Judy Gitlin
@jusygee.bsky.social
Haven't been more afraid for our country in my life.Sister of brilliant peaceful fighter for democracy, a founder of SDS, Columbia Journalism Grad School prof, in better times. This is my therapy.
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Weren't SM's parents, grandparents,children of immigrants? We're all close in generational lines to being children, grandkids,g-grandkids of immigrants. It's color or language. German's-ok, Spanish isn't.
Weren't SM's parents, grandparents,children of immigrants? We're all close in generational lines to being children, grandkids,g-grandkids of immigrants. It's color or language. German's-ok, Spanish isn't.
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
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December 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Weren't SM's parents, grandparents,children of immigrants? We're all close in generational lines to being children, grandkids,g-grandkids of immigrants. It's color or language. German's-ok, Spanish isn't.
Weren't SM's parents, grandparents,children of immigrants? We're all close in generational lines to being children, grandkids,g-grandkids of immigrants. It's color or language. German's-ok, Spanish isn't.
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
In other words it was all a show a crock of shit from the brain of a madman, buzzsaw and all.
In other words it was all a show a crock of shit from the brain of a madman, buzzsaw and all.
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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December 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
In other words it was all a show a crock of shit from the brain of a madman, buzzsaw and all.
In other words it was all a show a crock of shit from the brain of a madman, buzzsaw and all.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Refuses to Allow National Guard Deployment in Chicago www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Upon rereading I just noticed they've blocked the deployment FOR NOW after I made the point of praising them. Perhaps that praise was too quick on my part.
Upon rereading I just noticed they've blocked the deployment FOR NOW after I made the point of praising them. Perhaps that praise was too quick on my part.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Refuses to Allow National Guard Deployment in Chicago
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December 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Refuses to Allow National Guard Deployment in Chicago www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Upon rereading I just noticed they've blocked the deployment FOR NOW after I made the point of praising them. Perhaps that praise was too quick on my part.
Upon rereading I just noticed they've blocked the deployment FOR NOW after I made the point of praising them. Perhaps that praise was too quick on my part.
Read what the people of Bulgaria pulled off. It was covered on Rachel Maddow's show yesterday.
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Read what the people of Bulgaria pulled off. It was covered on Rachel Maddow's show yesterday.
Judge Tells U.S. to Help Bring Back Deported Venezuelans or Allow Legal Challenges www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
APPOINTED BY A REPUBLICAN when the GOP functioned for our Constitution deserves respect and thanks for upholding the law and the Constitution.There ARE a few left thank goodness.
APPOINTED BY A REPUBLICAN when the GOP functioned for our Constitution deserves respect and thanks for upholding the law and the Constitution.There ARE a few left thank goodness.
Judge Tells U.S. to Help Bring Back Deported Venezuelans or Allow Legal Challenges
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December 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Judge Tells U.S. to Help Bring Back Deported Venezuelans or Allow Legal Challenges www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
APPOINTED BY A REPUBLICAN when the GOP functioned for our Constitution deserves respect and thanks for upholding the law and the Constitution.There ARE a few left thank goodness.
APPOINTED BY A REPUBLICAN when the GOP functioned for our Constitution deserves respect and thanks for upholding the law and the Constitution.There ARE a few left thank goodness.
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Judge chides Ghislaine Maxwell for mentioning victim names in papers seeking to overturn conviction
A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
apnews.com/article/schu... chides Ghislaine Maxwell for mentioning victim names in papers seeking to overturn conviction
How Rob Reiner Made Children His Issue
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How Rob Reiner Made Children His Issue
Pushing for greater investments in early childhood development, he improved the lives of countless kids.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
How Rob Reiner Made Children His Issue
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Trump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Laugh, cry, vomit?
Laugh, cry, vomit?
Trump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships
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December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Laugh, cry, vomit?
Laugh, cry, vomit?
Imagine the menages a trois, quatre?
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Imagine the menages a trois, quatre?
Our Nazi-Agnostic Vice President
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Our Nazi-Agnostic Vice President
Can’t the hard-core anitsemites, the Christian Zionists, and the right-wing Jews all get along?
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December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Our Nazi-Agnostic Vice President
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Epstein Victims Ask Congress to Ensure Justice Dept. Releases All Files www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Epstein Victims Ask Congress to Ensure Justice Dept. Releases All Files
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December 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Epstein Victims Ask Congress to Ensure Justice Dept. Releases All Files www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ for Troops Will Be Paid for by Pentagon Housing Funds www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
In other words, more BS.
In other words, more BS.
Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ for Troops Will Be Paid for by Pentagon Housing Funds
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December 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ for Troops Will Be Paid for by Pentagon Housing Funds www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
In other words, more BS.
