Rebecca Futo Kennedy

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Ancient Historian and Professor of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at Denison University. First gen, state school college kid. I like books, music, movies, and being in the Mediterranean (sailing and researching). PhD OSU, BA UCSD.

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Still the best takedown of Vance and his ridiculous book. As an Appalachian as well: do not ever trust this man. bittersoutherner.com/hillbillies-...

Hillbillies Need No Elegy — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERbittersoutherner.com In the new book “Appalachian Reckoning,” dozens of mountain voices combine to talk back to J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” arguments. Today, an exclusive story from its co-editor and a powerful essay...

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And read Appalachian Reckoning if you want what is perhaps the best rejoinder to Vance's "book."

Read this and listen to people from Appalachia on how to fight back against grifters like JD Vance

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Trump’s VP pick … — demanded the DOJ open a criminal investigation of a journalist for “insurrection” over an op-ed critical of Trump — spouted replacement theory garbage — called for criminal prosecutions of other Trump critics — blamed Biden for Trump shooting — called for Biden’s prosecution

JD Vance is a walking insult to all working class Ohioians.

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fucking beautiful. “I recommend we keep opposing them with exactly the same vigor as before. Not because we want a world of violence, but because we want a world without, and because in our opposition we are demonstrating our hopeful and expectant commitment to something better.”

Well I'm given to understand that today & for a VERY limited time, our nation's political violence party is shocked—shocked!—to learn that we currently live in a world of normalized political violence, and would like very much to know who is to blame. Full Essay: www.the-reframe.com/gambling-in-...

Gambling In Casablancawww.the-reframe.com Being blamed for a world of political violence by the people who force us to live in it, and are now shocked-shocked!—by it. Navigating the daily trauma of living in a bully's paradise.

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Please don’t “both sides” the “violent political rhetoric” conversation when one side regularly glorifies and intimidates with guns and the other side speaks out to end gun violence. These are not the same.

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Another famous woman of the ‘90s who deserved a reexamination of how hard people came for her. She was good at what she did. variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ and ‘Charmed’ Star, Dies at 53variety.com Shannen Doherty, who played Brenda on 'Beverly Hills 90210' and starred in 'Charmed,' has died.

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Marco Rubio and JD Vance trying to out-sycophant each other for the chance to be Trump's new bidet is the Kendrick/Drake beef of the right. And they're both Drake.

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i wish more folks understood that demanding purity is authoritarian logic. it's how fascism works: there's a rigid binary, wherein you're either "with us" or not. you're either good or evil. so you must conform to reigning ideology or be demonized, punished, and purged.

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If you wish you had a succinct, mainstream explanation of the horrors of Trump's Project 2025 you could send to your friends and relatives, People magazine has provided one. Please spread this link. No matter how bad you think it is, it's worse. people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

In the book Hyperion, there is a forum called the All Thing that is basically a universal social media space where everyone can express their opinions. It was a disaster of an idea in the book.

He has been convicted and found responsible for sexual assault and paid to quiet at least one extra-marital affair. NYT is so confused by facts these days.

In which the editors of @nytimes, who are supposed to represent the sharpest minds of our profession, struggle mightily to see the thing that's in front of their eyes and call it by its true names, as if lost in a dark dream.

I love everything about this story.

Mexico 'cancels' statue of Greek god Poseidon after dispute with local deity - ABC News - abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Mexico 'cancels' statue of Greek god Poseidon after dispute with local deityabcnews.go.com Mexican authorities have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot tall aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the beach in the town of...

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This pretty much sums it up.

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Thinking about how George W Bush constantly flubbed words & names and reporters treated it like this lovable quirk

We all misspeak and mix up names, come on

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Lmao dude even admits Trump had to lie about the connection to make sure he gets elected right in the interview. Anyone wanna call USA Today?

Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts: “The overlap is tremendous” between Trump's campaign platform and Project 2025 www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts: "The overlap is tremendous" between Trump's campaign platform and Project 2025www.mediamatters.org

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By gutting accreditors, a second Trump admin would remove a credible threat to state-imposed attacks on higher education, eg in Florida

We need the higher ed media to better describe what's at stake here. These are not "reforms," they're an authoritarian takeover. They're not "bold" or "sweeping," they're undemocratic and fascist. These aren't normal policy recommendations, they're a dismantling of higher education!

How Project 2025 could radically reshape higher edwww.insidehighered.com The sweeping conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration would dismantle the Education Department, privatize student loans and end all ongoing Title IX investigations. Critics say it’s a ...

Biden, to his credit, made a lot of dysfunctional loan forgiveness programs work. Project 2025 seeks to gut any loan forgiveness programs, or mire them in administrative burdens to the point they don’t work. This would be consistent with the actions of DeVos when Trump was in charge.

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Unearthed video: The director of Project 2025 told a right-wing podcast last year that his group has a “great” relationship with former President Donald Trump, and “Trump's very bought in with this” www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Unearthed video: Project 2025 director said project has “great” relationship with Trump and he’s “very bought in with this”www.mediamatters.org

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There is a lot of research on this. Learning about racism doesn't make white kids feel guilty. Here is what it does. Summary of some of the studies here: fivethirtyeight.com/features/wha...

Without even clicking the link, I’ll guess the reason — all the talk of racism makes white kids feel guilty. Again, if your kids are reading histories of slavery or segregation and identifying with the racists in the story, that suggests you’ve got your own problems to work through. Leave us out.

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At least 140 people who worked in the Trump administration had a hand in Project 2025, a CNN review found.

Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com Donald Trump has lately made clear he wants little to do with Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for the next Republican president that has attracted considerable blowback in his race for the Wh...

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"We're gonna put kids in cages. It's gonna be glorious." - Mike Davis, former Chief Counsel of Nominations for Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Grassley, on what he'd do if he worked in the next Trump administration's Justice Department.

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"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate." news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...

Biden's poor debate performance had almost no impact on voter preference, new report saysnews.northeastern.edu A new report shows that despite Biden’s debate performance – poor as it may have been – voter preferences haven't been impacted.

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Republicans are literally running against democracy: www.al.com/news/2024/07...

Alabama GOP chairman says democracy ‘leads to socialism’www.al.com America is not a democracy, John Wahl argues.

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Actually, the Republican platform leaves the door wide open for a national abortion ban and people are silly to suggest otherwise. Me in Slate:

Don’t Be Fooled—the GOP’s New Abortion Platform Is Not “Softened” or “Scaled Back”slate.com Reactions from conservative advocates reveal that this platform is just as harsh as it has been in the past.

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Project 2025, page 455-456: a national abortion database that includes detailed medical information, including the person's state of residence to assist with criminal prosecution

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Tired: Project 2025 wants to bring back the Sabbath. Wired: Project 2025 will ban Sunday sportsball games and forget about getting beer.

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Full quote from ex-ICE director Tom Homan: "Trump comes back in January... I will run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen. They ain’t seen shit yet. Wait until 2025.” Tonight in Florida Trump pledged to bring Homan back. Homan, BTW, is a listed Project 2025 contributor.

"Wait until 2025. They ain't seen shit yet." www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

Trump’s ‘national conservative’ allies plot a revenge administrationwww.semafor.com As President Biden’s position weakens, Trump world is enthusiastically planning a MAGA White House.

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Project 2025, page 592: make it harder for employees to be paid at overtime rates by allowing employers to average the number of hours worked over 2-4 weeks

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Just a reminder that Michelle Wolf nailed it at the White House Correspondents Dinner. NYT, I’m looking in your direction especially.