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Joe Feagin

@profjoefeagin.bsky.social

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Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University; researcher on systemic racism and the white racial frame

Joe Richard Feagin is an American sociologist and social theorist who has conducted extensive research on racial and gender issues in the United States. He is currently the Ella C. McFadden Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University. .. more

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 11h

isn't entrapment a crime?

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12h

I'd bet money that someone at DHS has referred to this tactic unironically as a "Good Samaritan trap."

Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 21h

CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 12h

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12h

I'd bet money that someone at DHS has referred to this tactic unironically as a "Good Samaritan trap."

Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 21h

CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Trump would have you believe that immigrant workers are “freeloaders” and the “worst of the worst.”

Here to debunk his lies and lay out how we can protect immigrant workers on the job is former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u_HwUn4bYQ

Trump’s Lies About Immigrant Workers, Debunked

Don’t believe the lies you hear about immigrant and undocumented workers.The real villains are the greedy corporations t

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 19h

dictator envy

TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 23h

Are we ready??? Senate and Congress seem to be losing…..

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 22h

Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who didn’t know his birthday because he was born into slavery so he chose February 14 as his birthday.

Asian American woman in a down jacket standing next to a statue of Fredrick Douglass

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VT Commons @vtcommons.bsky.social · 22h

It’s amazing how Trump does something so awful, so egregious, so repellent like posting a video of the Obamas as apes that he should be driven from office. But instead it’s all forgotten a week later. It is as much about our country as about him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

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TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 23h

Are we ready??? Senate and Congress seem to be losing…..

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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 1d

I know his lies don't make the news anymore but we must keep trying to get the message out! He talks bollocks!

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Sue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 1d

Just as he promised, he’s destroying NATO which has kept Europe & the US together for 80 years. This will open the doors for Russia to wage war or ultimatums on Europe for takeover & China to take Taiwan & eventually Japan along with other islands. To officially give presidents the dictator title.

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Cheryl T. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦📎 @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 1d

You didn’t think all those concentration camps they want to build are only for immigrants, did you? (Gift article)

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.

Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.

This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

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Congresswoman Betty McCollum @mccollum.house.gov · 1d

President Trump sent unidentified, untrained federal agents to invade and occupy our state for months. Why? To cause chaos, division, and violence.

In this dark moment of American history, Minnesotans responded with unity.

Now, we begin the work of rebuilding our communities.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 1d

Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding
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Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding

A new trove of documents released by the Justice Department reveals that Epstein’s reach into academia was wider than previously known.

Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 2d

Trump, now the big political loser -- in all the polls, including his favorite

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING:

Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

Hard to believe the president of the United States shared a racist post just a week ago — and it’s already vanished from the headlines.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 2d

Denying climate change and it's causes is no different than denying gravity. It is an argument made by idiots. It does not change the laws of nature, but when used to change the laws of the country, people will die. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

www.nytimes.com

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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 2d

What are Republicans focused on today? Creating loopholes that allow weapons be sold without background checks, serial numbers, and basic accountability safeguards.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rand Paul to ICE officials on moments before Pretti's killing: "No one in America believes that shoving that woman's face in the snow was deescalation."

Note that ICE officials then confirm it was improper for her to be thrown down.

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jthrankson.bsky.social @jthrankson.bsky.social · 3d

“What an embarrassment to our country,” the caller continued. “All this man does is tell lies. He is not worthy of the presidency. He takes bribes blatantly, and now he’s being a racist blatantly.”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

This is a story about an economy getting throttled by one man and his capricious, destructive governance. And you see it across pretty much every indicator. Job growth way down. Unemployment slowly drifting up. And wage growth slowing.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

AOC: We all saw the performance Bondi had. She was screaming and crashing, and I think it’s because she knows she is implicated in a massive cover-up to protect a ring of pedophiles through:

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Osborne Cox @osbornecox.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans can sense the weakness of the lame duck mortuary-fresh limping corpse-man.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

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joez58.bsky.social @joez58.bsky.social · 3d

Politicians must refer to the current federal control as the Trump Regime, it s not an administration. Pound it into the public psyche.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

It really takes a lot of effort to stand out for awfulness in this administration.

Well done, Pamela Jo Bondi!

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 3d

Start taking assets from this criminal….