DocSociology
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It's all about sociology, politics & power, education, the NBA, MLB, F1, hiking, dance, music, sewing and other needle arts. The Ph.D. adds nuance. Vegan. Most recent professor gig was at the U of MO-Columbia. Now living in the southern Rockies.
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Trump is so proud of his performance, I bet he could be goaded into taking the test on live TV. That would absolutely silence all his critics.
He’s doing “I aced it” on the “very advanced mental acuity” test again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Trump is so proud of his performance, I bet he could be goaded into taking the test on live TV. That would absolutely silence all his critics.
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we have a president who only does good things when everyone calls him a pedophile. our mission for the next 3 years is clear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
we have a president who only does good things when everyone calls him a pedophile. our mission for the next 3 years is clear.
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Way to put out that fire, sir.
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Way to put out that fire, sir.
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Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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Jeff Bezos paid $50 million for a wedding. He just got a $16 billion tax break. He just laid off 60,000 people.
And you're furious about a kid getting a free school lunch?
And you're furious about a kid getting a free school lunch?
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Jeff Bezos paid $50 million for a wedding. He just got a $16 billion tax break. He just laid off 60,000 people.
And you're furious about a kid getting a free school lunch?
And you're furious about a kid getting a free school lunch?
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Next Nobel Awards season gonna be lit! Trump's Peace Prize pretty much already in hand. Physics? Read this word salad and tell me it isn't his too. Fucking magnets! Literature? Re-read that paragraph! Move over Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison, and Mario Vargas Llosa! Dude probably runs the table!
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Next Nobel Awards season gonna be lit! Trump's Peace Prize pretty much already in hand. Physics? Read this word salad and tell me it isn't his too. Fucking magnets! Literature? Re-read that paragraph! Move over Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison, and Mario Vargas Llosa! Dude probably runs the table!
One more thing: I'm furious that Dems don't understand that a fight with MAGA can't be neat and tidy. The Civil Rights protests were bloody. Ditto for the Viet Nam protests and Women's Rights protests. Whites today want comfort while ICE beats brown people to within an inch of their lives.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One more thing: I'm furious that Dems don't understand that a fight with MAGA can't be neat and tidy. The Civil Rights protests were bloody. Ditto for the Viet Nam protests and Women's Rights protests. Whites today want comfort while ICE beats brown people to within an inch of their lives.
It's interesting watching the Dems try to rationalize how their party caved to MAGA and the orange turd. Let's be honest: the air was sucked out of the room when the Dems caved. All the momentum from No Kings and the 11/4 election fizzled. It's going to be a long winter with no action. Bye, Dems.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's interesting watching the Dems try to rationalize how their party caved to MAGA and the orange turd. Let's be honest: the air was sucked out of the room when the Dems caved. All the momentum from No Kings and the 11/4 election fizzled. It's going to be a long winter with no action. Bye, Dems.
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Alex Jones has still not paid any of the $1,500,000,000 he owes the Sandy Hook victims’ families. Not a dime!
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Alex Jones has still not paid any of the $1,500,000,000 he owes the Sandy Hook victims’ families. Not a dime!
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IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME CRIMES AND WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT:
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
NEW: Trump pardons the husband of GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger.
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME CRIMES AND WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT:
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
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If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
A lesson the Dems still need to learn...
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A lesson the Dems still need to learn...
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"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the Democrats turn victory into surrender.."
When the Democrats turn victory into surrender.."
Someone should write a song about the disaster that is the Democrats to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (I have it stuck in my head, that's why).
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the Democrats turn victory into surrender.."
When the Democrats turn victory into surrender.."
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Perfect time to Surrender!
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Perfect time to Surrender!
So, Schumer has strong words. I bet he's concerned, too. Maybe he should shack up with Susan Collins.
Schumer: "However this vote turns out, this fight will and must continue. Democrats must fight."
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So, Schumer has strong words. I bet he's concerned, too. Maybe he should shack up with Susan Collins.
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Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.
Says it all...
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Says it all...
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.