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Public schools are the foundation of opportunity. They bring us together, support families & give every child a fair shot. That’s why we’re showing up—for our communities, for our children on April 5. Together, we can #ProtectOurKids by saying: #HandsOff www.mobilize.us/handsoff

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The Boston #HandsOff organizers are killing it. Handsoff2025.com

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My @nehgov.bsky.social grant “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” was canceled by “DOGE.” The project doesn’t support "the furtherance of the President's agenda.” Jews surviving genocide: out of step w/ the agenda of using Jews to destroy higher ed.

submitted 5 days ago • 54 comments

The good folks at @thetyee.ca — who do some of the best labour reporting out there, as well as superb all-around journalism — are hiring a Director of Operations. Spread the word; the posting closes on April 12. thetyee.ca/Jobs/2025/03... #BCPoli

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“This is what you voted for. This is not what you want, but it is what you voted for because you ignored evidence to the contrary. Will you join us in making a better decision and better decision-making environment next time?”

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

submitted 6 days ago • 932 comments

Want to support your local library but don't know where to start? I've made a guide that walks through steps and pathways you can choose. Feel free to share! bit.ly/3FQixwe (link to pdf version in the next post)

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Love that @booker.senate.gov is calling the Senate to account for not standing up against what this president is doing. Love that. This is the Democratic leadership we need! @democrats.senate.gov We need more like Booker, not Schumer!

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Cory Booker is STILL GOING!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut... Thank you @booker.senate.gov for fighting for our country! @democrats.senate.gov WE NEED MORE OF THIS!

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Senator Cory Booker is out here fighting for families like mine. He's talking about how important Medicare and Medicaid i, that this isn't politics as usual. WHERE ARE THE OTHER SENATORS? Thank you @booker.senate.gov for speaking up for families like mine. Sure wish my senators were that brave.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Please, please listen: It is really important that Senator Booker is met with praise and positive reinforcement not just on BlueSky but on X, on Facebook, and on Instagram. Take a few minutes and leave some positive engagement across social for Booker (Yes, I know the game is absurd)

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On this #TransDayofVisibility, we’re reminded that trans rights are essential to reproductive justice. Today, we’re taking a look at the challenges the trans community is facing, and how defiant joy plays a role in the movement. 🧵

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Kudos to the student journalists at The Tufts Daily, who crashed a last-minute issue of the paper to cover the outrageous arrest and detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk: issuu.com/tuftsdaily/d...

submitted 12 days ago • 17 comments

US historians should pitch their local outlets with essays about why this is bullshit.

submitted 12 days ago • 14 comments

Last week, while visiting several Smithsonian museums, I kept wondering how long it would take for this administration to direct exhibits to be pulled. Not long, it turns out. 🗃️ www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

submitted 12 days ago • 75 comments

Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.

submitted 13 days ago • 65 comments

We do not have a free country in this moment. When they can nab someone off the street because they don't like what they say, they can nab anyone.

submitted 13 days ago • 132 comments

On an unrelated note: Please don't propose crimes in my replies. Or my quote-tweets. Or really anywhere on this very public network that is absolutely being monitored by and accessible to law enforcement. Save the war plans for the group chat.

submitted 13 days ago • 21 comments

They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.

submitted 13 days ago • 561 comments

taps mic please for the love of all that is holy and good in the world, stop announcing to everyone that "NO ONE IS PRO ABORTION." YOU'RE WRONG. I AM. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE. ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE. I'M PRO HEALTH CARE. I'M PRO CHEMO. I'M PRO BUTTERFLY STITCHES. STOP SPREADING STIGMA.

submitted 13 days ago • 60 comments

The Onion is aggressively on sale. Subscribing helps us hire comedy writers who get health insurance and even food to eat, with their mouths. That food is converted into energy which allows them to make sentences that make the government sad. Sign up to let this continue: membership.theonion.com

submitted 12 days ago • 107 comments

Good neighbours. Always. 🇨🇦🇺🇲

submitted 12 days ago • 36 comments

Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."

submitted 12 days ago • 2398 comments

Danielle Smith asked Trump to interfere in our election to help Pierre Poilievre, whose poll numbers are tanking. This is election interference — full stop. Canadians deserve an immediate inquiry into the Poilievre campaign.

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

I’ve convened the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations this morning in response to President Trump’s attack on our workers and our industries. We will get through this crisis — and we will build a stronger, more resilient economy.

submitted 13 days ago • 164 comments

3 years ago, a serial killer claimed four lives of First Nations women in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Today, one of the victims was finally named. To honor her memory, the Premier of Manitoba sang a traditional First Nations song. Fucking gut-wrenching.

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What the actual fuck:

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The Star confirmed the CPC team tried to change Pierre Poilievre's messaging and distance from Trump. Not much later, Trump came out in public to say something similar. Pierre Poilievre works with the Trump administration against Canada's interest. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

And there you have it, folks. It was discussed/planned. Poilievre’s Conservative Party and Trump’s Republicans working together:

submitted 16 days ago • 28 comments

The choice in Canada’s next election is simple: Mark Carney 🇨🇦 Pierre Poilievre 🇺🇸 Vote accordingly. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong

submitted 16 days ago • 49 comments

Elbows up, Canada.

submitted 17 days ago • 1548 comments

My timeline is just filled with protests, rallies, and ACTION this weekend. I try to remind myself every day that there is a collective effort to make us feel like no one is fighting back so we won't fight back, but so many are.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.

submitted 18 days ago • 334 comments

NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...

submitted 24 days ago • 955 comments

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is not obscure, it's essential. There is a 100% chance that whatever your local library or museum is they have benefitted from IMLS money in the past, they are the largest grant funder of local libraries in the US.

submitted 25 days ago • 17 comments

I'm amusing myself with my calls to my elected officials by setting myself a challenge to use one vocabulary word that the staffer has likely not heard this week. I may challenge myself further and start requiring that the words of the day be chosen in alphabetical order.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Thank you so much to all of those who have shared this, as we are now at $430/$3500 in help for us to survive this month. As two multiply disabled, trans non-binary people with no family support, it is so wonderful to be reminded of how lovely our community is.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, remember when so many elected Democrats publicly called for Joe Biden to drop out of the race that he actually did? We need Democrats doing that now with Chuck Schumer. @schumer.senate.gov is unfit. #ResignSchumer

submitted 26 days ago • 14 comments

if sauron congratulates you for doing the right thing you fucked up

submitted 25 days ago • 56 comments

“There’s gonna be a big presence in DC, but it’s not just DC — I want to see this in rural areas, in suburban areas, in urban areas, in red states, purple states, blue states. It’s going to take all of us.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5: handsoff2025.com

submitted 25 days ago • 106 comments

Elbows up.

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