Mark S. Smith, Ph.D.
@drmarkssmith.bsky.social
Political Science Professor.
The opinions expressed here are my own.
The opinions expressed here are my own.
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GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “They’re talking about getting rid of the Voting Rights Act — that may likely happen in months… they’re rewriting history… ANTI-WOKE IS ANTI-BLACK… we’re not doing enough. We’re not calling this out.”
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October 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “They’re talking about getting rid of the Voting Rights Act — that may likely happen in months… they’re rewriting history… ANTI-WOKE IS ANTI-BLACK… we’re not doing enough. We’re not calling this out.”
Full: youtu.be/H5_tNkzX1yg?...
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No Kings Day in my L.A. neighborhood. This woman was inspiring.
October 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
No Kings Day in my L.A. neighborhood. This woman was inspiring.
Live Updates: After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Fires That Agency’s Commissioner
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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hegseth makes my blood boil. he's a boorish bigot and an all-around idiot.
"At this point, women have been cleared out of all of the military’s top jobs."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Administration Wants Military Women to Know Their Place
Pete Hegseth seems to be on a mission to erase women from the top ranks of the U.S. armed forces.
www.theatlantic.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
hegseth makes my blood boil. he's a boorish bigot and an all-around idiot.
He’s gotta have something more important (and less racist) to do on than this.
July 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
He’s gotta have something more important (and less racist) to do on than this.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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@repilhan.bsky.social coming to #NASHVILLE along with @brotherjones.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY!!!
Rep. Andy Ogles hasn't held a town hall in his district, but he *has* been calling for Rep. Omar to be deported. Instead, she's going to his district to convene the town hall he's too scared to hold.
Rep. Andy Ogles hasn't held a town hall in his district, but he *has* been calling for Rep. Omar to be deported. Instead, she's going to his district to convene the town hall he's too scared to hold.
July 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@repilhan.bsky.social coming to #NASHVILLE along with @brotherjones.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY!!!
Rep. Andy Ogles hasn't held a town hall in his district, but he *has* been calling for Rep. Omar to be deported. Instead, she's going to his district to convene the town hall he's too scared to hold.
Rep. Andy Ogles hasn't held a town hall in his district, but he *has* been calling for Rep. Omar to be deported. Instead, she's going to his district to convene the town hall he's too scared to hold.
Netanyahu nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize is like Lucky Luciano nominating Al Capone for police chief.
July 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Netanyahu nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize is like Lucky Luciano nominating Al Capone for police chief.
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really interesting that the vice president cites as a key intellectual influence a guy who thinks black people are natural slaves
Curtis Yarvin, who has been profiled in media like Politico and The Wall Street Journal, has publicly stated in the past that he thinks black people are naturally fit to be slaves.
July 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
really interesting that the vice president cites as a key intellectual influence a guy who thinks black people are natural slaves
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To the “I voted for this” crowd:
You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now we’ve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didn’t go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they can’t properly respond to disasters.
That’s what you voted for?
You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now we’ve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didn’t go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they can’t properly respond to disasters.
That’s what you voted for?
July 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
To the “I voted for this” crowd:
You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now we’ve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didn’t go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they can’t properly respond to disasters.
That’s what you voted for?
You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now we’ve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didn’t go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they can’t properly respond to disasters.
That’s what you voted for?
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There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
July 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
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SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
The big disastrous bill has over $560 billion in corporate tax cuts. So, of course, corporations will use the tax savings to raise wages so that workers won’t need the Medicaid or Food Stamps the bill cut funding for, right? 🤔
July 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The big disastrous bill has over $560 billion in corporate tax cuts. So, of course, corporations will use the tax savings to raise wages so that workers won’t need the Medicaid or Food Stamps the bill cut funding for, right? 🤔
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they want to force UVA’s president to resign because he thinks it would be bad if the university reverted to being a lily-white finishing school for the failsons of the old guard southern elite www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
University of Virginia President Under Pressure From Trump’s D.O.J. to Resign
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
they want to force UVA’s president to resign because he thinks it would be bad if the university reverted to being a lily-white finishing school for the failsons of the old guard southern elite www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
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A truly great country knows its full history — this is strength. Denying that history is weakness and weakens that nation going forward.
A president who erases our history attacks our strength.
op: kyleclark9news
A president who erases our history attacks our strength.
op: kyleclark9news
June 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A truly great country knows its full history — this is strength. Denying that history is weakness and weakens that nation going forward.
A president who erases our history attacks our strength.
op: kyleclark9news
A president who erases our history attacks our strength.
op: kyleclark9news
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Just because he pulled out doesn’t mean it’s over. Rapists never understand that
#NoWar #ImpeachTrump
#NoWar #ImpeachTrump
June 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Just because he pulled out doesn’t mean it’s over. Rapists never understand that
#NoWar #ImpeachTrump
#NoWar #ImpeachTrump
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the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
June 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
The worst thing we do in this country is put children in jails and prisons. Full stop.
June 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The worst thing we do in this country is put children in jails and prisons. Full stop.
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I didn't bring my phone to the protest, but I did bring my Canon G7X to take photos. Here's a video of the incredible turnout for the No Kings protest in Studio City, CA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mkI...
No Kings Protest in Studio City, CA
YouTube video by Henry Barajas
www.youtube.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I didn't bring my phone to the protest, but I did bring my Canon G7X to take photos. Here's a video of the incredible turnout for the No Kings protest in Studio City, CA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mkI...