Dan Tuke
@danieltuke.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science. Researching migration, political economy, and nonmilitary coercion. Former Baltimorean, current Arkansan. he/him/his
@apapsychiatric.bsky.social is a joke of an organization, just a bunch of absolutely spineless slimes.
Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 2d agoI’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.
Self censorship is the goal of the regime; do not support orgs that bend the knee.
Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 2d agoThe concern is that people take photos of slides and circulate content that puts orgs in the crosshairs of this repressive administration.
I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.
This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · yesterdayThe NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
what the hell is trump doing wearing suits that i could afford
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · yesterdayTrump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.
We aren’t getting Blarkansas but this is a REALLY bad sign for R’s in other similar but purple-er states
Political Poll Bot@pollresults.org · 2d agoArkansas US Senate Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2026 Tom Cotton (R) 50% (+11.0%) Hallie Shoffner (D) 39% Don't know 7% Jeff Wadlin (L) 4% GrayHouse 550 LV Sponsor: America One Policies (R) View Poll
We’re literally at the Public Executions by Firing Squad stage of Fascism and the news media is just like, “Interesting, this is extraordinary and unprecedented 🤷♂️🤷♀️🤷”
Begging everyone to go back to the graphic artists that they were using for flyers just 1-2 years ago. Everybody can’t have the same ugly AI flyer.
All of the worst people in the world are bigly mad at this.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4d ago
The Oriole Bird lost its life trying to stand in the way of one of the club's patented three-game losing streaks. Reached for comment, Mike Elias said it would be immediately replaced with a more fitting mascot: an apple-cheeked blonde man-boy.
Troy Jackson: Eight years ago today, Maine women begged Susan Collins not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. She did it anyway. He helped overturn Roe v. Wade. And today, she says she has no regrets. Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice?
I know I’m a little late on this discourse but the Blue MAGA reaction to learning that Rage Against The Machine also includes raging against the Dem political machine is 110% funnier than MAGA finding out RATM hates cops.
Gonna put this in the old binder of “quotes for if/when this person gets Kirk’d to remind people that you do not, in fact, need to feel sorry for them”
Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · 6d agoMegyn Kelly: "...this is probably a first for her. She's probably thrilled to be so admired because she clearly didn't grow up the incredibly beautiful one."
So, just to review. In roughly seven months the US has had to abandon all bases in the Middle East, flee from a British base, the petrodollar system that is the foundation for hegemony has collapsed, and we’re facing historical energy and food crises. Great work. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/p...
US removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat | CNN Politics
The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, according to a person familiar, days after the British government arrested a number...
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He should absolutely be haunted.
Mr. Dan Zak@mrdanzak.com · 7d agoA Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“He was a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024, reasoning that things weren’t getting better, so why not try something different.” This may sound harsh, but this truck driver SHOULD be haunted for the rest of his life. He deliberately chose his fate.
How fucking stupid does someone have to be to think the GOP is in any way interested in “meritocracy” Oh wait it is another certified Chait slop piece.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last wk.A GOP schism over the Texas candidate Bo French’s social-media post reveals the limits of the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
Imagine the front page of the NYT if Biden said this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump: "I take an aspirin a day. I don't know if it works but psychologically I need it. It thins the hell out of your blood I guess ... They want me to go down to the 80. I take the 386. I don't know what the hell it is. It's a monster. They said, 'Sir, you don't need that!'"
Curious how people like this never actually quit to become bricklayers.
Erin Keane@erinkeane.bsky.social · last wk.I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Hard to think of this as anything other than the US being forced to retreat by Iran.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoAfter two decades, the U.S. formally withdrew from Iraq, leaving behind a battered nation trapped between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation cost nearly 4,500 U.S. lives and killed more than 115,000 Iraqis, according to the most modest counts. trib.al/E3sCiNB
Literally need to add a zero to the death toll.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoAfter two decades, the U.S. formally withdrew from Iraq, leaving behind a battered nation trapped between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation cost nearly 4,500 U.S. lives and killed more than 115,000 Iraqis, according to the most modest counts. trib.al/E3sCiNB
