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Charlene A. Carruthers

@charlenecarruthers.bsky.social

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she|her, Writer, Educator, Filmmaker, and recovering community organizer. Also, PhD Candidate in Black Studies at Northwestern University. www.charlenecarruthers.com

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · May 22

I just wrote my first set of #morningpages. My hand is beyond sore. I hope to gain more stamina with regular practice. I started not because I feel completely blocked. I wanna level up. I'm writing a dissertation, a feature length screenplay, in post on a short, and pre- on another short.

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 16h

It’s been quite amazing to watch people call on CPD (of all entities) to fight on behalf of the oppressed. There is a reason why we don’t see police leading revolutions. They are a function of the state and will give deference to the feds, as required by law. youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations Dan!!!

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

Yooooooooooooooooo.

Gonna do a book.

Journalist, podcast creator, and Punk Planet founder Dan Sinker's I HATE THOSE MASKED BASTARDS!: Terror, Truth, and the Editor Who Took on the Klan, a narrative account of crusading journalist George Dale, who faced off against a powerful, ascendant Klan movement in 1920s Indiana, and who serves as a model of journalistic integrity and defiance in the face of fascism, to Eric Kerl and Katy O'Donnell at Haymarket, at auction, by David Patterson at Stuart Krichevsky Agency (NA).

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 5h

“Schriver has also voted against bills banning child marriage and closing Michigan's marital rape loophole.”

Aunt Jules @japulver.bsky.social · 20h

I’m so sick of Republicans & their repressed sexuality. Deal w your psychosis & stop taking your sex issues out on the rest of us!

Hypocrites & prudes.

We all have sex. It’s ok. Be into whatever you’re (consensually) into & STOP JUDGING EVERYONE ELSE’S SEX LIFE!

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State Rep. Josh Schriver Called Queers Perverts. Guess Who Had The Fling Account?

According to records obtained by Metro Times, State Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) — the same lawmaker who introduced legislation in September to ban

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 3d

The footage of Robert Brooks’ killing shocked the public. We identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010; Brooks and two other prisoners died, while many others were left with severe injuries.

Away From Cameras, These Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’

After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 1d

I read this as “unc” needs work. Like Uncle Belichick needs work 😂

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

It was always going to end this way… UNC avoids work

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Divided locker room, disastrous results: Players, parents blame Belichick culture for UNC problems

Multiple sources with knowledge of the inner workings of Bill Belichick's program say that UNC football's losses are a product of a divided locker room, a disorganized coaching staff and a failure to ...

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2d

So this video and the one of the ICE goon bodyslamming the guy that circulated yesterday are in the same location. At the end of this video you see a unique-looking building on the left. The bodyslamming happens right in front of it. These two videos are essentially one near-continuous scene.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

Hey everyone, @yusuketrade.bsky.social is impersonating a Princeton grad student and posting some vile right-wing garbage in their name, so please do the world a favor and report and block @yusuketrade.bsky.social

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Non-exhaustive list of cops in Broadview yesterday includes:

ICE, CBP + Border Patrol, BOP special ops, DEA special ops, ATF, HSI, FBI

IL state police, Cook Co sheriff's officers, Broadview PD, at least a dozen other suburban depts both individually and as part of NIPAS

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 4d

NEW — Darius Fitzgerald, a security guard, was in the midst of a 10-hour shift at a BP gas station in Chicago’s East Garfield Park on Wednesday when he saw a Black man being chased by two federal agents.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/secu...

Security guard describes federal agents chasing Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE

Agents were also seen choking a Black man; DHS denies allegations.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

CALL PRITZKER TO DEMAND HE REMOVE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROADVIEW:
(Chicago) 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122
(Springfield) 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831
Hearing impaired (TTY): 888-261-3336

I called and talked about how the state cops joined ICE in brutalizing protesters today.

Illinois State Police are protecting ICE as they move their vehicles out of the Broadview Detention Center. Call Governor Pritzker now to demand that he remove the ISP from Broadview. No state resources to protect kidnappers. Pritzker: Call off the IL state police 312-814-2121

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 5d

They're betting on everyone, or enough people, being racist and ignorant. They thrive on apathy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

REPORTER: US law already prohibits giving healthcare to illegal immigrants

LEAVITT: Are you denying that Medicaid money has never gone to illegal aliens?

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 5d

People stay in jobs just so they can have healthcare coverage. People work their asses off and don’t have healthcare coverage. it’s all a mess and people are suffering.

Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 5d

The shackles that would be released if taxes paid for healthcare instead of employers. So much would be better in this country. Would it be perfect? Unlikely.

I’m more than willing to try it out.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you! I was very very pregnant and prepping for qualifying exams when I taught this class too LOL.

Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 6d

Overall, Prof is so smart and funny. She did a good job at teaching us all something new, even the Black folks. So I appreciate her.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 6d

I'm working on job materials and reading student evals from a course I taught. I'm especially proud of this one:

I enjoyed this class. I hate hate HATED that the teacher would force us to talk in groups and then forced us to do the group project, but I guess I survived. 1/2

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 6d

One Of my favorite grad school seminars was on Toni Morrison. my professor took a similar approach.

Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 6d

I want to design a course on June Jordan so I can read/watch her work. Id teach her poetry, essays, archival documents (including those in Morrisons archives), and talks.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 7d

Ours was so cute. Didnt post online!

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, I lived through Elon Musk in the White House.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 7d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 8d

I'm SO PAST PETTY POSTS FROM THESE WACK DEMOCRATS.

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