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Cassondra Hanna

@cossandro.bsky.social

historian / black studies phd student working on histories of race, space & education currently @ harvard aaas / formerly @ uva history fisk alum / #hbcugrad | she/her

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Losing my mind a little over this.

26.06.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amen.

24.06.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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NEW YORK (AP) β€” Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

25.06.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11655    πŸ” 2204    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 860

It’s not my monkey, nor my zoo but this nyc mayor race is something else.

22.06.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 954    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

We wake up this morning knowing that Ella Baker's words are still true.

15.06.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tim Walz speaks in a blue jacket

Tim Walz speaks in a blue jacket

Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in β€œa political assassination.”

14.06.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8765    πŸ” 2591    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 409

Please don't talk to me about history unless you've actually read history.

10.06.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 316    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

I agree with those who say that by attacking sanctuary cities, the administration was trying to provoke a response they could exploit. But here's the thing: there is no perfect move for a community under siege. Cooperation and the passive absorption of violence are also highly exploitable moves.

09.06.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 798    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6
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FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...

Another world is possible if we fight for it.

09.06.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1054    πŸ” 713    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 44
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When the story of troops sleeping on the floor in California after Trump sent them with no plan went viral… Musk’s Grok quickly sprang into action and told people the SF Chronicle pics were actually from Afghanistan in 2021.

BBC Verify: Grok lied.

10.06.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1790    πŸ” 749    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 67

It's hard to overstate how destructive the reflexive "this is a distraction!" stuff that politicians and commentators and people are always peddling.

Everything is happening all at once. That's how authoritarianism works. If you can't navigate and synthesize this, you're not meeting the moment.

09.06.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7408    πŸ” 1929    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 127

Who could have imagined that two men who famously fuck people over and have public meltdowns about it would try to fuck each other over and have public meltdowns about it?

05.06.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1091    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 10
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I wish them both the worst.

05.06.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 15665    πŸ” 1997    πŸ’¬ 498    πŸ“Œ 225

For me the most important histories in the world are those of Haiti & Palestine. If you understand them, you understand it all.

04.06.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says President Donald Trump’s big bill will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but increase deficits by $2.4 trillion and leave 10.9 million more people without health insurance over the next decade.

Spends ~3x more than it saves

apnews.com/article/cbo-...

04.06.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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A Bronx high schooler showed up for a routine immigration court date. ICE was waiting. A NYC public school student’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz of immigration authorities detaining migrants in courthouses in an effort to speed up deportations.

What was your child, or a child you love, doing last Wednesday?

Dylan in the Bronx took the day off of school for an immigration hearing with his mom. Before the day was over, they had both been handcuffed, & Dylan was kidnapped by ICE, out of contact with family & lawyers & without medical care.

27.05.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is it so hard for many to concede that the US has always incubated its share of homegrown terrorists & xenophobes? Some hide behind masks and hoods; others in uniform move freely in the open with badges on their chests.

24.05.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Has anyone tabulated how much all of these Trump-instigated lawsuits are costing taxpayers?

23.05.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Everyone noticed how these people went from β€œHarvard discriminates against Asians” to β€œHarvard is colluding with the Chinese!!”

Right?

23.05.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1823    πŸ” 339    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 5
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Penn State trustees vote to close 3 Western Pa. branch campuses, 4 others amid declining enrollments Penn State University's trustees are backing a plan to close seven of its 19 branch campuses amid declining enrollments. The campuses to close are Fayette, New Kensington and Shenango in Western Penns...

Penn State University's trustees voted Thursday night to close seven of its 19 branch campuses β€” Dubois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York β€” amid declining enrollments, demographic shifts and financial pressures that backers say made it a necessary decision.

23.05.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Live updates: China criticizes US ban on Harvard's international students The Chinese government said Friday that the Trump administration’s move to ban international students from Harvard would harm America’s international standing, as anxious students and parents overseas fretted over what would come next.

BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Trump administration's decision to bar foreign student enrollment at Harvard. Follow live updates.

23.05.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 484    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 17
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Judge blocks Trump administration from closing the Education Department The federal judge also told the administration to reinstate department employees who lost their jobs during the reduction-in-force announced in March.

BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from carrying out Trump's executive order calling for the closure of the Education Department.

22.05.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3004    πŸ” 632    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 55

The fascists are planning to dispossess 4 million children or more of food along with cutting healthcare. They are still supporting tacitly or actively genocides in Gaza Congo & Sudan. We will have to riot.

21.05.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harvard Affinity Groups Plan Commencement Celebrations Without
University Support
At least six Harvard affinity groups will host unofficial celebrations for students graduating next week following the Presidential Priorities Fund, Calls on Alumni to Back Harvard in Fight with Trump

Harvard Affinity Groups Plan Commencement Celebrations Without University Support At least six Harvard affinity groups will host unofficial celebrations for students graduating next week following the Presidential Priorities Fund, Calls on Alumni to Back Harvard in Fight with Trump

These two headlines from the front of The Crimson are wild. Harvard is implementing Trump’s agenda against students of color while asking alums β€” including alums of color β€” to help them β€œresist.” Fuck you guys

21.05.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

The fascist win if you lose your compassion for other people. That's part of the war. You have to keep compassion.

22.05.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4887    πŸ” 1816    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 1

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