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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 10h

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 10h

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House Dems Launch Probe Into ‘Violent’ ICE Raid of Chicago Apartment Complex | Common Dreams

House Democrats launch probe into controversial Chicago raid by federal immigration officials, demanding answers from Homeland Security and Attorney General.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14h

This is important.

Immigration Coalition @immigcoalition.bsky.social · 23h

Urgent: Help free Wagner, a beloved community member + asylum seeker, detained by plain-clothed ICE agents outside his Manhattan hearing on 10/6. Despite his lawyer’s objections + his family’s cries, he’s now held at Delaney Hall.

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Image of Wagner and his family on black ground with call to action text. That text will be on following slides.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 18h

NEW: A Ninth Circuit panel temporarily permits the federalization but NOT the deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon, in advance of tomorrow's oral arguments.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In the circumstances here, granting an administrative stay will best preserve the status quo. Prior to the October 4 temporary restraining order, Oregon National Guard members had been federalized but not deployed. The Memorandum
authorized federalization of the Oregon National Guard members. An
administrative stay of the October 4 temporary restraining order will maintain the
federalization of Oregon National Guard members, because that order prohibits
implementation of the Memorandum. Additionally, the second temporary
restraining order has not been challenged or appealed, and it prohibits the
deployment of National Guard members in Oregon. Thus, the effect of granting an administrative stay preserves the status quo in which National Guard members have been federalized but not deployed.
Administrative Stay GRANTED.

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 19h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 14h

What does he pay attention to? If you don't know where music is, you're missing half of what's going on in so many ways.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 6d

this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 15h

"This is the thing: dooming is itself a liberation from the burden of choice. If everything is ruined forever, if your allies have already forsaken you, if the battle is already lost, you aren't responsible for your choices."

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Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Dr. M. Harris-Peyton @drmbhp.bsky.social · May 6

The right-wing attacks on education--the grad student arrests, defunding battles, long-term reputation attacks--are a strategy, and so I've been thinking about what the big-picture counter-strategy is.

And then I wrote an article about it.

Attacks on Higher Ed and the New Illiberal Electorate

The right-wing destruction of American higher education institutions is a strategic move. Liberals need to answer with a strategy of their own.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 15h

Well done! Told people end of last year we needed to go back to pamphleteering and coffeehouses, so I am especially admiring of the points on propaganda and third spaces. As well as the reasoned and important approach to solving the problem.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 16h

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Illiberal, illiterate and ignorant.

Attacks on Higher Ed and the New Illiberal Electorate

The right-wing destruction of American higher education institutions is a strategic move. Liberals need to answer with a strategy of their own.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 16h

Clearly the beverages are what really got to him.

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 17h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 19h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 17h

If they're Texans, they might.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 18h

Yes.

Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 18h

People that claim they are beyond critique are delusional.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 18h

"...[E]conomists [are praising gold] as a safe-haven investment in the wake of a government shutdown, a declining job market and steady inflation."

This not-new information isn't It's helpful to those previously unable to afford gold. Buying at an all-time high?

www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...

Gold Hits All-Time High—Here’s Why

One economist recommended investors store wealth in the precious metal as an economic haven, while others warned of uncertainty.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 18h

I'm eagerly waiting. 😊

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 18h

💯 Baffled by how many people no longer know this.

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himham @himham.bsky.social · Dec 28

I've noticed a lot of users are interested in joining some iteration of "resistance" to oppose fascists. Allow me to outline some first steps:

1. Cite your sources. And when someone asks you to, or when someone sources your claim for you, say thanks.

Fascists survive on mis- and dis-information.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 18h

He may have just won my heart.

'Come and get me': Dem gov dares Trump to make good on arrest threat

www.rawstory.com/trump-jb-pri...

'Come and get me': Dem gov dares Trump to make good on arrest threat

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) spoke to an MSNBC reporter on the ground in Chicago for protests around the deployment of federal agents to raid the city. President Donald Trump issued a Wednesday mor...

www.rawstory.com

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 18h

There weren't always indoctrinating police academies, or any significant training as we know it. Once upon a time, but adjacent to my lifetime. It's hard for many people to adjust to change, or even recognize change, once the amount of concurrent change reaches a certain level.

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 20h

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 20h

Well said.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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