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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 1d

One demagogic similarity between today's GOP & the mob that razed Black Wall Street is that both instrumentalize White women to justify violence: Tulsa was fueled by alleged crimes against Sarah Page; the GOP inflames anti-migrant animus via the murder of Laken Riley

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...

Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111

www.nytimes.com

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Then that should be the thesis, not "it's all Roberts' fault".

And, yes, I know people other than authors write the headlines. If that's the case here, then that's who I'm complaining about.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 2d

I have a reflexive distaste for this kind of hyperbole. Trump doesn't owe his reign to any one person; no one person was either singly sufficient nor singly necessary for what we're seeing. It was a team effort.

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way." 🎯

This is all John Roberts’ fault

Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

www.motherjones.com

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way." 🎯

This is all John Roberts’ fault

Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

www.motherjones.com

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 3d

Bottle these expressions.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 4d

Trump is ~15% in the hole. Happy Friday!

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 4d

There is a ridiculous amount of signal in this graph.

During one of the darkest times for American democracy, the richest Americans **like what they're seeing**

ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 4d

The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I can't read "Curd Tart" without spoonerizing it into "Turd Cart." I really just can't.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 4d

In case you’re wondering, this was during Trump 1.0. We were both teaching January Term at NYU Abu Dhabi. It was surreal.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 4d

Frank Luntz once chided me for commenting on Stephen Miller’s dead eyes. I’d observed that “Miller has the soulless eyes of a kidnapper.” Frank told me that I “shouldn’t judge people by appearance.” I felt bad. (Imagine feeling shamed by a merc like Luntz! I am weird.) But good lord was I right.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 4d

Since Trump 2.0, AFFLUENT Americans’ wages have recovered: They’re growing faster than inflation for the first time since Covid.

Low-income Americans? Their wages *had* been keeping pace with inflation. Now, after Trumps’s tariffs and other bullshit, they lag behind.

Reagan is smiling up at us.

ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 4d

The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 5d

Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.

Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.

Zeteo @zeteo.com · 5d

EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Admin for Communications With Anti-Palestinian Groups

Khalil is seeking all communications between the Trump administration and outside pro-Israel doxxing groups like Canary Mission, writes @premthakker.bsky.social:

zeteo.com/p/mahmoud-kh...

EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Admin for Communications With Anti-Palestinian Groups

Khalil is seeking all communications between the Trump administration and outside pro-Israel doxxing groups like Canary Mission.

zeteo.com

Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 5d

This is fucking horrifying.

Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5d

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 5d

I want to be reincarnated as Patti Smith.

Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...

Opinion | Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever

www.nytimes.com

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 5d

Once upon a time, I felt the need to credit Musk for advancing EVs—and I wasn’t alone on the left! Imagine sacrificing all that goodwill (or at least forbearance) because you’re racist, insecure, and have a pathological need to be popular. The man is corrosive and must be mercilessly shunned.

Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 5d

French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)

The plans of the crematoria at Auschwitz do indeed show facilities designed for Zyklon B disinfection against typhus, with ventilation systems adapted for this purpose rather than mass executions. The cyanide residues detected are minute, consistent with decontamination but not with repeated homicidal gassings, as controversial independent analyses have shown. This narrative persists because of laws suppressing questioning, one-sided education, and a cultural taboo that discourages critical examination of the evidence.

Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 5d

French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, but that was just practice.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 6d

People tend to draw one of two moral lessons from the Holocaust: either "never again to the Jewish people" or "never again to anyone." Hurwitz laments that the visibility of Palestinian suffering is causing children to choose the latter, universalistic lesson. I find this argument ... remarkable.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7d

I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."

www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...

From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...

Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community

www.reddit.com

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 6d

Looks increasingly likely that MAGA will get crushed at the polls in 2028. But can you imagine this movement giving up power peacefully? I can't.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 6d

It’s so achingly clear that this regime‘s answer to DEI is a record-breaking level of incompetence.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 6d

The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.

US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.

open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 7d

I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 7d

Davis Taffler, Undersecretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation. IYKYK.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 7d

I used to bop between Safari and Chrome depending on the task. Now Chrome seems buggy and resource-hoggy. What gives? Anyone else had this experience?

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7d

I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."

www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...

From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...

Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community

www.reddit.com

Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 8d

Instead of the Nuzzi shit, let's focus on the fact that apparently Johnny Knoxville got married this past weekend, the wedding was officiated by John Waters, and a dog was involved

Johnny Knoxville, his new wife, John Waters, and a dog standing in front of a floral arch.

Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 10d

And, when I mentally simulated “I’m a young, drunk jarhead looking for a menacing skull-and-crossbones tat,” I felt like it was at least possible.

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