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John Hawthorne

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Retired Christian University Sociology Professor/Administrator living in the Denver area. Check out my new book, The Fearless Christian University https://tinyurl.com/3n6ea349. Follow my substack at https://johnhawthorne.substack.com/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

NYT piece calls these MAGA types "provocateurs." It describes "dueling versions of reality." Both are common MSM tropes.

But these are not provocateurs. They're propagandists. Only one side is employing deliberate deceptions on a vast scale for instrumental ends. 3/

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

Could be both

John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa plans far ahead. “I’ll do all this seminary stuff and preach in this church while I wait for my moment to come years from now.”

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

With A Little Help From My Friends
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With A Little Help From My Friends

Some great SubStacks you should read

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

“One of these things is not like the other”

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In Christian Universities, the refrain is “we know God wants us to succeed” regardless of the most recent enrollment or financial data.

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 3d

The Goal is Delegitimization
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Thanks to @eggerdc.bsky.social @jenrubin.bsky.social and @sykescharlie.bsky.social

The Goal is Delegitimization

"Who are you to stop us?"

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 5d

All good tools but not an end in themselves. It was a great piece.

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Pollingism vs. Magnetism

Reflections on @anatosaurus.bsky.social's analysis on polls and political campaigns.

Pollingism vs. Magnetism

Anat Shenker-Osorio and Democratic Messaging

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 5d

A couple of content creators and a cosmetology school admissions counselor don’t make for a representative sample.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

Oh wow! Donnie learned a new vocabulary word—"unabated"!!

Too bad he doesn't know what it means.

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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 7d

New at Tusk: On the obsession with gaffes that are believed to end campaigns but actually don't

Again with the deplorables

Gaffes matter! For some candidates! Sometimes! This isn't much of a theory!

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 7d

Definitely worth reading. I’m digging in on my SubStack on Monday.

Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 7d

Not at all being absurd fan girl that @jamellebouie.net said he's reading my "Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight" piece in his NYT column. (By which I mean, gahh!! and thank you.)

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Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight

“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 8d

He couldn’t have handled an MSNBC hit about Pope Leo!

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 10d

Hey JD Vance.👋 You need to understand something. Physicians are never going to refuse emergency care to someone in an Emergency Department. No matter what you say behind that big boy podium.

We’re not like you.

We wake up every day to help people.

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 11d

Shouldn’t he then shave off his beard?

John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 11d

Just listened to the podcast. Coates clearly has the right path forward.

John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 12d

Phil Christman's "Why Christians Should Be Leftists". open.substack.com/pub/johnhawt...

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Phil Christman's "Why Christians Should Be Leftists"

What if Jesus was serious about the Sermon on the Mount?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14d

Portlandia

Team Trump is more brownshirts than Brownstein, more armed men than Armisen. Donald's rationale for invading Portland is sketchy to say the least, but maybe he can install RFK, Jr. as president of the Portland Raw Milk Advisory Board.

by Maureen Dowd

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 15d

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That’s terrible!

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18d

At the UN today Trump called climate change the ‘greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.’

Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 19d

everything about this @jamellebouie.net video is spot on, but I particularly appreciated the observation that the Trump admin is attempting to create a real-world version of AI slop as part of their propaganda efforts.

slick nik @coleskiiiiii.bsky.social · 19d

shit ain’t over til it’s over

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John Hawthorne @jwhawthorne.bsky.social · 19d

When I first read When Prophecy Fails, I had to go read the actual story in the Chicago Tribune (microfiche!). On 12/17/54, there was a small item on the front page reading “World Still Here”.