The Justice Department tried to erase the history of Jan 6. We restored if. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It

Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are.

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Column: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended an Eid al-Adha celebration wearing a kurta modeled after the away jerseys for Arsenal FC. It was a clever wardrobe choice for the 34-year-old politician with the whole nation scrutinizing his every move. https://wapo.st/4vlY3jC

An organization like FIRE is going to look at this and conclude the problem is with faculty, who are insufficiently heterodox, and not with the fact that one political party has made it their goal to dismantle my profession and everything I do. Why would we vote for those who openly hate us?

John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

73% of faculty are not in this sample.

"Many incidents began over misbehavior such as dress-code violations, vaping or schoolyard scraps. Officers, often summoned by principals or teachers [...] used physical takedown tactics in about 60 situations when students ignored commands, talked back or pulled away."

Ida Bae Wells@nhannahjones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Absolutely devastating and enraging reporting out of Texas from the @nytimes.com local investigations fellowship. Warning: If you care about children, this one is a hard read. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Focus your mind => Black rights movements have always been democratizing movements, and history shows this country cannot deny one and maintain the other. gift www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m... @nhannahjones.bsky.social

The Civil Rights Era Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes

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EPB: “.. Real personal income per capita is falling apart. .. It's now $3,842 below the 2009-2020 trend and accelerating lower.”

Absolutely devastating and enraging reporting out of Texas from the @nytimes.com local investigations fellowship. Warning: If you care about children, this one is a hard read. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Texas School Police Pepper-Sprayed, Tackled and Tasered Students (Gift Article)

School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, our investigation shows.

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"Black rights movements have always been democratizing movements, and history shows this country cannot deny one and maintain the other," writes Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Ida Bae Wells@nhannahjones.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Because this country likes to forget what it’s capable of, I take it as a duty to remind us. We sit at the brink of the largest decimation of Black political power since the fall of Reconstruction — a Second Redemption. And the end of Black political power means the end of democracy itself.

After the end of Reconstruction, Black political power was decimated. Voting and civil rights experts warn that America sits at a similar precipice, Nikole Hannah-Jones writes. “Now, Black representation may once again disappear in the South, where more than half of Black Americans live.”

The Civil Rights Era Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes

America is witnessing the greatest decimation of Black political power in over a century.

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🚨BREAKING: 3-judge panel finds that congressional map that Alabama wants to use for this year's midterms is intentionally discriminatory and issues a preliminary injunction. drive.google.com/file/d/1K2Zf...

“.. What is happening is an assault on democracy, and they’re using the easiest vector, which is anti-Black racism, because it’s the easiest thing you could do, the laziest thing you can do,” Nelson said. @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m...

“.. an unusually large contribution for a sitting cabinet secretary.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

this exchange bw @janainelson.bsky.social & @nhannahjones.bsky.social captures, with precision, why pro-democracy movements will not prevail unless they are self-counsciously and outspokenly anti-racist movements. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m...

Because this country likes to forget what it’s capable of, I take it as a duty to remind us. We sit at the brink of the largest decimation of Black political power since the fall of Reconstruction — a Second Redemption. And the end of Black political power means the end of democracy itself.

The Civil Rights Era Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes

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Nick Fuentes says that America is "n*gger hell," then realizes he probably shouldn't have said that while wearing a James Fishback for Governor quarter zip: "My apologies to the campaign."

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @nhannahjones.bsky.social explains why the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act is not just a blow to Black representation. "The loss of this impacts democracy for everyone," she says. #Velshi

Nikole Hannah-Jones: Gutting the Voting Rights Act isn't just a Black rights issue

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones explains why the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act is not just a blow to Black representation. It’s a blow to democracy itself. "The Black rights struggle has been a struggle to democratize America for everyone," she says, “and the loss of this impacts democracy for everyone."

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Alito has now written two opinions drastically limiting the fundamental rights of ethnic minorities and women, which was the kind of thing you would have expected from a guy angry about both groups being admitted to Princeton, something known at his confirmation www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/p...

From Alito's Past, a Window on Conservatives at Princeton (Published 2005)

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Listen to @legaldefensefund.bsky.social President @janainelson.bsky.social, who argued the Louisiana v Calláis case in the Supreme Court, talk about the decision she calls rightly “catastrophic” with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Bonus: The Worst Voting Rights Decision Since Jim Crow

Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · April 29 · Bonus · Slate Plus Only · 19m

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Today is Pub Day! US History at the 250th.This grew out of a conversation about the past a & what it means now @nhannahjones.bsky.social, @agordonreed.bsky.social @sienriquez.bsky.social, @redped.bsky.social Erika Lee Robert Parkinson Marc Stein @william-sturkey.bsky.social y, & Catherine Clinton

To keep the conversation going…Alabama Governor Kay Ivey calls a special session to change the state’s Congressional voting map. Alabama Public Radio’s national award-winning investigation called “…a US house seat, if you can keep it” focuses on the issues. www.apr.org/news/2024-10...

This is what Du Bois meant when he said Black America stepped briefly into the sun and then fell under the veil.

A SCOTUS that believes that the Constitution protects the political rights of corporations more than it does those of non-White Americans is fundamentally illegitimate and its rulings should be treated as such

Why worry whether a case has merit when you can screw your enemies just with an indictment?

Ron Lieber@ronlieber.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: Fidelity won't let customers donate to the SPLC anymore via their charitable gift/donor-advised funds, citing Trump admin indictment of SPLC. No response yet from Schwab, Vanguard... but soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/b...

Tricia McLauglin lied constantly as a spokesperson for DHS/ICE. It’s a national embarrassment that she now appears on TV to say this shit after leaving the administration.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Tricia McLaughlin is trying to make the transition from professional liar for Trump to cable news talking head. Here she is on CNN just now.

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

It’s a disastrous day for democracy. The Voting Rights Act made the U.S. an actually functioning democracy. And civil rights activists face impossible odds to gifting it to us. The Supreme Court‘s decision is vile.

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

This is a modern-day Lost Cause campaign to once again white-wash our origin story, erase the true history of the myriad of people who helped build this nation, justify genocide/ slavery by painting an idyllic, racist portrait of an America that never was. You do so to justify the horrors to come.

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here's a transcript of this portion of Trump's speech. Startling to see such unabashed, settler colonial blood and soil stuff being spoken from a WH podium in the 21st century. FWIW, roughly 20% of the population of the colonies in 1776 was comprised of enslaved people of African descent.

Y’all think these are dance moves when they really are tactical maneuvers for when they are deployed to suppress us. But keep thinking it’s cute to watch how deftly robots dance.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Merz seems to be having fun in China. 🇩🇪

“There’s thinking in and around the administration that the politics are a lot better if the Israelis go first and alone and the Iranians retaliate against us, and give us more reason to take action,” said one of the people familiar with discussions. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first

As the administration mulls military action in Iran, officials argue it’d be best ifIsrael makes the first move.

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