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Arthur Camins

@arthurcamins.bsky.social
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Arthur is a retired science educator and an activist for economic and social justice. He has taught and been an administrator in NJ, NY, MA, and KY. He lives in the Hudson Valley.

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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light of Justice and Democracy open.substack.com/pub/arthurhc...
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Let's Fix the Mismatch Between What We Say We Believe and How We Vote open.substack.com/pub/arthurhc...
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Let's Fix the Mismatch Between What We Say We Believe and How We Vote
Let’s Fix the Mismatch Between What We Say We Believe and How We Vote
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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No Rules. No Moral Claims. Only Power.
At best, the high moral claims for American exceptionalism were always aspirational rather than realized in practice.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Zohran Mamdani Has Ambitious Plans. How Much Will They Cost? Don’t accept the protect the wealthy argument that we cant afford affordability. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Zohran Mamdani Has Ambitious Plans for New York. How Much Will They Cost? (Gift Article)
Mr. Mamdani’s signature plans aim to make New York City more affordable. Here’s how he intends to pay for them and why they could be difficult to implement.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Don't say the MAGA movement targets DEI. Say what it is: purposeful effort to end democracy, increase segregation, inequity, hate, and divisiveness to increase wealth and power of an empowered elite at the expense of everyone else. @dianeravitch.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social @gilduran.com
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Need more evidence? SCOTUS a rubber stamp for a fascism: deleting Immigrant rights, dissent, environmental protections, worker safety and union rights, abortion rights, promoting segregation and presidential criminality. RESIST in SOLIDARITY! @dianeravitch.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Tell Democrats: Funding the death and starvation of Palestinians-the ultimate denial of freedom-is no strategy to protect freedom of Americans. It’s a grotesque betrayal. No arms to Israel! @justicedemocrats.com @democracynow.org @democracynow.org @jvp.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Tell Schumer: Stop Starving Gaza! Stop Arming Israel! www.instagram.com/p/DNsoiWXYnN... @democracynow.org @socialists.nyc @justicedemocrats.com @dianeravitch.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @repilhan.bsky.social @jayapal.house.gov
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This is the death and destruction that U.S. arms to Israel and investment in Israel Bonds enables. Organize! Tell your senators and representatives. Stop Arming Israel! Let Palestinians Live! Divest! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/w... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social
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With Arson and Land Grabs, Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Hit Record High
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
horrors continue: Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @democracynow.org @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @gilduran.com @workingfamilies.org @teka21.bsky.social @marlakilfoyle.bsky.social
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Climate change denial, immigrant kidnappings, Gazan genocide, withdrawal of food/housing/heath care, and denial of women's and LGTBQ+ rights, death & destruction are collateral damage in pursuit of profit/power. Our solidarity is survival. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c... @dianeravitch.bsky.social
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Energy Dept. Attacks Climate Science in Contentious Report
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Israel isn’t just killing Palestinians seeking food aid. It’s killing people waiting in line for water, too. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/isra...
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Israel isn’t just killing Palestinians seeking food aid. It’s killing people waiting in line for water, too.
On Sunday, Israel bombed a water distribution point in the central Gaza Strip, as dozens of civilians, mostly women and children, waited in line for water. Twelve people were killed, eight of them chi...
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The road to fascism and atrocity is paved with the adoption of a siege mentality. open.substack.com/pub/arthurhc... @democracynow.org @justicedemocrats.com @dianeravitch.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @jayapal.house.gov @ilhanmn.bsky.social
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The Cost of a Siege Mentality
Some politicians cannot resist the temptation to draw on the inflammatory power of racist, xenophobic, or sectarian fear and blame.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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The Cost of a Siege Mentality
Some politicians cannot resist the temptation to draw on the inflammatory power of racist, xenophobic, or sectarian fear and blame.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The Attacks on Zohran Mamdani Show That We Need a New Understanding of Antisemitism www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o... @dianeravitch
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Opinion | The Attacks on Zohran Mamdani Show That We Need a New Understanding of Antisemitism
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Shout it loud and clear Come for one, face us all. @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @mhvdsa.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @gilduran.com @danielatonna.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org @george-lakoff.com @jfrejnyc.bsky.social
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
How to Combat the Fascist Steam Roller open.substack.com/pub/arthurhc... @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org @jvp.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @mhvdsa.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @gilduran.com @george-lakoff.com
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How to Combat the Fascist Steam Roller
As long as Republicans remain in power the fascist steam roller will roll on, crushing all that is decent and humane.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
How to Combat the Fascist Steam Roller open.substack.com/pub/arthurhc...
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How to Combat the Fascist Steam Roller
As long as Republicans remain in power the fascist steam roller will roll on, crushing all that is decent and humane.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The MAGA/Musk/GOP effort and glee to inflict suffering and, if necessary, death on vulnerable Americans and Palestinians is a mutually package. We need to stand up together! Solidarity is Survival! open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @democracynow.org @jvp.bsky.social
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Attack of the Sadistic Zombies
The GOP budget is incredibly cruel — and that’s the point
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Headline should read, "Republicans Continue Push To Prioritize Segregation and Inequity." They've been at it since Nixon. Now, it's bold and full steam ahead. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @democracynow.org @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Tell congress, “If you don’t vote to halt U.S. $, you are guilty of genocide!” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/w... @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @mhvdsa.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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Gazans Despair After Israel Announces More Displacement
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This Jew says, "Not in my name" to Netanyahu's declaration of an intensive escalation of Gazan slaughter and starvation to cross the "finish line." U.S. support for fascism in Israel paves the path for fascism here. Say no or be complicit @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This isn't about American's health. It's another step toward totalitarianism ..."a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism." www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @democracynow.org @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com
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RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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Redirecting...
