Annie Baillargeon
@trait-dunion.bsky.social
Humaniste. Curieuse. Bienveillante. Passionnée d'humain et de politique. Accessoirement traductrice. Un peu fleur bleue.
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Nice people made the best Nazis. My mother spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves, chose not to focus on politics... They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away.
Naomi Shulman
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Naomi Shulman
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
No Time To Be Nice: Now Is Not The Moment To Remain Silent
Naomi Shulman makes the post-election case for speaking out.
www.wbur.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Nice people made the best Nazis. My mother spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves, chose not to focus on politics... They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away.
Naomi Shulman
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Naomi Shulman
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
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How is this even legal? Why isn’t anyone stopping him?
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How is this even legal? Why isn’t anyone stopping him?
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BREAKING:
We are suing the Trump admin on behalf of our members for unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding for crucial public health research to force Columbia University to surrender its academic independence.
Stay Tuned.
We are suing the Trump admin on behalf of our members for unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding for crucial public health research to force Columbia University to surrender its academic independence.
Stay Tuned.
@aaup.bsky.social and @aftunion.bsky.social sue over government “using cuts as a cudgel to coerce a private institution.” www.aft.org/press-releas...
FACULTY UNIONS SUE TRUMP ADMIN: NO HALTING SCIENCE RESEARCH TO SUPPRESS SPEECH
NEW YORK– The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the AFT today sued the Trump administration on behalf of their members for unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding...
www.aft.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
BREAKING:
We are suing the Trump admin on behalf of our members for unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding for crucial public health research to force Columbia University to surrender its academic independence.
Stay Tuned.
We are suing the Trump admin on behalf of our members for unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding for crucial public health research to force Columbia University to surrender its academic independence.
Stay Tuned.
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A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.
March 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.
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Can you help me get 500 reposts on this post? I am going live on youtube on Friday. I am super pissed off what is happening in our party and want ro discuss Chuck Schumer and more with you. If you are not subscribed to my channel please consider doing so here: m.youtube.com/@adamparkhom...
March 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Can you help me get 500 reposts on this post? I am going live on youtube on Friday. I am super pissed off what is happening in our party and want ro discuss Chuck Schumer and more with you. If you are not subscribed to my channel please consider doing so here: m.youtube.com/@adamparkhom...
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excited to hear the ADL's defense of this one
March 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
excited to hear the ADL's defense of this one
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they get it. good for them.
Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
March 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
they get it. good for them.
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Wow. The US has quite rightly been added to the CIVICUS human rights watch list in the same month as the DRC and Pakistan.
monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-ma...
monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-ma...
Watchlist March 2025 - Civicus Monitor
CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist: 5 countries where there has been a decline in civic freedoms
monitor.civicus.org
March 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Wow. The US has quite rightly been added to the CIVICUS human rights watch list in the same month as the DRC and Pakistan.
monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-ma...
monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-ma...
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To know this and to cut cut Medicaid is to be deeply and profoundly psychologically pathological.
Let’s remember who depends on Medicaid as the GOP prepares to slash hundreds of billions from it.
March 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
To know this and to cut cut Medicaid is to be deeply and profoundly psychologically pathological.
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Le (très) regretté Nelson Mandela.
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«A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial and uninformed.»
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«A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial and uninformed.»
March 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Le (très) regretté Nelson Mandela.
👇
«A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial and uninformed.»
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«A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial and uninformed.»
Ça, il me semble que ça presse! Québec / Canada
Vive le Québec (numérique) libre !
On se plaît à croire que le Canada pourrait couper le robinet du pétrole – ou le fil de l’électricité – pour mettre de la pression sur les États-Unis. Mais s’est-on demandé comment les Américains pour...
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March 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ça, il me semble que ça presse! Québec / Canada
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‘… that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism’
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March 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
‘… that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism’
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Some of our new followers may be wondering why a social media research lab—one that primarily focuses on sharing insights about social media research and the latest developments in social media platforms—also engages with political topics.
"This is the kind of thing tech and law reporters spot immediately, because we’ve seen this all play out before. When someone talks about “free speech” while actively working to control speech, that’s not a contradiction or a mistake — it’s the point." www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Some of our new followers may be wondering why a social media research lab—one that primarily focuses on sharing insights about social media research and the latest developments in social media platforms—also engages with political topics.
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Isn’t This Illegal, Part 8792.
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
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March 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Isn’t This Illegal, Part 8792.
