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Adam McMahon

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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rider University. CUNY grad. www.adammcmahon.net 📍 New York, New York

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · Sep 11

Check out my article today in Inside Higher Ed about how I've had some success innovating in the classroom using virtual reality to teach about the September 11th terrorist attacks

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

Teaching Sept. 11 Using Virtual Reality (opinion)

Seeking a way to convey the import of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to students too young to remember them, Adam M. McMahon writes that he turned to virtual reality.

www.insidehighered.com

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2h

I asked my bf if we could walk out and he said no lol

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 3h

I’m the only person on earth who disliked this movie!

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 4h

Hard agree

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 4h

It is very underrated. Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph and is set in the King of the Hill Universe!

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 13h

Sophie Ellis-Bextor slams transphobes: 'They make trans people their whole personality'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/07/sophie-ellis-bextor-transphobia-lgbtq/?utm_content=1760293200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Sophie Ellis-Bextor slams bigots who 'make trans people their whole personality'

"Murder on the Dancefloor" hitmaker Sophie Ellis-Bextor has vehemently criticised rising levels of transphobia in UK.

www.thepinknews.com

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 14h

This isn’t much of a threat in Washington DC where the president can pardon everyone…

Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 15h

There can be real repercussions for shifting funding during a government shutdown. Under the Antideficiency Act, enacted to prevent federal agencies from spending money Congress hasn’t appropriated, officials who buck those restrictions face up to two years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines.

Pentagon will pay military troops, Trump says, shifting $8B

The president said Saturday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has funds available to pay troops on Wednesday.

www.politico.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1d

that lawyer was me.

open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

make sure to drink plenty of water!!!

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

I seem to remember some pundits and political scientists arguing the president and Republicans would win the PR battle over the shutdown. What they failed to account for in their analysis was that these MAGA people are jerks. And Americans don’t like jerky politicians.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like a bad idea to fire air traffic controllers when there's already a shortage but what do I know

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

gizmodo.com

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a story about a wannabe autocrat president who is increasingly isolated and a Congress that is also becoming disconnected from reality. I wonder how the electorate will respond in November ‘26 🤔

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

This story rounding up the autocratization of American government & society makes my blood run cold

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear

Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.

www.wsj.com

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is shocked at how easy it was to turn the US into a personalist dictatorship (we're squarely on the way but not quite there) & claims to be having a lot of fun

All these actions reflect a buoyed commander-in-chief who feels emboldened to go further after feeling as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in the first 9 months. He has even remarked to aides that he is shocked how easy it is all proven to be.

While the war in Ukraine continues to bedevil Trump, causing him the most frustrations, he doesn't face the discontent, sniping and disagreements that characterized his first term, said David Urban, a long time ally. " This time, he's having way more fun," Urban said.

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 2d

What could go wrong?

Chicago News Bot @chicagonewsbot.bertshouse.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza
https://abc7.com/post/us-sending-200-troops-israel-help-support-monitor-ceasefire-deal-gaza/17973848/

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

One of the officials said the new team would help monitor implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the transition to a civilian government in Gaza.

abc7.com

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

You got so many honks and cat calls!

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

So did he get some??

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

And it lowers the threshold to release the Epstein files!

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

Of course RFK Jr works out in jeans. He's a jerk.

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

In the past people behaved as if Trump et al. were playing 3D chess, but to me, right now, it seems like the president doesn’t even know how to win at tic tac toe—even when he gets the center square…

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

Trump can try to initiate mass layoffs of federal workers but (1) government actually does things that ppl like, so more ppl will get angry and (2) can the president really afford for jobs numbers to get worse this year?

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