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Historian. Author of The Long Crisis: New York City and the Path to Neoliberalism. New book on how activists challenged the white power movement over the late 1970s-1990s. he/him

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Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants

This is far worse than anyone expected.

Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the streetβ€”redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.

All as mass internment camps are being built.

13.11.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2483    πŸ” 1457    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 126
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β€œRiots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of β€œPortland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.

NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.

The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.

12.11.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3453    πŸ” 1675    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 175

In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.

08.11.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1738    πŸ” 570    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 24

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

03.11.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 28697    πŸ” 8324    πŸ’¬ 2117    πŸ“Œ 2359
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Register here: www.nlg.org/civicrm/even...

29.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Skeptical Over Trump Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps

Just so we're clear: This administration's blatant, unapologetic choice to deny food to 42 million peopleβ€”to have the money sitting there and say, "No, we'll let them go hungry"β€”is simply a more overt display of why homelessness and poverty keep worsening in this country.

Because it's *decided.*

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These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against β€œAntifa” If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face β€œdecades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.

If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face β€œdecades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.

26.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

18.10.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15632    πŸ” 4510    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

"Jewish Americans told us β€”by a margin of nearly 3 to 1β€” that Trump manipulates antisemitism dishonestly, using it as an excuse to pause or cut university funding. Only about one-fourth of all Jews nationwide believe the president β€œtruly cares about protecting Jewish students on college campuses.”"

16.10.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 814    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 10

He still had this up *after* the story about the Young Republicans group chat with the Hitler praise was released.

15.10.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2820    πŸ” 908    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 20

The New York City Trans Oral History Project has this wonderful two hour oral history with Miss Major. Take some time to listen to it; it's quite extraordinary. We have learned so much from Miss Major. nyctransoralhistory.org/interview/mi...

14.10.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

13.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 494    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 45
"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

09.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1793    πŸ” 732    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 51

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

09.10.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8100    πŸ” 3082    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 85

β€œSomeone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation β€˜disappeared.’

08.10.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6591    πŸ” 1841    πŸ’¬ 247    πŸ“Œ 343
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Today is the official publication day for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS!! 🏠πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...

07.10.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

08.10.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1249    πŸ” 517    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 13
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Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧡 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.10.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 822    πŸ” 384    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 53

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa β€˜financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

04.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4267    πŸ” 1487    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 108
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For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

05.10.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2111    πŸ” 879    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 78

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to β€˜loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

02.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 468    πŸ” 251    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9
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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

30.09.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9585    πŸ” 4556    πŸ’¬ 439    πŸ“Œ 397

@aaup.org won its case against the State Department's attempt to terrorize non-citizens and deprive them of their First Amendment rights

30.09.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within' Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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Support Free Speech: Reinstate Dr Tom Alter Now!, organized by Kim Gasper-Rabuck Dear Friends, Educators and fellow Union Supporters, We a… Kim Gasper-Rabuck braucht deine UnterstΓΌtzung fΓΌr Support Free Speech: Reinstate Dr Tom Alter Now!

Tom Alter's basically been dismissed for being an intellectual, despite having tenure, and that obviously puts him and his family in a hard spot financially. If you can afford to donate, please consider doing so via this link. (More details at the link.)

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fr...

14.09.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Love this!

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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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