Dissent Knits
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Knit anywhere, kindness everywhere. Traveler, knitter, feminist, dog lover. Pro-democracy, pro-science, pro-equality, pro-yarn. With fear for our democracy, I dissent. https://ravel.me/i-dissent-infinity-cowl
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@dissentknits.bsky.social
· Apr 26
I Dissent Infinity Cowl pattern by Dissent Knits
If the notorious Ruth Bader Ginsberg was known for anything, it was her trademark dissent collar. Given the perilous times we are now living in, with our democracy and human rights at risk, staying tr...
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This is serious. Very serious.
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
July 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is serious. Very serious.
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We absolutely should not become numb to this
July 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We absolutely should not become numb to this
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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After the Paramount-Skydance merger, CBS will now officially become state media for the Trump regime.
Brendan Carr, Chairman of the FCC, said the government is placing “an ombudsman in place for two years,” which he described as “basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.”
Brendan Carr, Chairman of the FCC, said the government is placing “an ombudsman in place for two years,” which he described as “basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.”
FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a
gizmodo.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
After the Paramount-Skydance merger, CBS will now officially become state media for the Trump regime.
Brendan Carr, Chairman of the FCC, said the government is placing “an ombudsman in place for two years,” which he described as “basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.”
Brendan Carr, Chairman of the FCC, said the government is placing “an ombudsman in place for two years,” which he described as “basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.”
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Brownie 2025: FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Brownie 2025: FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
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This stuff is utterly unacceptable and I hope litigation is being planned. We won a lawsuit against the Tucson Sector Border Patrol for similar unconstitutional conditions of confinement.
NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC.
No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.
gothamist.com/news/theyre-...
No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.
gothamist.com/news/theyre-...
‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site
Immigrants complain of cramped conditions, inadequate food and bathing facilities and sleeping on concrete floors.
gothamist.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This stuff is utterly unacceptable and I hope litigation is being planned. We won a lawsuit against the Tucson Sector Border Patrol for similar unconstitutional conditions of confinement.
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Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"
English is the official language of Liberia...
English is the official language of Liberia...
July 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.
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"It doesn’t matter if you live in a state where abortion is protected. Nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics and all of the invaluable services these facilities provide could soon be lost."
Read the full op-ed here: www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...
Read the full op-ed here: www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...
Congress Traded Your Pap Smear for a Billionaire’s Tax Break
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," argues Kierra Jones, is part of "conservatives’ political crusade to ban abortion and gender-affirming care, and to deprive Americans of their reproductive and bodily aut...
www.teenvogue.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"It doesn’t matter if you live in a state where abortion is protected. Nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics and all of the invaluable services these facilities provide could soon be lost."
Read the full op-ed here: www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...
Read the full op-ed here: www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...
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Just a reminder that pretty much everything Hitler did in Germany was legal and enabled by lawyers and judges who considered their duty to “the law” to be of supreme importance.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since Kagan’s vote yesterday.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since Kagan’s vote yesterday.
Judge Murphy DENIES the motion to stop the flight taking the eight men from Djibouti to South Sudan.
It's "substantially similar" to the relief sought by orders paused by SCOTUS.
The flight is set to take off in roughly 30 minutes.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/litman-sco...
It's "substantially similar" to the relief sought by orders paused by SCOTUS.
The flight is set to take off in roughly 30 minutes.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/litman-sco...
July 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Just a reminder that pretty much everything Hitler did in Germany was legal and enabled by lawyers and judges who considered their duty to “the law” to be of supreme importance.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since Kagan’s vote yesterday.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since Kagan’s vote yesterday.
@leahlitman.bsky.social’s “Assume You’re Dead Wrong” is the vibe we all need.
The house is on fire, and we have a pretty good idea who the arsonist is.
Watch more Strict Scrutiny on YouTube.
Watch more Strict Scrutiny on YouTube.
July 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@leahlitman.bsky.social’s “Assume You’re Dead Wrong” is the vibe we all need.
