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I don't think it matters in the sense of public narrative.
I *do* think it matters in the sense of, like. Wanting to deeply understand the regime's coalition weak spots.
I *do* think it matters in the sense of, like. Wanting to deeply understand the regime's coalition weak spots.
it doesn’t matter imo whether the shooter was categorically a groyper; but they’re part of the cesspool depths of internet radicalization & definitely have blood on their hands.
September 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I don't think it matters in the sense of public narrative.
I *do* think it matters in the sense of, like. Wanting to deeply understand the regime's coalition weak spots.
I *do* think it matters in the sense of, like. Wanting to deeply understand the regime's coalition weak spots.
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I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
September 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
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Trump at a 9/11 commemoration
September 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Trump at a 9/11 commemoration
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Present.
If you are a Black woman who was online talking about race and class and gender and politics? Your feed was full of bigots incited by TPUSA and the precursors since social media existed. Bluesky has some folks forgetting what actually happened to BIPOC creators on Twitter
September 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Present.
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Charlie Kirk was a fascist and paid agitator for powerful interests who gleefully spread dangerous misinformation, targeted vulnerable groups and academics for harassment, glorified the violent, helped fuel the Jan 6 insurrection, and ultimately contributed the impoverishment of our discourse.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Charlie Kirk was a fascist and paid agitator for powerful interests who gleefully spread dangerous misinformation, targeted vulnerable groups and academics for harassment, glorified the violent, helped fuel the Jan 6 insurrection, and ultimately contributed the impoverishment of our discourse.
Acuerdense: all this punditry whitewashing that despicable fascist? It's all part of the campaign. Politicians doing it like Newsom does or worse?
That's the real campaign, no matter what they do later. In a crisis, this is what they are and what we have to survive ad nauseam. Cobardes.
That's the real campaign, no matter what they do later. In a crisis, this is what they are and what we have to survive ad nauseam. Cobardes.
September 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Acuerdense: all this punditry whitewashing that despicable fascist? It's all part of the campaign. Politicians doing it like Newsom does or worse?
That's the real campaign, no matter what they do later. In a crisis, this is what they are and what we have to survive ad nauseam. Cobardes.
That's the real campaign, no matter what they do later. In a crisis, this is what they are and what we have to survive ad nauseam. Cobardes.
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When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
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Charlie Kirk started the Professor Watchlist, which caused friends of mine and their families to be terrorized by right-wing assholes. So, you know, fuck everyone trying to find some nugget of decency in that shitpile.
September 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Charlie Kirk started the Professor Watchlist, which caused friends of mine and their families to be terrorized by right-wing assholes. So, you know, fuck everyone trying to find some nugget of decency in that shitpile.
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Jules, this is Brian. Listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked. If things don't go well, and it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you. I want you to do good, go have good times. Same to my parents and everybody, and I just totally love you, and I'll see you when ..
September 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Jules, this is Brian. Listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked. If things don't go well, and it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you. I want you to do good, go have good times. Same to my parents and everybody, and I just totally love you, and I'll see you when ..
Watching credible writers fold to deify Kirk because he was shot is pathetic.
He wasn't assassinated; he wasn't even that important to many who currently slip and slide in his blood to vent their latest, handy invective. He was not "assassinated".
Not unless all those kids were. First.
He wasn't assassinated; he wasn't even that important to many who currently slip and slide in his blood to vent their latest, handy invective. He was not "assassinated".
Not unless all those kids were. First.
September 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Watching credible writers fold to deify Kirk because he was shot is pathetic.
He wasn't assassinated; he wasn't even that important to many who currently slip and slide in his blood to vent their latest, handy invective. He was not "assassinated".
Not unless all those kids were. First.
He wasn't assassinated; he wasn't even that important to many who currently slip and slide in his blood to vent their latest, handy invective. He was not "assassinated".
Not unless all those kids were. First.
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Do not be bullied, cowed, or shamed by bad-faith right-wing actors and MAGA that are blaming "liberals" and everyone who isn't MAGA for Charlie Kirk.
