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David Faris

@davidfaris.bsky.social

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Prof. of Politics, writer at @slate.bsky.social, @newsweek.com and JD Vance’s fave magazine @thenation. Author, IT’S TIME TO FIGHT DIRTY. Chicago-by-Philly. Dad, husband. The alarmists were right. Views are mine alone. https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/dfaris

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 3h

Baseball group chat full of Phillies, Cubs and Yankees fans

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 10h

I certainly hope so!

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 10h

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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 11h

I initially read this as “Alien movies”

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 11h

Booo

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 17h

You're almost there buddy. So close.

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 1d

The song remains the same!

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is wreaking complete havoc on my lovely, peaceful neighborhood on the far north side of Chicago. Schools in panic mode, businesses closing. We are being terrorized by our own fucking government.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think anyone else catches that liner no.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 3d

One thing working in our favor is that the aspiring tyrants trying to consolidate their little authoritarian TikTokracy are some of the dumbest people who have ever lived.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 3d

This is why I can’t do Substack. No one to gently tell me something is a terrible idea.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 4d

!!!

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 4d

Wish I could say the same for the Cubs….

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 4d

Looks like it’s Chicago staring down an ICBM in this nuclear war thriller. Folks we’re really having a moment here!

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 5d

Hmmm I don't know guys do the consultants for a massive SuperPAC have any incentive to convince us that ads can have such a dramatic impact on a presidential election? Help, I was literally born yesterday.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 5d

The idea that the they/them ad shifted the entire 2024 race 2.7 points to the right, repeated uncritically by Jonathan Chait today in The Atlantic, is based on a single unreleased (and thus un-examinable) analysis by a Harris-aligned SuperPAC.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 5d

Had some thoughts about the toxic legacy of the Roberts Court.

Roberts Court: Twenty Years of Dismantling Democracy | Opinion

Just over 20 years ago, John Roberts was sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.newsweek.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 8d

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 8d

Today Chicago is the frontline in the battle for American freedom. Our resistance is peaceful, but it is not weak. We will not stop until Donald Trump gets his masked battle-armed thugs off our streets.
My latest: open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...

Today Chicago is the frontline in the battle for American freedom

Our resistance is peaceful, but it is not weak. We will not stop until Donald Trump gets his masked battle-armed thugs off our streets.

open.substack.com

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 8d

The Morning Show remains absolutely peerless in the prestige TV “so bad it’s good” space.

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 8d

It's been a pretty good October so far!!

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 8d

Just want to say that my podcasting location in the house is 99% driven by the question, "where can you not see diapers in the background?'

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 8d

Big thrill to join Jon Stewart and Tim Miller to talk about what it would look like if Democrats abused executive power the way that Trump is doing.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 8d

Jon, @davidfaris.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social share some ideas of how blue states can assert their power on Trump’s federal government.

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