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The year: 2055 My future grandchild: Grandpa, what was American politics like from 2016-2028? Me:

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We welcome applications from candidates who take an historical approach to questions of American democracy!

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The deadline for this application is Oct. 1. Apply, apply, apply!

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’ll say this: Among living presidents, Donald Trump would almost certainly finish in the top 5.

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When running for office, candidates usually try *not* to cut ads for their opponent.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When running for office, candidates usually try *not* to cut ads for their opponent.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Late September 2016? Yup, that's about right.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fire alarm stole 15 minutes from my con law class. And we still made it through all the material.

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Bowling Who Do You Think You Are

ALT: Bowling Who Do You Think You Are

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great idea. Can’t think of a single way this could be abused.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Writing is fun. You endure hours of excruciating pain and self-doubt. But in the end, you’ve created something. And then you get to hate that thing.

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Miami (Ohio) will be hiring a tenure track position in public law/judicial politics. We need someone who can teach con law and participate in the Miami community as a teacher-scholar. More info: miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...

Job Description Summary
The Political Science Department at Miami University invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Public Law and/or Judicial Politics. This is a full-time, tenure-track position that will begin at the start of the academic year in August 2027.

Job Description

The successful candidate will teach courses in American constitutional law, civil rights and liberties, and a capstone or elective course in the candidate’s area of expertise for the undergraduate major; advise students; conduct relevant research leading to a record of published scholarship; and provide institutional and professional service, as part of Miami University’s teacher-scholar model.

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got

Horse pin with an illustration of a horse and the following text:
"Give a man a horse he'll eat in a day, teach a man to horse. and make him drinks water."

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Writing is fun. You endure hours of excruciating pain and self-doubt. But in the end, you’ve created something. And then you get to hate that thing.

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1. Man makes machine 2. People use machine 3. Other people accuse people of using machine to do people things 4. Argument ensues over whether people things actually matter anymore 5. Machine maker says machine might destroy all people 6. Man makes stronger machine

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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If I send you this picture, just know that I hit my funny bone and it was NOT funny.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Aware of it but never tried it" is the appropriate relationship to maintain.

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A headline so bad they actually changed it.

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Reviews are in...and I think we might actually have something here.

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Happy Constitution Day to all who (are compelled by Section 111(b) of Division J of Public Law 108-447 to) observe!

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Happy Constitution Day to all who (are compelled by Section 111(b) of Division J of Public Law 108-447 to) observe!

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Weathervane Warns Wind: Stop Blowing Or Else

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Weathervane Warns Wind: Stop Blowing Or Else

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American history is long and varied. So I'm sure there's been another Speaker of the House who rivals Johnson's feckless cowardice and self-proroguing "leadership." Right?

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American history is long and varied. So I'm sure there's been another Speaker of the House who rivals Johnson's feckless cowardice and self-proroguing "leadership." Right?

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There's a potent long-form piece about the GOP in miniature to be written here. If you've followed TX politics over the past few years, you've seen how the threat of an "immigrant invasion" gave way to the spectre of sharia law, which then metastasized into a broader, blunter ethnonationalism.

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Great new piece by (the currently-on-the-job-market!) Daniel Blinderman.

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After that—and in part fomented by Trump 2.0’s broader hostility to immigrants—the target shifted to Islam and the alleged unassimilability of different demographic groups. So here we find ourselves: with college students being smeared as "foreigners" for not looking like Bo French.

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The “immigrant invasion” rhetoric spiked in the 2022 campaigns—especially the primaries—and set the scene for the GOP’s embrace of “Mass Deportation Now.” But the immigrant menace was largely neutered by Trump effectively closing the boarder after his election in 2024.

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Trump 1.0 fuelled (and was fuelled by) an anti-immigrant wave that crested during the Biden years and was exacerbated by the failures of Biden’s approach to immigration.

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