Ayo Sogunro
@ayosogunro.bsky.social
Doctor of Laws | Human Rights Lawyer | Equality & Non-Discrimination Advocate | SOGIESC Scholar | Published Author | Stressed Nigerian I Postdoc
You can’t tear down a dictator’s imagery if they don’t put one up in the first place.
Karl: The transformation has been gradual and unmistakable.
By February, some golden urns on the mantle.
April, gold adornments appear on the walls.
By July, it's gold everywhere.
Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.
By February, some golden urns on the mantle.
April, gold adornments appear on the walls.
By July, it's gold everywhere.
Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.
August 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
You can’t tear down a dictator’s imagery if they don’t put one up in the first place.
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“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing."
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges
"The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."
www.motherjones.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing."
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
People don’t merely fear what they don’t understand; they destroy it. And they cannot understand what is never properly communicated to them.
History demonstrates this repeatedly, and we’re watching it unfold all over again.
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History demonstrates this repeatedly, and we’re watching it unfold all over again.
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What Human Rights Work Is Getting Wrong about Humanity— A Warning for NGOs and Academia
In the book Cosmos, Carl Sagan tells a cautionary tale of the burning of the Library of Alexandria. This destruction did not happen as a…
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July 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
People don’t merely fear what they don’t understand; they destroy it. And they cannot understand what is never properly communicated to them.
History demonstrates this repeatedly, and we’re watching it unfold all over again.
medium.com/@ayosogunro/...
History demonstrates this repeatedly, and we’re watching it unfold all over again.
medium.com/@ayosogunro/...
The way Trump is decimating US civil society, I don’t think the people in charge are prepared for it.
Too many peacetime CSO leaders in charge at a time that needs activism and resistance.
They should be calling on colleagues in Africa to share ideas on how we thrive despite autocratic systems.
Too many peacetime CSO leaders in charge at a time that needs activism and resistance.
They should be calling on colleagues in Africa to share ideas on how we thrive despite autocratic systems.
April 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The way Trump is decimating US civil society, I don’t think the people in charge are prepared for it.
Too many peacetime CSO leaders in charge at a time that needs activism and resistance.
They should be calling on colleagues in Africa to share ideas on how we thrive despite autocratic systems.
Too many peacetime CSO leaders in charge at a time that needs activism and resistance.
They should be calling on colleagues in Africa to share ideas on how we thrive despite autocratic systems.
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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
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"Trump’s assault on civil society and educational institutions is hardly over. But recent events demonstrate that resistance, particularly by institutions with the greatest resources, is not only the right thing to do, but just might be effective."
Lots of good thoughts in here:
Lots of good thoughts in here:
Pres. Obama recently said:“It has been easy during most of our lifetimes to say...you’re for [social justice and] free speech and not... pay a price...Now we’re at [a moment[] where...you may...have to do something and...sacrifice a little bit.”
I discuss the value of taking such risks here.
I discuss the value of taking such risks here.
Resistance is not futile
Harvard is demonstrating that bullies don't like to get hit back.
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Trump’s assault on civil society and educational institutions is hardly over. But recent events demonstrate that resistance, particularly by institutions with the greatest resources, is not only the right thing to do, but just might be effective."
Lots of good thoughts in here:
Lots of good thoughts in here:
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➡️ Trump and his administration tell a lie.
➡️ Right-wing media reports on the lie as fact.
➡️ Trump administration cites the reporting to substantiate the lie.
➡️ Trump sees the lie on right-wing media and thinks it's actually true.
🔄 Repeat
➡️ Right-wing media reports on the lie as fact.
➡️ Trump administration cites the reporting to substantiate the lie.
➡️ Trump sees the lie on right-wing media and thinks it's actually true.
🔄 Repeat
The devious purpose behind MAGA's incessant lying
Creating a fog of confusion is a feature, not a bug.
www.publicnotice.co
April 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
➡️ Trump and his administration tell a lie.
➡️ Right-wing media reports on the lie as fact.
➡️ Trump administration cites the reporting to substantiate the lie.
➡️ Trump sees the lie on right-wing media and thinks it's actually true.
🔄 Repeat
➡️ Right-wing media reports on the lie as fact.
➡️ Trump administration cites the reporting to substantiate the lie.
➡️ Trump sees the lie on right-wing media and thinks it's actually true.
🔄 Repeat
Elon’s Grok AI is a broad hint that, given sufficient information and facts about the real world, any serious analysis about society and the human condition will lean towards wokeness.
In short, the rejection of DEI and social justice values by many educated people is a deliberate choice.
In short, the rejection of DEI and social justice values by many educated people is a deliberate choice.
