Dr. Michael Phillips
@drmphillipsut.bsky.social
Historian, author of “White Metropolis” and co-author of the upcoming “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas.”
Yep. For absolutely nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Yep. For absolutely nothing.
The Senate Democrats are so cowardly you’d think they were college and university presidents.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Senate Democrats are so cowardly you’d think they were college and university presidents.
I’m going to vote for this guy.
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I’m going to vote for this guy.
The Democratic Party tonight adopted a new logo.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Democratic Party tonight adopted a new logo.
Yep. Fuck Schumer and the “moderates.”
The lesson for the GOP is that they can do the most horrific shit imaginable and Dems will cave no matter what.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Yep. Fuck Schumer and the “moderates.”
As Jon Stewart said, Chuck Schumer is the human equivalent of a flat tire.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
As Jon Stewart said, Chuck Schumer is the human equivalent of a flat tire.
Trump was having a bad week then the Democrats came to the rescue.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Trump was having a bad week then the Democrats came to the rescue.
I’m voting for this guy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I’m voting for this guy.
There was no point. Jeffries and Schumer had no plan. They are dull, incompetent, and corrupt and Democratic voters own this for not primarying them into involuntary retirement.
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
There was no point. Jeffries and Schumer had no plan. They are dull, incompetent, and corrupt and Democratic voters own this for not primarying them into involuntary retirement.
Fire Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Fire Schumer.
Chuck Schumer is really going to kick the ball this time.
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Chuck Schumer is really going to kick the ball this time.
Portrait of the young, ineffective dweeb as a young man. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I’d think Schumer and Jeffries were so cosmically bad at their job because they are GOP moles.
I just reread a book on McCarthyism and higher ed and Roy Cohn makes an appearance because he was that active in helping to advance government repression
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Portrait of the young, ineffective dweeb as a young man. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I’d think Schumer and Jeffries were so cosmically bad at their job because they are GOP moles.
We should have anticipated that Democrats would piss away the momentum from the No Kings rallies and the elections and immediately surrender while getting nothing in return. Seriously, fuck them.
You've gotta be kidding me
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We should have anticipated that Democrats would piss away the momentum from the No Kings rallies and the elections and immediately surrender while getting nothing in return. Seriously, fuck them.
Thanks for including the podcast series @stevanzetti.bsky.social and I did on lethal injection on the thread, @americanstudier.bsky.social
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thanks for including the podcast series @stevanzetti.bsky.social and I did on lethal injection on the thread, @americanstudier.bsky.social
@betsyfriauf.bsky.social and I had a nice lunch Friday with Emmy-winner Leigh Stieglitz Morales, the longtime auteur behind “True Life” on MTV. She recently moved to Dallas and wants to learn about the city.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
@betsyfriauf.bsky.social and I had a nice lunch Friday with Emmy-winner Leigh Stieglitz Morales, the longtime auteur behind “True Life” on MTV. She recently moved to Dallas and wants to learn about the city.
The Supreme Court says that just because they force women to give birth that doesn’t imply any obligation to feed the children who result.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Supreme Court says that just because they force women to give birth that doesn’t imply any obligation to feed the children who result.
To quote Apocalypse Now: “The horror. The horror.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
To quote Apocalypse Now: “The horror. The horror.”
Give a listen to the conclusion of our mini-series on lethal injection and the story of a priest who accompanies condemned men to the execution chamber.
New @happenherepod w/ Dr. Michael Phillips & @stevanzetti.bsky.social 💉
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Give a listen to the conclusion of our mini-series on lethal injection and the story of a priest who accompanies condemned men to the execution chamber.
Thank you. It’s an important discussion many want to avoid.
I really enjoyed this series. Very interesting and horrifying.
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Thank you. It’s an important discussion many want to avoid.
Reposted by Dr. Michael Phillips
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
The last episode of a series on lethal injection I recorded w/ journalist @stevanzetti.bsky.social for "It Could Happen Here." In this episode we talk with the victim of a hate crime in Dallas who later fought to stop his assailant's execution.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p data-ogsc='rgb(0, 0, 0)'>In the conclusion of this three-part series on lethal injection, Steve Monacelli and Dr. Michael Phillips interview Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim who was shot and blinded in one e...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The last episode of a series on lethal injection I recorded w/ journalist @stevanzetti.bsky.social for "It Could Happen Here." In this episode we talk with the victim of a hate crime in Dallas who later fought to stop his assailant's execution.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
In this episode we hear from an eyewitness to the world’s first lethal injection and why such supposedly painless executions so often go so wrong.
The second episode of our series on the history of the lethal injection in the United States is out today! Join @drmphillipsut.bsky.social and I as we explore the shady business of state killing.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p data-ogsc='rgb(0, 0, 0)'>In the second episode of the lethal injection series, Steve Monacelli and Michael Phillips interview Dick Reavis, a journalist who witnessed the world’s first executi...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In this episode we hear from an eyewitness to the world’s first lethal injection and why such supposedly painless executions so often go so wrong.
We have something to look forward to.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We have something to look forward to.
Strange, isn’t it?
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Strange, isn’t it?
In Part 2 of our mini-series on lethal injection for the podcast "It Could Happen Here," @stevanzetti.bsky.social and I talk to longtime reporter Dick J. Reavis who witnessed the world's first execution by that method & discuss why lethal injections often go wrong.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p data-ogsc='rgb(0, 0, 0)'>In the second episode of the lethal injection series, Steve Monacelli and Michael Phillips interview Dick Reavis, a journalist who witnessed the world’s first executi...
www.iheart.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
In Part 2 of our mini-series on lethal injection for the podcast "It Could Happen Here," @stevanzetti.bsky.social and I talk to longtime reporter Dick J. Reavis who witnessed the world's first execution by that method & discuss why lethal injections often go wrong.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...