Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US.
Hein Goemans
@heingoemans.bsky.social
Galactic Effectuator (obvious Jack Vance aficionado); Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Interests: war and war termination, territorial disputes, why do leaders and why do individuals fight?
The Trump Civil Rights Division exists mostly to encourage racial discrimination rather than prevent it bsky.app/profile/carl...
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h agoHUD sent $WFC a letter "saying it would examine whether the bank violated fair lending laws by favoring Black or other minority homeowners, according to a copy viewed by The Wall Street Journal. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
when I read through history I often wonder how could human beings be so cruel, unkind - and utterly devoid of basic humanity. And then I get real time reminders like this. ↘️
Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · 2d 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."
The fortress of their bigotry is immune to new facts and evidence, because their racism composes the first principles through which they interpret all other facts - racism is for the helmet crowd *more true* than the historical evidence, in that sense.
When Trump took over, Rufo personally led the campaign to get a hundred trans intelligence fired. Was this about merit? No. Rufo has been very clear. We protect our people, we denigrate and punish the others. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
Ta-Nehisi Coates said, ”I‘ve been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I’m not qualified to talk about.” ”No one person should be the oracle or be the articulator…be skeptical of people who attempt to appoint themselves as that. I don‘t want that job at all.”
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Wait til the Medicaid cuts kick in January 1. They purposely waited until after midterms. They KNOW how hard that will hit. Every ad Dems show on tv should be about Medicaid cuts.
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
They don’t vote for these things in the booth though. If they did we’d all be in a different situation bsky.app/profile/matt...
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 7d agoLatest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
Congratulations to @jackpaine.bsky.social, Xiaoyan Qiu, and @ricarthuguet.bsky.social, winners of the Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics for "Endogenous Colonial Borders: Precolonial States and Geography in the Partition of Africa," published in the APSR. buff.ly/Q6TaVri
The Tompkins County DA says his office was never given the full transcript where the former Cornell student said, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped.” Cornell says it turned over its investigation. So what exactly was sent, and why was that statement apparently missing?
when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name
That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.
Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻@thathagengrrl.bsky.social · last wk."Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
1/ You should check out my sobering and compelling conversation with @radleybalko.bsky.social about ICE and why it must be abolished before its abusive tactics spread to the rest of American law enforcement at @theunpopulist.net . 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
Abolish ICE Before Its Abusive Tactics Spread to Other Law Enforcement: A Conversation With Radley Balko
The agency has gone rogue and cannot be reformed
open.substack.com
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
As someone else noted (sorry, can’t find it now) it really feels like there was a coordinated campaign to boost Schmitt today, with the Axios piece floating him as Vance’s VP setting up his big gotcha attempt at the hearing. They just ignored the fuckup and moved to stage three congratulating him.
People really want the story of Trump's second term to include a lack of grass-roots protests (outside of the handful of No Kings events) and it's just not true. Listen to @chenoweth.bsky.social, folks.
Erica Chenoweth@chenoweth.bsky.social · last wk.My team at the NVA Lab has produced a new dashboard for exploring our data on US protests from Jan 2025-May 2026. This snapshot shows the 61k+ protest events (>14.6M+ recorded participants) active in the US since Trump's second inauguration. Link to dashboard in thread.
<Tommy Tuberville barging through the door> Stay in your lane, Schmitt! There can be only one dumbest Senator, and as they say in my great home state of Florida, whoooo!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
When your big gotcha moment goes so epically wrong that it’s the other party sharing clips of it.
Senator Amy Klobuchar@klobuchar.senate.gov · last wk.Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
It's ironic because the Trump admin completely vindicated gender studies as a field. Like we're all living through some sort of unethical gender studies experiment.
Dr. Mar@boldnewme.bsky.social · last wk.Texas is not okay. This is what DEI was all about y’all: making sure women, minorities, LGBTQ people and other historically marginalized communities, and their histories and experiences, have a place in our universities.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. HAHAHAHAHAH. Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of lying about going to an Atlanta Hawk's basketball game. Smith went to see the Iowa Hawkeyes.
I swear When times get tough, Great British Baking Show helps Predictable yet unpredictable. People are kind. You can stop watching for 10 mins and know where you are. A happy uncomplicated space w/a great “we’re all in this together” vibe Eternally grateful for getting me thru the pandemic & DJT
Deeply ashamed by Cornell, my alma mater. Deserves to be sued into oblivion for its institutional cowardice and heartlessness
Cornell, Chi Phi Sued by Victim of Alleged Gang Rape, Drugging in 2024
A former Cornell student filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that she was gang raped after being coerced into consuming drugs by several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in 2024.
cornellsun.com