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Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum)
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November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Authoritarian Tactics

Judge Boasberg investigated whether Trump officials violated his court order. Now they're trying to impeach him for it. If judges can be threatened for doing their jobs, no one is safe. #FreeCourts #DefendBoasberg
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Winner of the 2025 National Book Award (and deservedly so).

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
To attend John Lewis Actions's event, “Voting Rights: The Struggle To Be Counted (a film viewing/discussion event)” - sign up now to www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
Voting Rights: The Struggle To Be Counted (a film viewing/discussion event) · John Lewis Actions
“Voting Rights: The Struggle To Be Counted 1619-2014” is a 35-minute film documentary, written and produced by Phil and narrated by his wife Pat Sloan. Through words, music, and vivid images, he tells...
www.mobilize.us
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
America’s Formula for Greatness Is Under Threat www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | America’s Formula for Greatness Is Under Threat
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The allure of Nazism
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."

Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:

www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Avaaz.org reports that despite the ceasefire, Israel keeps blocking aid into Gaza. Today, 1 million bottles of baby milk, maternity kits, and vaccines are blocked because Israel claims they could be used for military purposes.

Take action here:

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Let baby milk into Gaza
Israel is blocking 1 million bottles of baby milk, maternity kits, and vaccines. Sign the urgent call to let them in.
secure.avaaz.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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🚨 Our veterans spent months, sometimes years away from their families and friends to protect our country, our homeland. To see the angst they feel now, knowing what has been destroyed by this administration is worse than sickening or tragic — it is an abomination. They deserve SO MUCH BETTER! 💔 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @deadder.bsky.social )
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Act Now: On November 1, without immediate action by Congress, federal funding for SNAP will run out. Please email your members of Congress now and urge them to pass legislation to fund SNAP for the duration of the government shutdown.
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Urge Congress to keep SNAP funded during the shutdown.
Act Now! Please email your members of Congress now and urge them to pass legislation to fund SNAP for the duration of the government shutdown.
go.bread.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"When it comes to disinformation, if people become engrossed in outrageous statements, they can be distracted from thinking and acting in their own collective interest. As a result, authoritarian regimes are always on the offensive." (Barbara McQuade, Attack From Within)
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
UNICEF USA | More Than 50,000 Children Killed or Injured in Gaza
www.unicefusa.org/stories/more...
More Than 50,000 Children Killed or Injured in Gaza
Six hundred days after the start of the war in Gaza, UNICEF's Edouard Beigbeder asks, "How many more dead girls and boys will it take?"
www.unicefusa.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Modern Kings
October 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Trump doesn’t care about whether kids are going to bed hungry – he cares about protecting himself. Everyday people are continuing to pay the price for this shutdown. Now SNAP benefits for people across the country are at risk.
October 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM