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Nancy Huntly

@nhuntly.bsky.social

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Ecologist, researcher, prof emerita, volunteer, speck in the universe; former city council member; past candidate for Utah Senate; engaged in our community

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Nancy Huntly @nhuntly.bsky.social · 26d

The statement below is not “left ideology”. It is a foundational principle of the US, from the Declaration of Independence. It’s well past time to stop the scapegoating and demonizing.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Sep 14

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14h

NEW: Statement from Cardinal Blaise Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, on ICE activities in the city.

Implicitly refers to tactics used by ICE/DHS as “unnecessarily aggressive” and “seem to be intended to terrorize and cause chaos, rather than fulfilling the noble calling of law enforcement.”

Here's Cardinal Cupich's statement:
In this moment it is important to state clearly that keeping the nation safe and respecting human dignity are not mutually exclusive. In fact one cannot exist without the other. The safety of a nation cannot come at the expense of violations of human dignity and surely the dignity of the undocumented can never be violated by unnecessarily aggressive tactics that go far beyond the task of apprehending people and which seem to be intended to terrorize and cause chaos, rather than fulfilling the noble calling of law enforcement. No one working in this noble calling should be put in the position of acting this way. Not only do they risk violating the dignity of others but such activity is beneath their own dignity.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

"Compromising research-based discovery and innovation in favor of short-term corruption and anti-intellectualism will only make America a second-class power. It will undermine economic growth and the health of our citizens. It’s a man-made disaster."

What’s a College President to Do in the Trump Era?

Not going on bended knee to Washington would be a good start.

www.thebulwark.com

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Tom Clark @tomsclark.bsky.social · 15h

The sum total of reporting on ICE agents’ conduct in recent months suggests a degree of inhumanity and human rights abuses that is just shocking. I have little confidence we’ll ever get a full reckoning, but i hope history judges us appropriately. apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

apnews.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 18h

This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 17h

"The image of the ugly American always competed with the image of the generous American. Now that the latter has disappeared, the only Americans anyone can see are the ones trying to rip you off."

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 17h

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

www.theatlantic.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

There are hard questions we need to ask ourselves right now. But no matter what this administration is planning, we know who we are—we love democracy & plan to fight (peacefully) for it. In a moment where knowledge is power, here is what you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

open.substack.com

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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 17d

Reminding people the Jack Smith report exists. Read it. Encourage others to read it.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17d

> @macfarlanenews.bsky.social

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Marcello Graziano 🇺🇦 @marcellograz.bsky.social · 1d

US public unis are THAT good.

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

Congrats to University of California professors & alumni for being awarded 5 Nobel Prizes!

California’s scientists are leading the world in crucial breakthroughs.

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

The UC system made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2d

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

"Freedom of speech has a point. It is there so people can speak truth to power. Often that truth is spoken first by young people."
snyder.substack.com/p/gaza-and-p...

Gaza and Protest

Why freedom of speech matters

snyder.substack.com

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson calls Saturday’s No Kings event a “hate America rally” run by “the pro-Hamas wing and Antifa people.” It’s the old debater’s trick—conceal a weak argument by attacking your opponent, even if you have to make it up!
🇺🇸 U-S-A!
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil...

Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement

The groundwork has been laid to go after innocent people, opposition groups, and even No Kings protesters.

www.thebulwark.com

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 1d

If pregnant - getting vaccinated for COVID (and flu!) protects you and your baby against the increased risk of severe infections and death otherwise seen during pregnancy and the first 6 months of life

JAMA @jama.com · 1d

Breaking with the CDC, ACOG reaffirms support for #COVID19 vaccination in pregnant people.

Here’s what to know. ja.ma/3VYFRwQ

ACOG Continues Recommending COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy

This JAMA Medical News article discusses updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

The largest demonstration during Trump’s first term was around 750 events.

“We’re now expecting about 2,500 events around the country on No Kings. So we’re talking about literally four times as many.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

Please join us on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Nancy Huntly @nhuntly.bsky.social · 3d

on the architecture of oppression - some of our current government’s waste, fraud, and abuse

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 3d

Architecture and urban design are common fixations for strongmen. People keep posting Hitler’s Germania, but lots of more contemporary examples exist, like Orbán’s projects in Budapest.

Here’s an essay I wrote on this for @liberalcurrents.com last year www.liberalcurrents.com/magic-kingdo...

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

It's official:

-2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968.

-John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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

www.nytimes.com

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is trying to weaponize the DOJ & the military to punish his enemies

But the courts—and the Constitution—are fighting back

Democracy’s immune system is working

I break it down in my NEW @contrariannews.org Publisher’s Roundup 👇

contrarian.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian moves signal weakness, not strength

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 3d

From Chicago to D.C., federal judges are standing up to Trump’s abuses

They’re showing what judicial independence looks like

That’s how democracy wins

Full analysis in my NEW @contrariannews.org article

contrarian.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian moves signal weakness, not strength

Publisher's Roundup 39

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