Renée Trilling
@rrtrilling.bsky.social
A USian in Canada, professing the premodern world. You can take the girl out of the Midwest… Reading, running, cooking, cats, and progressive politics (she/her)
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Then call senator Duckworth and inform her that you have lost faith in Schumer’s leadership. That you cannot vote for ANY Democratic senators as long as he remains in a leadership position. Explicitly link your actions to Schumer’s failure of leadership and the capitulation.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Then call senator Duckworth and inform her that you have lost faith in Schumer’s leadership. That you cannot vote for ANY Democratic senators as long as he remains in a leadership position. Explicitly link your actions to Schumer’s failure of leadership and the capitulation.
So @durbin.senate.gov is hiding from his constituents today—no one answering phones and no voicemail option last night and again this morning. Craven and feckless.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So @durbin.senate.gov is hiding from his constituents today—no one answering phones and no voicemail option last night and again this morning. Craven and feckless.
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Another shameful decision from a throughly discredited Supreme Court
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Another shameful decision from a throughly discredited Supreme Court
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
GOTV, New Yorkers! It's Mamdani time!
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
GOTV, New Yorkers! It's Mamdani time!
Let's gooooo, Virginia!
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Let's gooooo, Virginia!
Frankly, this explains A LOT about where the US is right now.
Target Shooting Could Be Causing Brain Injuries. We Measured the Danger.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Frankly, this explains A LOT about where the US is right now.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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@tressiemcphd.bsky.social nails it:
“Real working-class politics does not assume the worst of working-class people’s impulses. It does not launder their concerns for political points. It certainly does not argue, directly or indirectly, that a little racism is a good thing for reaching them.”
“Real working-class politics does not assume the worst of working-class people’s impulses. It does not launder their concerns for political points. It certainly does not argue, directly or indirectly, that a little racism is a good thing for reaching them.”
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
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October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social nails it:
“Real working-class politics does not assume the worst of working-class people’s impulses. It does not launder their concerns for political points. It certainly does not argue, directly or indirectly, that a little racism is a good thing for reaching them.”
“Real working-class politics does not assume the worst of working-class people’s impulses. It does not launder their concerns for political points. It certainly does not argue, directly or indirectly, that a little racism is a good thing for reaching them.”
The Election Assistance Commission is considering a proof-of-citizenship rule that would block millions of eligible voters, including Americans voting from abroad. Push back - submit your comment today!
#ProtectTheVote #DefendDemocracy
#ProtectTheVote #DefendDemocracy
Regulations.gov
www.democratsabroad.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Election Assistance Commission is considering a proof-of-citizenship rule that would block millions of eligible voters, including Americans voting from abroad. Push back - submit your comment today!
#ProtectTheVote #DefendDemocracy
#ProtectTheVote #DefendDemocracy
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There is exactly one way to rapidly cut pollution at scale, save money both at the govt and household level, and do it without federal help.
The best fastest thing to do on climate is to just make cities safer for walking and biking. That's it.
Every climate person should be working on this.
The best fastest thing to do on climate is to just make cities safer for walking and biking. That's it.
Every climate person should be working on this.
City Hall: Experts at King’s College London estimated that, from when the Mayor came into office in 2016, without additional action it would take 193 years for London to meet legal limits. It has been achieved in nine years.
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
There is exactly one way to rapidly cut pollution at scale, save money both at the govt and household level, and do it without federal help.
The best fastest thing to do on climate is to just make cities safer for walking and biking. That's it.
Every climate person should be working on this.
The best fastest thing to do on climate is to just make cities safer for walking and biking. That's it.
Every climate person should be working on this.
It’s here! Fantastic stuff in this special issue of Medieval Perspectives (including some musings by yours truly). Words matter, history matters, and philology is alive and well.
September 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s here! Fantastic stuff in this special issue of Medieval Perspectives (including some musings by yours truly). Words matter, history matters, and philology is alive and well.
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Today the Church of England remembers Theodore of Tarsus, second Archbishop of Canterbury, who had never set foot in these isles before being appointed, and who had to learn the local tongue on the journey here.
There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.
There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.
September 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Today the Church of England remembers Theodore of Tarsus, second Archbishop of Canterbury, who had never set foot in these isles before being appointed, and who had to learn the local tongue on the journey here.
There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.
There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.
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The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
www.cambridge.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
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Just note that if you click through and watch the video, you will see a person being thrown to the ground—and, if you have sound on, it's even more sickening.
Excessive force at a minimum.
Excessive force at a minimum.
And again, why are these agents kitted out like they are going into Mogadishu?
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just note that if you click through and watch the video, you will see a person being thrown to the ground—and, if you have sound on, it's even more sickening.
Excessive force at a minimum.
Excessive force at a minimum.
I bought peaches at the farmers market today and it was a Good Choice
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I bought peaches at the farmers market today and it was a Good Choice
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This is all he said.
“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is all he said.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, worth reading (as always)
"...the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
"...the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates, worth reading (as always)
"...the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
"...the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
The data on political violence have been clear for a long time.
The killing of Charlie Kirk is part of a grim pattern of political violence in America. This is what the data show econ.st/4nqZysO
September 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The data on political violence have been clear for a long time.
History is cool!
TIL that a curfew is also a literal object! the word has its roots in the French couvrefeu - "cover fire" - and was used to denote a bell rung to warn people to cover their fires overnight to prevent the outbreak of flames between wooden houses. a curfew was a bell-shaped cover for embers!
September 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
History is cool!
I'm thrilled to have a small piece in this exciting special issue of Medieval Perspectives on "Medieval Words for 2025," edited by Britt Mize and Johanna Kramer, and I can't wait to read the rest of the contributions.
September 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm thrilled to have a small piece in this exciting special issue of Medieval Perspectives on "Medieval Words for 2025," edited by Britt Mize and Johanna Kramer, and I can't wait to read the rest of the contributions.
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Protect US Passport Holders from Political Retribution ⭑ 5 Calls
Rep. Bill Mast (R-FL), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has added a provision to H.R. 5300, the State Department reauthorization …
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September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america
Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America
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September 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america