Renee
@rasekel.bsky.social
Suburban mom and public school advocate. Co-host, Advocacy Bites podcast. Deputy TroubleNation Program Director, Red Wine & Blue. Posts are my own opinions.
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
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December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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Here is a gift link to the NYT article about Weiss killing a fact-checked story because it was not sympathetic enough to an presidential administration in the midst of deciding about another corporate merger that CBS's owners are trying to win.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Here is a gift link to the NYT article about Weiss killing a fact-checked story because it was not sympathetic enough to an presidential administration in the midst of deciding about another corporate merger that CBS's owners are trying to win.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
December 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
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The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
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This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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Newly Republican NC election boards vote to cut campus polling sites, Sunday voting. At least six county boards failed to unanimously approve early voting plans for March primary, meaning it will be decided by state board. (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol
Newly Republican NC boards vote to cut campus polling sites, Sunday voting
These sorts of disagreements are common, but their resolution could be handled differently in the wake of a massive restructuring of NC’s election apparatus.
www.newsobserver.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Newly Republican NC election boards vote to cut campus polling sites, Sunday voting. At least six county boards failed to unanimously approve early voting plans for March primary, meaning it will be decided by state board. (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol
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This is so bonkers and lawless that newspapers are struggling to find a headline that fits. “Trump announces pardon…” “Trump asserts he has pardoned…” “Trump symbolically pardons…” Which is kind of a running theme, as Trump routinely announces he’s doing things he has no power to do.
NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is so bonkers and lawless that newspapers are struggling to find a headline that fits. “Trump announces pardon…” “Trump asserts he has pardoned…” “Trump symbolically pardons…” Which is kind of a running theme, as Trump routinely announces he’s doing things he has no power to do.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from detention.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from detention.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
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🚨5 Important reminders about Leandro🚨
1) It is unambiguous that students’ rights continue to be violated
Nobody in the NCGA has presented the case that they're upholding students’ constitutional rights. Their argument has simply been: courts can't make us do stuff against our will.
(1/5)
#ncpol
1) It is unambiguous that students’ rights continue to be violated
Nobody in the NCGA has presented the case that they're upholding students’ constitutional rights. Their argument has simply been: courts can't make us do stuff against our will.
(1/5)
#ncpol
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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#NCGA lawmakers are letting health care costs rise for state employees while giving $1B in tax cuts to corporations and the richest 1% starting Jan 1. Pausing those cuts would give NC the funds necessary to fully cover the 2026 State Health Plan deficit.
www.newsobserver.com...
www.newsobserver.com...
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#NCGA lawmakers are letting health care costs rise for state employees while giving $1B in tax cuts to corporations and the richest 1% starting Jan 1. Pausing those cuts would give NC the funds necessary to fully cover the 2026 State Health Plan deficit.
www.newsobserver.com...
www.newsobserver.com...
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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Did you know NC is the only state without a budget right now? Lawmakers’ inaction is putting us at risk, and the longer we go without a budget, the more strain it places on families across our state.
It's time to invest in our communities, #NCGA.
It's time to invest in our communities, #NCGA.
NC budget stalemate deepens strain on safety nets, health system, advocates and providers say
Food insecurity is rising, Medicaid cuts are hitting and essential services are shrinking as the legislature’s budget deadlock deepens strain on safety nets. Vulnerable residents are feeling the fallout first, providers say, and they’re calling on lawmakers to end the standoff.
www.wfae.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Did you know NC is the only state without a budget right now? Lawmakers’ inaction is putting us at risk, and the longer we go without a budget, the more strain it places on families across our state.
It's time to invest in our communities, #NCGA.
It's time to invest in our communities, #NCGA.
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This is your reminder that Republicans called teachers “indoctrinators” so they could create a culture war and then become the indoctrinators themselves.
December 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is your reminder that Republicans called teachers “indoctrinators” so they could create a culture war and then become the indoctrinators themselves.
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Amazing story by @kristoncapps.bsky.social showing how differently Texas is treating towns in its southeast getting aid for Hurricane Harvey damage. Cities w/large minority populations get less than $100 per person. Tiny, almost all-white towns get $40,000 or more www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Amazing story by @kristoncapps.bsky.social showing how differently Texas is treating towns in its southeast getting aid for Hurricane Harvey damage. Cities w/large minority populations get less than $100 per person. Tiny, almost all-white towns get $40,000 or more www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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Tierra Walker knew her life was at risk. She asked for an abortion. Texas’s laws made doctors hesitate, stall, and send her home. She died of preeclampsia.
This is the world MAGA built — where women’s lives are treated as expendable. Tierra should be alive.
This is the world MAGA built — where women’s lives are treated as expendable. Tierra should be alive.
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tierra Walker knew her life was at risk. She asked for an abortion. Texas’s laws made doctors hesitate, stall, and send her home. She died of preeclampsia.
This is the world MAGA built — where women’s lives are treated as expendable. Tierra should be alive.
This is the world MAGA built — where women’s lives are treated as expendable. Tierra should be alive.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
So here’s the thing: Real ID was sold as a security measure. But it obviously isn’t, if having $45 is sufficient to cure any and all security concerns. Real ID is therefore just another cost/burden put on Americans for no actual reason.
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
So here’s the thing: Real ID was sold as a security measure. But it obviously isn’t, if having $45 is sufficient to cure any and all security concerns. Real ID is therefore just another cost/burden put on Americans for no actual reason.
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It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
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Quick reminder that the President and Secretary of Defense said it was seditious for members of Congress to urge noncompliance with orders like *this.*
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Quick reminder that the President and Secretary of Defense said it was seditious for members of Congress to urge noncompliance with orders like *this.*