Val Hartouni 🗽🏴☠️
@vhartouni.bsky.social
Professor Emerita and author (Visualizing Atrocity: Arendt, Evil, and the Optics of Thoughtlessness; Reproductive Technologies and the Remaking of Life).
Keeper of the Flame 🔥
Still Not Going Back
NO KINGS/NO FASCISTS
Keeper of the Flame 🔥
Still Not Going Back
NO KINGS/NO FASCISTS
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Just in case you were wondering
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Probably the most effective lobbying effort by the US airline industry since COVID
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Just in case you were wondering
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Qualified Immunity isn't going to shield ICE nazis from criminal liability. That's why some lawyers expect to see indictments of ICE "agents" after this Trump fascism shit is over. There is a paper trail of employment; they know their names for payments and also who not to pay during a shutdown.
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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The same people accusing Democrats of choosing a communist to run New York City are perfectly fine having a fascist run the country.
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Listen, learn, share.
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Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Listen, learn, share.
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Interesting for Hegseth and Trump railing about “political correctness” after the admin spent two weeks policing what people can and can’t say about Charlie Kirk
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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“He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.”
- U.S. Declaration of Independence
- U.S. Declaration of Independence
Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Every time one of you says "well, that's it, this is fascism," you're giving up.
If we were already living in a fascist regime, most of you - and certainly not anyone in the public space, like me - would not be here arguing about it.
You're Americans. Stop fantasizing that you're the White Rose.
If we were already living in a fascist regime, most of you - and certainly not anyone in the public space, like me - would not be here arguing about it.
You're Americans. Stop fantasizing that you're the White Rose.
September 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Sarah Longwell thinks through the issue of political violence in these dark times. Worth a listen.
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You Can Ramp It Up or Ramp It Down (with Rachel Kleinfeld)
www.thebulwark.com/p/you-can-ra...
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You Can Ramp It Up or Ramp It Down (with Rachel Kleinfeld)
www.thebulwark.com/p/you-can-ra...
You Can Ramp It Up or Ramp It Down (with Rachel Kleinfeld)
The murder of Charlie Kirk was the culmination of Americans' long-brewing fear of political violence.
www.thebulwark.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sarah Longwell thinks through the issue of political violence in these dark times. Worth a listen.
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You Can Ramp It Up or Ramp It Down (with Rachel Kleinfeld)
www.thebulwark.com/p/you-can-ra...
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You Can Ramp It Up or Ramp It Down (with Rachel Kleinfeld)
www.thebulwark.com/p/you-can-ra...
Spot on: SCOTUS majority signs off on racial terror in LA
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Donald Trump's hand-picked SCOTUS majority just became the Grand Marshal for a parade of racial terror in LA.
His administration is targeting Latinos — and anyone who doesn't look or sound like Stephen Miller's idea of an American — to deliberately harm our families and economy.
His administration is targeting Latinos — and anyone who doesn't look or sound like Stephen Miller's idea of an American — to deliberately harm our families and economy.
Supreme Court upholds 'roving patrols' for immigration stops in Los Angeles
September 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Spot on: SCOTUS majority signs off on racial terror in LA
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Shorter Supreme Court reasoning- factoring race into the VRA or college admissions: grave constitutional violations. Factoring race into ICE enforcement: obvious common sense
September 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Dems take note: stop simpering
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Don’t You Dare: Why Democrats Must Shut It Down
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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Don’t You Dare: Why Democrats Must Shut It Down
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Don’t You Dare: Why Democrats Must Shut It Down
Advice Democrats Won't Take On The Shutdown Fight
open.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Dems take note: stop simpering
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Don’t You Dare: Why Democrats Must Shut It Down
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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Don’t You Dare: Why Democrats Must Shut It Down
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
This 🧵
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Dear Bobby, when your dad was in the government it was the early 1960s... 60+years ago.
We have learned much more about how to identify, treat and cure chronic diseases since then.
That means people who were left to die from untreated chronic diseases then are getting treated and living today.
We have learned much more about how to identify, treat and cure chronic diseases since then.
That means people who were left to die from untreated chronic diseases then are getting treated and living today.
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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If your thing is “free speech” but you only worry about right-wing extremist access to universities while cheering Republicans as they ban research & discussion about anything they deem “woke” (1) your thing is not “free speech” it’s right-wing extemism (2) congrats on your new job running CBS News.
September 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Exactly.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Exactly.
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"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
September 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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They’re expansing/consolidating a police state under the auspices of security. Wake up.
Not a very long path from "Why wouldn't you want the regime to deploy federal troops in your city when it reduces carjackings?" to "Why would you be opposed to the erection of internment camps for deviants when it reduces crime?"
And a good chunk of mainstream media will just follow along.
And a good chunk of mainstream media will just follow along.
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement
WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
August 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
They’re expansing/consolidating a police state under the auspices of security. Wake up.
Endorse. Stop with the “my esteemed, fair-minded friend across the aisle” — who stabs you and the country in the back at every opportunity in service to a fascist agenda. Stop with feckless consultants. Show some spine. If we go down, let’s go down fighting.
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social take this advice please 🙏
August 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Endorse. Stop with the “my esteemed, fair-minded friend across the aisle” — who stabs you and the country in the back at every opportunity in service to a fascist agenda. Stop with feckless consultants. Show some spine. If we go down, let’s go down fighting.
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Here’s the answer:
You don’t militarize cities to address crime. That’s why we have police departments. People who know & are invested in our communities.
Not soldiers trained for war invading our cities to provide a band aid at the behest of an unstable power hungry guy who himself is a felon.
You don’t militarize cities to address crime. That’s why we have police departments. People who know & are invested in our communities.
Not soldiers trained for war invading our cities to provide a band aid at the behest of an unstable power hungry guy who himself is a felon.
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement
WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
August 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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August 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Impeach this entitled fool.
August 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Impeach this entitled fool.
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A rapist, pedophile and a president who is detaining thousands of people he has pulled off the street and put in concentration camps absolutely can't receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump needs to stop this nonsensical talk about a Nobel Prize and so does Karoline Leavitt.
Trump needs to stop this nonsensical talk about a Nobel Prize and so does Karoline Leavitt.
August 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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August 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Bravo @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
The WH Press Corps is a pathetic punchline & sick joke of what credible journalism once was
Fawning ass-kissing sychophants who fail to inform US or challenge the never-ending LIES, Insults & Distractions spewed by a deranged lunatic
youtu.be/tCfM9BDsKWk?...
The WH Press Corps is a pathetic punchline & sick joke of what credible journalism once was
Fawning ass-kissing sychophants who fail to inform US or challenge the never-ending LIES, Insults & Distractions spewed by a deranged lunatic
youtu.be/tCfM9BDsKWk?...
August 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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