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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough

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Prof Poli Sci, Griffith Uni, Brisbane (democracy, migration, global citizenship. Pubs: griffith.academia.edu/LuisCabrera) Former Seattle rock guy aghast and singing again: 'No Kings/No Tyrants,' youtu.be/UqEI3NZmjJ4?si=qzUNxJCDAlG…

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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
THANK YOU.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New, very timely analysis at World Orders Forum: Why Peter Thiel Fears Global Integration: The Antichrist, the Restrainer, and the New World Order Part One: -- --Michael J. Christensen www.wgresearch.org/world-orders...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Powerful insights/advice here from an authoritarianism researcher on lessons US pro-democracy supporters can take from resistance to authoritarianism elsewhere: search.informit.org/doi/full/10....
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Has the Trump resistance been too passive? Here are 7 ways to effectively protest authoritarian rule
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Important analysis here. In a world where nuclear proliferation is seemingly becoming more thinkable, Bulletin highlights such weapons' limited utility in actually heading off coercion. thebulletin.org/2026/08/how-...
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How the bomb failed to deliver security in Pakistan
As global interest in nuclear weapons surges, Pakistan's recent conflict with India reveals their stark limits—failing to deter deep cross-border strikes while adding dangerous escalation risks. By qu...
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Great session with Emiliano Bosio on his Global Citizenship Education podcast. A deep dive into my grounded normative work over the past 20 years -- 22 countries, 425 interviews and counting w/ some incredibly inspiring and instructive global citizen actors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF3d...
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Luis Cabrera | The Power of Inclusive Global Citizenship | GCE Interview Series with Emiliano Bosio
YouTube video by Dr. Emiliano Bosio
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Greater Lafayette Indivisible ❌ 👑 @lafayetteindivisible.com · 11/08/2026
💯 news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigra...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Supreme Court's approval rating just hit an all-time low of 33% It's past time to reform America's highest court. Here's how.
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How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
Justice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/07/2026
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Foreclosures increased 21% in the first half of this year. Student loan defaults are at a record high. Total household debt is also at a record high of $18.8 trillion. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. “New Golden Age” for whom?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Dozens of immigrants at Miami’s Federal Detention Facility are trapped in brutal heat with no AC, sleeping in underwear, and finding roaches in their food. When one spoke out, he was thrown into solitary. Total abuse. We demand an immediate investigation and human rights NOW! 🎥 tomaskenn
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain West Virginia full voter registration file. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. This marks DOJ's 13th defeat with zero victories. www.democracydocket.com/cases/west-v...
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🚨 United States of America v. Warner
Learn more here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The economic (and moral) catastrophe has already happened. It happened because one man unilaterally launched us into a costly war. He caused death, destruction, and chaos in the Middle East. And until very recently, Republicans in Congress stood idly by. www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
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Trump Signs Iran Deal, Says He Wants to Avoid ‘Economic Catastrophe’
The president, who has threatened to resume bombing if Tehran doesn’t honor the pact, pre-empted a planned signing ceremony.
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I begin to think that Donald Trump just isn't very good at being president.
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Karl Mathews 🌱 @cheezdhippt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It's so refreshing to see some positivity and unity. Stevie Wonder sounds fantastic. Such a contrast. Just joyful and inspiring. Springsteen, Bono and Stevie Wonder help the Obamas open their presidential museum - Los Angeles Times share.google/rUeZ48iF8p0p...
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Springsteen, Bono and Stevie Wonder help the Obamas open their presidential museum
The Obama are celebrating the opening of their presidential museum in Chicago in an extraordinary event bringing together former world leaders, A-list celebrities and athletes.
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Antje Wiener @antjewiener.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
@janwilkens.bsky.social @marenhofius.bsky.social @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social @lisaherzog.bsky.social @academic.oup.com @esrah.uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
BOOK LAUNCH: OUP Handbook of Grounded and Engaged Normative Theory Please join us next week, Monday and Tuesday June 22 and 23, for what is shaping up to be a terrific launch workshop. REGISTRATION LINK: All listed workshop times are Hamburg time (CEST UTC +2). hias-hamburg.de/en/events/ox...
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Oxford Handbook of Grounded and Engaged Normative Theory – HIAS
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ths is flying under the radar, but Russ Vought is advancing a new scheme to give Trump's cronies total control of nearly $179B in federal grant funds. Billions for lifesaving disaster relief and medical research would be subject to Trumpian loyalty oaths. Make no mistake: this is fascism.
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Alarm Grows Over Vought Plan to Give Trump Cronies Control of Federal Grant Money | Common Dreams
"The test will be a simple one: Are you sufficiently loyal to the president? If the answer is no, it will result in the
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TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🦋🐸 @tallyannae.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Celebrities join petition to shut down Dilley Immigration Center in Texas, over abuse claims www.fox26houston.com/news/celebri...
