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Devin Burghart
@dburghart.bsky.social
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Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 18h
Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
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NEVER AGAIN/NIGDY WIĘCEJ @neveragainnw.bsky.social · 13h
'Civil Society Forum on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life' [programme]
The major objectives of the NEVER AGAIN Association include: breaking the silence and raising awareness of the problem of racism and xenophobia
#euforumcombatantisemitism
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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 15h
He froze because he realized, in real time, that what he’d just said carried serious constitutional implications. Which now will be used against the Trump administration in court. He invoked “plenary authority.” That phrase means complete authority, basically the president has dictatorial powers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
CNN: Does the administration still plan to abide by that court ruling?

STEPHEN MILLER: The administration filed an appeal this morning ... ... ...

CNN: Stephen? Stephen? Can you hear me?

MILLER: ... ... ...
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 15h
Thanks for those kind words!

Last thing Leonard would ever want is a statue (though on my first trip to see him, he did take me to the John Brown one), but we are releasing an anthology of his writing this fall called, The Zeskind Reader.

(Robert, DM me with contact info, and I'll send a copy.)
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Lisa Glass @lmplusg.bsky.social · 16h
Ice agent points of weapon at a woman in a neighborhood in Chicago who is just documenting them… No, he doesn’t look nuts and hyper or anything. Does he? He doesn’t look like he could just pop off at any moment for no reason, or anything.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20h
“[M]ilitary lawyers & legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army & Navy's top judge advocates…sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as…Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox & potentially illegal ways.” 2/25/25…1/
'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears
Military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial...
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 16h
For those of you who don't know about Leonard Zeskind or his book, Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream, you should.

The NYT obit did a nice job summarizing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75
www.nytimes.com
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 16h
For nearly half a century, Leonard Zeskind risked life and limb to expose the danger of white nationalism and stem the far-right’s march from the margins to the mainstream.

Join us on Nov. 9 to share your memories and celebrate his life.

Register today.

actionnetwork.org/events/leona...
Leonard Zeskind Celebration of Life, Sunday, November 9 – 2:00 to 4:00 pm
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 17h
Join us in KC on Nov. 8.

Time to Mobilize: Fight White Nationalism and Defend Democracy Conference

National experts and movement veterans will engage attendees with lessons from the past and promising new strategies to protect democracy and defeat bigotry.

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Time to Mobilize: Fight White Nationalism and Defend Democracy Conference Kansas City, MO November 8. 1:00 to 5:30 pm Register Today
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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 22h
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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 1d
Laid-off civil rights workers warn of potential for ICE detention violations

www.npr.org/2025/10/06/g...
Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations
After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 23h
After Reconstruction, the media refused to believe that white supremacists were massacring entire towns of Black people attempting to claim local sovereignty over their own lives. It is not true that violence, even when it's "plain as day," necessarily moves public opinion.
The white- run news transformed this event from a coup that overthrew an elected Republican government into a horror story of armed Black men, turning the massacre into a legitimate act of white self- defense. The Shreveport Times described the event as “the most deplorable and bloody affray ever perpetuated.” Years after the event, white Democrats would periodically fearmonger about a Black militia that would return to overthrow the government, blaming power- hungry Republicans.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d
New from 404 Media: police used a nationwide network of Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion, said it was for her 'safety'. But new docs show they considered charging her with a crime as part of a 'death investigation' into the fetus
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Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
Trump's tweet that Portland is "war ravaged" just backfired. A Trump-picked judge cited it in blocking National Guard deployment to Portland, declaring him "untethered from facts."

On the pod, Oregon AG Dan Rayfield illuminatingly explains the ruling and what's next:
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Trump’s Own Tweet on Portland Backfires as Judge Deals Him Harsh Loss
As a judge’s blunt ruling blocks Trump from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon’s Attorney General tells us in an interview that Trump’s lawless threats are working against him—and discusses what com...
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d
Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.

But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.

By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d
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America needs to talk about how Trump’s deportation plan is really dictatorship | Will Bunch
Team Trump isn't kidding about deporting millions if the ex-POTUS returns in 2025. It would destroy America, morally and economically.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 2d
She’s still out here ✌️
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d
Like everything else with this administration, Trump’s decision to extend a $20 billion lifeline to Argentina involves corruption. trib.al/6vFFFOX
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d
No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States
Beachfront home of South Carolina judge, ex-senator burned to ground, injuring 3
Ex-senator Arnold Goodstein, along with two additional people, were rescued by several neighbors and paramedics from a marshy, remote area behind the home after jumping from the fist floor.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d
Portland ICE Grants Access to Alt-Right Journalist to Film Attacks on Protesters from Their Roof
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