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This is also what made machine politics in places like Chicago and NYC work so well.
Feed kids. Help folks get jobs. Keep lights and water on.
This was bread and butter for Dems and we’ve lost that.
Feed kids. Help folks get jobs. Keep lights and water on.
This was bread and butter for Dems and we’ve lost that.
But honestly, it is far easier to help than most people think.
There's a reason that the most dangerous thing about the Black Panther Party, according to the FBI, was not their armed activism, nor their political advocacy,
but the fact that they fed kids.
There's a reason that the most dangerous thing about the Black Panther Party, according to the FBI, was not their armed activism, nor their political advocacy,
but the fact that they fed kids.
March 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is also what made machine politics in places like Chicago and NYC work so well.
Feed kids. Help folks get jobs. Keep lights and water on.
This was bread and butter for Dems and we’ve lost that.
Feed kids. Help folks get jobs. Keep lights and water on.
This was bread and butter for Dems and we’ve lost that.
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The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
After that, they'll look into that time a whole group of Americans busted into the Capitol building, trying to hang the sitting vice president and House Speaker, assaulting a bunch of police officers in the process. Right?
BREAKING: The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the genocide in Gaza violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said today.
March 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
After that, they'll look into that time a whole group of Americans busted into the Capitol building, trying to hang the sitting vice president and House Speaker, assaulting a bunch of police officers in the process. Right?
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and that this repression reveals an empire in decline.
Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My statement on Yale Law School’s embrace of AI-generated smears
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and...
mondoweiss.net
March 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and that this repression reveals an empire in decline.
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
Repeatedly pressed to explain what *Khalil* did to merit deportation, the Department of Homeland Security just has no response other than to say he's a scapegoat.
"Have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear."
"Have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear."
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Repeatedly pressed to explain what *Khalil* did to merit deportation, the Department of Homeland Security just has no response other than to say he's a scapegoat.
"Have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear."
"Have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear."
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and that this repression reveals an empire in decline.
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/susp...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/susp...
#Palestine #Israel
Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My statement on Yale Law School’s embrace of AI-generated smears
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and...
mondoweiss.net
March 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and that this repression reveals an empire in decline.
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/susp...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/susp...
#Palestine #Israel
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As the DEI Crackdown Escalates, Faculty Choose Between Silence and Resistance
While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?” #HigherEd #EDUSky bit.ly/413XhLP
While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?” #HigherEd #EDUSky bit.ly/413XhLP
Trump attacks DEI; faculty pick between silence, resistance
While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”
bit.ly
February 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As the DEI Crackdown Escalates, Faculty Choose Between Silence and Resistance
While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?” #HigherEd #EDUSky bit.ly/413XhLP
While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?” #HigherEd #EDUSky bit.ly/413XhLP
FINALLY somebody managed to block the systems. even my laptop at home can detect non-human typing, why can't gov't systems automatically lock down as soon as bad agents attempt to get in?
BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems!
Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
February 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
FINALLY somebody managed to block the systems. even my laptop at home can detect non-human typing, why can't gov't systems automatically lock down as soon as bad agents attempt to get in?
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
Please read this if you consider yourself pro-choice and are ever inclined to say out loud that nobody wants an abortion or that nobody is pro-abortion
🙋♀️I consider abortion a good option, and a social good writ large! Pregnancy is not a punishment for contraceptive failure or contraceptive lack or contraceptive refusal.
I am pro-abortion, period. Same as I'm pro-chemotherapy, pro-insulin, pro-root canal, pro-pap-smear.
I am pro-abortion, period. Same as I'm pro-chemotherapy, pro-insulin, pro-root canal, pro-pap-smear.
November 22, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Please read this if you consider yourself pro-choice and are ever inclined to say out loud that nobody wants an abortion or that nobody is pro-abortion
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
ICYMI: Medieval fashion from Faras brought to life!
Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)
www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...
Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)
www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...
