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This is well worth your time. A group of brilliant thinker-activist-teachers bring an energizing clarity to these conversations.

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“A succession of top agents, all women, were given an ultimatum: Take a different post or be asked to retire.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

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This is 🏆 “The problem with speaking up for each other is that everyone is left without a voice.” What I heard here: the struggles of the oppressed are only taken seriously or heard through the voices of their oppressors.

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“If Trump and his supporters can defame others,” writes David Frum, “they can dull voters’ awareness of the astounding and horrible uniqueness of Trump’s corruption”: https://theatln.tc/8YM3Hqab

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At least 31 gender and sexuality based resource centers have shuttered across 23 college campuses. Read the full story here ⤵️

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The United States Court of International Trade "should have no role" in … international trade, is it? 🤔

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Good read: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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lol… even when sucking up the @nytimes.com can’t help but make these asshats sound like the worst of people 🤣

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Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives. By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social

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The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M

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“Karate Kid: Legends” is an act of franchise hubris. A film with all the makings of a decent spin-off, completely derailed by shoving empty nostalgia on screen. Especially egregious after a show as delightful as “Cobra Kai.” joysauce.com/karate-kid-l...

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REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa? TRUMP: On what? REPORTER: Foreign student visas TRUMP: For the French? REPORTER: All the foreign students TRUMP: What are you referring-- foreign visas for what?

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Scoop: Nancy Mace's fmr staff tell me they were assigned to create burner accounts to bolster their boss online. “We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents," one said. 1/ www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

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lol… what a joke

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4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:

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If it was a private dinner, not done as acting president then presidential immunity doesn’t apply. Presidential immunity only covers official acts. So, who were the guests at dinner served those cheap steaks?

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NYT Tomorrow: The assertion in our recent article that black people are more prone to violence was not a racial or genetic stereotype, but based on the reported experiences of six LAPD officers we surveyed at their retirement homes in Idaho

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Most of my friends think I'm wasting my time and, I probably am. But I had to try. Here is an open letter, and an honest plea, to Clarence Thomas, in hopes that he might do the right thing this decision season. He hates me as much as I hate him. But I had to try.

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Interesting piece, interesting article… www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/n...

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How did they get “MAGA” from The Whiny Baby Party?

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Natasha Lyonne in the Criterion Closet

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What a loathsome person.

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I can’t wait to see this! Mark with a “K” forever! Damn the man, save the Empire!

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Can’t wait to watch this! Mark with a “K” forever! Damn the man, save the Empire!

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“Historically, when left to their own devices, states don’t necessarily do the right thing for kids with disabilities and their families,” a former director at the federal Office of Special Education Programs said. With @idahostatesman.com

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants last month in its rushed effort to expel them to El Salvador in the middle of the night (which SCOTUS blocked). Alito and Thomas dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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somehow reading this made me even more persuaded that this is more about the resentments and ax grinding of professional commentators than an honest electoral analysis www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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lol… stupid

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#resist

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The 1619 Project Author & NYT Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones breaks down why they’re banning Black History #MomSky

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Is this bad? It’s bad, yeah?

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Yes please.

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White nationalism has gotten really weird, man 🙃

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This would be the most comical administration if all of this weren’t so fekking serious. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

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Duh 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

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