Deva Woodly
@devawo.bsky.social
Politics Prof.| Kettering Foundation Research Fellow| Author of The Politics of Common Sense & Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
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What did you think we were doing????
Friend imma hold your hand when i say this
I am an ocean of competency… I’m good on that
We (you and me) are here care for that which is ridiculous childish unbridled unwound within
Friend imma hold your hand when i say this
I am an ocean of competency… I’m good on that
We (you and me) are here care for that which is ridiculous childish unbridled unwound within
January 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
What did you think we were doing????
Friend imma hold your hand when i say this
I am an ocean of competency… I’m good on that
We (you and me) are here care for that which is ridiculous childish unbridled unwound within
Friend imma hold your hand when i say this
I am an ocean of competency… I’m good on that
We (you and me) are here care for that which is ridiculous childish unbridled unwound within
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If I became a multi-billionaire, I'd build HUGE public libraries in every city, with tons of science & math books, and tutors for students.
On the top floor of each library would be a little condo, small but very nice, where I could live. I could flit form city to city, LIVING IN THE LIBRARY.
On the top floor of each library would be a little condo, small but very nice, where I could live. I could flit form city to city, LIVING IN THE LIBRARY.
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
If I became a multi-billionaire, I'd build HUGE public libraries in every city, with tons of science & math books, and tutors for students.
On the top floor of each library would be a little condo, small but very nice, where I could live. I could flit form city to city, LIVING IN THE LIBRARY.
On the top floor of each library would be a little condo, small but very nice, where I could live. I could flit form city to city, LIVING IN THE LIBRARY.
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LA Times found time to be transphobic when writing this otherwise powerful story.
It’s so condescending to say “her nephew, who is transitioning and goes by the pronoun he,”
His pronoun is he. Just say he. He’s a hero not a space alien.
It’s so condescending to say “her nephew, who is transitioning and goes by the pronoun he,”
His pronoun is he. Just say he. He’s a hero not a space alien.
Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:19 PM
LA Times found time to be transphobic when writing this otherwise powerful story.
It’s so condescending to say “her nephew, who is transitioning and goes by the pronoun he,”
His pronoun is he. Just say he. He’s a hero not a space alien.
It’s so condescending to say “her nephew, who is transitioning and goes by the pronoun he,”
His pronoun is he. Just say he. He’s a hero not a space alien.
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NEW ▶️ “Who Watches the Watchmen?” Community Resistance in Long Beach, California [Commentary]
unicornriot.ninja/2026/comment...
Rapid response and patrol teams have become an effective strategy in both deterring ICE activity and creating relationships with vulnerable populations affected by ICE.
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Rapid response and patrol teams have become an effective strategy in both deterring ICE activity and creating relationships with vulnerable populations affected by ICE.
Commentary: “Who Watches the Watchmen?” Community Resistance in Long Beach, California - UNICORN RIOT
Each morning, I wake up to messages on encrypted chats alerting members of potential ICE sightings in Long Beach, where cars are going, where they came from, the make, the model. Throughout the day, I...
unicornriot.ninja
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
NEW ▶️ “Who Watches the Watchmen?” Community Resistance in Long Beach, California [Commentary]
unicornriot.ninja/2026/comment...
Rapid response and patrol teams have become an effective strategy in both deterring ICE activity and creating relationships with vulnerable populations affected by ICE.
unicornriot.ninja/2026/comment...
Rapid response and patrol teams have become an effective strategy in both deterring ICE activity and creating relationships with vulnerable populations affected by ICE.
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DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Some House floor drama as Republicans are currently losing a vote on a bill to let employers to exclude workforce education and development training from minimum wage and overtime calculations. Labor-friendly R's (there are a few, sometimes) voting no, Johnson huddling with them for ~30 mins now
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Is this your champion?
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vowed to block a tax on billionaires, saying that a ballot proposal has already scared off tech leaders.
Gavin Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Is this your champion?
An incredible legacy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
An incredible legacy.
