Melissa Gira Grant
staff writer @newrepublic.com / author A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (@littlebrown.bsky.social, 2KTK) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
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- i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
- Here’s a GoFundMe that the @postguild.bsky.social has organized to support laid-off colleagues, which I learned about through @timesguild.bsky.social colleagues ✊ www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
- There have been many successful campaigns to stop the construction of jails and prisons in rural areas. They have mostly relied on a combination of environmental, abolitionist, and Indigenous activists. (see also the fight in the Everglades) prismreports.org/2025/02/20/k...
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- I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
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- Ignoring the discourse, Occupy was inspired most directly by the Wisconsin Capitol Occupation and the Arab Spring, both of which were "people from the internet," organized largely by individuals who met each other on the internet and went to the Seattle WTO protests.
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- This guy
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- I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar. If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
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- im losing my mind at ol girl goin fuck this job, just hold me in contempt dog lmaaoo
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- I know a lot of folks think that any time people get into it about this sort of discourse it is a clout game. But please hear me when I say that trying to disingenuously redefine "legal observer" to mean "guy who records crime he disapproves of" endangers people, including actual legal observers.
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- Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
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- A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
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- [upbeat zohran voice] I'm here at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, where 80 years ago some important progressive work started [smash cut] but hasn't ended. So here's what we're doing:
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- The Freedom of Information Act is totally broken, and the only way to get body cam from DHS in any reasonable amount of time will be to file lawsuit. Useless for 99 percent of people.
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