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alfiekohn.bsky.social
Killing usually requires dehumanizing one's victims. One of the most vital services the press can perform is to rehumanize them. Profiles of some of the Venezuelan villagers recently murdered by the U.S. military at Trump & Hegseth's direction (and the loved ones left behind): tinyurl.com/28m5muh5
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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alfiekohn.bsky.social
"We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by...right-wing and libertarian billionaires who want quite simply to destroy the idea of the public weal":
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November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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alfiekohn.bsky.social
Short answer: Lord, let's hope not!

Long answer: This is the kind of framing that capitulates to Big Tech (rather than exercising our critical faculties to ask whether we should be buying what they're selling) and that I challenged in this essay (is.gd/acOSmQ) & this podcast episode (is.gd/LOxdlR).
Education Week headline: "AI Is Picking Up Speed. Are Schools Keeping Pace?"
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
revbabe.bsky.social
youtu.be/wIUFctqkVFI?...
Rachel Maddow Breaks Down Trump's Shocking DOJ Election Move
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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October 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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alfiekohn.bsky.social
A nuanced assessment of the limited but important impact of No Kings protests and of what it means that "a staunchly authoritarian movement is in power but [hasn't] been able to install a consolidated autocracy yet."
Worth reading by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/42mxk7j4
America As No-Longer-Democracy and Not-Yet-Dictatorship
Where does the country stand after the largest day of protest in U.S. history? Putting “No Kings” in perspective
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October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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orangesage.bsky.social
#NoKings Miami!
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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alfiekohn.bsky.social
When it's not working to require patriotism indoctrination, target trans students, and destroy any programs that benefit minorities, Trump's Dept. of Education is committed to uprooting public education in favor of private, religious schooling. Horrifying update from ProPublica: tinyurl.com/bddekpjz
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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alfiekohn.bsky.social
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My new essay on AI (www.alfiekohn.org/article/ai/) includes quotes from, or links to, writings by @emilymbender.bsky.social, @palan57.bsky.social, @stopgenai.com, @ddmeyer.bsky.social, @zachczaia.bsky.social, @lutzfernandez.bsky.social, @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social, @garymarcus.bsky.social ....
The Chatbot in the Classroom, the Forklift at the Gym
EDUCATION WEEK September 22, 2025 The Chatbot in the Classroom, the Forklift at the Gym By Alfie Kohn [This is a significantly expanded version of the published article, which was given a different ti...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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alfiekohn.bsky.social
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Misplaced hope #2: Trump's declining popularity means voters will punish him and the GOP in 2026 and 2028? That assumes they'll allow free elections. To doubt this is no longer absurdly alarmist or just a matter for grim jokes: tinyurl.com/bdz6u6sc
But by then, Trump and his crew will have new tools at their disposal, including a beefed up ICE that will include large phalanxes of masked thugs who are experienced in using violence at the president's behest. Thus, if the time comes for Trumpers to effectuate yet another post-election coup, they will have a ready and willing militarized federal police force to back them up and will not have to rely on a ragtag array of right-wing tourists. While many are currently rightly concerned about the impact Trump's brutal “immigration crackdown will have on undocumented persons, the danger of his creation of a massive, non-law-abiding federal police force could extend far beyond the immigration. Congress has just handed the coup leader in the White House new, dangerous tools that he and his cohorts could use in their next attempt to overturn the nation's democracy once and for all.
July 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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motherjones.com
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
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July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
revbabe.bsky.social
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · Mobilize
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM