Julie Johnson-McGrath, PhD

Benjamin Netanyahu pushed for an attack on Iran ahead of Israel’s election, according to officials. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

it feels truly insane that it’s not

Ramaswamy’s ad aimed to enforce the stigma against rape victims that positions them as objects of suspicion and disgust at worst, patronizing pity at best. The Acton campaign now has to pitch a rape victim as something audiences aren’t used to imagining them being: competent, capable, and dignified.

Stares at 7.25% interest rate on a 30 year mortgage, up from just below 6% in February of this year

He’s so very very close to getting it

U.S. citizen Atilio Portillo was held at gunpoint by ICE goons after they surrounded his truck and shattered its windows even as he repeatedly shouted that he was an American citizen. They detained him for more than 30 minutes before finally letting him go. Fascist thugs.

Every time I remember this I want a Trump supporter to suffer!! 🤬

Midterms Globe and Mail by @deAdder Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/midterms?r...

I think we’ve done some good work here today folks

This is shameful work by the Trump administration. And puts us all at risk. (Thread)

Eric Lipton. below, has led an effort over the past two years to document the destruction of environmental protections under Trump II. It has gone for the most part unnoticed compared to, well, many other things, probably because it’s happening far from the Oval Office. But it’s very important.

If Brazil can reject Trump, the Broligarchs and right-wing authoritarianism, so can we.

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It's coming! We're not sure what "it" is but Britain will be ready! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Stephen Miller is taking notes...

In his talk at Princeton, @marcelias.bsky.social noted that the election suppression he worried about was less ICE at the polls and more ICE putting up traffic checkpoints and other things that made access to the polls much harder. And it looks like we’re seeing a version of that in Brazil.

Our nation is in grave danger. But across America I’m seeing stirrings of a giant backlash. People rising up and hitting the streets. People getting out the vote. Our fight — for democracy, the rule of law, social and economic justice, and decency — is gaining ground. I believe we will win.

Gas prices are “temporarily” high, says the president. That’s because Republicans are temporarily in power. Vote.

MAGA views most of America as a foreign population to be conquered.

More than a decade ago, Trump promised to fix a broken health care system. But he never came up with a plan. Now he's saying it's the best in the world. He simply skipped the "fix it" part.

you know, i think this guy might be bad at the law bsky.app/profile/atru...

"I'm sorry I'm entering a tunnel, the reception got bad."

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Too true. Between appetizer and entree at the Old Ebbitt Grill two weeks ago, not only was I jacked up by a street gang for a watch and wallet, but then, as I was waiting, bereft, for a dessert menu, my youngest child was taken away by the kitchen staff and transitioned without informing me.

After Orban's defeat Hungary's parliament created the 'National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office' to recover public assets that were stolen during the Orban era

I have a friend who is a social worker doing the same work as this social worker. She has also told me stories of women like Amy Acton's mother.

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This admission alone is an impeachable offense

I was meant to have a stall at the Park Lane Market tomorrow, but as its outdoors, it's unsurprisingly been cancelled due to the weather. I'll be doing some more markets soon, and will post the dates closer to the time. Cont./ #glasgow #tenementtiles #tiles #architecture #scottishgifts

Somerville Theatre secures future and becomes its own landlord www.universalhub.com/2026/somervi... #movies #SomervilleMA #DavisSquare

Good grief. #VoteBlue to stop the corruption.

"I understand that there have been some experiments showing that LLM review may have similar outcomes to human peer review, but who cares? Either scholarship, research and publishing are human enterprises or they aren’t." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu... >>

If we had thought for one second that our dystopian metal death machines would be used for evil we never would’ve made them and then released videos showing how terrifying they are

To folks who follow me on Bluesky & appreciate the journalism I do. Can you please read the EPA story and post on social media platforms if you are so moved. This kind of work is important. But it only matters if people read it and engage with it. Here's the link. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

URGENT! 🚨 🚨 Vote by mail ballots in NC are being rejected because people forgot to seal the inner envelope. I’ll tell you what’s going on and how to fix it. Please spread this video everywhere.

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” ~Frederick Douglass, 1857. Image: Library of Congress.

“Midterms Watch” by Ann Telnaes on Bluesky and Open Windows. “Highlighting Trump’s efforts to rig the midterm elections” Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky. This #EditorialCartoon was found on Open Windows.

Trade policy???