@datadivanh.bsky.social
Data nerd by way of modern European history and French literature. (Doesn't make much sense to me either, but here we are.) Jazz and blues guitarist. Granite Stater.
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“.. Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up!,” Mamdani said.
@apnews.com #NYC
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@apnews.com #NYC
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Election Night highlights: Democrats notch wins in first major elections since Trump returned to power
Election Night winners include Democrats Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, Abigail Spanberger for governor of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill for governor of New Jersey.
https://apnews.com/live/2025-election-updates-news#0000019a-526e-d522-afde-7b6edc8c0000?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>As
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“.. Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up!,” Mamdani said.
@apnews.com #NYC
apnews.com/live/2025-el...
@apnews.com #NYC
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BREAKING @prri.org: 76% of Americans, including 52% of Republicans, oppose spending $45 million to hold a large parade of soldiers, weapons, and combat vehicles on the streets of Washington, D.C., in celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday and President Trump’s birthday.
prri.org/spotlight/mi...
prri.org/spotlight/mi...
New PRRI Poll: Three-Quarters of Americans Oppose Trump’s Military Parade
As the 250th anniversary of the United States Army approaches, which also coincides with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, Washington is preparing to mark the occasion with a large-scale…
prri.org
June 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING @prri.org: 76% of Americans, including 52% of Republicans, oppose spending $45 million to hold a large parade of soldiers, weapons, and combat vehicles on the streets of Washington, D.C., in celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday and President Trump’s birthday.
prri.org/spotlight/mi...
prri.org/spotlight/mi...
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This is the kind of data that intelligence agencies drool over, and they’re putting it all in one place.
There’s obvious potential for abuse domestically by both parties, but this also severely raises the risk of a foreign compromise — that database will be an instant target.
There’s obvious potential for abuse domestically by both parties, but this also severely raises the risk of a foreign compromise — that database will be an instant target.
May 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is the kind of data that intelligence agencies drool over, and they’re putting it all in one place.
There’s obvious potential for abuse domestically by both parties, but this also severely raises the risk of a foreign compromise — that database will be an instant target.
There’s obvious potential for abuse domestically by both parties, but this also severely raises the risk of a foreign compromise — that database will be an instant target.
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Day 6 of 20 Days of Classic Resistance
Chenoweth & Stephan, Why Civil Resistance Works (2011)
Nonviolent movements succeed twice as often as violent ones.
This book shattered assumptions about protest and proved peaceful resistance is the most effective tool for real change.
Chenoweth & Stephan, Why Civil Resistance Works (2011)
Nonviolent movements succeed twice as often as violent ones.
This book shattered assumptions about protest and proved peaceful resistance is the most effective tool for real change.
May 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Day 6 of 20 Days of Classic Resistance
Chenoweth & Stephan, Why Civil Resistance Works (2011)
Nonviolent movements succeed twice as often as violent ones.
This book shattered assumptions about protest and proved peaceful resistance is the most effective tool for real change.
Chenoweth & Stephan, Why Civil Resistance Works (2011)
Nonviolent movements succeed twice as often as violent ones.
This book shattered assumptions about protest and proved peaceful resistance is the most effective tool for real change.
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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One of the most under-covered corporate stories of the week.
$LEVI $GS
$LEVI $GS
Scorecard of 2025 shareholder voting. Costco, Apple, Visa, John Deere, Disney, Goldman Sachs, Levi Strauss, Pfizer and Boeing shareholders have all overwhelmingly voted to reject anti-DEI proposals, uphold DEI initiatives. Scorecard here: www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...
April 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
One of the most under-covered corporate stories of the week.
$LEVI $GS
$LEVI $GS
Now might be a good time to contact your elected representatives and ask whether they support the proposed funding cuts to the largest clinical health study of women. And if they do, ask them why.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Now might be a good time to contact your elected representatives and ask whether they support the proposed funding cuts to the largest clinical health study of women. And if they do, ask them why.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Wow, in my hometown of Cincy!
April 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Wow, in my hometown of Cincy!
The next few days will see 250th anniversaries of our colonial history. I remember reading Robert Gross's "The Minutemen and Their World" in my AP US History class. Suddenly their story has become much more real.
Commentary: The 250th anniversary couldn't come at a better time to remind people it's OK to have different beliefs, Concord Minute Men captain Carl Sweeney told WBUR's Cloe Axelson. But you need to talk, he said, and when push came to shove our forefathers stood up for their beliefs.
'By Power and Pride': A Minuteman for life
The 250th anniversary couldn't come at a better time to remind people it's OK to have different beliefs, Carl Sweeney, captain of the Concord Minute Men, told WBUR's Cloe Axelson. But you need to talk...
www.wbur.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The next few days will see 250th anniversaries of our colonial history. I remember reading Robert Gross's "The Minutemen and Their World" in my AP US History class. Suddenly their story has become much more real.
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We had 33K people tune in to this conversation. Here it is for people who couldn't catch it live.
"Rebellions are built on hope."
With @hcrichardson.bsky.social
How Trump's Greed, Grift, and Racism Are Collapsing America's Democratic Experiment
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
"Rebellions are built on hope."
