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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 31m

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 29m

He's a puddle of a guy blended with a marionette puppet with a splash of a ventriloquist's dummy.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 32m

What are the odds that she shows up at the WH and in the photo op gives him a replica one, but with his silhouette etched on it?

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 37m

Darlene Bush said her daughter struggled to recognize her own name in prekindergarten.

By the end of first grade, she was falling behind, and Bush turned to The 3D School in Petal—one of Mississippi's approved special-purpose schools for students with the learning disability.

Dyslexia Scholarship Helps Mississippi Families Access Therapy

Five schools across Madison, Ridgeland, Petal, Hattiesburg and Ocean Springs are approved to accept students using Mississippi’s Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship. But large areas of Mississippi,…

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 36m

Her line. Sure, Loomer. You'll give up your ability to make a president fire people on your screeds?

Guessing this is when you get Sydney Powelled. He likes his plane and what they can give him more than you.

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Jon Lion Fine Art @jonlionfineart.bsky.social · 5h

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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 45m

"I concur...and yet I dissent. Not from the majority’s opinion, but I dissent from the racism embedded in the federal case law."

This is so good. The concurring/dissenting opinion begins on p. 27.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 53m

Washington Supreme Court Justice Mungia has an extraordinary opinion condemning "the underlying racism and prejudices that are woven into the very fabric" of SCOTUS opinions about Native people.

"We must clearly, loudly, and unequivocally state that was wrong.”
www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...

MUNGIA, J. (concurring)—I concur with the majority’s opinion.1
And yet I
dissent. Not from the majority’s opinion, but I dissent from the racism embedded in the
federal case law that applies to this dispute.
FEDERAL INDIAN LAW IS A PRODUCT OF THE RACIST BELIEFS ENDEMIC IN OUR SOCIETY
AND OUR LEGAL SYSTEM
While it is certainly necessary to follow federal case law on issues involving
Native American tribes and their members, at the same time it is important to call out that
the very foundations of those opinions were based on racism and white supremacy. By
doing this, readers of our opinions will have no doubt that the current court disavows, and
condemns, those racist sentiments, beliefs, and statements.

Since the founding of our country, the federal government has characterized
Native Americans as “savages”: They were “uncivilized.” They had little claim to the
land upon which they lived. At times, the federal government attempted to eradicate
Native Americans through genocidal policies. At other times, the federal government
employed ethnic cleansing by forcibly removing children from their parents’ homes to
strip them from their culture, their language, and their beings.2
Federal Indian case law arises from those racist underpinnings.
The majority correctly cites to Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1, 8
L. Ed. 25 (1831), which is one of the foundational cases involving tribal sovereignty.
That opinion is rife with racist attitudes toward Native Americans. Chief Justice John
Marshall, writing for the majority, describes a tribe’s relationship to the federal
government as one of “ward to his guardian.” Id. at 17. In effect, the opinion presents
tribal members as children, and the federal government as the adult. That theme would
follow in later opinions by the United States Supreme Court—as would the theme of
white supremacy.
Cherokee Nation began with the premise that Native American tribes, once strong
and powerful, were no match for the white race and so found themselves “gradually
sinking beneath our superior policy, our arts and our arms.” Id. at 15. The white man
was considered the teacher, the Native Americans the pupils:

Meanwhile they are in a state of pupilage. Their relation to the United
States resembles that of a ward to his guardian.
Id. at 17.
This characterization of superior to inferior, teacher to student, guardian to ward,
was repeated in later United States Supreme Court opinions.
In Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553, 23 S. Ct. 216, 47 L. Ed. 299 (1903),
often characterized as the “American Indian Dred Scott,”
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the Court used that rationale to
justify ruling that the United States could break its treaties with Native American tribes.
These Indian tribes are the wards of the nation. They are communities
dependent on the United States. Dependent largely for their daily food.
Dependent for their political rights. . . . From their very weakness and
helplessness . . . there arises the duty of protection, and with it the power.
Id. at 567 (quoting United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375, 383-84, 6 S. Ct. 1109, 30 L.
Ed. 228 (1886)).
Our court also carries the shame of denigrating Native Americans by using that
same characterization: “The Indian was a child, and a dangerous child, of nature, to be
both protected and restrained.” State v. Towessnute, 89 Wash. 478, 482, 154 P. 805
(1916), judgment vacated and opinion repudiated by 197 Wn.2d 574, 486 P.3d 111
(2020).
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Returning to Cherokee Nation, Justice William Johnson’s separate opinion was
less tempered in how he considered the various Native American tribes:
I cannot but think that there are strong reasons for doubting the
applicability of the epithet state, to a people so low in the grade of
organized society as our Indian tribes most generally are.
Cherokee Nation, 30 U.S. at 21. Native Americans were not to be treated as “equals to
equals” but, instead, the United States was the conqueror and Native Americans the
conquered. Id. at 23.
In discussing Native Americans, Justice Johnson employed another racist trope
used by judges both before and after him: Native Americans were uncivilized savages.
[W]e have extended to them the means and inducement to become
agricultural and civilized. . . . Independently of the general influence of
humanity, these people were restless, warlike, and signally cruel.
. . . .
But I think it very clear that the constitution neither speaks of them as states
or foreign states, but as just what they were, Indian tribes . . . which the law
of nations would regard as nothing more than wandering hordes, held
together only by ties of blood and habit, and having neither laws or
government, beyond what is required in a savage state.
Id. at 23, 27-28.
This same characterization was used by Justice Stanley Matthews in Ex parte KanGi-Shun-Ca (otherwise known as Crow Dog), 109 U.S. 556, 3 S. Ct. 396, 27 L. Ed. 1030
(1883). Justice Matthews described Native Americans as leading a savage life.

