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David J. DeVore

@devoretext.bsky.social

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Ancient Mediterranean historian, Cal Poly Pomona. History, the human past (those 2 aren't the same), politics, some baseball. Views here not of my institution.

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 1d

Which means Bibi isn't getting a Nobel either.

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 5d

What crime has Yarvin committed that would lead a future Democratic administration to prosecute him?🤔

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 8d

Jeffries' statement praising Eric Adams seems like an unforced error. But otherwise, from what I've seen, Jeffries has been doing his job effectively. (Other effective House Minority Leaders--Pelosi, Boehner--aren't popular either.)

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 9d

And...Arizona is a swing state.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 9d

Yup, look at Johnson's eyes droop just at little as he says, I didn't see it. His eyes say tell the truth that his mouth flouts.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 9d

Eh, the Reds put up a better fight than that. But when Snell, Yamamoto, Ohtani, Betts, and the two Hernandezes are all hot at the same time, no one else is advancing.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 9d

Or: whew! We missed humiliation at the hands of Blake Snell and Yoshi Yamamoto.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 9d

Statistically there are more women than men in the human population, no?

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 9d

Also: Trump spent 2024 pleading that he had nothing to do with Project 2025. Now Trump brags about working with its lead author.🤨

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 9d

Four in California are almost certainly being lost.
Also, what’s Vought talking about? Green New Deal never passed Congress.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 11d

Always bros?

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

Yup—with some antisocial consequences. Dan Williams has written about it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

What Really Happens When Americans Stop Going to Church

People hold on to their politics when they stop attending church.

www.theatlantic.com

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

More like disaffiliating society. Beliefs without the community.

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

I've made comparable errors, for sure!

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

Ancient historian here. Nitpick: it's "ipse dixit."

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 16d

Care to write a more detailed response? You've written in The Bulwark before.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 17d

Are Arizona Hispanics representative of Texas Hispanics?

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 17d

De Niro would be playinga character at least thirty years under his age!

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 18d

Good point. The creative community is also headed by elites but different elites—not executives.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 18d

Yes, but he snapped back. The pressure against the Trump administration is really coming from below, not from other elites.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 19d

I’ve written about that one: muse.jhu.edu/article/743334

Project MUSE - Opening the Canon of Martyr Narratives: Pre-Decian Martyrdom Discourse and the <i>Hypomnēmata</i> of Hegesippus

muse.jhu.edu

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 19d

TBF, early Christians didn’t agree about what it meant either.

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 20d

Not if Walz campaigns like his debate against Vance.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 20d

Is it the (retrospectively recognized) Great Men who save the Republic, or the organizations and mass opposition? I don’t know but I do want to highlight the top-down historical theory assumed here.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 23d

Except my excerpt implies the opposite, & mine is the one that will get remembered by potential donors, staff, running mate, etc.
I realize she’s doing nuanced candor & I respect that. But nuance about old allies doesn’t build new coalitions.