Reposted by Manisha SinhaManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 18hAcademic here, yeah I know it’s September still! 424858
Reposted by Manisha SinhaSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 11hIt was just a little misunderstanding that led Schmitt to baselessly accuse Smith of perjuring himself 927543
Reposted by Manisha SinhaSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10hJust a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15). 1122317597
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10h"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMYbuff.lyAnnouncing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh... 14645216
Reposted by Manisha SinhaSenator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 12hBefore calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes! 2104201895143
Reposted by Manisha SinhaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"The Indian Question" now joins "The Jewish Question" as a shorthand for a dream of ethnic cleansing. As with the mass purge of Haitians, Christopher Rufo again seeks to play a central role in this descent into ethnonationalist fascism. 29529151
Reposted by Manisha SinhaEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional." www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...cbsnews.comTop FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resignsBailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino. 331190444
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“We’re finally going to finish Reconstruction & do what we should have done after Watergate, Iran-Contra, & January 6” 2253483
Reposted by Manisha SinhaT.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Never sell anyone out. In fact, if you're asked about banning 12-year-olds from softball, just say, "You're asking me to sell out kids for my political career. I'm not going to do that. Let's stop demonizing people in tougher circumstances than you or I will ever experience. They have guts." 151585319
Reposted by Manisha SinhaWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We're witnessing the Rapist-to-President and/or Rapist-to-Supreme Court Justice pipeline with this Cornell scandal. 13972031766
Reposted by Manisha SinhaKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening the investigation into the 2024 gang rape of a student at a Cornell University fraternity abcnews.com/US/district-...abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 18237021015
Reposted by Manisha Sinha🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 19hI don't believe it! The woman who put Ross Douthat on TV can never be replaced. 2645639
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026OMG Guinea Guinea @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social !! 110
Reposted by Manisha SinhaKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 27/09/2026Remember the random dude who got 49020939 articles of uncritical media coverage in the space of two days because he quit anthropic based on his fears of existential AI risk? Yeah..........he's a climate denier. So is the whole AI industry. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/22/a... 11583245
Reposted by Manisha SinhaErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One reason to learn about things outside your major is so that you have something to talk about with people at parties and on dates. No amount of money will make up for you being a crushing bore. History majors learn this early but I guess it takes other people longer. 27980103
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Indian American here the pile on against Indians after Bo French’s misbegotten tweet is a thing to watch on Twitter! 263
Reposted by Manisha SinhaSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here’s Chris Rufo and his podcast co-host addressing “the Indian question,” a reference to “the Jewish question.” That question was whether Jews could be incorporated into European society, and the Nazis were the ones who claimed to have developed the “final solution” to that “problem.” 561172317
Reposted by Manisha SinhaAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 290154354249
Reposted by Manisha SinhaEric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is excellent modern journalism. A century ago, a newspaper would publish a muckraking article. Then a pol could get quotes into the paper in response. That was slow turnaround. Now subjects of articles go on TV and social media to counterspin. And @propublica.org is rapidly responding. Great! 6500135
Reposted by Manisha SinhaPat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Two China state visits 10 years apart 👇 101009272
Reposted by Manisha SinhaDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I should also add that when the movie got to showing people burning Teslas and vandalizing dealerships, the theater of mostly older folks in Santa Monica started applauding. I think it is possible Trump and Musk turned libs over 50 into John Brown. 404258446
Reposted by Manisha SinhaDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There are lots of ways to answer this and one of them is that studying history makes you a better citizen and our public universities have an obligation to produce good citizens. History education is essential to a republican model of government. Engineering is not. 631160171
Reposted by Manisha SinhaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time. 1106130924659
Reposted by Manisha Sinha@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 342460755
Reposted by Manisha SinhaManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Historian here UT Austin has eliminated courses on slavery, civil rights, the Holocaust and women from its core curriculum. We know the kind of people who have censored history in the past. www.statesman.com/news/educati...statesman.comUT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classesThe provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum. 9312138
Reposted by Manisha SinhaSara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He imposed Shania Law 14975181444
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad: 141214587
Reposted by Manisha SinhaAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026that 18 percent seems really well represented in the news and on social media bsky.app/profile/atru... 623651543
Reposted by Manisha Sinhateamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story. 412012735
Reposted by Manisha SinhaAndi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 12431301280
Reposted by Manisha SinhaIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 26/09/2026Amazingly, no one was responsible 301375272
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every accusation is a confession. The dumbest man ever to Be Senator Tommy Tubberville is warning about “furries” Flying planes even as Kash Patel removes bestiality as a disqualification for serving in the FBI. Fun times people! 27013
Reposted by Manisha SinhaJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 25/09/2026“Things have changed in the South.” — CJ Roberts, Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comJustice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases (Gift Article)Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated. 01411
Reposted by Manisha SinhaAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning? 503153524903
Reposted by Manisha SinhaLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 383198096333
Reposted by Manisha SinhaKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026He did it, this is the final boss level of white people going can I say it? 662676551
Reposted by Manisha SinhaGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration was deliberately named to announce to the world that white nationalism is now the basis for US immigration policy. If Dems win power, they should defund it. They should also defund third-country deportations. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2157... 852151699
Reposted by Manisha SinhaLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Life comes at you fast 672457616
Reposted by Manisha SinhaGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Remarkable: An Iowa right wing radio host just leaked word that GOP polling shows House Rs in peril even in districts Trump won by +10. The culript? Trump and the war. On the pod, Iowa Dem chair Rita Hart explains why the conditions are ripe for big Dem rural gains: newrepublic.com/article/2158...newrepublic.comMAGA Radio Host Humiliates Trump by Leaking Truly Brutal GOP Poll DataAs an Iowa-based pro-Trump personality drops a midterm bombshell, the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party discusses whether Democrats are about to regain major ground in rural America. 54990299
Reposted by Manisha SinhaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends 481849695
Reposted by Manisha SinhaKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“It’s such a disaster,” said Viktor Kruglov, the publishing house’s chief executive… “Russia thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment,” he said. “They deliberately damage, erase, extinguish everything which is connected with Ukrainian culture.”nytimes.comRussian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books, the Heart of Ukrainian CultureA publisher whose warehouse was hit twice said Moscow “thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment.” 35529
Reposted by Manisha SinhaSam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jake Paul, a rising MAGA star, wants to amend the Second Amendment to allow civilians to obtain bigger weapons. "When asked what types of systems he has in mind, Jake suggests drones, electronic magnetic pulse devices and, of course, rocket launchers." More on this brilliance below. Free link.fightthefire.substack.comMr. Paul and Mr. Paul go to WashingtonThe next wave of MAGA brilliance is here. Are you ready to ‘upthrow’? 306240
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Historian here UT Austin has eliminated courses on slavery, civil rights, the Holocaust and women from its core curriculum. We know the kind of people who have censored history in the past. www.statesman.com/news/educati...statesman.comUT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classesThe provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum. 9312138
Reposted by Manisha SinhaCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396382560
Reposted by Manisha SinhaManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Folks go buy Tillamook ice cream and cheese no matter what the MAGAts say! 9303
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Folks go buy Tillamook ice cream and cheese no matter what the MAGAts say! 9303
Reposted by Manisha SinhaThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Onward. Forward. With your help. Happy birthday to Democracy Americana! One year ago, I started this experiment. To keep it going, I need your support. This is my once-annual pitch to everyone reading. I hope you’ll indulge me:steady.pageOnward. Forward. With your help.Happy birthday to Democracy Americana! One year ago, I started this experiment. To keep it going, I need your support. 311851