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October 8, 2025 Advocacy Update Joy Connolly shares how ACLS is mobilizing scholars, institutions, and the public to oppose federal overreach in higher education and champion humanistic knowledge.

Thanks ACLS! WE NEED MORE VOICES!

Lucia Romano, MBA (@luciaromanomba) Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. ...

A good speech. Turning it into act is necessary, otherwise they do not care....

YouTube video by Democracy Now! Colombian Sen. Cepeda on Sentencing of Far-Right Ex-Pres. Uribe, U.S. Ally, Paramilitary Accomplice

The importance of calling a Court Supreme. And of course the arrogance of Rubio’s ignorance and subservience

today, 60 years ago. Today... the House must be defended. All blue states should do it. For democracy--small d.

'Blatantly unconstitutional’: Democracy professor on ICE tactics ICE targeting students who have criticized the Trump administration is “blatantly unconstitutional,” warns professor of democracy Lucan Ahmad Way. “You can't simply racially profile or profile people based on their national origin and start pulling them off the streets,” says Joyce Vance. “That, by definition, is a police state.” With an explosion of new funding for ICE, as part of the GOP’s megabill, there’s yet more reason to be alarmed. With a rapid expansion of ICE, the danger, says Vance, “is that the people in charge are no longer the career officials with training who understand loyalty to the Constitution. These are quite literally people who understand loyalty to Donald Trump.”

This explanation by @velshi.com of what Trump is doing with ICE, while hollowing out the FBI, is dead on the money. We need to pay attention now, before it's too late. I had the good fortune to join him for this segment. Do not miss this. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Trump of the Tropics: Director Petra Costa on Bolsonaro & the Religious Right Trump of the Tropics: Filmmaker Petra Costa on Bolsonaro & Rise of Religious Right from Brazil to U.S.

Trump of the Tropics: Filmmaker Petra Costa on Bolsonaro & Rise of Religious Right from Brazil to U.S.

Trump pledges stunning tariffs on Brazil for following its own laws

But this is BASIC!!!

What is going on that senators (I mean Dems) don’t protest the violence against their colleague, senator Padilla?

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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The administration that is now using protests in Los Angeles to justify federalizing the National Guard supported Trump when he pardoned January 6 protestors who overran the Capitol.

… National Guard deployed on 6/7 … a week before 6/14!!! Let us guess…

Dear WH: do you think posting this anti-semitic?

His day started with selling a chicken coop. It ended in immigration detention Sergey Kostenyuk and Mary Loisate have been together for more than 20 years. Loisate was born in the U.S., but Kostenyuk is a legal permanent resident with a green card. He came to Spokane from Ukrain...

Read the story: the guy unfairly detained may not even think he was unfairly detained. A political strategy to protect the elections that can take this cult very seriously needs to be invented. The ‘cultists’ allow everything even self-harm.

The weather forecast may show AI storms ahead Meteorology has long been a public good but those days may be numbered

AI may improve weather forecasting but at what price if the algorithm is held in private companies?
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How about a worldwide general strike to stop Netanyahu’s genocide? It would be unprecedented (is it?)and difficult but not infeasible… BASTA. STOP MURDERING.

The Week Ahead May 18, 2025

1/It’s important to not lose sight of the facts. Despite his election to the presidency, Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Two fed'l cases, each bringing serious charges voted on by a grand jury, were dismissed—only because Trump won the election. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

‘’To put it bluntly, the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating.’’ Sounds unreal? Only if you are not part of the group that can exit.

Opinion | For One Hilarious, Terrifying Day, Elon Musk’s Chatbot Lost Its Mind

AI generates lies under command…

Sad. He was an important voice.

Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law

John Roberts made Trump’s authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy

If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.

Brown University Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge’s Order (Gift Article) Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.

Another potential showdown re: rule of law.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America” It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy

"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:

oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...

Elon Musk staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries funded by taxpayers.

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