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Political theory professor. Interests: Indigenous sovereignty, global justice, Kant & modern political theory, reparations, climate justice. Reposts & links to stories =/= endorsements. Views not employer's. He/him.
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If you’re a faculty member trying to get students deported because you dislike their politics you’re an asshole, period.

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BIG BALLS!

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

“transactional” is such a sweet way of saying “extortive”

submitted 8 days ago • 64 comments

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 11 days ago • 861 comments

Blogger/Blogspot, which is owned by Google, has taken down one of the main sites in Canada that documents hate groups and far-right extremist activity:

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

The Border Czar has has for an official investigation into AOC for her free speech

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Oh boy

submitted 11 days ago • 214 comments

Did Singer ever acknowledge he was egregiously wrong in saying that Israel's actions on Gaza were justified on a utilitarian basis, because of the future benefits it would bring?

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

the mild, non-confrontational obama formula for inclusiveness was so intolerable to a substantial chunk of the country that they put a outer borough george wallace into the white house. like, what are we talking about here?

submitted 12 days ago • 190 comments

Imagine if the media pointed out there was already a Government Accountability Office whose job it is to go after actual waste and fraud, not just things Elon doesn’t like, and found $70 Billion in savings last year and $2 Trillion in waste since 2003. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...

submitted 11 days ago • 136 comments

Folks, Elon's taking over air traffic control

submitted 11 days ago • 652 comments

I don’t see how this could possibly go wrong. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 12 days ago • 27 comments

Apparently, OpenAI is already aligning its LLM to the expectations of the new fascist government – racism, lies, and conspiracy theories will now be sold as «multiple perspectives on controversial subjects» techcrunch.com/2025/02/16/o...

submitted 12 days ago • 30 comments

The first president in modern times who refused to release his tax returns as a candidate wants to give Elon Musk and his goons access to yours. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content". In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival. www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

submitted 12 days ago • 93 comments

This is probably the most accurate take.

submitted 13 days ago • 2931 comments

these are segregationists.

submitted 13 days ago • 192 comments

‘Amongst the trusted’: How private police chat groups blur and breach ethical lines globalnews.ca/news/1101912...

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Cuomo is no longer “telegraphing” his run, he’s now blasting it like Wagner at a deafening volume. Adams has to go, but we can’t trade one disgraced dishonest narcissist for another.

submitted 13 days ago • 24 comments

worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.

submitted 13 days ago • 477 comments

So yeah, even after a bunch of accidents that highlighted FAA staffing shortages they still went ahead and fired FAA staff. They don't know what they are doing.

submitted 13 days ago • 53 comments

It’s not what Trump posted that tells you where this is going; it’s how his people are responding to it that really tells you where this is going.

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The only silver lining I see in all of these indiscriminate firings is that it gives Democrats an opportunity to make the positive case for a government that works. Not flashily, not loudly, but quietly holding everything together in the background. If only some Dems would start doing that.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Presented without comment. www.ft.com/content/a7c9...

submitted 13 days ago • 580 comments

Huh

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Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.

submitted 13 days ago • 1610 comments

Douglass recruited for the Union Army.

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Reckless and dangerous. Harms our national defense and increases the chance of nuclear proliferation. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

submitted 14 days ago • 15 comments

The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans. Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

submitted 14 days ago • 836 comments

Total tin ear by Homan--just announcing a quid pro quo “If he doesn’t come through, I’ll be back in New York City,” Mr. Homan said. “And we won’t be sitting on a couch. I’ll be in his office, up his butt, saying where the hell is the agreement we came to?”

submitted 14 days ago • 143 comments