Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026PLEASE SHAREyoutu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 41975729
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I could not more strongly agree with this take from @jamellebouie.net. youtu.be/NmYspr5wakI?...youtu.beWhat should Democrats do if they win?YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 4529298
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026Ontario Premier Doug Ford: "The red states we're gonna hit hard ... you think an insult from him [Trump] hurts me? Bring it on, buddy. You're a loser." 38176981750
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialDan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 30/06/2026When this regime falls — at the ballot box or in a failed effort to steal an election — the fact that Trump will have appointed 4 out of 9 justices should settle the question of unpacking the Court. There is no virtue in "respecting norms" when it comes to the legacy of an autocratic fascist. 7369106
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/05/2026Where are the student protests? The real answer isn’t that students decided to shut up. It’s that universities and a hostile federal government have expended massive resources trying to ensure they do.motherjones.com“Where have all the student protests gone?”Trump wanted campus crackdowns. Colleges couldn't wait to oblige. 15321115
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Huge turnout today at the Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. #NoKings 0100
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialKaren Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Everyone has bookmarked this right 441251115
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/03/2026As a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam, Mueller was shot and later returned to lead his platoon after his recovery. He received a Bronze Star for valor, a Purple Heart, 2 Navy/Marine Commendation medals, Republican of Vietnam Cross of Valor, and numerous other medals. 969127123848
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Have y'all seen this? The "Singing Resistance" toolkit. Practical guidance on how to use this tactic to build community and grow the movement against fascism. Might be useful for your Indivisible group or other local organizing hub. Check it out: docs.proton.me/doc?mode=ope... 716082
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/02/2026The man who taught nonviolence to Martin Luther King Jr. may be someone you've never heard of. For Black History Month, @alletson.bsky.social revisits the story of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin on this week's More To The Story:motherjones.comThe man who taught nonviolence to Martin Luther King Jr.Al Letson revisits a story about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin that he produced 16 years ago for Black History Month. 017657
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources. 6474120113894
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Correct. Now is the time to be very clear on the fact that you don't give a fucking inch to fascists. Not on anything. Not ever. Everything they are doing is per se illegitimate. The very minimum you demand is an immediate, across-the-board return to regular democratic order and norms. Nothing less. 271067365
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Jesus, this is a brutal minute. 231036304
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/01/2026The Boss represents the best of America. Trump, Jared, Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth, Vance, Hoekstra and Bovino -- may they all burn in hell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...youtube.comBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 26418114
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 28/01/2026“It’s our blood and bones And these whistles and phones Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies” 436392
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights. 853850769
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026here's the number for the ICE tip line, folks 1561972761
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone. And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.nytimes.comChinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip 411897705
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11/01/2026"In every society fallen to authoritarianism, the state goes after the press first+ closes in on universities next. All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation." www.chronicle.com/article/univ...chronicle.comUniversities Need a New DefenseThe authoritarian threat is growing. The old playbook won’t work. 15795298
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 10/12/2025For once he speaks the truth 55892143
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Genius 553154824978
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/11/2025while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto. 238123482354
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Lansing Michigan, huge turnout at the state capitol for #NoKingsDay. The crowd was much bigger than this summer’s first No Kings protest, and much younger and more racially diverse. 081
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Ionia Michigan, in deep red rural Michigan, turned out in big numbers for #NoKingsDay 080
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialThe State News @statenews.com · 17/10/2025Faced with the tall tasks of the modern university president, Kevin Guskiewicz has sought to get by with a little help from a friend.statenews.comMSU President Guskiewicz's childhood friend serving in $300K 'advisor' role - The State NewsFaced with the tall tasks of the modern university president, Kevin Guskiewicz has sought to get by with a little help from a friend. 031
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/10/2025We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it. But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan. Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important. 15644801987
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2025This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion 261140433
