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Juneberry enthusiast. Oregon grape apologist. Garlic mustard hater. Maker of plain language resources. Studies/disrupts white nationalism in disability communities. Founder of Disability Communities Defending Democracy @dcdd-endingwn

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genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree

01.11.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6642    ๐Ÿ” 1394    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Ditto

31.10.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 241    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're getting Rockstar union busting before GTA VI (related)

31.10.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Halloween!

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Available: www.routledge.com/Contemporary...

31.10.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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GPAHE Brings You the Latest News in Far-Right Hate and Extremism This week: DHS recruitment posts echo neo-Nazi โ€œfashwaveโ€ imagery, winning praise from Proud Boys and white nationalists. Moms for Liberty turns to lawsuits, a consultation app profits from labeling n...

This week: DHS recruitment posts echo neo-Nazi โ€œfashwaveโ€ imagery, winning praise from Proud Boys & white nationalists. Moms for Liberty turns to lawsuits, a consultation app profits from labeling neo-Nazis โ€œexperts,โ€ GPAHE calls out GQ for sanitizing Nick Fuentes, & global neo-fascist fight clubs.

31.10.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cuomo's campaign is banking on voters like this

31.10.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 163    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Absolutely insane strategy. Let's see how it works out for him.

31.10.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 346    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I forgot to note that this was a thread, so: Here is a ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿงต on the direct connections between Heritage Foundation, Nick Fuentes and the far-right Texas billionaire who is fueling the rise of Christian nationalism. If you do not already know a lot about Tim Dunn, I recommend changing that.

31.10.2025 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 547    ๐Ÿ” 288    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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โ€œI Donโ€™t Want to Be Here Anymoreโ€: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trumpโ€™s America Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

Many immigrants who registered to self-deport say DHS never followed through.

One mother didnโ€™t enroll her son in school because she thought they would be long gone.

โ€œI donโ€™t want to be here anymore,โ€ she sobbed. โ€œWhat am I supposed to do?โ€

31.10.2025 03:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 478    ๐Ÿ” 182    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Immortality is a child's answer to death anxiety, not a real thing with which humanity will ever have to contend. No king's alchemist ever granted him eternal life, and it isn't going to start happening now just because of Computer.

30.10.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1696    ๐Ÿ” 354    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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Trump could soon make Americaโ€™s refugee program a tool for white nationalism The White House is considering a plan to overhaul refugee admissions in favor of right-wing whites.

After bringing white South Africans to the United States as refugees earlier this year, the Trump administration has now granted protection to members of far-right European parties.

This plan, which becomes official today, makes the country's refugee program into a tool for white nationalism.

30.10.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 245    ๐Ÿ” 165    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
T H E W H I T E H OU S E
W A S H I N G T O N
S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 5
P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
 THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
 for Fiscal Year 2026
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate
consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following
determinations and authorize the following actions:
The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during
Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise
in the national interest.
The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners
from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims
of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.
Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not
exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects
subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and
actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination.
Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited
to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the
most stringent identification verification of any class of alien
seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order
14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees
other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly
determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not
threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order
14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from
South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and
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T H E W H I T E H OU S E W A S H I N G T O N S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 5 P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n N o . _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 0 2 5 - 1 3 _ _ _ _ _ MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions: The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands. Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination. Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the most stringent identification verification of any class of alien seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order 14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order 14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and โ€ฆ

NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.

30.10.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1719    ๐Ÿ” 916    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99    ๐Ÿ“Œ 208

The Walton family surely does

30.10.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2682    ๐Ÿ” 526    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

they are trying to kill every trans kid in America

when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink

unconscionable evil

30.10.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2258    ๐Ÿ” 1023    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Please don't worry. I speak for all stoners when I say I will not waste my precious and expensive gummies on your child

30.10.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1705    ๐Ÿ” 358    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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DHSโ€™ Racist Social Media Posts Beloved by Neo-Nazis and Other Extremists, and They Know It The DHS has been posting recruitment content featuring explicitly racist and fascist imagery. Posts comparing migrants to monsters and depicting Black people have gone viral, drawing praise from Proud...

DHS recruitment posts using racist and fascist imageryโ€”Black people trapped in โ€œcrystals,โ€ fashwave visuals, & Halo-inspired calls to โ€œdestroy the flood.โ€ Neo-Nazis & Proud Boys are celebrating what they see as validation, a dangerous sign of how deeply extremism has seeped into official discourse.

30.10.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Existential threat to trans and disability rights.

30.10.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nat Turner Nat Turner was an enslaved Black carpenter and preacher who led a four-day rebellion of both enslaved and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.

1831

Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.

30.10.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Could ICE have 'lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago? At least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.

At least 3,000 people who have been detained in Chicago ICE raids are missing from official DHS records.

We still donโ€™t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.

Theyโ€™re disappearing people.

No due process. No accountability.

30.10.2025 05:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 987    ๐Ÿ” 652    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

29.10.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13843    ๐Ÿ” 3945    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 206

Childhood diagnosis didnโ€™t get her needed support, or even understanding, because they didnโ€™t understand autism at all back then.

