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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
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“The fight to defend American higher education from political attacks is intertwined with the fight to save our democracy.”-
American Association of University Professors president to my BGOV colleague Kate Ackley on @aaup.org's new federal PAC:
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
American Association of University Professors president to my BGOV colleague Kate Ackley on @aaup.org's new federal PAC:
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“The fight to defend American higher education from political attacks is intertwined with the fight to save our democracy.”-
American Association of University Professors president to my BGOV colleague Kate Ackley on @aaup.org's new federal PAC:
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
American Association of University Professors president to my BGOV colleague Kate Ackley on @aaup.org's new federal PAC:
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Welcome to "shared governance" charade
My dream would be to have this setup but then to have a bunch of nonexperts dictating what the experts can and can't discuss with the students who are there to learn from and engage with them, has anyone come up with a system like that?
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Welcome to "shared governance" charade
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Check out this insightful analysis from @adambonica.bsky.social
"The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out" and an incomplete reading of the available evidence. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
"The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out" and an incomplete reading of the available evidence. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.
Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.
data4democracy.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Check out this insightful analysis from @adambonica.bsky.social
"The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out" and an incomplete reading of the available evidence. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
"The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out" and an incomplete reading of the available evidence. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
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"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
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In light of today’s absolutely fucking deranged “I’m in a war movie” speeches by Trump and Hegseth, I give you the plaque at West Point.
September 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In light of today’s absolutely fucking deranged “I’m in a war movie” speeches by Trump and Hegseth, I give you the plaque at West Point.
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This is as huge a scandal & blunder as this chaotic Administration has seen.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
A senior US state department official on Sunday (September 14) expressed regrets over the recent mass detention of South Korean workers in America and vowed to prevent similar occurrences.
en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
U.S. Deputy State Secretary Landau expresses regrets over detention of S. Koreans | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S. state department official on Sunday expressed re...
en.yna.co.kr
September 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is as huge a scandal & blunder as this chaotic Administration has seen.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
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Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.
settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.
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Professors can no longer talk about “gender”—but it’s fine to lust after, objectify, and exploit pre-pubescent and underage girls in Trump’s America.
September 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Professors can no longer talk about “gender”—but it’s fine to lust after, objectify, and exploit pre-pubescent and underage girls in Trump’s America.
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I will post this everyday to remind us. She was always right.
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I will post this everyday to remind us. She was always right.
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Still trying to understand the Hyundai ICE raid. Supposedly a months-long investigation that... picked up people here on visas, permanent residents, and U.S. citizens?
I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.
🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
September 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Still trying to understand the Hyundai ICE raid. Supposedly a months-long investigation that... picked up people here on visas, permanent residents, and U.S. citizens?
I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.
🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.
🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
Thread & comments are worth it - smh
September 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thread & comments are worth it - smh
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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This piece in Forbes today by Mary Beth Gasman minces no words in calling out the Trump regime and what it is trying to do to American history. Very effective essay.
www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
Scholars Defend The Full Story Of U.S. History As Trump Targets Museums
President Trump recently called U.S. museums “the last remaining segment of ”WOKE," singling out the Smithsonian. Historians throughout the U.S. respond.
www.forbes.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This piece in Forbes today by Mary Beth Gasman minces no words in calling out the Trump regime and what it is trying to do to American history. Very effective essay.
www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
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Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.
August 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.
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From key battles to politics, manufacturing to bread riots, the park rangers at Richmond National Battlefield Park help expand visitors’ understanding of the Civil War, as former interpretative park ranger Ashley Whitehead Luskey shares in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
The Future of Our Nation’s Past – AHA
Eight years as an interpretive park ranger at Richmond National Battlefield Park put Ashley Whitehead Luskey on the frontlines of public history.
www.historians.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
From key battles to politics, manufacturing to bread riots, the park rangers at Richmond National Battlefield Park help expand visitors’ understanding of the Civil War, as former interpretative park ranger Ashley Whitehead Luskey shares in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
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The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
July 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
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In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
July 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
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An indictment that should be on the epitaph of the Roberts Court.
"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any
other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only
if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival.
Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort."
other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only
if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival.
Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort."
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
An indictment that should be on the epitaph of the Roberts Court.
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the whole "six unelected crazy people tip us a few steps closer to the apocalypse every june" routine is not getting any more fun the longer it goes on
June 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
the whole "six unelected crazy people tip us a few steps closer to the apocalypse every june" routine is not getting any more fun the longer it goes on
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