Robert Stilling
@rstilling.bsky.social
English Lit prof in FL. Decadence, Modernism, Poetry, some politics. Book: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674984431
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November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
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We should not just be asking the real price of this ballroom, how it’s really being financed and how Trump could get away with this East Wing demolition and desecration of our history. We should find out whether he’s building an underground bunker and how much he’s stealing for himself.
October 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We should not just be asking the real price of this ballroom, how it’s really being financed and how Trump could get away with this East Wing demolition and desecration of our history. We should find out whether he’s building an underground bunker and how much he’s stealing for himself.
Every bit of this story is amazing. Absolute amateur hour at Trump’s DOJ.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every bit of this story is amazing. Absolute amateur hour at Trump’s DOJ.
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Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
Portland is showing the way.
WARNING: This horrific video by a war correspondent reporting from the front lines of war ravaged Portland is not for the squeamish. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
October 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Portland is showing the way.
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Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.
OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.
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If you are at the MSA conference, stop by the JHUP table to take a look at the beautiful latest issue of Cusp.
October 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If you are at the MSA conference, stop by the JHUP table to take a look at the beautiful latest issue of Cusp.
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"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
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Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.
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At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?
“In reality, the “compact” is a maximalist document, demanding a near-complete surrender of core academic freedoms of the university. “
for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“In reality, the “compact” is a maximalist document, demanding a near-complete surrender of core academic freedoms of the university. “
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UVA is one of 9 schools being targeted with a “compact for academic excellence” in exchange for federal funds. They are being told to limit the political expression of their staff and students, open their finances to the Trump administration, limit foreign students from attending, and more.
October 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
UVA is one of 9 schools being targeted with a “compact for academic excellence” in exchange for federal funds. They are being told to limit the political expression of their staff and students, open their finances to the Trump administration, limit foreign students from attending, and more.
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Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.
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This is the sort of thing where Dems on higher education committees should be saying things like they view this as illegal, and expect they will withdraw funds from schools who go along with Trump when they regain power.
October 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is the sort of thing where Dems on higher education committees should be saying things like they view this as illegal, and expect they will withdraw funds from schools who go along with Trump when they regain power.
I’m very pleased to have a chapter on “Wilde in Africa and the Caribbean” in the newly published Oxford Handbook of Oscar Wilde, ed. Kate Hext and Alex Murray. Lots of great stuff here, can’t wait to dig in.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m very pleased to have a chapter on “Wilde in Africa and the Caribbean” in the newly published Oxford Handbook of Oscar Wilde, ed. Kate Hext and Alex Murray. Lots of great stuff here, can’t wait to dig in.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.
These two gotta go.
These two gotta go.
September 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.
These two gotta go.
These two gotta go.
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BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
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September 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
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Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
Awesome, looking forward to this.
I'm over the moon that my book, Relatability: Sharing and Oversharing with the New York School Poets, will be published by the University of Chicago Press in the not too distant future.
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Awesome, looking forward to this.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
“According to our sources faculty have been told that if they make any statement implying that there are more than two sexes or genders (male and female) they will be fired.”
Under pressure from Texas government officials, Angelo State University in Texas is banning all discussion or mention of the existence of trans people along with banning the LGBTQ pride flag from campus and forced misgendering of trans people.
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September 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“According to our sources faculty have been told that if they make any statement implying that there are more than two sexes or genders (male and female) they will be fired.”