Karine Prémont
@premontk.bsky.social
Professeure de politique américaine à l'Université de Sherbrooke / Directrice adjointe de l'Observatoire sur les États-Unis de l'UQAM / Aussi : heavy metal, littérature, astronomie, chats, hockey et basket / Prof US Politics
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I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
June 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
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Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more.
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Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
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May 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more.
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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Chapeau bien bas, Cory Booker.
Un peu plus de 24 heures, debout et à la défense du bien, du meilleur.
Un peu plus de 24 heures, debout et à la défense du bien, du meilleur.
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Chapeau bien bas, Cory Booker.
Un peu plus de 24 heures, debout et à la défense du bien, du meilleur.
Un peu plus de 24 heures, debout et à la défense du bien, du meilleur.
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The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.
Breaking News: The Pentagon is set to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s closely guarded plan for any potential war with China, officials said.
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.
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🗃️ Looking for context on US immigration policy today? Read
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social's "Threat of Dissent
A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States." @harvardpress.bsky.social
@iehs.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social's "Threat of Dissent
A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States." @harvardpress.bsky.social
@iehs.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
March 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🗃️ Looking for context on US immigration policy today? Read
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social's "Threat of Dissent
A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States." @harvardpress.bsky.social
@iehs.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social's "Threat of Dissent
A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States." @harvardpress.bsky.social
@iehs.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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Following Trump admin's orders, Arlington cemetery's website removed references to:
-Gen. Colin Powell
-the Tuskegee Airmen
-Hispanic Medal of Honor recipient
-Black regiments in Union army
-Justice Thurgood Marshall
-RGB (buried along her veteran husband)
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
-Gen. Colin Powell
-the Tuskegee Airmen
-Hispanic Medal of Honor recipient
-Black regiments in Union army
-Justice Thurgood Marshall
-RGB (buried along her veteran husband)
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Following Trump admin's orders, Arlington cemetery's website removed references to:
-Gen. Colin Powell
-the Tuskegee Airmen
-Hispanic Medal of Honor recipient
-Black regiments in Union army
-Justice Thurgood Marshall
-RGB (buried along her veteran husband)
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
-Gen. Colin Powell
-the Tuskegee Airmen
-Hispanic Medal of Honor recipient
-Black regiments in Union army
-Justice Thurgood Marshall
-RGB (buried along her veteran husband)
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...
www.cnn.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
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We are where we are because of a vast right-wing media ecosystem funded by ideologues (plutocrats, theocrats, and the KGB) who have no profit incentive - only persuasion. Maybe pro-democracy countries should get in the game and fund some pro-democracy media.
But my serious and practical question is this:
HOW do we fight against the right-wing disinformation machine? We are in the streets protesting. We're at Tesla dealerships. We're screaming till we're hoarse. But the Dem politicians are SILENT COMPLICIT IDIOTS, and the media is ignoring us.
2/?
HOW do we fight against the right-wing disinformation machine? We are in the streets protesting. We're at Tesla dealerships. We're screaming till we're hoarse. But the Dem politicians are SILENT COMPLICIT IDIOTS, and the media is ignoring us.
2/?
March 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We are where we are because of a vast right-wing media ecosystem funded by ideologues (plutocrats, theocrats, and the KGB) who have no profit incentive - only persuasion. Maybe pro-democracy countries should get in the game and fund some pro-democracy media.
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I’m sticking with the argument @profsaunders.bsky.social and I made in @foreignaffairs.com 8 years ago: good foreign policy is invisible. www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
Today was a lot of things. It wasn’t good foreign policy.
Today was a lot of things. It wasn’t good foreign policy.
Good Foreign Policy Is Invisible
Successful foreign policy is largely invisible. It often means paying up front for benefits that are hard to see until you lose them.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I’m sticking with the argument @profsaunders.bsky.social and I made in @foreignaffairs.com 8 years ago: good foreign policy is invisible. www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
Today was a lot of things. It wasn’t good foreign policy.
Today was a lot of things. It wasn’t good foreign policy.
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The absolute smugness and the absolute ignorance.
What a combo.
What a combo.
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The absolute smugness and the absolute ignorance.
What a combo.
What a combo.
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WTF.
Mother Jones reporting Deputy Archivist to step down on Tuesday, pushed out by Nixon Foundation head Jim Byron. Keep reading, it gets worse.
Mother Jones reporting Deputy Archivist to step down on Tuesday, pushed out by Nixon Foundation head Jim Byron. Keep reading, it gets worse.
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records
Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
WTF.
Mother Jones reporting Deputy Archivist to step down on Tuesday, pushed out by Nixon Foundation head Jim Byron. Keep reading, it gets worse.
Mother Jones reporting Deputy Archivist to step down on Tuesday, pushed out by Nixon Foundation head Jim Byron. Keep reading, it gets worse.
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Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
February 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
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Steve Harvey is aghast
January 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Steve Harvey is aghast
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Partisanship: still a helluva drug
November 19, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Partisanship: still a helluva drug