Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisBillie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 1h“Things like banning transgender kids from playing sports in schools or from being able to access medical necessary healthcare – those things didn’t even exist in 2020,” Logan Casey, MAP’s director of policy research, told me. 15016
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5hThey're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would. 691891483
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAllen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 5hTrump did not retreat on mass deportation. He refined it. There are outsourced arrests, rushed hearings, and hidden cruelty. In darkness is the new strategy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFrom mass raids to quiet crackdown: a timeline of Trump’s strategic ICE pivotAfter switching tactics, federal agents are detaining and deporting record numbers of people from the US 315075
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAndys Theory 🦋⚡️💎 @andystheory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The last year of real wage growth was in 1974. That explains almost everything. 33123
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisDJ (he, him)🏳️🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump Just Declared Social Workers, Nurses and Music Teachers Worthless As He Bans Student Loans For Regular People. deanblundell.substack.com/p/trump-just...deanblundell.substack.comTrump Just Declared Social Workers, Nurses and Music Teachers Worthless As He Bans Student Loans For Regular People.Social workers, therapists and daycare teachers get cut off from accessing loans. Beauty mills get a free pass. Pastors get the premium loan tier as Trump goes full NAZI. 122
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why would an aspiring autocrat want to support the cultivation of critical thinking? 1224182
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/his🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 121121545141
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hislastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One of the basic points in Mills' The Racial Contract (originally published in 1997!) was that, if nothing else, White Supremacy deserves to be taken seriously as one of the great motivating ideologies of modernity and it's bizarre that political philosophers are so disinclined to treat it as such. 191280280
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends. 24948372000
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/his🇬🇧📺 Classic British TV 📺🇬🇧 @classicbritishtv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Stephanie Cole (5 October 1941 – 18 September 2026) R.I.P 2635468
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisMicah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026"what if the democrats become labour on trans rights" is the nightmare scenario for trans people in the united states and avoiding that is why I think we need to continue pushing back on dems who waver as hard as possible 172748673
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisNPR @npr.org · 17/09/2026Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran, including a strike on a school in the southern city of Minab. n.pr/4Ak7inFn.prU.N.-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran, including a school attackHuman rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran, including a strike on a school in the southern city of Minab. 57891389
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026once you see this regime as the collective equivalent of an abuser then the whole of its rhetoric and actions makes perfect sense 1029567
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Six of the seven active federal judges in Minnesota spoke to The New York Times about the fallout from the Trump administration's surge there. One judge had to go into hiding. Another said it "created a grave threat to the rule of law.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge WarnsIn a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.” 217177
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisJesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Surgery is very rare for trans kids. But it is sometimes necessary, lifesaving care. I have a friend who runs the boys’ portion of a support group for trans families. He told me when CHLA shut down care that he thought there were two or three kids in his group who would not make it to adulthood. 216154
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 07/09/2026Registration is open, free, limited, & required. Great set of research presentations lined up on education, health, economy, mutual aid & more. Learn about the frontier evidence and connect with those working to generate it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 218783
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected 3030991151
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026if AXIOS had any sense of shame they wouldn't treat this stunt in a serious way. Trump's presidency is a miserable failure - but we are going to need a separate accounting of how the access driven media egged it on. 33110
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisCedrick Frazier @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Social workers see what our system gets right, and what our system gets wrong. They are often the first people to step in when our system fails, and I’m honored to have earned their trust and support as we strive to build a justice system that works for everyone. 093
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisCedrick Frazier @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I’m proud to have secured the endorsement of the National Association of Social Workers. 1258
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center. 8652901327
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/09/2026"No one has been arrested at a church." To be clear: DHS agents have, in fact, arrested people on church property. One of the incidents involved a pastor confronting DHS agents directly and filming them. In fact, DHS has *publicly acknowledged that this happens.* religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...religionnews.com'This is domestic terror': Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries(RNS) — The fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies. 481944584
Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/his @authormglee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Over the air Star Trek is showing The Trouble With Tribbles right now, which means I’m legally obliged to follow it with Trials and Tribblations.static.klipy.comStar Trek: The Trouble with TribblesALT: Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles 110
