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Kevin Sanchez
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jacobin.com/2025/10/mcca... via @blbalthaser.bsky.social & @jacobinmag.bsky.social
The Red Scare Is American Past and Present
If we want to understand how we arrived in this authoritarian moment in 2025, we need to understand one of the central pathways that brought us here: McCarthyism.
jacobin.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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"In Texas’s Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, which is the third largest in the state, progressive candidates won all three open board seats, giving them a 4-3 majority."

popular.info/p/six-electi... via @popular.info
Six election results that didn’t make the headlines
Although Democratic victories in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and California dominated the headlines, significant contests were held across the nation.
popular.info
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-Nq0u... via @texasaflcio.org
Texas AFL-CIO on Instagram: "Tell Greg Abbott: Hands off our free speech! As Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer-Elect Lorraine Montemayor said, we’re organizing, fighting, and building a bigger labor ...
69 likes, 2 comments - texasaflcio on November 12, 2025: "Tell Greg Abbott: Hands off our free speech! As Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer-Elect Lorraine Montemayor said, we’re organizing, fighting,...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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www.telos.news/p/america-af... via @ryanlizza.bsky.social & @telos.news
America After Trump's 'Enemies Within' Speech
Trump and his MAGA revolutionaries eye their next target: the U.S. military.
www.telos.news
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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www.currentaffairs.org/news/on-vete... via @currentaffairs.bsky.social
On Veterans’ Day, Remember James Kutcher, Hero of the Red Scare
More than 75 years ago, one veteran fought the U.S. government’s right-wing blacklists. Today, we should learn from his example.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Sources cont: @cato.org @artjipson.bsky.social @us.theconversation.com @kenklippenstein.bsky.social @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social @currentaffairs.bsky.social @aclu.org @faizapatel.bsky.social @brennancenter.org @everylibrary.bsky.social @drrachelswhite.bsky.social @prisblossom.bsky.social @rand.org.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Don't forget to NOT BUY STARBUCKS while we're on ULP strike, tomorrow and beyond!

Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc... via @brettwilkins.bsky.social & @commondreams.org
Sanders, 80+ Dems Demand Starbucks 'Stop Union Busting and Reach a Contract' With Workers | Common Dreams
“Starbucks must reverse course from its current posture, resolve its existing labor disputes, and bargain a fair contract in good faith with these employees.”
www.commondreams.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Pardon pending.
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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The Case of the Legless Veteran: James Kutcher
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November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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www.404media.co/ai-is-superc... via @jasonkoebler.bsky.social & @404media.co
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art... via @baylisswagner.bsky.social & @houstonchronicle.com
Texas schools are using AI to screen library books under new state law
Supporters see ChatGPT as a way to help weed out inappropriate content, but critics say AI can include incorrect details and miss valuable context.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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perfectunion.us/trumps-corpo... via @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Trump's Corporate Colluders - More Perfect Union
We analyzed more than 150 top donors to Trump's inauguration fund and the White House ballroom construction to figure out which corporations are donating — and what they got in return.
perfectunion.us
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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www.levernews.com/its-the-corr... via @davidsirota.com & @levernews.com
It’s The Corruption, Stupid
Democrats have a chance to revive their party and save American democracy. Will they take it?
www.levernews.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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www.brennancenter.org/series/corru... via @brennancenter.org
Corruption in America
The threat that corruption poses to democracy has never been greater, requiring bold reforms to return power to the American people.
www.brennancenter.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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www.tpr.org/news/2025-10... via @texasstandard.bsky.social & @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
Ken Paxton has amassed millions of dollars while in public office
Paxton is currently running for the U.S. Senate seat held by John Cornyn.
www.tpr.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Sources, continued: @podsaveamerica.crooked.com @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @wired.com @firinglineshow.bsky.social @pewresearch.org @matthewstoller.bsky.social.
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Sources, continued: @carolleonnig.bsky.social @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com @jaclynmdiaz.bsky.social @npr.org @austinchronicle.bsky.social @ginafortexas.bsky.social @cbsnewstexas.bsky.social @texasmonthly.bsky.social @expressnews.com @ossoff.bsky.social.
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM