Priscilla Ocen
@priscillaocen.bsky.social
Scholar. Writer. Anti-Carceral Feminist. Lawyer. Professor. Karaoke Queen. Time Traveler.
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Trump's vague plan to “federalize” the nation’s capital is best understood as an authoritarian pageant from an administration that’s flailing.
The reality does not matter; only the fascist spectacle that he can manufacture and sell to Fox News viewers.
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The reality does not matter; only the fascist spectacle that he can manufacture and sell to Fox News viewers.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump's vague plan to “federalize” the nation’s capital is best understood as an authoritarian pageant from an administration that’s flailing.
The reality does not matter; only the fascist spectacle that he can manufacture and sell to Fox News viewers.
trib.al/uyqxvpl
The reality does not matter; only the fascist spectacle that he can manufacture and sell to Fox News viewers.
trib.al/uyqxvpl
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“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
www.propublica.org
June 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
I recently joined TikTok. I wanted to see what kind of posts the algorithm would suggest I follow. Over a third were right-wing accounts promoting violence against immigrants and others. Interesting. Was this the price of lifting the TikTok ban???
June 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I recently joined TikTok. I wanted to see what kind of posts the algorithm would suggest I follow. Over a third were right-wing accounts promoting violence against immigrants and others. Interesting. Was this the price of lifting the TikTok ban???
Just tuning in to the Knicks vs. Celtics game. 32 points down?? Did someone put a hex on the Celtics?? This beatdown ain't right. And I say that as a Lakers fan. 😂
May 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Just tuning in to the Knicks vs. Celtics game. 32 points down?? Did someone put a hex on the Celtics?? This beatdown ain't right. And I say that as a Lakers fan. 😂
Great piece exploring what is really at stake in the assault on DEI - because "what DEI Threatens Isn't Merit. It's Monopoly."
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Great piece exploring what is really at stake in the assault on DEI - because "what DEI Threatens Isn't Merit. It's Monopoly."
This Saturday, Loyola Law School will host a convening on the impact of Project 2025 on democracy, civil rights, and more. Join us!
April 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This Saturday, Loyola Law School will host a convening on the impact of Project 2025 on democracy, civil rights, and more. Join us!
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Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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CEO Worked Way Up From Son Of CEO
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March 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
CEO Worked Way Up From Son Of CEO
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
March 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
Ya'll really elected Humdinger president. Where's the Paw Patrol when you need 'em?
It would be funny if it were not so harmful, dangerous, tragic, racist, and, most of all, unnecessary.
It would be funny if it were not so harmful, dangerous, tragic, racist, and, most of all, unnecessary.
March 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Ya'll really elected Humdinger president. Where's the Paw Patrol when you need 'em?
It would be funny if it were not so harmful, dangerous, tragic, racist, and, most of all, unnecessary.
It would be funny if it were not so harmful, dangerous, tragic, racist, and, most of all, unnecessary.
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If you missed tonight’s town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts, you can watch the video here:
The Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town Hall
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If you missed tonight’s town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts, you can watch the video here:
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The literal wealthiest man in the world donating hundreds of millions of dollars to a presidential campaign and getting rewarded with a government post where he can award his companies with contracts is the most cartoonish possible rendering of what people warned about after Citizens United.
February 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The literal wealthiest man in the world donating hundreds of millions of dollars to a presidential campaign and getting rewarded with a government post where he can award his companies with contracts is the most cartoonish possible rendering of what people warned about after Citizens United.
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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
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I'm starting to think that maybe robber barons aren't buying newspapers and social media sites to promote the free flow of information.
The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm starting to think that maybe robber barons aren't buying newspapers and social media sites to promote the free flow of information.
Black women watching America implode after electing a white nationalist government.
February 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Black women watching America implode after electing a white nationalist government.
Exciting news! I’m honored to join the 2025-2027 cohort of the Leading Edge Fund formation. 🎉
With this fellowship, I’m looking forward to developing a new research center that studies and promotes community alternatives to policing.
leadingedge.rosenbergfound.org
With this fellowship, I’m looking forward to developing a new research center that studies and promotes community alternatives to policing.
leadingedge.rosenbergfound.org
Leading Edge Fund
The Leading Edge Fund is a new $2 million fund created to seed, incubate and accelerate bold ideas from the next generation of progressive movement leaders in California.
leadingedge.rosenbergfound.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Exciting news! I’m honored to join the 2025-2027 cohort of the Leading Edge Fund formation. 🎉
With this fellowship, I’m looking forward to developing a new research center that studies and promotes community alternatives to policing.
leadingedge.rosenbergfound.org
With this fellowship, I’m looking forward to developing a new research center that studies and promotes community alternatives to policing.
leadingedge.rosenbergfound.org
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February 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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People are understandably feeling scared as Trump unleashes his torrent of attacks on vulnerable populations. But some in the grassroots are fighting back, piece by piece. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social burns and I documented one such effort in Chicago disrupting Trump’s mass deportation plans.
“Don’t Open the Door”: How Chicago Is Frustrating ICE’s Campaign of Fear
Months of know-your-rights work has Trump’s border czar complaining.
inthesetimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
People are understandably feeling scared as Trump unleashes his torrent of attacks on vulnerable populations. But some in the grassroots are fighting back, piece by piece. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social burns and I documented one such effort in Chicago disrupting Trump’s mass deportation plans.
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On brand for a bunch of cronies, charlatans, crooks. They are scamming the American government and using racism as an accomplice.
So the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world clumsily fired a bunch of senior air traffic staff, caused the worst domestic air disaster since 9/11, and then tried to blame black people
January 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
On brand for a bunch of cronies, charlatans, crooks. They are scamming the American government and using racism as an accomplice.
So . . . Trump is taking over the government using the same tactics that Musk used when he took over Twitter. An all-out assault on all of the institutional pillars to disrupt, destabilize, and destroy.
January 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
So . . . Trump is taking over the government using the same tactics that Musk used when he took over Twitter. An all-out assault on all of the institutional pillars to disrupt, destabilize, and destroy.
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To create as much justice and safety as possible, we have to defy authority and disobey, writes @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Trump Needs Public Cooperation to Enact a Fascist Vision. Here’s How We Refuse.
Our resistance to fascistic policies must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal.
truthout.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
To create as much justice and safety as possible, we have to defy authority and disobey, writes @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
These fires have left us breathless, both literally and figuratively. The scale of harm is unimaginable. What is clear, however, is that community has stepped up, from raising money to hosting displaced family and friends. We have kept us safe—not a billion-dollar law enforcement apparatus.
January 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
These fires have left us breathless, both literally and figuratively. The scale of harm is unimaginable. What is clear, however, is that community has stepped up, from raising money to hosting displaced family and friends. We have kept us safe—not a billion-dollar law enforcement apparatus.