Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldDr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 7hI’ve been writing something on Black thinkers & organizers during the 1880s, & you’ll be *shocked* to learn that they made an almost identical argument then—that the unstated commitment to white supremacy remained central to the party even as it ensued its defeat. 0327
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13hSecond, the whole point of the lynching spectacle was to indict and implicate the white community involved the lynching. It tied them together; it implicated them; it bound them to each other in guilt and shame. 123055
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldRahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · 8hThanks to @jpygold.bsky.social for having me on the RaceClass podcast to discuss the policing of housing in LA and beyond. This podcast is such a great resource for folks interested in critical perspectives on the law. on.soundcloud.com/cxXZ5ZstJ46w... www.raceclasspodcast.com 052
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldBeau Baumann 🍎 @beaubaumann.bsky.social · 13hWhy do Trump and Hegseth want you to watch a man die?bbaumann.substack.comWhy They Want You to WatchThe Legal Spectacle of Public Executions 910443
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026mom! I made the local paper! 29012
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 20hThey’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission. 9644441330
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 14his Mike Rogers writing headlines for the Chron? upshot: read the brilliant essay from @brsoucek.bsky.social that got folks at the @chronicle.com so worked up about @aaup.org, nuance and DEI statements. link to Brian's essay: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 121
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 14hhonestly the free speech frame just aint enough to capture the state sponsored dumbification propoganda. 020
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/10/2026Annie Andrews in 2022: "This does nothing to protect or support women or children in SC. I will always support trans youth" Annie Andrews in 2025: It's wrong to "throw this population under the bus to score political points." Annie Andrews today: 651603395
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 15hA couple folks in a quiet administrative office in Phoenix just high fived. 010
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 15hHeard of “the confederacy of California”? I hadnt. Til I read @rahimk.bsky.social new book on a hotbed of white supremacy in LA county. I pulled Rahim into our latest #RaceClass episode. Lots of hero’s & villains LA folks will know well. Baca. Villanueva. Blasi. on.soundcloud.com/sNlarAbCShNX... 1204
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldDr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 08/10/2026God this shit reads like it’s straight out of the 1870s Klan hearings. 0239
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Du Bois was only a century early in his bulls-eye analysis of MAGA / Trump / Heritage. This from new work by Feeden Blume Oeur & Sophie Doer-Kamienny. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 2134
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026TPUSA "described the event as a private event that was open to the public" and where some media outlets could cover it, but other reporters could not. Does that make sense? This is at a public university subject to first amendment requirements. 927568
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i mean if there is if we literally reconstructed the ordering of the letters... 000
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026all i wana know is whether I can place a polymarket bet on which of these universities gives him a sweet professor of practice gig in 2029. bc i think i know. 010
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 17342721623
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026anyone surprised by Rubio’s heartfelt defense of white nationalism gota read more @thomaszimmer.bsky.social. Thomas joined the #RaceClass Pod last month to give us a crash course in MAGA’s deepening links to global far right revanchismo. on.soundcloud.com/uRTAP3duVW8M...soundcloud.comEp. 70 | Thomas Zimmer On The Links that Bind AfD & Today's Republican PartyGerman historian Thomas Zimmer joins the #RaceClass Podcast for a deep dive into AfD (Germany's neo-Nazi party), the links that bind AfD and MAGA, and what looking to Germany can teach us about the Un 0114
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldDr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 08/10/2026These same guys already did a coup & have committed so many war & financial crimes over the last year plus that I’d honestly be floored if they conceded election losses of any kind. 1st step is to vote en masse but then we’ve got to be prepared to apply overwhelming pressure to force their hand. 29330
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026tracks given that same vice president's affection for Germany's far right neo-nazi party. bsky.app/profile/came... 000
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 8140011008
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldIsaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It’s here! @mishmoshk.bsky.social and Heike brought together an amazing collection of essays to map the influence of the ADL. 082
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/10/2026Following reporting from Erin In The Morning, the Equality Caucus has come out with a more forceful response against Democrat Marcy Kaptur's anti-trans ads. "This is a red line for us." The large Democratic caucus will not support her reelection. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comEquality Caucus: Marcy Kaptur’s Anti-Trans Ads "Deeply Offensive," Will Not Support Her Campaign"The Equality Caucus is not going to stand by passively and allow anyone to scapegoat the trans community. It is a red line for us." 251221228
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldJames M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is a death blow to social scientific research in the US 01410
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is actually quite clarifying (were there confusion) abt the Trump admins ongoing bromance w the worlds leading ethno-nationalist political parties in Germany, Hungary, Israel and beyond. 010
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"If Democrats fall short of these projections, even if they win 229 House seats and 50 in the Senate, I am quite confident the mainstream media will revert to its preferred approach to covering politics: centrism/false equivalence/balance/both sides/'independence.” newrepublic.com/article/2162...newrepublic.comAre the Blue Wave Polls Too Good to Be True?If Democrats don’t win by as much as the polls suggest, many liberals will be disappointed and the media will downplay the anti-Trump wave. 110114
