Derek Ohlms
@dohlms.bsky.social
PhD - Tertiary Education Policy
MA - Philosophy of Mind
30+ Countries & 40+ States
MA - Philosophy of Mind
30+ Countries & 40+ States
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Derek Ohlms
@dohlms.bsky.social
· Apr 28
If you're still defending “defund the police” over “demilitarize the police,” then you are either a tankie or an anarchist. Either way, you're interested in revolution, not democratic discourse to consensus. As such, I have nothing for you except the same contempt that I have for the fascists. GFY.
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Pam Bondi was a fascist hack before Trump made her attorney general. Yet the Washington Post endorsed her anyway. Media who normalize the assault on democracy are complicit in it.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
WaPo should apologize for endorsing Pam Bondi
There were plenty of red flags before she became Trump’s fascist enforcer.
www.stopthepresses.news
April 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Pam Bondi was a fascist hack before Trump made her attorney general. Yet the Washington Post endorsed her anyway. Media who normalize the assault on democracy are complicit in it.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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All of this is extremely unpopular, but it is ominous and disturbing that 57% of Republicans support sending Americans convicted of violent crimes to foreign prisons
April 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
All of this is extremely unpopular, but it is ominous and disturbing that 57% of Republicans support sending Americans convicted of violent crimes to foreign prisons
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As the old saying goes, if you owe the bank a million dollars, you have a problem, but if you owe them a billion dollars, the bank has a problem
TIL Argentina gets **one-third** of all IMF loans
April 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As the old saying goes, if you owe the bank a million dollars, you have a problem, but if you owe them a billion dollars, the bank has a problem
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Corporate Media pollsters have refused to poll Trump's actual policies because they are so unpopular & dangerous as to make the pollsters look/feel biased, instead they created sanitized & popular versions of policies based on his rhetoric that inflated his support & lied to US about his policies.
April 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Corporate Media pollsters have refused to poll Trump's actual policies because they are so unpopular & dangerous as to make the pollsters look/feel biased, instead they created sanitized & popular versions of policies based on his rhetoric that inflated his support & lied to US about his policies.
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The Trump Administration is trying to destroy the little agency that's put $21 billion back in the pockets of Americans who have been ripped off by big banks and giant corporations.
But Congress created the CFPB, and we’re fighting back.
But Congress created the CFPB, and we’re fighting back.
Congressional watchdog agency will investigate Trump’s hollowing out of CFPB | CNN Politics
A congressional watchdog agency is investigating President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CNN has learned, responding to Senate Democrats who are also de...
amp.cnn.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Trump Administration is trying to destroy the little agency that's put $21 billion back in the pockets of Americans who have been ripped off by big banks and giant corporations.
But Congress created the CFPB, and we’re fighting back.
But Congress created the CFPB, and we’re fighting back.
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Jeff Bezos, who spiked a WaPo endorsement of Harris and mugged for pictures at Trump's inauguration, wants everyone to know he does *not* bear any responsibility for this.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. The shopping site will display how much of an item’s cost is derived from tariffs – right next to the product’s total listed price.”
$AMZN
punchbowl.news/archive/4292...
$AMZN
punchbowl.news/archive/4292...
April 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Jeff Bezos, who spiked a WaPo endorsement of Harris and mugged for pictures at Trump's inauguration, wants everyone to know he does *not* bear any responsibility for this.
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Let’s please make sure that our community has ACCURATE information? I understand the concern but let’s be strategic and on point in identifying imminent threats.
Please circulate. @esglaude.bsky.social
www.si.edu/newsdesk/rel...
Please circulate. @esglaude.bsky.social
www.si.edu/newsdesk/rel...
Statement on Smithsonian Collection Items | Smithsonian Institution
Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American Hi...
www.si.edu
April 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Let’s please make sure that our community has ACCURATE information? I understand the concern but let’s be strategic and on point in identifying imminent threats.
Please circulate. @esglaude.bsky.social
www.si.edu/newsdesk/rel...
Please circulate. @esglaude.bsky.social
www.si.edu/newsdesk/rel...
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WSJ: The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
WSJ: The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
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It's really hard to overstate how hugely favored conservatives were up until two months ago.
Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.)
Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.
Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.)
Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.
April 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's really hard to overstate how hugely favored conservatives were up until two months ago.
Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.)
Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.
Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.)
Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.
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“Americans remain evenly divided on Trump's broad immigration goals… but the survey shows most people strongly disagree with unconstitutional or inhumane practices.” www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p...
Exclusive: Most Americans now see Trump as "a dangerous dictator," poll says
It's the latest sign of the president losing support for his immigration and economic policies — issues that largely fueled his election.
www.axios.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“Americans remain evenly divided on Trump's broad immigration goals… but the survey shows most people strongly disagree with unconstitutional or inhumane practices.” www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p...
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"I never thought unitary executive theory would be used against me" chuckles Chief Justice Roberts, as he is led away in handcuffs.
