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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 7h

Stephen Miller says Trump has absolute authority; CNN's Boris Sanchez lets the moment pass without a follow up.

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Plenary authority, the dictator phrase that caused Stephen Miller to stop talking

Miller suggests Trump wields absolute power over decisions to send in the National Guard, before suddenly stopping speaking in an awkward interview moment

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #fascism #martiallaw

Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues

The president threatened the use of emergency powers after a federal judge temporarily halted national guard deployment in Portland. Key US politics stories from 6 October at a glance

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 2d

Robert Reich says Trump is looking to create a situation where he can invoke the Insurrection Act ... certainly is plausible. #fascismintheUSA

robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

Trump's Plan

To invoke the Insurrection Act

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 2d

Media finally realizing Trump is "unhinged"

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‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get Daily Cartoons delivered to your inbox: nyer.cm/0EivDaD

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 2d

51,000 Alberta teachers on strike
#ABed
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Historic Alberta teachers' strike begins as 51,000 educators walk off the job

Alberta school divisions are telling families not to send students to school on Monday as the largest teacher strike in provincial history cancels classes at around 2,000 schools.Alberta Teachers' Ass...

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 2d

#MagaAlbert #pipelines

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The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada

MAGA Alberta’s latest attempt to sow division came in the form of a two-pronged assault.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 2d

“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley said recently. “We have a rather large market with the Canadians. It’s gone from, you know, a faucet to a drip.”
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Canadians are staying away. U.S. tourism states are feeling it

Some Canadians say Donald Trump's behaviour is convincing them to spend their vacations elsewhere.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday warned he would strip “billions” in state funding from any university that signs onto a Trump administration compact, which ties priority access to federal dollars to the adoption of conservative campus policies.

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Gavin Newsom issues ultimatum to colleges over Trump deal

The Trump administration’s proposal, sent to 9 major universities, calls on campuses to adopt sweeping conservative policies.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d

Global academic freedom group warns Trump is dismantling US higher education -- Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025

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Global academic freedom group warns Trump is dismantling US higher education

Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025

www.theguardian.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump regime has ordered nine top universities to agree to its demands or lose access to federal funds.

Reminder for any school dealing with Trump's extortion: You can't appease a tyrant.

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Cafecito @speedyrick.bsky.social · 6d

After the Supreme Court gave the American Gestapo a pass to do whatever the fuck they are doing and it involves more than just racial/ethnic profiling. Invasions where every resident, citizens are cuffed during raids and held outside while the ransack apartments. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 6d

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE’s deportation apparatus

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The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 6d

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 6d

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0

The first term of Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might there be a way out?

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A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0

If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...

www.theguardian.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 7d

Universities without borders: In Gaza, studying “means we’re still alive”

Canadian professors build a humanitarian corridor through Israeli army’s blockade.

universityaffairs.ca/news/univers...