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Nandita Sharma
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There (really) is no place like home.

Home Rule (2020, Duke U. Press)
Home Economics (2006, U of Toronto Press)
Sociologist of mobilities, nationalism, racism, and state power
#NoBorders
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.

New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"

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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 14h
100%

This is, in fact, why, during WWII, the U.S. pushed hard for "national self-determination" for all imperial colonies.

They well knew - as Musk does now - that "national sovereignty" allow capitalist investors to expand their reach and their power.

And, all nation-states bend towards fascism.
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22h
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
lorak.bsky.social Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20h
“Companies that have collaborated w/immigration enforcement agencies in various ways to aid Trump’s mass deportation initiative—whether through allowing ICE to raid their parking lots, taking on contracts w/DHS, or a variety of other actions—are starting to feel the rumblings of a consumer revolt.”
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
Activists are targeting the reputations of Home Depot, AT&T, and other businesses.
www.thebulwark.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22h
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
lorak.bsky.social Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
“The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people”

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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 22h
Sinatra was ANTIFA

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h
Yeah, this isn't hard

youtu.be/vhPwtnGviyg?...
The House I Live In - with Frank Sinatra
YouTube video by krt1934
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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 23h
ANTIFA film

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 1d
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
celestelabedz.bsky.social Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com

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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 1d
If we don't hold Trump accountable for this atrocity, what will we be able to hold him accountable for?

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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Saskia Bonjour @saskiabonjour.bsky.social · 1d
Direct translation of Great Replacement theory into US Foreign Policy.
Europe is not a reliable ally if it's not sufficiently White.

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights @lphr-lawyers.bsky.social · 1d
‘Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children… On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day’ www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 1d
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now

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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 1d
This is true (!)
popcrave.com Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d
The Donald Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.

They will be replaced with Donald Trump’s birthday.

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 1d
Detention policy rebuff: A federal judge ruled Friday that the government has no statutory authority to hold detainees at Guantanamo Bay on their way to being deported from the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Judge Rules Trump Exceeded Authority by Holding Deportees at Guantánamo
www.nytimes.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d
The Donald Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.

They will be replaced with Donald Trump’s birthday.

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Sarah Betancourt @sweetadelinevt.bsky.social · 1d
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d
Forgot to post here!

Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.

Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.

He has not previously commented on the community defense.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr

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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 2d
The hallmark of fascism is to strip citizenship from those it demonizes

Lack of citizenship makes one deportable. If other states don't permit you entry? In Nazi Germany, this is when concentration camps turned into death camps.

We already have camps (aka immigration detention jails).
Supreme Court will hear case on Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship
The Trump administration asked the justices to take up the case on an expedited basis in September after lower courts found the policy unconstitutional and blocked it.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 2d
Fingers crossed this is not a nod to Trump

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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 2d
I wonder why the emphasis on “foreign-ness” rather than the fact that they are owned by money-grubbing capitalists. Surely the problem is that they are private, capitalist ventures and not that the corporations are headquartered outside of the UK?

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 2d
"Controversial" or "contentious" implies that both sides have something about them that is right.

It suggests that in an option where we can prevent babies literally dying...or just LET THEM...we should treat both those options are morally equivalent.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d
NEW: A D.C. Circuit three-judge panel “paves the way to autocracy,” upholding Trump’s firings of two officials at independent agencies: Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox.
Court ‘Paves Way to Autocracy’ by Upholding Trump’s Independent Agency Firings
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d
seriously, read this dogshit paragraph
"It was an echo of the feelings-don’t-matter, no-coddling ethos that powers Silicon Valley, where Ellison was raised and watched his father, Larry Ellison, grow Oracle into one of the most valuable companies in the world (and make himself one of the richest people on the planet). Multiple sources say Ellison is building a more brash culture that’s defiantly upending the circumspect, politically correct style that has defined Hollywood in the post-#MeToo, post-George Floyd eras. It’s a studio reborn, where blunt feedback is the norm, canceled talent is welcome (cheaper on the dollar, and yearning to prove themselves) and no one is walking on eggshells."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.

📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 2d
Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life — We will always refute it & combat it"

Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
Trump supporters climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 2d
I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use! www.eater.com/24364171/ice...