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026I can’t wait to read the NYT op-ed from Renee Good’s wife about grief on the one year anniversary of her death. Surely the NYT will extend the same grace to Becca Good—whose partner died protesting against state power—as it has to Erica Kirk—whose partner died defending white supremacy 62950684
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisJonathan @jonathansocials.com · 06/09/2026The idea of a third Trump impeachment for "undoubtedly" impeachable acts in 2026 just confirms the GOP considers lawbreaking a routine presidential job hazard.nbcnews.comJamie Raskin says impeaching Trump again ‘not a taboo with u...Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) tells Meet the Press that President Trump has “undoubtedly” committed impe... 295
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/09/2026You have this asymmetry where the White House can make video games on government websites about brutalizing immigrants but a random Democrat has a few old tweets and the latter carries the news cycle. It's all such incredibly performative bs. 351430267
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisCatherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The genocide no one talks about, that was enabled by apathy in 2024. 23517
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026“Someone who worked closely with Elon told me, ‘He’s the most miserable man I’ve ever met.’ So he’s inflicting his misery on everyone else.”hollywoodreporter.comElon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous. 15507133
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"To visit Springfield now is to travel to a city being invaded and psychologically tortured by a man who my adoptive home state of Ohio gladly returned to the White House so that he could conduct his sprees of ethnic cleansing and immiseration." -- @swin24.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-spri...zeteo.comInside Trump’s Nightmare for Haitians in Springfield: ‘We’re Following Our Orders’The most urgent moral test in all of Trump’s America today is happening in a small Ohio city – and we as a country are failing it miserably. 315349
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisGary Andover @garyandover.bsky.social · 10/02/2026"The super-rich and their politicians built ICE, funded ICE, and sent it into communities where it killed people who have the same problems you do. Then they watch you fight your neighbors about it." www.theholler.co/p/trump-supp...theholler.coTrump supporters: ICE will come for you, too.ICE was never about crime. 162
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026🚨NEW from @propublica.org: over "the strongest possible" objection from the Minnesota federal prosecutor in charge of the case, senior Trump officials reportedly rejected civil rights charges against the ICE officer who shot a man and then lied about it. He'll be charged with false statements only. 291100474
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisBoise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · 03/09/2026helllllllll yeah. solidarity with them! 09018
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’m going to need Markwayne Mullin to explain why you would need to serve a warrant at a polling place 2742485
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisDavid Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026NEW ICE wants to build a nationwide database of voters, their voting history and, potentially, their party affiliations too. ....and it's willing to pay someone up to $5M to do it www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...wired.comICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting DatabaseAs part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database. 135940603
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisJoe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"When Trump can count on the Court to forestall legal review as long as possible—and to override unfavorable determinations when they do occur—he has every incentive to just keep breaking the law." 112857
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026Apple maps has now changed Lake Ontario to "Lake America." Another company run by spineless cowards bending the knee to a demented rapist. 611168220
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisMinnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When the story of Metro Surge is told in media, don't for a moment, through the outpouring of solidarity and community building, despite the heroism, forget that it sucked ass every single day and some days it was like the sun had been blocked from the world 5801161
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/his🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Tacoma, Washington. What the fuck are we doing here? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residencyICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visa 73289464530
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/08/2026Wait. Do republicans think doctors work for free under universal healthcare? Does she think doctors who see Medicare patients don’t get paid? 68849131096
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hiseasettanni.bsky.social @easettanni.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We need to pay attention, it's ass there right in front of us. 1156
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisJohn Breen @breen.tech · 31/08/2026These are death camps 111754
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Death by intentional neglect is the characteristic method of murder in concentration camps 2731571019
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I hope y’all see that this will mean the imminent closure of a number of graduate programs. 412051
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisTasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried 227120806799
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Boycott Google, as it shamelessly panders to that idiotic vulgar slob. 1287121003260
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It must be embarrassing being as rich and successful as Google and still having to get on your knees for an 80 year old felon who falls asleep at work all day. It’s Lake Ontario, you clowns. 541432305
Reposted by Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/hisAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 30/08/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Aug After forcing trans service menbers out, the Pentagon is now stiffing many for tens of thousands of dollars in severance pay they were promised, leaving many of them destitute and on the street. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...washingtonpost.comA trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severanceChloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments. 181146546