S.J. Brison
Prof. of Philosophy @Dartmouth. Author: Aftermath. Co-editor: Free Speech in the Digital Age. Views mine, subject to change. She/her and/or they/them.
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The Latest Tech Hearing Is About Helping Trump on Election Day
Senate Republicans don’t want answers from the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter. They want to cow them.
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Must-read op-ed on today's senate hearing from @daniellecitron and @SpencerOverton.
Since the anti-conservative bias that Senate Republicans are concerned about doesn’t exist, it’s clear what this hearing is really about.
slate.com/technology/202… via @slate
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Kamala Harris, Mass Incarceration and Me
Many progressives mistrust her for her past as a prosecutor. As an ex-convict — and also the son of a crime victim — I can tell you it’s not that simple.
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Powerful, complex piece by Reginald Dwayne Betts
"Some violence changes everything."
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Women on Qatar Airways Flight Strip Searched, Sparking Outrage in Australia
Female passengers said they were pulled from a Sydney-bound flight in Doha and given a medically invasive exam to see if they had recently given birth after an abandoned newborn was found in an airport bathroom.
Re-elect the Squad!
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Thank you for advancing and defending our civil liberties
Say thanks to our elected officials who helped defend and advance civil liberties in Vermont!
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Say thanks to our elected officials who helped defend and advance civil liberties in Vermont!
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Vote Now and Do Not Wait!
If you wait to mail your ballot until Election Day, you are playing with fire — since this new Supreme Court is very likely going to be eager to stop counting votes that are in any way out of the o…
S.J. Brison
From @dsc250 "This new Supreme Court is very likely going to be eager to stop counting votes that are in any way out of the ordinary.... [So] 1) vote in person on election day or 2) if you are voting by mail, VOTE NOW AND DO NOT WAIT."
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Why These Voters Rejected Hillary Clinton but Are Backing Joe Biden
For many Democrats and independents who sat out 2016, voted for third-party candidates or backed Donald Trump, Mr. Biden is more acceptable to them in ways large and small than Mrs. Clinton was.
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Opinion| Right-Wing Trolls Attacked Me. My Administration Buckled.
On the cravenness and cowardice of the corporate university.
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Solidarity with @LDBurnett @ProfAlang and @DrSamiSchalk #AcademicTwitter #HigherEducation
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Voter Guide | #VoteSaveAmerica
Be a voter. Save America.
Republicans Are Suddenly Afraid of Democracy
Fearing defeat at the polls, the GOP is laying the groundwork to delegitimize the results, and to block an electoral majority from governing.
Watch Breast Cancer Action on The Daily Show
We helped Samantha Bee see why pink drill bits "for the cure" are ludicrous.
Daily: Phone Banks · Pat Timmons-Goodson for Congress
Are you a phone bank champ? Have you been trained more times than you can count and are ready and pumped to make calls? Jump right in!
César Chávez Fellowships | Department of Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies
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Please spread the word to grad students doing related work. @bosqueflores @unfilosofo
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10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
S.J. Brison
Delighted to see @MargotLivesey's The Boy in the Field featured as an editors' choice in the New York Times: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week!
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The Latest: Omar blasts Trump for 'actively spreading' virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus (all times EDT): 3:30 p.m. Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a...
Barrett's participation in 2006 ad calling for overturn of Roe v. Wade was not included in Senate disclosures
Democrats say she should have revealed the inclusion of her name on a list of signatures supporting the ad sponsor's mission.