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Debbie Nelson

@deblnelson.bsky.social
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I have been in higher ed for 35+ years. A humanist. Author of two books—Tough Enough: Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, Weil and Pursuing Privacy in Cold War America.

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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You can treat plague with antibiotics. Is Russia out of those?
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The word is “crossed” not “Moved”
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Watson…issues
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He’s been in the senate. He’s not used to working.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They’re getting out before the dems take congress. They know what they are doing is illegal.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just filled my car in Chicago at 5.49
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fantastic reporting
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So many good ones!
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Who watches the watchmen?
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 23/09/2026
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Entire presidential TV press pool has agreed to suspend its coverage in the wake of President Trump’s decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2026
NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.
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“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding
On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go ...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/09/2026
On the ground at the Kennedy Center where people are gathering ahead of tonight’s “Hands Off the Arts” protest. Activists are expected to hold hands to form a human chain around the center, and musical performances are expected.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I do not get the passivity on this issue. Use the whole arsenal.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 13/09/2026
This is amazing… They gave the Humanitarian Award to an entire state. At the 2026 Hispanic Heritage Awards, the people of Minnesota were honored for how they came together to support their neighbors during the federal immigration crackdown. Congratulations, Minnesota. 👏🏽 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s a death cult.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
aren't TV journalists supposed to have pleasing voices? We have to listen to them.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s uncanny.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Also a thousand times this
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A thousand times this.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is how it’s done. This is a skilled, articulate, charismatic, effective politician with great potential to do good. Yet Schumer and Jeffries would sooner align themselves with John Fetterman than this guy.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
more of this! much much more of this.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Nice thread
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Also it’s illegal
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
yeah, that'll do it. talk more about the ballroom. more! voters love it!
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
He let this go public?
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excellent book!!!
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My Steinem obit: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gloria Steinem personified America’s feminist movement | Moira Donegan
The activist made the movement mainstream – and became a receptacle for its hopes and disappointments
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fantastic! Her eagerness and ability to elevate others was a key to her success and followed from her absolutely authentic belief in their importance.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Because it’s just stupid?
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Such losers.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Here is a kind of sign of the times in AI slop studies. Today I was trying to find the best version of a performance Jerry Lee Lewis and Keith Richards did on a TV special in 1983 of Chuck Berry's Little Queenie and when doing that I got served a video of Mick Jagger reminiscing ...
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 31/08/2026
David Byrne performed "Life During Wartime" at the Hollywood Bowl in front of ICE raid footage. His "Who Is the Sky?" tour is becoming a concert film directed by Oscar nominee Brady Corbet, following past films with Jonathan Demme and Spike Lee. This ain't no disco.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Always the goal. Undermine women’s sports entirely.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A month ago, the Trump administration claimed to have identified 15,903 noncitizens registered to vote in Nevada. But during a meeting last week, DHS officials said they have identified just 185 so far, per emails and recordings of the meeting. @nytnickc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Republicans should definitely keep talking about the young blond woman who is always by Trump’s side and who was chosen to accompany Trump in the food cart while his secretaries of State and Treasury were left on a decoy plane that was supposedly targeted by Iran. This is a winning issue.
Tim Murtaugh ® @TimMurta....8h Instead of slandering Natalie Harp, Jon @ossoff should have been talking about Laken Riley.
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Tim Murtaugh • @TimMurta.... 8h
No need for deep analysis here.
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Ossoff was going for a cheap laugh, so he punched down at a young female staffer.
It has backfired.
He needs Republicans to vote for him if he wants to win in Georgia. This repels them.
Bad politics because he's smug and overconfident.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Mamdani is succeeding in part by projecting joy Ossoff is succeeding in part by projecting steely ferocity We’re in a moment when attitude is nearly as powerful as ideology, because we all need courage. And these are two ways of summoning it
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
But why is this of all things nap triggering?
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 16/08/2026
Pope.L was “the grand master of abjection, who treated the most painful aspects of poverty and racism with unflinching irony.” —Coco Fusco
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The Grand Master of Abjection | Coco Fusco
Pope.L, best known for his performance art, also made drawings and paintings animated by his sense of the absurd and his concern for the marginalized.
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This a thousand times.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
You may know that I try to show newsrooms that they have an alternative to the horse race model in election coverage: "The citizens agenda." It's the campaign season and I am starting to get examples sent to me. Roanoke: roanoke.com/news/local/g... Cascadia: www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/16/...
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What are your top issues in November's elections? Inform Roanoke Times coverage
The Roanoke Times is taking a closer approach to election coverage this fall by asking our audience directly: What do you care about most?
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
That’s higher ed. If you confuse the media coverage with reality, it’s hard to understand what’s really happening.
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Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NEW: Flaming robots. Haywire Turkish machines. An actual dumpster fire. General Dynamics received $533 million from the Army to produce artillery but hasn’t made a single usable shell. ProPublica got the inside story of what went wrong. It’s a wild ride: www.propublica.org/article/gene...
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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A banger
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Debbie Nelson @deblnelson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Choking with shame.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trump Administration Has Repeatedly Confessed in Court to Withholding Money From Blue States talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump Administration Has Repeatedly Confessed in Court to Withholding Money From Blue States
Late last year, Department of Justice (DOJ) officials agreed to make a...
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