Chris Galdieri
@cgaldieri.bsky.social
Political scientist; NH politics; carpetbagging; pop culture
Author, “Stranger in a Strange State” and “Donald Trump and New Hampshire Politics”
Author, “Stranger in a Strange State” and “Donald Trump and New Hampshire Politics”
Reposted by Chris Galdieri
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Why would I force them to make a movie when I could force them to make ten 26-episode seasons of STRANGE NEW WORLDS?
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Why would I force them to make a movie when I could force them to make ten 26-episode seasons of STRANGE NEW WORLDS?
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Strengthening "strategic cooperation among the world’s democracies" was not hard to do in 2009. It has become nearly impossible now that the world’s most powerful democracy has turned into a rogue nation led by a president who is more sympathetic to dictators than democrats. wapo.st/4oZH3wz
Opinion | America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Strengthening "strategic cooperation among the world’s democracies" was not hard to do in 2009. It has become nearly impossible now that the world’s most powerful democracy has turned into a rogue nation led by a president who is more sympathetic to dictators than democrats. wapo.st/4oZH3wz
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Crucially, by upholding their constitution and the rule of law, Brazil discovered that support for Bolsonaro evaporated save for a dwindling minority of die-hards and dead-enders. Because Brazilians see Bolsonaro as a criminal and a loser, they've largely moved on from him.
Could've been us...
Could've been us...
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Crucially, by upholding their constitution and the rule of law, Brazil discovered that support for Bolsonaro evaporated save for a dwindling minority of die-hards and dead-enders. Because Brazilians see Bolsonaro as a criminal and a loser, they've largely moved on from him.
Could've been us...
Could've been us...
The alleged threat came one day after Goodlander joined five other Democrats and veterans to call on military members that they can refuse “illegal orders,” prompting President Trump to accuse them of sedition.
Bomb threat investigated at NH office of Representative Maggie Goodlander - The Boston Globe
The alleged threat came one day after Goodlander joined five other Democrats and veterans to call on military members that they can refuse “illegal orders,” prompting President Trump to accuse them of sedition.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“If your opinion has gone negative of Trump...folks, you are likely not watching Newsmax any more."
New spin unlocked! Newsmax: “If your opinion has gone negative of Trump ... folks, you are likely a victim of a massive psy-ops”
Newsmax host: "If your opinion has gone negative of Trump, especially in the last few weeks, folks, you are likely a victim of a massive psy-ops"
www.mediamatters.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“If your opinion has gone negative of Trump...folks, you are likely not watching Newsmax any more."
It was in safer hands with Khan.
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It was in safer hands with Khan.
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Every University needs to reform its board of trustees. In what universe should the wealthy govern learning?
Handing the keys of governance to unqualified billionaires and allowing them to far exceed the proper role of the Executive Branch in dictating to other agencies (i.e. Musk/DOGE) or institutions of civil society (as with Rowan/ Compact) sure does not seem "populist."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Every University needs to reform its board of trustees. In what universe should the wealthy govern learning?
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then With a winning smile, the boy
With naivety succeeds
At the final moment, I cried
I always cry at endings
I always cry at endings
With naivety succeeds
At the final moment, I cried
I always cry at endings
I always cry at endings
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then With a winning smile, the boy
With naivety succeeds
At the final moment, I cried
I always cry at endings
I always cry at endings
With naivety succeeds
At the final moment, I cried
I always cry at endings
I always cry at endings
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Trump approval (among adults) below 40% again: fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump approval (among adults) below 40% again: fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
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"We enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. The Trump presidency won’t end well. The question is whether harm to the nation can be contained. All honor to Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Deluzio for trying to limit the damage."
www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"We enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. The Trump presidency won’t end well. The question is whether harm to the nation can be contained. All honor to Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Deluzio for trying to limit the damage."
www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
Don't give up the ship, @goodlander.house.gov.
@maddow.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
patch.com/new-hampshir...
@maddow.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Bomb Threat At Building In Downtown Concord Where U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander Has An Office
Video: North Main Street in Concord was closed for about an hour Friday night as police and state troopers investigated a bomb scare.
patch.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This strikes me as a high risk/high reward move. If the D wins or vastly overperforms, Harris will look prescient. If not, well.
KAMALA IN NASHVILLE: “Why am I here in Tennessee? Because the power is in the south. I know that.”
@kamalaharris.com firing up Dems at an @aftynbehn.bsky.social rally for the TN-7 special election.
@kamalaharris.com firing up Dems at an @aftynbehn.bsky.social rally for the TN-7 special election.
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This strikes me as a high risk/high reward move. If the D wins or vastly overperforms, Harris will look prescient. If not, well.
Me, to a doctor who said that: "Would you find an ebola outbreak interesting?"
“The presidency huh. That must be interesting right now!” x1000
*Teach* the presidency, they said. It will be fun, especially in 2025, they said.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Me, to a doctor who said that: "Would you find an ebola outbreak interesting?"
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
Jens Lekman (last week!)
Camera Obscura
Belle and Sebastian
Daði Freyr
Alvvays
Jens Lekman (last week!)
Camera Obscura
Belle and Sebastian
Daði Freyr
Alvvays
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
I think it's three Elvis Costello shows (solo, w/ the Imposters, w/guests), one Rickie Lee Jones, one Bob Mould.
I think it's three Elvis Costello shows (solo, w/ the Imposters, w/guests), one Rickie Lee Jones, one Bob Mould.
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
Green Day
Springsteen
Springsteen
Third Eye Blind
Rolling Stones
Green Day
Springsteen
Springsteen
Third Eye Blind
Rolling Stones
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
Jens Lekman (last week!)
Camera Obscura
Belle and Sebastian
Daði Freyr
Alvvays
Jens Lekman (last week!)
Camera Obscura
Belle and Sebastian
Daði Freyr
Alvvays
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Presidential “determinations” from the guy who thinks stealth fighters are invisible, windmills cause cancer, the Continental Army took over the airports, political asylum is for the mentally insane, and who doesn’t know to whom he’s issuing pardons.
Trump and Pete Hegseth just killed three more people in another bombing, this time in the Pacific. The dead were said to be part of a "designated terrorist organization," which is itself utterly absurd. No evidence provided.
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Presidential “determinations” from the guy who thinks stealth fighters are invisible, windmills cause cancer, the Continental Army took over the airports, political asylum is for the mentally insane, and who doesn’t know to whom he’s issuing pardons.
Trump's entire gambit is to bully and harass and intimidate people into silence. But the elections last Tuesday, the huge No Kings turnout, and the packed rooms I saw in New Hampshire this week are proof that his plan is not working.
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"Your outie has met the Pope!"
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Your outie has met the Pope!"
Watched INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS last night for the first time in ages, and, uh, it lands a little different these days.
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Watched INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS last night for the first time in ages, and, uh, it lands a little different these days.