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I SAY AGAIN
there is NO correlation between brutality and success in countering insurgency especially as a third party intervention.
there is NO correlation between brutality and success in countering insurgency especially as a third party intervention.
Hegseth as SECDEF or no Hegseth as SECDEF, a rehabilitation of Mike Steele’s perspective on the wars—that US troops had their hands tied by ROE, the law of war, politicians, and “political generals” and could have won if they’d just killed more people—is definitely underway in some quarters.
November 24, 2024 at 12:12 AM
I SAY AGAIN
there is NO correlation between brutality and success in countering insurgency especially as a third party intervention.
there is NO correlation between brutality and success in countering insurgency especially as a third party intervention.
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Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and water-grabbing multinationals are profiting by forcing citizens to pay for it in bottles.
Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and water-grabbing multinationals are profiting by forcing citizens to pay for it in bottles.
Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Read more from PRRI Public Fellow @andrewflores.bsky.social in this Spotlight: "States Have Become More Polarized on Transgender Civil Rights" here.
www.prri.org/spotlight/st...
www.prri.org/spotlight/st...
November 21, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Read more from PRRI Public Fellow @andrewflores.bsky.social in this Spotlight: "States Have Become More Polarized on Transgender Civil Rights" here.
www.prri.org/spotlight/st...
www.prri.org/spotlight/st...
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If you are new here and enjoy my posts, check out my book. It is just like Bluesky if it were a 330-page account of how the MAGA Right has revived Jim Crow legal tools to wage the culture wars and maximize its political power.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
November 16, 2024 at 7:53 PM
If you are new here and enjoy my posts, check out my book. It is just like Bluesky if it were a 330-page account of how the MAGA Right has revived Jim Crow legal tools to wage the culture wars and maximize its political power.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
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One of the takeaways of this paper is that when we normalize the far right we somehow trigger the discounting of their extreme positions.
Starting the day with terrific news: my paper with Sergi Martínez (EAFIT) and Ethan vanderWilden (U of Wisconsin) on far-right normalization and discounting of their extreme positions has been conditionally accepted at Political Science Research and Methods (PSRM). I believe it's very timely.
November 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
One of the takeaways of this paper is that when we normalize the far right we somehow trigger the discounting of their extreme positions.
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It's really bad for Democrats to be amplifying this myth: "Donald Trump didn’t just win. He won big, including longstanding Democratic constituencies." Trump did not, in fact, "win big."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
Opinion | Democrats, It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Our Neoliberal Era
The Democratic Party can seize defeat to establish a new order, but the era of tinkering around the edges is over.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:17 PM
It's really bad for Democrats to be amplifying this myth: "Donald Trump didn’t just win. He won big, including longstanding Democratic constituencies." Trump did not, in fact, "win big."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
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Always read Joanna on policing
Here’s my take on what Trump will try to accomplish in his second term regarding policing - and how state and local governments, advocates, and organizers can resist. inquest.org/the-presiden...
The President and the Police | Joanna Schwartz | INQUEST
A second Trump presidency may render police accountability elusive. But, as before, people and communities can and will fight back.
inquest.org
November 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Always read Joanna on policing
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I mean this seriously: to all my comrades in education, whether you teach K-12, university, or anything in between, your role will be beyond crucial in the coming years. You are in a position to truly make an impact. Never forget that.
While we face terrifying levels of societal radicalization, we need to fight the urge to weld the hatches shut. Like I have had multiple students recently I know for a fact voted for Trump but responded enthusiastically to stuff like post-colonial theory. We need good teachers now more than ever.
November 15, 2024 at 4:59 AM
I mean this seriously: to all my comrades in education, whether you teach K-12, university, or anything in between, your role will be beyond crucial in the coming years. You are in a position to truly make an impact. Never forget that.