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Matt Ezzell

@matt-ezzell.bsky.social
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Professor of Sociology in the Shenandoah Valley, views my own.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 17/10/2025
It's telling that Vance's first instinct following the Politico leak was to tell his sons to be wary of what they write in group chats--to assume “some scumbag is going to leak it in an effort to try to cause you harm.” His message here is basically--be racist; just don't get caught.
Vance said he planned to warn his children—“especially my boys”—to be cautious about what they share in group chats or online, advising them to assume “some scumbag is going to leak it in an effort to try to cause you harm or cause your family harm.”
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Here's my full breakdown of yesterday's voting rights case, where the Supreme Court will likely say that overrepresntation of whites in Congress is constitutionally mandated. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act
The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 16/10/2025
Democratic nominee for Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com shares how the rapid-fire, careless DOGE cuts have led to dire consequences across her state. Watch her full interview. contrarian.substack.com/p/the-devas…
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The Devastation of DOGE: Abigail Spanberger on How Trump's Policies Make Virginians Suffer
"The impact is dire."
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/10/2025
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”
Kavanaugh concurrence
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Incredibly clearly written deep dive into the appalling views and behavior towards women (and Muslims and Iraqis and really everyone) by Pete Hegseth, one of the worst of Trump’s cabinet of villains and fools.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is exactly what was horrific about Ezra Klein saying Charlie Kirk did politics "in the right way." Read the whole @nytimes.com essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
In some parts of polite society, it now holds that if many of Kirk's views were repugnant, his willingness to calmly argue about them and his insistence that people hash out their disagreements through discourse at a time of such division made him a free-speech advocate, and an exemplar of how we should engage politically across difference. But for those who were directly targeted by Kirk's rhetoric, this thinking seems to place the civility of Kirk's style of argument over the incivility of what he argued. Through gossamer tributes, Kirk's cruel condemnation of transgender people and his racist throwback views about Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated - like a position on tax rates or health care policy.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This morning's Portland post from Trump, finally, came less than 20 hours after the Supreme Court, yet again, gave Trump still more room to do what he pleases. Telling a tyrant he can take lawless steps, unsurprisingly, will lead that tyrant to take more lawless steps.
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SCOTUS's Republican appointees let Trump ignore Congress, cut foreign aid
Justice Kagan, dissenting for the Democratic appointees, noted the majority's "preliminary" order means $4 billion in aid allotted by Congress will be blocked "for all time.“
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 23/09/2025
American Academy of Pediatrics statement on the 9/22 WH autism press conference: “Today’s White House event on autism was filled with dangerous claims and misleading information that sends a confusing message to parents and expecting parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals."
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AAP Statement on White House Autism Announcement
Today’s White House event on autism was filled with dangerous claims and misleading information that sends a confusing message to parents and expecting parents and does a disservice to autistic indivi...
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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
“Major medical groups still recommend acetaminophen during pregnancy. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says there is “no clear evidence” that prudent use causes fetal developmental issues and cautions against leaving maternal fever or pain untreated.”
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20/09/2025
Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are already reshaping the world around us. But how are age-old inequalities showing up in this new digital frontier? to.pbs.org/3VIm2cR
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'The New Age of Sexism' explores how misogyny is replicated in AI and emerging tech
Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are already reshaping the world around us. But how are age-old inequalities showing up in this new digital frontier? In “The New Age of Sexism,” author and feminist activist Laura Bates explores the bias...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The right wing billionaires are soon going to control almost every single major media outlet.
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
There’s so much at stake this November. With the governor’s race in VA and NJ, State Supreme Court elections in PA, the redistricting measure in CA, and the 100,000 local elections on ballots across the country, it’s time to make your voice heard: IWillVote.com.
Graphic showing voter registration deadlines for New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New York. Text on the graphic reads: VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES New Jersey: October 14 
California: October 20 (Last day registration can be postmarked) 
Pennsylvania: October 20 
Virginia: October 24 (Last day registration can be postmarked) 
New York: October 25 (Last day applications can be received) 
*California and Virginia voters: If you miss the deadline, you can register to vote in person during early voting and at the polls on Election Day" 

Text under the graphic shows the link to IWillVote.com
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters. Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence. These docs show she did not. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
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Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Almost every single HBCU is under a bomb threat There have been almost no announcements about civil discourse and safety regarding the students there.
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/09/2025
Multiple Historically Black Universities and Colleges in the South were on lockdown or have cancelled classes on Thursday over a potential threat.
