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Ben LaPoe
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Ph.D. - Media and Public Affairs
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.
October 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Someone should do a FOIA request for the raw footage of the videos they took of that Chicago raid and then edited into a fascist ad for ICE.
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Similar messages went up on other government sites, all in violation of the law. If you think this makes you look less culpable, Donald, you’re sorely mistaken.
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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“If you can’t honor a man by quoting him directly because his own words seem disparaging to his legacy, then perhaps you shouldn’t try to honor him at all.” Watch my latest here: www.youtube.com/live/2Mv50KZ...
September 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Many oil company executives celebrated Donald Trump's return to the White House. But now expectations of higher profits are fading amid fears of a recession.
Oil companies expected a big business boom under Trump. Now they're worried
Many oil company executives celebrated Donald Trump's return to the White House. But now expectations of higher profits are fading amid fears of a recession.
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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NPR has been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the bridge, including American citizen children.
Wrong turn leads to hundreds of immigrant arrests at the Detroit-Canada border bridge
NPR has for months been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the ...
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.

"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."

www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada
Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont
www.nbcboston.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Doctor and Professor Is Deported from US Despite a Judge’s Order: Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order. #USA #academicsky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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This Congresswoman is from New Mexico.
January 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Jimmy Carter's funeral is today. I thought I'd look at an important part of his legacy.

His anti-racism galvanized white evangelicals and revealed their ugly views decades before MAGA.

www.salon.com/2025/01/09/h...
Evangelicals loved Jimmy Carter — until his anti-racism turned them against him
The religious right began with white supremacy — which is why their love of Trump was predictable
www.salon.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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When fascism arrives in America it won’t know how to spell it.
December 1, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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This is good advice on delivering a good lecture. #academicsky
Old Yale Teaching Center Post: How to spend less time preparing better lectures

Specify learning goals 1st; Cover less content; Let students do some work; Don’t reinvent wheel; Prepare an outline not a script; Embrace imperfection
#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
yalegtc.blogspot.com/2013/02/norm...
How to spend less time preparing better lectures
Erica De Bruin Advice for new faculty suggests that, when lecturing on material that is familiar to you, you...
yalegtc.blogspot.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Find your tribe: bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
This tool is really great!
#AcademicSky
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 19, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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This election result isn't about Dem messaging.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance
Let's stop pretending
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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When you think about it, it’s quite on brand for the GOP to seek to protect alleged pedophiles among them by preventing the truth from ever seeing the light of day.

Eh hmm, Jim Jordan (cough).
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM