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Ranjit Dighe

@ranjitdighe.bsky.social
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Music, house concerts, baseball, economic history, cats. Anti-MAGA, anti-illiberalism.

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
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Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that: If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Cannonball Aileen Cannon knows the deal, and I don't mean Kim or Kelley: Sprinkle pixie dust on Trump to hide his crimes, and be given the divine hammer known as a Supreme Court gavel. She's got all nerve right now, but is this the last splash for MAGA? A gigantic question. by Maureen Dowd
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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
PJ O’Rourke on this
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Two screens from the Simpsons showing marge and homer sitting on a plane with homer looking angry. Text of the first image says "come on, homer. Japan will be fun. You liked rashoman" text of the second image says "that's not how I remember it"
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Matt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany. But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
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David Dylan Thomas @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Spoiler alert: Making life livable reduces crime. popular.info/p/the-secret...
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The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
“Girls have been getting better grades than boys since before women had the right to vote.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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Opinion | The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/07/2025
Trump’s DOJ forced UVA President Jim Ryan to resign. Wesleyan President Michael Roth calls it what it is: an assault on academic freedom and a warning sign of tyranny. A must-read for anyone who cares about democracy:
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A Message from a University President: Jim Ryan’s Questions
Guest article by Michael Roth
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Big news: We are searching for an assistant professor at our university! (He was last seen two days ago. Please share any tips with campus security).
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Ranjit Dighe @ranjitdighe.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Wow! I wouldn’t vote for him, but give me more of this please
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Lorraine Berry @lorraineberry.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This should be the top story in the WaPo and NYT but no mention. Human Rights Watch report on guards. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
This Day in Labor History: July 20, 1885. The British crown gave royal assent to the Chinese Immigration Act in Canada, which placed a $50 tax on Chinese workers and which reinforced the general global oppression of migrating Chinese workers around the world at this time!!
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
“He’s a test case to push the envelope for legal immigrants that have committed no crime, to trump up charges against them,” GALEO’s Gonzales said. “And the second piece is how to target journalists.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’
A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June – and is still struggling for freedom
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/07/2025
It's happening here.
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This Is NOT Business As Usual @jemartisby.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Knowing the difference is the gap between democracy and autocracy. ‼️Share this if you believe critique is a form of patriotism.
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Ranjit Dighe @ranjitdighe.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The assaults on basic human decency will continue until morale improves.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/07/2025
Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
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ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
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Ranjit Dighe @ranjitdighe.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
What @annepagano.bsky.social said
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SEIU California @seiuca.org · 12/07/2025
A worker was killed. Dozens detained. Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing. Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL. seiuca.org/press-releas...
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SEIU California | SEIU California Demands Release of CSU Faculty Member Brutalized By ICE
SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our brother Jonathan Caravello, PhD, a U.S. citizen and union member, who was brutally assaulted and detained by federal agents as he…
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
One of the things that *actually*, *truly* makes America great is NASA. And Trump has slit its throat.
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 06/07/2025
They finally made the milk from that hotel
a ½ gallon of neutral milk
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ceej @ceej.online · 26/06/2025
there are no atheists in foxholes. foxes worship satan
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Ranjit Dighe @ranjitdighe.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
It’s not a crack house, it’s a crack home
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Gotta be honest, the American Revolution was well on its way for a lot less than this
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Lunacy. They just funded Trump’s private army.
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valentine @dozygay.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Every single claim he makes here is a lie. Every single claim. He lies as he breathes.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/06/2025
This is utterly deranged
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dragonetti @dragonetti.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
if Cuomo loses today and goes ahead with a 3rd party run in the general "No means no" as the counter message is right there
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 23/06/2025
Mass deportation policy means NOT focusing resources on deporting the most-dangerous people, where the expected benefits (& costs) of deportation are high. It means using resources to deport productive, safe members of the community. This is cost without expected benefit. bsky.app/profile/chlo...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Donald Trump is the most powerful enemy of America's free speech rights in our country's history.
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Jon Boeckenstedt @jonboeckenstedt.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
OK, here is your one-minute primer on the whole concept of "trickle down economics," from the obituary of Fred Smith, the founder of Fedex. I mean, if you still can't see it, I have no hope for you.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
It's one of those things like "the velvet underground only sold 6,000 records but everyone who bought it started their own band" but for everyone who answered "yes" to this being given a national newspaper column
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Tracy Blevins @tracyblevins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Math joke
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
PERFECT! then end of discussion: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Netanyahu says Israel doesn’t need help to reach its goals in Iran.
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Ranjit Dighe @ranjitdighe.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Be truthful, not neutral
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
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Serenity.Sue @serenitysue.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Florida ready!
No Kings protest sign
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/06/2025
IMPORTANT: Before the fascist attack on Senator Alex Padilla, Kristi Noem said that her gestapo in California were staying to "liberate the city socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country." Don't let that slide by.
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Gandalf the Curmudgeon @420gandalf.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
From the piece: "I believe ardently that nonviolent resistance is in the big picture and the long term the most effective strategy, but that doesn't mean it must be polite, placid, or please our opponents, not least because nothing ever will and they'll lie and distort no matter what."
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