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Jim Porter

@porterje.bsky.social
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Emeritus university professor of rhetoric, ethics, technology, and communication; history of rhetoric theory, history of writing technologies, ethics, theology

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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Framing indeed. All three accounts are factually accurate, but first two misrepresent the truth by omission.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why independent media is so needed, in one post👇🏽 Framing matters
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐎'𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐒.𝐉. @kohsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sunday, September 27, 2026 fully homily by Cardinal McElroy (standing ovation at end) youtu.be/8mm2CVY12BQ?...
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112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees Mass | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
YouTube video by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
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𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐎'𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐒.𝐉. @kohsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cardinal Robert McElroy yesterday. Gospel clarity! ✝️
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 24/09/2026
Reporters stood at the White House gate this morning holding a federal judge’s order that said let them in, & were turned anyway. No explanation. No comment. Just a president ignoring a court like it’s beneath him. This is an unprecedented, fascist assault on free speech. Free the press!
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It is a profound indictment of most media coverage of Big Tech that your best bet for getting an informed understanding of AI and its dangers is following a decently curated list of Bluesky shitposters
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
White House is violating court’s order with impunity, and CNN, MSNOW, and Politico are heading back to court. DOJ’s options are to admit incompetence or confess contempt of a court order and the rule of law.
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Catholics for Choice @catholic4choice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You cannot call yourself Catholic and turn a blind eye to the inhumane treatment and detention of immigrants in this country.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I didn't hold back. These centers are a blight on higher education and we should say so. dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...
“Center for Intellectual Freedom is a really Orwellian name because they’re forcing mandatory classes on students who don’t want it,” Ray said. “Just as a matter of pure consistency, if closing African American Studies was just a financial decision, the center should be closed.” Ray said universities do a better job fostering free thought than any other institution — including churches, workplaces, and the military.

“You can say and do things at universities that you cannot do anywhere else,” he said. “So the notion that universities are a problem when it comes to free speech is just a lie.”
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Again, for the eight billionth time, self-regulaion is NOT regulation.
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 03/09/2026
And here's their memo—@knightcolumbia.org published in June—to Yale's leadership urging it to reject a Trump administration settlement, noting its likelihood to chill freedom of expression and academic inquiry on campus. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-ful...
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Memo to Yale's President and General Counsel Opposing a Trump-Yale Deal
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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The long-overdue shift is noticeable, even to people outside the church. My most recent piece in Commonweal: www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-hei...
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Catholic Social Teaching Is Having a Moment
Suddenly, a lot of folks are taking the Church’s social teaching seriously. The shift is noticeable even to those outside the Church.
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There are people in Ohio who don’t like what’s going on. I’m with them— and so many others from Ohio and elsewhere—to be in solidarity with the Haitian community of Springfield.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
stop treating Trump accusations with any presumption of credibility. He is proven, serial liar
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Facts? Trump Doesn’t Need No Stinkin’ Facts!
Trump stooges can’t deliver.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Democrats’ mandate will not be to find “common ground” with a decrepit autocrat bent on destroying congressional power. For now, Ds must focus on victory to hold Kushner, Trump et al accountable for their incompetence, malfeasance, and illegality. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Jeffries Never Should Have Met With Kushner
Wrong person, wrong premise — eventually the right tone
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Writing IS thinking ... means that writing is not merely the *recording* of thinking (the fallacy of the LLM designers ... well, one of them).
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Vanderbilt joins the growing list of US universities where one can’t teach ethics
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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Happy Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus! May you always find God in all things.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In case you were wondering what has happened in the time since the trump administration threw a ton of resources to try to ruin this guy’s life and disappear him, he’s still in Ohio. He tells me tonight: “I'm back to work as chaplain at TriHealth”
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Knowing what you don’t know, and being willing to say that, is a pretty important intellectual skill. thenextweb.com/news/ai-advi...
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AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found
A study found that access to AI advice collapsed people's willingness to say "I don't know" from 44% to 3%, while accuracy dropped from 27% to 9%.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: The list of ICE and DHS lies about their agents’ use of violence and deadly force keeps growing. You can’t believe anything they say. That means they can’t be trusted to investigate the officer-involved shootings that keep happening. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ICE and DHS's growing record of deception
When their agents shoot and kill people, they shouldn't be allowed to run the investigation.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Rita 🫛🌱v 📎🐸 @ritapeas1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Corporations don't self regulate!
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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Original Tweet from @Mantia: What’s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?

