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Adam McMahon

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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rider University. CUNY grad. www.adammcmahon.net 📍 New York, New York

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · Sep 11

Check out my article today in Inside Higher Ed about how I've had some success innovating in the classroom using virtual reality to teach about the September 11th terrorist attacks

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

Teaching Sept. 11 Using Virtual Reality (opinion)

Seeking a way to convey the import of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to students too young to remember them, Adam M. McMahon writes that he turned to virtual reality.

www.insidehighered.com

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 11h

that lawyer was me.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 15h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 15h

make sure to drink plenty of water!!!

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 16h

I seem to remember some pundits and political scientists arguing the president and Republicans would win the PR battle over the shutdown. What they failed to account for in their analysis was that these MAGA people are jerks. And Americans don’t like jerky politicians.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 19h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like a bad idea to fire air traffic controllers when there's already a shortage but what do I know

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

gizmodo.com

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s a story about a wannabe autocrat president who is increasingly isolated and a Congress that is also becoming disconnected from reality. I wonder how the electorate will respond in November ‘26 🤔

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 22h

This story rounding up the autocratization of American government & society makes my blood run cold

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear

Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.

www.wsj.com

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 21h

Trump is shocked at how easy it was to turn the US into a personalist dictatorship (we're squarely on the way but not quite there) & claims to be having a lot of fun

All these actions reflect a buoyed commander-in-chief who feels emboldened to go further after feeling as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in the first 9 months. He has even remarked to aides that he is shocked how easy it is all proven to be.

While the war in Ukraine continues to bedevil Trump, causing him the most frustrations, he doesn't face the discontent, sniping and disagreements that characterized his first term, said David Urban, a long time ally. " This time, he's having way more fun," Urban said.

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Hapless In The Wild @haplessinthewild.bsky.social · 1d

What could go wrong?

Chicago News Bot @chicagonewsbot.bertshouse.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza
https://abc7.com/post/us-sending-200-troops-israel-help-support-monitor-ceasefire-deal-gaza/17973848/

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

One of the officials said the new team would help monitor implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the transition to a civilian government in Gaza.

abc7.com

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

You got so many honks and cat calls!

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

So did he get some??

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

And it lowers the threshold to release the Epstein files!

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

Of course RFK Jr works out in jeans. He's a jerk.

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

In the past people behaved as if Trump et al. were playing 3D chess, but to me, right now, it seems like the president doesn’t even know how to win at tic tac toe—even when he gets the center square…

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

Trump can try to initiate mass layoffs of federal workers but (1) government actually does things that ppl like, so more ppl will get angry and (2) can the president really afford for jobs numbers to get worse this year?

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 1d

It seems to me like Republicans have boxed themselves in. If the House comes back in session, Grijalva will be sworn in & the discharge petition will pass, if Republicans try to blow up the filibuster in the Senate, it makes it easier to pass something similar over there. What’s the off ramp?

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

I saw Aziz Ansari tried to donate his fee to Human Rights Watch and they rejected it

Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks I didn’t realize it had already happened

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

Disappointed to find out Jessica Kirson is playing the Riyadh comedy festival 👎👎👎

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 2d

Is the administration preventing Mark Bray from leaving the country? Why? He has committed no crime. Every human has the freedom of movement and he and his family should be allowed to leave.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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