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James Miller
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Writer, teacher, interested in music, film, art, philosophy as a way of life, and democracy as a limit experience.

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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Feb 15
The Trump admin, with help from far right Jewish activists, is hoping to target campus protesters they claim are pro Hamas. Another aspect of the multi pronged Trump Musk campaign to weaken, if not destroy, institutions of higher ed. theintercept.com/2025/02/15/c...
The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters
For Columbia University alumni and faculty on a behind-the-scenes WhatsApp group, speaking out for Palestine or criticizing Israel is tantamount to backing Hamas.
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Feb 10
Adam Tooze, interesting as always: I would only add that FEAR is the principle of governments that resort to "terror," as Robespierre explained in his famous speech; and FEAR seems a crucial emotion elicited by bullying.

Chartbook 350: Bullying as a mode of power open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Chartbook 350: Bullying as a mode of power
The onslaught of the first weeks of the Trump Presidency has been intense.
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Feb 9
The Situation: What’s Going on at the FBI?
Perhaps a hopeful sign:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: What’s Going on at the FBI?
Don’t look now, but the FBI is resisting the political witch-hunt loosed upon it.
www.lawfaremedia.org

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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Feb 8
The Zero-Sum Presidency
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The Zero-Sum Presidency
Mindset, not, ideology, is key to understanding how Trump rules—and why he won.
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Feb 8
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This is a brilliantly lucid, and eloquent, analysis of how Trump’s mindset contradicts the mindset of the meliorist and liberal proponents of progress who have till now largely shaped the institutions...
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Feb 8
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Patrick Deneen on the rise of post-liberals, a provocative take. At the New School where I teach, many students embrace a revolutionary left wing post liberalism descended from Marx and Lenin. L...
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Becky Browder Neustadt @browder2neustadt.bsky.social · Feb 8
NYC Union Square

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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Feb 7
Just up at Public Seminar, a conversation about DOGE:

publicseminar.org/2025/02/the-...
The Dictatorship of the Tech Bros—or, What Is to Be Done? - Public Seminar
How Trump and Musk's Department of Government Efficiency stacks up against what we know about political philosophy–and what we don't.
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Feb 6
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James Miller on Substack
This is a brilliantly lucid, and eloquent, analysis of how Trump’s mindset contradicts the mindset of the meliorist and liberal proponents of progress who have till now largely shaped the institutions...
substack.com

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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Dec 5
David Bell on the collective amnesia that makes younger generations behave as if Hiroshima had never happened; and as if nuclear war isn't still a standing threat.

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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Dec 5
Speak, Memory
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Nov 27
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The Chaos President
What is Joe Biden thinking?
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Nov 27
Why is Biden risking nuclear war in Ukraine?

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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Nov 26
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Cass Sunstein explains some of the built in limits on attaining “government efficiency”
A Note on "Government Efficiency"
There is a major focus these days on the topic of government efficiency, spurred by the creation of what is being called a “Department of Government Efficiency.” I have had the good fortune of being i...
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Nov 26
Ressentiment as a democratic vice:
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · Nov 26
NEW: Across the U.S., Latino immigrants who’ve been in the country a long time felt that asylum-seekers got preferential treatment.

“Those of us who have been here for years get nothing,” said one woman from Mexico who has lived in Wisconsin for decades.
Immigrants’ Resentment Over New Arrivals Helped Boost Trump’s Popularity With Latino Voters
Across the U.S., Latino immigrants who’ve been in the country a long time felt that asylum-seekers got preferential treatment. “Those of us who have been here for years get nothing,” said one woman…
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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Nov 26
A short piece that perfectly sums up the parlous state of our aspirationally liberal democracy. Hard times ahead.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Nov 26
NEW: Across the U.S., Latino immigrants who’ve been in the country a long time felt that asylum-seekers got preferential treatment.

“Those of us who have been here for years get nothing,” said one woman from Mexico who has lived in Wisconsin for decades.
Immigrants’ Resentment Over New Arrivals Helped Boost Trump’s Popularity With Latino Voters
Across the U.S., Latino immigrants who’ve been in the country a long time felt that asylum-seekers got preferential treatment. “Those of us who have been here for years get nothing,” said one woman…
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Nov 25
In today's the Situation, @benjaminwittes.bsky.social reflects on Jack Smith's decision to file motions to dismiss both federal cases against President-elect Donald Trump.
The Situation: Jack Smith Throws in the Towel
In January, a man whom the Justice Department argued only today has committed grave crimes for which the evidence is strong will become president of the United States.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · Nov 25
"The fact that the ICC has also indicted Putin, Hamas and numerous African leaders will be brushed aside as the court and its European backers are tarred as Jew-haters." Excellent column by my colleague @gideonrachman.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/896d...
Israel will split the western alliance
Destroying the International Criminal Court is not in America’s interests
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Eyal Press @epress.bsky.social · Nov 24
This how the new authoritarians consolidate power, sanctioning and delegitimizing independent media outlets. We should expect similar things under Trump in the years to come. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli government imposes sanctions on Haaretz, cuts all ties and pulls advertising
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www.haaretz.com

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James Miller @docjmiller3.bsky.social · Nov 24
Astra Taylor gets our Age of Insecurity, which is only getting more insecure.
astra.bsky.social Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · Nov 24
There's a weird unspoken capitalist rule that says we're only supposed to promote "new" stuff, but I think my book from last fall—The Age of Insecurity—has a lot to say about where we are/how we got here. You can listen to a slightly abridged version of it here for free:

www.cbc.ca/radiointerac...
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · Nov 24
There's a weird unspoken capitalist rule that says we're only supposed to promote "new" stuff, but I think my book from last fall—The Age of Insecurity—has a lot to say about where we are/how we got here. You can listen to a slightly abridged version of it here for free:

www.cbc.ca/radiointerac...
www.cbc.ca

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · Nov 24
Let's be clear: the idea that America's military lost wars because it was restrained by spineless civilians is a classic "stabbed in the back" ultra-nationalist (& fascist) trope and it's dangerous bullshit. Where US civilians were to blame was in starting the wars in the first place.

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · Nov 23
Law of unintended consequences: the Jack Smith investigation’s one lasting legacy for now is an immunity decision granting presidents including Trump sweeping powers.

Yale prof Samuel Moyn: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...
Opinion | The Legal Battle Against Trump Was a Miserable Failure
A few victories made it easy for Democrats to forget that the law is just another domain of politics where their enemies enjoy power too.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · Nov 22
Trump won a clear and convincing victory. But he and his allies are trying to pump it up into a "landslide," which it was not. With 49.997% of the vote, he fell short of a majority and his 1.6-point margin of victory is the third smallest since the 19th century. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory
The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But Mr. Trump claims a “powerful mandate.”
www.nytimes.com