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Hakeem Jeffries is afraid of a bad poll, meanwhile the observers and neighbors here on the ground in Minneapolis are afraid of being beaten senseless, dragged into a car, and raced out of their neighborhood. They’re not yielding but he is. Consider new leaders, Democrats
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Hakeem Jeffries is afraid of a bad poll, meanwhile the observers and neighbors here on the ground in Minneapolis are afraid of being beaten senseless, dragged into a car, and raced out of their neighborhood. They’re not yielding but he is. Consider new leaders, Democrats
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that so many are thinking "how do we differentiate ourselves from the people who saw this coming" is not a good sign people learned anything lol
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
that so many are thinking "how do we differentiate ourselves from the people who saw this coming" is not a good sign people learned anything lol
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We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
Gateway to Freedom
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom., Gateway to Freedom, The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, Eric Foner, 9780...
wwnorton.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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There’s a big difference between ICE, which shoots people in the street, and the regular cops, who shoot people in the street
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
There’s a big difference between ICE, which shoots people in the street, and the regular cops, who shoot people in the street
What a disgusting framing. What a weird dude. Please stop getting excited by these guys. They’re not unicorns they’re shibboleths.
Things I did not need to know from a political campaign: ""Graham has great sperm," Gertner said in the video. “The infertility was something that was part of my body.”"
Graham Platner on campaign hiatus to pursue pregnancy with wife in Norway
In a video on social media, Platner said a first attempt at IVF costs $25,000 in the U.S., while one IVF round in Norway costs $5,500.
www.newscentermaine.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
What a disgusting framing. What a weird dude. Please stop getting excited by these guys. They’re not unicorns they’re shibboleths.
Who’s tracking the advance of childcare legislation in states and cities? Feeling like the trend line is up📈. Would love to be pointed to data.
Great news! @govevers.wisconsin.gov is launching Wisconsin’s first public child care program for four-year-olds, helping kids get ready for their first year of school.
The cost of childcare is too damn high and I applaud the Governor for addressing this.
The cost of childcare is too damn high and I applaud the Governor for addressing this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Who’s tracking the advance of childcare legislation in states and cities? Feeling like the trend line is up📈. Would love to be pointed to data.
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What’s this old thing
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
What’s this old thing
I just….. 👀????
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I just….. 👀????
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It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
So, yeah. While my point has been that what’s popular should not dictate what movements fight for it’s also the case that getting rid of this abominable organization is popular. And can be made more so through the consistent rhetorical and organizing efforts already taking place & expanding.
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
So, yeah. While my point has been that what’s popular should not dictate what movements fight for it’s also the case that getting rid of this abominable organization is popular. And can be made more so through the consistent rhetorical and organizing efforts already taking place & expanding.
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This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
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If we get out of this, we need real systematic reform
And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them
And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them
January 12, 2026 at 4:16 AM
If we get out of this, we need real systematic reform
And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them
And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
It’s like a great sucking bog of a memory hole. You caused us to lose the last time we actually won big!
Which party won the presidency again the year a bunch of us were saying defund the police and abolish ice?
January 13, 2026 at 1:48 AM
It’s like a great sucking bog of a memory hole. You caused us to lose the last time we actually won big!
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
Yep. Because people actually love police alternatives - we see that in the polling and the hundreds of millions of dollars already invested in successful non police programs in more than 70 (not just blue state) cities in the U.S.
For the record, I do believe there is a stalking horse approach to taking on the police: it's not training or reform, it's taking a page out of the charter school playbook and creating police alternatives, and gradually offloading various functions of the police onto them.
January 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Yep. Because people actually love police alternatives - we see that in the polling and the hundreds of millions of dollars already invested in successful non police programs in more than 70 (not just blue state) cities in the U.S.
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Some of y'all don't stay up to read my late night missives about the The New Yorker excerpts of The Power Broker so I'm resharing. This single paragraph does more to explain the public policy process in the United States than all 5 editions of Theories of the Policy Process.
This is a well-developed theory of power and the public policy process in action (which is why my students will be reading it)
January 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Some of y'all don't stay up to read my late night missives about the The New Yorker excerpts of The Power Broker so I'm resharing. This single paragraph does more to explain the public policy process in the United States than all 5 editions of Theories of the Policy Process.