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Carter Neal

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Teaching-Stream Professor, English, University of Waterloo. Southerner in Southern Ontario Phd, Indiana University: C19 American Studies/Literature, Philosophy of Friendship BA, University of Virginia: American Studies

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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

20.11.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20118    πŸ” 8395    πŸ’¬ 1014    πŸ“Œ 1059

Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communitiesβ€”and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.

19.11.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3304    πŸ” 1112    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 71

Trump has ordered the murders of over 80 people via unlawful military strikes in the Caribbean. It's clear here how he thinks about state power, violence, and murder. And that attitude will not stay only outside the US's borders....

18.11.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...

ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a β€˜clerical error’.

Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.

www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

14.11.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1575    πŸ” 882    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 70

Trump and his faction are evil.

18.11.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The article also says he has five courses this term, which is either not true or they don't mean "course" or "teach" when they use those words. Anyway, his own actions prove that he should be no where near students.

18.11.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"he will continue teaching" is a decision that says a lot about what Harvard and higher ed think about the work of teaching. It is a "public commitment". It requires "trust" and "relationships."

18.11.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

We used to just have platforms…

14.11.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@safety.bsky.app seems like this is against moderation policies in that it is an actual film of murder with a threat to commit more murder. Please prevent depictions of humans being killed from being so easily accessible on your ap.

13.11.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s β€œinhumane” deportation campaign β€” a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history β€” condemning Trump-Vance raids as β€œinhumane” and β€œdehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

13.11.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9422    πŸ” 2690    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 337

What is happening clearly does not meet the criteria for "a non-international armed conflict".

12.11.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

October before last, I was in Montreal listening to a cover band, and using all 74 of my French words to talk to this other guy at the bar, and I shut him down when he got going on Epstein. Apparently, I owe that Quebecker an apology. dΓ©so, mon ami. Tu avais raison.

12.11.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He is already in one, and has been for some time.

11.11.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you get elected to the Senate, you, too, could be someone they will work together with to get things done.

11.11.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I first noticed that the logical structure of his argument is the same as that of Kaine and the other collaborators, then I saw that the real argument is about a felt affiliation: the collaborators with the Senators of Fascism, and here Whitehouse with those same collaborators.

11.11.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When you think this through, almost every lesson in many/most subjects could not be taught without approval. A lecture on bird genetics? Gotta get approval b/c birds are weird. Reading Jane Austen, which is dependent on shame related to gender? Send the lesson plan to the Uni President first.

11.11.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope. The only path to unity is for those 8 Charlie Browns to realize that you can’t play a rigged game. They will learn in December what the rest of us have already learned: you can’t negotiate with liars and you can’t think the law matters to a lawless wannabe tyrant.

10.11.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

Utterly pathetic. You did not protect federal employees, and you did not protect health care. And you sold out for an unenforceable promise of a future action? You’ve had since 2016 to learn this lesson…

10.11.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

08.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6946    πŸ” 3245    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 308
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

09.11.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11056    πŸ” 7325    πŸ’¬ 876    πŸ“Œ 1757

The dream of Herman Wells and generations of Hoosiers is dying...

08.11.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the context in which I understand Carney’s budget’s retreat from international aid.

07.11.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's interesting how he kind of goes on Civics 101 autopilot there, repeating something he's said 1000 times before, but he starts laughing at himself when his brain catches up to what he is saying...

06.11.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Canada budget update: A $2.7bn cut to international assistance over 5 years, or about 10-12% of the budget. Particularly focusing on global health, which is worrying because it's a core Canadian priority

Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know

04.11.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

For years, they've been running on essentially shutting down the government. The shutdown is the message!

05.11.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
that weird orc from Lord of the Rings: "Looks like woke's back on the menu, boys"

that weird orc from Lord of the Rings: "Looks like woke's back on the menu, boys"

05.11.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3880    πŸ” 685    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage

04.11.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13955    πŸ” 5261    πŸ’¬ 975    πŸ“Œ 682
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His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

04.11.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7957    πŸ” 2394    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 286
Mike Johnson: β€˜My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Mike Johnson: β€˜My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Mike Johnson: β€˜My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

03.11.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29966    πŸ” 7901    πŸ’¬ 881    πŸ“Œ 511

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