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Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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"Ce n’est plus une crise constitutionnelle(...)mais un régime mafieux(...) Violent, instable, vénéneux, il projette sa population et le monde près de 2 siècles en arrière. Le temps n’est plus aux atermoiements"
ps:"Une tribune dans un média d’information est un privilège" @patrickdery.bsky.social
ps:"Une tribune dans un média d’information est un privilège" @patrickdery.bsky.social
Le grand bond en arrière
Les États-Unis amorcent un voyage dans le passé dont les répercussions vont se réverbérer sur la prochaine décennie.
www.ledevoir.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Ce n’est plus une crise constitutionnelle(...)mais un régime mafieux(...) Violent, instable, vénéneux, il projette sa population et le monde près de 2 siècles en arrière. Le temps n’est plus aux atermoiements"
ps:"Une tribune dans un média d’information est un privilège" @patrickdery.bsky.social
ps:"Une tribune dans un média d’information est un privilège" @patrickdery.bsky.social
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Trump, Poutine et les dissidents républicains richardhetu.com/2025/02/19/t...
Trump, Poutine et les dissidents républicains
« Monsieur le Président, l’Ukraine n’a pas “commencé” cette guerre. La Russie a lancé une invasion brutale et non provoquée qui a coûté la vie à des centaines de milliers de personnes. …
richardhetu.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Trump, Poutine et les dissidents républicains richardhetu.com/2025/02/19/t...
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It’s not just about the economy. It’s also about the data, especially the personal data. Dr. @hcrichardson.bsky.social does a great job explaining the troubling access DOGE has to all kinds of personal data as they rampage through the government. People need to be arrested!
February 18, 2025
In a court filing last night, the Director of the Office of Administration in the Trump administration, Joshua Fisher, clarified the government position of billionaire Elon Musk.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It’s not just about the economy. It’s also about the data, especially the personal data. Dr. @hcrichardson.bsky.social does a great job explaining the troubling access DOGE has to all kinds of personal data as they rampage through the government. People need to be arrested!
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Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.
February 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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J’ai tenté d’écrire un petit guide pour décrypter comment l’administration Trump voit des relations avec le reste du monde.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/213...?
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/213...?
Pourquoi Trump met la hache dans l’ordre mondial
Les États-Unis s’éloignent de l’ONU, sabrent dans l’aide étrangère. La fin d'un certain l’ordre international?
ici.radio-canada.ca
February 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
J’ai tenté d’écrire un petit guide pour décrypter comment l’administration Trump voit des relations avec le reste du monde.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/213...?
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/213...?
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Le triomphe de l’idéologie libertarienne annonce la période la plus liberticide en un siècle. Et ce renversement se prépare depuis des décennies.
https://lactualite.com/politique/administration-trump-ii-le-divorce-du-capitalisme-et-de-la-democratie-liberale/
https://lactualite.com/politique/administration-trump-ii-le-divorce-du-capitalisme-et-de-la-democratie-liberale/
Administration Trump II : le divorce du capitalisme et de la démocratie libérale
Le triomphe de l'idéologie libertarienne annonce la période la plus liberticide en un siècle. Et ce renversement se prépare depuis des décennies.
lactualite.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Le triomphe de l’idéologie libertarienne annonce la période la plus liberticide en un siècle. Et ce renversement se prépare depuis des décennies.
https://lactualite.com/politique/administration-trump-ii-le-divorce-du-capitalisme-et-de-la-democratie-liberale/
https://lactualite.com/politique/administration-trump-ii-le-divorce-du-capitalisme-et-de-la-democratie-liberale/
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« Tout est surveillé » : la poigne de fer de Pierre Poilievre sur son caucus -
Incursion dans les coulisses d’un chef qui garde le contrôle sur son parti
#cdnpoli #polcan
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Incursion dans les coulisses d’un chef qui garde le contrôle sur son parti
#cdnpoli #polcan
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...
La poigne de fer de Pierre Poilievre sur son caucus
Arrivé en poste il y a deux ans, le chef du Parti conservateur du Canada garde un contrôle serré sur les faits et gestes de ses députés.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 20, 2024 at 12:11 PM
« Tout est surveillé » : la poigne de fer de Pierre Poilievre sur son caucus -
Incursion dans les coulisses d’un chef qui garde le contrôle sur son parti
#cdnpoli #polcan
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...
Incursion dans les coulisses d’un chef qui garde le contrôle sur son parti
#cdnpoli #polcan
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...