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#Sociology prof. interested in identity, stratification and conflict; reluctant department chair; yinzer living in New Hampshire; he/him
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Is there an award for most shameless columnist? Does Jason win it?
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My sincere hope for everyone is that you find something that makes you as happy as my 2 year old when he hears Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65.
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"stop giving the GOP completely unearned credibility on policy" challenge
I generally like Ezra but I think he's getting this wrong. Republicans and Democrats aren't "competing" over union, Black and Hispanic votes. Democrats support policies that safeguard their interests and Republicans are cynically lying. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/p...
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Adding that I encourage scholars to move off X as well. If the Democratic Party set up a website for us to post stories and share ideas, most of us would not use that because we would consider it inappropriate. It's the same with X/Twitter.
I urge media organizations to not use a Trump campaign website for communication and promotion.
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Now at the Guardian, Sonya Massey's killing by police in Illinois: - Radio traffic has someone saying her wound was "self-inflicted." - Massey is a descendant of a man lynched here during the infamous 1908 race riots that prompted the creation of the NAACP www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Body-cam video shows Illinois police officer fatally shooting Black woman in facewww.theguardian.com White deputy Sean Grayson shot Sonya Massey after boiling water dispute
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It’s amazing how quickly we moved on from Trump’s assassin once the media realized his motives were boilerplate mass-shooter stuff: kill a bunch of people in a high-profile way. Back to normal, everybody.
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the plan is to do “they even think soda is racist” for a month and then transition to “i don’t believe this woman was born in America”
I'm not sure saying the word 'racist' every time you're in front of a camera is gonna have the positive effect you're hoping for JD
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If you were wondering how long it would take Musk to put forward antisemitic conspiracy theories about “puppet masters” pulling the strings of the Democrats, the answer is “a couple hours.”
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Trump comms team ready to cook
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Wow, way out of character for this organization.
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Well I’m sure everyone will be normal about this
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One thing that is going to happen is trump and the right broadly are going to be insanely racist and misogynistic towards harris, so the test will be if this is portrayed as a problem for trump or for democrats
NYT NEWSROOM: Bad news everyone, we just found out the number one issue in the 2024 campaign is no longer "are you old" it's now [whatever the GOP focus groups figure out is Kamala Harris's weakest attribute] so we need you to stop running "is the candidate old" stories
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Congratulations, @nytimes.com , for pulling your first soft coup.
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What a decade this week has been
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Look the good thing is that all the media outlets that wanted this will now be treating Kamala Harris and Trump in a fair and equitable way without any issues of racism or sexism. Problem solved!
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Yep. Biden FINALLY called for Supreme Court reform last week. They could all be talking about that right now. But no. Trump said a dozen monstrously bigoted things at the RNC. They could be hammering him for that right now. But no. Project 2025 is RIGHT THERE. They could be... It's infuriating.
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Judge: Trump raped E. Jean Carroll. CNN: But what about all the women Trump didn’t rape?
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Global tech meltdown. ICJ ruling that the Israeli occupation and settlements are illegal. Felonious Republican presidential nominee promises ethnic cleansing. NYT:
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All of the institutions have already failed. They have already failed. The SCOTUS Fed Soc 6 are in charge now. They are more powerful than the president. I'm dead ass serious. They decide what all laws mean. What all regs mean. Trump unleashed for a second term is going to be fucking insane.
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If I do nothing else in this life, it will be to get people to understand the difference between "making bad choices" and "having bad choices."
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It’s an election year, goddammit. Stop campaigning against your own side at the behest of a bunch of rich assholes and start campaigning against the actual fascists
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One thing we know now about the mass deportations, the abortion bans, and the executive crimes, which was less clear in 2016, is SCOTUS won't stand in the way.
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Abraham Lincoln was pretty sure he would lose reelection in 1864, some historical accounts suggest. The Union still kept fighting the fucking civil war. We can keep our fainting couches off the internet.
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Quit making fascists seem relatable.
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This whole excerpt tells you multitudes about our current political moment.