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James M. Thomas (JT)
@insurgentprof.bsky.social
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Husband. Father. Sociologist. Author. Co-editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Newest book: The Souls of Jewish Folk
https://ugapress.org/book/9780820365077/the-souls-of-jewish-folk/

Currently writing a book about White people .. more

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · Aug 14
For The Conversation, I wrote about how White Southerners are making sense of what it means to be White in these times.

In a nutshell, it’s complicated.

I hope you’ll read and share widely.

theconversation.com/its-a-compli...
‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that
How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.
theconversation.com

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 7h
If a public university’s policy aims to stop you from teaching, speaking on, or otherwise providing students with knowledge and understanding of race, gender, sexuality, class exploitation, citizenship, etc. then we’re going to need to do it anyway and let the courts sort it out.

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LetsGoBrandon @letsgobpresley.bsky.social · 15h
It’s so great having this kind of resistance embedded at Ole Miss. Thank you!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING:

A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16h
UCW-Southeast statement on TPUSA event featuring VP Vance at the University of Mississippi
#solidarity

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 1d
Senate Republicans already voted to strip billions of money from poor people, and have stood by while thousands have been fired.

Your math ain’t mathin’, Tim
kaine.senate.gov Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
"I have long said that to earn my vote, we need to be on a path toward fixing Republicans’ health care mess and to protect the federal workforce. This deal guarantees a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, which Republicans weren’t willing to do. Lawmakers know their constituents expect them to vote for it, and if they don’t, they could very well be replaced at the ballot box by someone who will. This legislation will protect federal workers from baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay, as required by a law I got passed in 2019. That’s a critical step that will help federal employees and all Americans who rely on government services. I’ll keep working towards a long-term government spending plan that includes critical priorities to support Virginians and funding for Virginia community projects."

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
"I have long said that to earn my vote, we need to be on a path toward fixing Republicans’ health care mess and to protect the federal workforce. This deal guarantees a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, which Republicans weren’t willing to do. Lawmakers know their constituents expect them to vote for it, and if they don’t, they could very well be replaced at the ballot box by someone who will. This legislation will protect federal workers from baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay, as required by a law I got passed in 2019. That’s a critical step that will help federal employees and all Americans who rely on government services. I’ll keep working towards a long-term government spending plan that includes critical priorities to support Virginians and funding for Virginia community projects."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 1d
One of the perks of a soccer tournament in Memphis is the after-game Costco run.

Second day in a row of coming here to eat the samples, and procure an absurdly cheap hot dog

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 2d
I’m a soccer dad now.

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 3d
This program is funded by the National Science Foundation.

Students selected to participate will receive a generous stipend, along with free housing and a meal plan. Plus they get the absolute very best training in how to study race and place through social scientific methodology.

Reposted by Trevon D. Logan

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 3d
Friends and colleagues,
Please encourage your undergraduate students to apply for our 3rd annual summer REU program centered on the interdisciplinary study of race, power, and the politics of place, all set within the context of the dynamic and vibrant American South.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 4d
At 15 of the 20 academies benefiting from the tax credit program, student bodies were at least 85% white…And among the 20, enrollments at five were more than 60 percentage points whiter than their communities.”

www.propublica.org/article/miss...
Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
www.propublica.org

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4d
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
Shamblin’s conversation partner wasn’t a classmate or friend – it was ChatGPT, the world’s most popular AI chatbot. A CNN review of nearly 70 pages of chats between Shamblin and the AI tool in the hours before his July 25 suicide, as well as excerpts from thousands more pages in the months leading up to that night, found that the chatbot repeatedly encouraged the young man as he discussed ending his life – right up to his last moments.

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 4d
Volume 11, Issue 4 of SRE. End of an era, as this issue brings to a close our run as co-editors.

Honor of a lifetime. The journal and the field are in excellent shape going forward.

Onward.

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 5d
Right wing media is NOT happy this morning

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 5d
Last night, we ended a Republican supermajority in Mississippi.

www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 5d
We ended a Republican supermajority in Mississippi last night.

www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5d
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 5d
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.

It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.

“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 6d
not to bring the vibe down, but my guess is that after tonight Trump will probably double down on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and intimidation as tactics to disincentivize Dem turnout ahead of next year‘s midterms. (with margins like these, it won’t matter, but it’s a time to be vigilant)

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 6d
This is a retweet account for the foreseeable future!!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6d
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 6d
Yesssssss

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6d
ZOHRAN MAMDANI
New York City Mayor PROJECTED WINNER Zohran Mamdani DecisionDeskHQ.com Vecision Tesk HQ

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 6d
UPDATE: No.
Are Democrats blowing it in Virginia? The Jay Jones saga, explained CHRIS CILLIZZA OCT 06, 2025 • PAID

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Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 6d
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 6d
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d
BREAKING:

NBC News projects: Ghazala Hashmi (D) wins Virginia Lieutenant Governor. Democrat Gain.

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Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 6d
BOOM! @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social calls NJ Gov for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social!
BOOM! @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social calls NJ Gov for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social!