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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 4h

THREAD. People in the U.S. legally, deported with nothing—and dumped in a country where they have no place to live, no belongings.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 4h

This. He’s making it clear that these are NOT ordinary political times. That MAGA isn’t part of our “party system.” That we MUST be speaking to the truth and horrors of this moment—NOT dragging politics-as-normal habits into it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 19h

Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

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Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel

Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 18h

Today I discussed how a live-streamed execution is meant to intimidate us into compliance Like soldiers at polling places is meant to frighten us from voting Authoritarianism requires FEAR. Don't surrender to it We have the numbers & the law & morality on our side www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wUY...

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Violence As Politics

YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19h

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 22h

He’s going to keep saying increasingly offensive things because it earns him attention and…if he’s lucky…it will turn Americans against each other before the election so he can justify a show of force. Don’t fall for it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wow. The blunt truths are SUCH a relief to hear. As horrible as it all is, it’s like I can finally catch my breath, just by hearing a politician bluntly say them out loud.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "I absolutely believe that Mike Collins would have been among those standing in the schoolhouse door ... Here in Georgia, where we are so proud of our legacy as the cradle of civil rights, I'll be damned if I'm gonna let a man like Collins win this race and represent GA for the next 6 years"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026

jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’ve been studying violence and politics for a loooong time. My last book — “The Field of Blood” —was about the use of physical violence in Congress. So you can bet I’ll have a lot to say…

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Tomorrow on my livestream "History Matters" Violence as Politics Doesn't need much of an explanation given Hegseth's seeming joy at the idea of a livestreamed execution. But there's a history to its use & implications. We need to confront it head-on Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wUY...

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Violence As Politics

YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 08/10/2026

The Fed did the math - Trump did the damage.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It would be nice if—every time they pull this kind of “it’s Biden’s fault” nonsense — every listening just laughed and laughed.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Next up: caravans of immigrants. Never fails.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We're maybe a week away from a Trump official shouting "White Power!" at one of these conferences.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

RFK Jr is funding a grotesquely unethical study on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau; ethicists, pediatricians, clinical trial experts, & infectious disease experts are calling this horrific trial The New Tuskegee. It is unethical to withhold a life saving intervention from half of newborns FFS.

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📎Hope🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪬🟦 @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Fast-forward to 15.00. Listen. Back it up and listen again. We the People ARE stronger together. What are YOU willing to do? Be Honorable. Love our country. Protect our Constitution.

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A Few Thoughts For Those Who Can't Sleep -- October 4 Edition

YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is precisely it. They want to scare people into not voting.

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Terry Turner @alighterway2live.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🩷Together we can win. As Dr, Joanne Freeman says, “Be strong and of good courage!” And have chutzpah!

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

While lecturing at a high school many years ago, I once got so animated in essentially acting out a letter that when I was done, the principal said that it was the first time one of their lectures had been accompanied by interpretive dance. But hey, I got my point across.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He knows. It's just another lie.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today in my American Revolution lecture course, the lecture title is "Civil War." You know. Lexington and Concord. That sort of thing. . . . . Such an interesting time to be teaching about the Revolution.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank heaven someone finally asked the question: "How do you define socialism?" Because this REALLY ISN'T IT. Sheesh. "Socialism" to Vance is -- random things I hate.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

THANK YOU TO THE GUY SITTING BEHIND ME SNEEZING AND COUGHING AND SNIFFLING WITHOUT COVERING HIS MOUTH. EVERY FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.

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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

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AILA @aila.org · 08/10/2026

"I indicated that I was a member of Congress, and I was here to provide oversight and to enter and to see this series of rooms...They said no, I was not allowed to enter," said Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona. bit.ly/47a2ZxX

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DHS Is Using FEMA Buildings as Pop-up Immigration Courts, Denying Public Access

Congressman Greg Stanton says he was blocked from entering a makeshift immigration courtroom, raising concerns about public access to the proceedings.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They are burying restrictions or demands on what can or can’t be funded at the Smithsonian in footnotes to apportionments. And some of those footnotes are VERY precise…

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And now for something completely different… Someone decided to have a VERY energetic bath tonight.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

City chambers shut down as #Memphis residents fight back against tech-fascist Elon Musk's data center. "...protesters chanted inside City Hall, police cleared the chamber and a fight broke out in the lobby." www.foxnews.com/politics/mem...

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Memphis City Council devolves into chaos after data center moratorium vote postponed

Memphis City Council delayed a vote on a data center moratorium as protesters chanted, police cleared the chamber and a fight broke out in the lobby.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When he’s never held accountable, THIS happens. I can’t wait for him to learn that isn’t true. (Also—doesn’t it sound like something a spoiled little kid would say? Like, literally?)

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I seem to remember your name. I arrived at Yale around 30 years ago.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How about democracy. How about we save that thing that came from Greece

Fox News headline: Rubio to deliver urgent plea to save Western civilization during speech in its birthplace

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I can't believe that he found a way to say "what about Biden" to this question. And when the answer is proven ridiculous, he blames Biden supporters. Amazing.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An American senator travels to the Persian Gulf to see what his country is spending billions on and finds the gates locked. The Defense Department would not let Chris Murphy onto the heavily damaged base from which the Iran war is being

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