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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 23/09/2026

Today, I am proud to announce the Reimagining Safety Act, a community-led roadmap to establish the Department of Community Safety, dismantle DHS, abolish ICE and CBP, and reinvest resources in our communities.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SHACKLE HIM

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

so are we gonna get a bunch of political analysis thumbsucker pieces about the cautionary tale of a promising youngish politico who torpedoed his career by latching on to the biological gender extremists who are attempting to drag the Democratic Party into hugely unpopular political waters or nah

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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/09/2026

Trans youth need the freedom to be kids, without worrying about being targeted by politicians for who they are.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There is a line between opinions about whether billionaires should pay a higher marginal tax rate or if we should allow an AI data center in our city and beliefs about whether people of different races are more intelligent or if queer people exist. breakingculture.substack.com/p/freedom-fo...

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Freedom for Fascists

Eugenics is not a valid opinion, but now it gets more protection than other perspectives.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.

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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thanks again to @proftwolf.bsky.social for taking the time to talk about all the important work @aaup.org and @aft.org are doing in their fight for academic freedom in Texas and elsewhere and to strengthen and transform U.S. higher education as a whole. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrO3...

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Breaking Culture Live - Higher Ed update with Todd Wolfson, AAUP president and AFT Vice president

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Looking forward to catching up with @proftwolf.bsky.social of the @aaup.org and @aft.org to discuss their recent actions to restore science funding, protect academic freedom, and endorse political candidates willing to push back against authoritarian attacks on higher ed. Join us tomorrow, noon CDT.

Image announcing the show and giving details of its broadcast - August 26 at noon Chicago time on the Breaking Culture Live Youtube channel.

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm not sure if it is accurate to call the tidal wave of hate that crushed Jason Arday fascist or microfascist, but it was not an organic outgrowth of concern for British academic standards. It was backed by Peter Theil and a network of racists. breakingculture.substack.com/p/where-is-t...

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Where is the line III: Microfascism and Fascism

The billionaire-funded squadrisimo came for Jason Arday. We didn’t do enough to stop it. Now he is dead.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thanks for sharing this. I don't know how it intersects with the events at Bates, but the attacks on Jason Arday and around Cambridge were backed by Peter Thiel and the reconstituted Pioneer Fund - i.e. Hayek's Bastards are at work there: breakingculture.substack.com/p/where-is-t...

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Where is the line III: Microfascism and Fascism

The billionaire-funded squadrisimo came for Jason Arday. We didn’t do enough to stop it. Now he is dead.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Some recent reporting from the St. Louis Federal reserve suggests that AI productivity is still just an illusion. It may be but even if it wasn't it also facilitates the fascist fantasy of total information control. A bit of Marx in this so maybe NSFW. breakingculture.substack.com/p/authoritar...

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Authoritarian AI and Socially Necessary Labor

On my workiversary and the need for intellectual laborers in the age of AI

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/07/2026

Matt Yglesias is simply a horrible person.

A screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) post by Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) with a blue verified checkmark. The text of the post reads: "Sincerely, if Abdul wants to go anti-woke and come out against affirmative action and for assigning kids to sports teams based on biological sex, I will endorse him and donate to his campaign tomorrow — that would be amazing." The post is dated 2:51 PM · Jul 17, 2026, and displays 240.8K Views.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/07/2026

It's funny how some cis people are saying you have to support Amy Acton in Ohio because she's better than the alternative. Better for who? Ohio already passed a ton of anti-trans legislation, a lot of which was vetoed by a Rep. Governor. It still went into effect. It can't get much worse.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Many thanks to @zacharyamueller.bsky.social for a great conversation about the work he & STAC are doing to combat the expanding reach of authoritarianism in our cities & country. Check out this response, linking to their analysis & upcoming trainings breakingculture.substack.com/p/organizing...

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Organizing ICE Watch and Election Protection

Zachary Mueller of States at the Core provides a good introduction to both the authoritarian threats we face and the ways you can get involved in resisting them

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This would be an important clarification if HHS actually clarified anything. They don't have the authority to make this rule so even if they do nothing with those 30,000 comments they will find themselves back in court. Meanwhile, kids around the country are being denied care. It must resume now!

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

20-year-old me will forever be shocked that Bill Kristol is now to the left of like 80% of the Democratic leadership on ICE.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I knew I liked this pizza place

Instagram post from Pizza Matta explaining that ICE is in Chicago and Trump voters shouldn't come to their restaurants

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Susan Collins voted to give ICE and CBP $70 billion. She owns the consequences of that vote.

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Christi👻n Rinc🎃n @christianrincon.com · 13/07/2026

abolish this violent gang and prosecute every member

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The only way forward may be something like this.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Full account is from the Maine Morning Star. Just to reiterate, despite DHS lies, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the man murdered in front of his daughter by ICE agents yesterday, was not even the target of the operation. Not that it would be ok if he was. mainemorningstar.com/briefs/pingr...

