Lisa Olander
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
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Two market meltdowns.
One common denominator.
One common denominator.
March 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Two market meltdowns.
One common denominator.
One common denominator.
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I've specifically avoided calling Trump a fascist—until now.
The “End DEI” snitching portal moves from rhetoric into policy - words, into actual prototyping of fascist mechanisms.
american-reality.com/the-end-dei-...
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #FascistTrump
The “End DEI” snitching portal moves from rhetoric into policy - words, into actual prototyping of fascist mechanisms.
american-reality.com/the-end-dei-...
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #FascistTrump
February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I've specifically avoided calling Trump a fascist—until now.
The “End DEI” snitching portal moves from rhetoric into policy - words, into actual prototyping of fascist mechanisms.
american-reality.com/the-end-dei-...
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #FascistTrump
The “End DEI” snitching portal moves from rhetoric into policy - words, into actual prototyping of fascist mechanisms.
american-reality.com/the-end-dei-...
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #FascistTrump
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February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Kendrick Lamar showed more courage in the face of rising American tyranny than we’ve seen from ANY former American leader. If you swore an oath to protect this nation, where are you now?
youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...
youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...
Where Are Our Leaders
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Kendrick Lamar showed more courage in the face of rising American tyranny than we’ve seen from ANY former American leader. If you swore an oath to protect this nation, where are you now?
youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...
youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...
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WOW! Cory Booker isn't holding back!
"There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent." 🤘🔥
#DemocracyNotDictatorship
"There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent." 🤘🔥
#DemocracyNotDictatorship
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
WOW! Cory Booker isn't holding back!
"There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent." 🤘🔥
#DemocracyNotDictatorship
"There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent." 🤘🔥
#DemocracyNotDictatorship
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I will follow Jasmine Crockett @repjasmine.bsky.social and AOC @aoc.bsky.social through the fire, whatever they say to do, I'm doing.
February 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I will follow Jasmine Crockett @repjasmine.bsky.social and AOC @aoc.bsky.social through the fire, whatever they say to do, I'm doing.
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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JFK on why he founded USAID.
“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
JFK on why he founded USAID.
“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
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BREAKING: This morning E.P.A. employees received an email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs, according to the NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’
A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
BREAKING: This morning E.P.A. employees received an email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs, according to the NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
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(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
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We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits
February 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits
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Trump is hoodwinking folks into thinking DEI is the safety risk, but he’s the one making us less safe!
We don’t know exactly who’s to blame for the crash, but Trump & Musk set the stage for danger ahead.
Trump knew it would look bad—he appointed an FAA Administrator hours AFTER the crash!
We don’t know exactly who’s to blame for the crash, but Trump & Musk set the stage for danger ahead.
Trump knew it would look bad—he appointed an FAA Administrator hours AFTER the crash!
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Trump is hoodwinking folks into thinking DEI is the safety risk, but he’s the one making us less safe!
We don’t know exactly who’s to blame for the crash, but Trump & Musk set the stage for danger ahead.
Trump knew it would look bad—he appointed an FAA Administrator hours AFTER the crash!
We don’t know exactly who’s to blame for the crash, but Trump & Musk set the stage for danger ahead.
Trump knew it would look bad—he appointed an FAA Administrator hours AFTER the crash!
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump administration issued two executive orders targeting refugees.
Afghans who helped the U.S. are in dangerous limbo after Trump's order on refugees
Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump administration issued two executive orders targeting refugees.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump administration issued two executive orders targeting refugees.
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"...NPR has identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking."
@tomdreisbach.bsky.social:
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
@tomdreisbach.bsky.social:
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence
Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"...NPR has identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking."
@tomdreisbach.bsky.social:
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
@tomdreisbach.bsky.social:
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
