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Here's the breakdown from when the House voted 240 - 179 in 2009 on a "resolution of disapproval" when Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) shouted "You lie!" during Obama's joint address on healthcare Democrats 233 - 12 (5 voting present) Republicans 7 - 167

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"turning into a living Edvard Munch painting" sure hits close to home

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totally did, but just thought voting for him would somehow shield them from his actions. gotta love 🇺🇸 logic

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As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

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Good morning

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A helpful visualization of the overwhelming amount of authoritarian moves from the Trump administration so far, from Christina Pagel christinapagel.substack.com/p/so-this-is...

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Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws

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'Oh no, tariffs. Now we'll have to raise prices' say corporations that were going to raise prices either way

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Thirty officers who worked at a youth detention center in Los Angeles County have been charged with allowing — and in some cases, encouraging — gladiator-style fights among the teenagers being held there, California’s attorney general said.

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The more you know. #JointSession

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Supportive academics & community members! Please sign this Google Docs letter b4 March 10. Written by Chris Andersen, Dean Faculty of Native Studies UAlberta & Rob Innes, Chair, Indigenous Studies, McMaster U. in support of #Indigenous Studies at #York U, which administrators propose cutting.

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this guy will get a swastika tattoo and still deny being a Nazi

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experiencing this now

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The “Saturday Night Live” cold open took on a combative White House meeting with President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Here’s a full episode recap.

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There is no way to understate what is happening in America – a sinister alliance between a demagogue, the world’s richest man, and right-wing activists is remaking the federal government.

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Private equity has fingers in our homes, hospitals and jobs. Resisting it is crucial to our fight for a just society.

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“Although Black American descendants of chattel slavery understand the threats of fascism and Democratic backsliding better than most in this country, our previous warnings and invitations to organize against Trump obviously landed on deaf ears.” thetriibe.com/2025/02/the-...

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Recent ethnic cleansing campaigns in Sudan and Ethiopia remind us Zero Discrimination Day (1 March) still marks a distant aspiration. Based on 46,269 face-to-face interviews conducted by Afrobarometer, we may be losing ground. Via @thecontinent.org

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this is largely just a difference in framing but imo the thing that destroys fascists constantly is that almost none of them can accurately judge risk. Franco was a huge exception. he actually was very intelligent and savvy. not common traits among his kind.

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The Trump admin is using a reality show aesthetic to desensitize people to the consequences of its “mass deportation” program by treating the suffering of deportees as entertainment www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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maybe being unable to keep your house bc homeowners insurance is unaffordable will make boomers give a shit about climate change

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The US municipal bond market is waking up to accelerating #climaterisk S&P will begin assessing the threat of wildfires on the creditworthiness of all CA bond sellers - the first time such decisions are based on future climate risks... politi.co/3Xe6Pl5 via @politico

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Hochul’s move here is profoundly racist and dehumanizing. Defining Palestinian studies as fundamentally antisemitic means defining Palestinians as something to be erased. It is genocidal. This is also an unacceptable attack on academic freedom. The governor should have no say in faculty hiring.

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When we look back at this period of time, Leland Dudek will be the face of gutting social security.

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No constitutional text is well-written enough to save the rule of law when the American people elect a president who doesn’t believe in the Constitution, especially when he is joined by a Congress that refuses to hold him accountable for violating it.

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The US acknowledged Sudan’s genocide in January but continues to send arms to the UAE, one of the war’s main drivers.

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Aaron Bushnell died by self-immolation in protest of the Gaza genocide a year ago today. His memory should stir a fire in our souls, and force us to evaluate our commitment to a better world. mondoweiss.net/2025/02/reme...

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Every day it’s like “we’re getting rid of a highly qualified woman or minority or disabled person and replacing them with a white guy who majored in skull measuring.”

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Hamas has paused ceasefire talks until Israel releases 620 Palestinian prisoners, initially scheduled for release on Saturday. This comes as Israeli tanks enter the occupied West Bank for the first time in over 20 years. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/hi4ilp

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All the president’s friends, from Natalie Harp and Daniel Penny to Andrew Tate

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trying to finish a PhD through COVID, George Floyd, & fascism has been.... something. 😵‍💫

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Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language. The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now. Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI. This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.

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Trump's crusade against "wokeness" is co-opting the language of the civil rights movement to undo its legacy.

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1. Have the wealthiest man on Earth "accidentally" perform the gesture on stage at a victory rally for the fascist autocrat that he spent hundreds of millions of dollars to elect. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thi...

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There are over three decades of evidence that Israeli doctors harvest Palestinian organs in direct violation of international law. These stolen body parts were not just used for transplantation and research but for sale and profit. https://buff.ly/3CRrbd1 #Palestine #Israel

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In 2014, a Google engineer launched a petition proposing a national referendum. The first two points? 1. Retire all government employees with full pensions. 2. Transfer administrative authority to the tech industry. What a difference a decade can make!

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This may be @adamserwer.bsky.social's most incisive work since "The Cruelty Is the Point." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute. The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud. This was the right and only appropriate response.

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Wretched f’g pos

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Federal workers brace for more firings after judge lifts block on Trump administration job cuts – US politics live

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They were only off by about $231 million.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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American academic conferences have started removing paper titles on acceptance letters for travel visa purposes. Solidarity with every academic who now has to balance concerns about career and safety.

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this was my fav part of the SNL 50 Concert

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President Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to shrink the federal government have cut off all funding to pro-democracy and human rights groups abroad, giving China an opportunity to muscle in.

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Executive orders are not laws. The Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom has started Executive Power Watch, which includes breakdowns of Trump's EOs on education, what they do and don't mean ,and how to resist. More at the link: academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/how-should...

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Democrats Announce Bold Plan to Resist Trump Policies by Playing Katy Perry’s “Roar” Really Loud thehardtimes.net/culture/demo...

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The United States’ loss will be some other nation’s gain—a lesson that we used to teach the rest of the world, but no longer.

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