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Light Thief Productions @lightthiefllc.bsky.social · 58m

"Mark Bray plans to flee for Europe after he said he received death threats. A former head of Turning Point USA Rutgers says he calls for violence against conservatives."

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Conservative students want Rutgers professor fired for 2017 book about antifa

Mark Bray plans to flee for Europe after he said he received death threats. A former head of Turning Point USA Rutgers says he calls for violence against conservatives.

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Claire Bond Potter (Tenured Radical) @tenuredradical.bsky.social · 59m

This is not the first time Mark Bray has been targeted by right wing extremists:
www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning...

A Dartmouth antifa expert was disavowed by his college president for ‘supporting violent protest,’ angering many faculty

More than 100 faculty members from Dartmouth College signed a letter supporting Mark Bray, a lecturer who has come under fire for saying some violence against white supremacists was justified.

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 50m

This is Rutgers history prof. Mark Bray's book.

Thanks to recent death threats, he's moving his family to Spain, and will teach remotely until he feels safe to come home.

Follow updates on his account: @mark-bray.bsky.social.

I'm gonna buy the book right now, and hope it becomes a best seller!

Book cover. Title: Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, Mark Bray. Red, black and white, circle with flags at center and sunburst radiating from that circle

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Claire Bond Potter (Tenured Radical) @tenuredradical.bsky.social · 47m

You can support Mark Bray, who has been doxxed and had his life threatened by TPUSA, by buying and reading his book:
bookshop.org/a/110427/978...

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

The Anti-Fascist Handbook

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 45m

In case you're wondering whether the Tr•mp is serious about persecuting people for the things they think and write about, consider the case of Mark Bray, a historian who writes about the origins and evolution of antifascism 🗃️

#Tyranny
#edusky
#signalboost

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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6h

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

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Nate Hoffelder @natehoffelder.com · 1d

Baker & Taylor, a giant in the library distribution industry, is done.
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Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 1d

In another loss of distribution services, Baker & Taylor is closing down www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Library Ogre @libraryogre.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, FUCK. We just got word that Baker & Taylor is "wind[ing] down the business". This is going to fuck up libraries (at least in Texas) for MONTHS, if not a year.

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Moni Barrette-Comics Librarian @monibarre.bsky.social · 1d

Baker & Taylor shutdown is similar to the collapse of Diamond, but for libraries.

Many are out thousands of dollars in undelivered books and must find new book distribution.

This means longer waits for new books and we approach having a monopoly for library book distribution.

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DrWeb @drweb2.bsky.social · 1d

Baker & Taylor to Cease Operations drwebdomain.blog/2025/10/08/b...

Baker & Taylor to Cease Operations

B&T is in the process of closing following financial difficulties experienced over the last two years, according to Publishers Weekly; Shaw Local, a media group in northern Illinois; and a hand…

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Marshall Breeding @mbreeding.bsky.social · 1d

More information on the closure of Baker & Taylor.

Baker & Taylor to Cease Operations | American Libraries Magazine

Despite measures to continue operations and preserve pending contracts with libraries, the book distributor Baker & Taylor will shutter.

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The Romance Studio @theromancestudio.bsky.social · 23h

📚🚨 Chaos at Baker & Taylor: 500+ layoffs, libraries scrambling, & a supply chain on the brink. As B&T winds down, Ingram is stepping up with new staff + faster systems to keep shelves full.
👉 Read more: www.theromancestudio.com/after-baker-...
#PublishingNews #Libraries #BookIndustry #Romancelandia

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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 23h

Baker & Taylor, founded in 1828, #library book distributors for approximately forever, is over. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/08/b...

Baker & Taylor to Cease Operations | American Libraries Magazine

Despite measures to continue operations and preserve pending contracts with libraries, the book distributor Baker & Taylor will shutter.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson said he would swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva "as soon as she wants." His office then backtracked — saying Johnson would only swear in the duly elected Grijalva once the government reopens. Grijalva won her special election more than two weeks ago.

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Alberto Resists 🏳️‍🌈 🦋 @alberto-resists.bsky.social · 1d

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Boston Globe. “Longstanding policy” is federal law passed in 2019. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/n...

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

It's so ridiculous that MAGAs believe the GOP line that "Democrats want to give free healthcare to immigrants."

My dudes immigrants aren't getting free healthcare in the United States. American citizens aren't even getting free healthcare. You know who is?

The people lying to you about immigrants.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Every part of this sentence describes an abomination before God. People are going to hell for this.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

'Hypocrite!' Pam Bondi's attack notes snapped by photographer during contentious hearing

Attorney General Pam Bondi drew reactions from those watching her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, when, instead of answering specific questions from Democrats, she turned ...

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

LOL, she didn't bring any reference materials about what DOJ is actually doing, just a bunch of insult talking points.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

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