@svateboje.bsky.social
My take: Using Berger & Luckmann we can helpfully synthesize poli sci results on affect polarization + partisan media/internet/social-media.
also, i tend to talk too much re folks like Voegelin & Ricoeur
or, notes to self from another planet
also, i tend to talk too much re folks like Voegelin & Ricoeur
or, notes to self from another planet
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I have no idea what will happen in the Tennessee special, but if the Dem does win, we're gonna get a major Trump/GOP in trouble frenzy.
(That said: it's quite possible Trump's approval will bump up a bit soon, with a post-shutdown recovery delayed by Epstein week. Unless there's more bad news!).
(That said: it's quite possible Trump's approval will bump up a bit soon, with a post-shutdown recovery delayed by Epstein week. Unless there's more bad news!).
In our latest polling averages over at FiftyPlusOne, Trump has hit a new low of 39.6% in his second-term job approval (-17 on net), and Republicans just hit a new low of 41.3% in the 2026 House generic ballot (Dems +4.2 on margin).
fiftyplusone.news/latest-polls
fiftyplusone.news/latest-polls
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have no idea what will happen in the Tennessee special, but if the Dem does win, we're gonna get a major Trump/GOP in trouble frenzy.
(That said: it's quite possible Trump's approval will bump up a bit soon, with a post-shutdown recovery delayed by Epstein week. Unless there's more bad news!).
(That said: it's quite possible Trump's approval will bump up a bit soon, with a post-shutdown recovery delayed by Epstein week. Unless there's more bad news!).
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Good news. But hard to imagine Habba herself will actually pay it. And if grossly unethical attorney misconduct comes with no meaningful sanction felt by the attorney, hard to see it as an effective deterrent against lawyers for rich clients. Bar licensure matters: NJ/NY/CT.
NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Good news. But hard to imagine Habba herself will actually pay it. And if grossly unethical attorney misconduct comes with no meaningful sanction felt by the attorney, hard to see it as an effective deterrent against lawyers for rich clients. Bar licensure matters: NJ/NY/CT.
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Nestled within this bizarre story is the important news that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken the first steps toward striking down its state’s GOP congressional gerrymander, a move that could net Democrats 2-3 more seats in the House of Representatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Conservative Justice Uses Fake Quote to Justify Wisconsin Republican Gerrymander
It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
slate.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Nestled within this bizarre story is the important news that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken the first steps toward striking down its state’s GOP congressional gerrymander, a move that could net Democrats 2-3 more seats in the House of Representatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
for the heck of it, Löwith's opening on Marx & Weber
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
for the heck of it, Löwith's opening on Marx & Weber
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This was covered in the previous T-shirt.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This was covered in the previous T-shirt.
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Of course this is happening - not as a staff coup, but by Trump's orders. The entire administration has been set up to prevent Trump from ever having to deal with being contradicted by reality.
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Of course this is happening - not as a staff coup, but by Trump's orders. The entire administration has been set up to prevent Trump from ever having to deal with being contradicted by reality.
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what’s a good recent survey piece on the great divergence literature? seems like by now there should be a good intro textbook on the whole field of combat, laying out the key players.
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
what’s a good recent survey piece on the great divergence literature? seems like by now there should be a good intro textbook on the whole field of combat, laying out the key players.
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Texas now asserting it can designate its own "foreign terrorist organizations" - starting w/this US-based NGO. Hardly know where to start on what's wrong w/this. Obvi has no federal effect. But reqs challenging on 1st Amend grounds minimum to limit any TX-specific burdens it purports to impose.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is suing the governor alleging violations of due process and freedom of speech, after it was designated as a ‘foreign terrorist organization.”
Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign against Muslim group faces challenges under Texas and federal law | Houston Public Media
Abbott declared the Council on American-Islamic Relations a foreign terrorist organization and a transnational criminal organization, invoking a 2023 Texas statute. CAIR is suing the governor, alleging violations of due process and freedom of speech.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Texas now asserting it can designate its own "foreign terrorist organizations" - starting w/this US-based NGO. Hardly know where to start on what's wrong w/this. Obvi has no federal effect. But reqs challenging on 1st Amend grounds minimum to limit any TX-specific burdens it purports to impose.
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OMG
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
OMG
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Seriously, what are we doing, America? We’re helping Russia destroy a democratic country it illegally invaded, one amateur phone call at a time.
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Seriously, what are we doing, America? We’re helping Russia destroy a democratic country it illegally invaded, one amateur phone call at a time.
