@svateboje.bsky.social
My take: Using Berger & Luckmann we can helpfully synthesize poli sci results on affect polarization + partisan media/internet/social-media.
also, i tend to talk too much re folks like Voegelin & Ricoeur
or, notes to self from another planet
also, i tend to talk too much re folks like Voegelin & Ricoeur
or, notes to self from another planet
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"This assault on higher education is best understood as a means of destroying a locus of political opposition."
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"This assault on higher education is best understood as a means of destroying a locus of political opposition."
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Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
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Nobody who fits this description totally precisely but it sounds a lot like the junior senator from Arizona
blueprint-research.com/polling/buil...
blueprint-research.com/polling/buil...
The Mad Libs Candidate: Polling the Perfect Democrat, No Assembly Required - Blueprint
If you stitched together the top-testing bio, record, and issue priorities across each audience, you’d get something like: “This Democrat is a working-class veteran who has spent their career guided b...
blueprint-research.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nobody who fits this description totally precisely but it sounds a lot like the junior senator from Arizona
blueprint-research.com/polling/buil...
blueprint-research.com/polling/buil...
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Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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“The GOP kids are not alright. For a significant and growing faction of the early-career operatives entering the party ranks, irony-drenched, nihilistic transgressiveness and theatrical bigotry aren’t just considered acceptable—they’re at the heart of politics.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“The GOP kids are not alright. For a significant and growing faction of the early-career operatives entering the party ranks, irony-drenched, nihilistic transgressiveness and theatrical bigotry aren’t just considered acceptable—they’re at the heart of politics.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
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BREAKING: A new prosecutor has taken over the Trump case in Georgia, keeping it alive in time for a Nov. 14 deadline.
Trump's lawyer Steve Sadow: "We remain confident that a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case against President Trump."
Trump's lawyer Steve Sadow: "We remain confident that a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case against President Trump."
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
BREAKING: A new prosecutor has taken over the Trump case in Georgia, keeping it alive in time for a Nov. 14 deadline.
Trump's lawyer Steve Sadow: "We remain confident that a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case against President Trump."
Trump's lawyer Steve Sadow: "We remain confident that a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case against President Trump."
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The Brennan Center is tracking the administration’s unprecedented attempts to undermine the 2026 elections. Stay informed about this and other issues impacting our democracy by subscribing to The Briefing, our free weekly newsletter: bit.ly/3Yrz5jM
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Brennan Center is tracking the administration’s unprecedented attempts to undermine the 2026 elections. Stay informed about this and other issues impacting our democracy by subscribing to The Briefing, our free weekly newsletter: bit.ly/3Yrz5jM
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If the U.S. had 100 people, what would religious affiliation look like? 🧵👇
Find the full analysis here:
Find the full analysis here:
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious affiliations
If the U.S. had 100 people, 62 would be Christians, including 40 Protestants, 19 Catholics, two Latter-day Saints and two who identify with other Christian groups.
www.pewresearch.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If the U.S. had 100 people, what would religious affiliation look like? 🧵👇
Find the full analysis here:
Find the full analysis here:
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In an interview with @npr.org last month, a former head of FTO designation at State said this would be "a highly dangerous step" and former counsel for domestic terrorism at DOJ predicted it would have "a cascading effect across civil society."
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In an interview with @npr.org last month, a former head of FTO designation at State said this would be "a highly dangerous step" and former counsel for domestic terrorism at DOJ predicted it would have "a cascading effect across civil society."
this is a bit of a side point to the contest here, but it seems plain to me that a multi-generational working out of an effective symbolic consensus re our history of racial & gender iniquities can only proceed haltingly & w great strife. ofc, this fight over electoral praxis is just a small thread.
1/2 One of the big problems for the always-punching-left Democratic consultants is that they are waging ideological battles in public that actually _reinforce_ the left-wing image of the party that they are trying to fight. That is a risk they have decided
substack.com/@lakshyajain...
substack.com/@lakshyajain...
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
this is a bit of a side point to the contest here, but it seems plain to me that a multi-generational working out of an effective symbolic consensus re our history of racial & gender iniquities can only proceed haltingly & w great strife. ofc, this fight over electoral praxis is just a small thread.
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It's easy to get inured to the crazy, but this is Trump referring to the main exterior window of the East Room, a part of the White House that has been there since 1800, as "a knock-out panel," a construction term for a temporary part of a wall designed to be easily demolished to allow for expansion
Trump: "Right behind me by the way, in about 2 years from now, is a much bigger room. This will be the entrance. That's a knockout panel. It looks pretty nice right now but it'll look a lot better in a little while... The future entrance to something that's really become very popular, the ballroom."
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It's easy to get inured to the crazy, but this is Trump referring to the main exterior window of the East Room, a part of the White House that has been there since 1800, as "a knock-out panel," a construction term for a temporary part of a wall designed to be easily demolished to allow for expansion
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Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
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The great thing about delaying hard decisions is that you never have to make them and it all turns out fine in the end (Ed - pls check).
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The great thing about delaying hard decisions is that you never have to make them and it all turns out fine in the end (Ed - pls check).
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally has confirmed on the docket that the site visit at the ICE holding facility in Broadview went forward today.
But there wasn't much for the public to see. @vimiller.bsky.social reports that attorneys were seen walking out, chatting and leaving.
But there wasn't much for the public to see. @vimiller.bsky.social reports that attorneys were seen walking out, chatting and leaving.
Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Magistrate judge plans visit to ICE Broadview facility amid lawsuit over conditions
The visit has been tentatively planned for Thursday morning, and details will be sorted out early next week.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally has confirmed on the docket that the site visit at the ICE holding facility in Broadview went forward today.
But there wasn't much for the public to see. @vimiller.bsky.social reports that attorneys were seen walking out, chatting and leaving.
But there wasn't much for the public to see. @vimiller.bsky.social reports that attorneys were seen walking out, chatting and leaving.
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1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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But things get more interesting if there’s a veto proof majority in the House and Senate. Does Trump veto it anyway, and pressure Republicans not to override? Or sign the bill, and find reasons not to release parts?
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
But things get more interesting if there’s a veto proof majority in the House and Senate. Does Trump veto it anyway, and pressure Republicans not to override? Or sign the bill, and find reasons not to release parts?
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“In the United Methodist tradition, we have something called connectionalism, which, in this moment, we are saying means: If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us.”
🥇for most based use of Wesleyan polity
🥇for most based use of Wesleyan polity
NEW: So, the courtroom at the "Broadview 6" arraignment in Chicago yesterday featured lotsa Methodist pastors.
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Methodist pastors march into courtroom with 'boring suburban dad' indicted for protesting
CHICAGO (RNS) — ‘If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,’ said a Chicago area UMC pastor.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“In the United Methodist tradition, we have something called connectionalism, which, in this moment, we are saying means: If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us.”
🥇for most based use of Wesleyan polity
🥇for most based use of Wesleyan polity
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Video for my @mit.edu IDSS Distinguished Speaker seminar "Networks untangle gender differences in productivity and prominence among scientists" on 4 Nov, with a lovely audience (see thread below for slides) #scienceofscience
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPXl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPXl...
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Video for my @mit.edu IDSS Distinguished Speaker seminar "Networks untangle gender differences in productivity and prominence among scientists" on 4 Nov, with a lovely audience (see thread below for slides) #scienceofscience
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPXl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPXl...
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confound these thorny burdens of practical judgment!
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
confound these thorny burdens of practical judgment!