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Clyde W Barrow

@clydewbarrow.bsky.social

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Professor of Political Science at UTRGV. Unapologetically left wing democratic socialist. Time for a general strike. State Theory, Critical University Studies, American Political Thought, Texas Politics. Speaking as a private citizen of the United States. .. more

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 1d

My Latest Piece in The Jacobin - Reading C. Wright Mills in the Age of Trump
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Reading C. Wright Mills in the Age of Trump

Seventy years ago, C. Wright Mills published The Power Elite, a scathing indictment of corporate executives, state officials, and their academic apologists. His analysis has lost none of its bite as w...

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 2d

Political Corruption is Standard Operating Procedure in Texas
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Why Ag Commissioner Sid Miller is the underdog in his primary

The three-term incumbent is effectively the underdog against primary challenger Nate Sheets, who leads in fundraising and has the backing of top Republicans.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 5d

Censorship at Texas Universities Intensifies
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Texas Tech struggles with new policy on gender, race

The system’s chancellor meant to instill clarity and accountability, but three weeks into the spring semester, some instructors say the standards have led to “censorship.”

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 5d

Is ICE Corrupt? Of course
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ICE bypasses El Paso medical examiner for autopsy on migrant

ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility for the autopsy of a Nicaraguan man and won’t release a ruling to the public.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 7d

Is the Tide Turning in Texas? Another Dem Victory
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Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority

Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority, telling President Donald Trump that the Democratic district “...

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 7d

No surprise here
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Alex Pretti shooters identified as South Texas CPB agents

Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez fired on Pretti during a protest in Minneapolis last month, according to government records viewed by ProPu...

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 7d

Sen. Tuberville is an idiot.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 7d

"The Fulton County raid is a test run for messing with election administrators and the counting of ballots in the midterm elections in 2026..."

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 8d

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More than 300 protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement were held in cities across the country on Saturday...

300+ anti-ICE protests held on Saturday - UPI.com

More than 300 protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement were held in cities across the country on Saturday to

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 8d

NO LIES 👇 DETECTED.......

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

I'd rather take on Trumpism in the streets than trust the fate of the nation to a military coup d'etat. Once a country goes down that road there is no turning back.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

Trump always describes himself when criticizing others. A man consumed by self-loathing.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

Texas Bible Thumping Curriculum Proves Itself Illiterate
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TEA moves to fix 4,200 errors in Bible-infused curriculum

State Board of Education members criticized the publishing errors and postponed their vote on the agency’s request until their next meeting.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

Texas High School Students Walk Out to Protest ICE
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Hundreds of Texas students walk out to protest ICE killings

Some students walked out of schools Friday afternoon to join demonstrations throughout the country condemning the actions of immigration enforcement officials.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

Democratic Socialism is the future.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

Stupid is as stupid does
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Trump fans spent $550m on his family’s crypto token. Now they’re begging to get out

Trump fans bought $550 million of WLFI tokens. They're still unable to trade the majority of them. The project's creators hold the sole power to decide who can sell and when.

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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Alison Phipps, Clyde W. Barrow , and 3 more Stephan Lewandowsky, Alison Phipps, Clyde W. Barrow, Melanie C. Green, David Darmofal, Harvey J. Kaye

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Clyde W. Barrow, Aaron Sojourner , and 1 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Clyde W. Barrow, Aaron Sojourner, Nathan P. Kalmoe

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9d

BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9d

The reviews for “Melania” are going to be far more entertaining than the movie. What a fabulous headline:

Reposted by John Horgan, Clyde W. Barrow, Olivier Mannoni

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10d

Is this real? Please tell me this is real

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 12d

The 2nd Amendment Hyppocrisy of Trump and MAGA (in pictures)
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22 Pictures That Prove Trump Has No Idea What’s Actually Happening At Protests

"You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't."

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 14d

Our Real Concern Should be Christofascism and Texas Taliban (Republican Party)
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Republicans go all-in on 'Sharia law' attacks ahead of Texas primary

From the Senate primary to local races, Republicans are pledging to fight the supposed spread of radical Islam

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14d

Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.

Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 14d

Poll: Large Majority of Registered Voters Disapprove of ICE
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ICE Barbie Hit With Damning Survey About Her Masked Goons

A large swath of Americans disapprove of how Kristi Noem’s ICE agents are comporting themselves on the job. A new poll from the New York Times/Sienna College found that 63 percent of registered voters...

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 14d

This is fascism
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ICE Tells Legal Observer, 'We Have a Nice Little Database, and Now You're Considered a Domestic Terrorist'

The video is the latest example of federal immigration authorities labeling anyone who opposes them a "domestic terrorist."

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 15d

Immigrant Families Stage Protest Inside Texas Concentration Camp
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Detained immigrant families protest inside Texas facility

Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were detained in Minnesota in an incident that’s further inflamed tensions over the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 15d

This is fascism
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What video shows in the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

In videos, Alex Pretti does not appear to wield a gun prior to being shot and killed by federal officers.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 15d

ABOLISH ICESTAPO

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)