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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 19m

"It is important for the students to keep in mind that the Civil Rights Movement was not long ago, and there is still work to be done,” Tougaloo College School of Humanities Dean Dr. Miranda Freeman said.

Emmett Till Center to Honor His Legacy With Events Across State

The Emmett Till Interpretative Center will continue its “Remembering Emmett” series with events across Mississippi in October and November.

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🌼Peace2Day🌼 @peace2day.bsky.social · 2h

As ever - perfect quotes for the moment, the choices/times we have before us-thank you

Applies personally & in community-
& so we persevere!

"When you look fear in the face
you are able to say to yourself
'I lived through this horror
I can take the next thing that comes along'"

Eleanor Roosevelt

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 23m

🇲🇩 Russia will not stop and will look for new ways to influence Moldova to destabilize the situation, - President Sandu

"Moscow tested its hybrid attacks in elections, culminating in presidential elections and the referendum on the EU. But the real goal was parliamentary elections," - Sandu said.

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 1h

“The 2 children in the photo lost both of their parents yesterday and are now waiting for their grandmother, who is fighting for her life after being injured in the same attack”

via Sudanese photographer/journalist Mohamed Zakaria. Read his full statement below.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 14h

🚨 Do ICE have MRE provisions? Oh, no. That’s a damn shame. All that income and no place to buy a meal. Hey, I know what they can eat… 1/2

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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 6h

Thank goodness there are still people who are willing (and safe) to say it.

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 15h

my final update from the TX redistricting hearing in el paso 🫡

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16h

NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 1d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Side-Eye Pinkie Pie Read Project 2025 - Did You? @nypoliticalmom.bsky.social · 13h

Millions will die who would otherwise be alive for outbreak response, vaccines, etc.

Y’all were afraid of the gov’t having your medical files because “Obummer” 🙄 or whatever the fuck racist shit you called him that week. But now the gov’t really DOES have your medical data and you say nothing.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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LizNWillTradeCandyCornForAlmondJoys @liznisherenow.bsky.social · 13h

$700,000 for wrongful termination 🙌🏽

They fired her for offering LGBTQ+ library books. Now they're paying the price. - LGBTQ Nation

Wyoming's Campbell County Public Library system is learning the hard way that anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination doesn't pay.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 5h

Coming out is a lifelong process done over and over with different people in various ways. It should always be done on the LGBTQIA+ person’s terms when they are ready and it is safe to make that choice.

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 2h

Got radishes, Swiss Chard, kale and carrots growing along with a few potatoes just to see if I can grow them to maturity in the fall. Plus beans and rice for hard times ahead.

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LizNWillTradeCandyCornForAlmondJoys @liznisherenow.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US:

www.reuters.com

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 4h

It's seriously infuriating how national media is bothsidesing Portland. There's a major (award winning!) airport here which you can fly nonstop to from every city in the country.

SEND A FUCKING REPORTER AND RENT THEM A CAR!!!

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

“Both judges stated that the government offered no reason for their detention and that keeping them detained violated their rights to due process.” elpasomatters.org/2025/10/02/e... #HomeIsHere

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Sarah Gaines @sarahgaines.bsky.social · 4h

Dam

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🎃 Spooky Kevo 🎃 @psgamer92.bsky.social · 17h

Like how teaching sex education to children actually *prevents* child sexual abuse. So anyone that wants to cancel sex education for children is by action fostering abuse.

www.jahonline.org/article/S105...

Three Decades of Research: The Case for Comprehensive Sex Education

School-based sex education plays a vital role in the sexual health and well-being of young people. Little is known, however, about the effectiveness of efforts beyond pregnancy and sexually transmitte...

www.jahonline.org

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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 3h

Hi everyone! #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth is here. Please support by spreading the word! www.phaidon.com/en-us/produc...

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LizNWillTradeCandyCornForAlmondJoys @liznisherenow.bsky.social · Jun 15

Imma piggyback on this, might have to thread it…

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Y’all remember women choosing the bear over a strange man? So many men were offended when so many women chose the bear.

It’s reasoning that applies to white supremacy (and therefore, white people) as well as sexism (and therefore, men)…

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · Jun 15

Men did the same thing during the me too movement. “Not all men” was commonly said. But it’s the culture of men and white people that cause these problems. We have held the power and abused it for too long. Real strength is knowing it’s time to step aside and LISTEN.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
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These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

www.propublica.org

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2h

'Irresponsible both-sidesism' can become motto for US politics coverage.

'All the news that's fit to print' elsewhere.

(Reminder: Stories themselves are usually clear-eyed. But most people see only the headline and subhead—'hed and dek' in the parlance—and hed and dek are too often like this.)

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 5h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 5h

Hoping that our adopted campus, the University of Arizona, follows suit. The faculty has voted to reject, but the Admin still has to render its final decision.

www.rawstory.com/refusing-to-...

'Refusing to cave': Glee as MIT becomes first school to stand up to Trump 'ransom note'

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday became the first university to reject President Donald Trump’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which critics have called an “...

www.rawstory.com

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 21h

I was on the ground today in Broadview with Senator Durbin to conduct Congressional oversight on ICE’s processing facility.  As elected officials, we have a duty to ensure transparency within federal facilities. What is ICE hiding? Kristi Noem, what are you hiding?

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