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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 1h

"I said I was Jewish. They ripped me by the ear and forced me to bend down and stare at the flag of the state of Israel."

Watch David Adler, Co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International, recall the abuse of the Global Sumud Flotilla crew in Israeli detention.

5 Days in Israel’s Desert Prison: Jewish Flotilla Activist David Adler on Harrowing Detention Ordeal

Israeli forces have abducted over 500 peace activists over the past week who were sailing to Gaza in an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged territory. Organizers of the Global Sumud…

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 1h

The far right has sold out for free Trump swag and videos of brown people being arrested. About a decade ago, there was a huge Republican scandal in Idaho after a proposed Chinese factory was rumored to be a "self-sustaining city" and beachhead for invasion. People resigned.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 1h

When "Free Trump Swag" = a billion dollar plane + retofitting/security for use by Trump after his presidency. His stans will likely only get a chance to buy a NFT image of Trump piloting it in a superhero costume, or a special edition meme coin.

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 1h

1919: a summer of race massacres across U.S. amid a pandemic. Don’t turn your head away from real history.

Know your state’s and the nation’s brutal heritage of using white terrorism to block Black progress.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 2h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 1h

I knew my state's history (leading) the second wave of the Klan in the 1920s. But only in broad strokes. A couple of years ago Timothy Egan's book 'A Fever in the Heartland' was a gut wrenching eye opener. I highly recommend it.

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Cross-laminated & Skinned her 👻 🦇 🎃 @nickhasthoughts.com · 1h

this is why it's criminal that the media lied not only about the consequences of electing Trump, but also the actual facts about the economy instead of leaning into the inflation crisis stuff that they are now totally silent on. And every journo knows Trump is old & lazy but no one says it out loud.

Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 1h

The “swing” voter in Pennsylvania who googled “Trump Kamala economy” the day before the election did not know Russ Vought and Stephen Miller would function as the president. I think about that every day.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 22h

Approximately 8% of US cocaine comes through the eastern Caribbean (and virtually none of it involves fentanyl). Conversely, about 74% of US cocaine comes up the Pacific coast from Ecuador and Colombia. Trump’s objectives in Venezuela aren’t about drugs.

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs (Gift Article)

President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.

www.nytimes.com

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 2h

Guess that has some relationship to why he was versed on Arnold Palmer's ... ampleness (?) at an odd campaign rally event last year?

Seriously, it's stunning to me that many who hear this don't recognize the rambling speech filler that sounds like a kid who didn't read the book talk about the book.

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 2h

Ya, no to toxic personalities. Thanks for the info. I tend to look for consistency over time vs. single reporting. I'm guessing her electoral odds are dropping fast.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2h

Ghana's foreign minister rejects DHS's reported plans to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to that country.

Eswatini's government previously made similar announcement on social media. h/t @garygrumbach.bsky.social

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 2h

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 2h

Hey Hoosiers, esp Bluesiers - this is a good read, that gets past the bluster of some of our loudest, media thirsty statewide electeds.

#HoosierSky

Emily Hopkins is reporting for Mirror Indy @emilyhopkins.bsky.social · 3h

✍🏻🗳️ Indiana redistricting thread🧵

Still no final say on whether lawmakers will redistrict ahead of next year's elections.

Here's the latest from this week:

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Emily Hopkins is reporting for Mirror Indy @emilyhopkins.bsky.social · 3h

✍🏻🗳️ Indiana redistricting thread🧵

Still no final say on whether lawmakers will redistrict ahead of next year's elections.

Here's the latest from this week:

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14h

A win! Much love to Indiana, so proud of you all!

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 3h

And yet the frog, dinosaur and othe creatures in Portland, and the Priest and citizen phonecam recorders of ice aggression in Chicago, Inspire us.

Inspiration, for now, > induced fear.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 3h

They’re scared so they want to scare us.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 3h

You know, I hadn't planned to go to this, but clearing the calendar now.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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