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Mark D. White

@profmdwhite.bsky.social

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Professor, author, editor, and fan of comics, movies, and music https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-d-white-4a568730a/ See my books here: http://amzn.to/2aFC66M

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 23h

Incredible version of Iron Maiden's "Revelations" played at the final show of Bruce Dickinson's solo tour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQth...

Bruce Dickinson - Revelations - The Wiltern, Los Angeles Oct 5th, 2025

YouTube video by n2n666

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d

I teach in my undergrad class on the history of the US jury system that the institution's roots are in colonial juries serving as a counterweight to abuses of imperial power. The American jury has problems for sure but still can serve that roll. Don't blow off jury service.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 1d

So does any unpopular speech... oh, I get it now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 1d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 1d

if you’ve come across the term “dual state” this is about as thorough a deep dive as is available into its origins, content, significance, and how the Supreme Court might be creating one. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 2d

When I ask them to change it, they whine about having to do it manually, like they are replacing a loose rivet on the 50th floor of a skyscraper under construction.

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Right? I think I had a publisher once want to break up "outhouse" after the 'h'.

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry — I meant "doöfuses."

Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 2d

That isn't how you split "offline" you doofuses.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

For the London tabloids, Trump's mental illness is a major, front-page issue. For the US media, it's something that urgently needs to be swept under the rug. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

New conspiracies over Trump’s health swirl after CNN text interview

The president famously does not use email and is not known to frequently use text messages

www.independent.co.uk

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Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 3d

"He shall break his judges if they cross his word;
He shall rule above the Law calling on the Lord.
He shall peep and mutter; and the night shall bring
Watchers ’neath our window, lest we mock the King—"

Rudyard Kipling, The Old Issue (1899)

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-public...

Trump Explodes at Judge He Put on the Bench

The president insisted that U.S. District Judge Immergut—whom he appointed—should be “ashamed” of how she’d served him.

www.thedailybeast.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

Why did China stop buying US soybeans, Kevin?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

The protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the federal government’s violent
attempts to silence the protesters became a story of great interest to the local Chicago media and
was also covered in the national press. Much of the coverage described the federal officers’
abusive tactics. Defendants sought and are seeking to quash this coverage by attacking and
intimidating members of the Press on the ground there.
85. Federal immigration officers at the Broadview ICE facility have repeatedly and
intentionally singled out persons whom they know to be members of the Press for violence,
assault, and intimidation. These assaults are not incidental or unintentional. They are undertaken
by design to intimidate journalists on scene and to frustrate and suppress coverage of the federal
officers’ actions toward protesters and immigration detainees

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

Breaking News: The U.S. struck another boat in the Caribbean, the U.S. defense secretary said, killing four men he accused of drug running, without offering evidence. He said he directed the strike on President Trump’s orders.

U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says

It was the fourth strike in the Trump administration’s legally disputed campaign targeting suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

nyti.ms

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 6d

Four more people were killed this morning.

To repeat:

- If it can happen at sea, it can happen anywhere

- Trump has offered no definition or limiting principle for who can be labeled a "terrorist" and summarily killed

- And no plausible legal theory for why an armed conflict exists

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 6d

Perfection. (Source: www.instagram.com/p/CqnGLSlPVu...)

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 6d

this headline. what is happening people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

people.com

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 6d

A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com

A scientist stands in front of an enormous contraption
"I created this device to test my theory that our entire reality is a simulation, but the readings I'm
getting suggest something much worse"

"What?" Asks a second scientist.
"We're living in a cartoon!" Says the first.
"Does it at least have a good punchline?" says the second.
The fiorst scientist carefully looks over the data, then eventually replies "Nope"

From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 6d

Very possibly no political official in history has made so much corrupt money at a pace like this. Mobutu and Marcos looted a greater share of their countries’ wealth over decades but in absolute terms and in speed, Trump shamelessly puts them to shame.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

“.. no modern American president has positioned his family to make so much money while in the White House. Already, since the early days of his reelection campaign, he’s more than doubled his net worth to about $5.4 billion.”

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 6d

This is how I'll picture you from now on.

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 6d

Terrific!

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Leon’s Existential Cafe @leonscafe.bsky.social · 6d

♥️

Article: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/perf...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

Posted by the President of the United States.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6d

Universities considering capitulating to the Trump “conditions” should use this real world example to understand they will simply be destroying their own institution. bsky.app/profile/nich...

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6d

Chris Rufo's disastrous takeover of New College in Florida shows what universities would become if they sign the Trump regime's extortionary "compact."

New College was supposed to model the anti-woke conservative higher-ed Americans crave. Instead, it showed the opposite, and serves as a warning.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6d

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 6d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 7d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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