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@laprogressive.bsky.social
· Nov 20
More than 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. said, "This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.”
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I'm currently listening to the Macro and Cheese podcast. We have to stay informed and prepared.
VA Patients, Families, Groups All Agree
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A patients are joined by veterans’ groups that range from progressive to conservative, but all agree on saving the VA. Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon: #va
patients
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A patients are joined by veterans’ groups that range from progressive to conservative, but all agree on saving the VA. Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon: #va
patients
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
VA Patients, Families, Groups All Agree
https://f.mtr.cool/skpfmonywq
A patients are joined by veterans’ groups that range from progressive to conservative, but all agree on saving the VA. Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon: #va
patients
https://f.mtr.cool/skpfmonywq
A patients are joined by veterans’ groups that range from progressive to conservative, but all agree on saving the VA. Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon: #va
patients
Israel Converts Military Bases into Torture Camps
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Scott Prosterman: These abuses are gross violations of International Law, and fuel the charges against Netanyahu, . @donewithNFL #Israel
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Scott Prosterman: These abuses are gross violations of International Law, and fuel the charges against Netanyahu, . @donewithNFL #Israel
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Israel Converts Military Bases into Torture Camps
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Scott Prosterman: These abuses are gross violations of International Law, and fuel the charges against Netanyahu, . @donewithNFL #Israel
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Scott Prosterman: These abuses are gross violations of International Law, and fuel the charges against Netanyahu, . @donewithNFL #Israel
Once More, With Feeling
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The growing “No Kings” street protests aren’t a new phenomenon. They’re the nation’s social conscience, picking up where George Floyd left off. @aubry_erin #nokings
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The growing “No Kings” street protests aren’t a new phenomenon. They’re the nation’s social conscience, picking up where George Floyd left off. @aubry_erin #nokings
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Once More, With Feeling
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The growing “No Kings” street protests aren’t a new phenomenon. They’re the nation’s social conscience, picking up where George Floyd left off. @aubry_erin #nokings
https://f.mtr.cool/goevjoxkdr
The growing “No Kings” street protests aren’t a new phenomenon. They’re the nation’s social conscience, picking up where George Floyd left off. @aubry_erin #nokings
How Power Rewrites Black History from Washington to Trump
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America’s most powerful men have long mythologized history to conceal Black suffering and erase Black contributions. @sharonkyle #trump
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America’s most powerful men have long mythologized history to conceal Black suffering and erase Black contributions. @sharonkyle #trump
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
How Power Rewrites Black History from Washington to Trump
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America’s most powerful men have long mythologized history to conceal Black suffering and erase Black contributions. @sharonkyle #trump
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America’s most powerful men have long mythologized history to conceal Black suffering and erase Black contributions. @sharonkyle #trump
Liars, Damn Liars, and House Speaker Mike Johnson
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A devout evangelical Christian, Johnson routinely breaks the Ten Commandments @ElliottNegin #speakerjohnson
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A devout evangelical Christian, Johnson routinely breaks the Ten Commandments @ElliottNegin #speakerjohnson
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Liars, Damn Liars, and House Speaker Mike Johnson
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A devout evangelical Christian, Johnson routinely breaks the Ten Commandments @ElliottNegin #speakerjohnson
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A devout evangelical Christian, Johnson routinely breaks the Ten Commandments @ElliottNegin #speakerjohnson
Are We Progressives Still Relevant?
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Today's number one Progressive priority should be what it ought to have been for decades, ridding ourselves of the corporate Wall Street grip on this country. Richard Cohen:
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Today's number one Progressive priority should be what it ought to have been for decades, ridding ourselves of the corporate Wall Street grip on this country. Richard Cohen:
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Are We Progressives Still Relevant?
https://f.mtr.cool/kxvqvnnsgc
Today's number one Progressive priority should be what it ought to have been for decades, ridding ourselves of the corporate Wall Street grip on this country. Richard Cohen:
https://f.mtr.cool/kxvqvnnsgc
Today's number one Progressive priority should be what it ought to have been for decades, ridding ourselves of the corporate Wall Street grip on this country. Richard Cohen:
Why Does U.S. Deport Asylum Seekers to Southern Mexico Without Their Phones?
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Trump administration’s deportation flights to the southern border towns of Tapachula. Kate Morrissey #asylumseekers #deportation
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Trump administration’s deportation flights to the southern border towns of Tapachula. Kate Morrissey #asylumseekers #deportation
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why Does U.S. Deport Asylum Seekers to Southern Mexico Without Their Phones?
