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Sanford Schram

@sandysfs.bsky.social

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The Trajectory of Trumpism: Racism, Fascism, Civil War and Beyond (Oxford, 2025).

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Sanford Schram @sandysfs.bsky.social · Jun 21

My new book should be available electronically in October: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

global.oup.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)

Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1d

Turning away from bipartisan efforts to support people returning from prison or jail harms not just them, but their families and communities. Our criminal justice experts explain why reentry work matters: bit.ly/3KpuBYb

Canceled DOJ Grants Threaten Bipartisan Work to Support People Released from Prison

The cuts undermine public safety and years of bipartisan cooperation on state and federal reentry work.

www.brennancenter.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

Jonathan Turley is obsessed with me to the point that it's creepy. I suppose I can't expect more from a guy who is essentially just Mike Lindell with tenure.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

🎯 @monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon’s cozy relationship with Epstein: “Where is TP USA, the White House, Speaker Johnson? MAGA faithful who claim to believe in a conspiracy among elites to abuse kids? Where’s Bannon’s acknowledgment of wrongdoing? his shame?” www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 2d

WOW! THANK YOU!! — GCN

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

This guy gets it
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

“It’s the logical endpoint to unitary executive theory,” said Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. “Their desired end goal would be to arrive at a completely ‘at-will’ workforce. ... I think the administration is going to push the unitary executive idea as far as it can, and all of the signals it has been getting from the Supreme Court is to push further and push faster.”

Sanford Schram @sandysfs.bsky.social · 2d

I may have overdone it.

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Y.O.L.O.0311 @yolo0311.bsky.social · 2d

But when?
We need it to happen sooner than later.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”

She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.

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May Bee🌻🇺🇸🐝💙🌈 @maysurvivethis.bsky.social · 2d

The biggest grifter that has ever existed!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 3d

Mr. Feldman Said This At Chump's
1st Impeachment Trial.......

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

For the first time, the Kennedy Center Awards were presented in the tiny Oval Office instead of the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts. Donald used his now-vulgar Oval Office for the ceremony to avoid the embarrassment of TV audiences seeing an almost empty theater.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 3d

Gramps here, lecturing leftists who say the Dems can't change that in 56 it was aligned with Southern segregationists (who got the VP noms), but by 64 with MLK, because of successful social movement organizing. Take the party over, leftists. Else you're not actually involved in US politics.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3d

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.

“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.

This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:

www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings

Silicon Valley radicalization escalates

www.thenerdreich.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.

Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

What an interesting coincidence.

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Trump's stupid FIFA peace participation trophy

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.

ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.

Why is ICE harassing women?

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.

Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’

www.nytimes.com

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Friday 🫠

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 5d

The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism:

“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d

The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips

The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,

www.whitehouse.gov

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 5d

New from me:

Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses

His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.

www.theatlantic.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

We worked super hard on this

youtu.be/wLz2BzCx1ZY

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Johnson: There's no gender division here at all in our conference. It's a meritocracy. And we've got great women doing great things. I'm their biggest champion, and that's what the record shows

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E.J. Fagan @ejfagan.com · 5d

Trump may have accidentally pardoned the pipe bomb guy?

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 5d

NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.

buff.ly/hbjzh2q