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@rhetorica.bsky.social

I teach and research media and rhetoric and affect. Avid gardener. Chicken owner. Professor. Part time gamer

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Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief As President Donald Trump reshapes immigration and the nation’s relationship with immigrants, some naturalized citizens are wondering if the country they made a commitment to when they took the oath o...

WHAT immigration policy? There’s no policy. Just deploy God-knows-who to kidnap people off the streets because they maybe, possibly, could look a certain way.

Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief

apnews.com/article/natu...

15.11.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, sadly it is real.

15.11.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14775    πŸ” 5798    πŸ’¬ 1030    πŸ“Œ 523

God willing the next dem admin should arrest them all. Never again can we allow this shit

15.11.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHousing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context

14.11.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7947    πŸ” 3203    πŸ’¬ 245    πŸ“Œ 118

Remember when accused child rapist and trafficker Andrew Tate and his brother showed up not long after Trump got inaugurated and everyone was like hey how the fuck did they get in the country and then we just never found out?

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After Republicans refused to extend ACA subsidies, 4 Michigan insurers are dropping out of the ACA marketplace altogether. That’s 200,000 Michiganders who just lost their plans.

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In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: β€œI am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.

13.11.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2935    πŸ” 1035    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 59

Manchin never pretended to be a progressive. Fettereman is worse

11.11.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And then they arrested him right? Right?

11.11.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist The fantastical roots of β€œscientific racism”

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

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Cleaning worker who mistakenly went to wrong home fatally shot: Police The shooting victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner's office said.

Still thinking about this story. Imagine how cooked your brain has to be on Fox News -- how terrified you have to be, every day in your isolated suburban castle -- to start *shooting* when you see brown people at your door, before the door is even open. We're such a nation of terrified cowards.

11.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2558    πŸ” 758    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 88

We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.

Republicans just don't care about your health care.

11.11.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1103    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 505    πŸ“Œ 108

This moment demands fighters, not folders.

10.11.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3602    πŸ” 850    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 46
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I can’t believe it’s come to this.

09.11.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 987    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 15

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

09.11.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 26743    πŸ” 7504    πŸ’¬ 839    πŸ“Œ 528
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Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government. The White House isn’t standing in the way of an emerging deal.

wild that twice this year democrats (in DC + in TX) have reached the threshold of making Republicans feel some pain and just dip lol
www.politico.com/live-updates...

09.11.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 18

Better change your mind quick

10.11.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences

10.11.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2464    πŸ” 652    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 32
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My statement on the spending legislation and Republican healthcare crisis.

10.11.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1673    πŸ” 510    πŸ’¬ 521    πŸ“Œ 150

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.

We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.

A vote for this bill is a mistake.

10.11.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 14906    πŸ” 2859    πŸ’¬ 1040    πŸ“Œ 189
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen

A group of Senate Democrats give in and agree to a deal with Republicans that would reopen the government without a guarantee that ACA subsidies would be extended. Catie Edmondson @migold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

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Today I protested ICE fascists at the Broadview, IL facility, as I have for several months. I've shared before every time the escalation of violence has been by the State against peaceful protestors.

That happened again today.

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09.11.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1195    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6
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Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.

GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) β€” One was a fishermanβ€―struggling to ekeβ€―out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.

apnews.com/article/trum...

08.11.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 18
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The TRILLIONAIRE Technocrats Are REELING

Billionaires are gaining all the wealth, Musk might become the first trillionaire, and Trump continues grifting. Still, the majority is fighting back & waking up to the broligarchy's techno-fascist plot.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

08.11.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5
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Medicare for All is not just moral it’s also the smart economic choice. @khanna.house.gov

07.11.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 664    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 13
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

08.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6914    πŸ” 3234    πŸ’¬ 229    πŸ“Œ 310
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FPF takes ICE to court over dangerous secrecy FOIA lawsuit targets ICE’s efforts to stop congressional oversight of detention facilities

ICE is tearing apart families, placing people in secretive detention centers beyond the reach of congressional oversight, that's why @freedom.press is suing the agency to obtain emails it received Congress.

"ICE is the most lawless agency in government," FPF attorney @kevinok.bsky.social says.

07.11.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

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