You canโ€™t know for sure how your life would be different if youโ€™d been diagnosed earlier, but it wouldnโ€™t necessarily have been better. Donโ€™t beat yourself up. 2/2

25.06.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Many late-diagnosed #autistic people feel regretful or angry that they werenโ€™t diagnosed sooner. I understand why, but if it helps at all:

My sister was diagnosed when we were kids & her diagnosis just got her put in torturous ABA therapy & SPED classes that didnโ€™t challenge her intellectually. 1/2

25.06.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdaniโ€™s policies.

โ€œIโ€™m Bill DeBlasio. Iโ€™ve always been Bill DeBlasio,โ€ DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.

โ€œI never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,โ€ DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. โ€œSo I just gave him my opinion.โ€

He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdaniโ€™s policies. โ€œIโ€™m Bill DeBlasio. Iโ€™ve always been Bill DeBlasio,โ€ DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida. โ€œI never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,โ€ DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. โ€œSo I just gave him my opinion.โ€

Iโ€™m crying

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

30.10.2025 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7295    ๐Ÿ” 1319    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118    ๐Ÿ“Œ 383
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ADL removes โ€˜Protect Civil Rightsโ€™ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The removal took place after FBI Director Kash Patel said he would cut ties with the ADL, though it is unclear if that has happened.

The ADL is trying desperately to curry favor with a Christian nationalist right-wing that will never truly accept them. And the rest of us will suffer. www.jta.org/2025/10/29/u...

29.10.2025 23:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

oh just straight up gutter racism!

29.10.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14038    ๐Ÿ” 2436    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 685    ๐Ÿ“Œ 147
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. Iโ€™m not backing down, and weโ€™re going to win.

29.10.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42234    ๐Ÿ” 13648    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1249    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1060
"When I heard him say that, I smiled," recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani's former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani's reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti's status as the first republic founded by former slaves.
"That's straight out of the lessons from the Haitian Revolution that we teach in Africana studies," said Dr. Purnell, who is now the chair of the Africana studies department at Mr. Mamdani's alma mater. "I will claim that," he added with a laugh.

"When I heard him say that, I smiled," recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani's former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani's reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti's status as the first republic founded by former slaves. "That's straight out of the lessons from the Haitian Revolution that we teach in Africana studies," said Dr. Purnell, who is now the chair of the Africana studies department at Mr. Mamdani's alma mater. "I will claim that," he added with a laugh.

He would also become one of the most visible representations of a new generation of progressives - whose formative years as young adults were shaped by elite colleges where, over the last decade, theories of social and racial justice became even more deeply ingrained in liberal arts education.

He would also become one of the most visible representations of a new generation of progressives - whose formative years as young adults were shaped by elite colleges where, over the last decade, theories of social and racial justice became even more deeply ingrained in liberal arts education.

Thatโ€™s right folks, knowing basic facts about one of the formative events of Western history makes you a threat to the nation

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What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana
Studies Major at Bowdoin
The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma.
Listen to this article โ€ข 12:37 min Learn more

What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma. Listen to this article โ€ข 12:37 min Learn more

By Jeremy W. Peters
Oct. 28, 2025
Updated 3:17 p.m. ET
It wasn't so much what Zohran Mamdani said. It was how he said it.
"We're going to stand up for Haiti, because you taught the world about freedom!" the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York exclaimed to an elated crowd at a Haitian music festival in June, fresh off his upset victory in the primary.
Mr. Mamdani pronounced the island nation's name "AH-ee-tee" - near-perfect Creole elocution.
"When I heard him say that, I smiled," recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani's former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani's reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti's status as the first republic founded by former slaves.

By Jeremy W. Peters Oct. 28, 2025 Updated 3:17 p.m. ET It wasn't so much what Zohran Mamdani said. It was how he said it. "We're going to stand up for Haiti, because you taught the world about freedom!" the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York exclaimed to an elated crowd at a Haitian music festival in June, fresh off his upset victory in the primary. Mr. Mamdani pronounced the island nation's name "AH-ee-tee" - near-perfect Creole elocution. "When I heard him say that, I smiled," recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani's former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani's reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti's status as the first republic founded by former slaves.

Jeremy W. Peters identifies the tell-tale sign of โ€œleftist dogmaโ€ in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: pronouncing Haitiโ€™s name correctly

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The original Far Side Cow Tools Cartoon by Gary Larson. A cow stands on its hind legs behind a table, staring blankly at the viewer from behind its heavy brow ridge. On the table are four crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with an offset crooked handle, a long stick with hooked prongs at the end, and a crude handsaw with irregular teeth. In the background a barn sits on a hill. Caption reads, "Cow tools."

The original Far Side Cow Tools Cartoon by Gary Larson. A cow stands on its hind legs behind a table, staring blankly at the viewer from behind its heavy brow ridge. On the table are four crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with an offset crooked handle, a long stick with hooked prongs at the end, and a crude handsaw with irregular teeth. In the background a barn sits on a hill. Caption reads, "Cow tools."

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

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Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Arguing They Hid Autism Risks In a first-of-its-kind suit, the state is accusing the companies of hiding information about the drug's link to autism and ADHD even as the science remains inconclusive.

In a first-of-its-kind suit, the state of Texas is accusing the makers of #Tylenol of hiding information about the drug's link to #autism and #ADHD even as the science remains inconclusive. #disabilities www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/10/28/t...

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