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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 21h

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 21h

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 21h

The attack on Mark is another stunt by right-wing grifters to victimize a random person in an effort to use MAGA fear mongering to justify their existence. It should go without saying we should do anything possible to support his family.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Miquel Ramos @miquelramos.bsky.social · 1d

@mark-bray.bsky.social lleva semanas siendo señalado por los principales propagandistas de la extrema derecha estadounidense y recibiendo amenazas de muerte. Han publicado su dirección y se ha visto obligado a abandonar el país junto a su familia.
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Rutgers professor who received death threats moves classes online, is leaving for Europe

Rutgers professor and Antifa expert Mark Bray is leaving the U.S and moving his classes online after death threats and a petition for his firing.

www.northjersey.com

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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 1d

What's happening to my colleague Mark Bray is disgusting. Him and his family are being doxed and getting death threats by right wing supposed "free speech" advocates bc wrote a book about anti fascism. You can't make this shit up! Our universities must fight back.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 22h

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Yesenia Barragan, she/they @yeseniabarragan.bsky.social · 1d

Since Trump’s EO, my family has received multiple death threats. This past weekend, we were doxxed (we received a threatening email with our home address). We are moving to a safer location.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

New in PN: Trump's invasion

"The Trump administration’s war on cities just entered a new, more terrifying phase. What stage of fascism is it when the president defies a court order and sends troops into a city anyway? Because as of Sunday, that’s where we’re at."

Trump's invasion

This weekend marked a major escalation of his campaign of terror.

www.publicnotice.co

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2d

Department of Homeland Security agents were seen abandoning one attempt to arrest a man in Chicago over the weekend after being outnumbered by protesters.

DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters

Department of Homeland Security agents were seen abandoning one attempt to arrest a man in Chicago over the weekend after being outnumbered by protesters. In at least one case, the Chicago Police Department was ordered not to assist federal agents swarmed by demonstrators, according to reports. In v...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if you’re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Kenny Linden @kennylinden.bsky.social · 3d

Outrageous and evil. Mark is a great colleague, teacher, and person. I am horrified.

This is how the right reacts to scholars they disapprove of threats of violence. They care nothing for free speech. They just want obedience.

Please amplify and spread the word. This can't be ignored.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 3d

This is where we are.

This man is a professor. Who has written a book. About antifascism. He’s just one of many in this situation; and his situation is just one amongst a sea of varied horrors that MAGA fascism is unleashing on society.

But this is where we are. Don’t look away.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 4d

Just witnessed Chicagoans following this undercover ICE vehicle (Black pick-up truck) heading south on Ashland honking their horns incessantly and alerting everyone that ICE was coming.

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Stephanie Kemmerer @doubtisthewayout.bsky.social · 3d

The highest professional standards.
A true crime podcaster could run the FBI better than Patel.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

As soon as I read the words “ass clown factory” I had to double check it was the real FBI director’s account and not some parody.

It’s real.

FBI Director Kash Patel ×
@FBIDirectorKash
X.com
BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon...
MSNBC has no facts and no audience
In this @fbi, follow the chain of command or get relieved.
& Barb McQuade • @BarbMcQuade • 15h
DOJ policy prohibits "perp walks," in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras. x.com/ jesserodriguez...
7:03 AM • 10/4/25 • 352K Views

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.

There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.

This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation

According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

Last month SCOTUS said ICE could detain immigrants based on race. Now they’ve all but ensured that 300,000 of them will have no legal protection if that happens. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans

Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."

www.motherjones.com

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Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 4d

Edwin Chemerinsky, Dean of Berkeley Law, laying out why no schools should sign the extortionist university compact. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Yesenia Barragan, she/they @yeseniabarragan.bsky.social · 4d

The inhumanity www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-d...

ICE agents dragged naked children out of homes in Chicago: Neighbors

Two residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the raid.

www.newsweek.com

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 4d

Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 6d

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

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NPR @npr.org · 6d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 6d

Disgusting

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 6d

"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 6d

OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...

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