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Because structural thinking offers inoculation against authoritarianism, the Right has vilified terms that nod to structure (privilege, patriarchy, critical theory), and attacked the institutions trying to help people understand systemic problems. Refusing to use the terms emboldens further attacks.
August 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Because structural thinking offers inoculation against authoritarianism, the Right has vilified terms that nod to structure (privilege, patriarchy, critical theory), and attacked the institutions trying to help people understand systemic problems. Refusing to use the terms emboldens further attacks.
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esp if you are younger than me and weren't around for the first orchestration of this stuff, you should go over this timeline. it won't take but a minute and it's clear & not an op-ed: it's just an explainer. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
History of US-Iran relations: From the 1953 regime change to Trump strikes
Iran remains the US’s adversary in the Middle East since the 1979 Islamic revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
www.aljazeera.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
esp if you are younger than me and weren't around for the first orchestration of this stuff, you should go over this timeline. it won't take but a minute and it's clear & not an op-ed: it's just an explainer. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
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My advice to trans people, get out while you can. It won't get better within at least two decades and most likely will only get worse. Your job is solely to survive.
nonprofitquarterly.org/trans-refuge...
nonprofitquarterly.org/trans-refuge...
Trans Refugees: What Trans People Need to Know About Finding Safety Abroad - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The growing wave of anti-trans legislation in the United States has forced many transgender people to consider whether they can safely remain in the country. While some are preparing escape plans and ...
nonprofitquarterly.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My advice to trans people, get out while you can. It won't get better within at least two decades and most likely will only get worse. Your job is solely to survive.
nonprofitquarterly.org/trans-refuge...
nonprofitquarterly.org/trans-refuge...
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I wrote about how living in America right now feels like a nightmare and an abusive relationship you can't escape.
www.thedissident.news/the-static-o...
www.thedissident.news/the-static-o...
The Static of a Collapsing State: On Being Trapped in the American Nightmare
There are nights you wake from a nightmare and the relief is a physical thing, a gasp of air in a silent room. But what do you do when the nightmare is the room? When the country you live in has becom...
www.thedissident.news
June 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I wrote about how living in America right now feels like a nightmare and an abusive relationship you can't escape.
www.thedissident.news/the-static-o...
www.thedissident.news/the-static-o...
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I feel like I felt in 1990s, as a war refugee in #Pakistan.
I feel like the government hates me. That both parties only use my existence for enriching politicians. That at any moment, people with masks will come and grab me from my house and lock me up without a charge.
In America.
#Freedom
I feel like the government hates me. That both parties only use my existence for enriching politicians. That at any moment, people with masks will come and grab me from my house and lock me up without a charge.
In America.
#Freedom
June 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Every Democratic Congressperson on this list is a recipient of pro-Israel PAC money, 61 of them from AIPAC & Republican megadonors¹⁰
Other recipients of the pro-Israel lobby's money include:
Donald Trump⁷⁻⁹
JD Vance⁸
Marco Rubio⁸
Mike Waltz⁸
Tulsi Gabbard⁸
And many more.
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Other recipients of the pro-Israel lobby's money include:
Donald Trump⁷⁻⁹
JD Vance⁸
Marco Rubio⁸
Mike Waltz⁸
Tulsi Gabbard⁸
And many more.
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These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE.
jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...
jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...
June 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Every Democratic Congressperson on this list is a recipient of pro-Israel PAC money, 61 of them from AIPAC & Republican megadonors¹⁰
Other recipients of the pro-Israel lobby's money include:
Donald Trump⁷⁻⁹
JD Vance⁸
Marco Rubio⁸
Mike Waltz⁸
Tulsi Gabbard⁸
And many more.
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Other recipients of the pro-Israel lobby's money include:
Donald Trump⁷⁻⁹
JD Vance⁸
Marco Rubio⁸
Mike Waltz⁸
Tulsi Gabbard⁸
And many more.
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I want to do a quick “How To Tell That This Is An Op” tutorial, because apparently some propaganda tank or trollboard somewhere decided it’s time to send out Leftist Trolls, and they’re both very bad at it but also very effective.
So let’s talk about How To Troll, Generic
So let’s talk about How To Troll, Generic
January 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I want to do a quick “How To Tell That This Is An Op” tutorial, because apparently some propaganda tank or trollboard somewhere decided it’s time to send out Leftist Trolls, and they’re both very bad at it but also very effective.
So let’s talk about How To Troll, Generic
So let’s talk about How To Troll, Generic
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If we want any chance of surviving the interlocking crisis of climate collapse, information collapse, and the rise of fascism, we have to admit the reality that the billionaire class knows they are causing the climate collapse as well as fascism and are attempting to divert from that reality
January 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If we want any chance of surviving the interlocking crisis of climate collapse, information collapse, and the rise of fascism, we have to admit the reality that the billionaire class knows they are causing the climate collapse as well as fascism and are attempting to divert from that reality
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Now is a good time to get into preparedness, wherever you are. Being individually prepared is a good way to be in a better position to help others.
Your basic goal, to start, is to be ready for three days in your home without power or water and to be able to leave quickly if need be.
Your basic goal, to start, is to be ready for three days in your home without power or water and to be able to leave quickly if need be.
January 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Now is a good time to get into preparedness, wherever you are. Being individually prepared is a good way to be in a better position to help others.
Your basic goal, to start, is to be ready for three days in your home without power or water and to be able to leave quickly if need be.
Your basic goal, to start, is to be ready for three days in your home without power or water and to be able to leave quickly if need be.