With @hcrichardson.bsky.social
How Trump's Greed, Grift, and Racism Are Collapsing America's Democratic Experiment
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
How Trump's Greed, Grift and Racism Are Collapsing America's Democratic Experiment
Historian Heather Cox Richardson joins The Left Hook to discuss how the Trump Administration reflects America's tradition of the aristocracy abusing capitalism and racism to exploit the masses.
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We had 33K people tune in to this conversation. Here it is for people who couldn't catch it live.
"Rebellions are built on hope."
With @hcrichardson.bsky.social
How Trump's Greed, Grift, and Racism Are Collapsing America's Democratic Experiment
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
"Rebellions are built on hope."
With @hcrichardson.bsky.social
How Trump's Greed, Grift, and Racism Are Collapsing America's Democratic Experiment
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
This seems like a really, really bad idea. Just saying.
Exclusive: The US consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to CDC staff cuts, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation reut.rs/4lvPWN4
Exclusive: US consumer safety agency to stop collecting swaths of data after CDC cuts
The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the CDC, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.
reut.rs
April 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This seems like a really, really bad idea. Just saying.
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This is a dynamic right out of my book #Strongmen...
And here is my Lucid essay on autocratic backfire: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
And here is my Lucid essay on autocratic backfire: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
April 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is a dynamic right out of my book #Strongmen...
And here is my Lucid essay on autocratic backfire: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
And here is my Lucid essay on autocratic backfire: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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Authoritarian Party Line Alert. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Dept. suspends lawyer who acknowledged deportation was a mistake
Erez Reuveni had worked at the Justice Department for nearly 15 years, most recently as the acting deputy director of the Office of Immigration Litigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Authoritarian Party Line Alert. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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"Barbara F. Walter, a renowned expert on civil wars around the world, warns that the US meets key criteria for nations heading toward major political violence. We ignore the warning signs at our own peril. She is author of “How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them.”
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Expert on civil wars around the world says the fight to save democracy must come from the bottom up
YouTube video by MSNBC
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March 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"Barbara F. Walter, a renowned expert on civil wars around the world, warns that the US meets key criteria for nations heading toward major political violence. We ignore the warning signs at our own peril. She is author of “How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them.”
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I'll be spending my weekend diving into @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social's latest, Becoming the Pastor's Wife. I can't wait! And a big TY to Dr. Barr for the signed nameplate she included -- just makes it more special.
March 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'll be spending my weekend diving into @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social's latest, Becoming the Pastor's Wife. I can't wait! And a big TY to Dr. Barr for the signed nameplate she included -- just makes it more special.
@hassan.senate.gov Been trying to contact you all morning, phone goes to vmail then disconnects. How can a constituent reach you?? Trying DC +all NH offices. ?????
March 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@hassan.senate.gov Been trying to contact you all morning, phone goes to vmail then disconnects. How can a constituent reach you?? Trying DC +all NH offices. ?????
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Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights.
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
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“Extreme politics acts as compensatory mechanisms to project masculinity when it is lacking otherwise.”
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“extreme politics acts as compensatory mechanisms to project masculinity when it is lacking otherwise.”
New Christian nationalism study from @pauldjupe.bsky.social and @brooklynwalker.bsky.social just dropped. Been waiting for this one.
@kkdumez.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/socrel/advan...
New Christian nationalism study from @pauldjupe.bsky.social and @brooklynwalker.bsky.social just dropped. Been waiting for this one.
@kkdumez.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/socrel/advan...
Jesus and John Wayne Wannabes: How Christian Nationalism and Femininity Shape Extreme Politics Among Men in the US
Abstract. Christian nationalism, the well-known conflation of Christianity with the state, has been linked with a wide range of conservative, exclusionary,
academic.oup.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“Extreme politics acts as compensatory mechanisms to project masculinity when it is lacking otherwise.”
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“Launch Musk to Mars” and “Democracy Dies with DOGE”. #3E #endoligarchy #teslatakeover #teslatakedown
March 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“Launch Musk to Mars” and “Democracy Dies with DOGE”. #3E #endoligarchy #teslatakeover #teslatakedown
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Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
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We are the leaders that we have been waiting for.
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We are the leaders that we have been waiting for.
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If numerous members of a government are invested in a project of national failure then this and other dangers are accelerated
The politicization and weaponization of both the CIA and the FBI at the same time sets the country up for another intelligence failure on the scale of Pearl Harbor or 9/11. A joint essay by me and @tim-weiner.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/patel-ratc...
Patel, Ratcliffe Set Up U.S. for a National Catastrophe
A rare joint essay on the dangers inside the battle for the soul of the FBI and CIA
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If numerous members of a government are invested in a project of national failure then this and other dangers are accelerated
Check out the story itself for a map showing
where federal job cuts are likely to hit the
hardest....and if you're living in these counties,
how's this going to impact you?
apnews.com/article/doge...
where federal job cuts are likely to hit the
hardest....and if you're living in these counties,
how's this going to impact you?
apnews.com/article/doge...
Where are federal jobs affected by DOGE cuts? A look at congressional districts across the US
Civilian federal jobs are being cut by the thousands, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency continues to shrink the government workforce at the behest of President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Check out the story itself for a map showing
where federal job cuts are likely to hit the
hardest....and if you're living in these counties,
how's this going to impact you?
apnews.com/article/doge...
where federal job cuts are likely to hit the
hardest....and if you're living in these counties,
how's this going to impact you?
apnews.com/article/doge...
