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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The majority-Black city has become a laboratory for state violence, political repression, and the crude exploitation of vulnerable populations by superrich parasites.

Illustration of a family holding each other by the side of a road, next to flowers and homes, plus a telephone pole with a sign saying ICE out now

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J. Skyler 🏳️‍⚧️ @jskylerinc.bsky.social · 2h

Mini-goal for today (10/7): $50 for expenses. CA: $JSkyler PP: jskyler VM: jskylerinc Donate: lnk.bio/jskylerinc #MutualAidRequst #MARequest #BIPOCMA #SSDI #TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund 💸💕🏳️‍⚧️

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@jskylerinc Lnk.Bio · link in bio - Profile and social media links for jskylerinc

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I oversee a reporting fellowship for @pressonsouth.bsky.social, an organization focused on movement journalism, or journalism in service of liberation. This year, our Freedomways Reporting Fellowship had six fellows, all of them movement journalists from the South working on their first big stories.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

ICE is slamming far northern Illinois for a second day in a row. Rapid responders in Rockford say federal agents detained a group of roofing workers this morning—eight men all the way from Minnesota. Volunteers are currently trying to locate their families. From a local immigration attorney:

From Sara Dady Facebook page

Image of black pathfinder SUV

Sprayed plates like on this vehicle currently parked at the Radisson on Bell School Road in Rockford are illegal. FLOCK can't read ICE's sprayed plates but can read law-abiding drivers' plates.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 8h

I need some joy today. Send me your library memes and funny posts!

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 13h

The thing that frustrates me most about this "third gender" stuff is that it's living proof of how transmisogyny is deeply baked into patriarchal cultures, and how the societal refusal to recognize trans womanhood is millennia old, but it's been turned into Noble Gender Savage fanfic by dipshits.

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Street Sense Media @streetsensedc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Street Sense Media loves our readers, and we want to ensure that we are giving you the best experience as well as keeping you informed! Go to the link to take our survey so that we can hear your side! bit.ly/SSMSurvey2026

Street Sense Media audience survey announcement featuring a megaphone icon. The text invites readers to participate in a survey about their newspaper and mentions its focus on local issues and vendors' voices. A URL link is provided for the survey. Street Sense Media's slogan is at the bottom: "Real Stories | Real People | Real Change.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you are in the Los Angeles area, you might be interested in the Mutual Aid LA dispatch. They offer opportunities to volunteer, donate etc.. Here's today's newsletter dispatch.mutualaidla.org/archive/the-...

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The Dispatch: Tap into Disability Justice Communities & Projects Around LA

October 2026 Vea el Verano en español y inglés.View the Dispatch in Spanish and English.Listen to The Dispatch podcast 🎤🎧🔊 Escuche al podcast Del Despacho A...

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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very cool re #DrugRepurposing: Washington State U researchers developed a modified form of #niclosamide engineered to seek out the macrophages that drive #endometriosis progression, reducing pain responses and lesion size in a mouse model. www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @drruth.bsky.social

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The ‘missed disease’ that affects 190 million: endometriosis drug shows early promise

Modified medication targets the cells implicated in the condition’s tell-tale lesions.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a note: if you'd like to read this story without repeatedly watching footage of violent arrests, you can click to disable the videos at the beginning

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's really quite dire. And it's happening at every level -- no federal funding, no nonprofit funding, no state funding. Plus harassment at every level, federal and state. People who do good work are being put in positions where it is nearly impossible for them to continue.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Worth noting that this analysis suggests that if state sanctuary policies were to be weakened (via court or congress), there would be more arrests of immigrants in every category.

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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A lovely Ophioplinthaca riding shotgun on some primnoid corals!

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A must-read analysis.

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Bona Fide Masks @bonafidemasks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

TY for being a valued customer & trusting Bona Fide Masks to help keep you safe! 25% off sitewide w/HOPE25 thru Oct 31st. We're the exclusive distributor for Powecom KN95 masks. Be well!

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HK Labour Rights Monitor 香港勞權監察 @hklabourrights.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🚨Breaking: A voice for China's workers has gone silent. "Xiaowu" (Feng Rui), who ran the WeChat account "Chiapas East Wind TV", documenting labour abuses across China, has been detained. His 100,000-word 2025 labour rights report was scrubbed before he vanished. Report (archived): bit.ly/47E7gty

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Sebastian (they/them) @sickseb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Black renters with household incomes of over $80,000 a year are still at greater risk of eviction than a white household that’s making $20,000 a year."

