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Substack is making money from newsletters promoting “virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism”

One, NatSocToday has 2,800 subscribers, charges $80, and describes Hitler as “one of the greatest men of all time”.

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(1/2) I said it earlier today, but I'll say it again. Disgusting. Disturbing. Upsetting. Unsurprising. The files should lead to countless removals- but they won't. The files should be cause for inward reflection and permanent change- but they won't.

🎶 and I'm never going back to my old school 🎶

There seems to be a not insignificant number of people in the Epstein Files who hold prominent positions at colleges.

Yet, there’s no uproar over what these elites are teaching students. Or how many of them overlook sexual assault on their own campuses.

Remember the shitty men in media list? Someone needs to compile a big list of all of these men, circulate it widely and make sure they’re never allowed around young women again

BREAKING: Epstein emails detail ties to Bard president, in-person visits Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…

BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…

As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.

Black and white image of a person seated with a serious expression, next to a quote on slavery by Nina Simone. Below, text reads "ABOLITION IS ABOLITION IS ABOLITION." Tape at top.

Black and white image of Ida B. Wells with quote: “Those who commit the murders write the reports.” Below, text reads "ABOLITION IS ABOLITION IS ABOLITION." Tape at top.

Black and white image of a woman with glasses and styled hair. Quote reads: “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. - Shirley Chisholm”. Below, text reads "ABOLITION IS ABOLITION IS ABOLITION." Tape at top.

A black-and-white photo of Coretta Scott King with a quote: "Struggle is a never-ending process...you win it in every generation." Below, text reads "ABOLITION IS ABOLITION IS ABOLITION." Tape at top.

We learn from our ancestors. Every month is Black History Month.

YouTube video by AWKWORD AWKWORD INTERVIEWS: Brian Dolinar, Justice Journalist, The Appeal

Just a few years ago, HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars in covid relief funds meant for our communities instead went to pay for Tesla cop cars, tanks and helicopters — and new jails and cop cities.

I spoke with @bdolinar.bsky.social of @theappeal.org, who said *then* that we need to be on the streets

The Big Beautiful Bill will barely scratch the surface.

The ICE budget is what — $100 billion? The defense budget about a trillion? The NYPD has more funding than every military besides the US and China.

But it’s not enough. They’ll steal whatever scraps are left. And take most from Black folks.

A trailer carrying a bunch of cars painted with the ICE logo on the side.

Democrats are seeking "reforms" like bodycams for federal agents (so they have more footage to make commercials promoting mercenary violence), marked ICE vehicles (so we can't pressure car rental agencies), stricter codes of conduct (while thousands of bounty hunters go on terrorizing us).

Garbage.

Melania: available on DVD at Dollar General.

Get yours now! 😝

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman

Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.

It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.

ICE MUST GO‼️

Democrats have either won or significantly outperformed expectations in EVERY SINGLE ELECTION since Trump took office

This Texas upset is no different

But don’t be fooled

If we want to win the midterms, we have A TON of work to do

This is what sustained, peaceful resistance and public pressure can do.

Public scrutiny works.

Filming ICE creates accountability.

This administration does not want another Minneapolis.

Keep the pressure up.

May Renée Good and Alex Pretti rest in power.🕊️

Texas students walk out of school in protest of ICE ✊

Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics ICE thugs in the streets, Mafia meddling, and billions in waste—seems like the Games are off to a great start.

The opening ceremony for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics is tomorrow. In my latest with @edgeofsports.bsky.social we press past the five-ring spectacle to shine a light on the underbelly of these politically charged Games. For @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of TPUSA Super Bowl show The song has a verse about liking girls underage and 'statutory' being 'mandatory.'

Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of TPUSA Super Bowl show
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Are you a white ally?

Longtime DC organizer Arianna Afeni Evans shares some ways you can show your solidarity.

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Hey family, I’m going through a very tough time, sorry to ask but I don’t know what else to do. Thank you, and love you with all my heart. ❤️

Children are being locked up in inhumane conditions. Right now.

👧🏾 Some days there are 400+ children in ICE detention
👶🏾 Since Trump’s return: 6× increase
⚠️ Measles outbreak at the Dilley detention center in TX

Children don’t belong in prisons.

📱Call Congress. Defund ICE. Demand accountability.

The first episode of the Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast is LIVE! Tune in for real talk about what's broken and how to fix it.
I speak with Rachel Carmona and Tamika Middleton from @womensmarch.com about the Free America Walkout and what's next for #Resistance 2.0. www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYP...

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New project. Take a look. Subscribe. Say something nice. Etc. etc. etc.

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A cautionary tale Republicans refused to learn.

California tried this brand of cruelty. Prop 187 targeted immigrants and pretended it was “law and order.” Teachers and doctors were expected to turn families in. Kids were treated like evidence.

It backfired. Hard.
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This video was taken during my keynote talk on Jack Chick and the Satanic Panic at Boston College. I concluded with my personal reasons for wanting to study it in the first place. With the latest release of the Epstein files, I felt it was appropriate to share. Alt. text in the following posts

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵 It was the first all-Black protest in America that most people never heard of. It was the loudest protest ever—all without saying a word.🤫 Let me tell you about The Silent Parade of 1917. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

Wow

Judge Ana Reyes-in her decision to reinstate TPS for Haitians living in America-called DHS Secretary Kristi Noem a racist

Good

“Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely”

Tracking ICE's Profits ICE is extraordinarily costly to working people & grotesquely profitable for the worst among us

ICYMI @hebagowayed.bsky.social wrote about the companies profiting from ICE’s ethnic cleansing campaign and why a bipartisan consensus keeps the out-of-control agency funded for our newsletter Group Threat (please subscribe).

Nurse's shoe crushing ICE

National Nurses United
@nationalnurses.bsky.social

On Tear-Gassing Children On January 31, ICE agents attacked a demonstration in Portland, injuring a number of small children. An account from eyewitnesses.

On Tear-Gassing Children
The Federal Assault on the ICE Out! Labor March in Portland

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On January 31, ICE agents attacked a demonstration in Portland, blanketing a whole neighborhood in tear gas and injuring a number of small children.

An account from eyewitnesses.

ASAN Alarmed By New Anti-Vaccine IACC Roster - Autistic Self Advocacy Network Formal Language Last Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced 21 new public members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). It is a complete overhaul. No...

"This Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) is illegitimate and does not represent our community. We do not trust it. We think no one should trust it."

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