Agree, it's a magical movie.

A message from our new Chair, Richard Carlbom: "I've met with Democrats across Minnesota who are ready to fight back — and my promise to you, as your Chair, is that's exactly what the Minnesota DFL is going to do."

Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.

God willing if I haven’t been sent to the fields for dear leader and the creek don’t rise, I will do this:

BOOM💥💥💥

District and appellate courts, I think fairly, keep asking the Supreme Court to clarify what they actually mean—i.e. "If the new rule is that the Trump admin can never lose then you have to say that" and the Supreme Court keeps being like "No, you're supposed to just do it without us having to say."

I should also shout out Hakeem Jefferson. NOW I’m fini. (This was supposed to be a little coffee break post.) cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/hakee...

Oh! I was remiss in not pointing you towards Corey Fields’ work. Now, I’m fini. news.stanford.edu/stories/2016...

History will remember these consultants, and the Democratic Party leaders who listened to them, as collaborators. And not in a good "let's collaborate on a creative project" way.

centrist dem consultants in NYC love to LARP as "Real American Whisperers," meanwhile Midwest dem governors are the ones with a clear-eyed view of fighting fascism

Is climate change a religion? Here's my latest OpEd in #TheHill on the EPA's pathetic attempt to dodge science and overturn the #EndangermentFinding. #OpEdProject #PublicVoicesFellowship thehill.com/opinion/ener...

Great panel, featuring Lena Kunjan of @umnsociology.bsky.social

Hello Chicago! Heading up my third annual symposium on Race and Religion at the Association for the Sociology of Religion meeting tomorrow. Then over to #ASA2025 for a dope panel on the future of work for disabled workers. Can’t wait to see everyone!

FAME! IM GONNA LIVE FOREVER IM GONNA LEARN HOW TO FLY

📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend! Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting during the Saturday afternoon sessions! #ASA2025 @umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social

Get ready for some great sessions at #ASA2025 by folks from @umnsociology.bsky.social

📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend! Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting on Saturday morning #ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social

"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...

How do religious beliefs shape gender attitudes? Research from @evanstewart.bsky.social, @pennye.bsky.social, and @jackdelehanty.bsky.social shows how public and private theology, tradition, and identity intersect in everyday gender politics doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spad012

I'm really excited about this paper! And it's open access! Check it out if you are interested in how variation in nonreligious experience predicts variation in health outcomes.

Just published with @jacquifrost.bsky.social and Mahala Miller

Check this out if you're interested in religion and well-being too. Varieties of Nonreligious Experience: Expanding Understandings of Nonreligious Wellbeing - Frost/Edgell/Miller, Sociology of Health & Illness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Good for the Strib for naming the "change the narrative" strategy. Never forget - it was murder. www.startribune.com/george-floyd...

Good for the Strib for naming the "change the narrative" strategy. Never forget - it was murder. www.startribune.com/george-floyd...

The first of a long series that focuses on religion and the vote in 2024. The big takeaway from this one? I don't see a single subgroup of evangelicals that didn't shift right in 2024 Young and old. High attendees and low ones. White and PoC www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/2024-elect...

Exactly right

My NSF grad fellowship was a game-changer, and my two NSF research grants employed 6 grad/1 undergrad RAs, led to an award-winning book, an article in a flagship journal, multiple other publications, etc. They want a poorer, sicker, more ignorant populace. It's a tragedy of epic proportions.

I had to miss this last night (sick partner, nursing a cold myself), but was so glad to see @repangiecraig.bsky.social out here in the district engaging with her constituents. And I'm excited about her plans to hold town halls in MN's Republican districts -- she's not afraid to show up and listen!

On Tax Day, I’m re-introducing my You Earned It, You Keep It Act to eliminate federal taxes on social security benefits. My bill puts money back into the pockets of Minnesota’s seniors and reduces the national debt too. It just makes sense. craig.house.gov/media/press-...

Thanks, @governorwalz.mn.gov for tracking how losing $$$ Minnesota is disrupting the lives of our citizens: mn.gov/mmb/budget/f... Imagine if Congressional Dems did this - but nation-wide? @klobuchar.senate.gov @smith.senate.gov @repangiecraig.bsky.social ig.bsky.social

A powerful film about the extensive sexual abuse of children - and a determination by those who could have helped end it to pretend it wasn't happening - at an iconic Minnesota institution, the Children's Theater. (Co-produced by my graduate advisee, Christine Delp). mspfilm.org/show/magic-m...

Higher Ed colleagues and supporters - here's something concrete you can do. I urge you to read and sign this letter (bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd to read and bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign to sign). If you're vulerable (e.g. to targeting/deportation) there's an anonymous option.

Minnesota Dems @smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov @repangiecraig.bsky.social - what will *you* do to dramatize the stakes and give people hope? What will you do to fight, not "tut-tut" or and "work across the aisle" with those trampling our values/way of life? Play it safe and *we all lose*

#MinnesotaDems @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @repangiecraig.bsky.social - what will you do to protect elections, now that it's clear that they're a threat to the current regime? Your constituents want to know.

#MinnesotaDems @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @repangiecraig.bsky.social - what will you do to protect elections, now that it's clear that they're a threat to the current regime? Your constituents want to know.

Minnesota Dems @smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov @repangiecraig.bsky.social - what will *you* do to dramatize the stakes and give people hope? What will you do to fight, not "tut-tut" or and "work across the aisle" with those trampling our values/way of life? Play it safe and *we all lose*

Higher Ed colleagues and supporters - here's something concrete you can do. I urge you to read and sign this letter (bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd to read and bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign to sign). If you're vulerable (e.g. to targeting/deportation) there's an anonymous option.

UPDATE: At 7:19 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, Booker broke the record for the longest individual Senate speech previously set by Strom Thurmond of South Carolina in 1957. bsky.app/profile/pbsn...

The rhetorical victory is this: the proposal that we can and will outlast them.

NEW UNITED STATES SENATE RECORD FOR LONGEST FLOOR SPEECH!!! #CoryBooker

@pbsnews.org Your coverage of the showdown over proxy voting in the house erroneously said Mike Johnson believes it's unconstitutional. He used proxy voting himself - and as late as Dec. 2022 - when it was allowed.You distorted the conflict, and his motives, which are political and not principled.

This is the 20th straight hour of Booker speaking. This is the energy and honesty we need in a Senate leader, not what we have been getting. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Is Cory Booker doing a John Lewis remembrance as he approaches breaking Strom Thurmond's record the senatorial version of Kendrick dropping a diss track on Drake? I think it is.

When people say “Why aren’t Democratic officials doing more?” they’re talking about bold, public, difficult actions like Cory Booker is taking right now. Take note. @booker.senate.gov

Could have been upwards of half a million people watching Booker at any given time this afternoon

Last call! If you're a PhD student in sociology or political science & you're interested in Religion & Public Life, apply to attend our **fully funded** seminar on Religion & Politics, June 16-21st. Details below! **Application deadline is tomorrow (March 31st).** wheatley.byu.edu/religionsemi...

There's too much to keep track of. I highly recommend @wonkettemedia.bsky.social's daily tabs briefing of the most important stories, served with dark humor and righteous fury

Just got my measles vaccine! I got my first before 1968, so it turns out I needed a new one. The measles outbreak is ongoing, be careful out there!

*taps mic* please for the love of all that is holy and good in the world, stop announcing to everyone that "NO ONE IS PRO ABORTION." YOU'RE WRONG. I AM. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE. ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE. I'M PRO HEALTH CARE. I'M PRO CHEMO. I'M PRO BUTTERFLY STITCHES. STOP SPREADING STIGMA.