Plaidthumbtack
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Humanities, History, and Civics teacher behind what can be considered “enemy lines”
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If you find any way to defend what the administration did to this woman, you are soulless. The pro life party for you. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner
ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.
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June 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you find any way to defend what the administration did to this woman, you are soulless. The pro life party for you. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
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"Hospital staff are scrambling with damage control efforts implementing emergency masking policies and giving babies as young as 3 days old injections of immunoglobulin, an antibody that helps their fragile immune system try to fight off #measles."
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Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.
www.nbcnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Hospital staff are scrambling with damage control efforts implementing emergency masking policies and giving babies as young as 3 days old injections of immunoglobulin, an antibody that helps their fragile immune system try to fight off #measles."
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Here’s the interview. Why a Jan. 6 defendant rejected Trump's pardon one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5272...
January 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Here’s the interview. Why a Jan. 6 defendant rejected Trump's pardon one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5272...
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“The legacy of Chinese exclusion lies in the absence—the lost generations or broken bloodlines—of families that might otherwise have been.” Jane Hu writes about the lasting consequences of the Chinese exclusion laws.
The Long Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act
The true cost of the immigration policy can be measured in the generations of Chinese Americans who were never born.
www.newyorker.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“The legacy of Chinese exclusion lies in the absence—the lost generations or broken bloodlines—of families that might otherwise have been.” Jane Hu writes about the lasting consequences of the Chinese exclusion laws.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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HISTORY IS EVERYTHING
Everyone needs to see this! Trump’s mass deportation, mirrors Operation Wetback:
🔘 Mass deport undocumented immigrants & anyone who “might” be
🔘 Trigger a labor shortage, restart legal immigration
🔘 Claim victory on the border, GOP wins more elections
We’re being played!
Everyone needs to see this! Trump’s mass deportation, mirrors Operation Wetback:
🔘 Mass deport undocumented immigrants & anyone who “might” be
🔘 Trigger a labor shortage, restart legal immigration
🔘 Claim victory on the border, GOP wins more elections
We’re being played!
January 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
HISTORY IS EVERYTHING
Everyone needs to see this! Trump’s mass deportation, mirrors Operation Wetback:
🔘 Mass deport undocumented immigrants & anyone who “might” be
🔘 Trigger a labor shortage, restart legal immigration
🔘 Claim victory on the border, GOP wins more elections
We’re being played!
Everyone needs to see this! Trump’s mass deportation, mirrors Operation Wetback:
🔘 Mass deport undocumented immigrants & anyone who “might” be
🔘 Trigger a labor shortage, restart legal immigration
🔘 Claim victory on the border, GOP wins more elections
We’re being played!
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The mythology of Jimmy Carter begins and ends in Plains, the small Georgia town that raised him and kept drawing him back. But Atlanta is just as essential to understanding his life. The city was his stage — one that fit his global ambitions. nyti.ms/4gIC1R0
How Jimmy Carter Launched His Career and Cemented His Legacy in Atlanta
While his home was always in the small Georgia town, Atlanta gave him the opportunities to cement a political and humanitarian legacy.
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January 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The mythology of Jimmy Carter begins and ends in Plains, the small Georgia town that raised him and kept drawing him back. But Atlanta is just as essential to understanding his life. The city was his stage — one that fit his global ambitions. nyti.ms/4gIC1R0
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NEW: Virgil van Dijk angry with “unacceptable” goals – “It could have been a lot worse” #lfc
Van Dijk angry with 'unacceptable' goals - 'Could have been worse'
Read here.
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January 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: Virgil van Dijk angry with “unacceptable” goals – “It could have been a lot worse” #lfc
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#20bookchallenge
6/20
#Booksky
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#20bookchallenge
6/20
January 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#20bookchallenge
6/20
#Booksky
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#20bookchallenge
6/20
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I am now getting hundreds of these a DAY. All clearly bots. I cannot block them all. Hey @pfrazee.com are y'all working on this? It's become a massive overnight problem.
January 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I am now getting hundreds of these a DAY. All clearly bots. I cannot block them all. Hey @pfrazee.com are y'all working on this? It's become a massive overnight problem.
