Jen Ebbeler

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Classics/Late Antiquity professor at UT Austin; Augustine/Cyprian/Ancient Letters/Imperial and Late Antique History. Disability advocate. Owned by cats.

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Wild.

So voting is better than *not* voting when it comes to getting what you want? Huh.

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The far right cope machine is already trying to manufacture a narrative about the massive loss the French fascists faced today. They are scared they can sense what’s coming to America and it’s not fascism. Popular fronts win and scare fascists. Keep them on the back foot they are weak and scared.

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Dumbest fuckin’ idea I’ve ever heard. “The proposal is work of Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown law professor who served in Obama and Clinton administrations and as a volunteer policy adviser to the Biden campaign in 2020, and Ted Dintersmith, a venture capitalist…” www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

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May you have the confidence of way-too-wealthy party donors who have truly mediocre ideas. But let's put a name to this: the Dunning-Krugerrand Effect.

To save democracy, the Democratic party may resort to deploying the greatest concept of all time: a political version of the NBA In-Season Tournament

These are not allies if they are talking like this. Loose lips sink ships, etc.

Interviews with more than three dozen aides, advisers, lawmakers, governors and other President Biden allies tell the inside story of his team’s failure over nine days to contain the crisis from his debate with Donald Trump.

Biden thought he had it under control. Then it got worse.www.washingtonpost.com The inside story of the Biden team’s failure over nine days to contain the crisis from his debate with Trump.

Ooops.

It held

So, “just vote” is not necessarily the worst answer to a question…

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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so not so "privately" then

Breaking News: At least four senior House Democrats told colleagues privately on Sunday that it was time for President Biden to end his campaign, three people briefed on the talks said.

Live Election Updates: Senior Democrats Privately Look for Biden to Withdraw as He Campaigns in Pennsylvaniawww.nytimes.com

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I mean, Taylor Swift has a day job and is too smart to involve herself in nonsense of this caliber

what the fuck is this sorkin-brain shit?

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Project 2025 and Heritage have stuck to Trump and the GOP in ways seemingly no other issue has. It's the first time I've seen them play actively defensive on an issue instead of brushing it off.

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Imagine getting chased off of a platform that exists primarily so that Wells Fargo can have chipper exchanges with Pizza Hut about their shared love of Dua Lipa.

Wow. @nytimes.com has closed their Threads account and left the platform after days of getting just shredded in the replies for their handling of Biden post debate. Now they're getting dog piled on Instagram for running from Threads.

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"the real flourishing of Black studies that everybody thought might have been occurring in the 80s or thought might be occurring now, that it will occur when Black studies makes its move back from the university and back into our communities."--Fred Moten www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFTk...

Left of Black with Fred Motenwww.youtube.com Left of Black host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the studio by Dr. Fred Moten.Moten is a poet and a scholar. He's a Professor in the Department of Perfo...

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Yes, please.

some ambitious young creative should make a series of Schoolhouse Rock-style animated info clips based on Project 2025

This assumes incorrectly that the same rules apply to Trump as Biden. They never have, never will. It’s fine to want Biden to step aside. But assuming that this will be anything but a media disaster is…odd.

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internet libertarians went from arguing marbury v madison was incorrectly decided to arguing unlimited executive power without missing a beat, truly impressive

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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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At some point, everyone will wake up in night sweats and say, "Trump prevailing because of concerns about his opponent's mental fitness is like Trump prevailing because of concerns about his opponent's email security! Unfortunately, that will probably be in December.

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Baude who, by the way, clerked for Roberts, and whose read on what the hell is going on with the conservatives is worth a great deal

ignore the hed, this is extremely harsh criticism from the very measured Will Baude of the Court's rulings in the 14th Amendment and immunity cases www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/o...

Opinion | A Principled Supreme Court, Unnerved by Trumpwww.nytimes.com Most of the court’s decisions were principled and sound — most, but unfortunately not all.

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I really don’t think most people realize just how hard the boot will come down if Trump and the Republicans win the election. Most people have never experienced the totalitarian surveillance state with the power to reach into their homes and minds at will they are telling us is their plan.

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pretty stunning how the billionaire class(and yes that means the legacy media) have completely turned on Biden. They'd rather have a fascist dictatorship than pay taxes and a living wage to employees. Insane power grab in front of the cameras

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genuinely hopeful sign that every big name GOP garbage monster is frantically trying to distance themselves from Project Say The Quiet Part Loud In an Easily-Digestible Bullet Point Format About Which There Can Be No Confusion. this means we should all absolutely continue never shutting up about it

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This!! Start with “they want to end no fault divorce, sell national parks, and ban porn” end with tax structure.

tom nichols—of all people???—just made a good point: you have to talk about P2025 in simple real people terms. not policy wonk terms.

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This is the best analysis of the Trump opinion I have seen.

New from me: Where is your "institutionalism" now? radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

The Supreme Court foldsradleybalko.substack.com Faced with the most potent threat to democracy in more than a century, our most revered institution didn't just fail to hold, it aligned itself with the threat

Yup. It’s beyond disappointing.

very hard to figure out what this use of DEI could mean other than the n word

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"I don't know anything about Project 2025" says man recording Project 2025 promotional video in front of Project 2025 publication. More substantively, Project 2025 has embraced Trump and Miller's immigration approach of using power to close both legal and illegal immigration.

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For the people who don’t have time, here’s your Readers Digest version. You’re welcome.

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“Now that we know felons can be white, we’re massive fans of crime.”

I don’t even know where to begin with this.

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A hill I will die on: all white-collar crimes are violent crimes. It's just that the violence is removed from the perpetrator because the perpetrator is wealthy.

Holy. Shit. They're literally saying Trump's felonies aren't that bad compared to the "real felonies". Bear in mind, they're ignoring J6 and "gimme 12000 votes" call and the stolen docs. We joke, but this is literally Newsmax copy.

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Thanks to the great Rebecca Solnit for stating what countless millions have been thinking over the past ten days of mass insanity gripping the pundit class:

But his voters don’t care. They all understand that it’s the administration that matters most in terms of getting stuff done. Of course, SCOTUS has made it so that Trump’s psychotic ramblings might result in actions, the consequences of which he’s immune from.

In the exact same nine day period that Biden and his White House and campaign have been flailing, Trump has offered voters a window into his own mental state and vision for term 2 It’s not great! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazywww.rollingstone.com Trump quietly had his own week from hell while the media was hounding Biden