Dan Berger
@dnbrgr.bsky.social
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Writer of words, hater of prisons Author of STAYED ON FREEDOM: THE LONG HISTORY OF BLACK POWER THROUGH ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY, plus other things. www.danberger.info | www.waprisonhistory.org
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Holy shit.

Christian Smalls reports there have been multiple sabotage attempts on the freedom flotilla ship Handala, including a tank of *acid* that was delivered to them instead of water for the showers and kitchen which burned two crew members.
Breaking News !! There have been 2 attempts to sabotage 'Handala' already. Despite having 24/7 watch, the rotors of the #Handala were tied up with rope! They've used divers to incapacitate the boat before. Then we were delivered a tank of ACID instead of water for our boat

That water was for our showers and kitchen. It burned 2 crew members. It could have eroded pipes and even worse, burnt us all. We're now awaiting fresh water, causing a 2hr delay before
we set sail to Gaza = Why is Israel afraid of a
boat full of Baby Formula, Meds and Toys!?
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joelhs.bsky.social
The US Defense Department using Musk's pro-Hitler AI to run important US defense operations is so much more serious of a concern about antisemitism in the US than anything that is happening on college campuses.
"Jewish Democrats press Pentagon about Grok contract after antisemitic meltdown
In a letter to Defense Secretary Hegseth, the lawmakers warned of ‘the risk to American national defense from using a compromised product subject to the whims of an unaccountable CEO’"
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I cannot think of anything more compellingly negative to say about the capitalist class that they aren't saying loudly about themselves via their attempt to close ranks around Adams and Cuomo
nytimes.com
Breaking News: A former police commissioner sued Eric Adams, claiming the New York City mayor and others ran the NYPD as a criminal enterprise. The lawsuit is the fifth time in two weeks that Adams' Police Department has been accused of wrongdoing by a former top official.
Ex-Commissioner Sues, Saying Adams Ran N.Y.P.D. as a Criminal Enterprise
www.nytimes.com
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jovana.bsky.social
Public education is public health.

"Public education has many virtues, the chief one being providing the tools of learning at no cost to families. But another of its traits is the way it breaks down homogeny, forcing children to be in a community with others unlike them."
swordsjew.bsky.social
why destroy the department of education?

would you believe there's a creepy evangelical organization operating in broad daylight but under the radar whose meteoric rise goes a long way towards explaining it?

today's column:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Who Benefits from Destroying the Department of Education
This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration can go ahead with its ambitious, ruinous plan of gutting the Department of Education, firing...
buttondown.com
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marisakabas.bsky.social
this has one purpose: to rile up the people who already hate mamdani. and if greenblatt's rhetoric leads to actual violence against mamdani/his supporters/muslim new yorkers the way he falsely claims mamdani's views harm jewish new yorkers, greenblatt won't give a single solitary shit.
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
On the left is a post today from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is literal Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.
@DHSgov on X: Remember your Homeland’s Heritage.

New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling

[Painting of a family] Nazi propaganda: "The Nazi Party secures the national community"

[Painting of a German family]
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ketanjoshi.co
There is no longer any doubt that Israel has set up a fake humanitarian organisation so it can kettle Gazans into a kill box and murder them en masse

It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
Dozens of Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacks near food aid distribution site, medics and witnesses say
Witnesses describe people shot in head and torso near sites run by Israeli-backed US organisation Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
www.theguardian.com
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maplecocaine.bsky.social
Everyone associated with trump is some sort of mutant nazi sex offender and those are just the ones you know about. Imagine the state of the ones they decide are actually too unnerving to be public-facing
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ccrjustice.org
Mahmoud Khalil today filed a claim detailing the harm he has suffered as a result of his politically motivated arrest and detention. The claim is a precursor to a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, which he will bring under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
This is a photo of Mahmoud Khalil (left) and his wife Dr. Noor Abdalla (right). They are holding hands and Mahmoud has his right hand raised in the air in a fist. 

