@dfranderson.bsky.social
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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Yep. Murder.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Yep. Murder.
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Chairman Fred Hampton! We will never forget you!
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Chairman Fred Hampton! We will never forget you!
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
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Free all political prisoners.
Rest in Power to Jamil Al-Amin. He just celebrated his 82nd birthday ✊🏾
Rest in Power to Jamil Al-Amin. He just celebrated his 82nd birthday ✊🏾
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Free all political prisoners.
Rest in Power to Jamil Al-Amin. He just celebrated his 82nd birthday ✊🏾
Rest in Power to Jamil Al-Amin. He just celebrated his 82nd birthday ✊🏾
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Do yall remember this?
In 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama gave each other a fist bump on the campaign trail.
Do you remember the controversy?
(Why would there be controversy? everyone gives fist bumps!!)
FOX News referred to it as a "terrorist fist bump."
(short 🧵)
In 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama gave each other a fist bump on the campaign trail.
Do you remember the controversy?
(Why would there be controversy? everyone gives fist bumps!!)
FOX News referred to it as a "terrorist fist bump."
(short 🧵)
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Do yall remember this?
In 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama gave each other a fist bump on the campaign trail.
Do you remember the controversy?
(Why would there be controversy? everyone gives fist bumps!!)
FOX News referred to it as a "terrorist fist bump."
(short 🧵)
In 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama gave each other a fist bump on the campaign trail.
Do you remember the controversy?
(Why would there be controversy? everyone gives fist bumps!!)
FOX News referred to it as a "terrorist fist bump."
(short 🧵)
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Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
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SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants.
This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants.
This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Five score and five years ago, the entire Black population of a Central Florida town disappeared virtually overnight.
Forreal.
Black people were one-third of the population there. For scale, that would be like the entire Black population of Lousiana being gone tomorrow.
What happened? 🤔
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Forreal.
Black people were one-third of the population there. For scale, that would be like the entire Black population of Lousiana being gone tomorrow.
What happened? 🤔
🧵
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Five score and five years ago, the entire Black population of a Central Florida town disappeared virtually overnight.
Forreal.
Black people were one-third of the population there. For scale, that would be like the entire Black population of Lousiana being gone tomorrow.
What happened? 🤔
🧵
Forreal.
Black people were one-third of the population there. For scale, that would be like the entire Black population of Lousiana being gone tomorrow.
What happened? 🤔
🧵
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1/? I want to explain why I keep telling Black people to stay off of social media and not do interviews about lost SNAP benefits. Let the white folks do the complaining. I was coming of age when Reagan was going after the "Welfare Queen". She was the single Black mother. They even had a poster woman
October 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
1/? I want to explain why I keep telling Black people to stay off of social media and not do interviews about lost SNAP benefits. Let the white folks do the complaining. I was coming of age when Reagan was going after the "Welfare Queen". She was the single Black mother. They even had a poster woman
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There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
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When I tell you that BlackPast has been my literal lifeline since like....2018!!
It's a big reason I have memorized all the dates I have stored in my head. BlackPast and BlackFacts were my "teacher" before i became a bibliophile.
I owe this man who i didnt know ✊🏾
It's a big reason I have memorized all the dates I have stored in my head. BlackPast and BlackFacts were my "teacher" before i became a bibliophile.
I owe this man who i didnt know ✊🏾
Rest in Power, Dr. Taylor
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, Jr., professor emeritus of history at UW and founder of an online archive of Black history, died Sunday.
www.seattletimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When I tell you that BlackPast has been my literal lifeline since like....2018!!
It's a big reason I have memorized all the dates I have stored in my head. BlackPast and BlackFacts were my "teacher" before i became a bibliophile.
I owe this man who i didnt know ✊🏾
It's a big reason I have memorized all the dates I have stored in my head. BlackPast and BlackFacts were my "teacher" before i became a bibliophile.
I owe this man who i didnt know ✊🏾
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Rest in Power, Dr. Taylor
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, Jr., professor emeritus of history at UW and founder of an online archive of Black history, died Sunday.
www.seattletimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Rest in Power, Dr. Taylor
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
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One very wealthy white man got his job back today (along with his 200 staff and production team) because of organizing, boycotts, and collective pushback.
When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?
When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?
September 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
One very wealthy white man got his job back today (along with his 200 staff and production team) because of organizing, boycotts, and collective pushback.
When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?
When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?
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Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
nyti.ms
September 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
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Chief Justice Roberts (2007): “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
Justice Kavanaugh (2025): ethnicity “can be a 'relevant factor' when considered along with other salient factors” in immigration stops.
Justice Kavanaugh (2025): ethnicity “can be a 'relevant factor' when considered along with other salient factors” in immigration stops.
September 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Chief Justice Roberts (2007): “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
Justice Kavanaugh (2025): ethnicity “can be a 'relevant factor' when considered along with other salient factors” in immigration stops.
Justice Kavanaugh (2025): ethnicity “can be a 'relevant factor' when considered along with other salient factors” in immigration stops.
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I love Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson.
They are fighting the good fight in a losing battle
They are fighting the good fight in a losing battle
September 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson.