April 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Elon’s Grok AI is a broad hint that, given sufficient information and facts about the real world, any serious analysis about society and the human condition will lean towards wokeness.
In short, the rejection of DEI and social justice values by many educated people is a deliberate choice.
In short, the rejection of DEI and social justice values by many educated people is a deliberate choice.
Liberals used the carrot to grow DEI. MAGA used the stick to end it.
Liberals boycott organisations. MAGA seizes their funding.
Liberals suspend social media accounts they dislike. MAGA deports humans they dislike.
One pressures via advocacy, the other mandates by force.
Liberals boycott organisations. MAGA seizes their funding.
Liberals suspend social media accounts they dislike. MAGA deports humans they dislike.
One pressures via advocacy, the other mandates by force.
April 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Liberals used the carrot to grow DEI. MAGA used the stick to end it.
Liberals boycott organisations. MAGA seizes their funding.
Liberals suspend social media accounts they dislike. MAGA deports humans they dislike.
One pressures via advocacy, the other mandates by force.
Liberals boycott organisations. MAGA seizes their funding.
Liberals suspend social media accounts they dislike. MAGA deports humans they dislike.
One pressures via advocacy, the other mandates by force.
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April 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Likely to be a Global North mood swing re Isreal’s territorial expansion in Gaza now that Canadian and European territory are also up for annexation by the US.
Can’t keep justifying a type of injustice when experiencing the same thing.
We continue to observe.
Can’t keep justifying a type of injustice when experiencing the same thing.
We continue to observe.
April 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Likely to be a Global North mood swing re Isreal’s territorial expansion in Gaza now that Canadian and European territory are also up for annexation by the US.
Can’t keep justifying a type of injustice when experiencing the same thing.
We continue to observe.
Can’t keep justifying a type of injustice when experiencing the same thing.
We continue to observe.
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“If you’re a law firm being threatened, you might have to say, ‘We might lose some business because we stand for a principle,‘” the Democratic former president said. www.syracuse.com/politics/202...
‘Do not get discouraged’: Obama urges universities and law firms to stand up to Trump
The former president was part of Hamilton College's Great Names series.
www.syracuse.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“If you’re a law firm being threatened, you might have to say, ‘We might lose some business because we stand for a principle,‘” the Democratic former president said. www.syracuse.com/politics/202...
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“When Trump says he would like to run for a third term, it’s not just a distraction. It’s as close as he gets to telling the truth. He is an authoritarian who hates the Constitution and wants to be in power forever.”
@atrupar.com @nberlat.bsky.social
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@atrupar.com @nberlat.bsky.social
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Trump’s third term threats are not a distraction
They are yet another authoritarian attack on the Constitution.
www.publicnotice.co
April 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“When Trump says he would like to run for a third term, it’s not just a distraction. It’s as close as he gets to telling the truth. He is an authoritarian who hates the Constitution and wants to be in power forever.”
@atrupar.com @nberlat.bsky.social
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-thir...
@atrupar.com @nberlat.bsky.social
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-thir...
Trump turns everyone into economists, security analysts, geopolitical experts, constitutional lawyers, immigration consultants, etc.
I miss when Biden was there and nobody had to start googling historical and contemporary laws and policies to understand White House decisions.
I miss when Biden was there and nobody had to start googling historical and contemporary laws and policies to understand White House decisions.
April 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Trump turns everyone into economists, security analysts, geopolitical experts, constitutional lawyers, immigration consultants, etc.
I miss when Biden was there and nobody had to start googling historical and contemporary laws and policies to understand White House decisions.
I miss when Biden was there and nobody had to start googling historical and contemporary laws and policies to understand White House decisions.
One conclusive point this year is that there is no Illuminati, no secret global cabal pulling strings and oiling the NWO.
Things are exactly as they’ve always been: the rich and powerful making self-invested decisions daily and resulting in a random, messy and arbitrary world.
Things are exactly as they’ve always been: the rich and powerful making self-invested decisions daily and resulting in a random, messy and arbitrary world.
March 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
One conclusive point this year is that there is no Illuminati, no secret global cabal pulling strings and oiling the NWO.
Things are exactly as they’ve always been: the rich and powerful making self-invested decisions daily and resulting in a random, messy and arbitrary world.
Things are exactly as they’ve always been: the rich and powerful making self-invested decisions daily and resulting in a random, messy and arbitrary world.
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The annual State Department human rights report “will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous people and corruption in government.”
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
Marco Rubio removes LGBTQ+ people & women from annual human rights report - LGBTQ Nation
He also removed sections on women, people with disabilities, and government corruption.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The annual State Department human rights report “will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous people and corruption in government.”
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
“The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”
March 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”