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David Palumbo-Liu

@palumboliu.bsky.social

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Professor at Stanford, activist, writer, podcaster (Speaking Out of Place). https://speakingoutofplace.com/ Board of Directors, Truthout. Words in Jacobin, The Nation, Al Jazeera, etc. Book from Haymarket. Views proudly my own.

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 16d

The only way to save democracy is to create a strong sense that should any fraud or rigging take place in the midterms, there will be universal protest and a general strike. That, and convince more and more independents and Republicans to vote against MAGA, and drive massive voter registration.

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 7h

Unprecedented, truly massive turn outs for #NoKingsDay are crucial. Not only for themselves, but to build momentum for a #GeneralStrike and boycott. Money alone talks.

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 7h

As reported by @dropsitenews.com

David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 7h

Wait, what about Fox??

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7h

A survey by the Hebrew University’s Chord Center found that 87% of ruling coalition supporters believe there are “no innocents” in Gaza. On international media coverage, 69% of respondents said CNN and the BBC are biased in favor of Palestinians, with 50% perceiving Fox News, the bastion of the...

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 7h

Oh my God. I can’t wait for Noem and others to follow suit.

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 8h

I made a new YοuTubе video to celebrate the Taylor Swift fans who are finally waking up and smelling the corporate stink all over her

Taylor Swift, the capitalist

YouTube video by Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 20h

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research

u.afp.com/SmAy

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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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Winter @winterpolitics1.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek just took back control of the national guard.

She is sending the Oregon national Guard back home and is directing the California national guard to leave the State.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Now that folks have had to endure a presser with Carney and Trump, might I interest you in Carney uncut?

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Mark Carney talking about Trump is interesting on several levels but…remember what it was like to have a smart, articulate president? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMk7cQuV/

TikTok video by The Economist

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 1d

We need to make Oct 18 the largest single-day mass protest in US history. Followed by more and more. Without that we won’t get the kind of media coverage that will inspire more to join us. We are our only hope. #NoKings

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 2d

In “Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition,” Shah provides a critical discussion about the intersection between detention, the prison industrial complex, and anti-immigrant racism

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5d

Fact-check: Most of the goons in Trump's deportation army aren't even ICE agents.

Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.

Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f

$A pie chart entitled "ICE, ICE, Maybe?" with a dek that says "a fraction of deportation personnel are employed by ICE's primary deportation unit." 13% percent of the graph is shaded in orange, with ICE ERO written in white, while the remaining 87% of the graph is shaded in gray and labelled Other$

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen a lot of people posting about their concern regarding DHS presence at the Super Bowl. I wrote this piece in 2018 about this very thing. Essentially, there is a long practice of federal immigration agencies having a presence at the sporting event.

ICE Says It Won't Round Up Immigrants at the Super Bowl. Should Minnesotans Believe Them?

Although ICE claims it will not be in Minnesota to conduct immigration enforcement and Minneapolis is designated as a so-called sanctuary city, residents say there is still cause for concern.

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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 3d

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants

www.reuters.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

After that “who should protest discourse,” any protestors who want to positively impact the world rather than merely feel rebellious—and I’m pretty sure that’s most—should recognize that more of the public tends to react more negatively to violence against a normie woman who reminds them of grandma.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 3d

Bovino is a goon.

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 3d

This is harrowing. This Oak Park Trustee says he was "pulled to the ground" by Gregory Bovino personally at Broadview and later put "on display" for Kristi Noem inside the facility grounds.

www.oakpark.com/2025/10/04/m...

Muñoz, OP township trustee, detained and released by ICE - Wednesday Journal

Juan Muñoz, an Oak Parker who serves as an Oak Park Township Trustee, was detained by ICE Friday as he took part in a protest at the immigration detention center in Broadview.

www.oakpark.com

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Green and Red Podcast @podcastgreenred.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t envy the Italians for being so well organized that they can make things like this happen, instead organize, organized,organize…

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: A federal judge says there is a realistic likelihood that the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driven by vindictive motives — reflected in the public statements of Bondi, Blanche, Noem et al.

He has ordered discovery on the question.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 5d

A sex-blind admissions policy at selective universities will not go the way that the Trump administration thinks it will.

Under the compact, a mix of nine public and private universities would receive favorable terms for government aid if they agreed to conditions like banning consideration of race or sex in hiring and admissions, capping international undergraduate enrollment, requiring that applicants pass admissions examinations and suppressing grade inflation. Universities with large endowments would be asked to waive tuition for students interested in the hard sciences.

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 7d

Since appointments to SCOTUS are lifetime, I’d love it if the conservative and paid-for conservatives on this court got to spend their after-life-times trying to explain their decisions to the Eternal Supreme Court.

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 7d

Please read the entire thread. This is an amazing, and extremely hard-fought victory. Share widely. This is the kind of news we need. And please support @aaup.org

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 7d

www.aaup.org/news/court-r...
I was in the air when the opinion came down & landed to a text message from @proftwolf.bsky.social! I am incredibly proud & in awe of the AAUP & MESA noncitizen members who testified at trial. I am in awe of the brilliant attorneys who litigated this case.

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