Todd Finney
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Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
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“Superman is too woke!”
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Superman is too woke!”
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Hours after ICE became the highest federal law enforcement agency in America history (and likely in world history), the Supreme Court lifts the last obstacle to ICE deporting people to any random country around the world, even in conflict zones or where migrants are enslaved.
Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor & Jackson (and a rare concurrence from Justice Kagan), #SCOTUS "clarifies" that its 6/23 ruling staying a district court's injunction against third-country removals *also* applies to the district court's later order requiring a remedy for those already removed:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hours after ICE became the highest federal law enforcement agency in America history (and likely in world history), the Supreme Court lifts the last obstacle to ICE deporting people to any random country around the world, even in conflict zones or where migrants are enslaved.
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they’ve gone from “clearly uniformed” to “partially uniformed” to “in no way identifiable” in like three weeks
Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
June 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
they’ve gone from “clearly uniformed” to “partially uniformed” to “in no way identifiable” in like three weeks
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I once convinced Paul Giamatti that I was both born in Osaka and was Roy Orbison's daughter.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I once convinced Paul Giamatti that I was both born in Osaka and was Roy Orbison's daughter.
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Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
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May I present the mascot for the Halifax Oyster Festival, Pearl
June 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
May I present the mascot for the Halifax Oyster Festival, Pearl
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Ernst’s “we’re all going to die” comment wasn’t a gaffe — which is why she is refusing to apologize.
It’s part of the larger Christian right war on empathy.
www.salon.com/2025/06/04/j...
It’s part of the larger Christian right war on empathy.
www.salon.com/2025/06/04/j...
Joni Ernst spins "we're all going to die" as Christian compassion
Evangelicals in the MAGA era call empathy a "sin"
www.salon.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Ernst’s “we’re all going to die” comment wasn’t a gaffe — which is why she is refusing to apologize.
It’s part of the larger Christian right war on empathy.
www.salon.com/2025/06/04/j...
It’s part of the larger Christian right war on empathy.
www.salon.com/2025/06/04/j...
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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
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Martin became too dangerous when he became more militant & uncompromising.
Malcolm became too dangerous when he realized we need working class unity, even with wyatt peephole.
It was never either/or.
They were never truly at odds (fr, look it up).
It is always both.
Malcolm became too dangerous when he realized we need working class unity, even with wyatt peephole.
It was never either/or.
They were never truly at odds (fr, look it up).
It is always both.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Martin became too dangerous when he became more militant & uncompromising.
Malcolm became too dangerous when he realized we need working class unity, even with wyatt peephole.
It was never either/or.
They were never truly at odds (fr, look it up).
It is always both.
Malcolm became too dangerous when he realized we need working class unity, even with wyatt peephole.
It was never either/or.
They were never truly at odds (fr, look it up).
It is always both.
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I'm looking sideways at people who say we all have to be peaceful AND those who say everybody's gma has to pick up a Kalashnikov and run at Pennsylvania Ave.
We need everybody & every tactic. Stay in your lane, do your work, divest from the system, & live every day like you know what's at stake.
We need everybody & every tactic. Stay in your lane, do your work, divest from the system, & live every day like you know what's at stake.
May 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I'm looking sideways at people who say we all have to be peaceful AND those who say everybody's gma has to pick up a Kalashnikov and run at Pennsylvania Ave.
We need everybody & every tactic. Stay in your lane, do your work, divest from the system, & live every day like you know what's at stake.
We need everybody & every tactic. Stay in your lane, do your work, divest from the system, & live every day like you know what's at stake.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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STEWART: “Trump’s gonna take a $400 MILLION jet from people he would expel from Columbia University.” #SwampForceOne ✈️
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
STEWART: “Trump’s gonna take a $400 MILLION jet from people he would expel from Columbia University.” #SwampForceOne ✈️
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Reposting this excellent and highly relevant clip as I wait to watch Andor
May 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Reposting this excellent and highly relevant clip as I wait to watch Andor
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#Andor makes me want to rip my heart out but also run through a brick wall but also punch a fascist but also tell everyone in my life how much I love them
May 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
#Andor makes me want to rip my heart out but also run through a brick wall but also punch a fascist but also tell everyone in my life how much I love them
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The White House are such big Star Wars fans that they gave Trump a red lightsaber while trying to claim he's the good guy.
May 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The White House are such big Star Wars fans that they gave Trump a red lightsaber while trying to claim he's the good guy.
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They used to do this covertly, but now that they're trying to make free speech illegal, they have to make it clear.
Actual antisemitism won't be policed. Criticism of Israel will be.
And considering the age we're in, it's not just that. *All* dissent will be policed. That's what this really is.
Actual antisemitism won't be policed. Criticism of Israel will be.
And considering the age we're in, it's not just that. *All* dissent will be policed. That's what this really is.
SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives.
New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
More ⬇️
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New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
More ⬇️
forward.com/fast-forward...
Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.
forward.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
They used to do this covertly, but now that they're trying to make free speech illegal, they have to make it clear.
Actual antisemitism won't be policed. Criticism of Israel will be.
And considering the age we're in, it's not just that. *All* dissent will be policed. That's what this really is.
Actual antisemitism won't be policed. Criticism of Israel will be.
And considering the age we're in, it's not just that. *All* dissent will be policed. That's what this really is.
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Part of the reason that so many of us are spinning our wheels trying to figure out how to beat fascism and coming up empty is that the nature of fascism has evolved drastically.
To beat it, we need to keep up.
My latest. It is very long. Because this is the most important piece I've ever written.
To beat it, we need to keep up.
My latest. It is very long. Because this is the most important piece I've ever written.
21st Century Fascism is Democratic
A deep dive into the evolution of fascism. And how understanding that evolution is the key to defeating it.
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Part of the reason that so many of us are spinning our wheels trying to figure out how to beat fascism and coming up empty is that the nature of fascism has evolved drastically.
To beat it, we need to keep up.
My latest. It is very long. Because this is the most important piece I've ever written.
To beat it, we need to keep up.
My latest. It is very long. Because this is the most important piece I've ever written.
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So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)
April 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)
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Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
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I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.