Joel Federman

Joel Federman

@joelfederman.bsky.social

Professor and Chair, Department of Transformative Social Change, Saybrook University. Pronouns: he/him. San Francisco/Cleveland. Posts reflect my personal views.

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FCC chair threatens broadcasters over Iran war coverage FCC Chair Brendan Carr said news broadcasters coverage of Iran war could impact their license renewal.

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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No wars of aggression.

No terrorizing our communities or yours.

No tyrants, no conquests, no kings.

Please join us on March 28 for the world-historic day of protest that this moment demands: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Reminder the Senate is expected to vote on the Save America Act this week. Please contact your senator and urge them to vote no. You may be seeing a lot of apparent “support” for the bill on social media, but it is not organic. Bot accounts have been flooding senators pages urging them to vote yes.

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McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something…

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US responsible for deadly strike on Iran girls’ school, Pentagon finds

US responsible for deadly strike on Iran girls’ school, Pentagon finds

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U.S. military investigators think American forces were likely responsible for an airstrike on a girls’ elementary school that killed dozens of children in Iran, a U.S. official said. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4ldl4kX

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5 days ago
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No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

When our military is fighting a war Americans don't want, secret police are kidnapping and killing our neighbors, and the regime is working overtime to suppress the vote in the midterm elections, silence isn't an option. No Kings Day on March 28 has to be big, loud, and inescapable.

Please join us.

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Trump has now conducted 42 boat strikes, killing nearly 160 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

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1 week ago
A makeshift mural on the fence at Broadview’s ICE concentration camp showing those publicly known to be killed by ICE.

Back at Broadview.

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The only way Trump can crash America and plunder the wreckage is to violate the Constitution.
If he went to Congress for permission to wage war, to impose taxes, to revise the budget, to change voting procedures, as required by the Constitution, it would take forever to do what he's already done.

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TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.

CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

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Cook County prosecutors dismiss 21 cases against ICE protesters, including suburban moms arrested in sit-in Cook County prosecutors dismissed 21 cases that were filed against protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview.

NEWS: Cook County prosecutors dismiss 21 cases against ICE protesters, including suburban moms arrested in sit-in. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/04/c...

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As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents.

Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:

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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is calling for Kristi Noem to resign over her handling of the deadly Minneapolis immigration operation.

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1 week ago
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ICE Off Campus: Alumni & Higher Education Organizing Call · Indivisible Since Trump’s return to office, higher education has been under attack – with schools facing pressure from the administration to curtail free speech and academic freedom, eliminate DEI policies as par...

Everyone has a role to play in ensuring colleges and their communities are safe from ICE. Our next organizing call will focus on what you can do to keep ICE off college campuses.

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Spain reminds fellow Europeans why there’s an EU to begin with.

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Is this bad? It seems bad.

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Alex Pretti and Renée Good were murdered by federal agents. Soon after, Secretary Noem labeled them 'domestic terrorists.’

I gave her the chance to recant and apologize for the pain she's caused their families with these outrageous lies. She refused.

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We have always been at war with Eastasia.

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For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

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CALL NOW: Tell Your Senators No War With Iran | Indivisible Demand your Senator do everything in their power to stop Trump’s war on Iran.

TODAY: The Senate is expected to vote on a War Powers Resolution for Trump’s illegal war with Iran.

Like the Iraq War vote two decades ago, this decision will define a generation of politicians.

Call your senators and demand that they rein in Trump and prevent further military operations in Iran.

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Once again, a federal court affirms that Members of Congress have the right to conduct unannounced oversight visits of ICE detention facilities. The American people demand oversight, accountability and reform of the administration's inhumane immigration practices.

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U.S. Military Announces Plan To Consolidate All Wars Into Final, Epic Battle

U.S. Military Announces Plan To Consolidate All Wars Into Final, Epic Battle https://theonion.com/u-s-military-announces-plan-to-consolidate-all-wars-in-1824018300/

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Jasmine Crockett is a class act. 💙

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US strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says Macron Macron joins Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in calling the legality of the strikes into question.

After four days of hesitating, the president of France has joined the prime minister of Spain in saying that the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran is a violation of international law.

But they are still the only 2 EU leaders to have done so. Will others join?

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wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"

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Orange text: "ICE agents don’t get to pick and choose when the First Amendment applies." Orange text: "We have a right to record law enforcement in public." Orange ACLU logo. Black background.

When ICE agents are working, we have a right to film them in public. Period.

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So now we learn from Republicans that when you bomb a country for a week, sink their entire Navy, and kill their military and political leadership, that is not an act of war.

Maybe they can just go with Putin’s term - Special Military Operation.

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Our baby has been alive for two deadly, illegal campaigns by the U.S. to remove a foreign leader. She’s 7 weeks old.

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