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i think that everyone should know about the ways this government is trying to criminalize dissent and protest -- not because it should scare us into inaction, but because understanding how it works is how we stop it from working. wrote about it for @thenation: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans
Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.
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if you've been hearing about "NSPM-7" and the federal crackdown on movements for justice, this is the piece for you. sent a chill down my spine while contextualizing this push historically. we have to know the enemy to defeat it. by @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans
Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.
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"These weekly protests ebbed and flowed as groups from around the city answered DBNY’s call to mobilize at the Navy Yard, and they sometimes escalated into more direct confrontations." https://bit.ly/3RODuho
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Half a century after his death and Francisco Franco still has friends in high places. https://bit.ly/4yQeWoU
How Franco Ruled Spain
Two new books examine these dark decades in Spanish history.
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"These weekly protests ebbed and flowed as groups from around the city answered DBNY’s call to mobilize at the Navy Yard, and they sometimes escalated into more direct confrontations." https://bit.ly/3RODuho
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Shawn Fain has broken his silence on the federal monitor’s investigations. Now he and union leadership are alleging that the monitor is overreaching because of a personal political vendetta over the the union's call for a ceasefire in Gaza. https://bit.ly/3Tphv1a
The War on the UAW
The United Auto Workers called for a ceasefire in Gaza. The union’s federal monitor didn’t like it—and now he’s investigating Shawn Fain, just weeks before union elections.
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Donald Snook has been in prison for 52 years. He has survived four strokes and has aggressive prostate cancer. And he's not getting anything like the medical care he needs. https://bit.ly/45AzOmI
America’s Crisis of “Death by Incarceration”
The US prison population is aging rapidly, and incarcerated seniors are not getting the care they need.
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For more than a decade, @sashaabramsky.bsky.social been fascinated and horrified by the way Donald Trump talks. Trump's recent coarse threats against Iran show how his language is a crucial part of his authoritarian politics. https://bit.ly/3Tmvcht
Trump Speaks Like a Thug Because He Wants to Rule Like One
The president’s violent language reveals his authoritarian urge to rule through intimidation.
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The true illustration of the classic empty suit, is Mr. Emmanuel. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Rahm Emanuel’s Losing Record
The Democratic establishment’s golden boy has shifted the party to the right and lost ground in crucial elections.
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Surprise: Donald Trump's criminal policy of blowing up innocent fishermen in the Caribbean isn't doing anything to curb the drug trade. https://bit.ly/4xhdomz
Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure
Blowing up innocent fishermen hasn’t curbed the drug trade.
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Trump's killing spree in the Caribbean is criminal -- and also a complete failure on its own terms. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure
Blowing up innocent fishermen hasn’t curbed the drug trade.
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Authoritarianism is expressed through language, writes Sasha Abramsky. Trump's violent, coarse language reveals his desire to rule like a mob boss. https://bit.ly/3Tmvcht
Trump Speaks Like a Thug Because He Wants to Rule Like One
The president’s violent language reveals his authoritarian urge to rule through intimidation.
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Half a century after his death and Francisco Franco still has friends in high places. https://bit.ly/4yQeWoU
How Franco Ruled Spain
Two new books examine these dark decades in Spanish history.
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In posturing as the advocate of common-sense pragmatic governing, Rahm Emanuel is always representing a boardroom-first vision of politics. https://bit.ly/4fqjkDC
Rahm Emanuel’s Losing Record
The Democratic establishment’s golden boy has shifted the party to the right and lost ground in crucial elections.
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In today's @thenation.com, @becquer.bsky.social and I write about a handful of recent books on Franco and Francoism. With thanks to @davidmarcus.bsky.social. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How Franco Ruled Spain
Two new books examine these dark decades in Spanish history.
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Exclusive: Proposed rule changes at Head Start would eliminate quality standards and bar immigrants from the program: https://bit.ly/4yQ5HFh
A New Trump Rule Would Lower Standards at Head Start and Exclude Immigrants From the Program
The Trump administration is on the verge of releasing a proposed rule that would eliminate crucial quality standards at the nation's preschool program for low-income children.