Quote tweet from @hwitteman: That $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher, 0% to the authors. If you just email us to ask for our papers, we are allowed to send them to you for free, and we will be genuinely delighted to do so.
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.comicsands.com/hilliard-wwi...
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101-Year-Old WWII Veteran Goes Viral With His Blistering Rant About 'Fascist' Trump—And We're Cheering
Bravo, sir!
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is who Trump's immigration crackdown is actually targeting. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. No criminal record. A work permit application in progress. 35 years of building homes and raising a family. Shot and killed by ICE in his van. Remember his name.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
At a time when organisations say that what they desperately need isn't more coders or exam takers but young people with critical thinking and independent reasoning skills, it's a profound injury to the future to allow the closure of Philosophy programmes across the UK and US, including Dundee's.
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Sign the Petition
Save the Philosophy Programme at Dundee University
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Mother Nature has joined the resistance.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
DC: KNOW YOUR OCCUPIERS State governors are helping Trump and have sent more than 4,900 National Guard soldiers to DC. This includes the Democratic governors of Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, and (NEW) Maryland—all mistakenly believing their troops are on the National Mall and nowhere else.🧵
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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A petition has been launched, stating, "We, the Irish dancing community, voice our unequivocal support for transgender dancers". Read 👉 buff.ly/rIn57fX #GCNnews
Irish dancers in costume, sitting in rows on steps for a photograph. It has a blue and purple gradient with the GCN logo and the article's title that reads: "Irish dancers rally behind trans athletes as Florida threatens to ban them from competing". At the bottom of the image, a message says: "Read more on www.gcn.ie at the link in bio".
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
People who are unfamiliar with the UCMJ may not realize that for an active duty major to do this in uniform, the consequence can be court martial and incarceration. All of it is prohibited, but the wearing of the uniform was an intentional choice, and a likely forfeit of both his career and freedom.
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US service member arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump’s impeachment | CNN Politics
A US Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol on Wednesday after delivering a speech calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“Clearly. a terrible mistake was made”—agreed, but let’s not hide whose mistake behind passive voice.
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How to turn lies into (alternate false) reality. Thorough analysis of false narratives about #SpringfieldOH Haitians, spread mainly by JD Vance and fascist supporters—with assists from SCOTUS, Fox News, and social media. #rhetoric #ethics snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio (updated)
Thanks to the Supreme Court
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Liberation Theology @liberationtheology.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
As the Trump administration moves to seize a Roman Catholic diocesan pilgrimage site for the border wall, bishops from New Mexico and Texas are calling on the faithful to join them for Mass on the mountain.
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Bishops plan Mass on pilgrimage mountain Trump administration seeks to seize
As the Trump administration moves to seize a diocesan pilgrimage site for the border wall, bishops from New Mexico and Texas are calling on the faithful to join them for Mass on the mountain.
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CommonSense @comminsense.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Dear Knicks, Stay away from the WH. Your fans.
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Finally. Somebody nails it, says it out loud, what we have been thinking for years but were too fucking polite to say.
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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I don't like Newsom to begin with, but this disqualifies him all by itself. Anyone who leave a brick standing that Trump put in place is just inviting the next authoritarian to do the same thing. Destruction in this case is cleansing.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/06/2026
NEW: Last week, over 100 FBI agents targeted a voting rights group that helps Ohioans register to vote. While its drawn far less attention than probes involving high-profile figures, it's just as important to defend the under-the-radar groups doing the daily work of democracy, Marc Elias writes.
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The FBI’s raid on free and fair elections
What we are witnessing now, however, is a second and more insidious track of that same weaponization — one aimed not at famous individuals who can fight back, but at the unglamorous, under-the-radar g...
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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100 FBI agents raided a small Ohio voting rights group — and the state's own secretary of state says Ohio has no meaningful voter fraud
The raids on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative sent 100 federal agents into homes and offices of a tiny nonprofit — Today in Ohio says the intimidation message was loud and clear.
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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Religious leaders and communities cannot become complacent on immigration. As the midterm elections approach, the Church must embrace more explicitly political strategies to combat Trump’s war on immigrants. My latest with Dylan Corbett of Hope Border: www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-ice...
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Changing the Calculus of Power
As the midterm elections approach, the Church must embrace more explicitly political strategies to combat Trump's war on immigrants.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Examples of this kind of moral courage are sorely lacking in our nation today. As Americans, we must recommit ourselves to honor them, to encourage them—and, ourselves, to live them.
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It's good that universities are making six-figure payouts to people who got fired for their comments about Charlie Kirk, but now the universities need to do some new firing, of administrators who carried out those illegal actions. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...
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Fired for Criticizing Charlie Kirk, They’re Now Getting Big Payouts
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Nothing promotes individual liberty quite like a state-mandated indoctrination.
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Iowa lawmakers move to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes amid low enrollment
A last minute Republican legislative push could force University of Iowa college students to take classes at the newly-created Center for Intellectual Freedom. It's exactly what a report highlighted w...
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Oh please, mean what you say.
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Jim Porter @porterje.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New report from Ohio Immigrant Alliance: ICE detainees are NOT violent criminals. They are community members, our neighbors. ohioimmigrant.org/blog/ice-act...
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Nearly 8,000 Ohioans Detained for ICE in Trump's First 15 Months — Ohio Immigrant Alliance
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance released the first and only statewide analysis of immigration detention in Ohio during the first fifteen months of the second Trump administration.  ICE detention capacity...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Every step taken by the federal government to promote and advance scientific research in the US, which has been the mainstay of US economic growth and strength since roughly 1870, is now being reversed in order to retard or suppress scientific research. This is a conscious policy.
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MIT president blames federal policy shifts for big drop in research on campus
Federal funding cuts have curtailed research at elite universities such as MIT, dulling America’s competitive edge globally.
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