Jamie Morgan

@depechealamode.bsky.social

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policy scholar and practitioner
Big 3: ☉polisci ☾feminist theory ↑abortion
Me: https://scholars.org/scholar/jamie-morgan
Latest: https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/09/minnesota-shooting-hortman-anti-abortion-violence-doctors-providers/ .. more

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Jamie Morgan @depechealamode.bsky.social · 8h

The extended Practical Magic universe, including remaking the new one with Evan Rachel Wood this time.

Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 11h

If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.

Jamie Morgan @depechealamode.bsky.social · 8h

Who are the other scientists talking too? Because I'm worried for them.

Reposted by Jamie Morgan, Jacob Montgomery, Daniel W. Drezner , and 5 more Jamie Morgan, Jacob Montgomery, Daniel W. Drezner, Alan Richardson, McKenzie Wark, James Goodwin, Zen Faulkes, Susan D. Amussen

Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 11h

If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.

Jamie Morgan @depechealamode.bsky.social · 2d

won the millennial vacation game, "we could live here"

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

They line up perfectly.

An Oval Office photo of Trump looking adoringly at Mamdani, while a portrait of Reagan looks on. Above the man-ignoring-his-girlfriend meme.

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Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 7d

Ethnographers be like

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 7d

WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)

On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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After learning more about the history and success of the program and weighing the thoughtful perspectives that have been shared, I have concluded that barring extraordinary financial setbacks, the PPFP faculty hiring incentive program will continue while the University continues to assess the program's structure as well as its long-term financial sustainability. As a result of our continuing consultation and review, there may be consideration of some changes to elements of the program including the total number of incentives supported, a number that has fluctuated significantly over the years, and how the awards are distributed among campuses. In the meantime, the University will continue to fund the PPFP faculty hiring incentive program and campuses may continue to take advantage of these incentives. We will have an opportunity to discuss any potential changes prior to adoption.
As we look to the future, I will continue to engage with faculty leaders, program stakeholders, and UC community members about this important program. I especially appreciate the thoughtful perspectives shared in recent weeks by Academic Council Chair Palazoglu and Vice Chair Scott, the Council of Graduate Deans, UC faculty members, and you as our campus leaders.

Sincerely,
James B. Milliken
President

Jamie Morgan @depechealamode.bsky.social · 7d

Failed 2-3 motion to report to full committee favorably: S323 does not advance.

Kimya Forouzan @kimyaf.bsky.social · 7d

Today, all eyes are on #SouthCarolina, as legislators consider the most extreme and cruel abortion ban in the country: S323.

It’s a total ban with virtually no exceptions. People who have an abortion would be charged with murder, facing up to 30 years in prison.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

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Kimya Forouzan @kimyaf.bsky.social · 7d

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9d

When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.

Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...

LAW dork

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I am certain that someone thought this was particularly witty when they came up with the name, but it's honestly one of the more offensive possibilities these hateful authoritarians could have used.
Even on its face, using the name of a beloved children's book as the name of your anti-immigrant, mass-arrest operation is appalling.
But, to use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy and freedom and against fascism and tyranny.
Abusing his life's work like this cannot stand without a response.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 11d

An anti-abortion protester has shot someone outside of a South Carolina Planned Parenthood.

My source says one person was injured and taken to the hospital—and that the protester was arrested.

More soon.

Jamie Morgan @depechealamode.bsky.social · 11d

"The notion that Fuentes’ rhetorical violence is a bridge too far, while Heritage provides the infrastructure for the administration’s actual violence, strains credulity."

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 11d

I wrote about the supposed conservative "civil war" over antisemitism as more of a lovers' spat for @liberalcurrents.

The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences

Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.

www.liberalcurrents.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jamie Morgan, Arlene Stein , and 2 more Anna O. Law, Jamie Morgan, Arlene Stein, Nathan P. Kalmoe, James M. Thomas

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 11d

I wrote about the supposed conservative "civil war" over antisemitism as more of a lovers' spat for @liberalcurrents.

The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences

Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 13d

so the new york times could very well have destroyed donald trump's presidential run due to epstein back in 2015 but chose not too.

awesome. 🙄

Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 13d

To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015

What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?

Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 13d

“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 14d

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

CHOAM for the holidays @samthielman.com · 15d

“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”

Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates:

"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.

QT of @avidreader1000
Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...

Jamie Morgan @depechealamode.bsky.social · 15d

Consensus among judges that clerks have to do their jobs should not feel like such a win but here we are.

Jamie Morgan @depechealamode.bsky.social · 15d

Then you are going to need to book travel.

Reposted by Jamie Morgan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Andrew Brown , and 2 more Jamie Morgan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Andrew Brown, Brian Keegan, David R. Shumway

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15d

The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16d

Minority Whip Katherine Clark puts out a stinging statement on the senate deal. "A GOP budget that spikes health care premiums and everyday costs to fund tax cuts for billionaires is a grave betrayal of everyday Americans. That was true in July. It was true in September. And it remains true today."

MALDEN, MA – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark issued the following statement on the Senate’s budget vote:

"A GOP budget that spikes health care premiums and everyday costs to fund tax cuts for billionaires is a grave betrayal of everyday Americans. That was true in July. It was true in September. And it remains true today.

“Republicans eliminated the ACA tax credits and slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid, $500 billion from Medicare, and billions from medical research. As a result, Americans are seeing soaring costs – doubling, tripling, and quadrupling families’ premiums. Democrats have called on Republicans to work with us to protect health care and lower costs since March. They’ve refused at every turn.

“Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress own this health care crisis. They own the pain of every American facing a premium hike. And they own the hopelessness of every parent who can no longer afford health insurance for their family.

“House Democrats are not giving up. The American people deserve affordable health care, we will continue to fight back on their behalf.”

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jamie Morgan, Anne Norton

Linny @linnybobinny.bsky.social · 17d

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

Jamie Morgan @depechealamode.bsky.social · 20d

the administration's arguement cannot even withstand metaphor

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 24d

Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.

There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.