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Jennifer Richeson
@jaricheson.bsky.social
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professor of social psychology with a focus on race, diversity, & societal inequality; political junkie; the beach is my happy place; views are my own
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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 17h
Happy Anti-Prime Day! Free shipping today and tomorrow at Bookshop.org -- support bookstores, not billionaires!
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d
I cannot believe what we are subjected to, day after day.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d
we simply do not have a union anymore if the president is using troops from one state to invade others entirely on the basis of political disagreements
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d
UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d
This is heavy.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil.”

From July 17th: m.facebook.com/share/p/16yL...
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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 2d
Imagine if Obama had said this in front of military personnel about Republicans.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 2d
The media trots out the "deplorable" comment from a decade ago to castigate the left. Once a week now Trump implies that the military should destroy democrats, and it is just how things are.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d
I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 3d
Good
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 3d
Resolution of the University of Virginia Faculty Senate (thus not institutional policy and entirely non-binding, but still inspirational): Resolution Opposing the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" WHEREAS the United States Secretary of Education has requested that the University of Virginia enter into a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education", and WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions antithetical to the mission and traditions of the University, and WHEREAS the Compact contains provisions which endanger the independence and integrity of the University, and WHEREAS the compact likely violates state and federal law, and infringes upon the constitutional rights of members of the University community, and WHEREAS the University of Virginia exemplifies American academic values of the highest standard, including universal right to free speech and the cultivation of academic freedom; therefore BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia firmly opposes this Compact as written and calls upon Interim President Mahoney and the Board of Visitors to also reject this Compact outright as well as any similar proposal compromising the mission, values, and independence of the University. Feature Date: Friday, October 3, 2025
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Childless Dog Lady is PISSED OFF 🍉🌺 @sgbuggs.bsky.social · 3d
this story is all over TikTok and IG — a young man storms into this human sexuality lecture (the largest, most popular class at UW) and starts yelling ableist and gay slurs and throws a Nazi salute… and then the prof and students chase him down and pepper spray him.

www.kuow.org/stories/uw-i...
UW investigating after intruder disrupts a class with slurs, apparent Nazi salute
University of Washington police are investigating an incident where a man interrupted a human sexuality lecture. A viral video of the incident shows the intruder shouting gay and ableist slurs and app...
www.kuow.org
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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 5d
This was expected, but is also going to be a disaster when it comes to dealing with bias in algorithmic tools for employment.

Source: AP News
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Civil rights agency drops a key tool used to investigate workplace discrimination
The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm certai...
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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 6d
The Hatch Act of 1939: an Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a federal law that prohibits civil service employees of the federal government, except the president and vice president, from engaging in some forms of political activity. It became law on August 2, 1939.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d
NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:
Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the Department's operational status. Thank you. Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 6d
Federal law doesn't recognize the concept of a "domestic terrorist organization." That hasn't stopped President Trump from trying to use the concept to authorize investigations of (and necessarily suppress) lots of constitutionally protected speech, protest, and advocacy.

Me in today's "One First":
Bonus 180: "Domestic Terrorism" and NSPM-7
The Trump administration is hoping no one notices that, although federal law *defines* "domestic terrorism," it provides no special authorities against anyone whose behavior *meets* that definition.
www.stevevladeck.com
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6d
We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6d
Now that’s bleak.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d
NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:
Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the Department's operational status. Thank you. Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 6d
Secret police busting down doors in the middle of the night. It isn't a question of "could it happen here?" It is happening here and we must resist. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Jennifer Richeson @jaricheson.bsky.social · 6d
Absolutely wonderful, Linda!! Many congratulations!! Such a testament to your transformative research!!
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7d
Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 7d
"The documents explicitly show that ICE is choosing this product over others offered by the contractor’s competitors because it gives ICE essentially an 'all-in-one' tool for searching both masses of location data and information taken from social media."
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7d
New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 7d
🚨 New Bright Line Watch report on state of US democracy
brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...

-Expert ratings ~= since April but ↓ substantially since January
-US now most closely resembles an illiberal democracy
-Partisan gap in democracy ratings highest since 2017

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 7d
Feeling grateful the address I delivered upon receiving the Lewin Memorial Award has just been published in the September 2025 issue of Journal of Social Issues!

It appears as an open access article, for any and all who may be interested:

spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8d
Systematically undermining mechanisms of transparency and accountability throughout the government
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 8d
Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group
The decision marks the latest example of the administration’s push to limit government oversight activities.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8d
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
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kellylizzz.bsky.social @kellylizzz.bsky.social · 8d
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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 9d
Article:
Fear and Hope in Venezuela as U.S. Warships Lurk
www.nytimes.com
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 8d
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