Willis Swanson
@wswanson.bsky.social
Special Education Teacher in Chicago Public Schools.
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White Afrikaners built a whole apartheid regime to preserve their stolen power—then cried victim when the world called it what it was: white supremacy.
They weren’t “pioneers.” They were colonizers clinging to racism like it was a birthright. Sound familiar?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
They weren’t “pioneers.” They were colonizers clinging to racism like it was a birthright. Sound familiar?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaners to U.S. as Refugees Next Week
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
White Afrikaners built a whole apartheid regime to preserve their stolen power—then cried victim when the world called it what it was: white supremacy.
They weren’t “pioneers.” They were colonizers clinging to racism like it was a birthright. Sound familiar?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
They weren’t “pioneers.” They were colonizers clinging to racism like it was a birthright. Sound familiar?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
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The FBI is reassigning several female agents in supervisory positions who knelt during demonstrations protesting police violence in the District of Columbia in 2020, according to several people familiar with the matter.
F.B.I. Reassigns Agents Who Knelt During Racial Justice Protests in 2020
The move has raised concerns that the bureau is taking action against agents and analysts who were involved in situations denounced by allies of President Trump and the right-wing news media.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The FBI is reassigning several female agents in supervisory positions who knelt during demonstrations protesting police violence in the District of Columbia in 2020, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.
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The two-year-old boy had wandered away from home on Monday evening and spent the night alone nearly seven miles from his home.
Dog finds and rescues toddler who spent night lost and alone in Arizona desert
The two-year-old boy had wandered away from home on Monday evening and spent the night alone nearly seven miles from his home.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The two-year-old boy had wandered away from home on Monday evening and spent the night alone nearly seven miles from his home.
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🚨 RED ALERT FOR DEMOCRACY 🚨
ICE is now targeting legal residents—just for exercising their First Amendment rights.
If they’ll trample free speech, what won’t they attack?
This is authoritarianism in plain sight.
WATCH. SHARE. SOUND THE ALARM. 🔥
#4The1st
ICE is now targeting legal residents—just for exercising their First Amendment rights.
If they’ll trample free speech, what won’t they attack?
This is authoritarianism in plain sight.
WATCH. SHARE. SOUND THE ALARM. 🔥
#4The1st
April 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨 RED ALERT FOR DEMOCRACY 🚨
ICE is now targeting legal residents—just for exercising their First Amendment rights.
If they’ll trample free speech, what won’t they attack?
This is authoritarianism in plain sight.
WATCH. SHARE. SOUND THE ALARM. 🔥
#4The1st
ICE is now targeting legal residents—just for exercising their First Amendment rights.
If they’ll trample free speech, what won’t they attack?
This is authoritarianism in plain sight.
WATCH. SHARE. SOUND THE ALARM. 🔥
#4The1st
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Bumper sticker on a real man’s pick up truck!
March 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Bumper sticker on a real man’s pick up truck!
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March 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
the real stories on politics and the law:
SUBSTACK - tristansnell.com
POD - APPLE - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tristan-snell-show/id1748047377
POD - SPOTIFY - open.spotify.com/show/55DG1TXblNzV9hSWMx6z9C
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Savor the beauty of the moment.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Savor the beauty of the moment.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Rep John Larson - Connecticut:
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Rep John Larson - Connecticut:
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Illinois public schools are not changing curriculum as it relates to LGBTQ+ issues, despite a warning from the federal Department of Education.
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February 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Illinois public schools are not changing curriculum as it relates to LGBTQ+ issues, despite a warning from the federal Department of Education.
(wgntv.com/news/illinoi...)
(wgntv.com/news/illinoi...)
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Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
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The number of Latino medical students from Illinois plummeted by 42.6% between the 2023–24 school year and this year, data show. The number of Black students decreased by 6.5%.
Medical schools enroll fewer Illinois Black, Latino students after Supreme Court banned affirmative action
While other factors are at play since the ruling, the number of Hispanic medical students from Illinois plummeted by 42.6% between the 2023–24 school year and this year, data show. The number of Black...
www.wbez.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The number of Latino medical students from Illinois plummeted by 42.6% between the 2023–24 school year and this year, data show. The number of Black students decreased by 6.5%.
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I will believe members of Congress are serious about government corruption when they pass bills to ban themselves from trading stocks and overturn Citezens United.
Everything else is to make people *feel* like they’re addressing corruption.
Everything else is to make people *feel* like they’re addressing corruption.
February 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I will believe members of Congress are serious about government corruption when they pass bills to ban themselves from trading stocks and overturn Citezens United.
Everything else is to make people *feel* like they’re addressing corruption.
Everything else is to make people *feel* like they’re addressing corruption.
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Did you know?
American taxpayers would be saved $8 MILLION PER DAY if we simply canceled Elon Musk’s defense contracts.
American taxpayers would be saved $8 MILLION PER DAY if we simply canceled Elon Musk’s defense contracts.
February 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Did you know?
American taxpayers would be saved $8 MILLION PER DAY if we simply canceled Elon Musk’s defense contracts.
American taxpayers would be saved $8 MILLION PER DAY if we simply canceled Elon Musk’s defense contracts.
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Joann, the financially troubled arts-and-crafts retailer, announced Wednesday that it was preparing to close 500 of its 800 remaining stores after its latest bankruptcy filing.
Joann, the Arts and Crafts Chain, Will Close 500 Stores Across U.S.
The announcement came one month after the company’s second bankruptcy filing in less than a year.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Joann, the financially troubled arts-and-crafts retailer, announced Wednesday that it was preparing to close 500 of its 800 remaining stores after its latest bankruptcy filing.
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Believing that Tulsi Gabbard — longtime Russian asset and newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence — is acting in the interests of the United States requires an extraordinary level of self-delusion.
February 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Believing that Tulsi Gabbard — longtime Russian asset and newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence — is acting in the interests of the United States requires an extraordinary level of self-delusion.
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If our government is serious about addressing corruption, how come members of congress are still able to trade stock? Why are corporations allowed to donate to political campaigns?
Let’s really talk about corruption.
Let’s really talk about corruption.
February 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If our government is serious about addressing corruption, how come members of congress are still able to trade stock? Why are corporations allowed to donate to political campaigns?
Let’s really talk about corruption.
Let’s really talk about corruption.
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While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, a Spanish island, marine biologists captured the first images of a live adult black seadevil anglerfish near the ocean’s surface. nyti.ms/3CLmscK
February 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, a Spanish island, marine biologists captured the first images of a live adult black seadevil anglerfish near the ocean’s surface. nyti.ms/3CLmscK
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Democratic Party voters are fed up with the party’s excuses.
If Republicans can stop Democrats from getting things done, then Democrats can stop what Republicans are doing now.
If Republicans can stop Democrats from getting things done, then Democrats can stop what Republicans are doing now.
February 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Democratic Party voters are fed up with the party’s excuses.
If Republicans can stop Democrats from getting things done, then Democrats can stop what Republicans are doing now.
If Republicans can stop Democrats from getting things done, then Democrats can stop what Republicans are doing now.