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Up and down, not left and right: class, courage, and the myth of populist rebellion.

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · 5d

“Working class, my ass. Give us some truth.”

New post: “Give Us Some Truth.”
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Give Us Some Truth

Christian nationalism forgets its Jewish beginnings—and why they still matter

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · 12d

Early Christians were persecuted because they resisted empire. MAGA calls itself persecuted while wielding power.

That’s not Christianity under attack. That’s Empire in red hats. New essay: A check on Christian Nationalism from a Jewish POV.

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MAGA Is the New Empire

A High Holidays D’var on Cellular Memory, Civic Repair, and Belonging

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · 17d

Rosh HaShanah remembers creation not as something finished, but as a question posed again each year. What kind of world will we create this year—through what we excuse, through what we repair, through what we dare to begin again?

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Generation Interrupted

On politics, patient advocacy, and why I show up

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · 25d

“I’m not here to pass Parsons’s test. I showed up on Capitol Hill not to play ‘good patient,’ but to remind lawmakers that patients who will never fold neatly back into ‘normal’ still deserve more than a shrug.”

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Deviant Democracy

An Ethnography for the Estranged

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Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · Aug 27

In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.

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Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Aug 19

While I’ve never entertained world leaders, neither have I invited any guests to view my hat collection.

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Aug 19

New essay just out: Mass deportation isn’t just cruelty—it’s cultural erasure. And remembrance? That’s resistance.

This post explores identity, oral history, Jewish diaspora, and the ethics of memory. For the estranged, the inherited, the in-between.

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Mass deportation is not just cruelty—it’s betrayal. And remembering who we are is how we resist it.

The Homeland Worth Defending

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Aug 12

The uniform isn’t your belonging. The flag isn’t your story.
The Homeland Worth Defending → reclaiming heritage without domination.

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ICE wants you to guard the gate. I want you to find the door back to your own story.

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Trump says violent crime in DC is out of control. It’s actually at a 30 year low.

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Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...

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Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Structural gaslighting isn’t a glitch in the system. It is the system.

My latest essay tracks how the deliberate erosion of trust has become a mode of governance.

#politics #philosophy #truth

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Gaslit Society

Gaslighting isn’t just interpersonal—it’s institutional. In this essay, I trace how epistemic sabotage has become a strategy of governance. The danger isn’t just confusion. It’s collapse.

An argument for AI ethics that begins with conversation—not simulation.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · Jul 29

ah yes stop and frisk, which was ruled unconstitutional and thus not "perfectly legal," would have for sure prevented the nevada resident from bringing his south carolina manufactured ar-15 into manhattan and the senator from louisiana is for sure in a position to decide for the residents of nyc

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 29

Kennedy: New York is going to have to face is the issue of whether we should bring back more aggressive stop and frisk which is a perfectly legal law enforcement tactic

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Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 29

AI ethics needs more than fear or fluency.

It needs philosophy.

New from Adam Marc Writes:
The Dialogue Is the Data

We can’t access the machine. But we can study the conversation.

Slow AI. Conversational Realism.

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The Dialogue Is the Data

Priests, Plagues, and the Problem with Zeal: Pinchas from the Fringe

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Wildstyle @mrwildstyle.bsky.social · Jul 25

DESPITE the city of Indianapolis allegedly having a program to house ppl

They are CLOSING the homeless in Fountain Square without offering those ppl anything but a hard time

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Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 20

⚡️Zealotry. Inheritance. Power.
This week’s Torah portion (Pinchas) is wild—and deeply political.

I recorded a short commentary unpacking priestly propaganda and what it means to read sacred text from the fringe.

📽️ 10 min | beard included

Zealotry, priestly politics, and five bold daughters—Parashat Pinchas has it all. In this short video, I unpack the power dynamics behind the text, spotlight the Priestly source, and reflect on what it means to read Torah from the fringe. Respectable beard included.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jul 19

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social. 👁️

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Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 19

“Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.”

Raising my hand in strong opposition to constructing concentration camps in my state.

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Defense letter confirms Indiana's Camp Atterbury to be used for immigrant detention • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Stephen Colbert's Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 19

“Now that voice is being silenced. Not because viewers stopped watching, but because a right-wing billionaire needs regulatory approval and a vindictive president demands submission.”

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Mock a Trump bribe on Monday, get canceled by Thursday. The Late Show's death reveals how billionaires and presidents are reshaping American media.

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 19

“In his final weeks, he wasn't just doing comedy; he was bearing witness. When Trump manufactured crises or pushed authoritarian policies, Colbert was there to say "this isn't normal." Night after night, in homes across America.

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Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 19

“A senior official at the National Cancer Institute confirmed that NIH acting Director Matthew Memoli sent an email across the NIH instructing that any grants, contracts, or collaborations involving mRNA vaccines be reported up the chain..” (March 2025)

WTAF

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Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

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Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Grew up on PBS. 👋 Much better for it.

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 18

"Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE."

Such an assault on vulnerable people

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Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE

ICE officials will be given access to 79 million Medicaid recipients' personal data, including home addresses, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the U.S., according to an agree...

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Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.

Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 17

"'The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,' one of the two Guard officials said. 'This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.'"

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Adam Marc @adammarc.bsky.social · Jul 15

“President Donald Trump wants lawmakers in Texas to redraw the state’s congressional district map to give Republicans five more House seats, he told reporters Tuesday.”

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Trump wants five-seat pickup from redraw of Texas congressional map

“There could be some other states we’re going to get another three, or four or five in addition. Texas would be the biggest one.” he said Tuesday.

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