Michelle Baker
@mabakerusu.bsky.social
Aquatic ecologist and mom to aquarians.
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Trump administering an oath of allegiance to the Constitution is ironic in general but in DC in particular I’m not sure what other response you’d expect.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Trump administering an oath of allegiance to the Constitution is ironic in general but in DC in particular I’m not sure what other response you’d expect.
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And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
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I'd like to think that all Senate Dems know that failure to rein in OMB/Vought's assertions re: impoundment/rescission is capitulation. Now, maybe there's a plan to gets some points on the bd & hold out on FSGG approps, but we will see.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I'd like to think that all Senate Dems know that failure to rein in OMB/Vought's assertions re: impoundment/rescission is capitulation. Now, maybe there's a plan to gets some points on the bd & hold out on FSGG approps, but we will see.
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Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
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a million years ago I remember trying to explain to undergrads in the first class I ever taught, at Northwestern, how civil service rules and civil society create resilience against authoritarianism. Well, here's a teaching case
The CDC Diaspora Fights Back
How America’s scientific army is trying to stand up for public health—and stand up for itself.
www.thebulwark.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
a million years ago I remember trying to explain to undergrads in the first class I ever taught, at Northwestern, how civil service rules and civil society create resilience against authoritarianism. Well, here's a teaching case
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DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
October 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
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Frogs are an invasive species that can wreak havoc on ICE’s frail ecosystem…
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Frogs are an invasive species that can wreak havoc on ICE’s frail ecosystem…
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Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Poll.
61% of American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes, 40% say Israel is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians.
That's not antisemitism. That's moral and ethical responsibility.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
61% of American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes, 40% say Israel is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians.
That's not antisemitism. That's moral and ethical responsibility.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Poll.
61% of American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes, 40% say Israel is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians.
That's not antisemitism. That's moral and ethical responsibility.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
61% of American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes, 40% say Israel is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians.
That's not antisemitism. That's moral and ethical responsibility.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Justice Anthony Kennedy tells @npr.org's @ninatotenberg.bsky.social "very worried" about our country, and that "Democracy is not guaranteed to survive."
Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Justice Anthony Kennedy tells @npr.org's @ninatotenberg.bsky.social "very worried" about our country, and that "Democracy is not guaranteed to survive."
Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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Birmingham; Boise; Charleston, SC; Columbia, SC; Columbus, OH; Des Moines, IA; Fort Lauderdale/Sunrise, FL; Fort Myers/Naples, FL; Grand Rapids, MI; Jacksonville, FL; Louisville, KY; Milwaukee, WI; Oklahoma City, OK; Pittsburgh, PA; Raleigh, NC; Richmond, VA; Spokane, WA; St. Louis, MO; Tampa, FL.
September 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Birmingham; Boise; Charleston, SC; Columbia, SC; Columbus, OH; Des Moines, IA; Fort Lauderdale/Sunrise, FL; Fort Myers/Naples, FL; Grand Rapids, MI; Jacksonville, FL; Louisville, KY; Milwaukee, WI; Oklahoma City, OK; Pittsburgh, PA; Raleigh, NC; Richmond, VA; Spokane, WA; St. Louis, MO; Tampa, FL.
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This is an area you can push back in your own community, if you live in one of cities listed in the solicitation in this story. Talk to city council and state reps, as well as local landlords and organizers. Create pressure preemptively to keep them from using private spaces. Cities include... [1/2]
Trump administration rushes to rent space for immigration officers conducting raids
Employees at the General Services Administration are scrambling to lease offices to accommodate a rapid increase of immigration enforcement officers carrying out widespread raids across the country.
www.npr.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is an area you can push back in your own community, if you live in one of cities listed in the solicitation in this story. Talk to city council and state reps, as well as local landlords and organizers. Create pressure preemptively to keep them from using private spaces. Cities include... [1/2]
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All right, I wrote about it:
The White Civility Council
As the nation reckons with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, there has been a notable trend from mainstream pundits and press outlets. They have tended to downplay or outright i...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
September 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
All right, I wrote about it:
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It does not matter that Kirk’s killer was a fellow conservative. It does not matter that this terminally online guy was most certainly not radicalized in a college.
We are in a post truth world. The fascists don’t care. Facts no longer matter.
All that matters is power, and leverage. That’s it.
We are in a post truth world. The fascists don’t care. Facts no longer matter.
All that matters is power, and leverage. That’s it.
September 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It does not matter that Kirk’s killer was a fellow conservative. It does not matter that this terminally online guy was most certainly not radicalized in a college.
We are in a post truth world. The fascists don’t care. Facts no longer matter.
All that matters is power, and leverage. That’s it.
We are in a post truth world. The fascists don’t care. Facts no longer matter.
All that matters is power, and leverage. That’s it.
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Hey! If you're struggling with the volume of ... stuff in the main feeds today, you should take a look for some of the other feeds and hashtags out there.
I really enjoy #birds #mammals #FlowerReport #MorningWalk Craft Sky, and Fiber Arts.
Go have a browse of the feeds! You'll find some relief.
I really enjoy #birds #mammals #FlowerReport #MorningWalk Craft Sky, and Fiber Arts.
Go have a browse of the feeds! You'll find some relief.
September 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Hey! If you're struggling with the volume of ... stuff in the main feeds today, you should take a look for some of the other feeds and hashtags out there.
I really enjoy #birds #mammals #FlowerReport #MorningWalk Craft Sky, and Fiber Arts.
Go have a browse of the feeds! You'll find some relief.
I really enjoy #birds #mammals #FlowerReport #MorningWalk Craft Sky, and Fiber Arts.
Go have a browse of the feeds! You'll find some relief.
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Time for some common sense gun laws. Democrats should introduce a bill named the Charlie Kirk common sense gun reform bill and make every Republican vote for it.
September 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Time for some common sense gun laws. Democrats should introduce a bill named the Charlie Kirk common sense gun reform bill and make every Republican vote for it.