Call them out for their hypocrisy. Go on offense. They are fine with political violence and mass shootings when it's against the rest of us.
Call them out for their hypocrisy. Go on offense. They are fine with political violence and mass shootings when it's against the rest of us.
September 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Do not be bullied, cowed, or shamed by bad-faith right-wing actors and MAGA that are blaming "liberals" and everyone who isn't MAGA for Charlie Kirk.
Call them out for their hypocrisy. Go on offense. They are fine with political violence and mass shootings when it's against the rest of us.
Call them out for their hypocrisy. Go on offense. They are fine with political violence and mass shootings when it's against the rest of us.
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The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is statutorily responsible for looking after the best interests of unaccompanied migrant children, has been giving immigration judges lists of kids who are “amenable” to voluntary departure, even though they aren’t
September 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is statutorily responsible for looking after the best interests of unaccompanied migrant children, has been giving immigration judges lists of kids who are “amenable” to voluntary departure, even though they aren’t
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Likewise, we are learning the true faces of a lot of people in electoral politics right now.
People who played at hope and change and gestured at liberatory belief back when that superficial play act rewarded them with prizes like fame and influence and money.
People who played at hope and change and gestured at liberatory belief back when that superficial play act rewarded them with prizes like fame and influence and money.
August 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Likewise, we are learning the true faces of a lot of people in electoral politics right now.
People who played at hope and change and gestured at liberatory belief back when that superficial play act rewarded them with prizes like fame and influence and money.
People who played at hope and change and gestured at liberatory belief back when that superficial play act rewarded them with prizes like fame and influence and money.
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Matty and the Pod Saver types never pretended too hard but man are they thrilled to enter an era where they can rest in their privilege fully and play exiled court philosopher about which oppressed people we should sacrifice to the fascist volcano.
August 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Matty and the Pod Saver types never pretended too hard but man are they thrilled to enter an era where they can rest in their privilege fully and play exiled court philosopher about which oppressed people we should sacrifice to the fascist volcano.
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You will continue to hear misinformation about maternal immunization this year, and this was posted last week. The RSV vaccine isn't associated with preterm delivery (PTD), and the best study - IMHO - has been discussed at an ACIP meeting. (1/5)
#MedSky + #IDSky + #ReproSky.
#MedSky + #IDSky + #ReproSky.
July 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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So all that gruesome campaign talk about how they are so awful that they cut up young girls with knives but now they support a pal so fuck it nothing matters and fuck you if you say otherwise. God, what a stupid time this is.
The Trump administration is dropping charges against ms-13 gang leaders after the gang leaders agreed to use their power as gang leaders to support Nayib Bukele politically in El Salvador. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
June 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
So all that gruesome campaign talk about how they are so awful that they cut up young girls with knives but now they support a pal so fuck it nothing matters and fuck you if you say otherwise. God, what a stupid time this is.
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Right wing disinfo being the sole source of sense-making during the initial rumor-milling *by crisis responders* whenever a mass shooting or other potential terrorist event occurred has caused the networks I’m a part of to misstep on the actual response so many times that I stopped logging it
June 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Right wing disinfo being the sole source of sense-making during the initial rumor-milling *by crisis responders* whenever a mass shooting or other potential terrorist event occurred has caused the networks I’m a part of to misstep on the actual response so many times that I stopped logging it
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political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes.
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
June 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
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I get this instinct but at the same time it was Obama’s “nuanced” approach of targeting immigrants w/ criminal records that skyrocketed deportations and reinforced the idea that immigration is a public safety issue (rather than about labor, family, and refuge) ultimately giving the right more fodder
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes.
