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Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD

@jjmcgrath.bsky.social
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socialist, historian, feminist with a dark sense of humor

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mhairi Forrest🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🤟🤟🤟 @mhairiforrest.bsky.social · 13h
We choose the bear because if it drugged and assaulted us for 7 hours, authorities would shoot it, not ask it to write an essay and then help it find a job at a wealth management firm.
Be so for real, Cornell.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 16h
I don't think we ever really find out, Steve...
A charming black-and-white illustration on an orange background shows Steve the otter standing upright in a witch’s hat and cape, holding a broom beside a pumpkin trick-or-treat bucket, in a whimsical cartoon style.  
Text in image: “Suddenly Steve realised he knew what he wanted to be for Halloween, but not what he wanted to be when he grew up.”
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17h
some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources
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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz359bs
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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 19h
This is, inexplicably, still a thing he allows to exist where the public can see it.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19h
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18h
We're less than an hour away from today's "Broadview Six" hearing. You can follow me here for live updates, but the @chicago.suntimes.com will also have up-to-date coverage here: chicago.suntimes.com/live/broadvi...
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'Broadview Six' case returns to court as judge weighs sanctions against feds: Live updates
U.S. District Judge April Perry is set to hear arguments Thursday over potential consequences for prosecutors in the politically charged case.
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 21h
Eric Schmitt’s Slam Dunk A cartoon by Michael de Adder
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Schmitt’s Slam Dunk
A cartoon by Michael de Adder
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19h
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 18h
As this hearing approaches, several of the ex-Broadview Six defendants have already arrived at the courthouse. Also, the court is handing out seating tickets for media. We're not expecting USA Boutros to be in court. I'll bring the hightlights here: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Long-awaited ‘Broadview Six’ hearing could spark further scandal for US attorney’s office
Four months after the implosion of the “Broadview Six” case against Operation Midway Blitz protesters, a federal judge on Thursday is finally scheduled to hear arguments that could spark further scand...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21h
JUST IN: A judge in D.C. has barred DOJ from re-charging Davey Hearn over the Reflecting Pool damage, saying Trump's commentary and pressure on prosecutors had permanently tainted the case. www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...
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Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD @jjmcgrath.bsky.social · 23h
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DOJ Offers Up Kristi Noem As 'Sacrificial Lamb' But D.C. Circuit Wants To Know Who Else Was In The Room - Above the Law
Starting with the one who allegedly suggested saying 'f*ck you.'
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Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD @jjmcgrath.bsky.social · 23h
ASSLaw defined below, for those of us outside the legal profession. It's perfect. abovethelaw.com/2026/09/eric...
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Eric Schmitt Drags Harvard And ASSLaw Into Jack Smith Hearing Faceplant - Above the Law
Sure, Harvard and Scalia Law grads had a hand in preparing the Jack Smith perjury debacle. But the Senator should not get to hide behind them.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mitch McConnell reacting to fellow Senator Schmitt’s shameful display in the Jack Smith hearing:
Mitch McConnell smiling vacuously in car.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just state barbarism. Nothing less.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mitch McConnell staff announce that for Halloween the Senator will be a denizen of the Shadow Realm, neither living nor dead.
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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Republican Party: We want to execute you but like everything else we're no effing good at that either
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congrats, Hispanics?
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Truly chilling how much the justices love killing people.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#tdih 1919 #RedSummer Black sharecroppers met in Elaine, Arkansas to organize for fair pay for cotton. More than 100 of them were massacred by a white mob. Twelve Black men were sentenced to death for “riots.” #Terrorism #TeachOutsideTextbook 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
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Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre
Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates…
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This proposed legislation has been the wet dream of the Epstein Class, big business, & anti-GOV/anti-ESA/anti-anyone who isn’t a white Repub for decades It’s exactly why we must vote ALL the bums out -Repubs & corporate Demos And outlaw Citizen’s United & make “donating” $$$$ to politicos a felony
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Pulls Your Hair Up But Not Out Dirtbag @backyardpuckfarty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NIPSEY IS MISSING IN QUEENS: last seen near the Jefferson L stop at Irving and Flushing. She's 10 pounds. If you've seen or found please call 617-281-5433 and please RT Nipsey!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
See what I mean when I say the system is rigged?
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
Finally, a member of this adminsitration that tells the truth.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He lifted that line from his Tinder profile.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wut?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JD Vance is a soulless turd.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You do run a country, you idiot.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions).
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This country absolutely hates women and depends on our unpaid labor and hates us even more for that dependency. We are loathed, and once you understand that a lot of the pieces fall into place
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He really did Schmitt himself didn't he.
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Union Thug™️ @theunionthug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 30/09/2026
this is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A reminder about Britt's SOTU response. You remember the one- where she breathlessly blamed then President Biden for a human trafficking incident that actually occurred when George Bush was in office. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Sen. Katie Britt attempts to clean up her misleading State of the Union response
The Alabama senator responded to questions around a story she told about visiting the border and speaking to a victim of human trafficking.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Katie Britt is now 2-0 for unhinged videos. Incredible. 10/10 No Notes
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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you think my trans daughter wanting to stay connected to the camaraderie and benefits of team sports is a greater threat to your daughter than 50 young men in a group chat doing NOTHING while she’s gang-raped then you’re a fucking idiot.
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