Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell
@iaskquestions.bsky.social
Feminist, theater history professor, dramaturg, parent of humans, lover of dogs, ally. Investigative journalism admirer.
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AAUP: One Faculty
Opinions mine, not my employer’s.
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AAUP: One Faculty
Opinions mine, not my employer’s.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781838673338
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This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.
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Jon Lovett discusses the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jon Lovett discusses the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
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🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
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"Starting next month, Goop will be spinning into a global weapons manufacturing unit, as part of our acquisition by Lockheed Martin."
Attention Goop Employees: We’re Pivoting
My Dear Goopers, I have big news. If you’re not currently lounging in one of the office tranquility pods, I’d encourage you to do so. If you prefer...
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September 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Starting next month, Goop will be spinning into a global weapons manufacturing unit, as part of our acquisition by Lockheed Martin."
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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.
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September 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6
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Kathryn Grody & Mandy Patinkin say what's on my heart every day.
"I ask you Jews everywhere all over the world to spend some time alone & think: Is this acceptable & sustainable? How could it be done to you & your ancestors & you turn around & do it to someone else?" The sound he makes at the end.
"I ask you Jews everywhere all over the world to spend some time alone & think: Is this acceptable & sustainable? How could it be done to you & your ancestors & you turn around & do it to someone else?" The sound he makes at the end.
Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to Jews
YouTube video by The Interview
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July 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Kathryn Grody & Mandy Patinkin say what's on my heart every day.
"I ask you Jews everywhere all over the world to spend some time alone & think: Is this acceptable & sustainable? How could it be done to you & your ancestors & you turn around & do it to someone else?" The sound he makes at the end.
"I ask you Jews everywhere all over the world to spend some time alone & think: Is this acceptable & sustainable? How could it be done to you & your ancestors & you turn around & do it to someone else?" The sound he makes at the end.
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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
Is it possible that GOP operatives are the ones spamming me with bazillions of text messages to raise money for dems? I feel like the primary outcome of these campaigns is to piss off supporters of progressive causes.
June 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Is it possible that GOP operatives are the ones spamming me with bazillions of text messages to raise money for dems? I feel like the primary outcome of these campaigns is to piss off supporters of progressive causes.
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WE HAVE QUESTIONS…
This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they?
ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants.
How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?
This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they?
ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants.
How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?
June 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
WE HAVE QUESTIONS…
This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they?
ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants.
How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?
This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they?
ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants.
How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?
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We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation.
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
June 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation.
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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"The first movie ever made was released in 1887. That movie is called 'Air Bud,' and it is about a dog who is good at passing a three-dimensional sphere through a two-dimensional hoop, which is illegal."
I Love Movies, by Chat GPT
The first movie ever made was released in 1887. That movie is called Air Bud, and it is about a dog who is good at passing a three-dimensional sphe...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"The first movie ever made was released in 1887. That movie is called 'Air Bud,' and it is about a dog who is good at passing a three-dimensional sphere through a two-dimensional hoop, which is illegal."
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EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky
BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky
June 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky
BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky
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these visuals hardly do it justice, but just staggering to contemplate this scale of destruction. An estimated 60 percent of all buildings destroyed; 90 percent of housing gone.
90 percent of the population -- 1,900,000 people -- displaced
www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
90 percent of the population -- 1,900,000 people -- displaced
www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
May 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
these visuals hardly do it justice, but just staggering to contemplate this scale of destruction. An estimated 60 percent of all buildings destroyed; 90 percent of housing gone.
90 percent of the population -- 1,900,000 people -- displaced
www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
90 percent of the population -- 1,900,000 people -- displaced
www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
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A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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May 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
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4/ U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy had already "...forbidden the Trump administration from sending foreign nationals to so-called “third-party countries,” rather than their country of origin..." #SouthSudan
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NEW: The Trump administration abruptly deported as many as 12 migrants to South Sudan on a flight that departed Tuesday, lawyers say, accusing the administration of violating a court order.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Trump admin deports immigrants to South Sudan in violation of court order, lawyers say
Their lawyers say they learned of the deportation plan after receiving an abrupt notice Monday evening. By Tuesday morning, the men were already on a plane.
www.politico.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
4/ U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy had already "...forbidden the Trump administration from sending foreign nationals to so-called “third-party countries,” rather than their country of origin..." #SouthSudan
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Trickle-down in one graph: golden shower. All rot leads to Reagan.
A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
May 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Trickle-down in one graph: golden shower. All rot leads to Reagan.
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it would be cool if some members of the mainstream media cared as much about this administration lying about who's running the agency dismantling the federal government as they do about the former president’s age
May 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
it would be cool if some members of the mainstream media cared as much about this administration lying about who's running the agency dismantling the federal government as they do about the former president’s age
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In today’s “Wait A Damn Minute” we expose the truth about Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”:
Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts.
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM
Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts.
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM
May 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In today’s “Wait A Damn Minute” we expose the truth about Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”:
Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts.
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM
Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts.
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM
This. All of this. They are trying to remove whole classes of people from public life. They can’t quite say that they object to having women, Black people, LGBTQIA+ folx in public life so they instead label them “woke” or “DEI.” It’s that simple and they will not stop.
Had the chance to talk tonight with @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about the significance of the firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden & the ban on books about gay, trans people, and about race and racism from libraries in military academies.
May 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This. All of this. They are trying to remove whole classes of people from public life. They can’t quite say that they object to having women, Black people, LGBTQIA+ folx in public life so they instead label them “woke” or “DEI.” It’s that simple and they will not stop.
The restructuring of the fed govt and consolidation of power in the executive suggests this administration does not intend to yield power to another admin. Ever. If they did, they would be fearful of consolidating so much authority in one place.
May 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The restructuring of the fed govt and consolidation of power in the executive suggests this administration does not intend to yield power to another admin. Ever. If they did, they would be fearful of consolidating so much authority in one place.