Deborah Baker
@deborahbaker.bsky.social
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist. Guggenheim, Cullman, Whiting Fellow. Charlottesville: An American Story June 2025 Graywolf Press. www.deborahbaker.net
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Deborah Baker
@deborahbaker.bsky.social
· Aug 23
“Charlottesville” Is an American Story That Refuses To Let Hate Win
A look into Deborah Baker’s ‘Charlottesville’ and how past resistance connects to the future’s stand against hate.
southernreviewofbooks.com
“Perhaps I should admit now that I don’t know how to write this review.”
Https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/08/13/charlottesville-an-american-story-deborah-baker-review/
Https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/08/13/charlottesville-an-american-story-deborah-baker-review/
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"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic…
newhampshirebulletin.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
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tapping the "please support billionaire free, worker run, reader supported news" holiday edition
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December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
tapping the "please support billionaire free, worker run, reader supported news" holiday edition
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THIS
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
THIS
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goes without saying, kim is the greatest... from labor, to metal, to freakshows, gunpower, resistance +++
also if you run a cool publication and like my writing, please hit me up, I am EXTREMELY open to assignments right now!!!
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
goes without saying, kim is the greatest... from labor, to metal, to freakshows, gunpower, resistance +++
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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no i don’t think so.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
no i don’t think so.
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Oh.
Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Oh.
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Do you support ICE kidnapping our residents here in Minneapolis? All I’ve seen you do is vote for the Laken Riley Act and strip away due process from immigrants.
You didn’t stick up for Minnesotans. In fact, your vote is impacting our Somali and immigrant communities heavily.
You didn’t stick up for Minnesotans. In fact, your vote is impacting our Somali and immigrant communities heavily.
I’ve got news for you, Mr. President: in Minnesota, we stick up for our neighbors. And our Somali community isn’t going anywhere.
Your dangerous attacks on immigrants in my state and across the country are putting lives and families at risk.
Your dangerous attacks on immigrants in my state and across the country are putting lives and families at risk.
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Do you support ICE kidnapping our residents here in Minneapolis? All I’ve seen you do is vote for the Laken Riley Act and strip away due process from immigrants.
You didn’t stick up for Minnesotans. In fact, your vote is impacting our Somali and immigrant communities heavily.
You didn’t stick up for Minnesotans. In fact, your vote is impacting our Somali and immigrant communities heavily.
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New Yorkers: read this piece, makes total sense. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
New Yorkers: read this piece, makes total sense. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
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Join the Campaign: freemarwan.org
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November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
...The effort seeks to build a global movement behind Barghouti’s case, directing supporters to join through a website listed below.
Join the Campaign: freemarwan.org
Video: FreeMarwanNow via X (@FreeMarwanNow)
Join the Campaign: freemarwan.org
Video: FreeMarwanNow via X (@FreeMarwanNow)
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and to amplify the point of the original thread, this is not a "f*ck them kids" screed. it's an indication of (1) systemic failures in education, (2) a structure of feeling about the present, e.g. a sense that today's problems are so severe that no one from history can possibly speak to them
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
and to amplify the point of the original thread, this is not a "f*ck them kids" screed. it's an indication of (1) systemic failures in education, (2) a structure of feeling about the present, e.g. a sense that today's problems are so severe that no one from history can possibly speak to them
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Every time I post something that mentions I'm a writer, I receive a few responses from followers who seem surprised that I am. The reply usually goes, oh, I didn't know you're a writer, I just thought you're the dork who posts art. I love that
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Every time I post something that mentions I'm a writer, I receive a few responses from followers who seem surprised that I am. The reply usually goes, oh, I didn't know you're a writer, I just thought you're the dork who posts art. I love that
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New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Reading Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville: An American Story' is like following the author down a fissure into the innards of the American Right & those who stand against them. If one wants to go beyond Trumpiana & understand forces shaping the U.S. read this book. @deborahbaker.bsky.social
“Perhaps I should admit now that I don’t know how to write this review.”
Https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/08/13/charlottesville-an-american-story-deborah-baker-review/
Https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/08/13/charlottesville-an-american-story-deborah-baker-review/
“Charlottesville” Is an American Story That Refuses To Let Hate Win
A look into Deborah Baker’s ‘Charlottesville’ and how past resistance connects to the future’s stand against hate.
southernreviewofbooks.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reading Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville: An American Story' is like following the author down a fissure into the innards of the American Right & those who stand against them. If one wants to go beyond Trumpiana & understand forces shaping the U.S. read this book. @deborahbaker.bsky.social
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“Sometimes these people give the impression that their minds would be blown by a newspaper.”
I realize there are only like 5 people who may do this but I would strongly suggest giving this a read.
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“Sometimes these people give the impression that their minds would be blown by a newspaper.”
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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Omar El Akkad spoke after winning the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction for “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” his book on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He accepted the award at a gala in New York City this week.
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Omar El Akkad spoke after winning the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction for “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” his book on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He accepted the award at a gala in New York City this week.
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detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Holy f@$k!
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Holy f@$k!
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
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Join Dr. Wes Bellamy & Joy Reid for “Activist: Nobody’s Coming to Save Us,” a community conversation on leadership, purpose, and action—designed to move us from awareness to impact.
Monday, November 23, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
Monday, November 23, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Join Dr. Wes Bellamy & Joy Reid for “Activist: Nobody’s Coming to Save Us,” a community conversation on leadership, purpose, and action—designed to move us from awareness to impact.
Monday, November 23, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
Monday, November 23, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center