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I was just removed without explanation from Ben Shapiro and TPUSA’s event at UT Austin. TPUSA apparently circulated my photo to security, which was waiting to kick me out as soon as I got in. 12476128
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/10/2026We may cover this tomorrow, but I just wanted to signal boost this. After months of pushing the administration to make good on its promises for trans youth, NYC appears to be taking steps to do so. I do believe the city can be doing much more, but this is a wonderful start from Mayor Mamdani.gothamist.comNYC moves to spend nearly $9M of gender-affirming care fund for minorsThe funding is part of a $15 million investment announced in June as major hospitals retreated from providing such care. 192227430
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The assertion that "powerful cultural institutions" and the Democratic Party "treated more tradition-minded Americans as evil or backward" has become such a cliche in the punditry that people who say this feel no need to offer examples (or a single example) and journalists rarely ask them to do so. 1830652
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ronald Reagan came to political prominence in CA with his opposition the Rumford Open Housing Act--"If an individual wants to discriminate against Negroes...it is his right to do so,"--opposed the Voting Rights Act, and called the Civil Rights Act "a bad piece of legislation." 328676
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Fusionism was undoubtedly a significant force in the growth of modern conservatism, but the reliance on "3-legged stool" (free markets, virtue, anticommunism) framing can lead to the underplaying the role of opposition to the Civil Rights Act and other civil rights laws played in this growth. 424930
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Other than an aside on the "white nationalism that has emerged out of the dark corners of the internet," (which she she pairs with the "excesses of work") Slade makes no mention of the role of race in the construction of the modern conservative movement. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | With Trump Flailing, Some Conservatives Are Having Second Thoughts About TrumpismWhat is the future of the conservative movement? 3468997
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I fear that any midterm “mandate” angry voters give them will be squandered on dinner party invites instead of building the accountability regime people are desperate for and are putting their bodies and lives on the line to get. 201130224
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldTexas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Dr. Paige Schilt on the destruction of racial, ethnic, gender and sexuality studies at UT Austin. 💔higheredadvocate.substack.comHow Do I Hold This Grief?By Paige Schilt 0158
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldAAUP @aaup.org · 06/10/2026BOOM! 💥💥💥 The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted Penn-AAUP’s motion to vacate the bad district court opinion on Trump’s absurd demands. Trump tried to get a list of Jews from Penn & failed, & now, thanks to @aaup-penn.bsky.social, the admin leaves with nothing that it can use elsewhere. 010033
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Good scholarship on the “other” white flight where white parents pull their kids out of schools that become “too” Asian bc they fear their kid will get out competed. UNM law prof. Vinay Harpalani recounts some of that history in this new piece. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com<p>Serving One Master: Colorblindness and Asian American Interests in Admissions Litigation</p><p>Asian Americans have occupied a prominent and contested position in recent admissions litigation. Advocacy groups litigating to eliminate pro-diversity 0103
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I wrote about the threat as well as the limits of authoritarian escalation. Trump’s schemes to subvert the midterms have so far failed. What happens next? What do authoritarians do when they are about to lose an election? My new piece:steady.pageWhat Do Authoritarians Do When They Are About to Lose an Election?Trump’s schemes to subvert the midterms have so far failed. What happens next? A reflection on the threat as well as the limits of authoritarian escalation 420292
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/10/2026The starting point for any discussion of declining public trust in higher education in the US has to be that since the McCarthy Era, the center-right has systematically misled the public about the purpose and practices of higher education as well as underfunded it. 27222
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026upshot: still not an AI guy but very glad more scholars are pushing back against the so deeply misguided mainstream consensus / allure to 'political polarization' e.g. @lilymasonphd.bsky.social & @pettertornberg.com npr.brightspotcdn.com/72/e3/5cbd11... www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...journalofdemocracy.orgPolarization Is Not the Problem | Journal of DemocracyAmericans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress. 000
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026claude offers "more accurate frames" leading us to a more accurate & helpful visualization: radicalization without polarization. 100
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026claude creates "political polarization escalation diagram" so I respond: "why is this political polarization?" claude didn't seem to take it personally, responds: "this isn't actually 'political polarization' in the technical sense." 100
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026not an AI guy here, but Claude seems to be a faster learner than the "political polarization" crowd. first asked to create a diagram using "polarization" frame to explain three recent incidents: NH libertarian party endorses assisinating Dems; JD Vance hints at race war; Trump ok w nuking LA ... 100
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026FWIW i think the bigger risk is viewing the ICE state sanctioned/vigilante violence as something wholly separate from lynching. related piece here from William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove -- who btw we should probably teach more in law school classrooms. www.afro.com/politics/mor...afro.comAlex Pretti and Renee Good were lynched– how will we respond...By William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove We don’t need better training for the men who killed these activists. We need a moral movement to disarm t... 030
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We live in a police state now 30599200
Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026@asheeshks.org has deep dive into the Cornell Report. the report's utter disconnect begins w this opening quote from Cornell's 5th president. His tenure coincided w an earlier era of unapologetic antiBlack racism that infiltrated university campuses like Cornell. news.cornell.edu/stories/2009... 023
Reposted by Jonathan FeingoldSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades. 9825282