David Klevan
@dklevan.bsky.social
Educator, Holocaust History, Civics, morning coffee… not always in that order. Views expressed here are my own. 🇺🇸
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I don't remember seeing any calls for violent retribution after a Minnesota state senator was assassinated, and it would have been nice not to see any today.
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I don't remember seeing any calls for violent retribution after a Minnesota state senator was assassinated, and it would have been nice not to see any today.
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Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
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Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.
Weaponizing antisemitism makes students 'less safe,' says drafter of definition
Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.
www.npr.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.
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SCOOP: The FTC has removed content critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI companies published during the Biden administration from its website.
FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies
Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.
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March 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
SCOOP: The FTC has removed content critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI companies published during the Biden administration from its website.
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The Pentagon purge of media it considers 'DEI' has expanded to stories about Navajo code talkers and Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who helped raise the US flag over Iwo Jima. w/ @jonswaine.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes web page on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Pentagon purge of media it considers 'DEI' has expanded to stories about Navajo code talkers and Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who helped raise the US flag over Iwo Jima. w/ @jonswaine.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks
Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks
Entrepreneur and actor Jasmine Mooney, who had a role in an American Pie sequel, says she was arrested at southern border and held in detention over an incomplete work visa
A Canadian entrepreneur and actor in the American Pie movie franchise said she…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks
Chilling that the US government is deporting “terrorist/criminals” WITHOUT JUDICIAL REVIEW to be imprisoned in another country that has pledged to subject them to forced labor.
This starts with “foreigners”and “criminals,” but it seldom ends there.
This starts with “foreigners”and “criminals,” but it seldom ends there.
March 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Chilling that the US government is deporting “terrorist/criminals” WITHOUT JUDICIAL REVIEW to be imprisoned in another country that has pledged to subject them to forced labor.
This starts with “foreigners”and “criminals,” but it seldom ends there.
This starts with “foreigners”and “criminals,” but it seldom ends there.
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A 2024 report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that the IRS found savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing the tax returns of very wealthy taxpayers — a return on investment that “would leave Wall Street hedge fund managers drooling.”
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...
www.propublica.org
March 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A 2024 report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that the IRS found savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing the tax returns of very wealthy taxpayers — a return on investment that “would leave Wall Street hedge fund managers drooling.”
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NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
www.military.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
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I'm seeing a pattern here, thanks to @andrewtorrez.bsky.social. He points out here that DOJ has argued to courts that they can't enjoin the EOs because it isn't a final agency action. (Spoiler: courts disagree):
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/courts-sta...
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/courts-sta...
February 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm seeing a pattern here, thanks to @andrewtorrez.bsky.social. He points out here that DOJ has argued to courts that they can't enjoin the EOs because it isn't a final agency action. (Spoiler: courts disagree):
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/courts-sta...
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/courts-sta...
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People tend to forget that news organizations are robustly protected by the First Amendment not because of their journalism but because of … an ad The New York Times decided to run.
This repudiates that.
www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/i...
This repudiates that.
www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/i...
February 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
People tend to forget that news organizations are robustly protected by the First Amendment not because of their journalism but because of … an ad The New York Times decided to run.
This repudiates that.
www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/i...
This repudiates that.
www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/i...
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For folks in DC with animal pals
February 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
For folks in DC with animal pals
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All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.
February 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.
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The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
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The Army and other service branches are abandoning recruiting efforts at a prestigious Black engineering event this week, turning down access to a key pool of highly qualified potential applicants. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event
Until this week, Army Recruiting Command had a public partnership with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards, or BEYA, an annual conference that draws students, academics and professionals in science,...
www.military.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Army and other service branches are abandoning recruiting efforts at a prestigious Black engineering event this week, turning down access to a key pool of highly qualified potential applicants. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Trump is not Hitler, but his administration’s efforts to concentrate maximum power in the Executive and disregard for legal norms have dark echoes from the past.
www.yahoo.com/news/hitler-...
www.yahoo.com/news/hitler-...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.yahoo.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Trump is not Hitler, but his administration’s efforts to concentrate maximum power in the Executive and disregard for legal norms have dark echoes from the past.
www.yahoo.com/news/hitler-...
www.yahoo.com/news/hitler-...
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Sotomayor scoffs at suggestion that democratic process will protect trans people: "When you’re 1% of the population or less, it's very hard to see how the democratic process will protect you."
Adds: There are many more Black people/women, & the dem process "didn't protect them for whole centuries"
Adds: There are many more Black people/women, & the dem process "didn't protect them for whole centuries"
December 4, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Sotomayor scoffs at suggestion that democratic process will protect trans people: "When you’re 1% of the population or less, it's very hard to see how the democratic process will protect you."
Adds: There are many more Black people/women, & the dem process "didn't protect them for whole centuries"
Adds: There are many more Black people/women, & the dem process "didn't protect them for whole centuries"
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I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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NEW: UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
propub.li
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
NEW: UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
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Vandals Deface Mural Made for Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial hyperallergic.com/966916/vanda...
Vandals Deface Mural Made for Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial
“History In the Making” depicts residents of the city's “Black Wall Street,” targeted by Klan-led mobs in 1921.
hyperallergic.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Vandals Deface Mural Made for Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial hyperallergic.com/966916/vanda...
Take a stiff drink. Relax a bit. Read this. Then prepare to get to work.
November 15, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Take a stiff drink. Relax a bit. Read this. Then prepare to get to work.