@jreedmo.bsky.social
Historian of the Native South, Five Tribes, American Education, and Social Welfare who likes spending time with some archaeologists. Citizen of the Cherokee Nation
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A big victory for the University of California.
And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.
Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.
Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A big victory for the University of California.
And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.
Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.
Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
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“But, at its heart, this has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“But, at its heart, this has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.”
“This is a corruption crisis.” I woke up to this thought this morning. Will we have the political will and will the next round of leaders be creative enough to carve a new path forward to protect our systems and our democracy from this level of rot?
Jack Schlossberg talks Kennedy legacy and the fact that Trump’s trying to dismantle it… damn🔥
“He’s so obsessed with the…Kennedy name…that he caged one and put… a rabid dog in his cabinet. put a collar on my cousin RFK Junior and has him there, barking, spreading lies and spreading misinformation.”
“He’s so obsessed with the…Kennedy name…that he caged one and put… a rabid dog in his cabinet. put a collar on my cousin RFK Junior and has him there, barking, spreading lies and spreading misinformation.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“This is a corruption crisis.” I woke up to this thought this morning. Will we have the political will and will the next round of leaders be creative enough to carve a new path forward to protect our systems and our democracy from this level of rot?
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Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
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One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
“Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, the newly elected USCCB president, spoke in strong support of the statement before the vote.”
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, the newly elected USCCB president, spoke in strong support of the statement before the vote.”
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Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
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A classic example of the inversions of settler colonialism: the settler becomes the native and the Indigenous person becomes an outsider on their own land.
The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn't be turned over to federal immigration authorities
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Native American ICE detainer mistake nearly leads to deportation of Arizona tribal member after Iowa jail clerical error
azmirror.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A classic example of the inversions of settler colonialism: the settler becomes the native and the Indigenous person becomes an outsider on their own land.
Amen.
Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Amen.
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The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted. www.wired.com/story/dhs-ke...
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted. www.wired.com/story/dhs-ke...
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Remember the Republicans’ Rural Health Fund? It’s a Joke.
The $50 billion pot will be spread so thinly, with questionable goals ranging from tech innovation to MAHA, that it looks unlikely to save rural hospitals that are at risk of closure.
The $50 billion pot will be spread so thinly, with questionable goals ranging from tech innovation to MAHA, that it looks unlikely to save rural hospitals that are at risk of closure.
Remember the Republicans’ Rural Health Fund? It’s a Joke.
The $50 billion pot will be spread so thinly, with questionable goals ranging from tech innovation to MAHA, that it looks unlikely to save rural hospitals that are at risk of closure.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Remember the Republicans’ Rural Health Fund? It’s a Joke.
The $50 billion pot will be spread so thinly, with questionable goals ranging from tech innovation to MAHA, that it looks unlikely to save rural hospitals that are at risk of closure.
The $50 billion pot will be spread so thinly, with questionable goals ranging from tech innovation to MAHA, that it looks unlikely to save rural hospitals that are at risk of closure.
Of course it would be the Dem Party’s feckless leaders to bring us down and steal some more hope after last Tuesday’s elections.
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Chuck Schumer Needs to Go
The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Of course it would be the Dem Party’s feckless leaders to bring us down and steal some more hope after last Tuesday’s elections.
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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The craziest part is that Republicans could’ve ended the shutdown on their own anytime they wanted. 50 senators is all it would take.
But they didn’t feel like it. Which is accepted as a premise, so fixing things becomes Democrats’ responsibility, and apparently enough Democratic senators agree.
But they didn’t feel like it. Which is accepted as a premise, so fixing things becomes Democrats’ responsibility, and apparently enough Democratic senators agree.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The craziest part is that Republicans could’ve ended the shutdown on their own anytime they wanted. 50 senators is all it would take.
But they didn’t feel like it. Which is accepted as a premise, so fixing things becomes Democrats’ responsibility, and apparently enough Democratic senators agree.
But they didn’t feel like it. Which is accepted as a premise, so fixing things becomes Democrats’ responsibility, and apparently enough Democratic senators agree.
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The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
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November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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she called it
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
she called it
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Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
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If I were @schumer.senate.gov, I would not agree to help Republicans fund this regime on the "promise" of an ACA vote at a later date. It didn't work the last time when they promised to fund DC. It won't work this time either. The House won't touch it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If I were @schumer.senate.gov, I would not agree to help Republicans fund this regime on the "promise" of an ACA vote at a later date. It didn't work the last time when they promised to fund DC. It won't work this time either. The House won't touch it.
Native nations, too.
Blue states are coming through to make the SNAP benefit payments.
FOR ONCE can Dems actually come together and make sure people know that their benefits are coming their blue state leaders!
Because you KNOW the asshole is going to take credit for it!!
You KNOW IT!
FOR ONCE can Dems actually come together and make sure people know that their benefits are coming their blue state leaders!
Because you KNOW the asshole is going to take credit for it!!
You KNOW IT!
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Native nations, too.
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As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
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Mississippi Democrats made significant gains in the legislative special elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, flipping two Mississippi Senate seats, one Mississippi House seat and breaking the Republican super majority in the Mississippi Senate.
Here's a look at the results in each district.
Here's a look at the results in each district.
Mississippi Special Election Results: Democrats Flip 3 Seats
Mississippi Democrats made significant gains in the legislative special elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, flipping two Senate seats and one House seat.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Mississippi Democrats made significant gains in the legislative special elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, flipping two Mississippi Senate seats, one Mississippi House seat and breaking the Republican super majority in the Mississippi Senate.
Here's a look at the results in each district.
Here's a look at the results in each district.
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ICE is now at food banks in Chicago.
I just can’t with this cruelty. It’s relentless. Fucking monsters and goons.
I just can’t with this cruelty. It’s relentless. Fucking monsters and goons.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ICE is now at food banks in Chicago.
I just can’t with this cruelty. It’s relentless. Fucking monsters and goons.
I just can’t with this cruelty. It’s relentless. Fucking monsters and goons.
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Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a Republican-held seat.
Her victory means Democrats could be on the verge of breaking the Republican Party’s supermajority in the upper legislative chamber.
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Her victory means Democrats could be on the verge of breaking the Republican Party’s supermajority in the upper legislative chamber.
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Democrat Theresa Gillespie Isom Flips GOP-Held Mississippi Senate Seat in North Mississippi
Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a GOP-held seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a Republican-held seat.
Her victory means Democrats could be on the verge of breaking the Republican Party’s supermajority in the upper legislative chamber.
buff.ly/oW1ugOe
Her victory means Democrats could be on the verge of breaking the Republican Party’s supermajority in the upper legislative chamber.
buff.ly/oW1ugOe