This one neat trick can help you teach US politics during an institutional collapse: Tell the truth. That's it. Just tell it like it is. Be radical.

So do we ever blame Becky or nah

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

I used to run the Civil Rights department of the North American labor movement and I can tell you that this is one of the best public statements I’ve heard/seen from a labor leader about their working conditions in the midst of negotiations. Well done Phee! 👏🏾👏🏾 #wnba

Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview. She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky

Do not dismiss this as a joke. This is terrifying. Even to say out loud. He has the right fire them, that’s civil-mil 101. Doesn’t mean this is normal or ok.

An abortive attempt at a Kavanaugh Stop.

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

We need to push back while we can because tools of opposition shrink as authoritarianism consolidates.

I also still think the more rigorous schedule, lack of rest, and small roster size are the BIGGEST contributor to the increase in injuries we've seen this season. Reffing is bad but if we want to take better care of players, schedule & roster size need to be addressed too.

I often say that conservatives want to repeal the various Civil Rights Act but it’s probably more accurate to say they want to overturn the Reconstruction amendments.

the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dozens of delegates from multiple nations walk out of UN hall as Israeli prime minister prepares to speak.

News --> Steve Bannon tells me he fully expects Trump to use the Texas ICE office shooting as the hook to unleash law enforcement on liberal immigration groups by connecting political violence to anti-ICE rhetoric. This is going to get ugly. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2009...

In the last 6 hours, Trump has imposed: - A 100% tariff on medicine unless its producer starts building a new U.S. factory in the next 5 days - A 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities - A 30% tariff on upholstered furniture - A 25% tariff on “Heavy (Big!) Trucks”

NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on. The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

As my PhD student @mikesenters.bsky.social says, everything is gamergate (and these men from gamergate have been activated by the right). This is the tail of Bannon and Milo’s work beginning 2015…

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly

This........this is not what happens when vaccines are given. What the fuck is he talking about?!?

Oh god, no. No no no.

In the US, we tell women that they have to be Supermoms. That their kids are in constant danger, and it's their job to be on watch for threats and then swoop in to save the day. That role can feel empowering for moms*. But it also leaves them vulnerable to disinformation campaigns.

periodically I see the president doing things like “post crimes for his attorney general to do that were maybe supposed to be an unencrypted DM on his own personal social network” and I remember that he got elected in large part because of information security practices and I black out in rage

Something a brilliant colleague said that I think has gotten lost in the Kirk conversation is that part of how he was able to build a following and inspire young conservatives was precisely *because* of the free speech tradition that IS honored on most college campuses. I recall back in …

They abandoned the whole free speech thing as soon as people started saying things that genuinely offended them. It wasn’t that they were so tolerant that they accepted nazi talk as a necessary evil to protect speech writ large, they just liked saying and hearing slurs bsky.app/profile/jame...

Klein's suggestion reinforces the false perception that feminism is to blame for society's problems. And, in that sense, he's actually making Democrats' job harder. By making it seem like "men's rights" activists are right.

A lot of people are also missing the students here on F-1 visas that traditionally go the path of: F-1 to H-1B to permanent residency.

Publish or perish…but what exactly does it take to earn tenure in Law & Courts? 📈👩🏽‍⚖️ Our new article tracks 40+ years of tenure portfolios—spoiler: expectations are rising, collaborations are up, but inequities remain. 👇 @alyxmark.bsky.social @melineberger.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/jlc....

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

This. No TT/non-TT/VAP job will be offered to an int'l candidate, since it requires an H1-B until the green card is issued. This process takes at least a couple of years.

Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all research and stop publishing their studies.

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

People will be very surprised to learn who receives H-1B visas, but it will be too late.

OMG - the judge in Florida just sua sponte struck the complaint in the Trump v NYT case for -wait for it - violating Rule 8. Lawyers, tell the folks at home how hard it is to get the complaint struck outright for something like that in fed eral court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Thrilled that my paper "Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States" with Nic Fishman, @leahrosenstiel.bsky.social, and @dashunwang.bsky.social was published in @science.org today! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year: “Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”

So much of the absurdity in how some elites talk about Charlie Kirk—or navigate the authoritarian politics of this regime—stems from political science’s and the elite class’s fixation on polarization, and the misguided belief that it’s inherently bad and that the “remedy” is civil submission.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

on a related note, i do feel that the continuing collapse of civil society organizations undermines the fairly widespread argument that trump's declining popularity is consequential.

Just since yesterday, the President has engaged in more extrajudicial killings, promised to use the federal government's power to repress the political opposition, threatened to prosecute a reporter for asking him a question, and filed a baseless lawsuit to try to intimidate a leading news outlet.

I guess nothing matters anymore but what the vice president is saying here is demonstrably untrue. See Kalmoe & Mason (2022) and just about any other academic study on US political violence.

I’m more used to saying this to people on the Left than people on the Right, but, “hate speech” is not an exception to the First Amendment. “Hate speech” is protected by the First Amendment unless it falls into a traditional established exception.

My optimism here is limited, but I really hope centrist institutions like universities and major news organizations understand that the plan is for the govt to dismantle them. They do not care if you fire your columnists or discipline staff for accurately quoting Kirk. They just want us all gone.

I appreciate the honesty: The point is to underline that all institutions belong to the President. No intention of even appearing independent.

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... The free speech crusade will continue until complete conformity and submission are achieved.

Laugh at Trump’s ridiculous innumeracy, sure. But the commander of the world’s most powerful military is responding to relevant questions about the laws of armed conflict by claiming that the existence of drug deaths in general permits him to kill anyone he feels like, which is very serious.