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Alison @fourbees.bsky.social · 4d

Call Pritzker’s office 3128142122 or the state’s attorney’s office. Their office doesn’t want any national attention suggesting that his office is working with ICE.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Snapped this pic of DHS conferring with the IL state police just before ICE attacked the crowd, while state and county police assisted them. ICE said, "This is your first and only warning" and then instantly attacked. We were not in the road at that time. They just wanted to assault us and film it.

A DHS leader confers with a state of IL cop at a protest.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Eman talked about why she was taking the risks involved with attending these protests here.

Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship

“There is no neutral ground in this moment. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.

truthout.org

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Alison @fourbees.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sweet. So we can link it.

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Alison @fourbees.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks @kuow.org for inviting me to chat about Obergefell!

Could the Supreme Court overturn same-sex marriage?

A former Kentucky county clerk is making a long-shot bid to convince the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark ruling legalizing gay marriage. We'll talk about the future of LGBTQ rights before a con...

www.kuow.org

Alison @fourbees.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks for chatting yesterday @joanesposito.bsky.social! It was fun—even if it was about seriously questionable Court doctrine.

Thanks @washingtonmonthly.com for making it happen!

WCPT 820 Interview: Alison Gash - Joan Esposito Live, Local & Progressive

Joan Esposito is joined by Alison Gash, professor of political science at the University of Oregon, author of “Below the Radar: How Silence Can Save Civil Rights,” and contributor to Washington Monthl...

omny.fm

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Alison @fourbees.bsky.social · Jun 9

Ten Years After Obergefell: Is Same-Sex Marriage Safe? washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/09/i...

Ten Years After Obergefell: Is Same-Sex Marriage Safe? | Washington Monthly

Threatened by conservative justices, the war on trans rights, and the Trump's hostility to civil rights, can marriage equality survive?

washingtonmonthly.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Apr 19

BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.

Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.

(ORDER LIST: 604 U.S.)
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025
24A1007
ORDER IN PENDING CASE
A.A.R.P., ET AL. V. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S., ET AL.
There is before the Court an application on behalf of a putative class of detainees seeking an injunction against their removal under the Alien Enemies Act. The matter is currently
pending before the Fifth Circuit. Upon action by the Fifth Circuit, the Solicitor General is invited to file a response to the application before this Court as soon as possible. The
Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative
class of detainees from the United States until further order of
this Court. See 28 U. S. C. §1651(a).
Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissent from the Court's
order.
Statement from Justice Alito to follow.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Apr 17

INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Alison @fourbees.bsky.social · Apr 17

Check out the letters at www.wearehighered.org/campus-lette.... Add your voice!

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · Apr 10

Brief from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and more than 80 universities says arrests and deportations of student protesters create a “climate of fear” at universities across the country. This is a big deal—the first time universities have weighed in. knightcolumbia.org/documents/eh...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Apr 9

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.

Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Feb 5

Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News.

Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...

Spitfire News

A newsletter from Kat Tenbarge about internet culture, politics, and media.

spitfirenews.com

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Joni Auden Land @joniaudenland.bsky.social · Apr 5

I’m on the Morrison Bridge in Portland where thousands of protesters are marching. The bridge is completely closed to traffic, as people protest President Trump’s administration

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · Apr 5

Wow.

Joni Auden Land @joniaudenland.bsky.social · Apr 5

I’m on the Morrison Bridge in Portland where thousands of protesters are marching. The bridge is completely closed to traffic, as people protest President Trump’s administration

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Status-quo-te @knownotme.bsky.social · Apr 5

#handsoff #pittsburgh

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Apr 4

This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.

The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 4

I still think this is the reason Trump is tanking the economy.

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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · Apr 4

here in Pittsburgh, even the conservative media is covering the event:
triblive.com/news/politic...

What to know about 'Hands-Off' protests opposing Trump in Pittsburgh

Grassroots organizations are set to rally on Saturday in Pittsburgh — joining the Hands Off! National Day of Action centered on opposition of the Trump administration and its policies. Hands Off...

triblive.com

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · Apr 4

Tomorrow, join a nationwide protest to tell Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Hands Off! #HandsOff #April5. Find your local event at handsoff2025.com

Who's joining?

Let's see your signs and posters (include alt text on images please!)!

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Alison @fourbees.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thanks Rick @chronicle.com for talking with @daniellaurison.bsky.social and I about We Are Higher Ed and the groundswell of faculty resistance to attacks on Higher Ed. Here’s what we talked about—which includes a link to our letter and website.

Apr. 2: Can Trump’s opponents organize?

Feds freeze Princeton grants. Who loses in a world with federal graduate-loan limits? Michigan dean walks back his DEI proclamation. And more.

www.chronicle.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Apr 1

Sen. @booker.senate.gov's speech on the Senate floor, now live for almost 25 hours, has been liked on TikTok a staggering 350 million times www.tiktok.com/@senbooker/l...

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Uncrewed @uncrewed.bsky.social · Apr 2

Democrats in the northwest suburbs of Chicago are having themselves a good night so far. With over half of the vote in, they appear to:

-Have flipped both the Wheeling & Elk Grove Township Boards of Trustees from 4-0 R to 4-0 D
-Flipped several Township offices held by the GOP

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Apr 2

If you want to join this fight and show your own support for science and education and their essential role in democracy, you can join the 3700+ others who have already signed this open letter from @wearehighered.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/document/u/0...

Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education

Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign if you are having trouble signing at the above linked form you can ...

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · Mar 31

A big win for voting rights in a long-running PA case for @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social & @adambonin.bsky.social

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 31

JUST IN: A federal judge has rejected a Pa. requirement that ballots in misdated vote-by-mail envelopes be thrown out.

The judge, Susan Baxter — a Trump appointee — said the requirement has no state interest despite causing 1000s of rejected ballots.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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