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
June 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I get this instinct but at the same time it was Obama’s “nuanced” approach of targeting immigrants w/ criminal records that skyrocketed deportations and reinforced the idea that immigration is a public safety issue (rather than about labor, family, and refuge) ultimately giving the right more fodder
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UPDATE: subjected to a long rant on the record today by this judge who has not granted release on bond to anyone detained in NM for months about how he will never turn the video on because then someone might record it and show the public what he is doing to people every day
I just filed a 7 page motion with a 3 page affidavit and 15 pages of supporting documents all to beg for the privilege of using a video hearing system in immigration court which my tax dollars paid for--but one immigration judge has decided against best practices that he will simply never use
May 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
UPDATE: subjected to a long rant on the record today by this judge who has not granted release on bond to anyone detained in NM for months about how he will never turn the video on because then someone might record it and show the public what he is doing to people every day
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1971: Lewis Powell’s memo to Chamber of Commerce urges mobilization of corporate interests in politics.
1973: Heritage Foundation, ALEC formed.
1976: Powell—now on SCOTUS—part of majority in Buckley v. Valeo, unleashing political spending.
1979: Newscorp founded.
1982: Federalist Society founded
1973: Heritage Foundation, ALEC formed.
1976: Powell—now on SCOTUS—part of majority in Buckley v. Valeo, unleashing political spending.
1979: Newscorp founded.
1982: Federalist Society founded
How the constitutional order delivered Trump:
- Wins control of major party with plurality of vote in 16 primary
- Wins electoral college in 16
- Senate refuses to remove 2x
- Supreme Court intervenes to prevent prosecution
- Senate cripples Biden's BBB agenda
- No mechanism to replace Biden
- Wins control of major party with plurality of vote in 16 primary
- Wins electoral college in 16
- Senate refuses to remove 2x
- Supreme Court intervenes to prevent prosecution
- Senate cripples Biden's BBB agenda
- No mechanism to replace Biden
How did the constitutional order deliver us Trump? His historical legacy is literally people who despised the US liberal democratic order and tried to break it: the Confederates, fascists, Nazis. His power extends from his supporters' willingness to flout the rules. This just makes very little sense
May 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
1971: Lewis Powell’s memo to Chamber of Commerce urges mobilization of corporate interests in politics.
1973: Heritage Foundation, ALEC formed.
1976: Powell—now on SCOTUS—part of majority in Buckley v. Valeo, unleashing political spending.
1979: Newscorp founded.
1982: Federalist Society founded
1973: Heritage Foundation, ALEC formed.
1976: Powell—now on SCOTUS—part of majority in Buckley v. Valeo, unleashing political spending.
1979: Newscorp founded.
1982: Federalist Society founded
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I am proud to be a signatory to this letter speaking out in support of our trans siblings in the face of the current appalling assault on their rights and safety. If you are a feminist academic or educator please do read, share and consider signing. #transrightsarehumanrights #CisWithTheT
STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia'
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Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...
Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia
We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement:
‘Not In Our Name’
We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...
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April 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I am proud to be a signatory to this letter speaking out in support of our trans siblings in the face of the current appalling assault on their rights and safety. If you are a feminist academic or educator please do read, share and consider signing. #transrightsarehumanrights #CisWithTheT
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I think the Supreme Court got the law badly wrong tonight. But beyond that, it’s just incredibly ominous that Roberts would throw Boasberg under the bus and hand Trump this big win when his administration has conducted this case in EXTREME bad faith from the start. slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I think the Supreme Court got the law badly wrong tonight. But beyond that, it’s just incredibly ominous that Roberts would throw Boasberg under the bus and hand Trump this big win when his administration has conducted this case in EXTREME bad faith from the start. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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✨ Now refer the attorneys to the bar for discipline ✨
The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
✨ Now refer the attorneys to the bar for discipline ✨
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There is a way that this could be — and in fact should be— framed where this is not about political victories but human rights, the rule of law and what is just in America. When will we learn to stop treating democratic crises as mere horse race politics?
JUST IN: The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now, handing the White House a significant victory.
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for now, handing the White House a significant victory that will let immigration officials rely on a sweepin...
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April 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
There is a way that this could be — and in fact should be— framed where this is not about political victories but human rights, the rule of law and what is just in America. When will we learn to stop treating democratic crises as mere horse race politics?