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Trump administration’s deportation flights to the southern border towns of Tapachula. Kate Morrissey #asylumseekers #deportation
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Trump administration’s deportation flights to the southern border towns of Tapachula. Kate Morrissey #asylumseekers #deportation
The MBDA: Founded by Nixon, Hollowed by Trump
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The MBDA remains the only federal agency devoted to expanding opportunity for entrepreneurs. Its dismantling is a moral failure and an economic crisis. @DedrickM Eric Morrissette
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The MBDA remains the only federal agency devoted to expanding opportunity for entrepreneurs. Its dismantling is a moral failure and an economic crisis. @DedrickM Eric Morrissette
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The MBDA: Founded by Nixon, Hollowed by Trump
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The MBDA remains the only federal agency devoted to expanding opportunity for entrepreneurs. Its dismantling is a moral failure and an economic crisis. @DedrickM Eric Morrissette
https://f.mtr.cool/vucfeqnofu
The MBDA remains the only federal agency devoted to expanding opportunity for entrepreneurs. Its dismantling is a moral failure and an economic crisis. @DedrickM Eric Morrissette
Fix What You Broke: How Corporate Power and Climate Change Set California on Fire
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When a private utility’s negligence meets a warming planet, disaster isn’t an accident. @SharonKyle00 @eatonfire
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When a private utility’s negligence meets a warming planet, disaster isn’t an accident. @SharonKyle00 @eatonfire
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fix What You Broke: How Corporate Power and Climate Change Set California on Fire
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When a private utility’s negligence meets a warming planet, disaster isn’t an accident. @SharonKyle00 @eatonfire
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When a private utility’s negligence meets a warming planet, disaster isn’t an accident. @SharonKyle00 @eatonfire
There Is No Safe Place to Hide
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Rawand is living in the midst of all this misery, and it doesn’t sound like anything resembling peace has returned to Gaza. @WDEhrhart #gaza
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Rawand is living in the midst of all this misery, and it doesn’t sound like anything resembling peace has returned to Gaza. @WDEhrhart #gaza
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There Is No Safe Place to Hide
https://f.mtr.cool/xvxphnubfw
Rawand is living in the midst of all this misery, and it doesn’t sound like anything resembling peace has returned to Gaza. @WDEhrhart #gaza
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Rawand is living in the midst of all this misery, and it doesn’t sound like anything resembling peace has returned to Gaza. @WDEhrhart #gaza
Trump and Hitler's Big Lie
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Even if Trump keeps cratering in the polls, it seems a safe bet that the president will continue to lie bigly. Berry Craig: #hitler #trump
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Even if Trump keeps cratering in the polls, it seems a safe bet that the president will continue to lie bigly. Berry Craig: #hitler #trump
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Trump and Hitler's Big Lie
https://f.mtr.cool/ohsevofeuq
Even if Trump keeps cratering in the polls, it seems a safe bet that the president will continue to lie bigly. Berry Craig: #hitler #trump
https://f.mtr.cool/ohsevofeuq
Even if Trump keeps cratering in the polls, it seems a safe bet that the president will continue to lie bigly. Berry Craig: #hitler #trump
Eugene V. Debs: Perseverance in the Face of Power
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hen Mamdani quoted Debs this week, he was not reaching backward. He was reminding us that democratic courage has ancestors. Cynthia McDermott: W
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hen Mamdani quoted Debs this week, he was not reaching backward. He was reminding us that democratic courage has ancestors. Cynthia McDermott: W
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Eugene V. Debs: Perseverance in the Face of Power
https://f.mtr.cool/hywoyhnydb
hen Mamdani quoted Debs this week, he was not reaching backward. He was reminding us that democratic courage has ancestors. Cynthia McDermott: W
https://f.mtr.cool/hywoyhnydb
hen Mamdani quoted Debs this week, he was not reaching backward. He was reminding us that democratic courage has ancestors. Cynthia McDermott: W
Any Fool Can Destroy Trees
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The owl was doomed as soon as entrepreneurs looked at the forest and saw money standing in groves of massive trees. Chuck Yates https://f.mtr.cool/gyqbaqatsf
https://f.mtr.cool/ixvetwvxnv
The owl was doomed as soon as entrepreneurs looked at the forest and saw money standing in groves of massive trees. Chuck Yates https://f.mtr.cool/gyqbaqatsf
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Any Fool Can Destroy Trees
https://f.mtr.cool/ixvetwvxnv
The owl was doomed as soon as entrepreneurs looked at the forest and saw money standing in groves of massive trees. Chuck Yates https://f.mtr.cool/gyqbaqatsf
https://f.mtr.cool/ixvetwvxnv
The owl was doomed as soon as entrepreneurs looked at the forest and saw money standing in groves of massive trees. Chuck Yates https://f.mtr.cool/gyqbaqatsf
Does Zohran's Win Prove Hope Is Power?
