The media's takeaway from an El-Sayed win is the same as it would have been from a Stevens win, and the same as it will be if El-Sayed wins the general, or if he loses it: everyone, no matter who they are, needs to take several steps to the right.
Dr. Lisa Corrigan
@drlisacorrigan.bsky.social
Rhetoric prof, social movement scholar & author of Prison Power (2016) and Black Feelings (2020); both from @UPMiss. Editor of #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist (Routledge).
Max Miller's ex-wife deserves the same support that all DV victims deserve. Hopefully this truly awful situation can also bring attention to how the policies she's supported (including abortion bans/opposing no-fault divorce) can be life-threatening for women in similar situations:
this should get so much more attention — two states within 3 weeks have made major moves on rights restoration.
Alex Burness@burness.bsky.social · yesterdayA combined 100,000+ people with past felony convictions have either already gained or will soon gain voting rights in Missouri and Virginia, which both have elections today. More: boltsmag.org/gop-run-miss... boltsmag.org/virginia-gov...
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
Max Miller & Graham Platner are examples of men who perform masculinity in ways that men drool over even if it harms women. Democrats don’t need to follow the republican masculinity playbook to win men. My latest for @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/08/04/e...
What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?
Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.
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Reversing the Enlightenment to own the libs.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Fascists and authoritarian regimes try to control universities and turn them into purveyors of state propaganda through extortion…... www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Trump administration asks colleges to commit to education overhaul
Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s letter contains some similarities to a compact offered to and rejected by a small group of schools last year.
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RFJ Jr. LOOKS UNHEALTHY! HE SOUNDS UNHEALTHY! HE EATS ROADKILL! HE HAD BRAIN WORMS! How the FUCK is he lecturing ANYONE on science?
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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In the face of glaring social collapse, it is probably important to remind folks that *institutional courage* is an antidote. *Public goods and services* are an antidote. *Shared success* is an antidote.
You're here instead of the bad place because you **already know** RFK and his shit are absurd. You can just move along with your day.
Paul Rosenberg@paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 3d agoMuting as harm reduction!
Pro-tip: You don't have to listen to RFK in these clips. You can mute him and just watch his body language. Everything you need is there, flailing about wildly. He's a ungrounded, unhinged, and insecure.
Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 3d agoGenuinely looks like a scene from a Batman movie where a cartoonishly evil villain somehow makes it onto mainstream media to rant against the establishment.
This decision is heir to southern states' many efforts to use facially neutral law to try to bankrupt the NAACP in retaliation for school deseg litigation.
Raffi Melkonian@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 6d agoA strong dissent from denial of rehearing by Judge Willett in McKesson - the case where the Fifth Circuit upheld liability for a Black Lives Matter leader when there is no evidence he had anything at all to do with a police officer's injury. 1/ www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
O’Neal helped purge me & all the other Black full-time staff columnists at the Post Opinion Section. I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June. We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon. Convenient time for him to quit.
Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d agoNew: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday
Historically, Trump's numbers are closer to those of presidents who aren't invited to the next nominating convention than to presidents who get to hand pick the next nominee. Act accordingly.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d agoTrump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll: 66% say he puts himself over country 61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc 57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!) 73% say he's out of touch w/regular people (!!) His personalist project is over. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
Trump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll: 66% say he puts himself over country 61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc 57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!) 73% say he's out of touch w/regular people (!!) His personalist project is over. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism
It’s all there in a new CNN poll, and it’s heartening to see: Large majorities are sick of Donald Trump’s vanity, venality, and megalomania.
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High-T military with . . . basically no missiles left. Just me over here thinking about when I read Helen Caldicott's book, "Missile Envy," in the 80s.
AAron Leckinger@aaronl1968.bsky.social · last wk.
The de facto position of the US government: *we should influence the elections of other countries *we should cast doubt on legitimate election outcomes when we don't like the outcome *we should use claims of foreign interference to cast doubt on legitimate US election outcomes
Matthew Hay Brown@matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 2w agoUPDATE Brazil has denied visas to the two State Department officials Trump planned to send to undermine confidence in the country’s electoral system
Americans have more confidence in higher education than in big tech companies, and the gap is growing rather than shrinking. The higher ed-doomsday pundits need to get on board with the real vibe shift in public trust that is happening right now.
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last wk.I look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...
Trump administration drops demands for list of Jewish employees at UPenn
Trump administration drops demands for list of Jewish employees at UPenn
Throughout the legal battle, Penn did not provide any of the subpoenaed personal contact information.
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"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social
Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus
Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...
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Yes but please stop using GOP frameworks like "Project 2025" because it just solidifies their strategy . . . .
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 2w ago“We need a Project 2027: the plan and the will for Congress to assert its power and really stand up for the people and their interests. And we need to start doing this the moment Democrats arrive in Congress next January.” www.liberalcurrents.com/dems-need-a-...
Now we have masked thugs ravaging US cities, gunning down and kidnapping ppl on the street. That’s a bad trade-off
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "We had transgender for everybody. Men in women's sports came ravaging through our cities."
Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.