Merc
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I’m frustrated, disappointed, and very, very tired, but I’m not giving up yet!
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.
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It is absolutely insane to me that we're having a debate over whether or not the rightwing deploys violent rhetoric within days of a Fox News personality calling for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection. There is no excuse for this obliviousness. It's unacceptable.
September 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It is absolutely insane to me that we're having a debate over whether or not the rightwing deploys violent rhetoric within days of a Fox News personality calling for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection. There is no excuse for this obliviousness. It's unacceptable.
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Geoff Bennett: You say that poetry is not useful, and that's exactly why we need it. Why?
David Duchovny: "We want to get educated to be able to work, to have a job of some kind, which is great and it's necessary. But we've lost sight of educating a mind on how to think or a soul how to feel."
David Duchovny: "We want to get educated to be able to work, to have a job of some kind, which is great and it's necessary. But we've lost sight of educating a mind on how to think or a soul how to feel."
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Geoff Bennett: You say that poetry is not useful, and that's exactly why we need it. Why?
David Duchovny: "We want to get educated to be able to work, to have a job of some kind, which is great and it's necessary. But we've lost sight of educating a mind on how to think or a soul how to feel."
David Duchovny: "We want to get educated to be able to work, to have a job of some kind, which is great and it's necessary. But we've lost sight of educating a mind on how to think or a soul how to feel."
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Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
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I will keep posting this ! Is this how we treat people !
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July 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will keep posting this ! Is this how we treat people !
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In case I wasn’t clear…
July 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
In case I wasn’t clear…
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The US is gone.
The UK needs to find new allies. We can't keep pretending monstrous, dystopian administrations share our values
The UK needs to find new allies. We can't keep pretending monstrous, dystopian administrations share our values
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The US is gone.
The UK needs to find new allies. We can't keep pretending monstrous, dystopian administrations share our values
The UK needs to find new allies. We can't keep pretending monstrous, dystopian administrations share our values
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What, exactly, are we celebrating this Fourth of July?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken Congress?
Our corrupt Supreme Court?
Our ridiculous buffoon President?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken Congress?
Our corrupt Supreme Court?
Our ridiculous buffoon President?
July 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What, exactly, are we celebrating this Fourth of July?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken Congress?
Our corrupt Supreme Court?
Our ridiculous buffoon President?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken Congress?
Our corrupt Supreme Court?
Our ridiculous buffoon President?
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@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov this needs to be stopped immediately.
𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟯+ 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦
If the bill passes, the Senate could authorize the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land across 11 Western states, threatening iconic areas like Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes, Happy Canyon, and public forests near Grand Teton.
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If the bill passes, the Senate could authorize the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land across 11 Western states, threatening iconic areas like Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes, Happy Canyon, and public forests near Grand Teton.
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June 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov this needs to be stopped immediately.
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#GVerse #Outrageous - Police just arrested an 80-year-old #Veteran protesting #Shit4Brain’s parade at the Capitol after he “crossed a barrier.”
Police were caught on tape holding his walker instead of letting him use it.
He served this country.
This is shameful.
Police were caught on tape holding his walker instead of letting him use it.
He served this country.
This is shameful.
June 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
#GVerse #Outrageous - Police just arrested an 80-year-old #Veteran protesting #Shit4Brain’s parade at the Capitol after he “crossed a barrier.”
Police were caught on tape holding his walker instead of letting him use it.
He served this country.
This is shameful.
Police were caught on tape holding his walker instead of letting him use it.
He served this country.
This is shameful.
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Speech of a lifetime from @governor.ca.gov, who truly met the moment tonight. I've been critical of Newsom in the past, but this is what we need to hear from governors and elected officials across the nation right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXQQ...
Governor Newsom Delivers Major Address to Californians
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Speech of a lifetime from @governor.ca.gov, who truly met the moment tonight. I've been critical of Newsom in the past, but this is what we need to hear from governors and elected officials across the nation right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXQQ...
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Looks like a fantastic resource. Grateful to Prof. Chenoweth for sharing it.
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Looks like a fantastic resource. Grateful to Prof. Chenoweth for sharing it.
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Surveillance is a reproductive justice issue 📢📢📢
ALPR technology is being used to find people who seek reproductive care. This isn't the first time, and it won't be the last unless we organize against it now‼️
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
ALPR technology is being used to find people who seek reproductive care. This isn't the first time, and it won't be the last unless we organize against it now‼️
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
June 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Surveillance is a reproductive justice issue 📢📢📢
ALPR technology is being used to find people who seek reproductive care. This isn't the first time, and it won't be the last unless we organize against it now‼️
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
ALPR technology is being used to find people who seek reproductive care. This isn't the first time, and it won't be the last unless we organize against it now‼️
www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
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This is how white supremacist narratives work. This claim has been litigated repeatedly and proven to be NOT TRUE. But they “feel it.” You can’t disprove it. The Lost Cause.
Reverse Discrimination.
Welfare Queens.
The whole thing survives on myths.
www.yahoo.com/news/vice-pr...
Reverse Discrimination.
Welfare Queens.
The whole thing survives on myths.
www.yahoo.com/news/vice-pr...
Vice President JD Vance says universities are racially discriminating against whites and Asians
Vance’s claims about racial “discrimination” on college campuses come as the Trump administration escalates its political battles with universities over
www.yahoo.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is how white supremacist narratives work. This claim has been litigated repeatedly and proven to be NOT TRUE. But they “feel it.” You can’t disprove it. The Lost Cause.
Reverse Discrimination.
Welfare Queens.
The whole thing survives on myths.
www.yahoo.com/news/vice-pr...
Reverse Discrimination.
Welfare Queens.
The whole thing survives on myths.
www.yahoo.com/news/vice-pr...
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.”
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
April 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.”
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.