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If only there were some way for the Communications Minister to address the UN without the cost of having to travel there…
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If only there were some way for the Communications Minister to address the UN without the cost of having to travel there…
In French is it VousTube or TuTube?
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In French is it VousTube or TuTube?
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HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
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The way I view this is, we know inherently that the law will not save us but that doesn't mean you still can't use it to slow them down. Make them work for it. Do not give them power they do not have. Make them fight for every inch of power.
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The way I view this is, we know inherently that the law will not save us but that doesn't mean you still can't use it to slow them down. Make them work for it. Do not give them power they do not have. Make them fight for every inch of power.
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A disorienting moment: Trump is consolidating autocratic power in areas where there's an easy path to do so. But in other areas he's facing deep institutional resistance and people are refusing to abandon the rule of law. Here he's weak and failing.
Thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
September 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A disorienting moment: Trump is consolidating autocratic power in areas where there's an easy path to do so. But in other areas he's facing deep institutional resistance and people are refusing to abandon the rule of law. Here he's weak and failing.
Thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
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Republicans: "transgenderism must be eradicated."
Trans people: "they're trying to eradicate us."
Republicans: "Saying we want to eradicate you is violent extremism."
Trans people: "they're trying to eradicate us."
Republicans: "Saying we want to eradicate you is violent extremism."
The Heritage Foundation is going after me this morning calling me a terrorist because I am accurately stating what they are intending to do. Michael Knowles at CPAC explicitly called for the "eradication of transgenderism."
I'll continue to speak the truth of what is being done to my community.
I'll continue to speak the truth of what is being done to my community.
September 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Republicans: "transgenderism must be eradicated."
Trans people: "they're trying to eradicate us."
Republicans: "Saying we want to eradicate you is violent extremism."
Trans people: "they're trying to eradicate us."
Republicans: "Saying we want to eradicate you is violent extremism."
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This is far beyond occasional critique, it's stalker behavior. When I was representing survivors of domestic violence and trafficking in NYC, this is the kind of red flag that would be used to secure an order of protection in family court.
September 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is far beyond occasional critique, it's stalker behavior. When I was representing survivors of domestic violence and trafficking in NYC, this is the kind of red flag that would be used to secure an order of protection in family court.
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Benjamin Ryan continues to obsessively post about everything I say on here. You can search my name on Twitter and his posts make up the majority. He's the only person on a site of hundreds of millions obsessing over me like this. It's creepy as hell.
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Benjamin Ryan continues to obsessively post about everything I say on here. You can search my name on Twitter and his posts make up the majority. He's the only person on a site of hundreds of millions obsessing over me like this. It's creepy as hell.
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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What Alabama did here is entirely reminiscent of what they did to civil rights attorneys in the 1950's. It's history rhyming.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How federal judges put a trans civil rights lawyer under criminal investigation
An "ego driven, petty" attack targets attorneys who fought a transgender care ban in Alabama.
www.motherjones.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What Alabama did here is entirely reminiscent of what they did to civil rights attorneys in the 1950's. It's history rhyming.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Breaking Silence, Former University President Claudine Gay Blasts Harvard’s ‘Compliance’ With White House Demands
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Breaking Silence, Former University President Claudine Gay Blasts Harvard’s ‘Compliance’ With White House Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson
In a rare address two years after her resignation, former University President Claudine Gay issued a blistering rebuke of Harvard in Amsterdam on Sept. 3, accusing her successor of surrendering to Don...
www.thecrimson.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Breaking Silence, Former University President Claudine Gay Blasts Harvard’s ‘Compliance’ With White House Demands
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest."
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
May 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest."
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
Each year we could just take the top 100 Billionaires on The Long Walk. Drop below 3mph and your money is distributed to charity. Winner keeps what they have. Televised and livestreamed of course.
September 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Each year we could just take the top 100 Billionaires on The Long Walk. Drop below 3mph and your money is distributed to charity. Winner keeps what they have. Televised and livestreamed of course.
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Again: The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power. (@taxgreed.bsky.social)
September 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Again: The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power. (@taxgreed.bsky.social)
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Jeff Bezos will be censoring progressive opinions at the Washington Post. He says so himself today.
So ditch the Post and support independent journalism:
Zeteo.com/subscribe
So ditch the Post and support independent journalism:
Zeteo.com/subscribe
February 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Jeff Bezos will be censoring progressive opinions at the Washington Post. He says so himself today.