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Potential threats trigger lockdowns at several HBCUs across the South | CNN
Multiple historically Black colleges and universities in the South were on lockdown or cancelled classes on Thursday over potential threats.
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Southern Sylvs 🍉 she/her @southernsylvs.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
For reference bsky.app/profile/elie...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/09/2025
getting fired from your job because some dipshit student who missed their calling in the Stasi filmed you talking about gender in a class about gender
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Again let's repeat: "it would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country" Fine, with filibuster/impeachment hurdles, say 30 Why is everyone in the media laser-focused on What Democrats Must Do? Stop giving those 10-30 Republicans free passes: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 06/09/2025
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 04/09/2025
I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
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a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .
Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@murray.senate.gov on RFK Jr.: FIRE HIM. Yes. Please. Listen to her. GOP senators, do you want your constituents to die?
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 18/08/2025
Cowards.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Our constitutions are not the same. We have been very proud of always holding elections, no matter what else was going on. I am so tired of Trump shitting on the United States of America.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Important to realize that crime will be the next front in the war on data 2/
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I hope that faculty across the country read this report from the AAUP on AI & the Academic Professions, share it with their university administrators,& collectivize to create communities that use this document as a roadmap towards gaining agency over higher education. www.aaup.org/reports-publ...
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Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions
Executive SummaryEducational technology, or ed-tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), continues to become more integrated into teaching and research in higher education, with minimal oversight.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“The recent announcement of the founding of the Commission for Public Higher Education reveals another ‘axis of power’ in the multiwebbed right-wing war on the US university.” The body entails the uni systems of Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A & M + Louisiana.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 30/07/2025
“When you peel back all the connections, it’s hard to imagine this is not orchestrated. How can faculty feel safe, not just to exercise their academic freedom, but safe in their personhood, when you have extremist board members siccing their orgs on us.” — Bethany Letiecq, @aaupmason.bsky.social
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Judge Removes Youngkin’s University Board Picks
The ruling in favor of state Democrats will likely be appealed.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Completely outrageous: "the Trump administration said it would seek drafts of the faculty resolution, all written communications among the Faculty Senate members who drafted the resolution, and all communications between those faculty members and the office of the university’s president"
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Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/07/2025
The Trump administration is doing everything they can to suppress academic inquiry. We cannot let them succeed. The future of American higher education & our democracy depends on all of us fighting back together. #defendhighered
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 24/07/2025
Also, McMahon's statement here should make painfully clear to everyone what the administration's attacks on higher education are (and aren't really) about.
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Matthew Thomas Miller (He/Him) @mtmiller.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This is even more terrifying than we imagined it would be. Ya'll, the law isn't going to save you. University presidents—even good ones who try to resist—aren't gonna save you. You need to join @aaup.org, organize on campus, build power, and fight.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 24/07/2025
You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully. This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia. Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
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Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The first global comparison of glacier mass change reveals a global loss of 273 billion tonnes per year, an amount equivalent to what the entire human population on Earth drinks in 30 years. 🧪
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First Global Comparison of Glacier Mass Change: They’re All Melting, and Fast - Eos
By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its contribution to sea level rise.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/07/2025
Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepens
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Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepens
Malnourished medical staff say they are struggling to provide care to injured civilians, while recovery rates are also hit by
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The explicit plan is to ethnically cleanse Gaza with US help while the whole world watches.
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I’m so impressed with my UVA faculty colleagues, especially our Faculty Senate, for so quickly and loudly articulating how Trump, Youngkin, and the Board of Visitors are trying to destroy UVA and its values of free and open inquiry.
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
A vote of no-confidence for the board. UVA faculty are fed up with their failure to be open and communicative, and their failure to protect the university.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/07/2025
Fox News: "A shocking poll shows Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is leading in the race for incumbent Republican John Cornyn's Senate seat."
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Matt Ezzell @matt-ezzell.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
“The Court’s conservative majority isn’t merely interpreting the Constitution. It’s reimagining it to reflect its own ideological commitments. It’s a vision of law that narrows … who gets to claim the Constitution’s protection.” harrylitman.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
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The Supreme Court Unbound
The Court’s Casual Rewriting of the Constitution to Its Own Liking
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Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Also not a "pause" or "withholding" as I saw reported today. Black's Law Dictionary definitions:
Impound defined as to seize and take into custody
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This is such an embarrassing a non story. Every mention of it makes my soul cringe.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Elections matter! Putting Susan Crawford on Wis S Ct. saved women's right to choose. cc @benwikler.bsky.social www.yahoo.com/news/wiscons...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including...
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Dachau in July 1933... reported in the New York Times timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
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