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Most people have heard the quote “history is written by the winners”. I want everyone to understand that this is not some kind of metaphor. It is quite literal. Fascists always work to literally erase the artifacts that tell the history that they don’t want told.
The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.
March 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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“Gender-based violence—which has risen in frequency and severity—is being perpetrated across the Occupied Palestinian Territory as a strategy of war for Israel to dominate and destroy the Palestinian people," per a new UN report also highlighting egregious reproductive violence in Gaza:
UN Report Accuses Israel of Sexual, Reproductive Violence and ‘Genocidal Acts’ in Gaza
The report found a pervasive belief among Israeli government officials and soldiers that “Palestinians in Gaza are considered complicit, despite age, gender or civilian status, and should be extermina...
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March 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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democratic leadership is going to see how the democratic and leftist base is far more energized by al greens actions than elissa slotkins horrible sleepy speech and decide they want 10 more elissa slotkins
March 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.

1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
The Oxygen of Amplification
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas
datasociety.net
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 AM
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One of the many bleating air horns in the background of the immigration debate is the open demonstration that the right never actually opposed the logic of affirmative action, just the recipients. waiting with bated breath to see if this changes the op-ed sections of our favorite papers at all
While I can appreciate the excitement that they're already self-cannibalizing, the net result of reactionaries fighting reactionaries will always be more racism. By July, they'll probably be on Rogan explaining why the DOJ will be mandating companies hire a minimum proportion of white workers.
December 28, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Gaza’s children are 'cold, sick and traumatised,' UNICEF has warned, with most Palestinians in the besieged enclave unable to meet their basic nutritional needs due to Israel's war.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/odp7h3
December 21, 2024 at 6:55 AM
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For years, former Black Panthers have feared that the FBI is still keeping tabs on them decades after its notorious COINTELPRO program.

Malik Rahim had never been able to prove he was targeted. Now, government docs show he was correct.
When the Feds Are Still Watching
Former Black Panthers fear the FBI is still keeping tabs on them decades after COINTELPRO. In at least one case, they were right.
www.thenation.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:

“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
December 19, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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Kash Patel is not only a strident critic of current FBI honcho Christopher Wray, he actually sued him in federal court.

(It didn't end well, for Kash)

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Meet the New FBI Boss. He Sued the Old Boss. And Got Laughed Out of Court
Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director sued the current director Chris Wray last year.
www.rollingstone.com
December 14, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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Response to coups by elected leaders:

- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens

- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics

- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
December 3, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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I will watch this if it is interspersed with plays from this season in which he gets pick sixed and then blames everyone else for it
December 3, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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A Missouri Family Called 911 for a Domestic Dispute. Police Arrived and shot a 2-month old baby in the head, then shot and killed her mother.

kansascitydefender.com/justice/inde...
Independence Police Slaughter Mother & 2-Month Old Infant in Botched Domestic Dispute Call
Independence police recklessly kill Maria Pike and shot her 2-month-old infant Destiny Hope in the head. Community demands justice & for police to "stop the coverup"
kansascitydefender.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I need to save posts
November 19, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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“America seems filled with violent people who like causing people pain but hate when those people tell them that pain hurts.”

— Kiese Laymon, HEAVY: an American memoir
Harvard Divinity School students were issued two-week suspensions from its library for participating in a pro-Palestine “pray-in” demonstration last Monday.

The demonstration was primarily led by Jewish students.
Students Suspended from Harvard Divinity School Library After Pray-In | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Divinity School students were issued two-week suspensions from its library for participating in a pro-Palestine “pray-in” demonstration last Monday.
www.thecrimson.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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Graphic design is my passion
November 14, 2024 at 12:22 AM