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As my @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History column kicks off its 7th (!) year, I'd really appreciate y'all sharing this one if you have a chance. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social @kawulf.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social
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Considering History: Some Revolutionary Anniversaries to Celebrate in 2025 | The Saturday Evening Post
Lexington and Concord aren’t the only anniversaries in 2025. If we take into account the history of all Americans, there is much more to commemorate this year.
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January 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
As my @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History column kicks off its 7th (!) year, I'd really appreciate y'all sharing this one if you have a chance. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social @kawulf.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social
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State Rep. Mihaela Plesa survived a GOP challenge in a year when Democrats lost a lot of ground in Texas. She said the key for the minority party is economic issues, not culture war.
For @texastribune.org
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For @texastribune.org
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Rep. Mihaela Plesa survived a heated GOP challenge. Here’s how she thinks Democrats can prevail.
Plesa, a Dallas Democrat, said the party should embrace bipartisanship, and start talking about economic issues.
www.texastribune.org
January 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
State Rep. Mihaela Plesa survived a GOP challenge in a year when Democrats lost a lot of ground in Texas. She said the key for the minority party is economic issues, not culture war.
For @texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/03/m...
For @texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/03/m...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#20bookchallenge
5/20
#Booksky
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#20bookchallenge
5/20
January 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#20bookchallenge
5/20
#Booksky
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#20bookchallenge
5/20
Enter the year you turned 10ish into the gif bar and see what was popular back then…
January 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Enter the year you turned 10ish into the gif bar and see what was popular back then…
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I wrote an essay about our bottomless thirst for diversion and how avoiding boredom is the engine of modern life. It’s based on the research I did for my book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
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Opinion | Chris Hayes: I Want Your Attention. I Need Your Attention. Here is How I Mastered My Own.
The problem we face is existential and spiritual, not situational.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I wrote an essay about our bottomless thirst for diversion and how avoiding boredom is the engine of modern life. It’s based on the research I did for my book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
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🇺🇸If you are 100 years old or under, this is the first day Jimmy Carter is not a part of your life.
🇺🇸Circumstances were dire for me when he ran for reelection in 1980. I was a vet on the brink of homelessness, and desperate. So I voted for Reagan.
🇺🇸Turns out, the best man lost.
My telling of it. 👇🏼
🇺🇸Circumstances were dire for me when he ran for reelection in 1980. I was a vet on the brink of homelessness, and desperate. So I voted for Reagan.
🇺🇸Turns out, the best man lost.
My telling of it. 👇🏼
JIMMY CARTER: The Right Man For All Time
His four difficult years as president were but a stepping stone to a higher purpose ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
🇺🇸If you are 100 years old or under, this is the first day Jimmy Carter is not a part of your life.
🇺🇸Circumstances were dire for me when he ran for reelection in 1980. I was a vet on the brink of homelessness, and desperate. So I voted for Reagan.
🇺🇸Turns out, the best man lost.
My telling of it. 👇🏼
🇺🇸Circumstances were dire for me when he ran for reelection in 1980. I was a vet on the brink of homelessness, and desperate. So I voted for Reagan.
🇺🇸Turns out, the best man lost.
My telling of it. 👇🏼
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Bertrand Russell wrote this over 100 years ago, in 1923. Hasn't aged a day.
January 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Bertrand Russell wrote this over 100 years ago, in 1923. Hasn't aged a day.
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
December 23, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
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Kwanzaa, which serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans seven days from the day after Christmas through New Year’s Day.
A quick guide to Kwanzaa
The holiday, which serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans seven days from the day after Christmas through New Year’s Day.
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December 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Kwanzaa, which serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans seven days from the day after Christmas through New Year’s Day.
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
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I can’t think of anything more exclusively American than a school shooting.
💔 More American family holidays ruined.
💔 More American children’s funerals.
❌ More American faux “pro-life” Republicans doing NOTHING.
#EndGunViolenceNow
💔 More American family holidays ruined.
💔 More American children’s funerals.
❌ More American faux “pro-life” Republicans doing NOTHING.
#EndGunViolenceNow
December 16, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I can’t think of anything more exclusively American than a school shooting.
💔 More American family holidays ruined.
💔 More American children’s funerals.
❌ More American faux “pro-life” Republicans doing NOTHING.
#EndGunViolenceNow
💔 More American family holidays ruined.
💔 More American children’s funerals.
❌ More American faux “pro-life” Republicans doing NOTHING.
#EndGunViolenceNow