Reposted by Lily KingEric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 23/07/2025If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious. Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September 723290708722
Reposted by Lily KingCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Hey, fellow Massachusettans: if you haven't called Gov. Healey (and your local reps) yet, take 5 min and do so today. Alleged ICE is violently taking people off the streets in our state, without warrants. That makes ALL of us less safe. Numbers and script below 👇 215057
Lily King @lilyking.bsky.social · 12/05/2025The Trump administration wants to kill the National Endowment for the Arts. The Arts=Unbound Imagination The Arts=Freedom of Thought The Arts=Fresh Perspectives The Arts=Understanding The Arts=Connection The Arts=Empathy The Arts=Love The Arts=Joy Everything everything they hate. Call yr reps. 020
Reposted by Lily KingDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/05/2025How about some basic rules? --All law enforcement officers should wear identification --No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks --All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams ...oh and... --All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law 872234046334
Reposted by Lily KingMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping? 1958311437465
Reposted by Lily KingWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 09/04/2025Vast sin-concealing chaos 12625153
Reposted by Lily KingMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE. Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook: 8859192601
Reposted by Lily KingTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Important to realize that Trump’s approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It’s not even simply American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. (1/3) 10855681850
Lily King @lilyking.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This student, here legally on a Fulbright, was abducted without charges 2 days ago by Homeland Security for an op-ed that she co-wrote and published in the student paper a year ago. This story isn’t even on the NYT homepage today. #HandsoffMarch April 5 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...washingtonpost.comTufts student from Turkey detained by masked officers, video showsThe widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves throughout the academic community. 010
Reposted by Lily KingLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 26/03/2025“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”―Flannery O'Connor (born March 25th, 1925) 318836
Reposted by Lily KingAuthors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Good news out of Colorado! A Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries. Good work! www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...denverpost.comFederal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school librariesThe order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.” 7978261591
Lily King @lilyking.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Shame shame shame, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social You have an endowment of 14.8 billion dollars and you could not stand up for free thought and free speech, and hold strong against this abuse of power? Your weakness will never be forgotten. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...nytimes.comColumbia Concedes to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal FundsThe administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules. 030
