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Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 5h

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 12h

Because certainly there's no reason why this history might be terrifyingly relevant right now, here's a link to preorder @stschrader1.bsky.social's "Blue Power" on how police in the US organized to exempt themselves from democratic oversight and control: redemmas.org/titles/48838...

Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 12h

Because certainly there's no reason why this history might be terrifyingly relevant right now, here's a link to preorder @stschrader1.bsky.social's "Blue Power" on how police in the US organized to exempt themselves from democratic oversight and control: redemmas.org/titles/48838...

Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves

Buy from Red Emma's, a worker-owned radical bookstore

redemmas.org

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 8h

ngl when the hostile takeover first started I was not entirely certain how the VA Dems would respond, but they are not fucking around and I truly appreciate that.

CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First @cbs19news.bsky.social · 10h

#JustIn: Democrats in the state Senate say "future budget considerations" could impact UVA if it signs onto the Trump administration's education compact.

State Senate Democrats tell UVA to not consider education compact

Democrats in the state Senate write that if UVA signs the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, “there will be significant consequences in future Virginia budget cycles.”

www.cbs19news.com

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 15d

You can read more about what antifa actually is in my book To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right, now available for preorder www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...

To Catch a Fascist

A searing, provocative investigation into the rise of white nationalist and neo-Nazi movements in the United States, centered on the anti-fascist g...

www.simonandschuster.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 9h

HELLO!!!! I am on @npr.org today with the brilliant Dr. Ofronama Biu and @bmluse.bsky.social on It's Been a Minute.

We talk about why our economy needs Black women, how #TheDoubleTax explains the current moment, and what steps need to happen next. Get the book: annagifty.com!

#blacksky #booksky

Is the economy slowing? Ask Black women. : It's Been a Minute

Black women’s unemployment rate is hovering at 6.7% — higher than the rate for white workers. Is it a sign the broader economy could sour? These economists say yes.Black women are the 'canary in the ...

www.npr.org

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 12h

My New One at MSNBC Opinion on How the Supreme Court Seems Poised to Kill Off What Remains of the Voting Rights Act While Few Pay Attention–With Implications for 2026 Redistricting www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com

How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games

If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.

www.msnbc.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 9h

"is there anyone in the room who doesn't yet have an SPLC profile"

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 9h

andy ngo is at the white house right now briefing the president on the antifa menace. that is a real sentence that is true. what the fuck

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 9h

i still find it darkly funny that a couple leading intellectuals argued for the better part of a decade that this movement couldn’t be considered fascism.

Meanwhile the movement’s leading “thinkers” have quoting fascists and saying stuff like this entire time.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 11h

I am never going to be a fan of a politician. That way lies disappointment. But Pritzker right now is the person I think is calibrating it right.

This isn’t negotiating about social security with W. You either get that or you don’t.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 9h

I will freely critique my elected representatives for not representing me, because that is what democracy is for. Pretending that I should defer to them, or that they can’t do better, is pathetic and defeatist. They can, and should, do better.

Move on, and get out of my mentions.

Ben F-C @bfeincole.bsky.social · 9h

No I think he is doing a great job with what he has available. Without actually arresting federal agents. I just can’t stand the kvetching about democrats. Move on, get over it.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 9h

Agreed

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 10h

Dems should have adopted Pritzker’s current orientation towards Trump from day one.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13h

Critics say the president's aims to "kill the vermin" and "water our crops with their blood" may stretch the bounds of his authority.

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 13h

As troops invade Chicago, Trump threatens to jail the mayor and governor - @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

As troops invade Chicago, Trump threatens to jail the mayor and governor

"What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?"

www.motherjones.com

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 10h

The anti-DEI anti-woke movement has always been transparently white supremacist. Nonetheless, moves like canceling a game about the Klan being the bad guys really drives home the point.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 11h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

France (and eventually Citibank) *getting* reparations from Haiti for losing their slaves is one of the biggest atrocities of the modern era, and...stiff competition there

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 11h

Hearing a docent at the Chicago History Museum say that residential segregation in the city is “mostly just economic now” and I almost bit my tongue off.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 11h

An interviewer asked me about America's "cost of living crisis," and I was struck again by how casually we've let such profoundly nightmarish phrases slip into our everyday lexicon.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11h

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 11h

Trump is taking money from universities that enroll large numbers of Latino students and funneling it to high-profile HBCUs. It’s a cynical ploy designed to divide marginalized communities. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/YjYbSmg

Competing for Crumbs

While adding funding for historically Black colleges and universities, Trump’s Education Department is simultaneously cutting funding to colleges that primarily serve minorities.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12h

I'm sorry Benjy.

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Benjy Sarlin @benjysarlin.bsky.social · 16h

In related news, let me know if you or someone you know has any interesting work opportunities!

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 17h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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