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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you John -- that was a great conversation (and the book is terrific -- a page turner even when you know how it comes out).

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Jun 9

She is holding and a mic and there is a film crew. It is clear she is a journalist with her back to the police. No journalist should be shot.

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Nic @nickipedia.bsky.social · Jun 9

No. This is from the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) an hour or so ago.

Note the passive language and claim that police were aiming at protesters.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Jun 9

It’s not just that it’s clearly intentional, it’s that it’s clearly intentional knowing that he’s being recorded. They know they can do whatever they want with complete impunity.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · Jun 9

Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · Jun 9

If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.

California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)

docs.google.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · Jun 9

Hi Belinda. Sorry about this. Journalists who are reporting on protests are esp. at risk of injury at the hands of police. That dynamic has been far worse since Trump's first term where he vilified journalists endlessly.

LAPD is also known for it. After only 3 days, there's a long list of attacks.

Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · Jun 9

If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.

California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)

docs.google.com

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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · Jun 9

Don’t shoot our journalists FFS.

Sticking a tariff on our exports is one thing—but actually aiming and shooting at our media is quite another

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 9

Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet by an officer in Los Angeles:

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Jun 7

(b) but (a) also has charm!

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Jun 7

A reminder that this case is about the POTUS requesting a change to factual cartography just one example from 1640 seen at MIT Science Museum.

Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists’ Access, Appeals Court Rules www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 6

Tribal college leaders said they were stunned by the proposed cuts to their already insufficient funding and had more questions than answers.

“It’s a dagger, and I don’t know how we can survive these types of cuts,” one college president said.

By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing

ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate…

www.propublica.org

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Jeffrey A. Ward @jeffreyaward.bsky.social · Jun 7

As an Ohioan who lives in Jim Jordan’s district, I’ve been waiting on this doc.

More than its political implications, I want to recognize the courage of the men who stepped forward to become the faces of this tragedy, including thousands of assaults enabled by people like Jordan.

Trailer below.

Surviving Ohio State | Official Trailer | HBO

YouTube video by HBO

youtu.be

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Jun 6

Sure, I came from the US and my friend came from Switzerland...but we can afford to do something else. But can democracy really withstand this sort of thoughtlessness? The museum already sold the tickets -- and Macron had a private -- royal -- time. This defines out of touch.

Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Jun 6

Across the street at the Petit Palais, this amazing statue of a worker -- and does Macron remember that THIS is what he is supposed to respect?

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Jun 6

Macron could have come at 10 before the museum opened. He might have (gasp) visited the museum with the rest of us. He might have done the day before and taken his photos and been saluted.

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Jun 6

Today was the reopening of the Grand Palais (after 4 years of restoration). Timed tickets -- 26 euros each -- were sold for many exhibits. But the museum was unexpected closed and surrounded by police. All the people were turned away.

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · Jun 6

I worry about the future of democracy when leaders like Emmanuel Macron act like kings -- and possibly stoke resentment towards government. Macron has lost touch with what it means to work, to travel with children, or to spend 26 euros.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · May 23

It’s a special honor to be among those receiving honorary degrees from Brown. It’s a place that welcomed me and shaped me and challenged me and liberated me, and made possible everything that came after. I’m looking forward to celebrating this weekend with friends.
www.brown.edu/news/2025-05...

Brown to confer honorary degrees on seven distinguished leaders at Commencement 2025

The University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of community leaders, artists, writers, performers and scholars during its Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 25.

www.brown.edu

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · May 20

#briank4judge

Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · May 20

Live in Philly? Get out and vote for Brian Kisielewski for judge for Common Pleas. I taught Brian as a college student and wouldn’t stand outside all day for many others!

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · May 20

Live in Philly? Get out and vote for Brian Kisielewski for judge for Common Pleas. I taught Brian as a college student and wouldn’t stand outside all day for many others!

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · May 19

Very worrisome pattern here of using the law to allow Trump to undermine the courts and nonprofit sector
www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
slate.com/news-and-pol...

More like classic democratic erosion tactics that are boring and bureaucratic, not Elon Musk and Big Balls breaking into offices

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · May 19

Your Monday morning podcast is my conversation with @robertblair.bsky.social. Substantive discussion of democratic erosion AND concrete ways for YOU to do something about it. FREE resources from the @demerosiondec.bsky.social
#PoliSky #LawSky #AcademicSky

newbooksnetwork.com/peacekeeping...

Calibrating the Outrage: A Conversation about Democratic Erosion, Legality, and Politics - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Evan Spotte-Smith (they/them) @ewcspottesmith.bsky.social · May 19

This is an incredible initiative! Does anyone in the Pittsburgh area want to work on this with me?

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 18

Our goal is to have 1000 SUFS Teach Ins across the US, by 9/30.

*GASP* 😮

We know, it's a big goal.

If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.

Host a teach in. Share science with your community....protest style! Calling back to the teach ins of 1965, we are taking to parks, pubs, & churches to tell our neighborhoods about how the budget cuts will impact them.

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Becca Lacey @rebeccalacey.bsky.social · May 16

I am hiring for a new researchers on my @nuffieldfoundation.org young carers project.
Closes 4thJune. After someone with strong quant longitudinal skills, passion for communicating research beyond academia & wants to work with people w lived experience/other sectors
jobs.sgul.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at St George's University of London: Research Fellow in Social Epidemiology

The Research Fellow will investigate young carers and health inequalities using advanced longitudinal quantitative methods. Responsibilities include data analysis, literature reviews, publishing findi...

jobs.sgul.ac.uk

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Dr. Susan Liebell @drsusanliebell.bsky.social · May 16

Putting this on my list!

Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · May 16

In Episode 1, host @cristianfarias.com is joined by @jameeljaffer.bsky.social to discuss the harrowing bail hearing of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, her shocking detention, and the Trump admin’s ongoing assault on First Amendment freedoms. Listen & subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Episode 1: The Students Are Winning

Podcast Episode · The Bully's Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment · 05/16/2025 · 27m

podcasts.apple.com

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · May 16

The Magna Carta, a foundational document in Western law and a key inspiration for the U.S. Constitution, says even the king must follow the rules.

Now scholars have turned up an original at Harvard, Bill Booth writes from London

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

In Harvard’s archives, British scholars find a lost Magna Carta

At a moment when Harvard is battling the Trump administration, a scholar who helped discover the charter said it was an “almost providential” find.

www.washingtonpost.com

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