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Pingree, King say man killed by ICE not the target of warrant • Maine Morning Star

The 26-year-old Colombian man killed by immigration agents in Biddeford was not the target of agents’ warrant, U.S. Sen. Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree said they had been told late Monday.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

JUST IN: 13th straight rejection of DOJ's legal effort to compel states to turn over their voter rolls. George W. Bush-appointed Judge Thomas Johnston wonders what DOJ is really driving at. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

On this week's episode, we'll be joined by @zacharyamueller.bsky.social Senior Strategist at States at the Core. We will be broadcasting live at noon Chicago time. Subscribe to the YouTube channel to watch live or catch the recording afterwards. www.youtube.com/@BreakingCul...

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Totally normal. Nothing to see here.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2026

Sam Alito: It is the worst kind of discrimination to create majority-minority congressional districts and so we are going to kill the Voting Rights Act. Also Sam Alito: There is nothing we can do if the president cancels legal status because he thinks the United States is a white country.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

SCOTUS is in full necropolitics mode: no humanitarian asylum, guns can be carried everywhere, and you can't sue corporations for failing to tell you their products cause cancer. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Supreme Court issues key decisions on guns, asylum, deportations: Live updates

The Supreme Court nears the end of its term with decisions pending on major cases dealing with presidential powers, elections and immigration.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/06/2026

HEY CHICAGO! The city wants to sell your parking meter company to the same private-equity firm that owns Omni Air International, the worst of the worst of ICE's charter airlines. The city council's finance committee is meeting about it TOMORROW. 1/

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AGENDA OF MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2026
11:00 A.M.
CITY HALL - SECOND FLOOR - COUNCIL CHAMBER

SUBJECT MATTER HEARING
1. An ordinance authorizing the approval of the ownership transfer pursuant to the Chicago Metered Parking System Concession Agreement (O2026-0025407)
NO VOTES WILL BE TAKEN

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The hand-wringing over Hasan Piker & company advocating the hypothetical theft of lemons has overshadowed all manner of crimes committed by the state. Take the just released final report of the Illinois Accountability Commission. Social crime makes sense in context. Dems would be wise to listen.

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If life doesn't give you lemons...

maybe just steal them.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Goodbye, get lost, and we'll see you soon.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Essential reading--> Illinois Accountability Commission final report, released today. Chronicling DHS activities in Chicago Midway Blitz, it finds officers regularly engaged in unconstitutional surveillance, use of force, and the coercion of detainees into "voluntary deportation" ilac.illinois.gov

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Illinois Accountability Commission

The purpose of the Commission, housed within the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR), will create a public record of the conduct of federal agents during “Operation Midway Blitz” and the Trump ...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Lest we forget: for millions, the price of gas was a dealbreaker; the abuse of children was not.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When we talked back in January, @proftwolf.bsky.social told us about this new @aaup.org platform. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dg1... It is really great to see it coming together - and especially inspirational to launch it in TX, ground zero for attacks on academic freedom. Check it out!

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AAUP President Todd Wolfson on the present struggles and a future vision for U.S. Higher Education

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AAUP @aaup.org · 13/04/2026

Today, the AAUP & @aft.org launched our national policy platform to win back an American higher education system that protects the freedom to teach & learn & strengthens our democracy. Read it in full here: www.aaup.org/blueprint-st... 🧵

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A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education

The AAUP and AFT jointly launched a new comprehensive policy platform ahead of the 2026 midterms aimed to counter the Trump administration’s far right extremist attacks on American higher education an...

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Double strike against efficiency - waste of government money and a loss of more efficient energy infrastructure. What winning looks like in the Trump era.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Restricting academic freedom will likely also make the U.S. a lower income country. After world war II, US colleges and universities benefited from taking in many of the Jewish refugee scientists and academics fleeing the Nazis. We are seeing this pattern in reverse now. It will not end well.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

While Slobodian and Tarnoff proffer four possible futures for Muskism, the one I’m more keen to believe is something like a Grok/Trumpian Human Centipede. Please read the full article here #musk #AI #politicaleconomy open.substack.com/pub/breaking...

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Muskism: a book, an economic model, a horror film

Slobodian and Tarnoff's book gives a lot of insight into Elon Musk's machinations and motivations and four dark futures I don't want to come true.

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

For whatever reason toilet humor gets more clicks. But then again I guess it would be nice if we could flush out the TERFism from our policies. A bit of background to this "Enemy Feminist" movement and its genocidal obsession with trans women. breakingculture.substack.com/p/terfs-are-...

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TERFs are FARTs, and they stink

The new IOC sex verification process is the end result of almost a decade of anti-trans propaganda and billionaire obfuscation. If only more of us would smell the desperate necropolitics behind it

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Sean Johnson Andrews @skjandrews.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

just to give you the tl;dr: we have the absolute dumbest people in charge of deadly weapons.

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Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.

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