Joe Feagin
profjoefeagin.bsky.social
Joe Feagin
@profjoefeagin.bsky.social

Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University; researcher on systemic racism and the white racial frame

Joe Richard Feagin is an American sociologist and social theorist who has conducted extensive research on racial and gender issues in the United States. He is currently the Ella C. McFadden Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University. .. more

Political science 43%
Sociology 37%

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Retired immigration judge to @radleybalko.bsky.social: "It always starts with the minorities. It always starts with the immigrants. If we don’t stop them, it will be American citizens. We need to be screaming that this isn’t America—that this isn’t who we are" newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...

The wantobe dictator of the US
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
www.nytimes.com

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Trump Admits Defeat In California and JD Vance Gets Brutal Homecoming
Newsom Scores Major Victory Over Trump and JD Vance Gets Humiliated By Protesters In Ohio, While Jack White and The Rockwell Family Slam MAGA Hard
Plus, Pelosi calls out Trump's broken brain
www.dworkinsubstack.com

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Our only three outstanding Supreme Court justices.
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
Tax the Rich, Say Mamdani, Sanders, and NYC Inauguration Crowd www.commondreams.org/news/zohran-...
Mamdani and Sanders scare the hell out of the morbidly wealthy leeches that plague our society
Tax the Rich, Say Mamdani, Sanders, and NYC Inauguration Crowd | Common Dreams
Sen. Bernie Sanders swore in New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and they both delivered remarks that matched chants from the crowd: Tax the rich.
www.commondreams.org

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Maduro said he is ready to “seriously discuss an agreement to combat drug trafficking” if the U.S. government wants to do so.
Maduro Says He Is Open To Talks With Trump On Drug Trafficking And Oil
Maduro said he is ready to “seriously discuss an agreement to combat drug trafficking” if the U.S. government wants to do so.
www.forbes.com

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One thing hasn't changed in the New Year . . .

... the victims, America and the whole world want the truth !

Release the Epstein Files - completely !!

💠 👊 💠
Social Security is our money that we put aside for retirement. It does not belong to Congress.
Some news — George Santos has fled NYC due to Zohran Mamdani.

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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.

You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.

That is all.

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Thinking this is wrong is not radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.

society wide protests will come from this

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The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance.
European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold | TechCrunch
The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance.
techcrunch.com

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Chicago records fewest killings since 1965, despite Trump’s attacks against the city - Chicago Sun-Times apple.news/AmwyLWbm_S4m...
Chicago records fewest killings since 1965, despite Trump's attacks against the city — Chicago Sun-Times
Overall crime continued to drop as the number of murders in Chicago decreased from 587 in 2024 to 416 last year, when scores of federal immigration agents flooded the city and President Trump repeated...
apple.news

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Minnesota day-care providers and parents are warning of severe consequences if federal health officials carry out plans to withhold funds for a program that makes child care affordable for thousands of families.
Threat to Suspend Aid for Minnesota Child-Care Centers Rattles Families
After the federal government threatened to withhold funds for Minnesota’s child-care program, citing fraud concerns, parents and providers warned that the effects could be dire.
nyti.ms

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AOC: “Zohran will be the first Muslim mayor of our great city… our first immigrant mayor in over a century… the youngest mayor of NYC in generations. Most importantly: Zohran will be a mayor for all of us.”
It's official: Buffalo has a new mayor, Sean Ryan! First progressive mayor in the city's history!

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Anti-ICE Resistance Sprang Up Across Red States in 2025 truthout.org/articles/ant...
Anti-ICE Resistance Sprang Up Across Red States in 2025
In Texas, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and beyond, grassroots resistance to ICE is growing.
truthout.org

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In 2025, the regime expected you to surrender to Trump's authoritarian power grabs.

Instead, you organized the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.

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Historian Kim Phillips-Fein in the NYT: "Mr. Mamdani’s election is also a testament to the vision of democracy that is inherent in city life: the insight that our society — like our city, our New York — is something we must all create, enjoy and govern together." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/o...
Opinion | Welcome to the Mamdani Era, New York
www.nytimes.com

But how do these compare to careful human drivers? are they worse then?
Interesting data (from Waymo) showing that robotaxis are significantly safer than the average human driver. This is likely because they respect traffic rules. An NYT op-ed by a neurosurgeon calls for a broader adoption as a public health measure. Thoughts? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Finally, Trump's diet! Oh my god. The piece closes with RNC Chair Joe Gruters saying he was "shocked" to witness Trump eat "french fries, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger, a Big Mac and a Filet-O-Fish" in one sitting (5/6)

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So much winning. Please stop.