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Kim Simmons
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Maine
Feminist Sociologist
Mother
Climate Justice
Part-Time Faculty
Title IX & ERA advocate
Welcoming & Belonging - http://www.imyourneighborbooks.org
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Wow NYC, we see you @handsoffnyc.bsky.social!!

This training is at FULL capacity, they had to turn people away…
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.

theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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PSL Charlotte
"HAPPENING NOW: THOUSANDS TAKE THE STREETS OF EAST CHARLOTTE, THE HEART OF TJE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY

We demand that Border Patrol STAY OUT OF OUR CITY!"
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Freedom *requires* healthcare, housing, & safety, not militarized crackdowns. Let's make the "land of the free" truly free for everyone. Demand better! #RealFreedom #TrumpCrushesYourDreams
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
How does Brooks/NYT not understand that they are the "insular, self-indulgent and smug" ones? To associate this moment with QAnon instead of feminism is to completely misrepresent the room. And to claim no one meant to hurt anyone... unabashed mansplaining in defense of the "Epstein Class".
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Oh, I don’t know, David. I think the credible evidence that the President and many members of the American elite from both parties raped minors is a pretty big deal.

The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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JP Morgan knew about Epstein's sex trafficking, but didn't report it so they could keep doing business with him.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Senator Susan Collins don’t decades defending the importance of “civility” - remind her!
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Insanity
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Just listen to these headlines about Trump’s illegal and inhumane immigration actions in Chicago.

This administration is totally out of control, with zero accountability or respect for the rule of law or humanity.
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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The only way to for the public to see complete Epstein files is to leak it. Do it. Now. Anything else is complicit.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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America is not your sugar daddy, Lindsey.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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“The review found that Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department and readmitted him the following year. And the review concluded “it is likely” that Mr. Epstein visited Harvard more than 40 times after his release from jail, between 2010 and 2018.”

BRO.
Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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NEW:

In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.

She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.

Then she died.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Maine's Coalition Against Sexual Assault made some great t-shirts for today: www.bonfire.com/i-support-su... @mecasa.bsky.social #mepolitics
I support survivors - Dark colors | Bonfire
All proceeds from these shirts will go towards the Human Trafficking Survivor Fund!. Whether you are a survivor or are someone who cares about survivors, this campaign...
www.bonfire.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.

Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."

I chose Larry Summers.

Better late than never.

Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I am not being hyperbolic when I say that how Harvard and the economics profession respond to Larry Summers will determine who makes up the next generation of economists.

#econsky #news #harvard
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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“If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known… then [Larry] Summers cannot be trusted to advise our nation’s politicians, policymakers, and institutions — or teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else.” @warren.senate.gov
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.

He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM