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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 19

Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.

The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.

6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported

The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.

www.thecity.nyc

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Cigdem Cidam @cidamc.bsky.social · Aug 13

There is also the ‘these are distractions from the real issues’ one!

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · Aug 11

The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Aug 11

if you're writing about DC losing control of its police department today, just months ago the same basic thing happened in St. Louis (and more durably): boltsmag.org/missouri-sta...

Missouri Officials Seize Control of St. Louis Police, in Latest Bid to Shutter Local Reforms - Bolts

The takeover returns St. Louis to a Civil War-era arrangement of state control. A local official calls the move "a clear gesture of white men wanting to control urban areas."

boltsmag.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW in Bolts: The sheriff of Buffalo, a Republican, is overseeing a deadly jail system — despite promises of change of reform, little has changed since he took over.

This year, he’s running for re-election. Unopposed. The local Dem chair has said the sheriff is “very successful.”

There’s a New Sheriff in Town. But Buffalo Area Jails Remain as Dangerous as Ever. - Bolts

Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in Erie County jails.

boltsmag.org

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Cigdem Cidam @cidamc.bsky.social · Jul 24

Very happy to share that my article "Resistance, Law, and the Limits of the Disobedience Framework" is now out #FirstView from
@apsrjournal
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Here is the link:
Resistance, Law, and the Limits of the Disobedience Framework - cup.org/452m5EH
And here is the abstract:

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Jul 23

Just published! A collection of short reflections on Judith Shklar's political theory from @samuel-bagg.bsky.social, David Enoch, @shalmarr.bsky.social, and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social, with an introduction from me.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New perspectives on Judith Shklar - Contemporary Political Theory

Contemporary Political Theory -

link.springer.com

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T24 @t24.com.tr · Jul 15

🔴 Boğaziçi Üniversitesi mezuniyetinde “Kayyımlar gidecek biz kalacağız” pankartı açan öğrencinin yüksek lisans kabulü iptal edildi; okula girişi yasaklandı!
t24.com.tr/haber/bogazi...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is monstrous.

Thomas Kennedy @tomaskenn.bsky.social · Jul 13

250 people detained in the Florida Everglades have no criminal convictions or pending charges.

Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns

Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.

www.miamiherald.com

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · Jul 11

New CFP from the journal Democratic Theory inviting "short and standalone research notes, called ‘dispatches from the field’, of around 3,500 words. We welcome your diagnoses, illuminations, responses, accounts, etc., regarding democracy under challenge...by the authoritarianisms around you"

Welcoming your ‘dispatch from the field’ on Democracy in a Time of Rising Author

Welcome to Cambridge Core

www.cambridge.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jul 3

A hospital in rural Nebraska has announced its closing. The CEO faults the "anticipated federal budget cuts to Medicaid:" www.klkntv.com/rural-southw...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jun 27

Huge win for the Trump administration will remake a lot of things, and a farcical turnaround from how SCOTUS allowed courts to proceed under Biden.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jun 27

BREAKING: Supreme Court, 6-3, limits nationwide injunctions in cases challenging Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, staying injunctions where "broader than necessary to provide complete relief" to those challenging the orders. Lower courts are to decide how that is done.

www.supremecourt.gov

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Cigdem Cidam @cidamc.bsky.social · Jun 22

Unbelievable that this is all you could come up with in the midst of this incredible crisis that we are in… we need true leadership in this moment and this is not it.

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Cigdem Cidam @cidamc.bsky.social · Jun 14

Geçmiş olsun bacamakcım! Sabır diyorum 😤

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 13

We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.

We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jun 13

Bloomberg pouring $5 million to help Cuomo, with 10 days to go: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...

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Cigdem Cidam @cidamc.bsky.social · Jun 12

Senator do you think we finally crossed that line that you were talking about regarding a constitutional crisis or are you going to keep on demanding answers as the regime begins to arrest and depose elected officials from your party?

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Cigdem Cidam @cidamc.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congresswoman I can assure you that this kind of disrespect and show of power does not take place even authoritarian contexts. We are beyond that point. This is fascism. Hope your colleagues in the Senate will act accordingly

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jun 11

The board of the Fulbright program appears to have entirely resigned, accusing the State Department of illegally canceling scholarships "based mainly on research topics": www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference

The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.

www.nytimes.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 11

First know your rights, then share your rights.

Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.

Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights

www.aclu.org

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Fulbright Scholarship board resigned due to political interference from the Trump administration. The State Department, led by Marco Rubio, is canceling scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers based on their research topics, which include climate change, gender, and race.

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (Gift Article)

The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.

www.nytimes.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Jun 7

I can’t compete with this

Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · Jun 7

jesus christ lmao

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · Jun 6

Political theorists! APT is once again hosting a workshop for first time book authors - draft book proposals will be reviewed by published faculty and by Angela Chnapko, acquisitions editor for Oxford University Press. Applications due July 21! Info: associationforpoliticaltheory.org/content.aspx...

Emailing - The Association for Political Theory

associationforpoliticaltheory.org

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Cigdem Cidam @cidamc.bsky.social · May 26

I was appalled reading this horrific piece in the New Yorker yesterday. This thread is doing an excellent job exposing the false equivocations and mischaracterizations that shape the whole piece…

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · May 26

I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/

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ACLU @aclu.org · May 22

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that will cut billions of dollars from Medicaid.

Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of people across the country, including more than 15 million people with disabilities. The Senate must reject this dangerous bill.

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