Mark Clegg
@markclegg.bsky.social
Author of three books — the most recent, "The Crimson and Gold: Football and Integration in Athens, Georgia," was released in September 2024 https://ugapress.org/book/9780820366982/the-crimson-and-gold/
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Just so we're clear: This administration's blatant, unapologetic choice to deny food to 42 million people—to have the money sitting there and say, "No, we'll let them go hungry"—is simply a more overt display of why homelessness and poverty keep worsening in this country.
Because it's *decided.*
Because it's *decided.*
Judge Skeptical Over Trump Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just so we're clear: This administration's blatant, unapologetic choice to deny food to 42 million people—to have the money sitting there and say, "No, we'll let them go hungry"—is simply a more overt display of why homelessness and poverty keep worsening in this country.
Because it's *decided.*
Because it's *decided.*
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Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?
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If they claim they haven't heard the quote, play it for them and ask for a response.
If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.
If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.
If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If they claim they haven't heard the quote, play it for them and ask for a response.
If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.
If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.
If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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The IDF has just issued a statement saying Bob Vylan could develop a nuclear weapon by the time Reading Festival comes around.
June 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The IDF has just issued a statement saying Bob Vylan could develop a nuclear weapon by the time Reading Festival comes around.
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Rep. Andy Ogles -- who lied about his college major, who lied about graduate work at Dartmouth, who lied about his financial disclosures, who lied that he had been a cop, who lied he was an international sex crimes expert, and who knows what else -- is now spreading lies about other politicians too.
This is a shockingly racist call by a House Republican for Zohran Mamdani to be denaturalized and deported. But instead of being viewed as unserious, it's now being promoted and circulated by LibsOfTikTok, Benny Johnson and MAGA regulars.
Democrats need to understand that Republicans are serious.
Democrats need to understand that Republicans are serious.
June 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Rep. Andy Ogles -- who lied about his college major, who lied about graduate work at Dartmouth, who lied about his financial disclosures, who lied that he had been a cop, who lied he was an international sex crimes expert, and who knows what else -- is now spreading lies about other politicians too.
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She’s lying, of course, but her lie is that she’s deeply incompetent and uninformed about basic aspects of her job.
Either way, she should be forced out in shame.
Either way, she should be forced out in shame.
NEW: As video and news reports of immigrants and U.S. citizens being detained by masked men claiming to be ICE agents continue to dominate headlines and spark fears from coast to coast, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Congress she had no idea this was happening.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Masked Men? What Masked Men?
www.huffpost.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
She’s lying, of course, but her lie is that she’s deeply incompetent and uninformed about basic aspects of her job.
Either way, she should be forced out in shame.
Either way, she should be forced out in shame.
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Pulling in billions of dollars of manpower and equipment so that out of step soldiers can play an instrumental version of Fortunate Son in front of 58 people checking their phones
June 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pulling in billions of dollars of manpower and equipment so that out of step soldiers can play an instrumental version of Fortunate Son in front of 58 people checking their phones
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"Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine totally settled. I’ll have it done in 24 hours. ... As the Bible says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’ See that? And I will be your peacemaker. I was your peacemaker." - Donald Trump, June 2023
Some details on Netanyahu essentially ignoring Trump
June 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine totally settled. I’ll have it done in 24 hours. ... As the Bible says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’ See that? And I will be your peacemaker. I was your peacemaker." - Donald Trump, June 2023
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"I think we've made more progress in 3 weeks than they've made in 4 years, especially with respect to the reputation of our country, and people are respecting us again as a country and as a powerful country and maybe a smart country."
- President Donald J. Trump, less than four months ago
- President Donald J. Trump, less than four months ago
Some details on Netanyahu essentially ignoring Trump
June 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"I think we've made more progress in 3 weeks than they've made in 4 years, especially with respect to the reputation of our country, and people are respecting us again as a country and as a powerful country and maybe a smart country."
