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Associate Professor at California College of the Arts in SF. I teach American Politics, Ethnic Studies | Asian American Studies. Srsly, I have to add this: "Maxwell Leung. Faculty at @cca_critical_studies. Thoughts and views shared are my own."

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Notes for my next lecture: the American experiment basically sucks.

16.10.2025 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And we're four months into the "Harvard is about to cave" narrative in MSM/NYT.

GOOD FOR PENN, BROWN, and MIT.

16.10.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1417    ๐Ÿ” 246    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the worldโ€™s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it

Five years ago all this stuff about Trump's serial abuse came up. Women who had been minors at the time told their stories. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...

09.09.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3159    ๐Ÿ” 1259    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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Californiaโ€™s public universities are the best in the nation and a pipeline for research, talent, and tech that fuels the global economy.

09.09.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1362    ๐Ÿ” 254    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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California is home to 4.2 million small businesses, the most startups in the country, a tech sector worth over $1 trillion, and home to the most Fortune 500 companies in the world.

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Beach, this is where ideas take flight.

09.09.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 865    ๐Ÿ” 167    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Happy Birthday, California! ๐Ÿฅณ

Today, we proudly celebrate 175 years of statehood.

As we continue to define the future of this state, today serves as a testament to the spirit of Californians, driven by grit, determination, and a relentless belief in whatโ€™s possible.

09.09.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1626    ๐Ÿ” 353    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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California is where bold ideas become world-changing breakthroughs.

One in four U.S. Nobel Prizes in science has gone to a California institution, and California is home to more Nobel Prize winners than any country in the world.

09.09.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2900    ๐Ÿ” 668    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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An incredible night at Brooklyn College with Bernie Sanders. Thank you to everyone who packed the house and watched from home.

The fight against oligarchy is on the ballot this November - and together, we will win.

07.09.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3821    ๐Ÿ” 606    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

Yes. She and her and her ilk can go back to the cesspool from where they came from. Good bye and good riddance to her!

29.08.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people. We must and we will fight back.

02.07.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13079    ๐Ÿ” 2805    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 249    ๐Ÿ“Œ 181
04.07.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t imagine what itโ€™s like to be in New York. Mamdani is what New Yorkers need, and what we need to supercharge the nation.

04.07.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vibes, not intel, evidence, or anything based on reality. Itโ€™s just Trump and Netanyahu on a personal agenda. So frightening.

23.06.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mahmoud Khalil kisses the head of his infant son as his wife smiles in the background. A headline reads: "Mahmoud Khalil, in First Interview Since Release, Says Trump 'Absolutely Failed'" Photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times

Mahmoud Khalil kisses the head of his infant son as his wife smiles in the background. A headline reads: "Mahmoud Khalil, in First Interview Since Release, Says Trump 'Absolutely Failed'" Photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, was released on bail after more than 100 days of detention on Friday. He said if President Trumpโ€™s goal had been to suppress pro-Palestinian speech, he had โ€œabsolutely failed.โ€ nyti.ms/3ZJ6ZCb

22.06.2025 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1181    ๐Ÿ” 158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

What a moron.

21.06.2025 01:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

$1 million is a start. The organization can do A LOT more.

21.06.2025 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

21.06.2025 00:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s No Kings protest will likely be one of the largest in the nationโ€™s history โ€” and potentially the largest โ€” according to one expert.

๐Ÿ“น๏ธ: Sarah McGrew

14.06.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 157    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I was right โ€ฆ ooops you just missed me! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

For real, it was the largest protest Iโ€™ve seen in a long time. โœŠ๐Ÿผ

15.06.2025 00:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Remarkable.

MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."

Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.

Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

14.06.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44429    ๐Ÿ” 16212    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1065    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1178

Cannot stress enough that the protest in DTLA was completely nonviolent until the local police departments showed up

Been in contact with multiple indies currently on the ground who confirmed this. Cops pushed, then started firing riot munitions indiscriminately

14.06.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3282    ๐Ÿ” 1281    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42
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Senator Padillaโ€™s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noemโ€™s press conference in L.A.

12.06.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3295    ๐Ÿ” 1550    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 279    ๐Ÿ“Œ 558
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WATCH: A combat veteran congressman ISNโ€™T STAYING SILENT after Alex Padillaโ€™s arrest by Kristi Noem. He TOOK THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE and forced everyone to confront the reality: a sitting Senator was removed in cuffs โ€” and something must be done.

13.06.2025 05:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3687    ๐Ÿ” 1206    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 107    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: โ€˜Morale is not greatโ€™ Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary

California national guard troops and marines deployed to LA to help restore order have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they don't want to join.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

13.06.2025 04:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7252    ๐Ÿ” 2481    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 458    ๐Ÿ“Œ 182
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Planned โ€˜No Kingsโ€™ protests grow in number after LA militarization: What organizers expect 'The numbers have skyrocketed': protest organizers expect massive crowds nationwide on June 14, including up to 250,000 in Los Angeles.

"Mobilizing military forces into cities is going to be seen as an overreach, and it's going to be now met with peaceful, boisterous moms, dads, grandmas. kids and their dogs and families showing up, saying, 'we're not going to put up with this authoritarianism..."

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

13.06.2025 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6704    ๐Ÿ” 1614    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 227    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66

Donaldย Trump is behaving like a tyrant, not a President.

By turning the military against American citizens, he is threatening the very core of our democracy.

Iโ€™m asking the court to immediately block these unlawful actions.

10.06.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2798    ๐Ÿ” 761    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 163    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39
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If you incite violence or destroy our communities, you are going to be held accountable.ย 

That kind of criminal behavior will not be tolerated. Full stop.

11.06.2025 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3876    ๐Ÿ” 848    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 281    ๐Ÿ“Œ 87

The founding fathers did not live and die to see this moment. Itโ€™s time for all of us to stand up peacefully.

11.06.2025 02:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17135    ๐Ÿ” 4060    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 833    ๐Ÿ“Œ 248
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Double.

11.06.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72937    ๐Ÿ” 17429    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3298    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1270

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