Michael Feola
@feolski.bsky.social
Dad. Political Theorist. Writes on white nationalism, the far right, critical theory. Author: The Rage of Replacement (2024, UMN Press). Words at The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian.
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Michael Feola
@feolski.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Publication day at @uminnpress.bsky.social ! The Rage of Replacement is about the dangerous politics that swirl around the "great replacement" narrative -- and the broader far right politics of fear over population change. Summary in thread. Feel free to spread the word!🧵
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The best case scenario is that Trump will waste $38 billion. The more likely outcome is that these will become warehouses of human suffering, and a permanent stain on America's history.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:09 AM
The best case scenario is that Trump will waste $38 billion. The more likely outcome is that these will become warehouses of human suffering, and a permanent stain on America's history.
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A very normal and cool thing from a regime that is super-duper sincerely on the side of free speech.
Homeland Security is said to have sent Google and Meta hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or criticize ICE.
Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
A very normal and cool thing from a regime that is super-duper sincerely on the side of free speech.
A very normal and cool thing from a regime that is super-duper sincerely on the side of free speech.
Homeland Security is said to have sent Google and Meta hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or criticize ICE.
Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
A very normal and cool thing from a regime that is super-duper sincerely on the side of free speech.
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Yesterday, the Trump nominee for a high-level State position (Jeremy Carl) went in front of Congress. Some might know that he wrote a book-length expression of white grievance politics ("Unprotected Class"). I finally took the book off my shelf, so you can see exactly what the regime is promoting. 🧵
February 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Yesterday, the Trump nominee for a high-level State position (Jeremy Carl) went in front of Congress. Some might know that he wrote a book-length expression of white grievance politics ("Unprotected Class"). I finally took the book off my shelf, so you can see exactly what the regime is promoting. 🧵
Yesterday, the Trump nominee for a high-level State position (Jeremy Carl) went in front of Congress. Some might know that he wrote a book-length expression of white grievance politics ("Unprotected Class"). I finally took the book off my shelf, so you can see exactly what the regime is promoting. 🧵
February 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Yesterday, the Trump nominee for a high-level State position (Jeremy Carl) went in front of Congress. Some might know that he wrote a book-length expression of white grievance politics ("Unprotected Class"). I finally took the book off my shelf, so you can see exactly what the regime is promoting. 🧵
Jeremy Carl wrote a book ("Unprotected Class") that offers the most unvarnished possible expression of the white-persecution complex that fuels the far right. Where every change is a loss for whiteness. Every gain for others, an attack on white America. 400 pp of grievance. This is the Trump admin.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Jeremy Carl wrote a book ("Unprotected Class") that offers the most unvarnished possible expression of the white-persecution complex that fuels the far right. Where every change is a loss for whiteness. Every gain for others, an attack on white America. 400 pp of grievance. This is the Trump admin.
Remember when Trump called fossil fuel execs down to a private function at Mar-a-Lago and told them that they'd see massive returns if they raised boatloads of money for his re-election campaign? I think about that a lot these days.
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.
Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Remember when Trump called fossil fuel execs down to a private function at Mar-a-Lago and told them that they'd see massive returns if they raised boatloads of money for his re-election campaign? I think about that a lot these days.
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This man doesn't just run the world's largest far right incubation chamber. He holds DOD contracts, has privileged access to government databases, and possesses a high-level security clearance. No sane administration would allow this.
"The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January"
Watching this sentient bath slime radicalize himself has been terrifying.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Watching this sentient bath slime radicalize himself has been terrifying.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This man doesn't just run the world's largest far right incubation chamber. He holds DOD contracts, has privileged access to government databases, and possesses a high-level security clearance. No sane administration would allow this.
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New publication! Where I account for how the Trump campaign (along with Musk, Ramaswamy, et al.) used so-called "replacement" fantasies to hijack democratic ideals and push a racialized panic over national identity.
#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -
“A Flood of Voters for Them”: Replacement Fantasies and Democratic Distortion in the 2024 Election - https://cup.org/4kGUVKX
- @feolski.bsky.social
#FirstView
“A Flood of Voters for Them”: Replacement Fantasies and Democratic Distortion in the 2024 Election - https://cup.org/4kGUVKX
- @feolski.bsky.social
#FirstView
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
New publication! Where I account for how the Trump campaign (along with Musk, Ramaswamy, et al.) used so-called "replacement" fantasies to hijack democratic ideals and push a racialized panic over national identity.
This man doesn't just run the world's largest far right incubation chamber. He holds DOD contracts, has privileged access to government databases, and possesses a high-level security clearance. No sane administration would allow this.
"The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January"
Watching this sentient bath slime radicalize himself has been terrifying.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Watching this sentient bath slime radicalize himself has been terrifying.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This man doesn't just run the world's largest far right incubation chamber. He holds DOD contracts, has privileged access to government databases, and possesses a high-level security clearance. No sane administration would allow this.