The text at the top right corner says Mahmoud Khalil files claim seeking damages form harm caused by ICE arrest. There is a red ombre illustration at the bottom left corner.
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jaywillis.net
I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Telling the Truth About the Supreme Court
The task of interpreting the law is inherently “political.” But no justice has been this comfortable saying so in public.
ballsandstrikes.org
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pmbigger.bsky.social
Trump's budget increases Pentagon's budget to $1 trillion. The Pentagon is already the biggest institutional consumer of fossil fuels on earth, and this budget will push its emissions to a level on par with Ethiopia. New analysis from me and Lorah Steichen at @cplusc.bsky.social
The $1 Trillion Pentagon Budget Will Make Emissions Higher Than the Entire Country of Ethiopia
By Patrick Bigger and Lorah Steichen
climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com
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maxgranger.info
Give it a read, and plz subscribe:
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notalawyer.bsky.social
it’s easy to just say “they’re conservatives” and be done with it, but my best read is that Sulzberger et al are in fact moderate Democrats who believe that the left is responsible for the rise of Trump, and they believe that beating the left back and defeating Trump are a singular project
dnbrgr.bsky.social
A likable person who has everyday people excited to meet him and vote for him because they make them hopeful about politics? No wonder the Democratic Party is trying to destroy him!
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
dnbrgr.bsky.social
A blatantly nativist regime, working to remove legal status of immigrants to justify the state-terror apparatus of detention and expulsion
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people

Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Notices
Temporary Protected Status:
Designation of Honduras; Termination
Filed on: 07/07/2025 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2025
FR Document: 2025-12621
PDF 11 Pages (120 KB)
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Termination of the Designation of Nicaragua
Filed on: 07/07/2025 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2025
FR Document: 2025-12688
PDE 10 Pages (114 KB)
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lucatrenta.bsky.social
This is the worst possible framing of the past few months. It's fascism, a stacked court, a compliant and spineless Congress, an international mess on the economic side, and an illegal bombing. But sure, a "winning streak." @nytimes.com doing NY Times thing.
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maxgranger.info
ICYMI: A survey of the week’s horrors, and El Salvador’s ‘state of exception’ as a model for MAGA fascism — featuring my translations @elfaro.net on prison conditions under the Bukele dictatorship.
'America' is a Death Cult
On the week's unending horrors and the transnational 'state of exception'
open.substack.com
dnbrgr.bsky.social
Not a good sign when the “paper of record” is worried about being scooped by a racist propagandist
chronotope.aramzs.xyz
Short list of things wrong: This is not a scoop; who gives a fuck about scoops in the year of our lord 2025; it's not possible to be scooped by Christopher Rufo because he is not a legitimate journalist; you can't be scooped on a non-story; factual is below the floor, newsworthy is the floor.
semafor.com
Times pushed ahead to avoid being scooped on Mamdani Columbia story
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jamellebouie.net
trump’s big beautiful bill is designed to family annihilate the united states
amandalitman.bsky.social
My FYP is video after video of pre-med students explaining how the big bill’s student loan cap will make it impossible for them to afford med school. Experts were already predicting a doctor shortage to the tune of 86k by 2036. This will make it exponentially worst. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hFxfBL/
The government just ended my ability to even apply to medical school, it’s no longer an option because private student loans would lead to absolute financial ruin. All of my work for the past 5-8 year...
TikTok video by Lauren Steiner, MS
www.tiktok.com
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jehadabusalim.bsky.social
Israel is blocking the entry of baby formula into Gaza. Why do you think that is? What is it about baby formula that’s so special, so important, that it ends up on Israel’s list of restrictions and confiscations? Is it a dual-use item? NO. So what is it then? What is it?
dnbrgr.bsky.social
This line, like so many in that execrable book, perfectly captures Schumer: it uses too-awkward-to-be-true prose to make a too-reprehensible-to-be-believed point