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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.

Senator Marsha Blackburn tagging a public university for a facebook post where a professor share's Kirk's comments saying gun deaths are worth it.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Murder. He’s calling for the murder of people, a significant percentage of whom are veterans who served in our country’s military.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"

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After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts

At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 13/09/2025

"On the last episode of his show before he was killed," Kirk told "his audience, falsely, that “one in 22 Black men will be a murderer in their lifetime” and that “by age of 23, half of all Black males have been arrested and not enough of them have been arrested.”

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Brian Allen @allenanalysis.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area. Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/07/2025

Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and other deep-red states are leading the pack in rural hospital closures. This is what happens when you gut Medicaid, reject federal dollars, and treat healthcare like a luxury. You can’t blame “woke” when there’s no ER for 100 miles.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi is en route to Moscow to meet with Putin.

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BJCampbell @bj25.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Jon Stewart @thedailyshow.com is 😂😂❗️🔥now

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

It's pretty obvious that a lot of US mainstream media either doesn't recognise authoritarianism or doesn't want to call it out. Either way, it's an excellent way to destroy trust in your institution.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 14/06/2025

Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 14/06/2025

Two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers & their spouses were shot in their homes by someone impersonating law enforcement. Former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman & her husband have since died from their wounds. Days ago, a sitting U.S. Senator was forcibly removed from a DHS press conference;…

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: former House speaker and husband killed in politically motivated shooting

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in a politically motivated assassination.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Alternatively, “Thousands of Americans expected to take to the streets in defense of their neighbors and their democracy” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 14/06/2025

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

10:30am:

"Brevard County Sheriff Sheriff Wayne Ivey: "If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at, because we will kill you graveyard dead."

10:49am:

law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 14/06/2025

I’ve activated the State Emergency Operations Center. Local law enforcement in Champlin and Brooklyn Park have the full resources of the State of Minnesota behind them. We are monitoring the situation closely and will share more information soon.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 14/06/2025

Nightmare in Minnesota: A gunman shot State Senator John Hoffman & State Rep. Melissa Hortman. Political violence is a lethal threat to our freedom & democracy. Let’s keep the nonviolent movements of American history close in our hearts today & pray for these public servants.

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2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in apparent 'targeted' incidents, in grave condition; manhunt underway

Two Minnesota state lawmakers were shot in apparent "targeted" incidents on Saturday that left them in grave condition, officials said.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 12/06/2025

The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects. We the People.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/06/2025

Who else nearly fell out of the seat when you heard Cosplay Kristi accuse Sen. Padilla of “political theater”?

Kristi Noem pictured in various law enforcement and military-style gear, including tactical vests, rifles, and uniforms—alongside police, ICE, military, and fire personnel.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Happy Musk vs Trump day for all those celebrating.

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Sara Goldrick-Rab @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The main cause of rising student debt is RENT. Andrew Gillen is out of touch, to put it mildly.

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Sara Goldrick-Rab @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Today’s Senate hearing is clearly about making higher ed private, Christian, and white again.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 20/05/2025

House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it. I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.

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Sara Goldrick-Rab @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Sesame Street is a PUBLIC GOOD- it shouldn’t need “saving” by Netflix.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Yeah I’m unfollowing a lot of people this weekend.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

This is both true and scary

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oliviajulianna.bsky.social @oliviajulianna.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

How many of you could have spent your time going after the felon who’s been deporting kids with cancer instead of beating up on the former President who has an aggressive form of cancer himself? Absolutely sick. I will never trust you or your leadership again.

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Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I really appreciate this clear, easy to understand, argument from @mattbruenig.bsky.social about the cruelty of Medicaid work requirements. It’s a genuine problem how widespread the notion is that welfare programs are overrun with people who just don’t want to work. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

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Opinion | Medicaid Work Requirements Are Cruel and Pointless

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/05/2025

looking at the photo that headlines this piece i think i know what the university of austin means when they say they don't tolerate "DEI" quillette.com/2025/05/16/i...

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Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles?

Created as a haven for free thinkers, UATX was the last place where I’d expected to encounter ideological litmus tests.

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Faculty and Staff Federation of CCP @fsfccp.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Watch this call for increased investment in Community College of Philadelphia, the People’s College, a vital Philly resource that serves us all. CCP graduates are everywhere— on City Council, the nurse at your doctor’s office, the teacher at your local school, the staff at your neighborhood park.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It’s a violation of the constitution readsludge.com/2025/05/12/f...

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

And I did… 💁🏽‍♂️

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Sara Goldrick-Rab @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Be honest- did you know that MAGA is yet another Reagan legacy??

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Sara Goldrick-Rab @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Listening to @johnbkingjr.bsky.social talk about his new book. Powerful to hear about how school helped him feel safe even when things were tough at home (including death of both parents). #TeacherByTeacher

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NPR @npr.org · 02/05/2025

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.

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If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.

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big homie @getthefortune.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This government wants to give women $5k a pop for having a baby but when Black women have children and get government assistance they call them Welfare Moms.

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Sara Goldrick-Rab @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

With amazing people doing #RealCollege work in #Washington today- and just learned my keynote stands between them and 🌮 tacos 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I want 🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮 Maybe I just say hi and sit down?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

How terrible is it to meet JD Vance?

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Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Can JD Vance go visit Putin please?

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Please let JD Vance killed the Pope become the new JD Vance fucked a couch.

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