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
"As long as Democrats fail to change course, they .. leave the door wide open for the Right to use the Palestine movement as a testing ground for its broader agenda of authoritarian and fascist repression] and then [take aim at all of our fundamental rights." @democracynow.org tinyurl.com/5aa3v583
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An opposition to Trump in name only. - JVP
As long as Democrats fail to change course, they continue to leave the door wide open for the Right to use the Palestine movement as a testing ground for its fascist agenda.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Our movements are facing compounding and intersecting horrors at the hands of the US and Israeli governments. And our power comes from our ability to keep organizing — and that’s why we’re not stopping.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
SCOTUS conservative justices’ reasoning is bogus. Only real justification is reestablishing segregation and thwarting equity www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u... @dianeravitch.bsky.social
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers
In boilerplate letters, the administration told recipients that the grants supported diversity efforts and were wasteful.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Know your enemy www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
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Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
RESIST! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Allegory of the Farmer and the Snake
When Columbia University acquiesced to every one of the Trump administration’s demands about school governance in an effort to have restored $400 million in federal funds, they were told kowtowing to ...
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Let’s be clear: Trump/Musk want to replace cheap Chinese labor with cheap non-union US labor. We get low wages, higher prices, more profit for wealthy. @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Let’s be clear: Trump/Musk want to replace cheap Chinese labor with cheap non-union US labor. We get low wages, higher prices, more profit for wealthy. @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @mhvdsa.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @justicedemocrats.com @investinourny.bsky.social
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
One more Trump/Musk effort to promote segregation, discrimination, and inequity. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/r... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @cvh.bsky.social @democracynow.org
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Watchdog Agency to Investigate Attempted Cuts to Fair Housing Groups
The inquiry is another roadblock to efforts by HUD and DOGE to slash funds earmarked for the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Why aren’t the headlines, “Law Firms Cave to Trump Extortion?” @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @nancyflanagan.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @gilduran.com
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Does Hochul’s proposed mask ban include ICE agents? @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @danielatonna.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social @mhvdsa.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social @gilduran.com @teka21.bsky.social @marlakilfoyle.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
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Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The writing is on the wall—it's time for NY to divest from Tesla. Tesla's volatility & plummeting stock poses a risk to NY's pension fund. I sent a letter with 27 Assemblymembers urging NYS Comptroller DiNapol to divest.
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tina-b24.bsky.social @tina-b24.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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THE BANAL EVIL OF TRUMP AND BIBI
How Gaza Welcomed in the Age of Monsters
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Stop euphemism that Trump's Executive orders roll back DEI. His actions are designed to promote segregation, discrimination, inequity, and White Christian supremacy, www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @democracynow.org @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com
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Trump Administration Dropped Policy Prohibiting Contractors From Having Segregated Facilities
The provision had been in place since the civil rights era.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Stop the euphemism that Trump's Executive orders are rolling back DEI. His actions designed to promote authoritarian rule, segregation, discrimination, inequity, and White Christian supremacy, www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u... @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social
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Trump Administration Dropped Policy Prohibiting Contractors From Having Segregated Facilities
The provision had been in place since the civil rights era.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
@democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @danielatonna.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @gilduran.com @george-lakoff.com @workingfamilies.org @teka21.bsky.social
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
1984 arrives in 2025. Anti discrimination efforts are declared discriminatory www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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Trump Administration Questions Law Firms Over DEI Employment Practices
The move by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission comes as the administration is taking aggressive steps to intimidate law firms.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Tool of fascist power: Hide information to hide damning truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Trump to Schumer, “You’re not a Jew. You’re a Palestinian.” Schumer to Trump, “I’ll pass your budget.” @democracynow.org @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @nywfp.bsky.social @nancyflanagan.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @gilduran.com @dianeravitch.bsky.social
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Free Speech, Deportation Violation Justification: "Potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences" = Organizing to interfere with U.S. support for the genocide and illegal occupation of Palestinians. This is only the beginning. RESIST! @justicedemocrats.com @jvp.bsky.social
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The Plan: Destroy government to harm people so they will blame government for what ails them. Privatize everything and abandon democracy as useless. RESIST! Escalate the fight for our needs
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Resisting the “Everything, Everywhere All at Once” Blitzkrieg
MAGA’s fast-moving coup is upending the longstanding arrangements that have undergirded domestic politics and the US role in the world. What does this mean for the resistance, and how can the US Left…
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
@dianeravitch.bsky.social @democracynow.org @demsocialists.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org @nywfp.bsky.social @nancyflanagan.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @danielatonna.bsky.social @gilduran.com @george-lakoff.com
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tina-b24.bsky.social @tina-b24.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Demonstrators come together to protest Trump on Walkway Over the Hudson
Demonstrators took to the Walkway Over the Hudson Sunday to protest President Trump.
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This cruel disruption would appear insane if it was not so purposeful. dianeravitch.net/2025/03/10/s... @democracynow.org
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Trump Team Sows Disruption, Fear at NIH
In Trump’s chaotic effort to weaken and shred the federal government, no agency is immune, not even the National Institutes of Health, a world-class scientific research institution. The Washi…
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Arthur Camins @arthurcamins.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The repression escalates as Trump seeks to project fear and unquestioned power in the U.S. and in the world @democracynow.org @dianeravitch.bsky.social
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Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says
Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war
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