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This is really concerning, not just the raid but that Indiana University has literally disappeared XiaoFeng Wang (a full professor with a named chair position) from their web sites.
The attacks on Chinese-born faculty were bad in Trump 1, but this I worry is way way worse.
The attacks on Chinese-born faculty were bad in Trump 1, but this I worry is way way worse.
I just heard that a cryptography professor at Indiana University had his house raided and was fired. Don’t know much more. www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
FBI, Homeland Security agents search house on Xavier Court in Bloomington
FBI, Homeland Security provide no details about Friday's raid at Bloomington home involving at least a dozen agents
www.heraldtimesonline.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is really concerning, not just the raid but that Indiana University has literally disappeared XiaoFeng Wang (a full professor with a named chair position) from their web sites.
The attacks on Chinese-born faculty were bad in Trump 1, but this I worry is way way worse.
The attacks on Chinese-born faculty were bad in Trump 1, but this I worry is way way worse.
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Incidentally, if you happen to be looking for my book at a Barnes & Noble, it won’t be there till next week. (😡) most other decent booksellers will have it, as well as these folks: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York
Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York
bookshop.org
March 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Incidentally, if you happen to be looking for my book at a Barnes & Noble, it won’t be there till next week. (😡) most other decent booksellers will have it, as well as these folks: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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quite a thing to get out of Henry Fonda for President and see this horrifying shit www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
quite a thing to get out of Henry Fonda for President and see this horrifying shit www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
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Arrow Video’s V-CINEMA ESSENTIALS: BULLETS & BETRAYAL Unleashes Cult Genre Havoc Next Month!
We're all gonna want these come next month. Get a look at Arrow Video's latest V-Cinema bundle: a total of nine explosive cult Japanese crime thrillers in limited edition Blu-Ray!
We're all gonna want these come next month. Get a look at Arrow Video's latest V-Cinema bundle: a total of nine explosive cult Japanese crime thrillers in limited edition Blu-Ray!
Arrow Video’s V-CINEMA ESSENTIALS: BULLETS & BETRAYAL Unleashes Cult Genre Havoc Next Month!
We're all gonna want these come next month. Get a look at Arrow Video's latest V-Cinema bundle: a total of nine explosive cult Japanese crime thrillers in limited edition Blu-Ray!
filmcombatsyndicate.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Arrow Video’s V-CINEMA ESSENTIALS: BULLETS & BETRAYAL Unleashes Cult Genre Havoc Next Month!
We're all gonna want these come next month. Get a look at Arrow Video's latest V-Cinema bundle: a total of nine explosive cult Japanese crime thrillers in limited edition Blu-Ray!
We're all gonna want these come next month. Get a look at Arrow Video's latest V-Cinema bundle: a total of nine explosive cult Japanese crime thrillers in limited edition Blu-Ray!
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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Real quick: there are a lot of people who are asking why more people didn't jump in to intervene physically
This is a place where Patriot Front will hold exercises outside your house if you piss them off enough. This is a place where the people on that stage control every government institution
This is a place where Patriot Front will hold exercises outside your house if you piss them off enough. This is a place where the people on that stage control every government institution
Context makes this worse. For everyone who asked why no one tried to help: people who did were also detained
These security guards walked right past a man standing in the aisle and yelling at the people onstage so they could detain a woman who was sitting down
(h/t @seachangevibes.bsky.social)
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These security guards walked right past a man standing in the aisle and yelling at the people onstage so they could detain a woman who was sitting down
(h/t @seachangevibes.bsky.social)
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February 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Real quick: there are a lot of people who are asking why more people didn't jump in to intervene physically
This is a place where Patriot Front will hold exercises outside your house if you piss them off enough. This is a place where the people on that stage control every government institution
This is a place where Patriot Front will hold exercises outside your house if you piss them off enough. This is a place where the people on that stage control every government institution
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Stealing the infrastructure we paid for. They're treating blue states and cities like we're conquered territory to be plundered.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is booed by protesters as he announces Trump is cutting off funding for high-speed rail between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Instead of dealing with all the planes crashing everywhere, the former “Real World” star is abandoning investments in US infrastructure.
February 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Stealing the infrastructure we paid for. They're treating blue states and cities like we're conquered territory to be plundered.