So ditch the Post and support independent journalism:
Zeteo.com/subscribe
So ditch the Post and support independent journalism:
Zeteo.com/subscribe
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UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.”
Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.”
Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
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So many people feel overwhelmed while scrolling and there’s a reason for that. Bots are a large part of the problem. We’ve been breaking down how to spot them. After tracking bot groups that push narratives and attacks, we found some common traits:
September 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
So many people feel overwhelmed while scrolling and there’s a reason for that. Bots are a large part of the problem. We’ve been breaking down how to spot them. After tracking bot groups that push narratives and attacks, we found some common traits:
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INTERCEPT: “A bill by House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Brian Mast (R) is ringing alarm bells for civil liberties advocates who say it would let Rubio revoke passports of AMERICAN CITIZENS…”
(Mast memorably wore an IDF uniform on Capitol Hill) theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
(Mast memorably wore an IDF uniform on Capitol Hill) theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
September 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
INTERCEPT: “A bill by House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Brian Mast (R) is ringing alarm bells for civil liberties advocates who say it would let Rubio revoke passports of AMERICAN CITIZENS…”
(Mast memorably wore an IDF uniform on Capitol Hill) theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
(Mast memorably wore an IDF uniform on Capitol Hill) theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
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I spoke to @theintercept.com about a bonkers bill that would let Marco Rubio, who thinks pro-Palestine op-ed writers are terrorists, revoke passports for whoever he deems a supporter of terrorism.
It would also let a future Democratic administration target those it dislikes the same way.
It would also let a future Democratic administration target those it dislikes the same way.
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
theintercept.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I spoke to @theintercept.com about a bonkers bill that would let Marco Rubio, who thinks pro-Palestine op-ed writers are terrorists, revoke passports for whoever he deems a supporter of terrorism.
It would also let a future Democratic administration target those it dislikes the same way.
It would also let a future Democratic administration target those it dislikes the same way.
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like their marine unit is *called* something badass like The Fighting Thunder Tigers 277th Division but what they actually do is rebuild a struggling small town movie theater so a girl who moved away to the big city can come home and inherit it and meet the love of her life
September 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
like their marine unit is *called* something badass like The Fighting Thunder Tigers 277th Division but what they actually do is rebuild a struggling small town movie theater so a girl who moved away to the big city can come home and inherit it and meet the love of her life
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anyway my solution for man control is we make the army much bigger but we use most of it as basically a dumb young dude daycare where they get to shoot guns and march around and stuff but we actually don’t send them to war to come back traumatized they just do useful work until they grow up
September 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
anyway my solution for man control is we make the army much bigger but we use most of it as basically a dumb young dude daycare where they get to shoot guns and march around and stuff but we actually don’t send them to war to come back traumatized they just do useful work until they grow up
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Marco Rubio wants the power to revoke the passports of anyone caught criticizing the Leader. Compare: Gesetz zum Schutze des deutschen Blutes und der deutschen Ehre, Sep 15, 1935, which does the same thing and appears to be taken as a model.
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
theintercept.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Marco Rubio wants the power to revoke the passports of anyone caught criticizing the Leader. Compare: Gesetz zum Schutze des deutschen Blutes und der deutschen Ehre, Sep 15, 1935, which does the same thing and appears to be taken as a model.
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Free speech advocates fear a new bill could let the Secretary of State strip passports from US citizens based on their speech. "Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say," one said.
www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-t...
www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-t...
New 'Thought Policing' Bill May Let Rubio Strip Passports from US Citizens Over Political Speech | Common Dreams
Free speech advocates fear a new bill could let the Secretary of State strip passports from US citizens based on their speech. "Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters bas...
www.commondreams.org
September 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Free speech advocates fear a new bill could let the Secretary of State strip passports from US citizens based on their speech. "Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say," one said.
www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-t...
www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-t...
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I hope you all read this from me.
To describe the current state of the world as a daily show of deepening horrors is a massive understatement.
However, I read something today that I think more people should see and read.
I hope she doesn't mind my me sharing it here.
I'd rather be an X-Men by @gailsimone.bsky.social
However, I read something today that I think more people should see and read.
I hope she doesn't mind my me sharing it here.
I'd rather be an X-Men by @gailsimone.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hope you all read this from me.