@kneun.bsky.social
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
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Wherever you live, this story has significant implications because the trend of defunding libraries, when we should be fortifying these outposts of learning, sharing, and survival, is a national phenomenon. Libraries are models of the kind of infrastructure we must EXPAND to get the world we want.
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wherever you live, this story has significant implications because the trend of defunding libraries, when we should be fortifying these outposts of learning, sharing, and survival, is a national phenomenon. Libraries are models of the kind of infrastructure we must EXPAND to get the world we want.
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BREAKING: Plaintiffs suing over the Trump administration's effort to attach anti-trans and anti-"DEI" conditions to domestic violence and homelessness grants go back to court asking to enforce its existing preliminary injunction because a new HUD homelessness programs grant application ignores it.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
BREAKING: Plaintiffs suing over the Trump administration's effort to attach anti-trans and anti-"DEI" conditions to domestic violence and homelessness grants go back to court asking to enforce its existing preliminary injunction because a new HUD homelessness programs grant application ignores it.
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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
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UNL AAUP are fighting tooth & nail to stop the Board of Regents from cutting $27.5 million from UNL's budget.
"There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.”
— Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.
"There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.”
— Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.
UNL professors launch Week of Action ahead of vote on $27.5 million budget cuts
"There hasn't been enough time for faculty to respond, and there hasn't been enough input from the faculty."
www.klkntv.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
UNL AAUP are fighting tooth & nail to stop the Board of Regents from cutting $27.5 million from UNL's budget.
"There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.”
— Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.
"There hasn’t been enough time for faculty to respond...We want shared governance, which means we have a voice that actually matters.”
— Theresa Catalano, UNL AAUP.
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Time for a third reconstruction of American democracy.
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Time for a third reconstruction of American democracy.
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This is the correct take on the whole Zillow fiasco
(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)
2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)
2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is the correct take on the whole Zillow fiasco
(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)
2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
(and fire maps, and hurricane maps)
2023 PCAST report essentially called for this as well - it's been a recognized gap in capacity for years bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
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The Greenwood 2 Solutions Circle last night in Mississippi Delta was intense, honest and solutions-driven. Gun violence, in particular, is a very serious issue there, even by Mississippi’s low gun-loving standards, with few real organized solutions. The community wants to organize to change that.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Greenwood 2 Solutions Circle last night in Mississippi Delta was intense, honest and solutions-driven. Gun violence, in particular, is a very serious issue there, even by Mississippi’s low gun-loving standards, with few real organized solutions. The community wants to organize to change that.
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NEWS: US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP report. That’s 4 months of job losses in the past 6 months. Small businesses are being hit hardest in the Trump economy. Most industries are seeing layoffs.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEWS: US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP report. That’s 4 months of job losses in the past 6 months. Small businesses are being hit hardest in the Trump economy. Most industries are seeing layoffs.
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Around the world, governments are quietly deleting, manipulating, or withholding public data at an unprecedented scale, which is a direct threat to democratic accountability 360info.org/governments-...
Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you - 360
From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account Around the w...
360info.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Around the world, governments are quietly deleting, manipulating, or withholding public data at an unprecedented scale, which is a direct threat to democratic accountability 360info.org/governments-...
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Trump sued for trafficking girls in $310 million lawsuit which names Bill Gates and Elon Musk.
The victim accuses them of 8 years of abuse including grooming, trafficking and using Gates’ company as cover.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-hit-wi...
The victim accuses them of 8 years of abuse including grooming, trafficking and using Gates’ company as cover.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-hit-wi...
Trump hit with $310M suit alleging trafficking scheme tied to Epstein-style claims
President Donald Trump has been hit with a $310 million lawsuit in Palm Beach County accusing him, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates of participating in an alleged “trafficking venture” that plaintiffs claim ...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump sued for trafficking girls in $310 million lawsuit which names Bill Gates and Elon Musk.
The victim accuses them of 8 years of abuse including grooming, trafficking and using Gates’ company as cover.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-hit-wi...
The victim accuses them of 8 years of abuse including grooming, trafficking and using Gates’ company as cover.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-hit-wi...
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When we say the AAUP and accreditors like SACS could be doing more, this is what we mean
(From Jim Crow Campus by Williamson-Lott)
(From Jim Crow Campus by Williamson-Lott)
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
When we say the AAUP and accreditors like SACS could be doing more, this is what we mean
(From Jim Crow Campus by Williamson-Lott)
(From Jim Crow Campus by Williamson-Lott)
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#NLIHC's recently released #TheGapPR is our first analysis of the affordability and availability of rental housing in Puerto Rico. It reveals a shortage of 54,915 affordable and available homes for extremely low-income renters.
See #TheGapPR and read the Spanish version: https://ow.ly/v72650XxUN4
See #TheGapPR and read the Spanish version: https://ow.ly/v72650XxUN4
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#NLIHC's recently released #TheGapPR is our first analysis of the affordability and availability of rental housing in Puerto Rico. It reveals a shortage of 54,915 affordable and available homes for extremely low-income renters.
See #TheGapPR and read the Spanish version: https://ow.ly/v72650XxUN4
See #TheGapPR and read the Spanish version: https://ow.ly/v72650XxUN4
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Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
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The anti-immigrant pogroms continue
HEADS UP, LOUISIANA: Today, DHS announced it's launching "Operation Catahoula Crunch" this week in New Orleans. What you've seen in Los Angeles, D.C., Chicago, Charlotte, etc. is now coming to y'all.
