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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor”

@mkenney.bsky.social
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I study drugs, high-risk activism, and political violence. I support my students and my country. I reject 47’s efforts to turn our country into a competitive authoritarian regime.

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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I'm attending Indivisible Pittsburgh's event, “No Kings 3 CALL TO ACTION Zoom” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblep...
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No Kings 3 CALL TO ACTION Zoom · Indivisible Pittsburgh
On March 28, millions of us gathered for **NO KINGS 3**. On Tuesday, March 31, we will follow up locally with **ACTION**. Join us for the specifics on **How to get involved with voter registration, p...
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I talked antifascism today with @sashaingber on her Substack podcast. She led me through an important set of questions, addressing what it is, how they organize and fund raise, and the role of the far-left more broadly in recent political violence. stream.mux.com/R6x01fSzpsL5...
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
“There’s a funny thing about fire… When it gets in your face, you’re going to move.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
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Ronnie Rondell, Stuntman Set on Fire for Pink Floyd Cover, Dies at 88
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This is a great event 🙏
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. On June 14th, let's protest Trump's authoritarian takeover and send a peaceful reminder that we do not bow before kings in America. Join No Kings Day protests at nokings.org.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: Event Attendee Pre-Mobilization Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings: Event Attendee Pre-Mobilization Call · No Kings
Join us, Thursday, June 12th at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT for a No Kings strategic prep call designed specifically for No Kings event attendees! During the call, we will provide timely updates, walk thr...
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Pittsburgh” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Pittsburgh · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** ## Join 50501 in partnership with local Indivisible groups and other grassroots organizations for Pittsburgh's NO KINGS Protest. NO KINGS is a na...
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The Trump administration’s onslaught against American universities was foreshadowed by @JDVance in his keynote address at the 2019 National Conservatism conference. He closes his speech by quoting Richard Nixon: “The professors are the enemy”
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Why We're All Living in an Age of Extremism | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fric...
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Why We're All Living in an Age of Extremism
Extremism isn’t just political, it’s personal. As modern life fuels obsessive behaviors, here's what you can do to stay balanced.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Fun times, good people, fascinating discussions. From my recent @isanet.bsky.social panel on deradicalization with @marybethaltier.bsky.social, @lilianadevia.bsky.social, Clark MacCauley, and Emy Matesan 😊
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
So much for Trump “defeating” ISIS
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Great news from our Brtitish friends. We need more European countries to step up. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...
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U.K. to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of G.D.P. by 2027, Starmer Says
Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out a timeline to increase British spending on defense, now 2.3 percent. He is scheduled to meet with President Trump this week.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
It’s hard not to escape the conclusion that Trump fired Generals Brown and Franchetti because they are Black and female 😡 With Pentagon purge, Trump thrusts military into uncharted territory
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It's official: all PhD admissions at the University of Pittsburgh have been put on hold, despite months of hard work in recruiting applicants and evaluating their files. The pause applies to all schools and departments at Pitt, including GSPIA. www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
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The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Join the Ridgway Center and Asian Studies Center on Wednesday, March 12th, for in-depth analysis of Filipino-Chinese relations and expert insights from one of the most respected scholars in the field. Scan the QR code to register for your free lunch. See you there!
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“My fatherly instinct and background as a paramedic kind of kicked in… Everyone on that plane suddenly became very close in terms of how to help one another, how to console one another… That was powerful.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
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A Delta Plane Crashes in Toronto, but Tragedy Is Averted
All 80 people aboard Delta Flight 4819 survived a crash landing at a windy and snowy Toronto airport.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
@UPMC stands to lose $115 million in one year alone www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Unpopular thought (at least on this platform 😂): Trump, with all his threats, bravado, and autocratic actions, is better suited for hostage diplomacy with the likes of Russia, Iran, and North Korea. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...
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Kremlin Says U.S. Will Release a Russian in American Custody
Moscow said a Russian imprisoned in the U.S. would be freed “in the coming days” after the release of an American schoolteacher.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Remember these? 🤔🤷‍♂️ “Starting on Day One, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.” “Groceries, cars – everything. We're going to get the prices down.” “That means we're going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Donald Trump’s Promises
President Donald J. Trump, over the course of the 2024 campaign and after his election, made big promises to the American people on everything from the economy to foreign policy. Here’s what he said h...
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Mano dura doesn’t work: “Despite Mr. Noboa’s tough measures, violence remains pervasive… Last month saw more violent deaths than any month in the past three years, according to police data” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/w...