New publication! Where I account for how the Trump campaign (along with Musk, Ramaswamy, et al.) used so-called "replacement" fantasies to hijack democratic ideals and push a racialized panic over national identity.
#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -
“A Flood of Voters for Them”: Replacement Fantasies and Democratic Distortion in the 2024 Election - https://cup.org/4kGUVKX
- @feolski.bsky.social
#FirstView
“A Flood of Voters for Them”: Replacement Fantasies and Democratic Distortion in the 2024 Election - https://cup.org/4kGUVKX
- @feolski.bsky.social
#FirstView
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
New publication! Where I account for how the Trump campaign (along with Musk, Ramaswamy, et al.) used so-called "replacement" fantasies to hijack democratic ideals and push a racialized panic over national identity.
The Bari Weiss effect.
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
The Bari Weiss effect.
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Strong "COVID infection rates won't go up if you just don't report them" vibes.
Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years
Public opinion polling agency says decision ‘solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Strong "COVID infection rates won't go up if you just don't report them" vibes.
Strong "COVID infection rates won't go up if you just don't report them" vibes.
Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years
Public opinion polling agency says decision ‘solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Strong "COVID infection rates won't go up if you just don't report them" vibes.
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Worth reading. A reminder of the cozy relationship between regime fascism and its decentralized paramilitary flank -- mobilizing violence in service of the regime, while being coaxed, enabled, protected, and absolved from on high.
Trump and his minions keep insisting that domestic terrorism is strictly a left-wing phenomenon, so of course they have found ways to depict far-right violence as a product of 'Antifa' and leftist organizing--while blurring the line between protest and terrorism.
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
February 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Worth reading. A reminder of the cozy relationship between regime fascism and its decentralized paramilitary flank -- mobilizing violence in service of the regime, while being coaxed, enabled, protected, and absolved from on high.
Worth reading. A reminder of the cozy relationship between regime fascism and its decentralized paramilitary flank -- mobilizing violence in service of the regime, while being coaxed, enabled, protected, and absolved from on high.
Trump and his minions keep insisting that domestic terrorism is strictly a left-wing phenomenon, so of course they have found ways to depict far-right violence as a product of 'Antifa' and leftist organizing--while blurring the line between protest and terrorism.
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
February 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Worth reading. A reminder of the cozy relationship between regime fascism and its decentralized paramilitary flank -- mobilizing violence in service of the regime, while being coaxed, enabled, protected, and absolved from on high.
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Browse the collection: www.upress.umn.edu/books-for-un...
February 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Browse the collection: www.upress.umn.edu/books-for-un...
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Our Books for Understanding ICE in Minnesota collection featured on @fox9mn.bsky.social over the weekend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0biW...
Black History Month book collection shared by U of M
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Our Books for Understanding ICE in Minnesota collection featured on @fox9mn.bsky.social over the weekend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0biW...
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This tracks one of the deepest beliefs of the far right: that feminism was a culture-defining error. That it upset the 'natural' gender hierarchy -- convinced women that true fulfillment could be found outside of family -- and diverted women from their reproductive 'duty' to culture, race, & nation.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This tracks one of the deepest beliefs of the far right: that feminism was a culture-defining error. That it upset the 'natural' gender hierarchy -- convinced women that true fulfillment could be found outside of family -- and diverted women from their reproductive 'duty' to culture, race, & nation.
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Of course, as anyone with even passing knowledge of Trumpism could tell you, there were plenty of so-called "libertarians" and lib foundations/institutes that fueled Trump's rise with their active, willing, visceral, public support. Curiously missing from this piece. Hint: it's the racism.
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Of course, as anyone with even passing knowledge of Trumpism could tell you, there were plenty of so-called "libertarians" and lib foundations/institutes that fueled Trump's rise with their active, willing, visceral, public support. Curiously missing from this piece. Hint: it's the racism.
This tracks one of the deepest beliefs of the far right: that feminism was a culture-defining error. That it upset the 'natural' gender hierarchy -- convinced women that true fulfillment could be found outside of family -- and diverted women from their reproductive 'duty' to culture, race, & nation.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This tracks one of the deepest beliefs of the far right: that feminism was a culture-defining error. That it upset the 'natural' gender hierarchy -- convinced women that true fulfillment could be found outside of family -- and diverted women from their reproductive 'duty' to culture, race, & nation.
Of course, as anyone with even passing knowledge of Trumpism could tell you, there were plenty of so-called "libertarians" and lib foundations/institutes that fueled Trump's rise with their active, willing, visceral, public support. Curiously missing from this piece. Hint: it's the racism.
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Of course, as anyone with even passing knowledge of Trumpism could tell you, there were plenty of so-called "libertarians" and lib foundations/institutes that fueled Trump's rise with their active, willing, visceral, public support. Curiously missing from this piece. Hint: it's the racism.
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They're taking it well.
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
They're taking it well.