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Michelle Chappell @michellechap76.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Every time I leave my house I run into National Guard troops from Arkansas or Georgia

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Maelee @bakednbougie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nothing has come in yet but please PLEASE give any small amount you can afford I can meet this $435 goal dollar by dollar The small acts of kindness and genosity are why #MutualAidWorks $maelee21 V: @ Maelee-Johnson PayPal.me/maeleeJ ko-fi.com/maedaej

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Bex 🖤🏴 @thinlyveiledtruth.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

Luffy D. Christ... 38 people. We haven't seen those numbers since last year... 😢

izzymirez
Los Angeles, California
SOCAL ICE WATCH
VENTURA:
ICE/ SIMPSON ST & OLIVE ST / 5:35AM / 2 KIDNAPPINGS/

EL CAJON:
ICE / ORLANDO ST BETWEEN MAIN ST & MADISON AVE / 5:45AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /

OXNARD:
ICE / ALVARADO ST /
6:26AM / AT LEAST 2 KIDNAPPINGS /

DESERT HOT SPRINGS:
ICE / DILLON RD /
6:49AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /

ESCONDIDO:
ICE / ORANGE AVE & EIGHTH ST/ 7:18AM / AT LEAST 1 KIDNAPPING /

SAN DIEGO:
ICE / CITY HEIGHTS / UNSURE OF EXACT CROSS STREETS /
7:45AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /

PANORAMA CITY:
ICE / GREENBUSH AVE & CANTARA ST 7:50AM / UNSURE IF ANYONE WAS TAKEN

OCEANSIDE:
ICE / CELESTE DR & JACQUELINE LN
/ 7:50 AM / AT LEAST 1 KIDNAPPING

PACOIMA:
8:48AM / AT LEAST 1 KIDNAPPING /

INDIO:
ICE / HWY 111 & OASIS / 8:55AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /

LOS ANGELES:
ICE / N N LOS ANGELES ST/ 8:56AM /1 PERSON TAKEN UPON
RELEASE /

SAN MARCOS:
ICE / HOME DEPOT / 550 W SAN MARCOS BLVD / 9:00AM / AT LEAST 1 KIDNAPPING /

SANTA MARIA:
ICE / ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE /
9:45AM / ICE KIDNAPPED PARENT OF A STUDENT /

CITY OF INDUSTRY:
ICE / USCIS APPLICATION SUPPORT
CENTER / 17843 COLIMA RD
9:45AM / AT LEAST 3 KIDNAPPINGS /

SAN DIEGO:
ICE / 49TH ST & EL CAJON BLVD /
9:55AM /1 KIDNAPPING /

ESCONDIDO:
ICE / LOWES / 620 W MISSION AVE /
11:23AM / 1 KIDNAPPING

NATIONAL CITY:
ICE / PLAZA / 1430 E PLAZA BLVD /
N/A/1 KIDNAPPING /

SAN DIEGO:
ICE / 4586 MORAGA AVE /
N/A/ 1 KIDNAPPING /

AT LEAST 4 KIDNAPPINGS ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY

AT LEAST 14 KIDNAPPINGS IN SANTA MARIA

AT LEAST 38 PEOPLE WERE KIDNAPPED BY ICE IN SOCAL TODAY

@izzymirez / 10.05.26 / 5:30 pm

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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There’s a new ICE surge happening in the Greater Los Angeles Area now. At least 20 people have been taken by noon in Southern California, numbers we haven’t seen in a long time. @lataco.bsky.social

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yolo answered my email and connected me with Darkness Rising. In 2022, REBUILD kicked off. I would love this program to head into its 6th year & become so much more expansive than I ever envisioned. It needs funding to continue: www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil...

Informational flyer for Darkness RISING REBUILD, detailing therapy services for justice-involved people of color, program benefits, contact info, and impact stats, with green and yellow accents and a woman giving a thumbs up.

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"One study found that 10-20% of children with a history of COVID-19 develop Long COVID. The same study estimated nearly six million children have Long COVID in the U.S. as of 2024 and that it surpassed asthma as the most common chronic health problem in children." thesicktimes.org/2026/10/05/k...

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Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book - The Sick Times

Long Covid Superheroes showcases the bravery of asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with yourself and others.

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was one of a number of patient scientists and advocates who was interviewed for this sympathetic, open access paper "Patient's knowledge, doctor's ignorance: The production of knowledge about myalgic encephalomyelitis" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MEcfs #PwME #epatient #epatients #CFS

Abstract
It is usually assumed that patient and doctor know strictly different things: the patient knows the phenomenological aspects of their illness, and the doctor knows its medical aspects. I present a case study, that of myalgic encephalomyelitis, wherein, due to severely dysfunctional institutional knowledge production and transmission mechanisms, the medical aspects of the illness are on the whole better understood by sick people than by their doctors. Indeed, lay scientists within the patient community disseminate and produce science on their disease, ensuring that patients as a whole have reliable knowledge about their disease. By contrast, systemically produced and systemically maintained ignorance on the part of medical professionals is the norm, and may be beyond the specific case study I present.

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The latest ICE arrest wave targets ppl with "withholding of removal," a status that means an immigration deemed they'd be in danger if deported to their home countries. The Trump admin is now pushing to deport them to third countries. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/t...

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'But I'm Not From Ghana': ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country Deportation

Immigrants with protected status who've lived in the city for decades are finding themselves swept up, shackled and threatened with expulsion.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 05/10/2026

hey it’s a gay bar story about who to actually be mad at

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We are thrilled to bring you 2 new webinars from Denise Lopez- Majano & Kim Moy. "Things We Caregivers Wish We Had Known" w/ Denise on Nov. 1 at 3pm ET. “Being on the Same Team: Strengthening Relationships Through Chronic Illness” w/ Kim on Nov. 15 at 3 pm ET. Registration coming soon!

