Andrew Kennis

The amounts show “these are not big drug kingpins,” Mr. Alban said. “The people most frequently impacted are everyday people, working-class people and the poor.”

THREAD: 4/4

The median amount of cash forfeitures by agencies under the Justice Department from 2015 to 2019 was about $12,000, Mr. Alban said. At the state level, it was about $1,000, he said.

THREAD: 3/4

"'Unlike Mr. Warren, most people do not go to court to reclaim their seized cash and property, Mr. Alban said, in part because the cost of a lawyer is often greater than the value of the property they are seeking.'"

THREAD: 2/4

Former Shoe Shiner Wins Back Nearly $30,000 Seized by Federal Agents (Published 2021)

"Civil forfeiture," yet another racist practice you may not have heard of...

"Former Shoe Shiner Wins Back Nearly $30,000 Seized by Federal Agents"

THREAD: 1/4

www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/u...

How Trump is seizing on Charlie Kirk’s killing for a campaign of vengeance The Trump administration is trying to harness outrage over the rightwing activist’s killing to crush dissent, experts say

Now, #CivilSociety next on Trump's hit list via threats to revoke non-profit status of "undesirable" community organizations...

#FreeSpeech
#AttackOnCivilSociety
#AuthoritarianRule

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

#1stAmendmentLesson
#Government101Lesson
#StateCensorship
#JimmyKimmel
#JonStewart

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#1stAmendmentLesson
#Government101Lesson
#StateCensorship
#JimmyKimmel
#JonStewart

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Leyla Hamed on X: "Yesterday, Madrid’s regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso announced a ban on symbols of support for Palestine in schools. Today, at least 89 schools across Madrid have defied the measure: instead of disappearing, solidarity is multiplying. https://t.co/7ktOI6k6do" / X Yesterday, Madrid’s regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso announced a ban on symbols of support for Palestine in schools. Today, at least 89 schools across Madrid have defied the measure: instead of disappearing, solidarity is multiplying. https://t.co/7ktOI6k6do

x.com/leylahamed/s...

Periodistas Unidos on X: "📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm 🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista Andrew Kennis @Andrew_Kennis sobre Charlie Kirk. Además: 🟣 Layla Sánchez Kuri: Feminismo @TREMENDALAYLA ⚽ Luis Alonso: Deportes @Abuelo_NFL 🎭 https://t.co/UrZpLnDjmN" / X 📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm 🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista Andrew Kennis @Andrew_Kennis sobre Charlie Kirk. Además: 🟣 Layla Sánchez Kuri: Feminismo @TREMENDALAYLA ⚽ Luis Alonso: Deportes @Abuelo_NFL 🎭 https://t.co/UrZpLnDjmN

📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm
🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista @Andrew_Kennis sobre #CharlieKirk.

📺 ¡No te pierdas "Después de la Letra... la Palabra" de Periodistas... Unidos!
En Vivo: zurl.co/NOd0u
@alexmelon

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We Must Save Public Media to Change It We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.

New piece in The Nation arguing that we need public media more now than ever. We must defend what we have with an eye toward expanding and restructuring public media in the future.

#ICRers
#UIUC
#UIllinois

Illinois at UDC ‘25
@victorpickard.bsky.social Janet Wasko @christina-ceisel.bsky.social @mandytroeger.bsky.social @johnnyrico.bsky.social Brian Dolber @andrew-kennis.bsky.social

Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to shoot unarmed Gaza aid seekers: Report Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites have deliberately fired on Palestinians.

#TheIsraeliPress

"The Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites in Gaza have deliberately fired upon Palestinians....."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

"And roughly half of all voters — including 20 percent of Republicans — say they expect the bill to hurt them and their families, according to a Fox News poll." THREAD 5 / 5

Even a Fox News (!!!) poll had the following findings: "Roughly two-thirds of Republicans supported the bill, a relatively low figure compared with the support presidents typically receive from their own party for signature legislation." THREAD 4 / 5

Thus, 71% (!) of the country either opposes or does'nt support the effort to enrich the 1% on the public's dime (see: <https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3926>, which also unsurprisingly revealed strong opposition to the attack on undocumented workers & migrants in general...☝🏼). THREAD: 3/5

"Fifty-five percent oppose the bill, while 29 percent support it, with 16 percent not offering an opinion." THREAD: 2 / 5

NEWS FLASH!

Turns out that the country is overwhelmingly united in its opposition to #SocialismForTheRichAndBitterCapitalismForEveryoneElse...

THREAD 1 / 5

"Indie Rock Band" That's Clearly Using AI Claims That "We Never Use AI" An "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown is now claiming that "we never use AI" after being accused of not existing.

Multi-trillion-dollar valued and criminally indicted platform conglomerate controlled artificial intelligence continues to wreck havoc with the world in almost every imaginable aspect...

futurism.com/indie-rock-b...

The NYT the day after their "nightmare..."

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Progressive Movement Mourns Loss of Beloved Media Scholar Robert McChesney | Common Dreams "The world of media scholarship, journalists far and wide, and anyone who cares about a free press, a functioning democracy, and a better world has suffered a tremendous loss," said Common Dreams' man...

"Kennis said he got to know McChesney through Chomsky, adding that "Noam called Bob 'pretty much the best political economist' in the country, and practically the world. [He] very much self-identified as a political economist in general, but especially about [the media]," [Kennis] explained."

Progressive Movement Mourns Loss of Beloved Media Scholar Robert McChesney | Common Dreams "The world of media scholarship, journalists far and wide, and anyone who cares about a free press, a functioning democracy, and a better world has suffered a tremendous loss," said Common Dreams' man...

"McChesney's impact on media [policy] was immeasurable," Kennis said in a phone interview. "He was a steadfast public intellectual who inspired millions with accessible critiques of capitalism and its corrosive effects on democracy."

www.commondreams.org/news/robert-...

"Rutgers professor Andrew Kennis also highlighted the importance of...McChesney—who along with Noam Chomsky wrote openers to his 2022 book Digital-Age Resistance: Journalism, Social Movements, and the Media Dependence Model—[who greatly] influenced his own work."
www.commondreams.org/news/robert-...

Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

The great champion of independent, speak-truth-to-power journalism, and of the democracy that can only survive if the press is free, Robert W. McChesney, has died at age 72. He fought the media oligarchs and the politicians who served them — and often won.

Now, we must carry the fight forward.

via @andrew-kennis.bsky.social

@devnabose.bsky.social Good reporting, compañera! ✔️✌🏼😎

A thread which includes some background and photos underpinning the piece...

bsky.app/profile/andr...

Recently inaugurated President Milei with cabinet December 20, 2023, at the event signing decrees to slash hundreds of public interest laws and protections.

Thanks to any and all for your potential interest and/or contributions to what truly was one of my most herculean efforts in so far as my decades worth of experience with feature writing has been concerned!

THREAD 9/9

In Buenos Aires on April 23, 2024, hundreds of thousands of people protested deep austerity cuts by Milei to Argentina’s education budget.

Another gem of a shot by #MatiasCervilla, that was also published in the piece (again, his Insta is: <https://instagram.com/drones.real>).

THREAD 8/9

In Buenos Aires on April 23, 2024, hundreds of thousands of people protested deep austerity cuts by Milei to Argentina’s education budget.

Eye-popping photos were included in the piece, including some from drone photography expert,
#MatiasCervilla (his great Instagram page, by the way, is at: <https://instagram.com/drones.real/>).

THREAD 7/9