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Nothing to see here, folks. Move along, move along. Important read here—> www.thenation.com/article/envi...
As Europe Burns, a Climate Cover-Up Continues
The UK’s Labour Party seems afraid to talk about the climate emergency.
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Project 2025 calls for eliminating Head Start. A leaked draft of Trump's first budget zeroed it out before he backtracked. Now the administration has found a way to essentially gut Head Start through regulation. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A New Trump Rule Would Lower Standards at Head Start and Exclude Immigrants From the Program
The Trump administration is on the verge of releasing a proposed rule that would eliminate crucial quality standards at the nation’s preschool program for low-income children.
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It's backed up by actions and initiatives that seem designed to genuinely foster a joyful city. https://bit.ly/4frtKD5
Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Joy
And it’s backed up by actions and initiatives that seem designed to genuinely foster a joyful city.
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Rahm Emanuel, the former Clinton White House policy enforcer who went on to become chief of staff in the Obama administration and mayor of Chicago, is going through all the motions of an early presidential hopeful. https://bit.ly/4fqjkDC
Rahm Emanuel’s Losing Record
The Democratic establishment’s golden boy has shifted the party to the right and lost ground in crucial elections.
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Shawn Fain has broken his silence on the federal monitor’s investigations. Now he and union leadership are alleging that the monitor is overreaching because of a personal political vendetta over the the union's call for a ceasefire in Gaza. https://bit.ly/3Tphv1a
The War on the UAW
The United Auto Workers called for a ceasefire in Gaza. The union’s federal monitor didn’t like it—and now he’s investigating Shawn Fain, just weeks before union elections.
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That such a simple man might become world-historical, and that his ideas continue to shape Spain, says something about the peculiar place that the country occupies in 20th-century history. https://bit.ly/4yQeWoU
How Franco Ruled Spain
Two new books examine these dark decades in Spanish history.
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HHS is planning to release a proposed rule that would eliminate class size ratios at Head Start and bar immigrants from the program: https://bit.ly/4yQ5HFh
A New Trump Rule Would Lower Standards at Head Start and Exclude Immigrants From the Program
The Trump administration is on the verge of releasing a proposed rule that would eliminate crucial quality standards at the nation's preschool program for low-income children.
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For decades, thousands of Palestinians were trapped in a camp in Egypt, within shouting distance of their homeland in Gaza. This is what happened to them. https://bit.ly/3TwfBvF
The Palestinians the World Forgot
For decades, thousands of Palestinians were trapped in a camp in Egypt, within shouting distance of their homeland in Gaza. This is what happened to them.
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A specter is haunting the 2028 Democratic presidential field: the specter of reactionary centrism, which sports the political brand name of Rahm Emanuel. https://bit.ly/4fqjkDC
Rahm Emanuel’s Losing Record
The Democratic establishment’s golden boy has shifted the party to the right and lost ground in crucial elections.
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A scoop from me: The Trump administration is about to release a proposed rule that would gut most of the quality standards that define Head Start while blocking undocumented immigrants from enrolling their kids www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A New Trump Rule Would Lower Standards at Head Start and Exclude Immigrants From the Program
The Trump administration is on the verge of releasing a proposed rule that would eliminate crucial quality standards at the nation’s preschool program for low-income children.
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It's a tough pill to swallow, but our institutional systems cannot actually accommodate everyone. We can’t welcome the people and groups who’ve made it their mission to set fire to our governments and institutions. https://bit.ly/4vQdErn
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@thenation.com "For the first time in a long while, New York has a mayor who shows, in his words and his actions, that feel-good politics can be far from frivolous. In a country founded in part based on the pursuit of happiness, other leaders might consider doing the same." Katrina vanden Heuvel
Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Joy
And it’s backed up by actions and initiatives that seem designed to genuinely foster a joyful city.
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