@mardifuller.bsky.social
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.
You don't have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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Say. This.
Also 54% of Black people live in the South. They did not vote for this.
Also 54% of Black people live in the South. They did not vote for this.
When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
September 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Say. This.
Also 54% of Black people live in the South. They did not vote for this.
Also 54% of Black people live in the South. They did not vote for this.
So tired of this energy 🙄
I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.
July 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So tired of this energy 🙄
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I’m trying to come up with this “34 million able bodied people on Medicaid” figure they keep tossing around. This is roughly half the number of recipients. 64% of Medicaid recipients work either full or part time. The rest are retired, disabled, children, or caregivers. It doesn’t math.
July 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’m trying to come up with this “34 million able bodied people on Medicaid” figure they keep tossing around. This is roughly half the number of recipients. 64% of Medicaid recipients work either full or part time. The rest are retired, disabled, children, or caregivers. It doesn’t math.
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This month as The Emancipator examines the idea of liberation and pride, we spoke with Kimberlé Crenshaw, an author, civil rights advocate, and critical race theorist about co-opting “woke” terminology, book bans, and the Trump administration’s attempts at cultural erasure.
June 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This month as The Emancipator examines the idea of liberation and pride, we spoke with Kimberlé Crenshaw, an author, civil rights advocate, and critical race theorist about co-opting “woke” terminology, book bans, and the Trump administration’s attempts at cultural erasure.
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This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
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Not normal
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Not normal
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ICE agents on Martha's Vineyard earlier today.
May 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
ICE agents on Martha's Vineyard earlier today.
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Most people seem to grasp that cutting Medicare and Medicaid is bad for people (hideously so).
But I don’t think people grasp that they are, quite literally, the financial scaffolding of the entire healthcare system.
But I don’t think people grasp that they are, quite literally, the financial scaffolding of the entire healthcare system.
May 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Most people seem to grasp that cutting Medicare and Medicaid is bad for people (hideously so).
But I don’t think people grasp that they are, quite literally, the financial scaffolding of the entire healthcare system.
But I don’t think people grasp that they are, quite literally, the financial scaffolding of the entire healthcare system.
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Via "One First," me on why Stephen Miller's riff on suspending habeas corpus is not just factually and legally wrong (in multiple respects), but reflects a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration's rhetorical attacks on the courts:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
148. Suspending Habeas Corpus
In response to adverse rulings in numerous immigration cases, Stephen Miller is raising the specter of suspending habeas. His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it's worth explaining *why.*
www.stevevladeck.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Via "One First," me on why Stephen Miller's riff on suspending habeas corpus is not just factually and legally wrong (in multiple respects), but reflects a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration's rhetorical attacks on the courts:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
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Academia should resist the trap media fell into, interpreting bad faith, politicized attacks—typically accusing an entire industry based on a handful of anecdotes, some of which don’t stand up to scrutiny—as evidence of a real problem that’s academia’s own fault.
That bad faith cannot be satisfied.
That bad faith cannot be satisfied.
May 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Academia should resist the trap media fell into, interpreting bad faith, politicized attacks—typically accusing an entire industry based on a handful of anecdotes, some of which don’t stand up to scrutiny—as evidence of a real problem that’s academia’s own fault.
That bad faith cannot be satisfied.
That bad faith cannot be satisfied.
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Will just leave this here
April 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Will just leave this here
Make him famous 🤬
"Magistrate Judge" Stephen C. Dries signed the arrest warrant to arrest another judge in Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan. She was charged with obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. #GestapoJudge #NurembergNow
www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
April 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Make him famous 🤬
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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Today is #IndependentBookstoreDay! If you are unable to pop in to a store, then find a few moments today to order a book online. Or grab tickets for an upcoming book event. Or post about a bookstore. Or do something else. Today is the day to show our love for our local independent bookstores. 🫶🏿
April 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Today is #IndependentBookstoreDay! If you are unable to pop in to a store, then find a few moments today to order a book online. Or grab tickets for an upcoming book event. Or post about a bookstore. Or do something else. Today is the day to show our love for our local independent bookstores. 🫶🏿
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The Miami Herald is doing remarkable public service journalism on deported Venezuelans and the crimes being committed against them. Almost like news institutions that are located in and around the communities they serve end up being accountable for serving those communities
April 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Miami Herald is doing remarkable public service journalism on deported Venezuelans and the crimes being committed against them. Almost like news institutions that are located in and around the communities they serve end up being accountable for serving those communities
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CEO to worker pay in:
1989 ➡️ 61:1
2025 ➡️ 399:1
Current Target CEO to worker pay:
‼️719:1‼️
So no, we’re STILL not shopping at Target.
1989 ➡️ 61:1
2025 ➡️ 399:1
Current Target CEO to worker pay:
‼️719:1‼️
So no, we’re STILL not shopping at Target.
April 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
CEO to worker pay in:
1989 ➡️ 61:1
2025 ➡️ 399:1
Current Target CEO to worker pay:
‼️719:1‼️
So no, we’re STILL not shopping at Target.
1989 ➡️ 61:1
2025 ➡️ 399:1
Current Target CEO to worker pay:
‼️719:1‼️
So no, we’re STILL not shopping at Target.
Tomorrow at Harvard!
April 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Tomorrow at Harvard!
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"The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph."
April 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph."
Take a moment for joy
April 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Take a moment for joy
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
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Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."