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"That’s what happens when you put a raging lunatic in charge of America’s health."

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Got an email from our uni president saying in very upbeat coded language that the budget is off the rails and nearly every funding decision will have to be approved by the VP; it feels so much like those two weeks before covid shut everything down where we pretend it was normal but knew they weren't

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submitted 18 hours ago • 51 comments

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits last week jumps to 242,000, a three-month high.

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hakeem jeffries is an inspiration for lobotomy survivors everywhere 💪

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Donate to the work that Marc Elias is doing. Donate to independent media. Really, right now, we can all buy fewer things and invest in things. It's literally investing in having the change to get out of this mess in a few years.

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said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.

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watch the US deny all visas, and become Russia. Finally the MAGA dream comes through.

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I spent the last 10 months organizing a conference, and one by one the international scholars are being denied visas by the US. The destruction is real. The stupidity of it is unbelievable. Keeping the focus on the work so hard.

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Every opinion piece in the Washington Post must now follow Bezos' new rightwing guidelines. Writers can say that they would have written the same thing anyway, but the fact remains: Their piece was only published because it met his new rightwing guidelines. Support independent, pro-democracy media.

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how is it not the first and only question over and over "why is a non elected member here to speak for the White House?"

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"The Gods will not save you." Burrell

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Proud of the work my law firm did in this case! "An Arizona judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to upend election policies in Yavapai County. The decision delivered a blow to a right-wing organization founded by Stephen Miller which brought the challenge." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Billionaire owner of Washington Post seizes control of opinion page. Will focus nearly exclusively to promote rightwing libertarianism. "Viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others." Democracy Docket will expand its pro-democracy opinion section. www.democracydocket.com

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I have noticed that as independent media thrives, the billionaire backed legacy media is starting to call itself independent as well. Don't be fooled. Support fearlessly independent, unapologetically pro-democracy outlets like Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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Two Black Pa. lawmakers walked out of a meeting with Penn's top administrators over its knee-bend-to-Trump DEI pullbacks, when one of the Penn reps called diversity issues "a lightning rod." The situation at Trump and Musk's alma mater keeps getting worse whyy.org/articles/pen...

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I still recall when the WaPo was bought, how many, many believed "nothing would change". Bought by someone who looks like this

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so far only women stood up to a fascist. Men are all buddy-buddy. (not that I was expecting much from phony Macron)

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very true. But the other GOP elected people still need these voters. That's where we can begin to have hope.

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being so physically tired coz you ain't 25 no more, but so mentally excited about the work you're doing that you consider making yourself a coffee while the soup is boiling...

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Vol 9.1 of the Journal of Chinese History @cambridgeup.bsky.social is out, with 3 artices on gender & family history, 3 on political & intellectual history, 10 book reviews, covering just about all periods. All research articles are now open access. Happy reading! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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🚨BREAKING: Ninth Circuit AFFIRMS lower court decision striking down Arizona voter suppression law H.B. 2492 which imposed unconstitutional and burdensome proof of citizenship requirements. A big victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona. A stinging defeat for the RNC.

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new solution to save money is to starve the kids! yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/02...

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I had to admit, I was totally wrong about Jeffries. Thought he was going to be one of the new voices we needed.

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The RNC chair says it again -- the only function of the RNC is voter suppression and election subversion. It is time to take him literally and seriously. Sign-up to Democracy Docket to stay informed. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 3 days ago • 209 comments

April 10, I'll be speaking at Northeastern, for the first time, previewing ideas from my forthcoming @columbiagr.bsky.social book due out in June www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-move... (also in April, related talks at Luther College in Iowa and at Pomona, maybe also in Minnesota, details TK)

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Penn: "Our essential missions: Everything we do must be grounded in advancing Penn’s world-class teaching, research, clinical care, and service." Also Penn: halting graduate programs, clearly taken by surprise by the funding cuts. No prior planning to face this penntoday.upenn.edu/announcement...

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your daily reminder to support independent media.

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Good for them! www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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sorry, what were they supposed to do? Throw a dance on the anniversary of their country being invaded and devastated?!

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"obsequious"? you're being so kind.

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those who vote to keep government out of their business have no problems with politicians going into their kids' pants. Got it.

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It is going to be another big week for democracy in court. If you want to follow everything happening, while also supporting pro-democracy independent media, please sign up for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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There is no better analyst of what is happening in politics, in the GOP, in the pro-democracy movement, and in the media than @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social. Please watch, consider and share. youtu.be/GyleOTPeEHs

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I am proud that my law firm is currently litigation 48 voting and election cases in 18 states.

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Grad school is not an option anymore www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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If anything this year will show how much regular people doing their job matter in society.

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Thank god for regular people doing their job.

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Coz the US has been great at housing affordability and proper salaries. Way to be aware of the situation

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Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be legislators right now. We need them to be politicians. There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.

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He even touched 9/11. So much for making America great again.

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so much for universities' promises to defend their role. They have been crumbling like pastry since 2020

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My fellow contingent faculty friends... get read for a hiring freeze.

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