Greg Magarian
@gregmagarian.bsky.social
Thinks liberals are too far right, hyper-analyzes pop music and old movies, wants everyone to love Milwaukee.
Yet another blatant First Amendment violation by the Trump administration. At this point, I guess, who’s even counting?
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For ‘No Tax on Tips,’ the I.R.S. Gets Intimate
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December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Yet another blatant First Amendment violation by the Trump administration. At this point, I guess, who’s even counting?
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Almost every day, The Guardian publishes detailed, credible reports of Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity. Almost every day, The New York Times doesn’t.
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Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
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November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Almost every day, The Guardian publishes detailed, credible reports of Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity. Almost every day, The New York Times doesn’t.
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Please avoid Starbucks starting today. Union baristas are striking over employment terms and unfair labor practices. Unionizing service industries is massively important for the future of our national politics, let alone the well-being of workers.
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‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott
Unfair labor practice strike on ‘red cup day’ in over 25 cities comes amid stagnant negotiations with coffee chain
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November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Please avoid Starbucks starting today. Union baristas are striking over employment terms and unfair labor practices. Unionizing service industries is massively important for the future of our national politics, let alone the well-being of workers.
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Trump is firing non-MAGA civil servants in blatant violation of federal law. He wants the Supreme Court to validate this power grab. He must be stopped.
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Opinion | Trump v. James and Maurene Comey
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November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump is firing non-MAGA civil servants in blatant violation of federal law. He wants the Supreme Court to validate this power grab. He must be stopped.
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I really wish our country had a political system that let us align with a party that actually reflected our values. But I guess a two-party system is essential for forcing broad coalitions that marginalize extremists. Oh wait. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is the Green party’s moment – not Farage’s. As leader, I’ll offer real solutions to Britain’s problems | Zack Polanski
For too long, the richest in this country have accumulated wealth at the expense of the poorest. It can’t go on like this, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party
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September 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I really wish our country had a political system that let us align with a party that actually reflected our values. But I guess a two-party system is essential for forcing broad coalitions that marginalize extremists. Oh wait. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My Labor Day reflections on solidarity and democracy: www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...
To Defeat Authoritarianism, We Need Labor | ACS
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September 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My Labor Day reflections on solidarity and democracy: www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...
“How did big holes appear in shooting victim?”
It’s basic writing, NYT. Subject, verb, object.
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It’s basic writing, NYT. Subject, verb, object.
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How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza? (Gift Article)
Less food is going into Gaza now than during most other times in the war. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while heading toward aid sites. Many others are suffering from serious malnutrition,...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“How did big holes appear in shooting victim?”
It’s basic writing, NYT. Subject, verb, object.
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It’s basic writing, NYT. Subject, verb, object.
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Conservative Rep. Andy Ogles used images of his stillborn baby to steal money from donors.
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REVEALED: What did Andy Ogles do with nearly $25,000 meant for child burial garden? He won't say
Now, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has uncovered more questions that the freshman Republican won't answer.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Conservative Rep. Andy Ogles used images of his stillborn baby to steal money from donors.
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I wrote this essay for Governing magazine about the ominous resonance of Kent State 1970 for L.A. 2025.
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From Kent State to L.A.: Echoes of a Dark Past in Protest Crackdown
Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard against anti-deportation protesters is sadly familiar after other attacks on the First Amendment.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I wrote this essay for Governing magazine about the ominous resonance of Kent State 1970 for L.A. 2025.
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If you’re one of the people who falsely tarred last year’s overwhelmingly peaceful protests against Israeli genocide as pervasively violent, you’re a MAGA foot soldier. This is your fault.
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Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. (Gift Article)
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you’re one of the people who falsely tarred last year’s overwhelmingly peaceful protests against Israeli genocide as pervasively violent, you’re a MAGA foot soldier. This is your fault.
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“So this is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare (Gift Article)
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“So this is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Here’s a fascinating piece by Jill Lepore about the historical roots of Muskism. It connects the dots of bro culture, tech libertarianism, capital, apartheid, and fascism.
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Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk (Gift Article)
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
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April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Here’s a fascinating piece by Jill Lepore about the historical roots of Muskism. It connects the dots of bro culture, tech libertarianism, capital, apartheid, and fascism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
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Can Israel do anything that will make the liberal democratic world stand up and say “no”?
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Evidence of ‘execution-style’ killings of Palestinian aid workers by Israeli forces, doctor says
Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage
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April 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Can Israel do anything that will make the liberal democratic world stand up and say “no”?
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It’s taken Trump less than three months to tank his party. Keep fighting!
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Results 2025: Crawford vs. Schimel (Gift Article)
Get live results and maps from the 2025 Wisconsin spring elections.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It’s taken Trump less than three months to tank his party. Keep fighting!
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“If . . . universities fail to defend free speech and scientific research now, future generations could lose their treasures to creeping authoritarianism.”
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Opinion | Universities Can Afford to Fight Trump (Gift Article)
Every university president will face a choice similar to Columbia University’s in the coming months.
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March 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“If . . . universities fail to defend free speech and scientific research now, future generations could lose their treasures to creeping authoritarianism.”
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Columbia and Paul Weiss have the First Amendment squarely on their side. When they cave to Trump, it’s because they’d rather thrive under fascism than stand up for democracy.
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A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole
We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
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March 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Columbia and Paul Weiss have the First Amendment squarely on their side. When they cave to Trump, it’s because they’d rather thrive under fascism than stand up for democracy.
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I found this electoral data dive very enlightening. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
Opinion | Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won (Gift Article)
The Democratic pollster David Shor walks through what voter data reveals about the 2024 election — and how the American electorate is shifting.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I found this electoral data dive very enlightening. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
I highly recommend this essay by my friend Jeff Melnick and his daughter Jessie Lee Rubin, which links the Trump assault on DEI, the anti-Palestinian assault on free speech, and the failings of liberal anti-racism.
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How antisemitism avoided the fate of antiracism | Jeff Melnick and Jessie Lee Rubin
The promotion of Israel’s national narrative remains exempt from Trump’s wholesale attack on DEI
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March 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I highly recommend this essay by my friend Jeff Melnick and his daughter Jessie Lee Rubin, which links the Trump assault on DEI, the anti-Palestinian assault on free speech, and the failings of liberal anti-racism.
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Palestinians are human beings, and starvation by blockade is the moral equivalent of taking hostages — except that starvation by blockade affects an entire population and denies even the possibility of keeping the victims alive.
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Opinion | Palestinians in Gaza Face the ‘Gates of Hell’ as Israel and Hamas Face Off (Gift Article)
Lately it feels as if the human beings in Gaza are increasingly lost from our understanding.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Palestinians are human beings, and starvation by blockade is the moral equivalent of taking hostages — except that starvation by blockade affects an entire population and denies even the possibility of keeping the victims alive.
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