@jreedmo.bsky.social
Historian of the Native South, Five Tribes, American Education, and Social Welfare who likes spending time with some archaeologists. Citizen of the Cherokee Nation
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US unemployment rolls swelled between mid-September and mid-October reut.rs/4i3Z2PS
US unemployment rolls swelled between mid-September and mid-October
The number of Americans on jobless benefits surged between mid-September and mid-October, government data showed on Tuesday, suggesting an elevated unemployment rate in October as an uncertain economic environment discourages hiring.
reut.rs
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
US unemployment rolls swelled between mid-September and mid-October reut.rs/4i3Z2PS
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#ProudBlue
IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year.
The convicted felon’s administration killed it.
SMFH 😡
IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year.
The convicted felon’s administration killed it.
SMFH 😡
Democrats built Direct File to cut out middlemen like TurboTax that charge ridiculous fees.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
IRS Direct File won't be available next year. Here's what that means for taxpayers
The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear
abcnews.go.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#ProudBlue
IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year.
The convicted felon’s administration killed it.
SMFH 😡
IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year.
The convicted felon’s administration killed it.
SMFH 😡
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As we see American cities overrun by masked men with little accountability the boom in private security post-2020 is a haunting lesson.
This is what happens when men are given big money to treat citizens protesting like insurgents.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is what happens when men are given big money to treat citizens protesting like insurgents.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop
After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As we see American cities overrun by masked men with little accountability the boom in private security post-2020 is a haunting lesson.
This is what happens when men are given big money to treat citizens protesting like insurgents.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is what happens when men are given big money to treat citizens protesting like insurgents.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump claims his ICE raids are going after the "worst of the worst".
But his own DOJ admits that over 97% of immigrants detained in Chicago have no criminal record.
It was always about cruelty, not public safety.
But his own DOJ admits that over 97% of immigrants detained in Chicago have no criminal record.
It was always about cruelty, not public safety.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump claims his ICE raids are going after the "worst of the worst".
But his own DOJ admits that over 97% of immigrants detained in Chicago have no criminal record.
It was always about cruelty, not public safety.
But his own DOJ admits that over 97% of immigrants detained in Chicago have no criminal record.
It was always about cruelty, not public safety.
Ah yes, this admin still playing it both ways to create more confusion and uncertainty. Today we are a racial group subject to DEI, tomorrow maybe we are affirmed as political entities. Or, maybe not.
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ah yes, this admin still playing it both ways to create more confusion and uncertainty. Today we are a racial group subject to DEI, tomorrow maybe we are affirmed as political entities. Or, maybe not.
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Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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The use of terror is not a byproduct of Trumpian politics: it is central to how he governs.
(Politico) - An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The use of terror is not a byproduct of Trumpian politics: it is central to how he governs.
“The secrets of Epstein’s inbox do not reveal an overarching conspiracy but paints a more sobering picture: a world where immense wealth, privileged access and proximity to power can insulate individuals from accountability and consequences…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“The secrets of Epstein’s inbox do not reveal an overarching conspiracy but paints a more sobering picture: a world where immense wealth, privileged access and proximity to power can insulate individuals from accountability and consequences…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A 14 year old has responded to Megyn Kelly’s disgusting comments.
@cheeringforchange on TikTok
#EpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheFiles #MegynKelly
@cheeringforchange on TikTok
#EpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheFiles #MegynKelly
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A 14 year old has responded to Megyn Kelly’s disgusting comments.
@cheeringforchange on TikTok
#EpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheFiles #MegynKelly
@cheeringforchange on TikTok
#EpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheFiles #MegynKelly
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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i want to put this in front of conservative pundits who defended this raid bsky.app/profile/raws...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
i want to put this in front of conservative pundits who defended this raid bsky.app/profile/raws...
Snyder laying out the ignorance of the grifter-in- chief and the havoc it wreaks on us all. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Snyder laying out the ignorance of the grifter-in- chief and the havoc it wreaks on us all. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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A big victory for the University of California.
And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.
Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.
Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A big victory for the University of California.
And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.
Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
And a call to every university across the U.S. to refuse to sacrifice academic freedom to Donald Trump.
Our democracy requires your uncensored voices. And the law is on your side.
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“But, at its heart, this has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“But, at its heart, this has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.”
“This is a corruption crisis.” I woke up to this thought this morning. Will we have the political will and will the next round of leaders be creative enough to carve a new path forward to protect our systems and our democracy from this level of rot?
Jack Schlossberg talks Kennedy legacy and the fact that Trump’s trying to dismantle it… damn🔥
“He’s so obsessed with the…Kennedy name…that he caged one and put… a rabid dog in his cabinet. put a collar on my cousin RFK Junior and has him there, barking, spreading lies and spreading misinformation.”
“He’s so obsessed with the…Kennedy name…that he caged one and put… a rabid dog in his cabinet. put a collar on my cousin RFK Junior and has him there, barking, spreading lies and spreading misinformation.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“This is a corruption crisis.” I woke up to this thought this morning. Will we have the political will and will the next round of leaders be creative enough to carve a new path forward to protect our systems and our democracy from this level of rot?
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Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
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One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
“Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, the newly elected USCCB president, spoke in strong support of the statement before the vote.”
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, the newly elected USCCB president, spoke in strong support of the statement before the vote.”
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Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
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A classic example of the inversions of settler colonialism: the settler becomes the native and the Indigenous person becomes an outsider on their own land.
The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn't be turned over to federal immigration authorities
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Native American ICE detainer mistake nearly leads to deportation of Arizona tribal member after Iowa jail clerical error
azmirror.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A classic example of the inversions of settler colonialism: the settler becomes the native and the Indigenous person becomes an outsider on their own land.
Amen.
Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Amen.
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The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted. www.wired.com/story/dhs-ke...
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted. www.wired.com/story/dhs-ke...