Nat Graham
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The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
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Let's juxtapose that my Iowa hometown canceled an African American Read-In because administrators believed it ran afoul of Trump's anti-diversity e.o. and the state's "divisive concepts" law. A few days later white supremacists freely marched in the capitol. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
Leaders: Patriot Front's hate has 'no place' in Iowa after white supremacists' march
Leaders from across the political spectrum condemned Patriot Front, after the white supremacist group marched Saturday in Des Moines' East Village.
www.desmoinesregister.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Let's juxtapose that my Iowa hometown canceled an African American Read-In because administrators believed it ran afoul of Trump's anti-diversity e.o. and the state's "divisive concepts" law. A few days later white supremacists freely marched in the capitol. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
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Now that musk is saying he’s doing the DOGE stuff “because the globalists have plotted a Great Replacement in which they use government handouts to buy votes from illegal immigrants and urban blacks” maybe we don’t have to act like this is about deficits or cost cutting anymore
February 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Now that musk is saying he’s doing the DOGE stuff “because the globalists have plotted a Great Replacement in which they use government handouts to buy votes from illegal immigrants and urban blacks” maybe we don’t have to act like this is about deficits or cost cutting anymore
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Attributed to Napoleon, who ended democracy in French, this quote was also used by Anders Breivik, the far-right anti-immigrant terrorist who murdered 77 people
February 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Attributed to Napoleon, who ended democracy in French, this quote was also used by Anders Breivik, the far-right anti-immigrant terrorist who murdered 77 people
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As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
February 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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“Today, DEI has become the new N-word; the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism.”
My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.
Sorry, but it has to be said:
My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.
Sorry, but it has to be said:
What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan
Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Today, DEI has become the new N-word; the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism.”
My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.
Sorry, but it has to be said:
My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.
Sorry, but it has to be said:
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Stop calling it polarisation. The world may be divided, but it’s not a “shame” when it’s a reflection of values.
When some think lying is okay and others don’t, that’s not just a divide; it’s a moral line. Certain truths should be universal. Let’s start there.
When some think lying is okay and others don’t, that’s not just a divide; it’s a moral line. Certain truths should be universal. Let’s start there.
February 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Stop calling it polarisation. The world may be divided, but it’s not a “shame” when it’s a reflection of values.
When some think lying is okay and others don’t, that’s not just a divide; it’s a moral line. Certain truths should be universal. Let’s start there.
When some think lying is okay and others don’t, that’s not just a divide; it’s a moral line. Certain truths should be universal. Let’s start there.
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The kind of racism Trump & his ilk espouse is old-fashioned, even as it’s dressed up in modern DEI discourse.
They get close to saying it outright but haven’t yet—but make no mistake, they sincerely believe white people are biologically & intellectually superior to nonwhite people.
They get close to saying it outright but haven’t yet—but make no mistake, they sincerely believe white people are biologically & intellectually superior to nonwhite people.
January 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The kind of racism Trump & his ilk espouse is old-fashioned, even as it’s dressed up in modern DEI discourse.
They get close to saying it outright but haven’t yet—but make no mistake, they sincerely believe white people are biologically & intellectually superior to nonwhite people.
They get close to saying it outright but haven’t yet—but make no mistake, they sincerely believe white people are biologically & intellectually superior to nonwhite people.
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“it’s probably a black person’s fault this bad thing happened” as a reflexive explanation is just a racist statement, there’s not a level of substantiation that makes it not racist bsky.app/profile/pgou...
more like: his remarks followed his reflex to seize on occasions of public distress and fear as opportunities to deny accountability through escalating racist and partisan demagoguery
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“it’s probably a black person’s fault this bad thing happened” as a reflexive explanation is just a racist statement, there’s not a level of substantiation that makes it not racist bsky.app/profile/pgou...
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The thing about “patriotic education” is that if you have to lie about America to love it then you probably don’t really love it. Ultimately their objection to the flawed universalism expressed in the declaration is the idea that the flaws were bad or that the universalism should be realized.
