Deva Woodly
@devawo.bsky.social
Politics Prof.| Kettering Foundation Research Fellow| Author of The Politics of Common Sense & Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
Yes, what does that even mean? Weird cop/soldier talk permeating everything. He’s a reporter, you guys. He doesn’t have “active duty.”
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Yes, what does that even mean? Weird cop/soldier talk permeating everything. He’s a reporter, you guys. He doesn’t have “active duty.”
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We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
Gateway to Freedom
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom., Gateway to Freedom, The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, Eric Foner, 9780...
wwnorton.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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There’s a big difference between ICE, which shoots people in the street, and the regular cops, who shoot people in the street
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
There’s a big difference between ICE, which shoots people in the street, and the regular cops, who shoot people in the street
I’m gonna tell you I’m not surprised by this. I didn’t have any evidence to contradict, obvs. but it seemed like moral panic/doomsaying from the beginning. We are colonized by tiny monsters but they are bacteria and we’ve known about them for a while and some of them are good actually. Anyway.
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I’m gonna tell you I’m not surprised by this. I didn’t have any evidence to contradict, obvs. but it seemed like moral panic/doomsaying from the beginning. We are colonized by tiny monsters but they are bacteria and we’ve known about them for a while and some of them are good actually. Anyway.
What a disgusting framing. What a weird dude. Please stop getting excited by these guys. They’re not unicorns they’re shibboleths.
Things I did not need to know from a political campaign: ""Graham has great sperm," Gertner said in the video. “The infertility was something that was part of my body.”"
Graham Platner on campaign hiatus to pursue pregnancy with wife in Norway
In a video on social media, Platner said a first attempt at IVF costs $25,000 in the U.S., while one IVF round in Norway costs $5,500.
www.newscentermaine.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
What a disgusting framing. What a weird dude. Please stop getting excited by these guys. They’re not unicorns they’re shibboleths.
Who’s tracking the advance of childcare legislation in states and cities? Feeling like the trend line is up📈. Would love to be pointed to data.
Great news! @govevers.wisconsin.gov is launching Wisconsin’s first public child care program for four-year-olds, helping kids get ready for their first year of school.
The cost of childcare is too damn high and I applaud the Governor for addressing this.
The cost of childcare is too damn high and I applaud the Governor for addressing this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Who’s tracking the advance of childcare legislation in states and cities? Feeling like the trend line is up📈. Would love to be pointed to data.
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What’s this old thing
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
What’s this old thing
That’s true. However, observe which position is more popular? And what’s the opinion trend line over time on the less popular position?
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
That’s true. However, observe which position is more popular? And what’s the opinion trend line over time on the less popular position?
I just….. 👀????
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I just….. 👀????
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It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
It’s also a political opportunity to make connections with abolition more broadly for those who wish to do so.
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
It’s also a political opportunity to make connections with abolition more broadly for those who wish to do so.
So, yeah. While my point has been that what’s popular should not dictate what movements fight for it’s also the case that getting rid of this abominable organization is popular. And can be made more so through the consistent rhetorical and organizing efforts already taking place & expanding.
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
So, yeah. While my point has been that what’s popular should not dictate what movements fight for it’s also the case that getting rid of this abominable organization is popular. And can be made more so through the consistent rhetorical and organizing efforts already taking place & expanding.
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This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
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If we get out of this, we need real systematic reform
And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them
And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them
January 12, 2026 at 4:16 AM
If we get out of this, we need real systematic reform
And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them
And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
It’s like a great sucking bog of a memory hole. You caused us to lose the last time we actually won big!
Which party won the presidency again the year a bunch of us were saying defund the police and abolish ice?
January 13, 2026 at 1:48 AM
It’s like a great sucking bog of a memory hole. You caused us to lose the last time we actually won big!
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
Yes,that’s true.But politics is something that you just have to keep doing.Like eating or exercising or making your bed. Doesn’t mean no part of that activity ever changes/gets better-it does. But the needs that give rise to the activity will remain.There is no end.It’s just humans living together.
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Yes,that’s true.But politics is something that you just have to keep doing.Like eating or exercising or making your bed. Doesn’t mean no part of that activity ever changes/gets better-it does. But the needs that give rise to the activity will remain.There is no end.It’s just humans living together.
Fwiw this is not disavowing importance & effectiveness of different strategies. That’s a legitimate & important thing to debate! But the premise must be “how do we make things possible that are not currently possible?” Not “how do we fit this into the category of currently acceptable?”
January 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Fwiw this is not disavowing importance & effectiveness of different strategies. That’s a legitimate & important thing to debate! But the premise must be “how do we make things possible that are not currently possible?” Not “how do we fit this into the category of currently acceptable?”
Yep. Because people actually love police alternatives - we see that in the polling and the hundreds of millions of dollars already invested in successful non police programs in more than 70 (not just blue state) cities in the U.S.
For the record, I do believe there is a stalking horse approach to taking on the police: it's not training or reform, it's taking a page out of the charter school playbook and creating police alternatives, and gradually offloading various functions of the police onto them.
January 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Yep. Because people actually love police alternatives - we see that in the polling and the hundreds of millions of dollars already invested in successful non police programs in more than 70 (not just blue state) cities in the U.S.