DarbyK
@dbkenn.bsky.social
Independent social studies educator for many-abled learners | Online teaching fan | Map nerd | GenX mom, wife, giant poodle wrangler | Always assume competence
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The demolished East Wing is a monument to this regime's destruction of our system of checks and balances, and the process of democratic governance.
It is a monument of rubble.
It is a monument of rubble.
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The demolished East Wing is a monument to this regime's destruction of our system of checks and balances, and the process of democratic governance.
It is a monument of rubble.
It is a monument of rubble.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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It's not hyperbole to say that the United States doing this to its own citizens is Nazi-like.
"They disappeared her." This story from @timdickinson.bsky.social is so upsetting. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway
Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.
www.rollingstone.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's not hyperbole to say that the United States doing this to its own citizens is Nazi-like.
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You don't blow up Venezuelan & Colombian boats in international waters -- killing 21 people -- and expect a Nobel Peace Prize.
October 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
You don't blow up Venezuelan & Colombian boats in international waters -- killing 21 people -- and expect a Nobel Peace Prize.
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The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.
October 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.
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It’s super bad to suggest someone is in hell, right, Republicans?
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It’s super bad to suggest someone is in hell, right, Republicans?
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Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
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look Charlie Kirk started, maintained, & promoted turning point usa’s professor watchlist
I’ve been on it for over a decade and until this year I was the *only* UVM professor on it which means
his life’s work = my death threats
I’ve been on it for over a decade and until this year I was the *only* UVM professor on it which means
his life’s work = my death threats
the media rush to canonize charlie kirk is legitimately maybe one of the weirdest things of this nature i have ever seen in my life
September 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
look Charlie Kirk started, maintained, & promoted turning point usa’s professor watchlist
I’ve been on it for over a decade and until this year I was the *only* UVM professor on it which means
his life’s work = my death threats
I’ve been on it for over a decade and until this year I was the *only* UVM professor on it which means
his life’s work = my death threats
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The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.
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"If Hegseth and others are so intent on bringing ‘reconciliation’ back to Arlington National Cemetery, I have a recommendation. Head on down to Section 27 with roughly 1,800 flags and decorate the graves of the United States Colored Troops." kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/stop-refer...
Stop Referring to the Confederate Monument in Arlington National Cemetery as a "Reconciliation Monument"
Secretary Hegseth has announced his intention to reinstall the monument in 2027.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"If Hegseth and others are so intent on bringing ‘reconciliation’ back to Arlington National Cemetery, I have a recommendation. Head on down to Section 27 with roughly 1,800 flags and decorate the graves of the United States Colored Troops." kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/stop-refer...
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If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
August 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
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The president of the United States is threatening to strip the citizenship away from an American who says things he does not like.
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
July 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The president of the United States is threatening to strip the citizenship away from an American who says things he does not like.
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
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A valid point! They can’t claim there was no time to consult the Congressional Gang of Eight and share key intelligence with them, as required before committing the nation to war.
June 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A valid point! They can’t claim there was no time to consult the Congressional Gang of Eight and share key intelligence with them, as required before committing the nation to war.
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sure, the world is going up in flames, there's unrest in the streets, and America has become a global punchline, but at least Trump voters made the handful of trans athletes in the country feel extra bad
June 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
sure, the world is going up in flames, there's unrest in the streets, and America has become a global punchline, but at least Trump voters made the handful of trans athletes in the country feel extra bad
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There’s always a tweet.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There’s always a tweet.
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For a lot of relatively comfortable Americans, electing an emotionally incontinent imbecile was a bit of entertainment. A game. Good sport, owning those libs. I hope they’re duly entertained.
June 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
For a lot of relatively comfortable Americans, electing an emotionally incontinent imbecile was a bit of entertainment. A game. Good sport, owning those libs. I hope they’re duly entertained.
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The Night of the Long Tweets
June 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Night of the Long Tweets
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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did some yapping about this youtu.be/9e6nJ8-9kms
May 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
did some yapping about this youtu.be/9e6nJ8-9kms
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Founder folk were so worried that the American people would see them as bigger than life (NO KINGS!) that they insisted that portraits & statues of them were actual size—no bigger.
US government buildings now appear to be putting up giant banners of Donald Trump’s face, echoing authoritarian dictatorships.
May 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Founder folk were so worried that the American people would see them as bigger than life (NO KINGS!) that they insisted that portraits & statues of them were actual size—no bigger.
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Like Pritzker's approach to this more and more!
RFK’s attempts to set up an autism data base hits a roadblock after Pritzker signs an executive order prohibiting state agencies from sharing private autism data outside the state without the consent of the individual or parents.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
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#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
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Gov. JB Pritzker fights back against HHS autism data collection — Axios Chicago
Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order last week prohibiting state agencies from sharing autism-related data outside the state without consent from an individual or guardian.
apple.news
May 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Like Pritzker's approach to this more and more!
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April 11, 2025
April 11, 2025
On April 4, Trump fired head of U.S.
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April 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
April 11, 2025
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owning a small business in 2025…
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
owning a small business in 2025…