When Trump recently called a reporter "insubordinate," it struck me as strange. "She's not his subordinate," I thought to myself, realizing that no doubt he thinks she is; life as a privilege bestowed by authority...

Don't look away

Yes and the people Leonard Leo has managed to push through the judicial system as judges, all the way to the Supreme Court

People are only now realizing that Trump's talk about Greenland wasn't "a joke"? Trump doesn't joke. He has no sense of humor. He throws out crazy ideas to desensitize people to them. Imagine the worst he could do and then take it seriously. There's nothing he won't do.

The most unsubtle, heavy-handed claims made by pomo academic types have turned out to all be true. Gender is a relation of domination that requires constant, affirming witness. Capitalism will require extractive colonial relations. There’s no subtlety. Every day is like a 101 seminar at Oberlin.

If you want to know what my new podcast Reign of Error (coming later this month) will be like, take a listen to our pilot episode, recorded last year, and, of course subscribe:

"integralists hold that the unbaptized (meaning especially Jews and Muslims) cannot be citizens, that political authorities can coerce the baptized to obey the Catholic Church, that some forms of slavery are permitted, and that women lack any political independence from their male head of household"

H/T @ts-wren.bsky.social Fascinating video w Christian nationalist expert @julieingersoll.bsky.social Nearly did a spit take when she states (17:39) that Project 2025 is a Catholic Integralist document. It is true, but rarely acknowledged by reporters or experts. youtu.be/EIPgLbnDGCo?...

For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks. For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…

Venezuela is about the oil but that's short-sighted. Trump wants to be Putin & Heritage/Project 2025 folks want a return to the Monroe Doctrine. Trump will use oil billionaires to secure his empire in the " Western Hemisphere" and they'll be his oligarchs. (1 of 2)

You absolutely need to be making a huge deal out of this. Read it. Talk about it. Post the hell out of it. They dropped Smith’s testimony on New Years knowing people are not paying attention & distracted by Venezuela. TRUMP BELONGS IN PRISON. #ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

An optimistic piece by @dougsaunders.bsky.social. Yet, recent events echo more closely the 1910s and 20s than the 1930s and 40s. It feels more like the Hoover years than the Truman years. Gen Z may become a great generation but not for the reasons supposed. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b6403fe...

#campinglife #ChristmasEve

Files are allegedly redacted to protect those for whom there isn't evidence for prosecution. Imagine thinking that you have the right to have the government protect you from embarrassing photos being made public. What kind of coward would do so at the cost of #Epstein continuing his crimes?

i’m rereading Kathryn Joyce’s THE CHILD CATCHERS and I came across this passage, which characterizes infant #adoption in the USA: an industry in which clients purchase children with sums of money that often could have lifted those children’s families out of poverty “many times over.”

"black jobs"

Sunset #paddling #oru #camperlife

So if academic positions are all going to people of color why are university faculties still overwhelmingly white?

Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally. Just like it’s still the department of defense

here's a gift link to the whole Christopher Anderson interview, which is worth reading wapo.st/49ixYtq

I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along

Perfect #kayak day, just under 70° and no wind. The first real tryout of my #Oru Lake, having adapted it to fit my upgraded kayak seat and added a little floor mat. #WickedSweet #paddling #yaklife #camperlife

But by all means cut the humanities programs by calling them 'underperforming" without defining it. It's not some objective measure. They used to count SCH (# students we taught) and because we teach gen ed our SCH is high. Now they only count majors. Source: Tampa Bay Times search.app/ihBXd

Trump to reporter: you are the most obnoxious terrible reporter How I wish the reporter would reply: well you are the most obnoxious and terrible president so let's move on

You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social

They believe policies that protect women's self-sufficiency and Independence "erode family values."

Republicans will propose extending #Obamacare subsidies. It'll include as many "poison pills" as they can think of (like a ban on reproductive care in any subsidized plan & more). They'll do this so late there'll be no time to negotiate & try to blame Democrats for the coming #healthcare fiasco

“They’re Americans… we’re talking about American citizens.”

And labeling people as criminals while providing absolutely no evidence. No one should assume they are safe from that

What's Trump gaining by blowing up boats in the Caribbean? It's the same as the deportations: first criminals, then undocumented, next revoke documentation, then naturalization, now anyone "not compatible"... Next? He's preparing Americans to accept using the military to blow up domestic targets

The buck stops..... Over there

I had one who had us summarize primary sources and do so with a specific word count. Over or under you failed. He really taught me to avoid unnecessary adjectives. Seriously though he taught me to write concisely

yeah I feel a very high sense of alarm about what the "incapable of loving our country" goalposts are going to include quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE

So happy that "On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives" is now out in print! With 19 contributors, the book addresses definitions of CN; historical development; intersections with racism, sexism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia; and practical ways to address the problem.

I am a dev and I dislike AI because •it cannot operate without stolen data •it does not work reliably •it lies all the time •it is terribly inefficient •it pollutes •it is/was oversold •the biggest frauds champion it •the people behind it are psychos none of these are unreasonable complaints

Banning immigration, revoking green cards, and reviewing naturalizations has nothing to do with that attack. The suspect was thoroughly vetted & was given asylum under Trump, not Biden, both because he helped the US in the war in Afghanistan. Miller had this plan ready to go waiting for a crisis

because "MAGA" has *always* meant Make American [G]white* Again *The "G" is silent -- just ask most BIPOC folk.

Subtle but important shift in Trump's language on immigration in the wake of yesterday's shooting. From "illegal aliens" to "aliens," he's dropping the modifier & promising to remove anyone “who does not belong here or does not add benefit to our country." He's going to start revoking legal status

This hits differently than when I saw it a few years ago. It was great then but might be just what we need going into this next year: youtu.be/Ml_oY_zTFJA?...

Please listen to the whole thing. Her point about how history works and where we are at this moment is spot on:

If you read that Mike Pence op-ed last week citing some Founding Fathers about antisemitism and Jews' return to Israel... well, you're going to want to read this from @wthrockmorton.bsky.social (spoiler alert: Pence got some key arguments very wrong). warrenthrockmorton.substack.com/p/did-the-fo...

I appreciate your point but there are other reasons one might stay. For 15 years I warned xtian nationalists wanted to end women's right to vote. They rarely said it in public so people dismissed it. Now they're right out there saying it & more on X. Don't tell me I can't be keeping receipts

I understand why Trump's obsequious performance in the Oval with Mamdami today has everyone talking. But don't let it overshadow the fact that Trump literally said he doesn't mind being called a #despot or a #fascist. "It's okay, I don't mind," he said

Curmudgeonly compaint to ignore: Even as I recognize its necessity, I don't like "we're going to win" rhetoric. I think it implies "norms" can be restored, that there'll come a day when this is "over"--vs. a long struggle in which there're victories but no final victory, because this isn't a movie.

I still have my account & read but don't post. Those I study are there. The other day I noticed the "news" feed saying it's an AI summary of posts on X and might have errors. It's ready to focus on AI errors, but the real story is that GROK is summarizing X posts & presenting them as news

This is important: most of what people know, and think they know, about higher ed concerns only a handful of powerful elite institutions. The overwhelming number of colleges and universities across the country are not that. They are part of the fabric of the communities from which they come

I've been ranting about this for a decade. academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...

Voting against releasing #Epstein materials is complicity. In any context but #Congress, facilitating the hiding of evidence, would make you an accessory to a crime

The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping. Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets