Dominique Baker

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Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
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This is a great source for information on US elections - particularly for important down ballot races. If you just dropped your NYTimes subscription, consider redirecting your attention (and funds).

For folks who've appreciated my coverage of the French elections... @bolts.bsky.social is quite different—but we cover US politics with such attention to detail. So give us a follow if you've enjoyed this, and care about the US. And our newsletter is free! boltsmag.org/newsletter

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Le Pen's party (RN) got 143 seats. While a record, that's far (very far) from the 289 they hoped for to govern. How?! Hundreds of Left & Macronist candidates dropped out to help each other block the RN. And millions of voters then voted strategically to get that job done.

Hahahahha

found the routine on youtube too this saga is Insane

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I would read a book about these search firms for academic jobs

Regarding my last post, this is what I was wondering about

there are no mappable lessons from the french election to the u.s. because the left does not have comparable institutional political power/representation in government. our abysmal party selection and the way campaign finance works are as ever part of the problem

I need a comparativist to explain to me the key elements of French success and what has to happen in the US to replicate it in November

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UK and France have both defeated their right wing parties in elections this year. The US needs to get its shit together.

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Look how fun shutting down fascists is. I want this for us, too

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Yes, this. But also two weeks ago this outcome seemed unlikely. We have time. Not infinite time and our system is more unwieldy. But time.

Congrats to other country’s liberal coalitions for ever being able to get their shit in gear tell us what that’s like

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh vive la France!!!!!

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

Cautiously optimistic

Info I hear from France suggests results may be very surprising. I had to double check I was reading right. Now appears to be confirmed by *EARLY EXITS* in Swiss media: RN weaker than expected. Fight for first between left & Macronists, though RN possible still in right for low plurality.

I love a messy brunch where we get to discuss what even is "elite" when it comes to colleges and education schools in particular

Lol enjoying the boule reports I'm getting from Dallas

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—Attal began calling Macronist candidate who came in 3rd but made runoff, asking them to drop out to consolidate vs far-right. —Attal surprised to realize Macron was calling some in parallel, asking them to NOT drop out. This would risk RN wins. ( other confirmation:) bsky.app/profile/tani...

A Macronist who came in 3rd place in southern France says he is dropping out to block the far-right. Results here: RN 36%, left 29%, Macronist 25%. What's interesting...: He said as he dropped out that he got calls to *not* do so, including from Macron. lemonde.fr/politique/li...

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Details reported in piece for those who can’t read it —Macron’s team mostly shrugged off results on Sunday. They started celebrating a birthday as returned still coming in —He didn’t bother watching as Prime Minister, Attal, gave forceful speech calling to block far-right. (1/?)

Explosive reporting in Le Monde confirms what was apparent all week: Macron resisted the emergence of anti-far-right front after round 1. His PM, Attal, forced it as a fait accompli, & pressured for drop outs to block RN. Even then, Macron made some phone calls to undercut it.

Législatives 2024 : entre l’Elysée et Matignon, tensions sur le front républicainwww.lemonde.fr L’attitude à tenir face à la montée de l’extrême droite a profondément divisé Emmanuel Macron et Gabriel Attal. Leurs stratégies, parfois contraires, se sont parasitées avant le second tour des électi...

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THEY DID IT!!

I will never forget the cruelty of this proposed nonsense

The Telegraph reports that Keir Starmer, on his first day as Prime Minister, is scrapping the "Rwanda scheme,' the Tory plan to deport all asylum seekers & undocumented immigrants to Rwanda wherever they are from. (This was a Starmer platform promise.) www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

In case you thought we were getting off scot free

1/n Since we are talking about project 2025, here are some things a Trump administration plans to do with higher education policy, in no particular order

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Been getting some hearty chuckles from these jokes

Things giving me life right now are the "Black jobs" memes on tiktok

Rude

SHOTS FIRED

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Seeking recommendations for an academic/non-ficition book indexer. Thank you!

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Lindsay from summer house is pregnant with the new, mystery boyfriend and the new season started filming a week ago in the hamptons! Always rooting for hubb house.

I also love that most of the royal family has been in the bag for the tories so this is also a blow to them. Wins all the way around!

I scrubbed through the video of my early career award lecture and whew! ya girl likes to use her hands when she talks

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“Charles in Charge”

tomorrow we get my favorite constitutional oddity which is that there's a ~ 1 hour period in which all UK executive authority formally vests in the King

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she died doing what she loved- trying to get abducted

she died doing what she loved- waving at wild animals

Jimmy! JIMMY! JIMMY NOOOOO!!! (this movie deserves every award ever made)

While watching independence day, I'm realizing that Delaware is the perfect spot. Like, we wouldn't even have to evacuate.

Jesus, I see what you have done for other people...

Exit polling suggests 410 seats for Labour and only 130 for the Tories, which “would be the worst defeat for the Conservatives in the nearly 200-year history of the party”

While watching independence day, I'm realizing that Delaware is the perfect spot. Like, we wouldn't even have to evacuate.