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Chris Becker

@chrisbecker.bsky.social

Associate Professor in Film, Television, and Theatre and the Sport, Media, & Culture Minor at University of Notre Dame. Working on a local TV history project: https://sites.nd.edu/boc-project/

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Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social · 2d ago

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · yesterday

You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday

“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

Jemele Hill@jemelehill.bsky.social · 3d ago

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther.com · 4d ago

I get not wanting to talk about Cunningham herself, not wanting to give air to her bullshit. But she's still talking and outlets are still printing it and people will still show up in support of her anti-trans bigotry. We have to counter it with vocal support of the trans community. We have to.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 5d ago

If understand the rules correctly, a trigger warning preceding a reading about sexual assault is unacceptable coddling and anti-free-speech, but also if a reading causes an adult student “mild discomfort” that’s a firing offense.

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · 6d ago

A college professors is fired for teaching an Ottessa Moshfegh story that causes "mild discomfort" for one student. Implication is that DeSantis government was involved in the firing. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther.com · 6d ago

The idea that the league, teams, coaches, and players should remain silent in the face of this absolute discriminatory bullshit encouraged by bigoted statements from a player is bananas to me. Everyone should be shouting this down. You want an welcoming and inclusive fanbase? PROVE IT.

Pitch Mr. Perfect@michaelwaterloo.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Indiana Fever play tomorrow in Portland and Sunday in Minnesota. There are "Support Sophie Cunningham" transphobic rallies planned for both cities. Fuck all the way off. #WNBA

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 7d ago

This is precisely what the right does. They manufacture a story and build it into their culture war narrative to attack progressive institutions. The WNBA is majority Black and about a third are lesbian, bisexual, and queer. It's everything MAGA hates so they have to destroy it.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · last wk.

This is personal for me. Not only do I live in Chicago and rely on ABC7 for news coverage, I used to produce newscasts there so I know first hand how seriously the journalists there take their commitment to our city. We all need to take Trump's threat seriously. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Trump’s Fascist Power Play Threatens Chicago’s Favorite Local TV Station

It’s not just Chicago. Trump’s FCC is moving to shut down local TV stations in blue cities around the country. We need to take this threat seriously.

open.substack.com

Thomas Frampton@tframpton.bsky.social · last wk.

Law profs doing bad things for democracy have gotten (and should get) attention recently. But a brief shout-out to Prof. @jackchin.bsky.social: He wrote a law review article flagging this issue 20 years ago; some brilliant attorneys eventually read it and litigated it . . . and won.

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Bolts@boltsmag.org · last wk.

A federal judge has ordered Virginia to restore the voting rights of thousands of people who were illegally barred from voting under the 1870 Virginia Readmission Act, the law that readmitted Virginia into the United States.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly@rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2w ago

This might actually be the finniest single moment in the entire history of the dinner, though in a scene-from-VEEP way rather than a killer-joke way.

Eric Columbus@ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here’s a rush transcript of Trump’s abysmal WHCD speech last night. Best part is when he tells a mildly funny joke and it falls flat and he tries to explain it and complains about the rest of his crappy speech. www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/0...

Joking aside, I do think we need term limits in Congress. I think term limits are very important because I see what's happening. I see what's happening. The other day, a senator I knew got a text, a great guy, from his wife. And she said, when you get home, I want to have you immediately come up the stairs and make love to me. And he said, I can't do both. You know what the, you know. In other words, can't go up the stairs and make love. Does anybody get that? Well, I thought that was actually pretty good. That was actually the only thing I thought was good in this whole frickin' stupid speech that they wrote. That was the only good one, and that went down with not exactly great laughter. I think, you know, in other words, you can't go up the stairs and make love to a woman.
Hayes Brown@hayesbrown.bsky.social · 2w ago

i’m going to go ahead and leave this here

Opinion | The White House doesn’t want history at the Smithsonian. It wants fandom.

A report attacking the National Museum of American History would prefer Americans feel a shallow patriotic crush than truly love this country.

ms.now

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: Trump just ordered warning signs and exhibits to be installed outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to alert the public that the museum does not, in his view, accurately reflect American history. For the record: It does.

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 2w ago

Thirty percent of Americans now say it was "inappropriate" to cast Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy. That opinion didn't exist a year ago. Somebody built it. New piece on the campaign against The Odyssey: what it failed to do, and what it actually accomplished. www.readtpa.com/p/where-did-...

Where Did 30% of America Get This Opinion About The Odyssey?

Nobody arrives at a take on Helen of Troy casting by accident. A YouGov poll shows what Elon Musk and right-wing media's campaign against The Odyssey actually built.

readtpa.com