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vcrowder.bsky.social
@vcrowder.bsky.social
WNBA fan, Chicago Sky #Skyrider, NCAA WBB and Softball fan.
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Please repeat over and over:

“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”

—Gov. JB Pritzker
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Jackson Park cherry blossoms are finally back after a 2-year hiatus. 🌸 buff.ly/Ke8O8nl
April 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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The only way forward, that I can see, requires both courage and collective action. If we’re not going to fight for our students and our scholarship, then what the hell are we doing anyway?
University presidents, the time is now! Unshackle the general counsel's office! File all the lawsuits! Release the faculty upon the op-ed sections! Write to your alumni, parents, and donors! You have nothing to lose but a tiny percentage of your enormous endowments... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Every word of this piece from @cmgreer.bsky.social is on point. READ and share it. We’re sick of it. Wake up!

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
Opinion | Black Americans Are Not Surprised by What Trump’s Doing (Gift Article)
Many Black Americans are not surprised by the way Trump is running roughshod over the rule of law, because they have seen it happen throughout American history.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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BREAKING: Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz used GMAIL to discuss NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION. That's LESS SECURE than Hillary's private email server. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Wisconsin folks: please, I am begging y’all to go vote today. Don’t assume this race is won. Every vote is gonna matter. We need EVERYONE to go cast a ballot for Susan Crawford.

Polls close at 8pm.

Go here to find out where you’re supposed to vote: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Find-M...
Find My Polling Place
myvote.wi.gov
April 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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We need more senators like Cory Booker!!!
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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What other classified info is Hegseth sharing on Signal chats? Clearly, he can't be trusted to keep our military secrets—or our troops—safe.
 
We have Senate committees for a reason.
 
SSCI, SASC and SFRC must hold hearings to investigate this egregious breach and potential others.
March 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Gov. Hochul will have to remove the Mayor. This is unconscionable.
Quid pro quo out in the open
February 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong.

www.dei.watch
DEI WATCH
This guide is broken into three categories: 1) DISMANTLED - companies that have ended or scaled back their DEI efforts; 2) COMMITTED - companies that have active DEI initiatives; and 3) FUNDED - organ...
www.dei.watch
February 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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I will continue to contribute to individual Democratic lawmakers who are getting something done, but I refuse to give another donation to any Democratic campaign arm until a specific and compelling strategy is in place.
February 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Dear DNC, DSCC, and DCCC:

I don't want to see another fundraising text or email asking for a dollar of mine until I see an actual plan to meet this moment.

Y'all had 11 weeks between the election and inauguration, and there's still no plan. There's no excuse for that.

No plan, no donation.
February 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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What the US is experiencing right now is fascism. There's no other word for it and pretending that it's verboten to say so diminishes the truth as much as they are diminishing the truth. It's fascism. It's arrived.
February 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.

The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.

History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Don't let MAGA rewrite the facts. President BIDEN'S administration did this. NOT FIC34.
BREAKING: President Biden and his team have brokered a ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Unlike Trump, who left the Afghanistan withdrawal to Biden, the President has taken decisive action to resolve this critical issue.

Thanks, Joe!
January 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Good morning and hello sunshine.
December 12, 2024 at 1:09 PM
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Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM
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Dog sliding down in the snow.. 😊
December 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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new week
new vibes
new energy
new goals
new blessings
new intentions
December 2, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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Me after sleeping on my arm for hours.. 😅
November 30, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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Me finishing Mark's primer on the 2025 draft. (It's good, go read it!)
November 30, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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New from me today @herhoopstats.com: My projected protected lists and Golden State Valkyries picks in upcoming expansion draft. With lots of explanation (but you can scan to the lists if you want).

More on potential moves around the draft soon. #WNBA

herhoopstats.substack.com/p/2024-wnba-...
2024 WNBA Expansion Draft: Projected Protected Lists and Valkyries Picks
The expansion draft which will stock the initial roster for the Golden State Valkyries is imminent. We take a detailed look at who teams will protect, and who might be left for the Valkyries to take.
herhoopstats.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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Windy day.. 💨
November 27, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Reindeer and the Northern Lights.. 😊
November 27, 2024 at 6:38 AM