- President Donald J. Trump, less than four months ago
- President Donald J. Trump, less than four months ago
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this is profoundly inappropriate and probably a hatch violation, but it’s also comically stupid sine he’s term limited, these people are all fucking morons
Kristi Noem, standing next to the president in the White House, urges Californians to not elect Gavin Newsom again
June 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
this is profoundly inappropriate and probably a hatch violation, but it’s also comically stupid sine he’s term limited, these people are all fucking morons
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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
June 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
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*attenborough voice* like the mighty salmon, elon musk can already sense that his end is near... and so now begins his last great journey, swimming relentlessly upstream to the garbage centrist democrat spawning grounds where his lifecycle began
June 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
*attenborough voice* like the mighty salmon, elon musk can already sense that his end is near... and so now begins his last great journey, swimming relentlessly upstream to the garbage centrist democrat spawning grounds where his lifecycle began
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"Clegg’s book is a clear-eyed, even-handed account of a tumultuous time in my hometown, and he catches the feel of the era with many telling details, along with quotes from some of those who lived through it all."—Bill King, retired AJC writer & editor billkingquickcuts.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/p...
Pop Culture Bookshelf: Television, Carolina Beach Music, Integration and Football
Let’s take a look at some recent pop culture-related titles. … I’ve been following books written by the team of Harry Castleman and Wally Podrazik ever since their “All Together Now,” which blazed …
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May 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Clegg’s book is a clear-eyed, even-handed account of a tumultuous time in my hometown, and he catches the feel of the era with many telling details, along with quotes from some of those who lived through it all."—Bill King, retired AJC writer & editor billkingquickcuts.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/p...
Left messages with Senators Warnock 202-224-3643 and Ossoff 202-224-3521
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Left messages with Senators Warnock 202-224-3643 and Ossoff 202-224-3521
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Great work, Big Balls www.huffpost.com/entry/maine-...
March 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Great work, Big Balls www.huffpost.com/entry/maine-...
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i continue to believe pretty strongly that enabling people to live in ways that permanently eliminate virtually all material concerns from their lives breaks politics and representative government, and that representative government must counterattack those conditions to ensure it's own survival
just fundamentally disconcerting to learn one lives in a world where tons of powerful people behave in ways that aren't aligned with any form of rational self-interest or even understandable irrational self-interest, but it also means trying to foresee the future just can't be your thing
March 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
i continue to believe pretty strongly that enabling people to live in ways that permanently eliminate virtually all material concerns from their lives breaks politics and representative government, and that representative government must counterattack those conditions to ensure it's own survival
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So much winning
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 9:22 AM
So much winning
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So let’s get this straight: yesterday Vance is talking all tough to a man who is literally facing down Russian drones and today Vance is running and hiding from a few people with signs? Gutless moron.
March 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
So let’s get this straight: yesterday Vance is talking all tough to a man who is literally facing down Russian drones and today Vance is running and hiding from a few people with signs? Gutless moron.
AfD tracking at 20% in German elections. Looks like a CDU/CSU, SPD and Green coalition government.
February 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
AfD tracking at 20% in German elections. Looks like a CDU/CSU, SPD and Green coalition government.
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It's amazing what can happen when you understand that losing your job isn't the end of the world!
February 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It's amazing what can happen when you understand that losing your job isn't the end of the world!
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Donald Trump's negotiation style is threatening to set himself on fire if he doesn't get four tires on his new car, then declaring victory because he got the car for MSRP, then calling the salesperson a slur
February 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Donald Trump's negotiation style is threatening to set himself on fire if he doesn't get four tires on his new car, then declaring victory because he got the car for MSRP, then calling the salesperson a slur
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Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
Academic Freedom and Open Discourse - UNC Press Blog
For over 100 years UNC Press has championed the principles of academic freedom, open discourse, and the free exchange of ideas—values essential to a democratic society and the pursuit of knowledge. R...
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January 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️