Darin Self
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Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocracies, the military, and political parties.
Chair of Utah County Democratic Party -- making democracy work locally:
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This year I became the chair of the Democratic Party in Utah's second largest county.
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Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
Football is happening in Chicago
January 11, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Football is happening in Chicago
And make no mistake, this is the fault of senior Republican leaders who did not impeach and remove Trump in 2021 and conservative justices that gave Trump a blank check prior to 2024
Great that our senior military leaders have to resort to distraction attacks to keep the toddler in chief from doing something catastrophic
NEW: U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, Daily Mail claims, citing sources.
January 11, 2026 at 2:33 AM
And make no mistake, this is the fault of senior Republican leaders who did not impeach and remove Trump in 2021 and conservative justices that gave Trump a blank check prior to 2024
Great that our senior military leaders have to resort to distraction attacks to keep the toddler in chief from doing something catastrophic
NEW: U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, Daily Mail claims, citing sources.
January 11, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Great that our senior military leaders have to resort to distraction attacks to keep the toddler in chief from doing something catastrophic
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NEW: U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, Daily Mail claims, citing sources.
January 11, 2026 at 1:34 AM
NEW: U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, Daily Mail claims, citing sources.
What a drive
What a catch
What a catch
January 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
What a drive
What a catch
What a catch
Slightly diminish a band:
The Manslaughterers
The Manslaughterers
Slightly diminish a band:
Scantily Clad Ladies
Scantily Clad Ladies
Slightly diminish a band:
Muttering Heads
Muttering Heads
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
The Manslaughterers
The Manslaughterers
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“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
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I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
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This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
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I can't believe local government is cowering while local normies are trying to protect their community. Just letting guys with guns threaten people like this
Minneapolis - Border Patrol stops a protester following them, and tells the car it’s their “first and final warning” to quit.
January 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I can't believe local government is cowering while local normies are trying to protect their community. Just letting guys with guns threaten people like this
Lol, Trump talking like we control Venezuela and our navy can't even enforce a blockade
At least 11 sanctioned tankers were spotted this week well beyond Venezuelan waters, having escaped the U.S. maritime blockade, according to satellite-imagery analysis.
11 tankers under U.S. sanctions defy blockade in Venezuela, satellite imagery indicates
One ship was seized Friday in the Caribbean, and others were spotted steaming hundreds of miles into the Atlantic.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Lol, Trump talking like we control Venezuela and our navy can't even enforce a blockade
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
Nice to see someone doesn't think the special little boy deserves his own rules.
NOBEL COMMITTEE STATEMENT:
“Once announced, the Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to another person.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Once announced, the Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to another person.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Nice to see someone doesn't think the special little boy deserves his own rules.
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The icing on the cake is that it was a no-bid contract.
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The icing on the cake is that it was a no-bid contract.
Its amazing to see that Trump still has no idea how government works. He gutted the CFPB and hasnt bothered legislating on this but thinks he can just make it happen by typing into the magic box
January 10, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Its amazing to see that Trump still has no idea how government works. He gutted the CFPB and hasnt bothered legislating on this but thinks he can just make it happen by typing into the magic box
Less than 24 hours after filing and I have men calling our women candidates and harassing them for them running as Democrats.
January 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Less than 24 hours after filing and I have men calling our women candidates and harassing them for them running as Democrats.
Trump: "I want to have won Minnesota because I have a fragile ego. I want to have won it all three times...I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... In my head did so well in that state. I was crying every time after."
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Trump: "I want to have won Minnesota because I have a fragile ego. I want to have won it all three times...I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... In my head did so well in that state. I was crying every time after."
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the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
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Every single university in the country should be deleting or locking its accounts now. It’s negligence to be posting photos of students, faculty, or staff on the site.
Even more broadly, large organisations need to think very carefully whether they should be encouraging employees and customers to engage with them in any way on a platform where there is industrial scale production and distribution of CSAM and where the owner has shown no interest in tackling it.
The government should not only be stopping using the platform they should also be issuing urgent safeguarding advice to all institutions not to post pictures there.
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Every single university in the country should be deleting or locking its accounts now. It’s negligence to be posting photos of students, faculty, or staff on the site.