January 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The thing about “patriotic education” is that if you have to lie about America to love it then you probably don’t really love it. Ultimately their objection to the flawed universalism expressed in the declaration is the idea that the flaws were bad or that the universalism should be realized.
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This has become a popular metaphor on the Right and it captures their political project so precisely:
The unruly kids, that’s everyone who dares to deviate from white Christian patriarchal rule; the only way to deal with them is via coercion and violence – the Leader must punish them.
The unruly kids, that’s everyone who dares to deviate from white Christian patriarchal rule; the only way to deal with them is via coercion and violence – the Leader must punish them.
Mel Gibson: I’m glad Trump is here. It’s like daddy arrived and he’s taking his belt off
January 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This has become a popular metaphor on the Right and it captures their political project so precisely:
The unruly kids, that’s everyone who dares to deviate from white Christian patriarchal rule; the only way to deal with them is via coercion and violence – the Leader must punish them.
The unruly kids, that’s everyone who dares to deviate from white Christian patriarchal rule; the only way to deal with them is via coercion and violence – the Leader must punish them.
Thank you Chaz Howard and the Office of Social Equity and Community at Penn for having @esglaude.bsky.social speak last night. Powerful stuff.
Dr. Eddie Glaude spitting fire.
Dr. Eddie Glaude spitting fire.
January 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thank you Chaz Howard and the Office of Social Equity and Community at Penn for having @esglaude.bsky.social speak last night. Powerful stuff.
Dr. Eddie Glaude spitting fire.
Dr. Eddie Glaude spitting fire.
Proud of our guy Augie Gerhart, who was asked to speak to at the MLK Interfaith Commemorative at Penn today. Brother Augustus was very thoughtful.
January 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Proud of our guy Augie Gerhart, who was asked to speak to at the MLK Interfaith Commemorative at Penn today. Brother Augustus was very thoughtful.
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“It’s the antithesis of all these book banning states that you see,” he said. “I’m incredibly proud to have signed it, but also acknowledge that America — and this is yet another good example — is becoming a patchwork quilt country. It really matters where you live.”
New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries apnews.com/article/new-...
New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
apnews.com
December 24, 2024 at 10:53 PM
“It’s the antithesis of all these book banning states that you see,” he said. “I’m incredibly proud to have signed it, but also acknowledge that America — and this is yet another good example — is becoming a patchwork quilt country. It really matters where you live.”
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“Race is not a biological category that naturally produces health disparities because of genetic differences. Race is a political category that has staggering biological consequences because of the impact of social inequality on people’s health.”
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
December 24, 2024 at 2:43 PM
“Race is not a biological category that naturally produces health disparities because of genetic differences. Race is a political category that has staggering biological consequences because of the impact of social inequality on people’s health.”
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
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there is a 24/7 right-wing propaganda apparatus that operates across multiple mediums and it designed to do exactly this: smother any kind of local, material concern with cultural war signifiers and cultivate a “political affiliation as team sport” ethos
Montana is the clearest place to see the nationalization of US politics. Whole Dem ticket was multigenerational MT hunters & farmers in bolo ties. Dem gov candidate owned a gun manufacturer. GOP slate was outta state tech.
Whole race was dominated by natl culture war & southern border, GOP sweep
Whole race was dominated by natl culture war & southern border, GOP sweep
December 23, 2024 at 2:35 AM
there is a 24/7 right-wing propaganda apparatus that operates across multiple mediums and it designed to do exactly this: smother any kind of local, material concern with cultural war signifiers and cultivate a “political affiliation as team sport” ethos
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The shooting was the 323rd at elementary or secondary schools this year.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
MADISON, WI—In the hours following a violent rampage in Wisconsin in which a lone attacker killed at least two individuals and injured six others, citizens living in the only country where this kind o...
theonion.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:48 PM
The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.
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“Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.”
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
December 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
“Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.”
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
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White men make up 30 percent of America
White men make up 100 of GOP leadership
White men make up 100 of GOP leadership
December 14, 2024 at 1:09 PM
White men make up 30 percent of America
White men make up 100 of GOP leadership
White men make up 100 of GOP leadership
