Renee Blalock
reneebz.bsky.social
Renee Blalock
@reneebz.bsky.social
Retired librarian
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white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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What’s next after over five million people here in the US, along with allies in cities from London to Tokyo, stood united yesterday in the belief that democracy is worth fighting for?

We’re glad you asked. 👇
What's Next — No Kings
www.nokings.org
June 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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NO KINGS Birmingham, AL · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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The media is a helicopter parent for Democrats and a tornado chaser for Republicans.
May 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dolly Parton’s Quietly Inspiring Defense of Marriage
May 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Your regular update:

Less that two weeks after its debut, w around 180 college/univ prez who stood up as initial signers, now **607** institutions on this academic declaration-of-indep statement.

Back story here: fallows.substack.com/p/from-acade...

Current list here: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
May 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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April 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How Trump can deport all those migrant predators at the National Zoo
March 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Striking how easily you can get millions of people to vote for a boot on their own face just by lying to them about the boot going on someone else's face.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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When you describe the actual agenda of the Republican Party to ordinary people—like this kind of comical reverse Robin Hoodism—time & time again researchers find that they simply will not believe you. They cannot fathom anyone could be this cartoonishly evil.
The Republican budget plan:

-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
February 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Ida Wells was born enslaved but refused to live in fear. She wielded the power of the press to expose America’s greatest terror—lynching. When the truth made her a target, she didn’t back down. She co-founded the NAACP, fought for Black women’s voting rights, and left a legacy of resistance!
February 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Today in US History: On January 31, 1865, "Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment which, on ratification, abolished slavery in America. The vote in the House was 121 to 24."

www.archives.gov/milestone-do...
January 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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they are really going to blame black people for every little thing that happens aren’t they
Donald Trump Goes On Rant About DEI In Response To DC Plane Crash
The president also blamed the Biden and Obama administrations for the overnight plane crash in Washington, D.C., where there have been no reported survivors.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Democrats have a grim opportunity here.
January 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM