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David Faris

@davidfaris.bsky.social

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Prof. of Politics, writer at @slate.bsky.social, @newsweek.com and JD Vance’s fave magazine @thenation. Author, IT’S TIME TO FIGHT DIRTY. Chicago-by-Philly. Dad, husband. The alarmists were right. Views are mine alone. https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/dfaris

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 11h

The song remains the same!

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is wreaking complete havoc on my lovely, peaceful neighborhood on the far north side of Chicago. Schools in panic mode, businesses closing. We are being terrorized by our own fucking government.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think anyone else catches that liner no.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 2d

One thing working in our favor is that the aspiring tyrants trying to consolidate their little authoritarian TikTokracy are some of the dumbest people who have ever lived.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 2d

This is why I can’t do Substack. No one to gently tell me something is a terrible idea.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 3d

!!!

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 3d

Wish I could say the same for the Cubs….

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like it’s Chicago staring down an ICBM in this nuclear war thriller. Folks we’re really having a moment here!

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 4d

Hmmm I don't know guys do the consultants for a massive SuperPAC have any incentive to convince us that ads can have such a dramatic impact on a presidential election? Help, I was literally born yesterday.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 4d

The idea that the they/them ad shifted the entire 2024 race 2.7 points to the right, repeated uncritically by Jonathan Chait today in The Atlantic, is based on a single unreleased (and thus un-examinable) analysis by a Harris-aligned SuperPAC.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 4d

Had some thoughts about the toxic legacy of the Roberts Court.

Roberts Court: Twenty Years of Dismantling Democracy | Opinion

Just over 20 years ago, John Roberts was sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.newsweek.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 7d

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 7d

Today Chicago is the frontline in the battle for American freedom. Our resistance is peaceful, but it is not weak. We will not stop until Donald Trump gets his masked battle-armed thugs off our streets.
My latest: open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...

Today Chicago is the frontline in the battle for American freedom

Our resistance is peaceful, but it is not weak. We will not stop until Donald Trump gets his masked battle-armed thugs off our streets.

open.substack.com

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 7d

The Morning Show remains absolutely peerless in the prestige TV “so bad it’s good” space.

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 7d

It's been a pretty good October so far!!

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 7d

Just want to say that my podcasting location in the house is 99% driven by the question, "where can you not see diapers in the background?'

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 7d

Big thrill to join Jon Stewart and Tim Miller to talk about what it would look like if Democrats abused executive power the way that Trump is doing.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 7d

Jon, @davidfaris.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social share some ideas of how blue states can assert their power on Trump’s federal government.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 8d

Just fucking read to your kids, you shits.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 8d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 8d

At some point, treating blue states like defeated vassals that need to pay tribute to the new emperor was going to lead to this. Every Democratic governor should be actively thinking about how to legally stop the flow of revenue to the federal government.

Marxist-Glonzoist @primaryschool.bsky.social · 9d

inbox, from Democratic Assembly nominee Katie Brennan (LD-32, Jersey City/Hoboken): Brennan Calls for New Jersey to Withhold Federal Taxes, Seize Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course After Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze

"This is not how the government is supposed to work. We pay federal taxes but get a President who sees us as the enemy and takes away our own money as retaliation.
This has to stop.
"Donald Trump has shown again and again that he is unfit to lead this country. When he's not too busy golfing, he's doing active harm, whether it's sending masked troops into cities or shutting down vital infrastructure projects like this.
"These funds were already approved. And if people can't cross the Hudson to get to work, it will literally destroy our economy.
"We have to show Trump that this isn't okay.
"Yes, New Jersey should sue the Trump administration, but we have to do more. We should be withholding federal taxes, dollar for dollar, to backfill funding that's illegally cut.
The state should also eminent domain
Trump's golf course in Bedminster and build some affordable housing there instead. If the federal government won't stand up for New Jersey, Trenton should."

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Laura! And that was Sheerine's doing lol

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 8d

Not gonna pretend that this was anything other than extremely cool to be a part of.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 8d

Jon is joined by @davidfaris.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss how the Democrats might use the Republican playbook to pushback. New episode out now!

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 9d

send a friend to watch the game live and ask if they will let you watch it through their phone fuck it yeah that’s it.

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 9d

Watching the MLB playoffs is easy — just ask your TV provider if it provides TV or get a free trial of Flubo or Gubi or buy an ESPN all access bundle with Hulu unless you already have a Hulu/HBO bundle or sign up for DongleTV Insider or catch some games on TBS+++ if you already have access to it or

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 9d

Lotta denial out there! Rs will dismiss it all as partisan.

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