In other words, more BS.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Is Said to Plan New Class of Battleships Named for Him www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
They will all be named BONE SPURS.
They will all be named BONE SPURS.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Is Said to Plan New Class of Battleships Named for Him
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December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Is Said to Plan New Class of Battleships Named for Him www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
They will all be named BONE SPURS.
They will all be named BONE SPURS.
Old Larry King show w Rob Reiner.He said he'd 2 sons,6 yr Jake,3 yr old Nick.Reiner joked he had 'a politician and a bank robber.'Last comment was like a gut punch. He mentioned other celeb kid who made it big, Michael Douglas in particular.MD also had an addicted son but HE turned his life around.
December 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Old Larry King show w Rob Reiner.He said he'd 2 sons,6 yr Jake,3 yr old Nick.Reiner joked he had 'a politician and a bank robber.'Last comment was like a gut punch. He mentioned other celeb kid who made it big, Michael Douglas in particular.MD also had an addicted son but HE turned his life around.
How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
The important point is that NO THOUGHT was given to the seriousness of the problem in advance. The bull in the china shop mentality prevails.
The important point is that NO THOUGHT was given to the seriousness of the problem in advance. The bull in the china shop mentality prevails.
How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs
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December 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
The important point is that NO THOUGHT was given to the seriousness of the problem in advance. The bull in the china shop mentality prevails.
The important point is that NO THOUGHT was given to the seriousness of the problem in advance. The bull in the china shop mentality prevails.
For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity
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December 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
Behold! 🔥 The Focus Group from Hell 🔥
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Any way you look at it they're crazy ugly and evil in their attitudes and actions.
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Any way you look at it they're crazy ugly and evil in their attitudes and actions.
Behold! 🔥 The Focus Group from Hell 🔥
Hitler! Fuentes! Jews! Dating problems! Young Republicans tell you who they really are.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Behold! 🔥 The Focus Group from Hell 🔥
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Any way you look at it they're crazy ugly and evil in their attitudes and actions.
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Any way you look at it they're crazy ugly and evil in their attitudes and actions.
What to Know on the Initial Release of Materials From the Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
What to Know on the Initial Release of Materials From the Epstein Files
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December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What to Know on the Initial Release of Materials From the Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
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December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump and Co. Can’t Keep Their Lies Straight
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Trump and Co. Can’t Keep Their Lies Straight
From the Epstein files to the Justice Department, it’s hard for the mooks to remember which lie they’re supposed to tell.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trump and Co. Can’t Keep Their Lies Straight
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The Best Thing That Happened in 2025
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She finally got the hint. NO ONE LIKES YOU! Pass it on to the other GOP folks seeking our votes.
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She finally got the hint. NO ONE LIKES YOU! Pass it on to the other GOP folks seeking our votes.
The Best Thing That Happened in 2025
A genuine cause for celebration.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Best Thing That Happened in 2025
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She finally got the hint. NO ONE LIKES YOU! Pass it on to the other GOP folks seeking our votes.
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She finally got the hint. NO ONE LIKES YOU! Pass it on to the other GOP folks seeking our votes.
SCOTUS created the monster we deal with.It's they and GOP who're responsible for destroying our country,permitting T to do whatever,even destroying a wing of OUR WH without permission. Unconscionable doesn't come close. We had a functioning democracy until 1/20/24 and by 175,000 votes. That's all!
December 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
SCOTUS created the monster we deal with.It's they and GOP who're responsible for destroying our country,permitting T to do whatever,even destroying a wing of OUR WH without permission. Unconscionable doesn't come close. We had a functioning democracy until 1/20/24 and by 175,000 votes. That's all!
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We've learned all about the horrors 'legislative delays' have wrought when the GOP's in the majority haven't we.Our country's gone retro by purposeful slowdown
We've learned all about the horrors 'legislative delays' have wrought when the GOP's in the majority haven't we.Our country's gone retro by purposeful slowdown
A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay
Judges across the state are demanding more accountability from abusers who have been ordered to give up their guns in an effort to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims.
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December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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We've learned all about the horrors 'legislative delays' have wrought when the GOP's in the majority haven't we.Our country's gone retro by purposeful slowdown
We've learned all about the horrors 'legislative delays' have wrought when the GOP's in the majority haven't we.Our country's gone retro by purposeful slowdown
Freed From a Belarus Prison, a Nobel Peace Laureate Experiences ‘Oxygen Intoxication’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/w...
Freed From a Belarus Prison, a Nobel Peace Laureate Experiences ‘Oxygen Intoxication’
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December 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Freed From a Belarus Prison, a Nobel Peace Laureate Experiences ‘Oxygen Intoxication’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/w...