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook declared in financial forms that her Atlanta property would be used as a "vacation home" and NOT her primary residence, according to documents obtained by NBC News that undercut allegations of mortgage fraud by the Trump admin. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...nbcnews.comLisa Cook's bank documents appear to contradict Trump administration's mortgage fraud allegationsPresident Donald Trump is seeking to remove Cook, a board member at the Federal Reserve, over claims that she falsified financial forms regarding a secondary home. 42980325
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 29/08/2025MSU needs to grow a backbone and take a position opposing Professor Lisa Cook’s illegal dismissal. 050
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Lisa Cook was my colleague at MSU’s James Madison College. She is highly intelligent, tough as nails, and fearless. Those who underestimate her do so at their own peril. 050
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Trump was impeached, twice. Considering posting this every day until the Smithsonian corrects its exhibit. Feel free to join me. 12339171604
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Only an asshole would be a friend of Jeffrey Epstein and an enemy of Canada. 23898491742
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Emil Bove looks like the love child of Roy Cohn and Ayn Rand. 130
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialWilliam @byrneout44.bsky.social · 30/05/2025#Michigan #June14 #NoKings Third Act Michigan Rally List of cities we’re taking to the streets nationwide. the flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to us. We’re not watching history happen. We’re making it. thirdact.org/michigan/eve... 041
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 09/05/2025www.loa.org/news-and-vie... Happy 95th Gary Snyderloa.orgO Mother Gaia: Director Colin Still Reveals the World of Gary Snyder - Library of AmericaOn the occasion of poet and environmental writer Gary Snyder’s ninety-fifth birthday, Library of America was honored to host a limited-time screening of O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder, filmma... 050
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...nytimes.comStudent Loan Debt Collections Restart on May 5. Here’s What to Know. (Gift Article)More than five million borrowers are in default, and millions of others are projected to be on the precipice. 42742338
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialJoan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Wow, I've never heard Dylan's track isolated like it is here, with some pages about Belafonte from his memoir. Wish we could have talked to him! 3121
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Lansing Michigan today #nokings 060
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/04/2025statenews.com/article/2025...statenews.comMSU faculty join call for Big Ten 'mutual defense compact' against Trump administration - The State NewsUnder the compact, participating institutions would “commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund” that would “provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution un... 1003339670
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/04/2025"This isn't a battle of your choosing. But it is the battle for which you will always be judged. This is the moment you must show the world and history which side of the Edmund Pettis Bridge you are standing on." - Stuart Stevens 177122503101
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 09/04/2025For those who are interested, Yale did indeed record my American Revolution lecture course -- lecture by lecture -- and post it online, where the entire course is available for free: oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...oyc.yale.eduThe American Revolution | Open Yale Courses 42690155
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 06/04/2025How does one get paid by George Soros for participating in Saturday’s Hands Off rallies? Asking for 5.2 million friends. 041
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This Is the top story on @motherjones.com, as it should be on every news site. Millions of people turned out to oppose Tump/Musk/facism yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comYou can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—but what they fear he will do next. 261911584
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Thousands turned out at the Capitol in Lansing Michigan yesterday. #handsoff 0203
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Ohh "America First" was a hit list 108326415282
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 02/04/2025The results last night proved America cannot be bought. Trump and Musk expect us all to lay down while they steamroll over our lives and liberties. Fuck that, and fuck them.youtube.comForgotten ManYouTube video by The Lincoln Project 802729473
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialHayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Cory Booker’s “lack of cynicism can be off-putting in a time when doomerism is rampant and hope can feel like a lie in the face of harsh reality. But maybe what America needs right now is a little cringe, a recommitment to being genuine and earnest in our desire to help others”msnbc.comOpinion | Booker's record-breaking speech should only be the beginningThe New Jersey senator's record-breaking speech denouncing the Trump agenda became the rallying point for a demoralized party. 313421
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialBrian White @brianwhite.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Elon’s Downfall 22847181513
olddocphillips.bsky.social @olddocphillips.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Cory Booker reading from Federalist #51 in the 24th hour of his marathon speech justifies forty years of James Madison College students suffering through MC201. 060
Reposted by @olddocphillips.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/03/2025"There’s no messiah who will sweep in and make everything better. That’s up to you and me." Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know. Read it + share it with a friend:newrepublic.comFighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to ResistanceOrdinary people have more power than they know. 401008522