Medieval Nubian Fashion Brought to Life - Medievalists.net
Recreating history through fashion, researchers have revived the majestic attire of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy, showcased for the first time at the Louvre in Paris.
www.medievalists.net
November 13, 2024 at 3:01 PM
ICYMI: Medieval fashion from Faras brought to life!
Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)
www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...
Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)
www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...
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How I fixed Google so it doesn’t shove AI into my face anymore.
tedium.co/2024/05/17/g...
new @tedium.co
tedium.co/2024/05/17/g...
new @tedium.co
How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search
Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. You just need one URL parameter.
tedium.co
May 17, 2024 at 12:34 PM
How I fixed Google so it doesn’t shove AI into my face anymore.
tedium.co/2024/05/17/g...
new @tedium.co
tedium.co/2024/05/17/g...
new @tedium.co
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“We have both taught at NYU for over a decade + believe we are in a moment of unparalleled repression. Over the past six months, since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, we have seen the university administration fail to adequately protect dissent on campus, actively squelching it instead.“
Opinion | Is This the End of Academic Freedom?
Silencing pro-Palestinian speech and action sets a dangerous precedent.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2024 at 3:19 AM
“We have both taught at NYU for over a decade + believe we are in a moment of unparalleled repression. Over the past six months, since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, we have seen the university administration fail to adequately protect dissent on campus, actively squelching it instead.“
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Bloody hell.
bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...
bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...
Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association
Louisiana Library workers or libraries who seek membership in the largest professional organization would be criminalized for doing so.
bookriot.com
April 6, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Bloody hell.
bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...
bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...
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Did you know there was once a domestic cat constellation? 'Felis' was created by French astronomer Joseph Jérôme de Lalande in 1799, but the International Astronomical Union dumped poor Felis when they created their official set of constellation boundaries in 1930. www.ianridpath.com/startales/fe...
April 6, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Did you know there was once a domestic cat constellation? 'Felis' was created by French astronomer Joseph Jérôme de Lalande in 1799, but the International Astronomical Union dumped poor Felis when they created their official set of constellation boundaries in 1930. www.ianridpath.com/startales/fe...
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The map you've been waiting for: your guide to Waffle House and Monday's solar eclipse.
April 4, 2024 at 4:25 PM
The map you've been waiting for: your guide to Waffle House and Monday's solar eclipse.
Reposted by Robin Dougherty
Sulala Animal Rescue is an established shelter in Gaza that is trying to help dogs and cats displaced and/or injured by the current attacks. Please help if you can but do NOT start arguing in the comments. It doesn't accomplish anything.
Article about Sulala: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Article about Sulala: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Pet rescue in Gaza: one man’s mission to care for abandoned animals
Horrified by an official campaign to kill strays, Saeed al-Err has made it his life’s work to care for cats and dogs in the city
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2023 at 12:42 AM
Sulala Animal Rescue is an established shelter in Gaza that is trying to help dogs and cats displaced and/or injured by the current attacks. Please help if you can but do NOT start arguing in the comments. It doesn't accomplish anything.
Article about Sulala: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Article about Sulala: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Instagram Hid a Comment. It Was Just Three Palestinian Flag Emojis.
Instagram Hid a Comment. It Was Just Three Palestinian Flag Emojis.
Meta acknowledged that Instagram was burying some Palestinian flag emoji comments in “offensive” contexts.
theintercept.com
October 28, 2023 at 7:16 PM
Instagram Hid a Comment. It Was Just Three Palestinian Flag Emojis.
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Delighted to learn that Recording History has been recognized with a 2023 certificate of merit for “best historical research in world music” from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. www.arsc-audio.org/awards/award...
October 23, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Delighted to learn that Recording History has been recognized with a 2023 certificate of merit for “best historical research in world music” from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. www.arsc-audio.org/awards/award...
i too wish to try it.
October 3, 2023 at 11:40 PM
i too wish to try it.
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100% Don’t do this
September 18, 2023 at 6:51 PM
100% Don’t do this