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Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc

submitted 1 day ago • 81 comments

"We're doing just whatever we feel like with no foresight, illustrating one of the Willy-Nilly System’s central tenets: There are no wrong answers because we should not assess any of our decisions before implementing them."

submitted 23 hours ago • 2 comments

Every teacher’s union in the country should go on strike immediately

submitted 23 hours ago • 11 comments

@markwarner.bsky.social Why are you colluding with the Rs to gut the functionality of our government? You have no reason to vote for these candidates

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

🚨 🚨 NEW WHITEBOARD How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy A 🧵 “How bad can it be?” you ask. Truly terrible. Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️ 1/

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

submitted 26 days ago • 232 comments

“He visited Dachau and offered a few canned remarks about how inspired he was by the stories of the ‘unspeakable evil’ he witnessed… Then, when his trip to Europe concludes next week, he’ll return to the United States to continue overseeing the construction of internment camps to house migrants.”

submitted 26 days ago • 61 comments

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

submitted 26 days ago • 16 comments

Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out. Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal. Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home. That. Do that.

submitted 26 days ago • 509 comments

People will be like: come join us in building political power in the local community with these outstanding local leaders! And you look and, oh, it’s just some bosses who are known by ex-employees as sexual predators and/or authoritarians who drive people who challenge them out of their jobs.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Hurricane Helene devastated western NC - we are still recovering, and will be for years to come. Because we knew it was coming, schools and many businesses were closed, leaving roads clear so rescuers could do their jobs. Imagine how many more lives would have been lost without prior warning.

submitted 35 days ago • 14 comments

“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” -Mike Davis

submitted 40 days ago • 6 comments

the fascists are looking to rigidly define gender not just to punish trans people like they claim but to lay the groundwork for the oppression of all women. when gender is legally mutable, it is harder to use it to restrict people’s rights. they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones

submitted 40 days ago • 22 comments

"Nonsensical": As Trump Blames Crash on DEI, Aviation Expert Says It's Understaffing, Lax Regulation

submitted 40 days ago • 12 comments

Remember this is going to be a LONG fight the initially bombardment seven been getting is to make you feel weak and tired. Your goal is to keep going and prepare for the much larger fight ahead. We are tired, BEEN tired, tired means we're not dead, so we MUST keep moving. #unitedwestand

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

A reminder to try to buy your items elsewhere instead of doing searches for those items and purchasing them through sites like Amazon, Google, Meta, and other companies that are explicitly endorsing this administration.

submitted 44 days ago • 3 comments

This is Orwellian (first time for me to ever invoke that term). Trump administration is calling people in the country "unlawful" who are: immigrants who signed all the paperwork, entered the country legally, and have remained here documented and lawfully. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

submitted 47 days ago • 115 comments

I, too, can see all obstacles in my way. And they have names.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)

submitted 48 days ago • 33 comments

We have been defanged by the idle politeness this society demands, to the point where if you call someone out for doing something bad or selfish, the argument then becomes about you calling them bad or selfish, not the harm they did. Do we see now how that is just abuser culture & leads to fascism?

submitted 49 days ago • 4 comments

you guys are asking the chtistofascist right to embody jesus's teachings on compassion as if these people wouldn't tear jesus christ apart limb by limb if he happened to show up on earth

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

There’s a lot of value in a humanities education, but being able to see through glib con men is a nice one.

submitted 49 days ago • 73 comments

“The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell, 1984

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Its a billionaires club.They don’t want better public schools or knowledgeable citizens. They want ignorant workers who won’t question. If you don’t know your rights you wont see them vanishing. If u don’t know facts you wont question the lies. They dont care abt us. To them we are replaceable.

submitted 50 days ago • 110 comments

tomorrow is going to be rough. the future is going to be rough. we can’t pretend otherwise. but they want us fleeing, they want us demoralized and terrified, and morale is a terrain of struggle.

submitted 51 days ago • 13 comments

A suggestion to avoid burnout. Identify the communities and movements where you can do good and make change and focus in the coming four years. You can't be at the center of every social change movement, and that's ok! Trust other folks to do the work elsewhere and lock in to your own.

submitted 51 days ago • 4 comments

Every MLK Day I share this photo of the day my dad decided to join the freedom rides. It’s a reminder that fear is always present in resistance and it’s natural to feel that fear in the face of the worst of humanity. But it’s also a reminder that fear won’t win. We will. I promise.

submitted 51 days ago • 18 comments