They are fighting the good fight in a losing battle
They are fighting the good fight in a losing battle
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The GOP's education playbook.
Step 1: Make public schooling as shitty and stressful as possible for kids and parents and teachers.
Step 2: Sell private schooling as the antidote to the stress and shittiness.
Step 3: Funnel public education money into private hands.
Step 1: Make public schooling as shitty and stressful as possible for kids and parents and teachers.
Step 2: Sell private schooling as the antidote to the stress and shittiness.
Step 3: Funnel public education money into private hands.
September 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The GOP's education playbook.
Step 1: Make public schooling as shitty and stressful as possible for kids and parents and teachers.
Step 2: Sell private schooling as the antidote to the stress and shittiness.
Step 3: Funnel public education money into private hands.
Step 1: Make public schooling as shitty and stressful as possible for kids and parents and teachers.
Step 2: Sell private schooling as the antidote to the stress and shittiness.
Step 3: Funnel public education money into private hands.
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A lesson for faculty in states with Republican-controlled legislatures: your universities won't necessarily succeed in challenging state interference, if they're even willing to try.
I just got word that the faculty senate of my university is now dissolved and no longer exists, in compliance with the new Texas law. Yikes! I thought my university would somehow find a loophole, or an exemption, but it's official. It's a sad day for shared governance and checks and balances.
September 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A lesson for faculty in states with Republican-controlled legislatures: your universities won't necessarily succeed in challenging state interference, if they're even willing to try.
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Pay very close attention.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to release the Epstein files. Now that survivors are naming him as Epstein’s close friend, he’s calling it a “hoax.”
Miss me with that bullshit.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to release the Epstein files. Now that survivors are naming him as Epstein’s close friend, he’s calling it a “hoax.”
Miss me with that bullshit.
September 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Pay very close attention.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to release the Epstein files. Now that survivors are naming him as Epstein’s close friend, he’s calling it a “hoax.”
Miss me with that bullshit.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to release the Epstein files. Now that survivors are naming him as Epstein’s close friend, he’s calling it a “hoax.”
Miss me with that bullshit.
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Los Angeles - Black mayor
D.C. - Black mayor
Chicago - Black mayor
Baltimore - Black mayor
San Francisco - Just lost a Black mayor
Seattle - Black/Japanese mayor
New York - Black mayor (technically) and Letitia James
We gotta stop with the "Democratic Run cities" bullshit and see what it is
D.C. - Black mayor
Chicago - Black mayor
Baltimore - Black mayor
San Francisco - Just lost a Black mayor
Seattle - Black/Japanese mayor
New York - Black mayor (technically) and Letitia James
We gotta stop with the "Democratic Run cities" bullshit and see what it is
September 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Los Angeles - Black mayor
D.C. - Black mayor
Chicago - Black mayor
Baltimore - Black mayor
San Francisco - Just lost a Black mayor
Seattle - Black/Japanese mayor
New York - Black mayor (technically) and Letitia James
We gotta stop with the "Democratic Run cities" bullshit and see what it is
D.C. - Black mayor
Chicago - Black mayor
Baltimore - Black mayor
San Francisco - Just lost a Black mayor
Seattle - Black/Japanese mayor
New York - Black mayor (technically) and Letitia James
We gotta stop with the "Democratic Run cities" bullshit and see what it is
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As the DoJ tells the court that it will not remove unaccompanied minors to Guatemala, we can only hope they’re telling the truth.
🛬 First of three planes heading south arrives in Guatemala City: GlobalX A320 (tail: N630VA) out of Louisiana.
✈️✈️ One Eastern 737 (N959BP) out of El Paso follows over Mexico’s Tabasco State, and another out of Dallas (N917XA-formerly JD Vance’s campaign jet) is southbound over the Gulf of Mexico 👀
✈️✈️ One Eastern 737 (N959BP) out of El Paso follows over Mexico’s Tabasco State, and another out of Dallas (N917XA-formerly JD Vance’s campaign jet) is southbound over the Gulf of Mexico 👀
August 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As the DoJ tells the court that it will not remove unaccompanied minors to Guatemala, we can only hope they’re telling the truth.
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Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
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Well, UChicago has paused new PhD admissions in my department now, too. One of the flagship departments for anthropology in the US and worldwide.
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
August 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Well, UChicago has paused new PhD admissions in my department now, too. One of the flagship departments for anthropology in the US and worldwide.
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
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As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
This sucks on so-many levels, but I think it’s worth noting that if successful this so-called renewal will be hopelessly dull and uninspiring. The vibrant, messy, fullness of history is where a new-generation carves out future possibilities.
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
Letter to the Smithsonian: Internal Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions and Materials
The Honorable Lonnie G. Bunch III Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 1000 Jefferson Dr SW Washington, DC 20560 Subject: Internal Review of Smithsonian
www.whitehouse.gov
August 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This sucks on so-many levels, but I think it’s worth noting that if successful this so-called renewal will be hopelessly dull and uninspiring. The vibrant, messy, fullness of history is where a new-generation carves out future possibilities.
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...