April 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"I never thought unitary executive theory would be used against me" chuckles Chief Justice Roberts, as he is led away in handcuffs.
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That photo looks whiter than the regular team photo
NEW: It looks like A LOT of Eagles have BOYCOTTED the White House visit.
Go Birds! 🦅👏
Apparently missing: Jalen Hurts, AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith, Brandon Graham, Darius Slay, Nolan Smith, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, CJ Gardner-Johnson, Zack Baun, Nakobe Dean, Isaiah Rodgers, Jalyx Hunt, Josh Sweat.
Go Birds! 🦅👏
Apparently missing: Jalen Hurts, AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith, Brandon Graham, Darius Slay, Nolan Smith, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, CJ Gardner-Johnson, Zack Baun, Nakobe Dean, Isaiah Rodgers, Jalyx Hunt, Josh Sweat.
April 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
That photo looks whiter than the regular team photo
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Lyndon B. Johnson believed in the power of education and insisted that the federal government needed to play an important role in ensuring that every citizen who wanted to learn could do so.
A President Who Championed American Universities
Trump’s attacks on higher education come 75 years after Lyndon B. Johnson set out to transform the sector.
foreignpolicy.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Lyndon B. Johnson believed in the power of education and insisted that the federal government needed to play an important role in ensuring that every citizen who wanted to learn could do so.
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The Butlerian Jihad is going to be led by a guy driving a wholly analog, internet-free 1970 Dodge Dart.
Simultaneously resisting the police and car insurers alike.
Simultaneously resisting the police and car insurers alike.
April 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Butlerian Jihad is going to be led by a guy driving a wholly analog, internet-free 1970 Dodge Dart.
Simultaneously resisting the police and car insurers alike.
Simultaneously resisting the police and car insurers alike.
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
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The Narcan Program Has Saved Thousands Of Lives! This Is Barbaric!
April 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The Narcan Program Has Saved Thousands Of Lives! This Is Barbaric!
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The Trump administration is open to arresting Supreme Court judges, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told it on Monday morning.
Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges
The White House press secretary is quietly warning the Supreme Court.
newrepublic.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Trump administration is open to arresting Supreme Court judges, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told it on Monday morning.
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This isn't a new product. It's an updated vaccine to account for new strains and viral evolution. Are they going to do this for all COVID and influenza vaccines yearly? Because that effectively shuts them down. There isn't enough time between identification of strains included & release of vaccine.
April 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This isn't a new product. It's an updated vaccine to account for new strains and viral evolution. Are they going to do this for all COVID and influenza vaccines yearly? Because that effectively shuts them down. There isn't enough time between identification of strains included & release of vaccine.
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Yet again Andreessen conflates being censored with being called an asshole.
April 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Yet again Andreessen conflates being censored with being called an asshole.
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Former #Florida police union president acquitted of charges he tipped off drug dealers in advance of raids. www.tampabay.com/news/breakin... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
Former Clearwater cop acquitted in corruption case
Fredrick Lise was found not guilty on charges alleging he tipped off drug dealers to an investigation.
www.tampabay.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Former #Florida police union president acquitted of charges he tipped off drug dealers in advance of raids. www.tampabay.com/news/breakin... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
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pretty fucking wild to read a story that confirms there *is* an elite cabal of some of the country's wealthiest and most influential people and they *are* coordinating strategy and tactics to try to control global opinion, it's just not any of the the cabals tinfoil hatters have always assumed
actually, no, this is what basically every single left-of-center person who is very online has thought for years, mark halperin, this is not actually surprising at all, this is just confirmation of what everyone has assumed
April 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
pretty fucking wild to read a story that confirms there *is* an elite cabal of some of the country's wealthiest and most influential people and they *are* coordinating strategy and tactics to try to control global opinion, it's just not any of the the cabals tinfoil hatters have always assumed
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#Florida residents 'looking to escape' due to rising home prices & diminishing affordability, new report says. Many are seeking more affordable southern states like Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Texas www.wptv.com/news/state/f...
Florida residents 'looking to escape' due to rising home prices & diminishing affordability, new report says
The rising cost of living in Florida seems to have many residents pondering a move out of the Sunshine State, according to a new report.
www.wptv.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
#Florida residents 'looking to escape' due to rising home prices & diminishing affordability, new report says. Many are seeking more affordable southern states like Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Texas www.wptv.com/news/state/f...
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Forgive the earnest post here, but one year ago this week, Global Tetrahedron took over The Onion. We've since brought back the paper and ONN, dramatically increased revenue, and hired more writers and artists.
But most importantly, as other places debased themselves, we refused to bend the knee.
But most importantly, as other places debased themselves, we refused to bend the knee.
April 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Forgive the earnest post here, but one year ago this week, Global Tetrahedron took over The Onion. We've since brought back the paper and ONN, dramatically increased revenue, and hired more writers and artists.
But most importantly, as other places debased themselves, we refused to bend the knee.
But most importantly, as other places debased themselves, we refused to bend the knee.