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A gunman remains at large, two days after opening fire inside a Brown University academic building, killing two students and injuring nine others. Officials in Providence, R.I., said Sunday evening that police are releasing a man in his 20s who was briefly held as a person of interest.

Hearing the news of a campus shooter in the US, and how faculty map out exits, carry tourniquets and wound packings, and teach on campuses where weapons are allowed …. and it is *literally* unfathomable to me. Beyond fucked.

Usually @sifill.bsky.social anchors our New Years episode. But we needed her early this year. On the many ways it's too late to be indifferent but never ever too late to get in the fight for the Fourteenth Amendment and all that it promises. swap.fm/l/AmicusWith...

Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.

@npr.org It's shocking that your 7:30am #MorningEdition newscast stated as fact that we had "record" inflation under Biden. Biden topped 9%, then reduced it to under 3%. The record high was 23.7% in 1920. 14.4% in 1947 14.8% in the late 70s. ALL > than Biden. Correct this. We get enough lies.

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot. 'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...” www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world. n.pr/44Ognqv

Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office. More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases. As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.

The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

This is horrifying.

Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake

A mother of 8 was sexually abused by an ICE officer. She went public with the abuse, and was deported the very next day. Her lawyer says she had a stay on her deportation order They disappeared her so she couldn’t speak out. Silvia Reyna Mendoza deserves justice. ICE should be abolished.

Wow NYC, we see you @handsoffnyc.bsky.social!! This training is at FULL capacity, they had to turn people away…

"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement. theconversation.com/the-world-lo...

PSL Charlotte "HAPPENING NOW: THOUSANDS TAKE THE STREETS OF EAST CHARLOTTE, THE HEART OF TJE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY We demand that Border Patrol STAY OUT OF OUR CITY!"

Freedom *requires* healthcare, housing, & safety, not militarized crackdowns. Let's make the "land of the free" truly free for everyone. Demand better! #RealFreedom #TrumpCrushesYourDreams

How does Brooks/NYT not understand that they are the "insular, self-indulgent and smug" ones? To associate this moment with QAnon instead of feminism is to completely misrepresent the room. And to claim no one meant to hurt anyone... unabashed mansplaining in defense of the "Epstein Class".

Oh, I don’t know, David. I think the credible evidence that the President and many members of the American elite from both parties raped minors is a pretty big deal. The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

JP Morgan knew about Epstein's sex trafficking, but didn't report it so they could keep doing business with him.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Senator Susan Collins don’t decades defending the importance of “civility” - remind her!

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Just listen to these headlines about Trump’s illegal and inhumane immigration actions in Chicago. This administration is totally out of control, with zero accountability or respect for the rule of law or humanity.

The only way to for the public to see complete Epstein files is to leak it. Do it. Now. Anything else is complicit.

America is not your sugar daddy, Lindsey.

“The review found that Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department and readmitted him the following year. And the review concluded “it is likely” that Mr. Epstein visited Harvard more than 40 times after his release from jail, between 2010 and 2018.” BRO.

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Maine's Coalition Against Sexual Assault made some great t-shirts for today: www.bonfire.com/i-support-su... @mecasa.bsky.social #mepolitics

NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S. Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.

I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.

In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning." I chose Larry Summers. Better late than never. Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below. naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

I am not being hyperbolic when I say that how Harvard and the economics profession respond to Larry Summers will determine who makes up the next generation of economists. #econsky #news #harvard

“If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known… then [Larry] Summers cannot be trusted to advise our nation’s politicians, policymakers, and institutions — or teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else.” @warren.senate.gov

79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5. He’s been taken by ICE in Florida. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...

huge turnout in Charlotte tonight for @siembranc.bsky.social’s “Safe to Work, Safe to School” training for people who want to learn how to protect their neighbors from Trump’s mass deportation effort.

PSL Charlotte North Carolina 50501 @50501nc.bsky.social

New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.

“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina. The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!! We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

I think Trump should testify before congress, 10 hours for each time his name is mentioned in the emails.

It’s been 15 years since Congress raised the minimum wage. In that time, costs for rent, groceries, and utilities have soared. Americans deserve a raise.

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Y'all I have to be insufferable about fundraising for @scarleteen.com because the work we are doing is too important! We're establishing a $40k fund to help with health care expenses for staff and volunteers, and a dollar-for-dollar match kicks in at $10k! www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...