Kristen Dunn
@kmdtinu.bsky.social
Lefty with a focus on ethics. Retired tutor, current job is going to water fitness classes.
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Keep pushing back, keep making noise. Americans don’t want to be governed by incompetent authoritarians bsky.app/profile/pamh...
This is a huge victory. Requiring people to show up in-person to field offices (that have been gutted) to do things they can safely do over the phone was dumb. It was even dumber because there was no evidence that the on-line identify verification that Musk pushed prevents fraud.
Social Security abandons DOGE-led phone service cuts amid chaos, backlash
The shift amounts to a wholesale retreat by Musk’s team and the Social Security leadership in their bid to dramatically curtail telephone access to services.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Keep pushing back, keep making noise. Americans don’t want to be governed by incompetent authoritarians bsky.app/profile/pamh...
This is criminal.
April 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is criminal.
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Erasing not only the history of racial oppression, but also a powerful icon of civil disobedience and resistance.
“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance
Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.
blackpressusa.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Erasing not only the history of racial oppression, but also a powerful icon of civil disobedience and resistance.
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Through all his troubles, neither the DOJ/FBI nor any state authorities ever subjected Donald Trump to arrest, preferring in every case to proceed by indictment and voluntary surrender. It’s notable that a sitting judge and pillar of the Milwaukee community was not extended the same courtesy.
April 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Through all his troubles, neither the DOJ/FBI nor any state authorities ever subjected Donald Trump to arrest, preferring in every case to proceed by indictment and voluntary surrender. It’s notable that a sitting judge and pillar of the Milwaukee community was not extended the same courtesy.
You cannot make this shit up.
April 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
You cannot make this shit up.
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they can be made to retreat
BREAKING: In a sudden about-face, a DOJ attorney saiys ICE will be RESTORING the status of thousands of foreign students whose SEVIS records were terminated w/o notice earlier this month.
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students
Hundreds of foreign students in the U.S. on F-1 visas said they were informed their SEVIS records were suddenly terminated by DHS.
www.wusa9.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
they can be made to retreat
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Test. Cases. Any little infraction. But don't think they can't make up infractions...they already are.
A Hmong American woman who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was 8 months old was deported last week to Laos, a country she has never visited, and says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
Milwaukee-area woman deported to Laos though she's never been there, doesn't speak the language
As Donald Trump pushes the mass deportation of immigrants, Yang believes she is one of the first Hmong Americans to be deported to Laos recently.
www.jsonline.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Test. Cases. Any little infraction. But don't think they can't make up infractions...they already are.
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I’m not much of a theologian but I do not believe doing this to people is forgivable www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I’m not much of a theologian but I do not believe doing this to people is forgivable www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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What @jimsciutto.bsky.social said 👇🏽 🎯
March 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What @jimsciutto.bsky.social said 👇🏽 🎯
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Two days later, everyone at VOA has reportedly been fired.
REPORTER: What about the president's plan to expel Palestinians out of Gaza?
TRUMP: Nobody is expelling any Palestinians. Who are you with?
REPORTER: I'm with Voice of America, sir.
TRUMP: Oh, no wonder.
TRUMP: Nobody is expelling any Palestinians. Who are you with?
REPORTER: I'm with Voice of America, sir.
TRUMP: Oh, no wonder.
March 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Two days later, everyone at VOA has reportedly been fired.
Michiganians! Call our Senators NOW. We did not vote for them so they could betray the most vulnerable. Use 5calls.org to get their info.
March 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Michiganians! Call our Senators NOW. We did not vote for them so they could betray the most vulnerable. Use 5calls.org to get their info.
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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
February 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
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Not surprised that it's community colleges that are fighting back. Community colleges serve the greatest number of people facing systemic barriers. A large percentage of community college students are the first in their family to attend college.
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
www.insidehighered.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Not surprised that it's community colleges that are fighting back. Community colleges serve the greatest number of people facing systemic barriers. A large percentage of community college students are the first in their family to attend college.
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y'all so fucking unserious
February 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
y'all so fucking unserious
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For one, the NYTimes, Washington Post, and all the major TV News outlets would cry COUP, TERRORISM, and TYRANNY for sure. Oh, and they'd likely throw in a story about violence against women and children.
So...removal of military leadership and installations of regime loyalists...
If this were a country with a non-White leader, what would the U.S. do next?
If this were a country with a non-White leader, what would the U.S. do next?
February 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
For one, the NYTimes, Washington Post, and all the major TV News outlets would cry COUP, TERRORISM, and TYRANNY for sure. Oh, and they'd likely throw in a story about violence against women and children.
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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
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It’s cute he thinks Trump would read this. And care if he did.
February 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It’s cute he thinks Trump would read this. And care if he did.
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My latest for @thenation.com.
Pulling NIH funding from medical research, as Musk and his cronies are credibly threatening, is a not-so-sneaky return to eugenics-based health policy, writes Yale public health researcher @gregggonsalves.bsky.social.
Trump’s Plan to Defund the NIH Will Ruin a National Treasure
Trump, Musk, and Vought are purging institutions and cutting off access to educational and research opportunities for anyone who isn’t straight and white.
www.thenation.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My latest for @thenation.com.
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Watching your entire professional life be burnt to the ground....
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
February 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Watching your entire professional life be burnt to the ground....
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here's today's post: "JD Vance lectures Germany: be nice to your Nazis" — Germany doesn’t need your bullshit, thank you very much.
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JD Vance lectures Germany: be nice to your Nazis
Germany doesn’t need your bullshit, thank you very much
bit.ly
February 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
here's today's post: "JD Vance lectures Germany: be nice to your Nazis" — Germany doesn’t need your bullshit, thank you very much.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
February 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.