Christel Smith
christel2.bsky.social
Christel Smith
@christel2.bsky.social
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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"It’s hard to square the GOP’s love of “law and order” with a sweeping pardon for the guys who stormed the Capitol, attacked police, smeared feces through the hallways, and expressed support for hanging the then VP."

Yup, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social!

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Donald Trump Takes a Sharpie to Democracy
By issuing a blitz of executive orders, including ones ending birthright citizenship and pardoning January 6 rioters, the 47th president is already undermining the rule of law.
www.vanityfair.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Gotta love the British press.
January 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.
44 Republicans Voted Against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention in December
The funds allow states like California to create barriers to stop the spread of fires
meidasnews.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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WATCH: “The definition of an oligarchy.”

@aoc.bsky.social tells @majorityreport.bsky.social Trump wanted the debt ceiling lifted now so we won’t realize his tax cuts for the rich explode the deficit (again)

As they cut Medicare, Medicaid & SS to offset it, pretending to care about the debt.
December 22, 2024 at 10:56 PM
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Say it with us: We are not broke. We are the richest country on the planet. 🇺🇸

We literally print our own currency. That is how money works.

We do not have to cut health care for poor people and the elderly.

And we sure as hell don’t need to do it to cut taxes for the rich.
December 18, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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This already made the rounds but worth sharing @thebulwark.bsky.social official link to give their great channel a shout-out.

Props @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

youtu.be/JNOviu_XFXg?...
Sarah Longwell CALLS OUT Trump’s Biggest Enablers TO THEIR FACE
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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December 13, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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💰FORBES 400 List — 400 Billionaires worth a “staggering” $5.4 TRILLION. (While 40% of 🇺🇸 can’t afford a $400 emergency)

👇🏽Top 7 Tennesseans. 6 are Republicans.

Related: TN is #1 in Medical bankruptcies. Obscene inequality is a tapeworm on our economy. www.tennessean.com/story/money/...
December 11, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Rep. McBride: "I worried the heart of 🇺🇸 wasn't big enough to support someone like me... I have been able to bear witness to change that once seemed so impossible to me as a kid that it was almost incomprehensible."

Congrats to Rep. Mace for handing Rep. McBride this megaphone.
November 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Leon wants to cut government spending now
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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The NY Times obtained this diagram from the federal sex trafficking investigation of Matt Gaetz showing he made thousands of dollars in payments to women who told investigators they had sex with him for money. This is the redacted version.

More here: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...
November 21, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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RFK Jr. attacks "red state people" in recently unearthed footage: "Red state people are more likely to murder you, to impregnate your teenage daughter, to commit a violent crime against you..."
November 20, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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All dystopic memes are now visions, I’m afraid
I made this as a meme, but it's going to become real, isn't it
November 20, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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Could not agree with this more. Do not give in to the malignant normality no matter how many others accept it.
Remember this. We are weaker now. “Trump has groomed us.” Try to hold and speak and advocate what you know is right and true. We’ve already moved so far. Don’t change your standards to accommodate their shameless incompetence & cruelty.
November 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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In 2016, Trump won MI, PA, and WI—and as a result, the Electoral College—by less than 78,000 votes.

In 2020, Biden won AZ, GA, and WI—and thus the EC—by less than 45,000 votes.
Out of roughly 153 million votes cast in this election, the presidency was decided by 230k across the three states of Wisconsin (30k), Michigan (80k) and Pennsylvania (120k). That's 00.15%.

This remains an extremely closely divided nation. Any agenda viewed as extreme is likely to face backlash.
November 20, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky
Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"
open.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM