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Mitchell Aboulafia
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Former professor of philosophy and chair of departments at the University of Colorado-Denver, Penn State, Juilliard (liberal arts). Social philosophy, pragmatism, European thought, ethics, history of philosophy.
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BREAKING: BERNIE SANDERS:

“If this resolution passes tonight, we are on our way to throwing 15 million Americans off of Medicaid and the affordable care act.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
June 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
May 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
April 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
t.co/lg46ijHLDF
April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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April 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.
April 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Do they even read the files they post?
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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April 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: New York defies the Trump administration!

#Trump #Education #politics #DEI

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
April 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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STEM is so hard hit. As a patient with a rare cancer I have a vested interest in this research starting up again.
March 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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This is the way. Write your pension fund, school, city comptroller and demand divestment from Tesla.
March 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Whoever supports this is a murderous ghoul
March 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.

Meanwhile:
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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February 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
February 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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If you think the headline is good, you should read the copy.
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I like that he posted a picture of a print-out of the email.
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Taken this evening in the direction of the Henry Hudson Bridge in NYC.

#photography
#photos
#nature
February 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In the original the wall appears to radiate golden light and the lines are more defined.

Accurate reproduction on social media always seems to be an issue.

#photography
#photos
#city
February 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Two questions I ask my environmental philosophy students at the beginning of the semester:

1) Where does your water come from?
2) Where does it go when you’re done with it?

Those two questions result in great conversations and projects.

#Philsky
January 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM