Mary Joy
@maryjoy.bsky.social
Teaches (law and society, political theory at SLAC in New England) and bakes. Occasionally writes on all things related to conservative movement.
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NEW: When North Carolina's GOP wanted to pass a bill last year to require that local governments comply with ICE, they were one vote down.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
The Feds Targeted Charlotte. Now a Local Democrat Who Helped ICE Faces Voters. - Bolts
North Carolina lawmaker Carla Cunningham voted to mandate compliance with ICE, and derided immigrants on the House floor. The Democrat faces an intense March primary.
boltsmag.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
NEW: When North Carolina's GOP wanted to pass a bill last year to require that local governments comply with ICE, they were one vote down.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
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Ivan Krastev in Conversation with Curtis Yarvin. Yarvin‘s stop thereafter will be at the former Hitler Youth‘s HQ in Vienna.
Wow. Just wow. Complete moral bankrupcy of political elites in US & Europe who attend this conference.
www.schloss-elmau.de/kultur/sympo...
Wow. Just wow. Complete moral bankrupcy of political elites in US & Europe who attend this conference.
www.schloss-elmau.de/kultur/sympo...
Politische Debatten
Politische Debatten und Symposien über die Freiheit und ihre Feinde
www.schloss-elmau.de
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Ivan Krastev in Conversation with Curtis Yarvin. Yarvin‘s stop thereafter will be at the former Hitler Youth‘s HQ in Vienna.
Wow. Just wow. Complete moral bankrupcy of political elites in US & Europe who attend this conference.
www.schloss-elmau.de/kultur/sympo...
Wow. Just wow. Complete moral bankrupcy of political elites in US & Europe who attend this conference.
www.schloss-elmau.de/kultur/sympo...
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I'm kind of sick and tired of seeing privileged (mostly male) senior scholars take advantage of their own privileged positions to mainstream and normalise the far right, seemingly without any shame (or consequences).
Your work is harming us all (collectively, societally, and within the discipline).
Your work is harming us all (collectively, societally, and within the discipline).
February 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I'm kind of sick and tired of seeing privileged (mostly male) senior scholars take advantage of their own privileged positions to mainstream and normalise the far right, seemingly without any shame (or consequences).
Your work is harming us all (collectively, societally, and within the discipline).
Your work is harming us all (collectively, societally, and within the discipline).
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At each stage in America's fascism, the current stage is admitted by commentators while the future is denied.
Once they denied Trump was fascist. Now they concede it.
Now they deny the concentration camps & that there will be attempts to overturn elections.
They are more useful to Trump than ICE.
Once they denied Trump was fascist. Now they concede it.
Now they deny the concentration camps & that there will be attempts to overturn elections.
They are more useful to Trump than ICE.
February 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
At each stage in America's fascism, the current stage is admitted by commentators while the future is denied.
Once they denied Trump was fascist. Now they concede it.
Now they deny the concentration camps & that there will be attempts to overturn elections.
They are more useful to Trump than ICE.
Once they denied Trump was fascist. Now they concede it.
Now they deny the concentration camps & that there will be attempts to overturn elections.
They are more useful to Trump than ICE.
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
Super bad vibes about this. MAGA has a lot of ideological interest in destroying baby formula availability in US.
RFK Jr.’s Next Overhaul: America’s Baby Formula Guidelines
The administration is expected to begin unveiling “Operation Stork Speed” this spring but is unlikely to act on calls to remove seed oils from infant formula.
www.wsj.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Super bad vibes about this. MAGA has a lot of ideological interest in destroying baby formula availability in US.
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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I wrote about the Epstein files and how they illustrate the fact that the oligarchs are not exactly rigorous thinkers. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Epstein Class Clowns
One key revelation in the wide correspondence of the late pedophile: the rich and powerful just aren't all that bright.
www.thenation.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I wrote about the Epstein files and how they illustrate the fact that the oligarchs are not exactly rigorous thinkers. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The interview with Talarico has been posted to YouTube: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 17, 2026 at 12:08 PM
The interview with Talarico has been posted to YouTube: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
The unwillingness to note the difference between private citizens and state power is an important feature of MAGA. Trump, for example, is often a smol bean private citizen and at other times the personification of the state.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The unwillingness to note the difference between private citizens and state power is an important feature of MAGA. Trump, for example, is often a smol bean private citizen and at other times the personification of the state.
There can be people who did business with, hung out with, normalized someone they knew was a sex trafficker. None of that is illegal but I'm not sure I need to vote for those people or have them as college presidents.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
There can be people who did business with, hung out with, normalized someone they knew was a sex trafficker. None of that is illegal but I'm not sure I need to vote for those people or have them as college presidents.
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"After deep historical research, (watching 300, 300 times, but not homoerotically) I have concluded that at US military and Government should emulate a failed city state jealous of Deleware's size and power."
February 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"After deep historical research, (watching 300, 300 times, but not homoerotically) I have concluded that at US military and Government should emulate a failed city state jealous of Deleware's size and power."
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I spoke with the UAW local in Ohio about the plant closure, which they were informed of when showing up to start bargaining a new union contract.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump donor who criticized offshoring to close Ohio plant and move work to China
Workers decried John Paulson’s plan after billionaire painted himself as advocate for domestic manufacturing
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I spoke with the UAW local in Ohio about the plant closure, which they were informed of when showing up to start bargaining a new union contract.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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They assaulted and injured a person, damaged a car, and then left. That’s not legal‼️
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 AM
They assaulted and injured a person, damaged a car, and then left. That’s not legal‼️
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This isn't a left-right ideological issue. But it blows me away that anyone who is actually anti-Trump would think running back Joe Biden/Merrick Garland 2.0 will work the second time. No political party can tolerate a very large, armed secret police force committed to murdering its voters.
January 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
This isn't a left-right ideological issue. But it blows me away that anyone who is actually anti-Trump would think running back Joe Biden/Merrick Garland 2.0 will work the second time. No political party can tolerate a very large, armed secret police force committed to murdering its voters.
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As a proud U.S. citizen, Juana never thought she'd be zip-tied and detained by ICE for hours with her 3-year-old son, especially while attending a family-friendly event.
They’re two of hundreds of people we’re defending in court for being targeted in an unlawful militarized immigration raid.
They’re two of hundreds of people we’re defending in court for being targeted in an unlawful militarized immigration raid.
February 15, 2026 at 8:59 PM
As a proud U.S. citizen, Juana never thought she'd be zip-tied and detained by ICE for hours with her 3-year-old son, especially while attending a family-friendly event.
They’re two of hundreds of people we’re defending in court for being targeted in an unlawful militarized immigration raid.
They’re two of hundreds of people we’re defending in court for being targeted in an unlawful militarized immigration raid.
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A “Kennedy bump” is what RFK Jr calls doing cocaine off of a toilet seat
February 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM
A “Kennedy bump” is what RFK Jr calls doing cocaine off of a toilet seat
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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So in addition to hosting ICE, Hilton’s newspaper of choice…Epoch Times??!!! Jesus never thought I’d be nostalgic for USA Today
February 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
So in addition to hosting ICE, Hilton’s newspaper of choice…Epoch Times??!!! Jesus never thought I’d be nostalgic for USA Today
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“Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters”
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February 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
“Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters”
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@nbcnews.com
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How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
Stuart Schrader on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-02-14_Schrader-policing-1
Authoritarianism from Below | Stuart Schrader
As National Guard troops and federal officers swarmed Washington, D.C., in August, sent by President Donald Trump to confront what he declared a “crime
www.nybooks.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
My running snowshoes. A for effort for everyone but this miserable.
February 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
My running snowshoes. A for effort for everyone but this miserable.
I think we need to start awards for the work academics actually do:
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February 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I think we need to start awards for the work academics actually do:
Best email to listserv
Best email to coauthors
Best email to students
Best email to uni admins
Best email to listserv
Best email to coauthors
Best email to students
Best email to uni admins