes.)
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One of the longest and most well documented patterns of state sponsored torture of any country on earth. Unusual only in that Israel is formally a democracy, and only one group, Palestinians, are tortured.
"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One of the longest and most well documented patterns of state sponsored torture of any country on earth. Unusual only in that Israel is formally a democracy, and only one group, Palestinians, are tortured.
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I long to hear something like this instead of the cramped hatred spouted by small men.
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I long to hear something like this instead of the cramped hatred spouted by small men.
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Another world is possible. Together, we will never stop fighting for a future where Palestinians can live their lives with dignity and justice.
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Another world is possible. Together, we will never stop fighting for a future where Palestinians can live their lives with dignity and justice.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. “The order was to kill everybody,” one of them said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. “The order was to kill everybody,” one of them said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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BTW, any story about a possible Northwestern capitulation should include this detail (screenshot is from the oped linked below)
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
BTW, any story about a possible Northwestern capitulation should include this detail (screenshot is from the oped linked below)
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
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Hakeem voted to condemn Socialism on the same day that Trump found out what it actually is and decided that he likes it. You can’t make this shit up.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hakeem voted to condemn Socialism on the same day that Trump found out what it actually is and decided that he likes it. You can’t make this shit up.
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I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
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81% of all buildings in #Gaza have been damaged and 50% totally destroyed, UN satellite analysis finds.
#UNOSAT https://www.un.org/unispal/document/unosat-gaza-strip-damage-assessment-31oct25/
#UNOSAT https://www.un.org/unispal/document/unosat-gaza-strip-damage-assessment-31oct25/
UNOSAT Gaza Strip Comprehensive Damage Assessment - Question of Palestine
31 October 2025
This map illustrates a satellite imagery based comprehensive assessment of damage and destruction to structures within the area of interest in the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory. The analysis is based on images collected on 11 October 2025 when compared to images collected on 01 May 2023, 10 May 2023, 18
www.un.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
81% of all buildings in #Gaza have been damaged and 50% totally destroyed, UN satellite analysis finds.
#UNOSAT https://www.un.org/unispal/document/unosat-gaza-strip-damage-assessment-31oct25/
#UNOSAT https://www.un.org/unispal/document/unosat-gaza-strip-damage-assessment-31oct25/
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Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
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With campus resentment growing over Trump’s university compact, Vanderbilt students and faculty rallied against Chancellor Daniel Diermeier underneath the brick clocktower of Kirkland Hall on Wednesday morning.
Vanderbilt Students, Faculty Bash Diermeier in Academic Freedom Rally
Campus resentment growing after university chancellor equivocates on Trump’s university compact
www.nashvillescene.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
With campus resentment growing over Trump’s university compact, Vanderbilt students and faculty rallied against Chancellor Daniel Diermeier underneath the brick clocktower of Kirkland Hall on Wednesday morning.
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
The Trump administration is not attacking the "excesses" of "woke" scholarship. They're at war with the very idea of power analysis, with the feeling of deep empathy with the oppressed, with ethical commitment to make a just world.
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Trump administration is not attacking the "excesses" of "woke" scholarship. They're at war with the very idea of power analysis, with the feeling of deep empathy with the oppressed, with ethical commitment to make a just world.
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What is the point of the opening anecdote, especially the focus on Mamdani's "near-perfect Creole elocution" of Haiti? And why was his pronunciation more important than the substance of what he said? Would Peters have made such comments about a student of the history of other parts of the world?/2
October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
What is the point of the opening anecdote, especially the focus on Mamdani's "near-perfect Creole elocution" of Haiti? And why was his pronunciation more important than the substance of what he said? Would Peters have made such comments about a student of the history of other parts of the world?/2
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The US let the seeds of this fester for so long. This kind of expansion is what I wrote ONE LONG NIGHT to try to stop, but even thoughtful people had a hard time imagining what could happen. Someone from the Obama administration I interviewed a decade ago just sent me this article.
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The US let the seeds of this fester for so long. This kind of expansion is what I wrote ONE LONG NIGHT to try to stop, but even thoughtful people had a hard time imagining what could happen. Someone from the Obama administration I interviewed a decade ago just sent me this article.