Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough
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Prof Poli Sci, Griffith Uni, Brisbane (democracy, migration, global citizenship. Pubs: https://griffith.academia.edu/LuisCabrera) Former Seattle rock guy aghast and singing again: 'No Kings/No Tyrants,' https://youtu.be/UqEI3NZmjJ4?si=qzUNxJCDAlG_sqo4
The Supreme Court's approval rating just hit an all-time low of 33% It's past time to reform America's highest court. Here's how.
How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
Justice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg
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NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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Foreclosures increased 21% in the first half of this year. Student loan defaults are at a record high. Total household debt is also at a record high of $18.8 trillion. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. “New Golden Age” for whom?
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
Dozens of immigrants at Miami’s Federal Detention Facility are trapped in brutal heat with no AC, sleeping in underwear, and finding roaches in their food. When one spoke out, he was thrown into solitary. Total abuse. We demand an immediate investigation and human rights NOW! 🎥 tomaskenn
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain West Virginia full voter registration file. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. This marks DOJ's 13th defeat with zero victories. www.democracydocket.com/cases/west-v...
🚨 United States of America v. Warner
Learn more here.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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The economic (and moral) catastrophe has already happened. It happened because one man unilaterally launched us into a costly war. He caused death, destruction, and chaos in the Middle East. And until very recently, Republicans in Congress stood idly by. www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
Trump Signs Iran Deal, Says He Wants to Avoid ‘Economic Catastrophe’
The president, who has threatened to resume bombing if Tehran doesn’t honor the pact, pre-empted a planned signing ceremony.
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I begin to think that Donald Trump just isn't very good at being president.
Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2mo agoI’m for the war ending. But this deal - which boils down to the U.S. paying Iran billions to open the Strait - is final proof of how predictably disastrous this war was.
It's so refreshing to see some positivity and unity. Stevie Wonder sounds fantastic. Such a contrast. Just joyful and inspiring. Springsteen, Bono and Stevie Wonder help the Obamas open their presidential museum - Los Angeles Times share.google/rUeZ48iF8p0p...
Springsteen, Bono and Stevie Wonder help the Obamas open their presidential museum
The Obama are celebrating the opening of their presidential museum in Chicago in an extraordinary event bringing together former world leaders, A-list celebrities and athletes.
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Antje Wiener@antjewiener.bsky.social · 2mo agoPlease join us at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Studies for the latest Oxford Handbook book launch workshop: hias-hamburg.de/en/events/ox... @politikuhh.bsky.social @esrah.uni-hamburg.de @uni-hamburg.de @hugheshall.bsky.social
BOOK LAUNCH: OUP Handbook of Grounded and Engaged Normative Theory Please join us next week, Monday and Tuesday June 22 and 23, for what is shaping up to be a terrific launch workshop. REGISTRATION LINK: All listed workshop times are Hamburg time (CEST UTC +2). hias-hamburg.de/en/events/ox...
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Ths is flying under the radar, but Russ Vought is advancing a new scheme to give Trump's cronies total control of nearly $179B in federal grant funds. Billions for lifesaving disaster relief and medical research would be subject to Trumpian loyalty oaths. Make no mistake: this is fascism.
Alarm Grows Over Vought Plan to Give Trump Cronies Control of Federal Grant Money | Common Dreams
"The test will be a simple one: Are you sufficiently loyal to the president? If the answer is no, it will result in the
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Celebrities join petition to shut down Dilley Immigration Center in Texas, over abuse claims www.fox26houston.com/news/celebri...
Celebrities join petition to shut down Dilley Immigration Center in Texas, over abuse claims
A coalition of high-profile celebrities and thousands of supporters are demanding the closure of a Texas family detention center over allegations of systemic abuse and poor living conditions for migra...
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"No country can guarantee safety if it lacks functioning asylum laws, honest courts, impartial officials and the will to protect people from detention, coercion, disappearance or onward removal," write James A. Goldston and Natasha Arnpriester.
The US has deported thousands to third countries. This must stop | James A Goldston and Natasha Arnpriester
Monitors estimate 17,500 people have been sent to countries they may never have visited – and where they could face further danger
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I want you to hear straight from me about what happened at Delaney Hall on Monday and what I saw inside the facility. ICE out of control. GEO Group profiting off of human misery. People living in inhumane conditions. Let me walk you through it.
What I Saw Inside Delaney Hall Detention Facility
YouTube video by Senator Andy Kim
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Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.
US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds
Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers
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I actually saw my Elders fired from jobs, humiliated, beaten, bombed, murdered, lynched and assassinated for the right to vote. I have a debt to pay. I repay that debt every Election Day when I vote for the candidate of my choice.
Excellent food for thought here. Reich argues the country is not polarized between standard right and left: "No, the contest today is between democracy and authoritarianism. It’s between tolerance and bigotry. ... Between the rule of law and neofascism."
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3mo agoI keep hearing that one of America’s biggest problems is we’re “divided and polarized.” What do you think? I share some thoughts on this in my latest Substack. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-problem-isnt-that
Mississippi called a special session TODAY to erase the only Black congressman in this state. Mississippi residents showed up. All of them. On their doorstep. In their streets. To show them what they're fighting against. ✊🏼 #mississippi #democracy
MacFarlane: I'm filling a notebook with misinformation spreading about January 6th today. The idea that these cases were wrongful, no case was overturned, not a one on appeal. And lots of people appealed. They had a 100% success rate for juries at trial.
"Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals... It sends the message that he will use his power not only to shield people who break the law from accountability but also to shower benefits on them." (Gift link)
Opinion | There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This
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Whether you like or dislike what’s said, free speech is at the heart of our democracy. Attacking it is a hallmark of authoritarianism. If there were ever a moment for the so-called “free speech warriors” to speak out, now would be the time.
Exclusive: FCC challenges ABC broadcast licenses
The move could strip ABC of its ability to broadcast to stations across the country following Jimmy Kimmel’s “expectant
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A Freedom House report finds that at least 54 governments have engaged in targeting dissidents abroad in 2025, in particular in Southeast Asia and East Africa. www.democracywithoutborders.org/42972/author...
Authoritarian states keep collaborating to target dissidents abroad
A Freedom House report finds that at least 54 governments have engaged in targeting dissidents abroad in 2025, in particular in Southeast Asia and East Africa.
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The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump. Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done. Yet only one is considered a "power grab." Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell.
Excellent article - balanced, thoughtful, informative - by University of Washington professor Robert Crawford. It takes a deep look at the recent attacks on academic freedom across American universities. robert917.substack.com/p/on-the-dis...
On the Dismissal of Professor Aria Fani as Director of the University of Washington Middle East Center: Policing American Universities
On March 27, Daniel Hoffman, director of the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington notified Professor Aria Fani of his dismissal as director of the UW Middle East Cen...
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