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Beginning on Dec. 10, @lkatfield.bsky.social, the author of “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right,” will teach a 6-part class on the conservative intellectual movement and how it has shaped Donald Trump’s presidency as a part of the Lawfare Lecture series.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Beginning on Dec. 10, @lkatfield.bsky.social, the author of “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right,” will teach a 6-part class on the conservative intellectual movement and how it has shaped Donald Trump’s presidency as a part of the Lawfare Lecture series.
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🚨New Shepherd.com article by James Pattison article out now! 🚨
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
The best books to understand how the global order is changing
James Pattison gives us his best books to understand how the global order is changing.
ow.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨New Shepherd.com article by James Pattison article out now! 🚨
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
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Reasons:
-Bad economy
-Large chunk of the population is pro-choice
-Backlash to more than a decade of Republican rule
-Bad economy
-Large chunk of the population is pro-choice
-Backlash to more than a decade of Republican rule
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reasons:
-Bad economy
-Large chunk of the population is pro-choice
-Backlash to more than a decade of Republican rule
-Bad economy
-Large chunk of the population is pro-choice
-Backlash to more than a decade of Republican rule
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Two thoughts after reading Sister, Sinner, Claire Hoffman’s biography of Aimee Semple McPherson:
1. In the past, anything that was happening was a thing to do, because there was nothing to do.
2. Many people have always been desperate to be told that there is a secret way to control their health.
1. In the past, anything that was happening was a thing to do, because there was nothing to do.
2. Many people have always been desperate to be told that there is a secret way to control their health.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Two thoughts after reading Sister, Sinner, Claire Hoffman’s biography of Aimee Semple McPherson:
1. In the past, anything that was happening was a thing to do, because there was nothing to do.
2. Many people have always been desperate to be told that there is a secret way to control their health.
1. In the past, anything that was happening was a thing to do, because there was nothing to do.
2. Many people have always been desperate to be told that there is a secret way to control their health.
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Claes van Heussen, Fruit and Vegetable Seller, 1630, Oil on canvas, 157 x 200 cm (Private collection)
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Claes van Heussen, Fruit and Vegetable Seller, 1630, Oil on canvas, 157 x 200 cm (Private collection)
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“Experimental data from largest online survey of Irish Americans reveal learning about African Americans with Irish ancestry reduces prejudice among white Irish Americans who identify with Irish American identity, and effects are mostly driven by Republicans…” www.jasmineenglish.net/uploads/1/4/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Experimental data from largest online survey of Irish Americans reveal learning about African Americans with Irish ancestry reduces prejudice among white Irish Americans who identify with Irish American identity, and effects are mostly driven by Republicans…” www.jasmineenglish.net/uploads/1/4/...
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He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
Opinion | He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
Daniel Burnett: A 61-year-old Tennessee man was arrested for sharing a meme during the moral panic following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
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Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
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(Different legal issue than retiree, but recently, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces held that a reservist may not be called up to active duty specifically in order to be tried at court-martial for an offense not committed while on active duty)
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
U.S. v. Taylor, No. 24-0234-AF (C.A.A.F. 2025)
U.S. v. Taylor, No. 24-0234-AF (C.A.A.F. 2025) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
law.justia.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
(Different legal issue than retiree, but recently, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces held that a reservist may not be called up to active duty specifically in order to be tried at court-martial for an offense not committed while on active duty)
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
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SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
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I join @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the increasingly evident cracks in Trump's power, whether Johnson and Trump could lose control of the House, the meaning of MTG's heartfelt cry, Vance v. Rubio, the paranoia of Pete Hegseth...and more!
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
Bill Kristol: The Cracks in Trump's Power Are Showing
Unrest has broken out in MAGA, and Mike Johnson looks like he’s losing control of the House—which means that Trump could be losing control of the party.
www.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I join @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the increasingly evident cracks in Trump's power, whether Johnson and Trump could lose control of the House, the meaning of MTG's heartfelt cry, Vance v. Rubio, the paranoia of Pete Hegseth...and more!
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
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I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
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Ah, @pennpress.bsky.social has just announced their holiday sale! 40% off means that the paperback of my book on philosophy's encounter with "the public intellectual," Thinking in Public, is about $20.
100% of the historical analysis for 60% of the price.
www.pennpress.org/978081222434...
100% of the historical analysis for 60% of the price.
www.pennpress.org/978081222434...
Thinking in Public – Penn Press
Long before we began to speak of "public intellectuals," the ideas of "the public" and "the intellectual" raised consternation among many European philosophe...
www.pennpress.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ah, @pennpress.bsky.social has just announced their holiday sale! 40% off means that the paperback of my book on philosophy's encounter with "the public intellectual," Thinking in Public, is about $20.
100% of the historical analysis for 60% of the price.
www.pennpress.org/978081222434...
100% of the historical analysis for 60% of the price.
www.pennpress.org/978081222434...