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Hey, look, here’s @chriswarcraft.bsky.social out there walking the walk
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested after attacking ‘corrupt’ Maga movement
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested in California on Tuesday after protesting against what he said was a tribute to the Maga movement
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hey, look, here’s @chriswarcraft.bsky.social out there walking the walk
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
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Of all the things he could be focusing on he chooses this obvious troll bill
February 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Of all the things he could be focusing on he chooses this obvious troll bill
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Trump and Elon have unleashed people become the worst cruelest versions of themselves. www.latintimes.com/11-year-old-...
11-Year-Old Texas Girl Bullied Over Family's Immigration Status Takes Her Own Life
A sixth grade girl took her life after classmates bullied her over her family's immigration status and threatened to contact ICE to deport her parents.
www.latintimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trump and Elon have unleashed people become the worst cruelest versions of themselves. www.latintimes.com/11-year-old-...
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In South Carolina, tonight: “I have an ectopic pregnancy. It’s on my ovary. They’re making me risk my ovary even though I don’t want to. They refuse to do the surgery.” #ForcedBirthNation
Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
February 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
In South Carolina, tonight: “I have an ectopic pregnancy. It’s on my ovary. They’re making me risk my ovary even though I don’t want to. They refuse to do the surgery.” #ForcedBirthNation
Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
Original Post: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2yCKENt/
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Look I expect cruelty from this administration—but who exactly is the intended audience for this? People who skinned cats as children?
February 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Look I expect cruelty from this administration—but who exactly is the intended audience for this? People who skinned cats as children?
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"Project 2025 approved SSA administrator steps down just 3 weeks into the administration, giving up a GS-15 career in the process, because she knew even one more week on the job would risk putting her in prison for decades" is a very good and comforting sign
(Musk's touching the stove)
(Musk's touching the stove)
Just to be clear, because I don’t think the Post story highlights it enough: This was Trump’s day-one pick to lead the Social Security Admin until his nominee got confirmed who RESIGNED a career job rather than do what Musk’s DOGE team wants.
This is Treasury (DOGE) and DOJ (Adams) all over again.
This is Treasury (DOGE) and DOJ (Adams) all over again.
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"Project 2025 approved SSA administrator steps down just 3 weeks into the administration, giving up a GS-15 career in the process, because she knew even one more week on the job would risk putting her in prison for decades" is a very good and comforting sign
(Musk's touching the stove)
(Musk's touching the stove)
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UPDATE: It's happening now. German police entered the new venue to break up our meeting with Francesca Albanese and Amnesty International. The miss no chance to prove that totalitarianism is back in Germany even before the AfD has won gvt
February 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
UPDATE: It's happening now. German police entered the new venue to break up our meeting with Francesca Albanese and Amnesty International. The miss no chance to prove that totalitarianism is back in Germany even before the AfD has won gvt
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democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
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The protests going on right now are not the same as 2016 or 2020. You are seeing a social movement in its Proto phases before we know what the final form looks like.This is something much bigger than anything We’ve seen probably since occupy much larger and angrier then 2016 or 20 time to turn it up
February 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The protests going on right now are not the same as 2016 or 2020. You are seeing a social movement in its Proto phases before we know what the final form looks like.This is something much bigger than anything We’ve seen probably since occupy much larger and angrier then 2016 or 20 time to turn it up
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When America loses the Financial Times. www.ft.com/content/11f1...
February 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
When America loses the Financial Times. www.ft.com/content/11f1...
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Thus far DOGE operatives have have full read access to govt payments system at Treasury (yr tax refunds, bank info, etc); full access to all CMS data (anything tied to your Medicare or Medicaid); and now they are seeking full access to everyone's tax returns. Feeling safer?
February 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thus far DOGE operatives have have full read access to govt payments system at Treasury (yr tax refunds, bank info, etc); full access to all CMS data (anything tied to your Medicare or Medicaid); and now they are seeking full access to everyone's tax returns. Feeling safer?
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Five months ago the NYT’s publisher wrote an oped insisting that he could clearly recognize, and was ready for, the authoritarian threat
For those keeping track, @nytimes.com ran the story today on the bottom of page A22.
Trump declared himself above the law today. Literally announced it. Pinned it to his feed for emphasis. The White House reposted it. All to underscore it’s not some passing thought, which would be bad enough.
It’s not the top story on any news site that I can find.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s not the top story on any news site that I can find.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Five months ago the NYT’s publisher wrote an oped insisting that he could clearly recognize, and was ready for, the authoritarian threat
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This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.
February 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.