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Dr. Anne Richards
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I teach college and worry about literacy. "Don't obey in advance." 🌈✡️🏊‍♀️📚🎵
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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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July 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
March 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Meet the (maga) press:
Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.
February 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Doge cuts affect real people
Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
February 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Cruelty Isn’t the Point. It’s the Pleasure.
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The Cruelty Isn’t the Point. It’s the Pleasure.
Trump 2.0 is a shared sensual experience in hurting other people.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"......the entire government gone like that. How did they get in, how did it happen? That was when they suspended the Constitution. ... There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction....."

From "The Handmaid's Tale"
February 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"This is not Trump's country. This is our country!" - Rep. Maxine Waters
February 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
. . . To protect the Constitution!
If you’ve taken the oath to serve, today would be a good day to honor it.
February 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Kiah was set to join our faculty at Howard Law School in the Fall. She was a dedicated, brilliant civil rights lawyer poised to make a powerful difference in our world.

Our hearts are broken & we pray for her family & friends.

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Civil rights attorney, former Miss Kansas contestant killed in plane crash near DC airport
As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among t...
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January 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
With all this changing the names of places, at least he won't need to change the name of the White House.
January 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People complain about the homeless people because they have to see them, not because they are homeless.
January 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"We are now part of the opposition." Jen Rubin Interviews Ruth Ben-Ghiat open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Jen Rubin Interviews Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Ruth Ben Ghiat a Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, Advisor to Protect Democracy, and the recipient of Guggenheim and other fellowships.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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📌My piece on the feckless Garland is trending No. 1 on @rawstory.com right now.

📌"You don’t get to just quit, wash your hands of the whole damn thing, and go off into a comfortable retirement in the countryside made possible by OUR money, while the nation you roundly ignored slowly burns, sport."
Merrick Garland's last task and the explosive evidence that could save America
As we sit on the cusp of letting a year that was steeped with so many wonderful and heady possibilities go off and quietly die in some corner, I am here for a final request:The Department of Justice, ...
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December 30, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Nothing says “lead the Pentagon” like mommy making phone calls for her very good boy.
December 5, 2024 at 4:36 AM
My English Dept. Colleagues struggle with to what extent it's acceptable for students to use generative AI in both first-year composition & literature classes. This rubric helps clarify:
November 27, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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In 55 days, this building will become the epicenter of corruption on our planet.
November 26, 2024 at 1:11 PM