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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 17h

Quite a subtweet here…

Reuters @reuters.com · 19h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Reuters @reuters.com · 19h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 1d

😭

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 1d

I Feel this in my bones…and am THRILLED for you for getting this amazing feeling!!

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

I really cannot help but marvel at how, for a certain class, all behavior by a politician must be framed as a horse race, as opposed to genuine opposition.

At a time when Democrats are searching for leadership, Mr. Pritzker is trying to seize the moment to demonstrate it — to fuel opposition to Mr. Trump across the nation, and, perhaps, his future presidential ambitions.

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 1d

Why is her baby “in her placenta?” That seems bad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 2d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 1d

In which Harvard’s Enos & Levitsky call on Harvard to lead the way, coordinating with other universities in fight for academic freedom. Our civil institutions will need to learn that power is harnessed through coordination. Protecting oneself will never be enough.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

www.thecrimson.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.

It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.

See TrumpActionTracker.info

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2d

A beautiful love letter to independent journalism, and hope.

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 2d

😂😂😂😂😂😂

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 2d

Just a sarcastic "thanks a fucking lot" to the politicians and outrage media for panicking my elderly parents so much about rising healthcare premiums that they just fired the $30/hour home health aid that helped them out 6 hours/week... in order to "conserve money" FML, people

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 2d

It’s ALWAYS easy to address problems fast and efficiently if you are an authoritarian with no concern for:
Human rights
Collateral damage
Longterm outcomes
Societal health

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 2d

If anything these masked thugs kidnapping people and tearing families apart illustrate that it’s actually VERY HARD in practice to deal with undocumented immigration in ways that are moral and careful. It’s also very hard in practice to identify and deport criminals who are undocumented.

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 2d

And every pollster who tells Dems to stay away from the issue of immigration because “Dems don’t own that issue” is spineless & has no moral center. You can say Dems didn’t effectively deal w immig bc it’s hard AF while saying that targeting priests & tearing babies from their parents is immoral.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

Priest is going to walk from Pope’s childhood home in Chicago to Statue of Liberty to protest ICE www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMBC7kMB/

TikTok video by Miguel Puente

www.tiktok.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Portlandia is a central document of the American anti-fascist movement.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 3d

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 3d

🙌who has two thumbs and just scored four tickets to doja cat in Philly today? 😂

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3d

Well, I, for one, am proud of us for doing the sensible thing and basing our entire economy on computers that tell kids to kill themselves

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 3d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 3d

This is a conspiracy theory. You cannot convince my brain that chartreuse is anything other than THIS:

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yes she diiiiid.

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