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Anna Terwiel @amc-etc.bsky.social · 1d

I theorize abolitionist political thinking and activism as “realist”: oriented to practical realities in pursuit of radical change and indispensable for fighting back against strongman politics.

A picture of the book cover for Prison Abolition for Realists by Anna Terwiel, accompanied by a pre-order discount offer: get 30% off by ordering at z.umn.edu/akqz with code MN94200. The offer expires Dec 1, 2025.

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks so much, Mary! Deadline 10/10 to apply for the free seminar for junior faculty and grad students on Native peoples and the Constitution.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 6d

What a great opportunity! Seminar Native Peoples, American Colonialism and the Constitution with @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social & Ned Blackhawk for grad students & "junior" faculty. In person & virtual. Apply by 10/10.
www.nyhistory.org/education/in...

The New York Historical’s Bonnie and Richard Reiss Graduate Institute for Constitutional History is accepting applications for its fall 2025 seminar for advanced graduate students and junior faculty.
seminar | fall 2025

Native Peoples, American Colonialism, and the US Constitution

Fridays, November 7 and 21, December 5 and 12, 2025 | 11 am–2 pm ET
Instructors: Maggie Blackhawk, Ned Blackhawk

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this seminar invites a critical examination of a central paradox in American constitutional history: how can a nation celebrate a founding document and constitutional tradition built, in part, on the dispossession of Indigenous homelands? Indian affairs and westward expansion were foundational to the creation and evolution of the US Constitution, yet Native history remains marginalized within the fields of constitutional history and mainstream constitutional scholarship. This seminar explores emerging historical and legal literature that re-centers Native peoples and American colonialism in the narrative of US constitutional development.

Presented in person at The New York Historical and via Zoom

Apply by October 10, 2025

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 5d

The "I would never be at peace" part is really telling. Work addiction has always been encouraged by capitalists as a way of productively weaponizing our own misery and loneliness for their profit. Don't fall for it

Fortune @fortune.com · 5d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 7d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Anne Norton @annenortonnow.bsky.social · 8d

Trump administration illegally targeted pro-Palestinian protesters, judge rules. ICE reasons for masking “squalid, disingenuous, and dishonorable.” Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 19d

This OR GOP activist, who was indicted for his actions in DC on January 6, spoke at an anti-political-violence/Charlie Kirk vigil last night in a Portland suburb.

A picture of a man holding a candle with people behind him

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 21d

I spoke with five families in the D.C. region about what it's like raising trans kids in Trump's backyard.

They shared fears about being personally targeted by the federal government and their joys in raising kids that are learning to express themselves authentically in a difficult world.

What it’s like raising trans kids in Trump’s backyard

Families in and around Washington, D.C., are navigating the White House’s crackdown on gender-affirming care and a growing assertion of federal power.

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 21d

Lefty influencers don’t go on college “debate” tours because lefty podcasters aren’t fucking given bags of cash by Foster Friess or the Mercers to go on very expensive tours

Also: those debates aren’t fucking debates. They’re slop-generating machines for the hogs

Got it now, Ross?

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No? Okay

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 21d

Also, there are SO MANY progressives who literally live in these spaces and spend a lot of their lives advocating their positions (be it through direct political action or casual conversations with co-workers, friends, and neighbors) in spaces hostile to those ideas.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 23d

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 29d

Time Magazine's cover this week is "Enough. The Killing of Charlie Kirk and the Epidemic of American Political Violence."

They did not do a similar cover when 2 Democratic politicians were murdered earlier this year.

Why does this seem to be so consistent?

Cover of Time Magazine all in red, photo from the Charlie Kirk event where he was killed.

Screenshot of all the 2025 Time Magazine covers.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 29

she said that “black” with a hard r

Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · Aug 29

I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · Aug 27

Charges against Rümeysa Öztürk aren’t true, and U.S. government records can prove it.

That’s why we filed a FOIA lawsuit.

But the State Department is using FOIA exemptions as an invisibility cloak to hide potentially damning information.

We’ll keep fighting.

The U.S. government is hiding Öztürk records. Its rationale is insulting

If the government was really concerned about protecting privacy, it wouldn’t have abducted and detained Öztürk for writing an op-ed

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Stacia Seamonster @stacia.bsky.social · Aug 25

The NYT in the same spiral as CNN, freaked out they're being abandoned by their longtime subscribers and chasing the Fox News crowd that's never going to accept them as anything but a liberal rag

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 25

Jillian Michaels has transformed from an apolitical wellness authority to an unfiltered political commentator and a defining voice of the MAHA era. She spoke to The New York Times about her transformation.

How Did Jillian Michaels End Up Here?

America’s toughest trainer was a proud Hollywood liberal. Now, she’s become a defining voice of the MAHA era.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · Aug 23

Gavin Newsom fell for the idea that the country had permanently lurched to the right in 2024. Not sure he can recover from that miscalculation, even with that hair. badfaithtimes.com/todays-polit...

Today's Politics Are Not Trapped In Amber

Americans did not speak for the final time in 2024. Some high-profile Democrats don't seem to understand this.

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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · Aug 23

The greatest thing on the internet today

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 23

Game on.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 17

Newsom has proved that he will set aside every liberal ideal you think he holds for the sake of power. You simply can’t trust him. I don’t object to him forcefully opposing Trump where he can, but the reason people qualify their support is that he’s a snake.

Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · Aug 15

Why does everyone praising Newsom feel the need to add that that they don't especially like him? There's a freaking rapist in the WH and fascism is taking root. We need someone with cajones, smarts, and the willingness to harness power. It's not a popularity contest, people.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · Aug 13

"The DOJ’s wholesale abandonment of Black people under Donald Trump—refusing to protect us from police abuse, refusing to protect us from voter suppression, refusing to protect us from employment discrimination, and more—has left Lexington’s residents feeling afraid and alone once again."

Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · Aug 13

"One Mississippi attorney told ProPublica that DOJ reports used to prompt offenders like the Lexington Police Department to 'come to Jesus.' Now, the lawyer said, offenders seem to think, 'I don’t need Jesus. I got Trump.'"

Trump’s Justice Department Is Refusing to Protect Black People From Racist Cops

Residents of this small Mississippi town hoped a damning Department of Justice investigation would lead to meaningful reforms. Then Trump got elected.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Aug 13

Trump really has Bowser figured out. She's never been comfortable with the more left-wing politics of the council; she vetoed fare evasion decrim, delayed the sweeping reform bill so that Congress could kill it. And all she cares about is her football stadium legacy item.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Aug 13

DC this week has been a microcosm of such consequences, objected to by figured like Bowser without any whiff of how her objection to DC Council's legislation on criminal justice was in fact future permission, amplified by Biden and Trump, to send Federalized goons into the District to provoke fights

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · Jul 30

It is important to note that the police did NOTHING to prevent or stop the mass shooting in Manhattan. We need other strategies than sending SWAT teams after everyone (including the shooter) is already dead.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · Jul 30

Alternate Headline:

"Even the $5 billion NYC Spends on the NYPD Couldn't Prevent the Midtown Shooting.

NYC has the highest per capita level of policing in the US. But Monday’s mass shooting showed policing's limits, security experts said."

Why not go with that headline? Why not? WHY. NOT?

Even New York’s Strict Gun Laws Couldn’t Prevent the Midtown Shooting
New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. But Monday’s mass shooting showed their limits, security experts said.

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