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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 2h

And today, the Supreme Court will hear a case that might kill off what’s left of the Voting Rights Act, potentially repeating this history.

Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 2h

On this day in 1883, the Supreme Court struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which forbade racial discrimination in access to public accommodations and facilities.

Oct. 15, 1883 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Civil Rights Act, Legitimating Segregation

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 2h

The self inflected insanity of the modern gop is mind numbing.

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L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 2h

The U.S. Supreme Court has long ugly history for of animosity toward African Americans and civil rights.
The racists decisions that the U.S. legal system conjures up have their roots in the colonial courts before the declaration of independence.

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Oct. 15, 1883 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Civil Rights Act, Legitimating Segregation

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19h

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 13h

A new report of crime data shows that ICE impersonation cases have reached record highs in 2025—more than the number of such cases in the last 4 Presidential admins COMBINED.

Democratic Governors need to order their State police to arrest alleged ICE fascists who conceal their identities. Period.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

Several news organizations, including The New York Times, NPR and Newsmax, are refusing to sign a new set of restrictions on news gathering inside the Pentagon. n.pr/3ILiHaj

News outlets reject Pentagon press restrictions

Several news organizations, including The New York Times, NPR and Newsmax, are refusing to sign a new set of restrictions on news gathering inside the Pentagon.

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L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 13h

Just SMDH.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 15h

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy

Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

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L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 17h

Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics don't align with US

apnews.com/article/arge...

Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics don't align with US

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw assistance from Argentina if its internal politics don't align with U.S. interests in upcoming elections.

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L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 17h

Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid dispute over student newspaper's content

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Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid dispute over student newspaper's content

The director of student media was fired after he pushed back against a university directive over what gets printed in the Indiana Daily Student.

www.indystar.com

L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 17h

Indy Star:

Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid dispute over student newspaper's content

www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid dispute over student newspaper's content

The director of student media was fired after he pushed back against a university directive over what gets printed in the Indiana Daily Student.

www.indystar.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18h

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 20h

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 21h

Absolutely, they are shouting the quiet part out loud.
This current iteration of the gop is built on white grievance.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 21h

Important reporting, but also what we’re seeing is Republicans saying the loud part of GOP initiatives even louder. It’s the same ethnonationalist project that animates every aspect of the regime’s lawlessness & punitive policies, just with emojis.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 22h

The Real Problem Is How Trump Can Legally Use the Military

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The Real Problem Is How Trump Can Legally Use the Military

Congress wrote statutes with the apparent assumption that whoever held the office of the Presidency would use the powers they granted in good faith.

www.newyorker.com

L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 1d

Indianapolis Star
Marion County judge recuses self in Mark Sanchez stabbing case

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Marion County judge recuses self in Mark Sanchez stabbing case

The case against former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez will be assigned to a new judge after Jennifer Prinz Harrison recused herself.

www.indystar.com

L Bates @theafricanus.bsky.social · 1d

The Indictment of Letitia James and the Collapse of Impartial Justice

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The Indictment of Letitia James and the Collapse of Impartial Justice

The question raised by the prosecution of James is: would any other federal prosecutor have brought this case against any other defendant? The answer seems to be no.

www.newyorker.com

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