Bruce Baker
Bruce Baker
Political science 45%
Sociology 22%
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1. Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies USH 9.3.D
2. NY Times: "Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit"
August 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM

Absolutely! This version actually includes stuff that will have to be cut from the book chapter submission. But I'd like to echo & signal boost core messages here as much as possible.
August 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM

schoolfinance101.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.
August 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM

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For real, though, imagine if Obama had promised to end an invasion in 24 hours, flailed for six months and then, after a failed summit, Michelle had sent the aggressor a letter saying “pretty please.”
August 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM

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"I think on some level, conservatives know perfectly well that liberal American cities are quite safe. That’s why they have to work themselves into such paroxysms of hysterical cowardice—to give themselves permission to inflict violence on the Americans they hate." prospect.org/justice/2025...
Why Republicans Are Terrified of Nonexistent Crime
They need an excuse to violently subjugate liberal cities.
prospect.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Opinion linked below (Bsky card).

From a quick skim, Judge Fox was very careful in keeping to existing AZ SCOTUS precedent. P. 67 (& elsewhere) shows the judge knew exactly how to use photographs as damning w/ other evidence.

Declaratory relief; plaintiffs invited to propose injunctive relief.
Glendale Elementary School District vs. State of AZ (school facilities funding) trial ruling
www.documentcloud.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM

The Walkout
YouTube video by H. E. Butt Foundation
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM

Hochul: "This is what I call a legal insurrection ... they know they're going to lose next year. That's the only reason they're engaged in this. It also might be a nice distraction from people asking -- all of the sudden this happens when? When they refuse to release the Epstein files."
August 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM

I, on the other hand, dropped my independent status after all these years to join a party to oppose my neighbors.
August 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A man who believed he had CTE attempted to shoot up the NFL offices in NYC.

A few weeks later, a man who bought into conspiracy theories shot up the CDC because he wrongly believed the covid vaccine made him sick.

Can we get some fucking medical care and health education in this country????
August 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Constitutional law professor, author, commentator, and podcaster @leahlitman.bsky.social’s back in THE BACK ROOM discussing Epstein, DOJ weaponization, Texas redistricting, Emil Bove, SCOTUS and more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
August 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Local jails–mostly run by elected sheriffs–are making money off of ICE's rampant criminalization of immigration.
August 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
www.newsweek.com/trump-immigr...
NAFSA: Association of International Educators projects new international enrollment in the US could fall 30 to 40% this fall — a potential $7 billion hit to economy. With many foreign students paying full tuition, the drop could deal a sharp blow to college finances.
Trump's immigration plan pushes college students admissions elsewhere
The Trump admin has urged U.S. colleges to cut dependence on foreign enrollment while ramping up scrutiny of student visa applicants.
www.newsweek.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is a lot of words to say “we are only giving grants to people we like and who will promote our agenda”

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If you want a better sense of Stephen Moore's facility with economic data and general relationship to the truth, I recommend googling 'Stephen Moore Volcker Rule.' www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
Still Fuming Over a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Finds Some Numbers He Likes
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Lee Zeldin is a fundamentally dishonest human being

www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1...
August 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NEW: UCLA should not bend “on their knees” to Trump in negotiations, Newsom says, chiding Columbia and Brown deals www.latimes.com/california/s...
UCLA should not bend 'on their knees' to Trump in grant negotiations, Newsom says
Making his first public comments about how the University of California should proceed in negotiations with President Trump over grant freezes, Gov. Gavin Newsom chided deals struck by Ivy Leagues and...
www.latimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Judge Boardman certifies a class of every baby in the country subject to Trump’s citizenship-stripping EO and blocks the unconstitutional order nationwide.

Look how she throws Alito’s words back at him as the CASA case heads back up towards SCOTUS.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM

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