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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13d

Good moment to remind ourselves about causes of terrorism- from DOJ: “militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States” and that “the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism”.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · May 1

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The Status Cheats

Why do ordinary people engage in deceptive behavior to earn social clout?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Apr 28

She’s in jail for writing an op-ed.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 28

NEW: The Second Circuit halts Rümeysa Öztürk's physical transfer from Louisiana to Vermont until a 3-judge panel has the chance to hear arguments on the govt's emergency motion next Tuesday, May 6. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
At a Stated Term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 281h day of April, two thousand twenty-five.
Before:
Alison J. Nathan,
Circuit Judge.
Rumeysa Ozturk,
Petitioner - Appellee,
ORDER
Docket No. 25-1019
V.
Patricia Hyde, in her official capacity as the New England Field Director for U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.,
Respondents - Appellants.
The Government has filed an emergency motion seeking a stay pending appeal of the district court's order dated April 18, 2025, which directs the Government to transfer Appellee Rumeysa Ozturk to immigration custody within the District of Vermont no later than May 1, 2025.
The Court understands the emergency nature of the relief requested by the Government as well as Petitioner's request for a decision as soon as practicable. Accordingly:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for a stay pending appeal is REFERRED to the three-judge motions panel sitting on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. An administrative stay of the district court's order to transfer is GRANTED pending decision by the panel. The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the merits of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion.
Any reply papers by the Government must be filed by 5:00 PM on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
Each side is allotted ten minutes of argument time.
For the Court:
Catherine O' Hagan Wolfe, Clerk of Court

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Apr 28

Well duh….

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Apr 26

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Apr 22

listen. God works in mysterious ways or whatever but it is hard to describe how spectacularly unpopular the highly conservative U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops has made itself with the rest of church leadership. the Vatican sees them as WAY too enmeshed in GOP politics and Francis legit hated them

Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · Apr 22

seeing the U.S. "could an American be the next Pope?" headlines feels a lot like having an overly proud but poorly informed parent speculate about one's future

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Apr 18

A very thorough investigation by Sky News into the murder of 15 unarmed Palestinian medical workers by Israeli soldiers, who went on to bury the victims in a mass grave and lie about the circumstances of their deaths. news.sky.com/story/two-ho...

Two hours of terror: Sky News investigation reveals how Israel's deadly attack on aid workers unfolded

New evidence unearthed by Sky News contradicts Israel's official account of the killing of 15 aid workers.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Apr 18

Not only did the IDF deliberately attack an ambulance and murder the health workers travelling in it, it appears likely the survivors of the initial attack were executed in cold blood at short range.

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Two hours of terror: Sky News investigation reveals how Israel's deadly attack on aid workers unfolded

New evidence unearthed by Sky News contradicts Israel's official account of the killing of 15 aid workers.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Apr 18

on.ft.com/4jGj02R Letter: As British Jews we can no longer stay silent on the war in Gaza

Letter: As British Jews we can no longer stay silent on the war in Gaza

From Harriett Goldenberg, Baron Frankal, Sophie Hasenson, Robert Stone and others

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Apr 17

Another great read by @brianklaas.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/briankla...

We're Living Brave New World, Not 1984

Orwell feared those who would ban books. Huxley feared that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Huxley's prophecy is closer to modern dystopia.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Apr 1

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“Their bodies were gathered and buried in this mass grave,” OCHA head Jonathan Whittall said from the scene.

“We’re digging them out in their uniforms, with their gloves on. They were here to save lives,” he said.

Rescue workers Israel killed found in mass grave in Gaza: What to know

Israeli troops fired on several rescue vehicles, then buried the killed first responders and their vehicles.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Mar 31

Because just one anti-trans article on the Times website just isn't enough

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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · Mar 29

The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:

Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · Mar 30

🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?

Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s

But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.

What’s going on?

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Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Mar 30

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Trump’s tariff policy undermines his own agenda and the foundations of US economic power

The administration’s policy works against its economic priorities and undermines America’s strengths.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Mar 30

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Europe must forge a new role in the global economy

Only Europe can begin to fill the void left by the US’s withdrawal from its post-war global economic leadership role. The EU and UK should make this goal a shared priority.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Mar 29

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The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account

Welcome to the 4chan administration.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Mar 28

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Netanyahu Takes Desperate Measures

Israel may be paying the price for its prime minister’s political survival.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Mar 28

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The Cybertruck as metaphor

What one car says about the state we're in

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 26

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Mar 27

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On Power and Stupidity

Why do so many fools end up in positions of authority?

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 26

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

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Mojourno @mojourno.bsky.social · Mar 26

This is the sort of thing you read about happening in junta countries, banana republics and desert sheikhdoms. Now in the USA!

David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · Mar 26

Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by ice

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Mar 26

NEW—DHS claims, without citing proof, Rumeysa Ozturk "engaged in activities in support of Hamas."

Among "activity" Ozturk engaged in was co-writing an op-ed urging Tufts to heed student resolutions to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel.

DHS spokesperson: “Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national and Tufts University graduate student, granted the privilege to be in this country on a visa. DHS and ICE investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans. A visa is a privilege not a right. Glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be terminated. This is commonsense security.”

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Mar 26

In other news, Der Spiegel
found private phone numbers, email addresses and some passwords for Waltz, Gabbard and Hegseth online

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Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...

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