Renee Moreno
@rmm61794.bsky.social
I am a professor at California State University Northridge. My research is on storytelling and I hold a PhD from the Joint program of English and education at the University of Michigan. I am a graduate of the University of Colorado Denver.
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Today’s tragedy at the Dallas ICE Field Office shows how dangerous anti-immigrant rhetoric has become. Words that dehumanize don’t just poison politics — they fuel violence. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones as we work with officials for clarity and accountability.
September 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today’s tragedy at the Dallas ICE Field Office shows how dangerous anti-immigrant rhetoric has become. Words that dehumanize don’t just poison politics — they fuel violence. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones as we work with officials for clarity and accountability.
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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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That Kamala interview was heart breaking because it's one of the few times that I've ever seen a national political figure say the system is broken and that trying to work within it to change things probably wont work.
August 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
That Kamala interview was heart breaking because it's one of the few times that I've ever seen a national political figure say the system is broken and that trying to work within it to change things probably wont work.
That is funny.
July 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
That is funny.
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A legal permanent resident researching cures for Lyme disease has been detained by immigration officials for over a week.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
July 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A legal permanent resident researching cures for Lyme disease has been detained by immigration officials for over a week.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
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This from NY'S lieutenant governor is maybe the best take on the Democrats I've read yet (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
Opinion | Democrats, This Is Our Moment to Lead. We Can’t Blow It.
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This from NY'S lieutenant governor is maybe the best take on the Democrats I've read yet (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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I really want us to sit and consider that the Department of Justice is using their time and resources to read faculty senate statements that support having a diverse faculty.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Report: DOJ Investigating George Mason Faculty Senate
The Justice Department is now investigating the Faculty Senate at George Mason University after the panel backed the university president and affirmed that “diversity is our strength,” The New York Ti...
www.insidehighered.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I really want us to sit and consider that the Department of Justice is using their time and resources to read faculty senate statements that support having a diverse faculty.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Yep.
In the era of the fascist MAGA regime, the FAA has a shortage of over 3,000 air traffic controllers which of course puts everyone in mortal danger.
I never saw any of these catastrophic problems whilst Secretary Pete Buttigieg was in charge of Transportation.
I never saw any of these catastrophic problems whilst Secretary Pete Buttigieg was in charge of Transportation.
July 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Yep.
We have talked about this in our department. But for the usual dysfunction…
I can't envision a Fall semester (and maybe next 3 years?) in which we're not teaching hybrid (because of ICE). Other than going fully online, I don't see an equitable alternative
July 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We have talked about this in our department. But for the usual dysfunction…
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At 16, Barbara Johns (b. 1935) led a strike for equal education in her Virginia high school & filed a law suit that was foundational to the historic 1954 Brown decision. She survived Klan harassment & championed American democracy & equal rights.
July 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
At 16, Barbara Johns (b. 1935) led a strike for equal education in her Virginia high school & filed a law suit that was foundational to the historic 1954 Brown decision. She survived Klan harassment & championed American democracy & equal rights.
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The cruelty of the Trump administration will be its undoing.
“When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.“ — Thomas Jefferson
“When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.“ — Thomas Jefferson
July 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The cruelty of the Trump administration will be its undoing.
“When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.“ — Thomas Jefferson
“When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.“ — Thomas Jefferson
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This is the first known test of whether anti-abortion activists can use federal court lawsuits to circumvent state shield laws that have enabled abortion providers to mail abortion pills to banned states. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He’s suing his girlfriend’s doctor for prescribing abortion pills. Could this gut access everywhere?
Texas lawyer Jonathan Mitchell is going after a California doctor, Here’s why that’s terrifying.
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July 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is the first known test of whether anti-abortion activists can use federal court lawsuits to circumvent state shield laws that have enabled abortion providers to mail abortion pills to banned states. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
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Rest in peace, sir. You will be missed.
PBS Kids Shares Poignant Tribute To 'Magic School Bus' Star Malcolm-Jamal Warner After His Death
Rest in peace, sir. You will be missed.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Rest in peace, sir. You will be missed.
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Absolutely surreal to watch White House reporters ask Leavitt questions about tariffs moments after she and Gabbard used this briefing to baselessly accuse Obama of crimes punishable by death. We’re a sick joke of a country.
July 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Absolutely surreal to watch White House reporters ask Leavitt questions about tariffs moments after she and Gabbard used this briefing to baselessly accuse Obama of crimes punishable by death. We’re a sick joke of a country.
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Let that sink in for a sec.
July 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Let that sink in for a sec.
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A 53 yo California case against overzealous DEA agents provides local law enforcement means to disrupt ICE excesses
"In his Clifton v. Cox ruling, U.S. Judge Stanley Conti wrote that federal law enforcement officials could be prosecuted for state & local crimes...
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"In his Clifton v. Cox ruling, U.S. Judge Stanley Conti wrote that federal law enforcement officials could be prosecuted for state & local crimes...
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How can California stop ICE overreach? The answer might lie in a 1972 case from Humboldt County
OPINION: Might the answer to Los Angeles’ present emergency — how to stop masked federal agents from seizing its people — lie in a half-century-old story from Humboldt County?
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July 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A 53 yo California case against overzealous DEA agents provides local law enforcement means to disrupt ICE excesses
"In his Clifton v. Cox ruling, U.S. Judge Stanley Conti wrote that federal law enforcement officials could be prosecuted for state & local crimes...
share.google/wRixvo5bCXvC...
"In his Clifton v. Cox ruling, U.S. Judge Stanley Conti wrote that federal law enforcement officials could be prosecuted for state & local crimes...
share.google/wRixvo5bCXvC...
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Love that me and senior officials have this in common; thinking Bovino looks ridiculous in his Twitter profile picture.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Love that me and senior officials have this in common; thinking Bovino looks ridiculous in his Twitter profile picture.
I like big books and I cannot lie… all 846 pages of them and with really small typeface. Really small.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I like big books and I cannot lie… all 846 pages of them and with really small typeface. Really small.
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ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants
ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants
"They want to be doing this with no witnesses."
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July 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants