Adam Kunz
@adamkunz.com
Asst. Prof. of poli sci at UW-Eau Claire | PhD at UC Davis, JD at GWU Law | political theorist | cult watcher | apatheist | ex-Mormon | father | 13th-level warlock
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What passes for discourse on Twitter.
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
What passes for discourse on Twitter.
Just when you think people can’t hate higher ed more, they outdo themselves.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just when you think people can’t hate higher ed more, they outdo themselves.
I wish there were a hell so that the monsters orchestrating this shit could someday rot in it. www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/u...
College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order | CNN
A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.
www.cnn.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I wish there were a hell so that the monsters orchestrating this shit could someday rot in it. www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/u...
Same! Klaus was an instant family classic the minute we watched it in 2019. Beautifully animated and such a heartwarming story.
yesss this is so good—we’ve watched it every year since 2019
Once more watching this absolute classic and I will not rest until everybody does the same and acknowledges it.
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Same! Klaus was an instant family classic the minute we watched it in 2019. Beautifully animated and such a heartwarming story.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is always a fever dream. You’ve got Matteo Bocelli singing “Caruso,” but he’s doing it on a float next to a cheese grater, a pasta knight, and some fire breathing dragon. Brought to you by Rao’s pasta sauce.
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is always a fever dream. You’ve got Matteo Bocelli singing “Caruso,” but he’s doing it on a float next to a cheese grater, a pasta knight, and some fire breathing dragon. Brought to you by Rao’s pasta sauce.
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This is the funniest planned economy ever
A person directly familiar with the conversations tells Semafor that Donald Trump has personally pressed Larry Ellison to revive Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" franchise.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Exclusive: How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise
The president is offering some creative input on potential upcoming projects.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is the funniest planned economy ever
Plus, we have no idea the degree to which government computing systems have been breached by private actors. It doesn’t take a genius to wonder what a bunch of code monkeys, loyal only to an oligarch, did to government tech infrastructure.
This. To say nothing of the destroyed careers and livelihoods, the abandoned research, and the probably irreparable trust defect for anyone who *might* have been contemplating a career in public service. Please, stop with the DOGE failure narratives.
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Plus, we have no idea the degree to which government computing systems have been breached by private actors. It doesn’t take a genius to wonder what a bunch of code monkeys, loyal only to an oligarch, did to government tech infrastructure.
It’s also just wrong. Sure, there’s a .5-.75% difference between California and North Dakota, but take a look at the rapid increase in red Rocky Mountain states. This narrative is just a straight lie.
Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s also just wrong. Sure, there’s a .5-.75% difference between California and North Dakota, but take a look at the rapid increase in red Rocky Mountain states. This narrative is just a straight lie.
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Great legal scholars do indeed agree with President Trump.
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Great legal scholars do indeed agree with President Trump.
This. You could correct almost everything in two years. But it would take a Congress that’s willing to fill the vacuum that executive power has filled and to rein in a SCOTUS that has dramatically overstepped its function.
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This. You could correct almost everything in two years. But it would take a Congress that’s willing to fill the vacuum that executive power has filled and to rein in a SCOTUS that has dramatically overstepped its function.
Mamdani’s political intuitions are incredible. He knew his audience, and he did not come to goof around.
Trump congratulates NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani on his electoral win:
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Mamdani’s political intuitions are incredible. He knew his audience, and he did not come to goof around.
Also, why is it that everyone stops reading A Theory of Justice a third of the way in?
Apparently, the LinkedIn bros are doing political theory now…and poorly.
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Also, why is it that everyone stops reading A Theory of Justice a third of the way in?
Apparently, the LinkedIn bros are doing political theory now…and poorly.
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Apparently, the LinkedIn bros are doing political theory now…and poorly.
Personally, in response to the debate, about what label to give the regime (fascist, authoritarian, reactionary, etc.), I think Aristotle offers the simplest label: tyranny.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Personally, in response to the debate, about what label to give the regime (fascist, authoritarian, reactionary, etc.), I think Aristotle offers the simplest label: tyranny.
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My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
“The American people desperately deserve what they voted for.”
Couldn’t agree with her more on that one.
Couldn’t agree with her more on that one.
Marge Greene comes back at Trump throwing haymakers. 🍿
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“The American people desperately deserve what they voted for.”
Couldn’t agree with her more on that one.
Couldn’t agree with her more on that one.
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Rod Dreher did not respond to emails from TPM asking why he is worried about Fuentes’ brand of bigotry and authoritarianism and not Vance’s, Orbán’s, or his own. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...
JD Vance Received A Dire Warning About The Groyper Takeover Of The GOP From A Strange Source
The call warning of a dangerous tide of extremism in Donald Trump’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Rod Dreher did not respond to emails from TPM asking why he is worried about Fuentes’ brand of bigotry and authoritarianism and not Vance’s, Orbán’s, or his own. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...
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Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
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Does anyone have any knowledge of why this is a thing?
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Does anyone have any knowledge of why this is a thing?
Seth has been calling this out for a long time. He’s not the only one, but his thoroughness is unparalleled.
Please don’t do this, America. Please don’t act like the Trump-Epstein emails we saw today were our first glimpse of something.
Don’t buy the narrative that these emails are useful because they *hint* at misconduct. We *know* there was misconduct.
You can read a fully sourced book on it for free:
Don’t buy the narrative that these emails are useful because they *hint* at misconduct. We *know* there was misconduct.
You can read a fully sourced book on it for free:
{Book 1} Proof of Devilry: The Crimes of Donald Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jeffrey Epstein
The available evidence places Trump, Epstein, and Maxwell at the heart of a multistate and multinational child sex-, sex- and human-trafficking ring whose discovery could change the course of history.
sethabramson.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Seth has been calling this out for a long time. He’s not the only one, but his thoroughness is unparalleled.
This is the same party that gave the world Q Anon.
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is the same party that gave the world Q Anon.
This dude is a badass.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This dude is a badass.
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The 2026 primaries could be the bloodbath Dem incumbents largely avoided in 2018
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The 2026 primaries could be the bloodbath Dem incumbents largely avoided in 2018
Yep. Every sentence of this. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Yep. Every sentence of this. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.