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Arlene Stein
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Sociologist thinking and writing about authoritarianism, democracy, LGBTQ issues, feminism. Author of The Stranger Next Door, Unbound, other books. Child of immigrants. Never Again for Anyone. #KnittyGrittyJC

Arlene Stein is an American sociologist and author best known for her writing about sex and gender, the politics of identities, and collective memory. She is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University and former director of the Institute for Research on Women. Stein has also taught at the University of Essex and at the University of Oregon. .. more

Political science 34%
Sociology 24%

I suspect it is because popular opinion has dramatically shifted in favor of marriage equality, and the conservatives on the court know that. And yet they have take unpopular stands on other issues, such as abortion rights…

Senators Schumer and Durbin should resign from their leadership positions on Sunday evening, as they are obviously incapable of leading the Democratic caucus.
Robert Hubbell 11.10

More please!

Yesterday Trump attended an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions after ESPN reported that he wants the Commanders to name their new stadium after him. Attendees soundly booed him.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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Shamelessly stealing our money.

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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Rank-and-file Democratic voters now have far more positive views of democratic socialism than party leadership.

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Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters | Ben Davis
Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communities
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Trump’s response to the voters’ rebuke of his cruel policies has been to double down on the cruelty and the invective.
Robert Hubbell Nov. 8

Another act of cruelty, brought to you by the Trump administration.

Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy
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Unconscionable.

‘Broken My Hope’: Trump’s Move to Slash Refugee Arrivals Ricochets Widely www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
‘Broken My Hope’: Trump’s Move to Slash Refugee Arrivals Ricochets Widely
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A lot was done to get the landslide win for New Jersey Governor race. One that really has not been mentioned enough is the grassroots organizing that has been going on everyday since Nov. 2024.
We wiped the tears from our faces and kept on going, adding more people as we kept going.

Finally, the tables are beginning to turn.

This administration makes the United States look vulnerable. Americans under the spell of Trump’s charisma might imagine that strength is being projected. Not so. To prospective terrorists we look erratic and weak.
Timothy Snyder Nov. 1

Goodbye 60 Minutes: Two months into her takeover of CBS News, Weiss arranged a friendly interview with Donald Trump, a president who attempted a coup, pardoned the insurrectionists who stormed Congress, and is an adjudicated sexual abuser.
Robert Hubbell Nov. 3.

If we’re to remain a free society, those committed to the American experiment are going to need to start expressing our civic national ideals as effectively and compellingly as the ethnonationalists articulate theirs.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | There’s Still a Shared American Story, and JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Vision Isn’t It
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To be a good citizen of a bad state, one has to do scary things.

How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
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There isn’t really a gap between Fuentes and MAGA. It’s like the Klan and the White Citizen’s Councils. They are part of the same white supremacist movement and largely disagree over tactics.
The gap between the white-supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes and the rest of the right is narrower than it has ever been, @alibreland.bsky.social argues.
Tucker Carlson Opens the Door for Nick Fuentes
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
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For those of you who may have missed this! Former President Obama yesterday! Nobody messages like he does and cuts straight to the truth! I sure miss him!

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

The gap between the white-supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes and the rest of the right is narrower than it has ever been, @alibreland.bsky.social argues.
Tucker Carlson Opens the Door for Nick Fuentes
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
bit.ly

We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Opinion | We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust
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Jack Ciattarelli wants to purge the Medicaid and food stamps rolls

The moment for building a great progressive majority party has arrived, a coalition asserting itself against a sclerotic political elite, our economic overlords in Big Tech and Wall Street and a radical right.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.
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MADA. Make America Dumb Again.

How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
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Trump’s big bailout did the trick.

Argentina’s Voters Hand Javier Milei a Crucial Victory in Midterm Election www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Argentina’s Voters Hand Javier Milei a Crucial Victory in Midterm Election
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His unseriousness is a strength rather than a weakness, allowing him to draw from the darkest reaches of British politics without being overshadowed by them.

The Insidious Joviality of Nigel Farage www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
Opinion | The Insidious Joviality of Nigel Farage
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