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A federal officer cannot be “doxxed.” The public has a right to know who is operating in our government, especially if they have the power to imprison someone.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: "If you look before January 20, and even after January 20, the men & women of ICE did not have to have masks on their face. Me personally, I don't want those officers having to wear masks bc it's hot, it's dangerous. But ICE agents are being doxxed at a horrible rate"
June 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A federal officer cannot be “doxxed.” The public has a right to know who is operating in our government, especially if they have the power to imprison someone.
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If you think having misgivings about what Israel is doing and whether Israel should exist as an ethnostate is antisemitism, you’ll need to explain why it is you think a substantial number of Jews are antisemitic.
Well, at least we can retire that faded and false line, "antisemitism has no place in New York City."
June 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
If you think having misgivings about what Israel is doing and whether Israel should exist as an ethnostate is antisemitism, you’ll need to explain why it is you think a substantial number of Jews are antisemitic.
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Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged.
May 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged.
Infinite Baths and the loop back to Look to Windward on Even in Arcadia (Sleep Token) elicits that same addictive, ascendant feeling as the transition from Unknown / Nth to First Light on Unreal Unearth (Hozier)
May 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Infinite Baths and the loop back to Look to Windward on Even in Arcadia (Sleep Token) elicits that same addictive, ascendant feeling as the transition from Unknown / Nth to First Light on Unreal Unearth (Hozier)
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remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
March 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey
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People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
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To all the people who stop and think before meeting up with a chronically ill or disabled person, and let them know you/someone in your household isn’t feeling well, so they can cancel if they need to, THANK YOU.
We are SO sad to have to cancel, but so grateful to be protected. #disabilitysky
We are SO sad to have to cancel, but so grateful to be protected. #disabilitysky
February 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
To all the people who stop and think before meeting up with a chronically ill or disabled person, and let them know you/someone in your household isn’t feeling well, so they can cancel if they need to, THANK YOU.
We are SO sad to have to cancel, but so grateful to be protected. #disabilitysky
We are SO sad to have to cancel, but so grateful to be protected. #disabilitysky
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“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.
Dear media:
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
February 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.
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A good thing to do if you are flailing a bit right now (as who is not??) is to get in touch with your own values, the things that you find life affirming and necessary in the world. Read some inspiring works about things you value - labor solidarity, scientific achievement, social justice.
February 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A good thing to do if you are flailing a bit right now (as who is not??) is to get in touch with your own values, the things that you find life affirming and necessary in the world. Read some inspiring works about things you value - labor solidarity, scientific achievement, social justice.
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people have lived under a stable system for so long that they aren’t really able to conceptualize the downsides of living under an autocrat in more than the abstract, and that will continue until it fucks with their day to day lives
whether we can pull out of it at that point I do not know
whether we can pull out of it at that point I do not know
February 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
people have lived under a stable system for so long that they aren’t really able to conceptualize the downsides of living under an autocrat in more than the abstract, and that will continue until it fucks with their day to day lives
whether we can pull out of it at that point I do not know
whether we can pull out of it at that point I do not know
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February 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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gonna again cordially invited everyone to support independent, worker run, local newsrooms
Last Fall, the Washington Post allowed a right wing group to run a full page ad falsely attacking me for protecting voting rights. Today, Bezos' paper won't accept ads criticizing Elon Musk.
Support pro-democracy media.
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February 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
gonna again cordially invited everyone to support independent, worker run, local newsrooms
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The Black Antifascist Book Bundle
The Black Antifascist Book Bundle
With the far right on the rise around the world and US conservatives continuing their repressive war on anti-racist teaching, learning, and activism, the links between fascism, white su...
www.haymarketbooks.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The Black Antifascist Book Bundle
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It is *very* important to understand that Jews were never the only target of the 1930s Nazis and they are not the only targets of today’s Nazis. A Nazi salute is not only antisemitic. It is also racist, ableist, and queerphobic.
January 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It is *very* important to understand that Jews were never the only target of the 1930s Nazis and they are not the only targets of today’s Nazis. A Nazi salute is not only antisemitic. It is also racist, ableist, and queerphobic.
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BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.