Flat Circle
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Saying here the things I can’t say there
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@mikiesherrill.bsky.social @repsherrill.bsky.social why do I keep seeing comments like these about your campaign?
September 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social @repsherrill.bsky.social why do I keep seeing comments like these about your campaign?
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The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
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putting aside the trans rights issues specifically (lol), I think part of what has me so frustrated with the Newsom thing is that Pritzker, Walz, and Zohran are putting on clinics for a popular, progressive politics and we’re wasting time talking about this used car salesman ass goblin.
August 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
putting aside the trans rights issues specifically (lol), I think part of what has me so frustrated with the Newsom thing is that Pritzker, Walz, and Zohran are putting on clinics for a popular, progressive politics and we’re wasting time talking about this used car salesman ass goblin.
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I was in front of the federal building when this happened and while I admittedly wasn’t at the front of the line closest to the cops, I didn’t hear a dispersal order. We just saw people starting to run towards us followed by cops on horses and cops shooting munitions of some kind.
Los Angeles police used tear gas and crowd-control munitions to break up protests after issuing a 4 p.m. dispersal order for downtown, where a major demonstration against the Trump administration gave way to another night of smaller but raucous protests against recent immigration raids.
Police Clash With Protesters After Anti-Trump Rally in Downtown Los Angeles
With the downtown facing an 8 p.m. curfew, the Los Angeles police began using tear gas and crowd-control munitions to break up protests after issuing a dispersal order.
trib.al
June 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I was in front of the federal building when this happened and while I admittedly wasn’t at the front of the line closest to the cops, I didn’t hear a dispersal order. We just saw people starting to run towards us followed by cops on horses and cops shooting munitions of some kind.
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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
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Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
My neighbor still has an Irish flag up from St Pattys. There are Ukrainian flags peppering my town. If someone sees a Mexican flag at a protest and goes well
I guess I support renditions to foreign gulags now, they were not persuadable to begin with, and insisting they are is part of how we got here
I guess I support renditions to foreign gulags now, they were not persuadable to begin with, and insisting they are is part of how we got here
June 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
My neighbor still has an Irish flag up from St Pattys. There are Ukrainian flags peppering my town. If someone sees a Mexican flag at a protest and goes well
I guess I support renditions to foreign gulags now, they were not persuadable to begin with, and insisting they are is part of how we got here
I guess I support renditions to foreign gulags now, they were not persuadable to begin with, and insisting they are is part of how we got here
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NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Just putting this here so we can use it when it happens.
March 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Just putting this here so we can use it when it happens.
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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
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I worry this ruling will get SCOTUS headlines like “SCOTUS STANDS UP TO TRUMP!” But unless and until they ensure that the admin will make meaningful efforts - and really interrogate claims that admin can’t make it happen - I think people need to stay focused on this, demand return, & apply pressure
April 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I worry this ruling will get SCOTUS headlines like “SCOTUS STANDS UP TO TRUMP!” But unless and until they ensure that the admin will make meaningful efforts - and really interrogate claims that admin can’t make it happen - I think people need to stay focused on this, demand return, & apply pressure
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At least now I understand how he bankrupted a casino
April 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
At least now I understand how he bankrupted a casino
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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I need everyone to focus on winning at least one house of Congress in 2026, not ideological fights within the anti-MAGA coalition about the presidential election in 2028.
March 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I need everyone to focus on winning at least one house of Congress in 2026, not ideological fights within the anti-MAGA coalition about the presidential election in 2028.
The American right and much of the rest of the spectrum actually hates underdogs only second to vulnerability; many Americans will watch Trump berate Zelenskyy and think he deserves it *because* he is a victim of Putin.
February 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The American right and much of the rest of the spectrum actually hates underdogs only second to vulnerability; many Americans will watch Trump berate Zelenskyy and think he deserves it *because* he is a victim of Putin.
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This isn’t drugs. This is him assuming other people don’t work because he doesn’t do that much work. Very common bad boss behavior. bsky.app/profile/rcma...
OK honest question what is the root of this? Is this just how you think on drugs?
February 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This isn’t drugs. This is him assuming other people don’t work because he doesn’t do that much work. Very common bad boss behavior. bsky.app/profile/rcma...
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In case you live in a red state and feel like your voice doesn't matter--it does. Keep the pressure on.
House Republicans are starting to feel the pressure and are getting worried about the executive orders.... MUAHAHA YES.
KEEP IT GOING.
newrepublic.com/post/191815/...
KEEP IT GOING.
newrepublic.com/post/191815/...
Republican Congressman Slams Trump’s “Out of Control” Executive Orders
Representative Troy Balderson, who has benefited from a Trump endorsement, is now speaking up.
newrepublic.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In case you live in a red state and feel like your voice doesn't matter--it does. Keep the pressure on.
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Treasury employees have filed two lawsuits tonight:
1) To prevent the dismantling of CFPB storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2) To block DOGE's access to employee records/privacy info. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1) To prevent the dismantling of CFPB storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2) To block DOGE's access to employee records/privacy info. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Treasury employees have filed two lawsuits tonight:
1) To prevent the dismantling of CFPB storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2) To block DOGE's access to employee records/privacy info. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1) To prevent the dismantling of CFPB storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2) To block DOGE's access to employee records/privacy info. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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trump and musk have been taking big L’s all day and it’s important you celebrate them because these people can be beaten
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
trump and musk have been taking big L’s all day and it’s important you celebrate them because these people can be beaten
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Our congressional delegation pursuing oversight on reports of Elon Musk’s illegal activity at USAID was just barred from entering the building on the orders of Musk and the Trump Administration.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
Members of Congress with @beyer.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov now seeking entry at USAID
February 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Our congressional delegation pursuing oversight on reports of Elon Musk’s illegal activity at USAID was just barred from entering the building on the orders of Musk and the Trump Administration.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
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A sovereign wealth fund is a fund of taxpayer money that can be invested in things like stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, real estate and so on. Combine this with what Edolf is doing with Treasury, and this is a fucking five alarm fire.
February 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A sovereign wealth fund is a fund of taxpayer money that can be invested in things like stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, real estate and so on. Combine this with what Edolf is doing with Treasury, and this is a fucking five alarm fire.
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People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
February 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
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New — Reps. Don Beyer, Gerry Connolly, Jamie Raskin, Johnny Olszewsi, Sen. Chris Van Hollen will be holding a press conference outside USAID HQ about "the far-reaching consequences of the Trump Administration & Elon Musk’s illegal shutdown" of USAID on national security, the economy, public health.
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New — Reps. Don Beyer, Gerry Connolly, Jamie Raskin, Johnny Olszewsi, Sen. Chris Van Hollen will be holding a press conference outside USAID HQ about "the far-reaching consequences of the Trump Administration & Elon Musk’s illegal shutdown" of USAID on national security, the economy, public health.
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Senator Andy Kim just said at JHU SAIS that he is shortly walking to a couple of blocks to US-AID and ask "what in God's name is happening." In his words, friends and allies are asking "If the White House is going to just dismiss part of the government, what are they going to do to us?" Applause.
February 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Senator Andy Kim just said at JHU SAIS that he is shortly walking to a couple of blocks to US-AID and ask "what in God's name is happening." In his words, friends and allies are asking "If the White House is going to just dismiss part of the government, what are they going to do to us?" Applause.