This incredibly chilling article by @timothysnyder.bsky.social, along with Ava DuVernay’s powerful film “13th,” should be mandatory reading/viewing for Americans right now, especially amongst those who want so badly to believe “it can’t happen here.” It already is. And it’s going to get worse.
"With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States."
snyder.substack.com/p/concentrat...
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Concentration Camp Labor
Cannot Become Normal
snyder.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This incredibly chilling article by @timothysnyder.bsky.social, along with Ava DuVernay’s powerful film “13th,” should be mandatory reading/viewing for Americans right now, especially amongst those who want so badly to believe “it can’t happen here.” It already is. And it’s going to get worse.
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Prof Skocpol making a crucial point here. The centralized police. And then the lawless quasipolice who guard the camps. Trump’s death bill moves the US towards those two thresholds, well known from Germany in the 1930s.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Prof Skocpol making a crucial point here. The centralized police. And then the lawless quasipolice who guard the camps. Trump’s death bill moves the US towards those two thresholds, well known from Germany in the 1930s.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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The Perfect Storm
1. The National Weather Service vacancy rate at its Texas offices doubled since Trump took office.
2. Kerr County (which voted 77% for Trump) did not have a warning system because local residents didn’t want to spend the money.
3. Climate change is making this happen more often.
1. The National Weather Service vacancy rate at its Texas offices doubled since Trump took office.
2. Kerr County (which voted 77% for Trump) did not have a warning system because local residents didn’t want to spend the money.
3. Climate change is making this happen more often.
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The Perfect Storm
1. The National Weather Service vacancy rate at its Texas offices doubled since Trump took office.
2. Kerr County (which voted 77% for Trump) did not have a warning system because local residents didn’t want to spend the money.
3. Climate change is making this happen more often.
1. The National Weather Service vacancy rate at its Texas offices doubled since Trump took office.
2. Kerr County (which voted 77% for Trump) did not have a warning system because local residents didn’t want to spend the money.
3. Climate change is making this happen more often.
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Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
I was tempted to use #Etsy to list this pattern, but with outrageous fees & predatory policies, I decided to keep it on Ravelry .
Now, with the Etsy willingly allowing sellers to list violent themed, hate-fueled #AlligatorAlcatraz merch, I’m doubly glad I didn’t.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Now, with the Etsy willingly allowing sellers to list violent themed, hate-fueled #AlligatorAlcatraz merch, I’m doubly glad I didn’t.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
I Dissent Infinity Cowl pattern by Dissent Knits
If the notorious Ruth Bader Ginsberg was known for anything, it was her trademark dissent collar. Given the perilous times we are now living in, with our democracy and human rights at risk, staying tr...
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July 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I was tempted to use #Etsy to list this pattern, but with outrageous fees & predatory policies, I decided to keep it on Ravelry .
Now, with the Etsy willingly allowing sellers to list violent themed, hate-fueled #AlligatorAlcatraz merch, I’m doubly glad I didn’t.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Now, with the Etsy willingly allowing sellers to list violent themed, hate-fueled #AlligatorAlcatraz merch, I’m doubly glad I didn’t.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Etsy should be ashamed. This is not the handmade, human centered site it once was. Capitalism and cruelty. #etsy #alligatorauschwitz
July 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Etsy should be ashamed. This is not the handmade, human centered site it once was. Capitalism and cruelty. #etsy #alligatorauschwitz
Terrifying. Beyond terrifying.
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Terrifying. Beyond terrifying.
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July 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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They’ll set a criminal free just to put a non-criminal away for political reasons. This is how Russia does “justice” folks.
June 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
They’ll set a criminal free just to put a non-criminal away for political reasons. This is how Russia does “justice” folks.
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken unprecedented steps to change how vaccines are evaluated, approved and recommended.
RFK Jr. made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary
The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken unprecedented steps to change how vaccines are evaluated, approved and recommended.
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June 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken unprecedented steps to change how vaccines are evaluated, approved and recommended.
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When you know you’re cutting health care for the poor, and transferring TRILLIONS from the bottom to the top, this is what you do:
June 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
When you know you’re cutting health care for the poor, and transferring TRILLIONS from the bottom to the top, this is what you do: