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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · 14d

One of the most important things you can do right now is to support pro-public education candidates for school board. Look and see if your district is holding an election and if there's a good candidate, put up a sign, hold a meet-and-greet, or throw a few bucks their way. democracy-education.org

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 28d

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · 28d

I think we can look to the "orange revolution" and some of the other movements in Eastern Europe.

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Sep 7

He gets to keep the trophy?!?!?

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Sep 7

And make sure they know about Democracy and Education, which provides information and community to school board candidates and folks who work on school board campaigns. You're welcome too! www.democracy-education.org

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Sep 7

Right now school board candidates around the country are gearing up for a November election. Look around. If you are in a school district with a pro-public education candidate, sign up to help--make some phone calls, hold a meet-and-greet in your driveway, put a sign in your yard, give a few bucks.

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Sep 3

If I lived in Florida and had school-age kids I would move. Fast.

J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · Sep 3

More reporting just now on Florida's plan to make everyone dead:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Sep 3

Part of the job of the Congress is to know what government agencies are doing. This is an outrageous usurpation of power by the executive.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 3

Sen. Mark Warner, a top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, arranged a routine visit to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office canceled it after posts by far-right activist Laura Loomer.

Mark Warner says spy agency visit canceled over posts by Laura Loomer

Sen. Mark D. Warner had arranged a routine visit to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. He said it was nixed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office after social media posts by far-right a...

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 27

All around the country school board candidates are standing up for public education and democracy. If you are one of them--or working in one of their campaigns--come and join us. We provide information and a community that understands what you're going through. www.democracy-education.org

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 26

We need to restore it at every level. But one place to start is locally and local school boards are the most accountable and see-able representatives of democracy. We all need to support school board candidates and members who support public education and democracy.

www.democracy-education.org

Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 26

They maybe didn't imagine modern communications or transportation. But they did imagine Trump. They knew that throughout history humans have had feckless, cruel kings and dictators.

Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 25

For him it will always be 1970s New York City.

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wow. I've been doing all that stuff for years. Didn't know I was taking my life in my hands. But do I have to wear a watch now?

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 25

I sent you an email yesterday--if you didn't get it, check your spam or junk.

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Rita Moore @ritamoore.bsky.social · Aug 24

Police quote: "Real officers do not wear ski masks."

Only surprise here is that it took this long.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 24

HOUSTON: “An investigation is underway after two men wearing ski masks and claiming to be police were shot and killed at a home in southeast Houston Friday night…”

It was only a matter of time. Trump’s masked Gestapo makes everyone unsafe.
www.khou.com/article/news...

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 24

The people who signed up to help in exactly this situation--the flooding of Charleston--are instead being used as pawns by their governor currying favor with a wanna-be king.

SarahBCalif @sarahbca.bsky.social · Aug 23

Call in the National Guard to help the residents of Charleston.

Oh, wait.

South Carolina’s governor sent them to DC for Trump’s occupation.

CBS News Climate Watch @cbsnewsplanet.bsky.social · Aug 23

Fast-moving water was seen rushing down the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday as the National Weather Service warned of “dangerous flash flooding.” The service said that by 4:20 p.m. local time on Friday, as much as 6 inches of rain had fallen.

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 24

If you are a school board candidate who supports public education and democracy--or are working on the campaign of such a candidate--check out Democracy and Education--www.democracy-education.org

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thread--and those three backlashes are only some of them. Another example is the Red Summer of 1919, when white mobs attacked African Americans in Elaine Arkansas, Chicago, and Washington DC, followed by Tulsa in 1921. Backlashes have often led to American pogroms.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 24

Excellent thread. I'll just add that there's a long history of blaming liberals for reactionary political dynamics that were cultivated by coordinated political campaigns by the far right. There is no law of nature that produces "backlash politics." It's politics (and propaganda) that produces it.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · Aug 23

To put all this much shorter: the right's vaccine denialism is not the left's fault. They didn't arrive at that skepticism because of something the left did. They SAY that, of course, because they blame the left for everything, but liberals don't have to take them at their word! They lie a lot!

Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 24

You're absolutely right. So if you know of folks who are running for school board who support public education and democracy, let them know about us. www.democracy-education.org

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 16

Why would they even use a public printer--much less leave papers in it. Geez. We're being represented by complete incompetence.

NPR @npr.org · Aug 16

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 16

The term "Americanism" was then embraced by the KKK that was resurgent in the 1920s. A group called the "Americanist Educational League" was founded in 1927 (it still exists, btw) by a guy who would go on to be the leading voice for Japanese internment in WWII
encyclopedia.densho.org/John_R._Lech...

John R. Lechner | Densho Encyclopedia

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 15

If you or someone you know is running for school board or working in a school board campaign, please go to www.democracy-education.org for lots of resources. Most are public, but we have some terrific member-generated advice about campaigning. Join us! (just fill out the form on the connect page.)

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Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 13

We're starting to see who will be running for school board this November. If you live in a district where there is a pro-public education candidate, support them! Put a sign in your window or yard; give them a little money; invite them to coffee with friends. www.democracy-education.org

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Aug 12

You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Aug 8

Some good news

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Aug 8

Right-to-repair laws have now either passed or been introduced in all 50 states, forcing private equity–backed firms to allow DIY fixes.

Wheelchair users are finally winning the right to repair

State laws are forcing private equity–backed firms—which can make buyers wait months—to allow DIY fixes.

www.motherjones.com

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