Liz Stein
@eastein.bsky.social
Political science prof, Latin-Americanist, Chicago-born, foodie, and reluctant news junkie.
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The fact that there might be a conclave so close to a movie about one has really motivated me to finish my screenplay "The Tech CEO Who Died of Diarrhea So Explosive The Coroner Said He Had No Lower Back to Speak Of"
March 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The fact that there might be a conclave so close to a movie about one has really motivated me to finish my screenplay "The Tech CEO Who Died of Diarrhea So Explosive The Coroner Said He Had No Lower Back to Speak Of"
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The Trump administration's war on higher education has already been very high-stakes, but this is a genuine escalation even from what we've already seen: trying to force accreditors to impose ideological quotas on faculty.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
April 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The Trump administration's war on higher education has already been very high-stakes, but this is a genuine escalation even from what we've already seen: trying to force accreditors to impose ideological quotas on faculty.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Keeping with our tradition, we choose to express our disapproval as a multiple of 18.
www.jta.org/2025/04/24/p...
www.jta.org/2025/04/24/p...
72% of American Jews disapprove of Donald Trump's performance so far, poll finds - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The survey also said most American Jews dislike how Trump is handling antisemitism in the United States.
www.jta.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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The incompetence is part of the terror. Your life is blasted to smithereens while a MAGA ghoul smirk-shrugs, “Oops” then goes back to shitposting.
April 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The incompetence is part of the terror. Your life is blasted to smithereens while a MAGA ghoul smirk-shrugs, “Oops” then goes back to shitposting.
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SCOOP: sources tell me that the State Dept plans to eliminate its only office to counter foreign disinformation, as soon as today, delivering a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China—and the office's mostly conservative critics.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated, say officials
Conservative critics have long accused the department of helping to censor the American right.
www.technologyreview.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
SCOOP: sources tell me that the State Dept plans to eliminate its only office to counter foreign disinformation, as soon as today, delivering a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China—and the office's mostly conservative critics.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
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8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
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Brave, courageous, powerful statement from Abrego Garcia's wife, Jennifer. Watch, cry a little, share and let's keep fighting everyone.
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Brave, courageous, powerful statement from Abrego Garcia's wife, Jennifer. Watch, cry a little, share and let's keep fighting everyone.
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Wouldn't it be nice if every news outlet that covered the Bukele Oval Office meeting noted:
District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."⤵️
Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ⤵️
District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."⤵️
Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ⤵️
April 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Wouldn't it be nice if every news outlet that covered the Bukele Oval Office meeting noted:
District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."⤵️
Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ⤵️
District court wrote: Abrego Garcia "has never been charged with or convicted of any crime."⤵️
Fourth Circuit: The government presented "NO EVIDENCE" of MS-13 affiliation. Abandoned argument before court. ⤵️
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This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
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Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
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Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..
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If President Trump can wrongly deport a Maryland father to a prison in El Salvador and then defy a 9-0 Supreme Court order to facilitate bringing him home, who’s next?
This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.
This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.
April 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If President Trump can wrongly deport a Maryland father to a prison in El Salvador and then defy a 9-0 Supreme Court order to facilitate bringing him home, who’s next?
This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.
This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.
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We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
April 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
March 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier.
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
March 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM