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Frank Beck @diehoren.bsky.social · 2h

Dozens of federal judges say the US face a 'judicial crisis'.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 8h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 6h

Save the press!

Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 8h

"Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden-owned newspapers nationwide."

Full documentary streaming at @pbs.org.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 11h

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

www.theguardian.com

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Arlene Kirsch ❌👑 10.18.25 Peaceful Event @arliek.bsky.social · 7h

📣 Western MA!

Oct. 18 is a LOVE AMERICA rally.
We celebrate 250 years of No Kings, and counting.

@in-slwm.bsky.social
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Join us in Springfield, MA
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 8h

What???

US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho

The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

www.bbc.com

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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 3d

This is a really clear yet meaty interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social about the actual tactics and history of antifa movements. Will be sharing with students! www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio

In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...

www.cbc.ca

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 20h

The Editorial Board of the New York Times: "America is now in a dangerous period, in which the president can order investigations and indictments against his enemies. Mr. Trump is criminalizing Americans’ ability to challenge their leaders."

Opinion | Trump Disgraces American Justice

www.nytimes.com

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 22h

WATCH- @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "incredibly dishonest and downright dangerous new talking point being pushed by MAGA:"

“Republicans on Capitol Hill are claiming that peaceful protesters are part of a terrorist network hell bent on destroying America.”

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 22h

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi. Tim Snyder making things clear.

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

snyder.substack.com

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Securitas @securitas.bsky.social · 1d

Kyiv without electricity on both sides of the Dnepr, disrupted power supply.

Russia is going full terror campaign ahead of the winter - again.

There has yet to be a significant punishment of Russia for behaving this way. There wasn't in the years before, hence they feel completely safe doing that.

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

Air raid sirens howling in a completely dark city is some kind of cinematic horror. It’s mornings like this when it’s remarkably hard to believe in any possible better future, I just feel like we’re alone and this is it

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 1d

Very good news! Buen viaje. Hope you will keep us posted on your life in Spain.

Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 1d

Good news from Mark Bray!

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 1d

Found this at the library. The author dedicated his little book "To the Jews of Knyszyn, Poland."

Paperback book by Mark Bray, who teaches history at Rutgers University.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 2d

Astonishing.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 2d

This is getting more insane by the day!

Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 2d

Our colleague Mark Bray and his family were mysteriously stopped at the gate on their way to Spain. Let's keep an eye out on this flight out to safer lands today.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers University anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Professor Mark Bray was trying to leave US day after White House ‘antifa’ roundtable having receiving death threats

www.theguardian.com

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 2d

Another attack on another flotilla today!

Israel Intercepts Another Activist Flotilla That Aimed to Break Gaza Blockade

www.nytimes.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 2d

"A Rutgers University expert on antifa was fleeing the United States with his family on Wednesday in the wake of death threats that followed President Trump’s push to characterize the left-wing antifascist movement as a domestic terrorist organization."

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 3d

Who would ever have imagined that Britain would go so far off the deep end?

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 3d

A man arrested for holding a magazine with a picture of a sign that reads, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."

Britain has gone completely mad.🤬

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · 3d

Such an intense voice!

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