I stand with the entire Alliance of Health Care Unions as they strike for fair wages, safe staffing, and a true voice in patient care. These are the people who care for us when we need it most. It’s only right that they’re cared for too. #KaiserStrike #AllianceSolidarity

I will miss you Kent. You were a giant.

Last week left me conflicted—disgust, grief, sympathy, and even irony. I don’t mourn Charlie Kirk, but I also refuse to abandon empathy, even for those who never showed it. More of my reflections here:

During AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social’s State of the Unions address, she made it clear: workers are under constant threat by the Trump admin’s threats to their jobs and unions. But, they trust the labor movement more than every institution to fight for them. aflcio.org/press/releas...

Congratulations to 2025 Ronald O. Loveridge Public Service Fellows. I still fondly remember my time as a fellow in 2017, and I know it has certainly shaped my career since. Proud of my home department @ucrpolisci.bsky.social for keeping this program running.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

This is a such a great thread. A lot of times people put me on lists of "actually good male role models" which always makes me a little uncomfortable because very little of what I do speaks to the insecurity and fear young men have and sometimes I feel pretty guilty about that.

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 307, ensuring that no student is forced to abandon their education simply because of shifting federal immigration policy. It mandates that the California State University system must include policies, (1/2)

A federal judge in Washington blocked President Trump from ending collective bargaining with unions representing federal workers.

This Easter I'm praying in particular for the Palestinian Christian community in Gaza who face anihilation at the hands of Israel and the Christian villages in Plateau State, Nigeria who were subjected to massacres earlier this Holy Week

🎉 Congratulations to Karina Alpayeva! 🎉 Karina, a second-year Ph.D. student in Political Science at UC Riverside, has received an Honorable Mention in this year’s Grad Slam competition! 👏 Please join us in celebrating Karina and all of this year’s winners! @ucrchass.bsky.social #polisky

Voting & Zoning On the left is a map of Oakland election results so far. Orange = Barbara Lee leading Purple = Loren Taylor leading On the right is a map of Oakland zoning Blue = multifamily zones Pink = single family zones

Some footage of Georgetown scholar Dr. Badar Khan Suri's ICE arrest has been released. The ACLU says he's faced religious discrimination, harsh detention conditions and severe family trauma, despite his lawful U.S. status—raising urgent human rights concerns.

🚨If you: —are a student whose visa (or status) has been revoked in recent days, —know someone in this situation, or —are a lawyer or advocate or education professional working around people in this situation …Signal me @ premthakker.35 You can remain anonymous Friends, please repost for awareness

New: Keffiyeh-wearing Columbia students were allegedly assaulted by other students, including ex-Israeli military officers, last year at a campus gala. They say Columbia never responded, and even saw some of the alleged attackers being recognized for "good character" at graduation.

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Unreal

The Trump-Vance administration is arming Israel's genocide on Palestine while making everything worse in the US, and only 16 House Democrats so far are saying this should stop

‘Oops, I didn’t read that email. So many emails these days, easy to miss…’

"I would like to make a film to tell children 'it's good to be alive.'" — Hayao Miyazaki The Israeli military has killed more than 18,000 children in the past 18 months

Chuck Schumer suggests it is antisemitic to say what Israel is doing in Gaza is a genocide. Yet some of Israel’s own top scholars of genocide and the Holocaust, all of them Jewish - Omer Bartov, Amos Goldberg, Daniel Blatman - say it is a genocide in Gaza. Does Schumer consider them antisemite too?

So no one is gonna talk about Trump saying he’s gonna use an anti bullying initiative to stifle free speech against him?

Respecting law enforcement… how about not sending a mob to the very building your standing in that resulted in hospitalizations and death of police officers? Oh and how about not pardoning them?

We just walked out of the state of the Union. My shirt showed Trump an important message: NO KINGS LIVE HERE. In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.

FACT: The Trump Administration is grossly incompetent.   Trump lied about finding millions spent on condoms for Gaza. He lied about cutting $8 billion in spending when it was only $8 million. Musk even admitted they accidentally cancelled Ebola prevention.

There are roughly 10 trans NCAA athletes out of ~515K total NCAA athletes. But this is what he wants to talk about while he cuts Medicaid/Medi-Cal.

The Trump administration is continuing its attempts to circumvent multiple court orders that it unfreeze NIH grants. In response, academic workers are organizing to restore research funding and making sure the public knows how these cuts could affect public research. Here are some of their stories:

Whoever came up with this and published should probably find a new line of work. Sheesh. Who has time to read this? Look at how tiny the font is? FEWER WORDS PLEASE! Look at how effectively (and yes demagogically!) Trump and Musk message, in slogans, catchphrases and memes.

There are 3 types of people since Oct 7th. Those who condemn only the killing of Israeli kids. Those who condemn only the killing of Palestinian kids. And those of us who condemn the killing of both. Don’t be in the first 2 groups - the 1st one dominates our politics & media.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!

A protester unfurled a combined Palestinian and Sudanese flag on the field during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance. The NFL said in a statement that the person was part of the 400-member field cast. nyti.ms/3CVV6Au

idk I just think that not having a hard heart in a world like this is its own form of rebellion

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfBk... @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social has been one of my favorite voices on the internet for over a decade (also sorry John, I am among your viewers who was born after you graduated high school)

Maybe I'm just naive or young or whatever, but I feel like managers should've responded to that OMB memo that they received it, the law is unclear, and until that is clarified all programs will continue as *prescribed by law* and that *Congress* controls the purse. No one should preemptively comply.

This is happening in every agency. Not only is there a hiring freeze, but those who received offers are now having those offers rescinded. Countless are now scrambling to figure out how to make ends meet because the rug was pulled out from under them.

friendly reminder that I AM GEN Z and some members of Gen Z are cool/normal and also possess critical thinking skills and also some of us are pushing 😰 30 😰😰😰

House votes 263-156 to pass the Laken Riley Act—which will enable Trump’s ICE to put migrants in detention without due process & empower states to block visa programs & federal immigration policy. 46 Democrats voted with Republicans. 12 Senate Democrats did the same. Will be first bill Trump signs.

Hear UCR professor Marissa Brookes describe a recently published study in Political Research Quarterly on tips for civil conversation with people who have opposing views from Aristotle. Here’s a link to the study: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #polisky www.youtube.com/shorts/STlcL...

The Laken Riley Act will have unintended, far-reaching consequences–including requiring the detention of immigrant children accused of stealing a stick of gum. It takes resources away from the detention of violent criminals and makes us all less safe. Read my statement below:

Labor and civil rights leaders march with the King family in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. a few days after his death while supporting striking sanitation workers of AFSCME Local 1733. 📸 @reutherlibrary.bsky.social

I think it’s actually really important to make sure that bad actors cannot manipulate us using our data. The problem with the TikTok ban is didn’t address the fundamental data security issues at play here. They could’ve developed policy around data privacy and manipulation. 1/

A devastating loss. Cecile Richards was an extraordinary human being and leader. I was fortunate to know her and send my condolences to her loved ones. Cecile leaves behind a powerful legacy of activism and service on behalf of women everywhere.

Have you all seen the initial message and then the updated message. The fact that Trump, who was the first to try to ban TikTok in 2020, is now going to get to be the “hero” who brings it back is so maddening. It didn’t have to be like this. We tried to tell them. I’m sad & angry. #tiktokban

I’m so serious about this. Do not increase your time on meta platforms. In fact, over the next 48 hours, give your attention to somewhere else. Don’t reward Zuckerberg for this. 1/

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