Tim Karr
A crash-scene investigation at the crossroads of new media & public policy. Against media concentration; for robust local journalism & digital democracy.
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- Springsteen kicks of his 16-date European tour with a distinctly American message of resistance... 🧵 1/10
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View full thread"They're abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. 6/10
- "They're defunding American universities that won't bow down to their ideological demands. They're removing residents off American streets and without due process of law are deporting them to foreign detention centers and prisons. This Is All Happening Now. 7/10
- Buried deep in a bill outlining Republican tax cuts for the wealthy is language pulled from speech-chilling 2024 legislation that was dubbed the "Nonprofit Killer." After an all-night session this dangerous bill just passed the House Ways & Means Committee along party lines.
- Drop Everything and Watch This ...from Yale historians @timothysnyder.bsky.social , @marcishore.bsky.social & Jason Stanley, who are urging us to learn the lessons of 1930s Germany. They've already opted to leave the U.S. to set up safe centers of opposition that aren't under Trump's heel. 🧵
