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13.07.2025 01:00 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 2 π 1@profbrucedorsey.bsky.social
Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
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13.07.2025 01:00 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 2 π 1The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:
βοΈ due process for all
βοΈ birthright citizenship
βοΈ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
SCOTUS's recent Planned Parenthood decision "reveals something about the current majorityβs pursuit of a long-term goal: ridding American law of the notion that if a right is violated, there must be a remedy." Thanks, Linda Greenhouse. Well said!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/o...
Imagine being so fragile that inclusion feels like a threat, but authoritarianismβjust another Sunday.
29.06.2025 21:31 β π 4958 π 1643 π¬ 107 π 40Wow, more than twice as many 18-24 voters as the reliable 70-74 voters (retired with plenty of free time to vote). Young voters can see how all of the rest of us (their elders) have really screwed things up. What does this portend for the general election? Or elections outside NYC?
29.06.2025 22:36 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βWhatβs at stake is far more than one presidency or one institution: itβs the role of our public universities as bastions of intellectual freedom, diversity of thought, and innovation in a democratic society.β
29.06.2025 11:04 β π 239 π 88 π¬ 4 π 6A government ban on Hungaryβs Pride parade backfired Saturday as over 100,000 people marched through Budapest, far more than usual
PM Viktor Orban warned people to stay away, threatening βclear legal consequences.β But the warnings only turned a modest event into a mass rally against his government
Yes, I agree β it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
26.06.2025 22:50 β π 25619 π 14708 π¬ 703 π 710If youβre zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe youβre not the good guys in the story?
25.06.2025 21:51 β π 44507 π 17917 π¬ 2364 π 1681The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
Itβs a good thing Congress isnβt alive to see this
22.06.2025 00:47 β π 62866 π 14104 π¬ 815 π 573"We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into."
-- Donald Trump inaugural address, Jan. 20, 2025
The biggest lie ever from the biggest liar in American history
That's right--Congress Do Your Job!
22.06.2025 01:36 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"And when the radical priest comes to get me released, we was all on the cover of Newsweek..."
21.06.2025 13:18 β π 294 π 53 π¬ 9 π 3Proud of the many Angelenos, including Buried Under the Blue, for standing up and speaking out, proud of Neeza's bold choice, proud of my native city.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...
Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.
20.06.2025 00:34 β π 35679 π 7647 π¬ 1034 π 354Never forget: They took away 104 days of his freedom, prevented him from being at the birth of his child, for no other reason than they didn't like what he had to say.
Happy that Mahmoud is out. May justice prevail.
An apt metaphor for Elonβs time as a βgovernment employeeβ
19.06.2025 20:25 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βa joyfully defiant dance party of pissed off peopleβ !! -No Kings Day
16.06.2025 14:36 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No better way to build morale in the military than forcing troops to march down largely empty streets in a thunderstorm to celebrate a draft dodgerβs birthday
14.06.2025 21:10 β π 5900 π 1233 π¬ 92 π 28Upon reflection, Iβm glad I live in a nation where the military isnβt great at marching for rulers. Letβs try to keep it that way
15.06.2025 01:13 β π 767 π 70 π¬ 9 π 3"A tyrant is unfit to be a ruler of the free people" - The Declaration of Independence
14.06.2025 20:40 β π 939 π 204 π¬ 9 π 61m people allegedly in boston today. the scale of this is just crazy. i think record-breaking www.wcvb.com/article/more...
14.06.2025 22:19 β π 18994 π 4269 π¬ 255 π 286Yes! Go Philly! (Wait, that's me. You can tell, right? π)
15.06.2025 00:45 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm pretty sure that more people showed up to my last birthday than they did to this presidential military parade, and I didn't even promise them tanks
14.06.2025 23:48 β π 787 π 51 π¬ 29 π 1Love this -- fired-up seniors! π
15.06.2025 00:40 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Proud of the Love City today! No Kings!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfOi...
A few more signs from No Kings Day in Philly today. (Easily 100,000 people marching on the Parkway today)
14.06.2025 23:48 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Only on Philly!!! No Kings Day
14.06.2025 19:57 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0First of many great signs at todayβs No Kings rally in Philly
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