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Environmental Studies, Lit, and Gender Studies prof in Chicagoland with a Texas Heeler, an open heart, and a bad attitude. https://bridgitteabarclay.wixsite.com/bridgittebarclay

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Our Defense Against Trump: 100 Days In With 53 lawsuits filed against the Trump administration and counting, we will not surrender our freedoms to a lawless executive branch.

We said we’d fight Trump’s attacks on our rights at every turn, and we meant it.

100 days in and over 110 legal actions under our belt, we’re just getting started.

04.05.2025 19:38 👍 1020 🔁 174 💬 16 📌 9

@annleckie.com said something astute and said it clearly. Casey replied with magical thinking and the thread behind this newsletter post is getting tagged in the replies, so I thought I'd share it too: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

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Senator Murphy: the Republican budget cuts TRILLIONS in health care for the lower/middle class while cutting TRILLIONS in taxes for the rich

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Woman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon LOWELL, MA—Doing her best to follow her therapist’s advice for dealing with stressful situations, area woman Holly Debling reportedly reminded herself Tuesday not to catastrophize after she spotted fo...

Woman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon

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Most beautiful spot for a conference — Allerton in Monticello, IL. And a fantastic group of academics talking resistance and advocacy through the humanities.

27.04.2025 11:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This @duckworth.senate.gov is amazing at responding to folks who write in and fighting for just causes.

18.04.2025 00:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Alex is what we hope all men and other folks are. ♥️♥️♥️

17.04.2025 03:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah man. @netflix.com, too? We abandoned Target and Amazon. Stop making bad decisions.

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Given how the current admin has moved to change classifications, go against basic human rights, and consolidate areas of the govt that were meant to proved checks and balances, what does “criminal” mean? <See history of dictatorial regimes.>

14.04.2025 21:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Agreed. And “criminals” defined by him.

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coachella.

bernie sanders.

viva revolution!

13.04.2025 20:33 👍 3215 🔁 743 💬 97 📌 74
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The two tipping points for when we officially become a dictatorship could occur this week Friends,

The Trump regime is on the cusp of a showdown with the Supreme Court.

Depending on what the Court does and how the regime responds, it could openly become a dictatorship two ways. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/the-two-ti...

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Make it make sense

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How the G.O.P. Fell in Love With Putin’s Russia What explains the Trump administration’s radical reversal toward Moscow?

“Putin’s rhetoric and policies are designed, in part, for American consumption. ‘He is, in essence, forming a kind of Far-Right International,’ Zygar wrote last year in Foreign Affairs.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/m...

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a man in a hooded jacket says " i am once again asking for your attention " ALT: a man in a hooded jacket says " i am once again asking for your attention "

Attention! Joy alert! The new seasons of Hacks and Love on the Spectrum are out!!! Take some doses of joy! Let’s all take the day off, get some snacks and comfy clothes, and feel good!

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Imagine that. Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind they were tipped off?

They are laughing at us all.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Next Generation of Democrats Don’t Plan to Wait Their Turn Younger Democrats are announcing runs for office — sometimes against incumbents — in an expression of frustration with the establishment.

Good!

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

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Oof. Yeah.

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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.

We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.

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Trump Threatens 104% China Tariffs, Fox News Ignores Market, Musk & Navarro Spar | The Daily Show
Trump Threatens 104% China Tariffs, Fox News Ignores Market, Musk & Navarro Spar | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

Trump Threatens 104% China Tariffs, Fox News Ignores Market, Musk & Navarro Spar

youtu.be/0NZNUb7lGIA

09.04.2025 02:08 👍 600 🔁 74 💬 27 📌 5

We are with you.

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Trump Live Updates: 104% China Tariffs, Supreme Court Federal Workers Decision and More

“I.R.S. Chief Said to Resign After Data-Sharing Deal With I.C.E.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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“A federal judge ordered the White House to allow The Associated Press back into smaller events[…] after President Trump barred the news organization from them because it refused to adopt the administration’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its news articles.”

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Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious.

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It’s so good.

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