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Ecuador’s President Faces Runoff After Falling Short in Re-Election Bid
President Daniel Noboa, who is known for his aggressive law-and-order policies, failed to win a majority of votes in his re-election bid on Sunday.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Thank god, or at least the framers, for the courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
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Federal Courts Are the Frontline for Those Opposing Trump Executive Orders
With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions. But can the courts keep up?
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
That sinking ship sound you’re hearing is the collapse of American soft power in Africa 😢 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
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Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
The collapse of U.S.A.I.D. at the hands of President Trump and Elon Musk is already leaving gaping holes in vital health care and other services that millions of Africans rely on for their survival.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Drizz is my new hero 🦸‍♂️
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Trump’s executive power grabs could have implications for drug policy. #harmreduction “… in the weeks since he moved back into the White House, Mr. Trump has proved to be far more aggressive than his predecessors from either party in seeking to mold state policy.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Trump’s Power Grab Defies G.O.P. Orthodoxy on Local Control
New York City traffic. California water rules. Middle school sports. Few local policies are outside the reach of Donald J. Trump’s federal government.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
List: Examples of Trump’s Actions That Are Defying Legal Limits www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump’s Actions Are Defying Legal Limits: TikTok Ban, Birthright Citizenship and More
See examples of actions by President Trump and his administration that appear to constitute legal violations.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
helpful and important to stop thinking of x as a social media platform and see and talk about it for what it is: a political weapon
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Think we have it bad? bbc.com/news/article...
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Cardiff University: Ex-education minister facing redundancy
Leighton Andrews speaks of his anger after the institution announced plans to slash hundreds of jobs.
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Barry McCaffrey @brma64.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u... Illegal firing of FBI agents. Our preeminent law enforcement organization. Vital to our safety and security. The White House acting in a lawless manner.
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Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in “a battle of our own.”
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Gen Michael Hayden @genmhayden.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/02/2025
Higher costs, smaller paychecks, disappearing jobs #MAGAnomics
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
How can traders be shocked by this?! They’re no better than the voters who are now surprised that Trump actually means what he says 😖 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/b...
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Global Markets Roiled by Trump Tariffs
Shares in Asian manufacturers and European carmakers tumbled on concern that tariffs will hurt trade in North America and disrupt global supply chains.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
“People started demanding we open the gates and let them go… We could handle a day or two, but after that? We just can’t. What would happen in the camp; what kind of explosion could this cause among its inhabitants?” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/w...
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Security at ISIS Camps in Syria Threatened by U.S. Funding Freeze
A halt in foreign aid may undermine American organizations’ support for forces that guard the two largest camps holding Islamic State members and their families.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Xi Jinping thanks us 🤷‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
@isanet.bsky.social closes it’s Twitter account and moves to @bsky.app 👏👏👏
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs has a tenure track opening in public policy. We're looking for folks with a passion for research and teaching in political science, economics, public administration, or public policy ⤵️ @gholliba.bsky.social cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Assistant Professor in Public Policy (Tenure Stream)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Families of U.S. service members who live in Afghanistan are stuck in the country and blocked from relocating to the United States due to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump… 200 family members of U.S. troops… attempting to flee the Taliban…” www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
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Trump order blocks families of US troops from leaving Afghanistan
Some US service members with family members now trapped in Afghanistan feel "betrayed," one advocate said.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
@PittGSPIA is hiring on the tenure 🛤️ Work at a great school in an even better university 👇 nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Assistant Professor in Public Policy (Tenure Stream)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Ross Ulbricht facilitated $200 million in drug sales on Silk Road. These sales included heroin, cocaine, and many other illegal drugs. President @realDonaldTrump not only pardoned him but called the federal prosecutors who convicted this drug trafficker “scum” 😳
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Watching the top-ranked Pitt Panthers take on #15 Georgia Tech
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The original and still the best rock opera open.spotify.com/track/3P0Vlt...
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Overture
The Who · Tommy · Song · 1969
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The colder it gets the more he likes it 😂
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Our next SecDef?🫤🤷‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
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Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him
Penelope Hegseth sent the email to her son in 2018 as he was in the middle of a divorce from his wife, Samantha.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Meanwhile, academic twitter: My new piece has just dropped. Here are the key takeaways!
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a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee surrounded by fire .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee surrounded by fire .
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Preparing to attack
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Old classic, new platform.
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Sebastian Gorka may be great at licking Trump’s… boots, but he’s never been a serious student of terrorism
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Michael Kenney, aka “The Enemy Professor” @mkenney.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
He’s not. But don’t take my word for it. Ask anyone in terrorism studies. “Gorka has touted himself as a counterterrorism expert. But in 2017, his PhD advisor said… ‘I would not call him an expert on terrorism’” www.middleeasteye.net/news/who-seb...
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