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I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
www.wwltv.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
How will we respond? www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Destroying America Was The Plan All Along
Trump wants to be the anti-FDR — and his goal is to smash the country built during the 20th century.
www.huffpost.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
How will we respond? www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
The real reason Trump is destroying the economy - Vox
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The real reason Trump is destroying the economy - Vox
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Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
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“Create a ruckus” is the standard.
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“Create a ruckus” is the standard.
“We’re not going to be able to lead on all these fights. But what we are hoping is that these rallies can be a funnel to start… a thousand flowers bloom.” Bernie’s ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Tour Is Organizing, Too url:https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-26-bernies-fighting-oligarchy-tour-organizing/
March 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“We’re not going to be able to lead on all these fights. But what we are hoping is that these rallies can be a funnel to start… a thousand flowers bloom.” Bernie’s ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Tour Is Organizing, Too url:https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-26-bernies-fighting-oligarchy-tour-organizing/
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The USA’s two leading scholars of authoritarianism and fascism moved to Canada (one permanently, one on leave).
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The USA’s two leading scholars of authoritarianism and fascism moved to Canada (one permanently, one on leave).
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to New Jersey and adjudicate his arrest and attempted deportation in the jurisdiction where he resides.
Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil's Case be Returned to New Jersey
A judge has ruled that pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's case should be moved from Louisiana to New Jersey.
www.rollingstone.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to New Jersey and adjudicate his arrest and attempted deportation in the jurisdiction where he resides.
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I despise making phone calls, but I have to say 5 Calls does make it very easy. I was able to leave VM for both Gillibrand and Schumer today.
See your Senator?
Your prescription is good, and @indivisible.org says call today:
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Michael Bennet (CO)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Gary Peters (MI)
Tina Smith (MN)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Jack Reed (RI)
5 Calls makes it easy
Your prescription is good, and @indivisible.org says call today:
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Michael Bennet (CO)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Gary Peters (MI)
Tina Smith (MN)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Jack Reed (RI)
5 Calls makes it easy
March 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I despise making phone calls, but I have to say 5 Calls does make it very easy. I was able to leave VM for both Gillibrand and Schumer today.
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Department of Education sent out FAQs today about their anti-DEI Dear Colleague letter. School districts and universities really need to slow down in throwing true US History, students of color and women under the bus. Hold the line. www.ed.gov/media/docume...
www.ed.gov
March 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Department of Education sent out FAQs today about their anti-DEI Dear Colleague letter. School districts and universities really need to slow down in throwing true US History, students of color and women under the bus. Hold the line. www.ed.gov/media/docume...
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More than 200 gather in Boston Township to protest cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/l...
More than 200 gather in Boston Township to protest cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/l...
More than 200 gather in Boston Township to protest cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
"I'm worried about drilling; I'm worried about poaching": Protesters decry cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, fear more is to come.
www.beaconjournal.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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More than 200 gather in Boston Township to protest cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/l...
More than 200 gather in Boston Township to protest cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/l...
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I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.
February 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.
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This is great.
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is great.
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
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CAIR: “Anyone who see the word “Islam" in the name of an American charity and immediately declares the charity must be a "terrorist organization" is a hateful person who must know next to nothing about American Muslims & their contributions” www.cair.com/press_releas...
February 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
CAIR: “Anyone who see the word “Islam" in the name of an American charity and immediately declares the charity must be a "terrorist organization" is a hateful person who must know next to nothing about American Muslims & their contributions” www.cair.com/press_releas...
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Shortly after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asked her to drop the DOJ's lawsuit challenging the state’s voter suppression law SB 202.
@marcelias.bsky.social explains:
@marcelias.bsky.social explains:
Georgia Secretary of State Asks DOJ, DHS to Suppress Voters
Shortly after the new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asked her to drop the Departm...
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Shortly after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asked her to drop the DOJ's lawsuit challenging the state’s voter suppression law SB 202.
@marcelias.bsky.social explains:
@marcelias.bsky.social explains:
Looking forward to watching this over the weekend.
February 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Looking forward to watching this over the weekend.
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Sixty years ago, five assassins from the Nation of Islam murdered Malcolm X. The FBI had spent years escalating the serious political differences between Malcolm and NOI leaders—and worsening petty jealousies NOI leaders had for Malcolm as his prominence rose.
February 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sixty years ago, five assassins from the Nation of Islam murdered Malcolm X. The FBI had spent years escalating the serious political differences between Malcolm and NOI leaders—and worsening petty jealousies NOI leaders had for Malcolm as his prominence rose.
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It’s cold but your constituents and neighbors want your 🔥 and action, not tepid and tired rhetoric and bipartisanship.
MEET THE MOMENT @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @foodandwater.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social @350brooklyn.bsky.social @moveon.org @nypan1.bsky.social
MEET THE MOMENT @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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February 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It’s cold but your constituents and neighbors want your 🔥 and action, not tepid and tired rhetoric and bipartisanship.
MEET THE MOMENT @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @foodandwater.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social @350brooklyn.bsky.social @moveon.org @nypan1.bsky.social
MEET THE MOMENT @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @foodandwater.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social @350brooklyn.bsky.social @moveon.org @nypan1.bsky.social