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Perhaps the most important takeaway from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign is this: Hope grounded in possibility is the fuel for democracy.
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Perhaps the most important takeaway from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign is this: Hope grounded in possibility is the fuel for democracy.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Does Zohran's Win Prove Hope Is Power?
https://f.mtr.cool/czllipbomq
Perhaps the most important takeaway from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign is this: Hope grounded in possibility is the fuel for democracy.
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https://f.mtr.cool/czllipbomq
Perhaps the most important takeaway from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign is this: Hope grounded in possibility is the fuel for democracy.
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You Better Keep Dancing
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Alas, since the organ grinder is dead, sorry to say, you can’t bribe him or threaten him or make him the ambassador to Tahiti. So... Dan Embree #epstein #trump
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Alas, since the organ grinder is dead, sorry to say, you can’t bribe him or threaten him or make him the ambassador to Tahiti. So... Dan Embree #epstein #trump
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You Better Keep Dancing
https://f.mtr.cool/cfztxhxsjc
Alas, since the organ grinder is dead, sorry to say, you can’t bribe him or threaten him or make him the ambassador to Tahiti. So... Dan Embree #epstein #trump
https://f.mtr.cool/cfztxhxsjc
Alas, since the organ grinder is dead, sorry to say, you can’t bribe him or threaten him or make him the ambassador to Tahiti. So... Dan Embree #epstein #trump
When Peace Prizes Enable Wars
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The path toward sustainable peace cannot be found in nostalgic yearning for a mythical past when democracy functioned seamlessly. @NadiaBAhmad #peace
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The path toward sustainable peace cannot be found in nostalgic yearning for a mythical past when democracy functioned seamlessly. @NadiaBAhmad #peace
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
When Peace Prizes Enable Wars
https://f.mtr.cool/aojrfcaren
The path toward sustainable peace cannot be found in nostalgic yearning for a mythical past when democracy functioned seamlessly. @NadiaBAhmad #peace
https://f.mtr.cool/aojrfcaren
The path toward sustainable peace cannot be found in nostalgic yearning for a mythical past when democracy functioned seamlessly. @NadiaBAhmad #peace
Earth's Greatest Enemy Gives Us No Choice
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Aaron Kirschbaum and Danaka Katovich: Earth's Greatest Enemy is a documentary about the climate crisis and imperialism.
https://f.mtr.cool/hitwnmygze
Aaron Kirschbaum and Danaka Katovich: Earth's Greatest Enemy is a documentary about the climate crisis and imperialism.
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Earth's Greatest Enemy Gives Us No Choice
https://f.mtr.cool/hitwnmygze
Aaron Kirschbaum and Danaka Katovich: Earth's Greatest Enemy is a documentary about the climate crisis and imperialism.
https://f.mtr.cool/hitwnmygze
Aaron Kirschbaum and Danaka Katovich: Earth's Greatest Enemy is a documentary about the climate crisis and imperialism.
The Democratic Party Needs a Soul, Not a Focus Group
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What Deciding to Win and similar analyses miss is that the Democratic Party’s core challenge isn’t that it has moved too far left. Sam Rosenthal #democrats
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What Deciding to Win and similar analyses miss is that the Democratic Party’s core challenge isn’t that it has moved too far left. Sam Rosenthal #democrats
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The Democratic Party Needs a Soul, Not a Focus Group
https://f.mtr.cool/vdqrziiugz
What Deciding to Win and similar analyses miss is that the Democratic Party’s core challenge isn’t that it has moved too far left. Sam Rosenthal #democrats
https://f.mtr.cool/vdqrziiugz
What Deciding to Win and similar analyses miss is that the Democratic Party’s core challenge isn’t that it has moved too far left. Sam Rosenthal #democrats
Is There Such a Thing as a Far-Right Anti-Zionist?