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Celebrities join petition to shut down Dilley Immigration Center in Texas, over abuse claims
A coalition of high-profile celebrities and thousands of supporters are demanding the closure of a Texas family detention center over allegations of systemic abuse and poor living conditions for migra...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/05/2026
"No country can guarantee safety if it lacks functioning asylum laws, honest courts, impartial officials and the will to protect people from detention, coercion, disappearance or onward removal," write James A. Goldston and Natasha Arnpriester.
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The US has deported thousands to third countries. This must stop | James A Goldston and Natasha Arnpriester
Monitors estimate 17,500 people have been sent to countries they may never have visited – and where they could face further danger
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 28/05/2026
I want you to hear straight from me about what happened at Delaney Hall on Monday and what I saw inside the facility. ICE out of control. GEO Group profiting off of human misery. People living in inhumane conditions. Let me walk you through it.
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What I Saw Inside Delaney Hall Detention Facility
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.
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US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds
Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers
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TheArtisReport(GrandaddySpeaks) @grandaddyspeaks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I actually saw my Elders fired from jobs, humiliated, beaten, bombed, murdered, lynched and assassinated for the right to vote. I have a debt to pay. I repay that debt every Election Day when I vote for the candidate of my choice.
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Excellent food for thought here. Reich argues the country is not polarized between standard right and left: "No, the contest today is between democracy and authoritarianism. It’s between tolerance and bigotry. ... Between the rule of law and neofascism."
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Seems worth repeating, in song: youtu.be/UqEI3NZmjJ4?...
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No Kings / No Tyrants
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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Mississippi called a special session TODAY to erase the only Black congressman in this state. Mississippi residents showed up. All of them. On their doorstep. In their streets. To show them what they're fighting against. ✊🏼 #mississippi #democracy
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
MacFarlane: I'm filling a notebook with misinformation spreading about January 6th today. The idea that these cases were wrongful, no case was overturned, not a one on appeal. And lots of people appealed. They had a 100% success rate for juries at trial.
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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals... It sends the message that he will use his power not only to shield people who break the law from accountability but also to shower benefits on them." (Gift link)
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Opinion | There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
He's just so repostable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Whether you like or dislike what’s said, free speech is at the heart of our democracy. Attacking it is a hallmark of authoritarianism. If there were ever a moment for the so-called “free speech warriors” to speak out, now would be the time.
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Exclusive: FCC challenges ABC broadcast licenses
The move could strip ABC of its ability to broadcast to stations across the country following Jimmy Kimmel’s “expectant
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Democracy Without Borders @democracywithoutborders.org · 22/04/2026
A Freedom House report finds that at least 54 governments have engaged in targeting dissidents abroad in 2025, in particular in Southeast Asia and East Africa. www.democracywithoutborders.org/42972/author...
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Authoritarian states keep collaborating to target dissidents abroad
A Freedom House report finds that at least 54 governments have engaged in targeting dissidents abroad in 2025, in particular in Southeast Asia and East Africa.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump. Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done. Yet only one is considered a "power grab." Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell.
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Jamie Mayerfeld @jmayerfeld.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Excellent article - balanced, thoughtful, informative - by University of Washington professor Robert Crawford. It takes a deep look at the recent attacks on academic freedom across American universities. robert917.substack.com/p/on-the-dis...
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On the Dismissal of Professor Aria Fani as Director of the University of Washington Middle East Center: Policing American Universities
On March 27, Daniel Hoffman, director of the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington notified Professor Aria Fani of his dismissal as director of the UW Middle East Cen...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates. Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them. The system is rigged.
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Curious that nearly 1 in 5 members of the Reform Party -- founded essentially as an anti-EU party -- support rejoining the EU. And 53 percent of all voters do, with Labour and Lib Dems in the 80s. Allons-y! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote
Experts say Labour’s ‘halfway house’ approach risks losing support from progressives and ‘red wall’ voters
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It's reverse Robin Hood.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. [Via @itep.org]
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Somehow I keep thinking of the time Pres. Obama wore a brown suit and the Fox-type media and several Republicans in Congress were apoplectic about the disrespect and lack of seriousness it supposedly showed.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Well put. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Hillary Clinton was right about everything. Kamala Harris was right about everything. Both would’ve been incredible Presidents and I remain proud AF to have cast my vote for them.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Pendulum could just be starting to swing.
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Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Horrified Lion says he fully understands the symbolic value of pressing for Amendment 25. Symbols can be very powerful. youtu.be/UqEI3NZmjJ4?...
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No Kings / No Tyrants
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich. Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else. The state of Trump's union. [@itep.org]
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