Mark Nance
@mnance.bsky.social
Poli Sci prof., Global Governance, Global financial relations, money laundering, illicit markets, and comparative welfare state stuff. Also music, food, and the abysmal state of North Carolina politics. #firstgen
This piece, by @rhodesben.bsky.social , is the clearest and best statement I’ve read to date on what’s needed to turn back the MAGA Ponzi scheme. The ? is whether anyone will have the courage to do it.
We’re Trapped in Trump’s Reality. This Is How We Escape It. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
We’re Trapped in Trump’s Reality. This Is How We Escape It. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
August 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This piece, by @rhodesben.bsky.social , is the clearest and best statement I’ve read to date on what’s needed to turn back the MAGA Ponzi scheme. The ? is whether anyone will have the courage to do it.
We’re Trapped in Trump’s Reality. This Is How We Escape It. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
We’re Trapped in Trump’s Reality. This Is How We Escape It. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.
August 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.
It’s tempting to say that this is the end of a saga, but when one party has proved itself willing to overturn free and fair elections, getting thru one election is just a warm-up for the shenanigans to follow.
#ncpol
#ncpol
May 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It’s tempting to say that this is the end of a saga, but when one party has proved itself willing to overturn free and fair elections, getting thru one election is just a warm-up for the shenanigans to follow.
#ncpol
#ncpol
Another day, another example of the chattering classes showing they’ve no notion of life at universities beyond the Ivy League and their co—conspirators. It’s such a warped view and blinds everyone to the radical impact normal public universities have in this world:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Another day, another example of the chattering classes showing they’ve no notion of life at universities beyond the Ivy League and their co—conspirators. It’s such a warped view and blinds everyone to the radical impact normal public universities have in this world:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Oh look, the @nytimes.com is going for “nuance.” At least Le Monde gets it right.
April 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Oh look, the @nytimes.com is going for “nuance.” At least Le Monde gets it right.
The President of the United States says our businesses should be able to bribe. What do you want to bet that they try to make bribes tax deductible?
February 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The President of the United States says our businesses should be able to bribe. What do you want to bet that they try to make bribes tax deductible?
Leopard, face eating, not mine tho, etc. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
January 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Leopard, face eating, not mine tho, etc. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Thank God, white men are finally going to have a say in how this country is run.
January 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thank God, white men are finally going to have a say in how this country is run.
A question for my academic peeps: do you get bizarre, automatically generated invitations to publish in completely unrelated fields? I study Anti-Money Laundering, and thus often am invited to publish based on my stellar reputation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
November 13, 2024 at 4:51 PM
A question for my academic peeps: do you get bizarre, automatically generated invitations to publish in completely unrelated fields? I study Anti-Money Laundering, and thus often am invited to publish based on my stellar reputation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
As they say, me apunto.
November 3, 2024 at 11:20 PM
As they say, me apunto.
What’s next, @nytimes.com? Are you gonna go full partisan and say Trump lies?
October 28, 2024 at 1:53 AM
What’s next, @nytimes.com? Are you gonna go full partisan and say Trump lies?
Sending pro-democracy thoughts to all my Georgian friends today. May you collectively vote for your own independence and may those wishes be respected!
October 26, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Sending pro-democracy thoughts to all my Georgian friends today. May you collectively vote for your own independence and may those wishes be respected!
Bret Stephens, echoing the abuser’s excuse: “You made me elect a fascist.”
October 23, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Bret Stephens, echoing the abuser’s excuse: “You made me elect a fascist.”
Very happy to have cast my vote from abroad for the folks in favor of more rights, more opportunity, and more democracy and against the folks who prefer coups.
October 22, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Very happy to have cast my vote from abroad for the folks in favor of more rights, more opportunity, and more democracy and against the folks who prefer coups.
Agree re: hubris. Its use is a performance of the word. But I’ve always thought the dissatisfied (or just ick) feeling of milquetoast was kind of the point. So I had to look it up. From MW:
October 20, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Agree re: hubris. Its use is a performance of the word. But I’ve always thought the dissatisfied (or just ick) feeling of milquetoast was kind of the point. So I had to look it up. From MW:
I like Jimena Valdez’s article in Reg and Governance. Pic below bc I’m not sure the link works:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 27, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I like Jimena Valdez’s article in Reg and Governance. Pic below bc I’m not sure the link works:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The conversation doesn’t need to be about Mark Robinson. The conversation needs to be about how Mark Robinson is a product the North Carolina Republican party and the MAGA Republican Party in general. That’s the story here.
September 19, 2024 at 7:58 PM
The conversation doesn’t need to be about Mark Robinson. The conversation needs to be about how Mark Robinson is a product the North Carolina Republican party and the MAGA Republican Party in general. That’s the story here.
September 10, 2024 at 8:35 PM
As usual, @jbouie.bsky.social is right. The media too often asks candidates to comment on, basically, the media or what’s been said/written about the race. The public doesn’t need that. We genuinely NEED to know how they say they will govern. Eg, look at the questions voters ask in town halls.
September 1, 2024 at 7:12 AM
As usual, @jbouie.bsky.social is right. The media too often asks candidates to comment on, basically, the media or what’s been said/written about the race. The public doesn’t need that. We genuinely NEED to know how they say they will govern. Eg, look at the questions voters ask in town halls.
An honest Q for the lawyers on here: if a civic group allows another group to use its space to plan violent or harmful acts, can the civic group be held liable? Can the leaders of the civic group be held liable?
August 28, 2024 at 5:51 AM
An honest Q for the lawyers on here: if a civic group allows another group to use its space to plan violent or harmful acts, can the civic group be held liable? Can the leaders of the civic group be held liable?
Financial investment.
August 5, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Financial investment.
One for the NYTimes pitchbot: Trump’s statement that he “may have gotten worse” actually shows he’s gotten better. Here’s why.
July 28, 2024 at 7:03 AM
One for the NYTimes pitchbot: Trump’s statement that he “may have gotten worse” actually shows he’s gotten better. Here’s why.
Shhh. The Blueskyverse is saying something. Do you hear it? What’s it mean?
July 26, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Shhh. The Blueskyverse is saying something. Do you hear it? What’s it mean?
Huh. Flipping thru channels after arriving in Johannesburg and saw this, which I’d not seen before.
July 25, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Huh. Flipping thru channels after arriving in Johannesburg and saw this, which I’d not seen before.