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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

When Rand Paul and Marjorie Taylor Greene are making “sense”, you KNOW that shitshow of a so-called party has jumped the shark.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity!

RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 3d

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11d

1a) 1 takeaway is comparison between the "fascism-producing crisis[es]" of past + present characterized by the prevalence of the "nonintelligibility of power."

When a prominent historian of interwar Europe says we are living through a similar crisis amidst the rise of fascism, we need to listen.

A page of text from the essay with certain sections underlined.

With dynamics already apparent from the early 2000s, but sharply
worsening since2008-2010, the US polity has entered a steadily escalating version of the dual crisis outlined earlier, one suddenly magnifed and massively jolted by COVID-19: a crisis of cohesion, a crisis of legitimacy.

Not only is the polity broken, but very large masses of people have
stopped believing in its repair. On the one hand, we have the extreme
atrophy of democratic practices in the state, whether inside the legislature or in the relations of the presidency, Senate/Congress, and Supreme Court; or in the attack on voting rights, voting access, and the conduct of elections; or in the curtailment of civil liberties and the scale and character of the carceral state. On the other hand, there is now a default conviction among the citizenry that government consists only in burdensomeness, corruption, incompetence, and nonaccountability– a still-widening popular belief in what I would call the nonintelligibility of power, the belief that power is exercised in a distant place, behind closed doors and opaque glass, by conspiracies of elites who are beholden to no one and simply do not care.
crisis of consent; government paralysis, democratic impasse– the prospects can be severe indeed. If we add the fields of structural determation outlined briefly at the very start of this chapter, whose ruinous consequences are now immeasurably expanded and sharpened by the intervening calamity of the COVID-19 pandemic, the severity grows further again. The deeper structural setting will need to be fully proceeding from the huge transformations begun in the 1980s. Here, we need to talk about fundamental capitalist restructuring: deindustrialization and neoliberal globalization. We need to talk about drastic class recomposition, including the reorganization of work and labor circuits and the rewriting of the labor contract...etc

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · 1d

They're federal workers, too. They need to work without pay, the same as medical personnel at the VA hospitals, soldiers, etc.

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voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · 5d

ALL Blue States that Trump threatens should do this!

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 7d

Trump's Speech to Military Leaders PROVES He's Dangerously Unfit as Commander In Chief
youtu.be/h824H2h8yA8?...

Trump's Speech to Military Leaders PROVES He's Dangerously Unfit as Commander In Chief

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 8d

"Imagine what it will do for the world to see a woman of great conscience and character, of profound empathy and grace, to serve in such a high and historic position of Christian ministry — and being proudly progressive at that."

A Woman Now Runs This Shit

The new Archbishop of Canterbury.

charlotteclymer.substack.com

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voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks a lot, 🍊💩! 🤬

voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · 10d

The worst part is that he doesn't want to understand or learn about our broken healthcare system.

Years ago, he claimed he was going to replace Obamacare in the 1st 30 days in office. Years later, he was asked what happened to that promise. He said he didn't realize how complicated it was.

voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · 10d

voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · 12d

He is Thomas Jacob Sanford and a photo of his home. MAGAts claim he was mentally ill, or he was a Liberal. Does this look like a Liberal to you?

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AltBiker @altbiker.altgov.info · 23d

1. Get a Sharpie
2. Find a flat surface.
3. Set Kilroy free.
4. 🖕Fascism.
5. Repeat.
#KilroyWasHere

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Aug 30

Mad props to the anonymous CDC-er that designed and printed these signs for the goodbye celebration of the CDC leaders we lost yesterday -- the 3Ds (Demetre, Deb, Dan). LEGENDARY.

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voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · Aug 30

#Cryptkeeper

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Aug 19

Check out American Academy of Peds press release -excoriates 🧠🪱 & his gutting of ACIP.

AAP 👇- focus on evidence, not politics

Major difference
AAP: All children aged 6-23 months should get Covid vaccine.
Also children 2-18 years in certain high risk groups

🔗 publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

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voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · Aug 19

Alfred Nobel is cringing in his grave

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voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · Aug 17

Please post the link to uploading ICE videos

voidornothing.bsky.social @voidornothing.bsky.social · Aug 16

What we know about the summit between Trump and Putin www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...

So, performative, useless, and a waste of time and money...

Without BOTH parties present, why bother?

What we know about the summit between Trump and Putin

After all the buildup the Alaska summit between Presidents Trump and Putin ended quickly — just brief statements from both leaders, no questions from reporters and more questions left hanging than ans...

www.npr.org

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · Aug 13

I've often wondered what it was like to live in America in the late 1920s.

Now I know.

Back then the nation was led by a group of drunks who prosecuted drinking. They committed fraud and insider dealing while promoting "business as the business of America."

bsky.app/profile/cape...

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · May 18

The idea that things like theft, murder, insider trading or bribery are proscribed BECAUSE they lead to far worse human outcomes is lost on these people.

Here's a reminder from the past. In FDR's first 100 days he worked to institute the SEC.

Here's why.

April 1, 1933 NYTimes article about a Congressional hearing on potential Securities regulation.

"Half of $50B in securities issues over 13 years have gone bad"

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Aug 12

Allow me to address the elephant in the room:

The Trump administration is not setting the course for a four-year term.

The Trump administration is setting the course for an everlasting dictatorship.

If Americans don’t want that, the window to stop them is closing quickly.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Aug 9

RFKJ, will there be enough staff at SAMHSA to answer our calls since you fired most of them?

And which part of our work is important? COVID vaccines? Violence prevention (also fired).

We don’t need your platitudes. We need you to stop telling lies that are putting our lives in danger.

Standing Together in the Wake of the CDC Tragedy

From For OS announcements to all of HHS HHS-NEWS-ALL@LIST.NIH.GOV
on behalf of
HHS News Do Not Reply (OS/ASPA) DoNotReply.HHS.News@HHS.GOV

Date Sat 8/9/2025 11:31 AM
To HHS-NEWS-ALL@LIST.NIH.GOV HHS-NEWS-ALL@LIST.NIH.GOV

Dear colleagues,

As many of you have heard, a tragic shooting occurred yesterday at the CDC’s Roybal Campus in Atlanta. One police officer, David Rose, lost his life in the line of duty. Our prayers are with the officer’s wife and three children, one of them unborn.

I also send my prayers out to the entire CDC family — especially those directly impacted. We know how deeply unsettling this is, particularly for those working in Atlanta. The shock and uncertainty that follow incidents like this are real, and they affect us all in different ways.

We want everyone to know, you’re not alone. Leadership is in close coordination with CDC teams to ensure support is available on the ground. Any HHS staff feeling the weight of this tragedy can call the SAMHSA Disaster Distress 24/7 Helpline at 1-800-985-5990.

This is a reminder of the very human challenges public servants sometimes face — even in places dedicated to healing and progress. But it also reinforces the importance of the work you do every day. From public health labs to data systems to community programs, your efforts matter. They move us closer to our shared goal: making this country healthier, safer, and more resilient.
We’ll get through this the same way we approach our mission — together.

In solidarity,

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Aug 9

Yesterday there was an attempted mass murder of CDC staff and yet RFK the Lesser has not directly spoken to the head of the CDC. Not a single word condemning the violence from him or the President.

Turns out T injections and methylene blue can’t fill the empty space where a heart would.

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