Superman II is about the dangers of Euros
NERV IRB Coordinator@professormusgrave.bsky.social · 2h agoWilliam Adler
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Professor of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University. I wrote a book: https://www.pennpress.org/9780812253481/
NERV IRB Coordinator@professormusgrave.bsky.social · 2h ago
I used to not understand the appeal of Billy Joel but it grew on me
Dave Moore@otherdavemoore.com · 4d agoHot takes are annoying, tell me a strong opinion you had about music at some point in your life that changed
as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5h agoReuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.
show should be called Fantastic Beasts and How to Fry Them
On the one hand you'd prefer government officials to do their jobs On the other hand I'd prefer this guy spend all his time on a cooking show than whatever mischief he has planned otherwise
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8h ago"It seems that many Trump officials don’t really want to do the hard work that comes with being a government official; they’d rather play one on TV." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
NEW: Maryland Democrats just passed a constitutional amendment that would let them redraw the congressional map for 2028 in response to Republican gerrymanders elsewhere. If voters pass it in November, Democrats could enact a map like this earlier proposal to target the lone Republican, Andy Harris
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 6d agoMaryland Democrats have unveiled their constitutional amendment that would let them redraw the congressional map for 2028 if voters approve it in November. It would insulate congressional maps from legal challenges and specify that existing restrictions on maps only apply to state Senate/House maps
This is what a decade of Trumpism has encouraged -- a GOP gubernatorial candidate in Colorado who's unsure of how many people he's killed but positive that his Jewish opponent is a tool of Satan. These people were in the tent before, but the rest of the party seemed embarrassed about them. No more!
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterdayDepicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.
A great summary of all the police surveillance tech out there, mostly hidden from view, and how it will inevitably be abused. With a shoutout to @profferguson.bsky.social's book at the end! nyupress.org/978147983828...
Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Pirro is gonna end up indicting James Comey again somehow, just to placate Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Pirro Meets With Trump at the White House After He Said She ‘Choked’ in Reflecting Pool Case
President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
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"American Jews shouldn't spend their money the way they want in political campaigns, or it might make me believe antisemitic conspiracies" You're just antisemitic trash @ryanlcooper.com
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d ago"In Michigan, AIPAC Is Playing With Fire" As an ostensible defender of Jewish rights, it is unwise to behave like the stuff of antisemitic conspiracy theories. Ryan Cooper for Zeteo:
‘Hey jews stop being so influential and throwing your money around, it might make me believe in antisemitic conspiracies’ Um, what?
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d ago"In Michigan, AIPAC Is Playing With Fire" As an ostensible defender of Jewish rights, it is unwise to behave like the stuff of antisemitic conspiracy theories. Ryan Cooper for Zeteo:
Me to Xfinity: cancel my mother's Internet/phone now that she passed Them: submit many documents Me: does that Them: (crickets) Me: hey what's up Them: you're not an authorized user on this account Me: I'm the executor of the estate Them: too bad Me: I'm the one who's been paying the bill
Really important to understand that Truman and Ike set up & institutionalized a whole process so that presidents would be briefed on (among other things) what was true and what wasn't and it served all the presidents since then well and Trump deliberately garbaged it and has no idea what's going on.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d agoVery cool we have an 80 year old president who proudly displays his ability to discern reality from the Oval Office, a condition worsened by a bubble of sycophants and his struggles with AI
Trump will eventually abandon everyone. I expect even Vance will eventually suffer the same fate.
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2d agolol "The president is “furious” with Pirro, one of the sources said, telling CNN that he fumed about her all weekend... "The president did not know beforehand that she was going to do that.” www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
this is just objectively crazy but i feel like it dropped and people shrugged because ya of course he did. thinking about what follow up reporting/commentary could be done to keep this on people's radar and coming up short..
Trump overrode his own agencies to deny 4 Democratic disaster requests
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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It always blows my mind that people are so willing to die on the hill of means testing school lunches. "But then wealthier kids might get a handout too!!" who cares. Seriously. I've never understood why anyone would even care if that happened.
sarah zedig 🐐@hmsnofun.bsky.social · 2w agowhat it comes down to is this. everyone who attends a public school should get a free lunch. period. you cannot means test a child's hunger. if you try, sorry not sorry, you're doing eugenics. fix your fucking heart or die.
Trump ruins everything and every person he touches www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Brown’s President Will Resign after a Tenure that Included Trump Deal (Gift Article)
The president, Christina H. Paxson, led the campus for over a decade, but in recent years faced protests, political pressure and a shooting that killed two students.
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