iamerinmccool.bsky.social @iamerinmccool.bsky.social · 25/08/2026💔💔 youtube.com/watch?v=c1zJ...youtube.comDolly Parton - Coat of many colorsYouTube video by Stephan Konings 000
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026we are PROTECTING WOMEN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS by having MEN show up to WOMEN'S SPORTS to YELL at the WOMEN PLAYING SPORTS 393922668
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This is the best of who we are and what we represent. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comIn the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team (Gift Article)At block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries. 282025546
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/06/2026The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.ballsandstrikes.orgThe Constitution Is On Life SupportFour justices are prepared to stuff the Fourteenth Amendment’s promises in the garbage because Mister Trump demands it. 4938061030
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup: 2338671527
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.” 133136374612
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Michael Lewis's book The Fifth Risk is all about how the modern federal government was set up to reduce & eliminate a vast array of invisible problems, which it has done so well that it opened a door to wreckers who claim it did nothing, & are now making that lie true—with disastrous results 14643205
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters 163184385685
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 13/04/2026What if we just cleared Congress of all the abusers and sex pests this week what is stopping us who cares what party they are in 2386189887
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialRick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 07/04/2026My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.ricksteves.comIranJoin Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of... 3828931172
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialbakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s 466051797
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 17/02/2026Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless 3543561760
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I don't think they'll give it to him, but you could make a STRONG case that Devon Witherspoon is the MVP of this game 136171493
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal. 5938572019
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialHawks 101 @iahawks101.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Dave Matthews and Tim Ryenolds playing Neil Young’s Ohio last night and ends with some Rage Against the Machine. 321923609
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc. What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power. 282884698
iamerinmccool.bsky.social @iamerinmccool.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Fuck this guy who built his career stepping on the shoulders of superior female sportscasting colleagues 011
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now? Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests? Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face 489184065159
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/01/2026a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content 16590733831
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialHal O’Graham @yinzer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The Cheathawks cannot be killed. 1267
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Jim Ryan is a man of incredible character and this is a deeply troubling read. Gov. Spanberger and the legislature need to get those three members of the board to resign and reevaluate the university and state's ties with McGuireWoods drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...drive.google.com11.14.25_JER Resignation Facuty.pdf 16702135
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The guy beloved by Celtics legends Larry Bird and Bill Walton? 8938122
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. 466203147273
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialDeborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 26/10/2025www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...cavalierdaily.comACQUAVIVA: U.Va. paid nothing, yet lost everythingIt seems disingenuous for the University to boast about its agreement having “no external monitoring,” since the University’s president is required to report compliance — and certify under penalty of ... 928172
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact. 271939350
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Chattanooga’s finest 1721216
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2025MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 442990788
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialRick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it. 🧵 1/8classroom.ricksteves.comWhat Extreme Poverty Looks LikeTen percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see. 10849223
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialNathan Edwards @grackle.space · 22/09/2025dudes rock 9396942170
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Let’s be clear about what is happening: This man is being punished — and disappeared — because he embarrassed our pretender king. They trumped up a criminal case against him because he was embarrassing. 11849921794
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialErin 🦇🎃💀👻EEK👻💀🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful. 160623483
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 29/07/2025You can watch this Green Beret describe this experience in his own words to @vanhollen.senate.gov, and for us, and I cried. I’m not sure how you could watch this veteran tell this child’s story and not feel all of the emotions at once.youtu.beWATCH: U.S. Army veteran gives first-hand account of suffering, starvation in GazaYouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen 12854446
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/07/2025these people are as eager to keep out a talented young white man from bristol as they are an eager black kid from portsmouth or a young white woman from alexandria 8111361
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The director really wanted you to understand the nickname 521649448
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2025The Trump administration just established a precedent that they can pick and choose who leads higher Ed institutions. An authoritarian government deepens its reach into higher education. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...nytimes.comUniversity of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration 34689272
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025they want to force UVA’s president to resign because he thinks it would be bad if the university reverted to being a lily-white finishing school for the failsons of the old guard southern elite www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...nytimes.comUniversity of Virginia President Under Pressure From Trump’s D.O.J. to Resign 904570958
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 26/06/2025I'm often asked what Democratic politicians can do to learn from pro wrestling and combat Republican neokayfabe The simplest answer to that question is just, "Practice doing Dusty Rhodes's 1985 'Hard Times' promo in front of the mirror every morning until you really MEAN it" 🗣️ #wrestlesky #polisky 301073397
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialDave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Pet Sounds all day, man. RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=u90b...youtube.comGod Only Knows (Remastered 1999)YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic 34889145
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/04/2025On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is 1425294175213
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 19/04/2025Americans succeeded at creating a social material environment of (relative) safety but failed to produce a learning environment that would successfully communicate the reasons to maintain an environment of safety after the normal harms of the world passed out of common memory 281363316
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient. 401271865953
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialSatan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This is high art 526263157517
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 01/04/2025Know when U-Va. really started gaining note for academic excellence? After Black people and women began attending. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 27317
iamerinmccool.bsky.social @iamerinmccool.bsky.social · 29/03/2025My mom was the first in her family to go to college because of Illinois and SIU scholarships. 020
Reposted by @iamerinmccool.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025The way it works is that you strip fundamental rights from targets with less political support that people will turn their consciences off to justify persecuting and then eventually the state can do it to anyone, that’s always been the plan bsky.app/profile/pbum... 9054142006