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To be anti-Zionist in any meaningful sense is to oppose the idea that Jews require an ethnostate. Elijah Kahlenberg #zionism
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To be anti-Zionist in any meaningful sense is to oppose the idea that Jews require an ethnostate. Elijah Kahlenberg #zionism
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Is There Such a Thing as a Far-Right Anti-Zionist?
https://f.mtr.cool/qrdkhoxgqy
To be anti-Zionist in any meaningful sense is to oppose the idea that Jews require an ethnostate. Elijah Kahlenberg #zionism
https://f.mtr.cool/qrdkhoxgqy
To be anti-Zionist in any meaningful sense is to oppose the idea that Jews require an ethnostate. Elijah Kahlenberg #zionism
VA Bleeding Doctors and Nurses Despite Vows to Protect Veteran Health Care
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Impact of understaffing, facility closures and waiting times has been “dire” under Trump’s second term, medical workers say. Marcus Barum #veterans
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Impact of understaffing, facility closures and waiting times has been “dire” under Trump’s second term, medical workers say. Marcus Barum #veterans
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
VA Bleeding Doctors and Nurses Despite Vows to Protect Veteran Health Care
https://f.mtr.cool/sbmpucdxit
Impact of understaffing, facility closures and waiting times has been “dire” under Trump’s second term, medical workers say. Marcus Barum #veterans
https://f.mtr.cool/sbmpucdxit
Impact of understaffing, facility closures and waiting times has been “dire” under Trump’s second term, medical workers say. Marcus Barum #veterans
Trump’s Second Term Is Dismantling the Constitution: From the East Wing to the Bill of Rights
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Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing is more than symbolic . @BlumsLaw #trump
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Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing is more than symbolic . @BlumsLaw #trump
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Trump’s Second Term Is Dismantling the Constitution: From the East Wing to the Bill of Rights
https://f.mtr.cool/ogxhknsqea
Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing is more than symbolic . @BlumsLaw #trump
https://f.mtr.cool/ogxhknsqea
Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing is more than symbolic . @BlumsLaw #trump
Two Tragedies of U.S. History That Trump Wants Downplayed
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Trump fails to understand the main purpose of history. It is not praising “remarkable achievements” . It is truth-seeking. Walter Moss #slavery
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Trump fails to understand the main purpose of history. It is not praising “remarkable achievements” . It is truth-seeking. Walter Moss #slavery
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Two Tragedies of U.S. History That Trump Wants Downplayed
https://f.mtr.cool/dguvsgvflb
Trump fails to understand the main purpose of history. It is not praising “remarkable achievements” . It is truth-seeking. Walter Moss #slavery
https://f.mtr.cool/dguvsgvflb
Trump fails to understand the main purpose of history. It is not praising “remarkable achievements” . It is truth-seeking. Walter Moss #slavery
Growing Older in Trump's World
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People of all ages feel the heavy hand of the Trump administration in their lives, but the elderly, the sick, and the poor feel it the most, especially those living on fixed incomes. @bevgo7
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People of all ages feel the heavy hand of the Trump administration in their lives, but the elderly, the sick, and the poor feel it the most, especially those living on fixed incomes. @bevgo7
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Growing Older in Trump's World
https://f.mtr.cool/edkwpaytbj
People of all ages feel the heavy hand of the Trump administration in their lives, but the elderly, the sick, and the poor feel it the most, especially those living on fixed incomes. @bevgo7
https://f.mtr.cool/edkwpaytbj
People of all ages feel the heavy hand of the Trump administration in their lives, but the elderly, the sick, and the poor feel it the most, especially those living on fixed incomes. @bevgo7
Election 2025: Excellent Day for Democrats
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The wind is at Democrats’ back through the 2028 election. We should not be surprised to see the Trump regime try to stack the decks John Peeler
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The wind is at Democrats’ back through the 2028 election. We should not be surprised to see the Trump regime try to stack the decks John Peeler
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Election 2025: Excellent Day for Democrats
https://f.mtr.cool/gvrjejiwil
The wind is at Democrats’ back through the 2028 election. We should not be surprised to see the Trump regime try to stack the decks John Peeler
https://f.mtr.cool/gvrjejiwil
The wind is at Democrats’ back through the 2028 election. We should not be surprised to see the Trump regime try to stack the decks John Peeler
AB 715 Illegally Muzzles Students and Teachers on Palestine
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AB 715 empowers anyone to anonymously file a complaint claiming that classroom content are critical of Israel and thus antisemitic. @marjoriecohn #palestine
https://f.mtr.cool/ifqsvwcwin
AB 715 empowers anyone to anonymously file a complaint claiming that classroom content are critical of Israel and thus antisemitic. @marjoriecohn #palestine
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
AB 715 Illegally Muzzles Students and Teachers on Palestine
https://f.mtr.cool/ifqsvwcwin
AB 715 empowers anyone to anonymously file a complaint claiming that classroom content are critical of Israel and thus antisemitic. @marjoriecohn #palestine
https://f.mtr.cool/ifqsvwcwin
AB 715 empowers anyone to anonymously file a complaint claiming that classroom content are critical of Israel and thus antisemitic. @marjoriecohn #palestine