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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are told to ignore the racism of Hegel, Kant, Locke etc because they were just "men of their time". So what do we do with the racism of current academics? Are they too just "men of their time"? What is this "time" that seems to make racists of men?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in history, & then it's Monday.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I went to bed early & woke up to an escalating trade war with Canada. For the love of hockey, WHY? I’d love it if we’d just thank them for being fantastic neighbors & then leave them alone. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 *rhetorical ‘why;’ I know why.

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

And if you request materials, your library will often purchase them - I’m using library requests as resistance to censorship in my community. Also, I check out a lot of books by folks who aren’t cis/het & white to show that there is demand for diverse viewpoints.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

SNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I've been very ambivalent about El-Sayed but if this is what happens if he wins then hot damn sign me up.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

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‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 02/08/2026

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

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She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A caucus of violent, drunk ex-husbands controls three branches of government and both chambers of Congress.

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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Unorthodox?!? Is THAT what screening troops for low-t is? Or is it: irrelevant, unnecessary, nonsensical, ill-advised, and/or insane? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’ve spent much of the day begging my members of Congress to find their spines, do their jobs, & rein in an out-of-control President.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

In light of a “top” CDC vaccine advisor questioning the need for a polio vaccination, I’m re-upping my grandfather’s polio survival story. Brutal is an understatement. His mother would have given *anything* for a vaccine.

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Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations — STAT

The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday — suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines, arguing ...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Y’all, when I tell you I idolize Dr. West, it’s not hyperbole. This brilliant Black woman fought her way through OCEANS of misogynoir to give the world the foundations of GPS. W/o her work, many of us would be lost most of the time! And then, age 70, she got a PhD in public administration (VA Tech)!

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

“The HIV epidemic can end. The science is already there. What remains is the harder part, the moral obligation to ensure that the most marginalized have the same access to that science as everyone else.” apple.news/A2pxLDWjXS5y...

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Opinion | US can end HIV, but we're failing those who need care most | Opinion — USA TODAY

The U.S. commitment to ending HIV is shaken. For the first time, we didn't formally mark World AIDS Day. And Trump has cut funding for HIV prevention.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

As a reminder, in addition to not commemorating World AIDS day, this administration also gutted PEPFAR. Here’s KFF’s most recent analysis of PEPFAR’s status: www.kff.org/global-healt...

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The Trump Administration's Foreign Aid Review: Status of PEPFAR | KFF

Fact sheet examining actions taken by the Trump administration and their impact on PEPFAR.

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NPR @npr.org · 26/11/2025

Jim Clyburn's new book, The First Eight, restores the lives of South Carolina's early Black congressmen and shows how their battles during Reconstruction offer lessons, and warnings, for politics today. n.pr/4ohnG12

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In a new book, Rep. Jim Clyburn highlights the Black politicians who paved the way for him

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

AARP has historically had considerable political influence (relative, of course) in the US context. Do advocacy orgs for older adults have similar pull elsewhere? Age UK? BAGSO in Germany? National Seniors Australia?

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis www.vox.com/policy/40233...

Screenshot of the article that reads: It’s not just children. In addition to bolstering underfunded K-12 schools and protecting the rights of kids with disabilities, the department also manages the federal financial aid process for college students. “I am not certain whether or not students will be able to get financial aid next year,” Dominique Baker, a professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, told Vox.

Screenshot of the article that reads: While students and families are the most directly impacted by changes at the Education Department, those changes have also inspired a broader concern. Some of the programs terminated by DOGE are congressionally mandated, and if the president or Musk can simply stop them, “that means that Congress no longer actually functions,” Baker said.

“There are no longer checks and balances for the executive branch,” Baker said. “A significant part of this goes beyond education and speaks to a constitutional crisis that shapes the future of our country.”

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I googled so you don’t have to: Nix v. Hedden. (A tariff case.)

Screenshot of a tweet from October 2022 by @Arial_Comedy. “Tomatoes are the most patriotic plant. Because botanically, tomatoes are a fruit. But according to an 1893 Supreme Court ruling, they’re a vegetable. And there’s nothing more American than a court ruling that disagrees with science.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.

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Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support

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Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & then, well, here it is, all in one post:

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 17/06/2025

This is Faye. She wanted to bring a little sunshine into your life. Heard it can help with the happiness. 14/10 thank you so much Faye

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 13/06/2025

This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone. If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Amidst the many other assaults on democracy & decency: “White House spokesperson Harrison Fields in a statement cited the need to "*liberate our federal lands and waters to oil, gas, coal, geothermal, and mineral leasing.*" apple.news/AYbwyG7AZRyi...

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Trump can abolish national monuments, US Justice Department says — Reuters

President Donald Trump has the power to abolish two national monuments in California established by his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, as well as any others created by past presidents, according to...

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Jon Fasman @jonfasman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I have to admit that I did not have “The Defense Department under a Republican administration resurrects Socialist Realism three decades after the USSR’s collapse” on my bingo card.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I also have no gasts left to flabber.** **I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.

Cartoon potato with caption “life is flabbering the gast out of me on an hourly basis.” From the TruthPotato account on Instagram. Underneath, it says “I don’t have any gasts left to flabber.”

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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

And, to be clear, it's almost certainly happening *because* the base has been screaming for action from elected Democrats. This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I also have no gasts left to flabber.** **I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

((TV announcer voice)) Having trouble hiring people due to low wages or undesirable jobs? Don’t increase the pay or make conditions better! Just hire KIDS to work those overnight shifts - they’re young, they don’t need sleep! apple.news/Ar4VsEhF9RU-...

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Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants — CNN

Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

With the help of the @mpsa.bsky.social leadership team & Council, & many other PoliSci department chairs, the MPSA Department Chairs Caucus is now MPSA organized section 79! Our goal is to provide professional development opportunities & support to department chairs/heads in the discipline.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Re-upping this again as more people read about the Khalil case. More information to come, but nothing in WP and NYT so far contradicts original reporting. Again, it DOES NOT MATTER what you think about him or his cause. Either government is bound by the law for all of us or we're all at their mercy.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Reminder: When a person or institution you hate is targeted for illiberal persecution by an aspiring authoritarian, you have to defend them EVEN IF you don't like them. It doesn't matter if you don't like campus protestors or Columbia or the law firms. We must defend them or we're all at risk next.

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