Two free caregiving webinars on November 1 and 15 at 3 PM ET for National Family Caregivers Month. Dark brown background with cream accents. Text: November 1st 3 pm Et "Things We Caregivers Wish We Had Known" roundtable discussion facilitated by Denise Lopez-Majano “Being on the Same Team: Strengthening Relationships Through Chronic Illness” with Kim Moy of Caregiver Wisdom. November 15 3 pm Et

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026

ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” "We’re talking about kids who have a mom, a dad, and siblings who want them to be living with them."

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“You kidnapped my son”

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

thanks to everyone's support we finally reached $3.5M CAD!!! now to reach $4M CAD... we are keeping several hospitals connected and dozens of students studying for exams, among others! project is currently $12K in the red #ConnectingGaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs

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Crips for eSims for Gaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.

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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 04/10/2026

DC folks, lend a hand? ⬇️ (or share if you're not in a spot to lend a hand rn)

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 04/10/2026

Sheriffs are “the most important state(-level) race for immigration purposes,” says an attorney with the ACLU of Wisconsin. Some sheriff candidates in the state are hoping to end local cooperation agreements with ICE.

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In Wisconsin, Two Sheriff Races Test the Future of Local ICE Cooperation - Bolts

Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Team Trump likes to tout the sky-high number of arrests they are making in DC. But these arrests are often an unconstitutional mess — and DC Courts are the ones who have to clean it up.

nbcwashington.com

Safe and beautiful ‘is not free': DC Courts under pressure with flat funding since 2022

Since Congress left D.C. Courts’ funding at 2022 levels, criminal cases are up 160%, with President Trump pushing a tough-on-crime agenda.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

thank you to @mgiraldi.bsky.social, who pointed me to the insta acct for the photographer (www.instagram.com/kevinlohmanp...). the story and the other two photos are 24k gold.

kevinlohmanphotography
Santa Cruz, California
Are You Kidding Me?
Can this Great Horned Owl's eyes get any bigger?
I'm excited that my photo "Are You Kidding Me?" was selected as one of just 43 finalists in the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, from more than 10,000 entries representing 112 countries!
The story behind it is just as crazy. I was photographing this seven-week-old owlet when a squirrel suddenly launched from a nearby branch and landed directly on its head, knocking both of them out of the tree.
And believe it or not, a squirrel knocked this same owlet out of the tree THREE TIMES that morning! Fortunately, the owlet was fine and eventually settled down next to its mother.

(photo depicts a squirrel in mid-flight from a tree branch, apparently about to attack an owl who has the most "are you fucking KIDDING me" look in history)

second photo showing the squirrel in question making contact with the owl like the lil furry-tailed (if short-sighted) badass he is

third photo showing the squirrel in question making contact with the owl like the lil furry-tailed (if short-sighted) badass he is

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh absolutely true for so many and Especially traumatic for for those of us who got sick and never got better while eveyone else pretends things are normal. ME is short for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Some info.

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ME and Long COVID - Long COVID Justice

We can’t talk about Long COVID without talking about ME. ME is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and studies show it may affect 50% of people with Long COVID. What is ME? Resource sheet Our Long COVID Essenti...

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For those building a pod: 1) I'm giving a virtual, public Intro to Pods on Sat Oct 10th. It's free (tho donations are greatly appreciated) w ASL + Spanish interp. Register: bit.ly/intro-pods 2) this resource www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res... has all kinds of info + worksheets (it's also in spanish)

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

$10,494

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yall wanna see a juvenile box fish

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Washington DC wildlife: Ruby-crowned kinglet looms ominously this afternoon on Rodman Street. 🪶

Close-up of kinglet looking at camera, one foot on branch.

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 29/09/2026

Beatrice Dong, co-founder of Berkeley’s Eastwind Books and a longtime Asian American activist, passed away last month. We asked community members to reflect on her life, legacy and the movements she helped build — and what her work meant to them. www.coyotemedia.org/beatrice-don...

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What Beatrice Dong Taught Us About Being Asian American

Bay Area community members remember “fierce and generous” Beatrice Dong, the co-founder of Berkeley’s Eastwind Books and lifelong activist for racial solidarity.

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Melinda's century of humiliation @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“People moved to NYC because of its shield law for trans kids. These hospitals have completely left them behind and shirked responsibility. They have not even been told whether they can receive continuity of care.” Eliel Cruz, a co-founder of Gender Liberation Movement

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Activists Picket New-York Presbyterian as Hospitals Continue to Block Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Youth

LGBTQ+ Activists are continuing to pressure hospitals to not give in to the Trump administration, in the wake of Mount Sinai’s settlement and agreement to suspend care for trans youth.

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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...

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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms

Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#InverteFest announcement: The December art book will be our 8th and last edition. We've been doing this since 2024 but my real life responsibilities have changed. We might revive the idea in the future in one form or another, but no promises. If you want in, this is your last chance.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It is so, so incredibly hard to maintain. It’s soul-battering. If you do it because you have to for yourself, I am with you, keep at it. You deserve safety. If you do it because someone you love needs you to, you are doing so well and it is so appreciated.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph

Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.

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