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The anti-immigrant pogroms continue
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Williams, here complaining that a 200k salary (before kickbacks) is not enough, has not gotten the memo on affordability
Rep. Roger Williams defends members of Congress trading stocks: "I think we gotta be careful that we don't limit Congresspeople to where they can do nothing ... from a financial standpoint, it's not easy being up in Congress."
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Williams, here complaining that a 200k salary (before kickbacks) is not enough, has not gotten the memo on affordability
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Perhaps apropos. In a 1939 internal note, NBC regretted *not* censoring announcer Walter Winchell after he called Hitler a "madman".
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Perhaps apropos. In a 1939 internal note, NBC regretted *not* censoring announcer Walter Winchell after he called Hitler a "madman".
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Angus King, who keeps caving to Trump, will be in the Senate until 2030 if he wants to be.
Hard to envision him ditching the Neville Chamberlain shtick absent an organizing/engagement strategy to reach him and move him. Not sure if this is the answer but at least it's a start. #MEpolitics
Hard to envision him ditching the Neville Chamberlain shtick absent an organizing/engagement strategy to reach him and move him. Not sure if this is the answer but at least it's a start. #MEpolitics
A progressive group is targeting New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan and Maine Sen. Angus King for voting to confirm some of President Trump's judicial nominees. on.nbcboston.com/U6Js0UB
Progressive group targets Hassan, King for backing Trump's judicial nominees
A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, promising to spend more than $1 million in hopes of pushing congressional Democrats to take a stronger stand against the Republican president.
on.nbcboston.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Angus King, who keeps caving to Trump, will be in the Senate until 2030 if he wants to be.
Hard to envision him ditching the Neville Chamberlain shtick absent an organizing/engagement strategy to reach him and move him. Not sure if this is the answer but at least it's a start. #MEpolitics
Hard to envision him ditching the Neville Chamberlain shtick absent an organizing/engagement strategy to reach him and move him. Not sure if this is the answer but at least it's a start. #MEpolitics
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DC! Tonight at 6:00 pm EST at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!
Come join me, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @versharma.bsky.social and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a conversation on building power in times of institutional weakness.
The event is free. RSVP here!
www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
Come join me, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @versharma.bsky.social and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a conversation on building power in times of institutional weakness.
The event is free. RSVP here!
www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
Pivoting to the People: Karen Attiah, Mehdi Hasan, Olufemi Taiwo and Versha Sharma | Busboys and Poets
Join Karen Attiah, Mehdi Hasan, Olufemi Taiwo and Versha Sharma for a panel conversation about the need to build platforms that serve the masses when institutions refuse or fail to do so. Speakers Meh...
www.busboysandpoets.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
DC! Tonight at 6:00 pm EST at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!
Come join me, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @versharma.bsky.social and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a conversation on building power in times of institutional weakness.
The event is free. RSVP here!
www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
Come join me, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @versharma.bsky.social and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a conversation on building power in times of institutional weakness.
The event is free. RSVP here!
www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
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-The landlord kept the building in appalling conditions
-Then hundreds of Trump agents rappelled down & swarmed in at night, trashing apartments, grabbing & zip-tying immigrants, US citizens, adults, kids
-Now tenants are being forced out, days before the holidays
Wells Fargo is in on this travesty
-Then hundreds of Trump agents rappelled down & swarmed in at night, trashing apartments, grabbing & zip-tying immigrants, US citizens, adults, kids
-Now tenants are being forced out, days before the holidays
Wells Fargo is in on this travesty
NEW — In response to a court-ordered evacuation, members of the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union are demanding more time and money for residents to leave the apartment complex and relocate.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
Residents of South Shore building raided by ICE must move by Dec. 12 • The TRiiBE
Many tenants found out about the eviction notice just a day before Thanksgiving
thetriibe.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
-The landlord kept the building in appalling conditions
-Then hundreds of Trump agents rappelled down & swarmed in at night, trashing apartments, grabbing & zip-tying immigrants, US citizens, adults, kids
-Now tenants are being forced out, days before the holidays
Wells Fargo is in on this travesty
-Then hundreds of Trump agents rappelled down & swarmed in at night, trashing apartments, grabbing & zip-tying immigrants, US citizens, adults, kids
-Now tenants are being forced out, days before the holidays
Wells Fargo is in on this travesty
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1
After Trump finally leaves the scene, it’ll take decades to undo what he’s done to the American people and the world.
Yet, the pendulum has already started swinging toward the other direction. Let’s take back OUR story. Not His-tory.
After Trump finally leaves the scene, it’ll take decades to undo what he’s done to the American people and the world.
Yet, the pendulum has already started swinging toward the other direction. Let’s take back OUR story. Not His-tory.
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1
After Trump finally leaves the scene, it’ll take decades to undo what he’s done to the American people and the world.
Yet, the pendulum has already started swinging toward the other direction. Let’s take back OUR story. Not His-tory.
After Trump finally leaves the scene, it’ll take decades to undo what he’s done to the American people and the world.
Yet, the pendulum has already started swinging toward the other direction. Let’s take back OUR story. Not His-tory.
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We’ve just stopped talking about the disgraceful complicity of every MSM outlet and reporter that has chosen to remain on a site that is an explicitly racist, Nazi cesspool.
It is unconscionable that they have CHOSEN to continue using it as their primary social media platform.
It is unconscionable that they have CHOSEN to continue using it as their primary social media platform.
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We’ve just stopped talking about the disgraceful complicity of every MSM outlet and reporter that has chosen to remain on a site that is an explicitly racist, Nazi cesspool.
It is unconscionable that they have CHOSEN to continue using it as their primary social media platform.
It is unconscionable that they have CHOSEN to continue using it as their primary social media platform.