krm
@kmcn13.bsky.social
Prof Emeritus of Lit and American Studies
Editor, The City in American Lit and Culture, Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature, Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles, Author, Urban Verbs: Arts and Discourses of the American City
Editor, The City in American Lit and Culture, Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature, Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles, Author, Urban Verbs: Arts and Discourses of the American City
If only!!
Dean "O'Connor told González that every dean has been instructed to get this done because Khator reportedly wants to be able to say to the university system's Board of Regents that she 'can confirm that we are teaching critical theory and we're not doing ideology.'"
Dean "O'Connor told González that every dean has been instructed to get this done because Khator reportedly wants to be able to say to the university system's Board of Regents that she 'can confirm that we are teaching critical theory and we're not doing ideology.'"
UH president's pledge on 'indoctrination' draws criticism
The request has raised concerns among faculty.
www.chron.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
If only!!
Dean "O'Connor told González that every dean has been instructed to get this done because Khator reportedly wants to be able to say to the university system's Board of Regents that she 'can confirm that we are teaching critical theory and we're not doing ideology.'"
Dean "O'Connor told González that every dean has been instructed to get this done because Khator reportedly wants to be able to say to the university system's Board of Regents that she 'can confirm that we are teaching critical theory and we're not doing ideology.'"
Hope the judge sent that comment via telex to SCOTUS
Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Hope the judge sent that comment via telex to SCOTUS
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TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Without his glasses on, he thought it said EMO
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Without his glasses on, he thought it said EMO
Guess I never saw the promo before, but anyone notice the Golden Dome looks like how cartoonists draw his toupee?
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Guess I never saw the promo before, but anyone notice the Golden Dome looks like how cartoonists draw his toupee?
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The lead author of the report, Omar Shakir, served as the Israel-Palestine director of the prominent New York-based rights group for nearly a decade. He and Milena Ansari, an assistant researcher, said they resigned over what they described as the continued stalling of the publication of the report.
Two Resign From Human Rights Watch Over Shelved Report Criticizing Israel
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:18 AM
The lead author of the report, Omar Shakir, served as the Israel-Palestine director of the prominent New York-based rights group for nearly a decade. He and Milena Ansari, an assistant researcher, said they resigned over what they described as the continued stalling of the publication of the report.
When has he been known to gripe?
LLAMAS: Will you trust the results of the midterms if Republicans lose control of Congress?
TRUMP: I will, if the elections are honest. Look, I'm the last one that wants to complain.
TRUMP: I will, if the elections are honest. Look, I'm the last one that wants to complain.
February 5, 2026 at 3:39 AM
When has he been known to gripe?
"Emmanuel went missing on Oct. 4 while his mother was at work. After being picked up by police, he was transferred to federal authorities and placed in the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
"After Emmanuel's weeks-long stay [...] a federal judge ruled he was not an unaccompanied minor ...."
"After Emmanuel's weeks-long stay [...] a federal judge ruled he was not an unaccompanied minor ...."
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February 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
"Emmanuel went missing on Oct. 4 while his mother was at work. After being picked up by police, he was transferred to federal authorities and placed in the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
"After Emmanuel's weeks-long stay [...] a federal judge ruled he was not an unaccompanied minor ...."
"After Emmanuel's weeks-long stay [...] a federal judge ruled he was not an unaccompanied minor ...."
@nytimes.com sent a stenographer to cover Bessent's testimony. With all the used journalists in good excellent condition on the market, perhaps they could trade up?
Bessent Says Fed Lacks Accountability and Has Lost Public Trust
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
@nytimes.com sent a stenographer to cover Bessent's testimony. With all the used journalists in good excellent condition on the market, perhaps they could trade up?
Except that, on average, wealth for this class increases at 10% a year. So burning $365M year and living to whatever expenses he incurs, he'll STILL COME OUT AHEAD.
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Except that, on average, wealth for this class increases at 10% a year. So burning $365M year and living to whatever expenses he incurs, he'll STILL COME OUT AHEAD.
You want one day voting? Do it on the day of the Masters final round.
House Speaker welcomes Trump call to ‘take over’ elections, claims Dem wins appear ‘fraudulent’
“It just looks on its face to be fraudulent," Johnson said. “Can I prove that? No."
www.democracydocket.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:53 PM
You want one day voting? Do it on the day of the Masters final round.
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The body of a migrant who died at an El Paso immigration detention center was sent to a military hospital rather than the county medical examiner who investigated two previous deaths at the facility — and concluded that one of them was a homicide rather than a suicide.
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.
www.texastribune.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The body of a migrant who died at an El Paso immigration detention center was sent to a military hospital rather than the county medical examiner who investigated two previous deaths at the facility — and concluded that one of them was a homicide rather than a suicide.
Big story I forgot to post
February 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Big story I forgot to post
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Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
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People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
Israel Launches Deadly Strikes in Gaza, as Rafah Border Is Set to Reopen
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:47 AM
RIP
Demond Wilson, Long-Suffering Son on ‘Sanford and Son,’ Dies at 79
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:03 AM
RIP
David Brooks's best column ever. (He say bye-bye.)
Opinion | Time to Say Goodbye
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:58 AM
David Brooks's best column ever. (He say bye-bye.)
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Join us for a noise demonstration in Arlington outside the Hilton Garden Inn in Arlington, TX where they're housing ICE agents. Let them know they DO NOT belong in our communities. They are terrorizing our neighbors& murdering civilians in the street. Until we get justice, ICE WILL NOT KNOW PEACE.
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Join us for a noise demonstration in Arlington outside the Hilton Garden Inn in Arlington, TX where they're housing ICE agents. Let them know they DO NOT belong in our communities. They are terrorizing our neighbors& murdering civilians in the street. Until we get justice, ICE WILL NOT KNOW PEACE.