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My friend Tasneem and her family are real people caught in the war in Gaza, facing homelessness and famine. Please give if you can at the link and help them escape to safety. And please help others if you're able 🙏 www.gofundme.com/f/help-tasne...

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#MayDay in one of the Trumpiest counties in New York a little rain and lightning didn’t deter the hard core. There is resistance in Olean, NY.

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Dear Democrats fight autocracy not young people

submitted 3 days ago • 396 comments

The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 4 days ago • 608 comments

This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.

submitted 7 days ago • 748 comments

This is what fascism looks like: Attorney General Bondi threatening judges she claims are not cooperating with Trump immigration policies and saying “we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you.”

submitted 8 days ago • 180 comments

This is extremely disturbing. Judges are now being targeted. Note the FBI claims to have had an administrative warrant to detain a defendant in the judge’s courtroom. They need a judicial warrant.

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Trump’s organization is out here selling Trump 2028 hats like the Constitution is just a suggestion. Reminder: The 22nd Amendment exists. You can’t run for a third term.

submitted 9 days ago • 390 comments

We won!! A nationwide preliminary injunction against McMahon's February Dear Colleague letter which tried to stop public schools & higher Ed from teaching honest history or enforcing student civil rights. It’s a win for students, families & educators. democracyforward.org/updates/harm...

submitted 9 days ago • 42 comments

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

submitted 10 days ago • 16 comments

🔥 More than 150 college presidents—Harvard, Princeton, Brown & more—just issued a blistering rebuke of the Trump regime’s authoritarian crusade against higher ed. This is a full-on attack on academic freedom. The resistance is rising. Read their statement: tinyurl.com/AACU-letter

submitted 11 days ago • 17 comments

Excellent essay by @jondcduffy.bsky.social “And to the Naval Academy: Don’t fear discomfort. Fear the day we commission leaders who only know how to follow.” Indeed. An important message for all of higher education! @aaup.bsky.social

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Yes! More of this! We need unity in higher education to survive and stand up for our mission- freedom to learn, freedom to know!

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They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.

submitted 12 days ago • 3490 comments

Wild— Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact confronted an antisemitic disruptor. They ignored him. Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Trump has gutted food inspection programs at the FDA and USDA — including the committee that investigated last year's fatal Boar's Head listeria outbreak. The USDA is also rolling back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing. How is this Making America Healthy Again?

submitted 12 days ago • 278 comments

House Democrats land in El Salvador to push for return of Kilmar Ábrego García

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“We need teachers; we need books!” “We need the money the billionaires took!” “It’s our time. We didn’t ask for this. We don’t deserve this, but we will meet the moment,” — @psc-cuny.org president James Davis #HandsOffHigherEd #HandsOffOurStudents

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Pushback works

submitted 13 days ago • 44 comments

The VA says it's about to shut down the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.

submitted 15 days ago • 100 comments

Harvard shows resistance is possible. But universities must join forces | Jan-Werner Müller

submitted 14 days ago • 6 comments

NEW — Emails show Mohsen Mahdawi pleading for months to Columbia for help. He asked about an FBI visit to his home & a mysterious break-in. He also asked Columbia to publicly clarify a lie the Trump admin would later cite to justify detaining Mohsen. No response. He was detained a month later.

submitted 15 days ago • 16 comments

“We have something that we’re fighting for that is a little bit different than what we’ve fought for in the past. Our very right to keep fighting. Our right to resist & our right to speak & learn & teach, even if the current political regime disagrees.” www.democracynow.org/2025/4/18/he...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

It is time for Trump to put up or shut up in Court. A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.

submitted 14 days ago • 287 comments

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that everyone is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

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Full stop

submitted 15 days ago • 33 comments

Donald Trump is defying a Supreme Court order and illegally deporting legal residents like Kilmar Abrego Garcia. This is a constitutional crisis and we need to treat it as an attack on our Democracy. It’s time for a Democratic delegation to head to El Salvador.

submitted 15 days ago • 41 comments

Incredibly relieved to see confirmation that Kilmar is alive. Now we need to bring him home.

submitted 15 days ago • 23 comments

Proud of this little act of resistance inspired by #seattletroublemakers and made with care in Seattle by an all-volunteer cast & crew. Big thanks to @alexwinter.com for the most excellent narration! And @laceyleavittgray.bsky.social for asking me to direct! 🙏 #teslaregretsyndrome #crewtopia

submitted 18 days ago • 41 comments

DOGE has reportedly gained access to sensitive NLRB data — including info on union activity, workplace complaints, and names of organizers. Coincidentally, the NLRB has multiple lawsuits against SpaceX and Tesla. The conflicts of interest just keep getting more blatant.

submitted 18 days ago • 123 comments

Yes, thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov for standing up against grossly illegal human rights violations being perpetrated in our name

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‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years

submitted 18 days ago • 35 comments

It's pretty simple: billionaire MAGA extremists like Bill Ackman are bankrolling Andrew Cuomo because they know he'll look out for their interests and won’t stand up to Trump.

submitted 18 days ago • 15 comments

The rise of end times fascism. An essay by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

submitted 20 days ago • 38 comments