Joy Brennan

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  Joy Brennan joybrennan.bsky.social · Feb 1
  My late & beloved philosophy teacher Dominic Balestra (Doc B as we called him) of Fordham once said "philosophy is about making distinctions." That short phrase has helped me be a clearer thinker ever since.
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    Jay Rosen jayrosen.bsky.social · Feb 1
    "When in doubt, draw a distinction." Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that. This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one. I will post them one at a time. Ready?
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  Joy Brennan joybrennan.bsky.social · Feb 1
  The ICE agent said to the woman: "I'm not getting in to the legality of everything."
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    Jon Collins jcollins.bsky.social · Jan 31
    "MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
    

    St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident

    The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...

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