Emily Farris
@emayfarris.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science who thinks you should care more about local politics (especially sheriffs) and foster dogs.
Author of Power of the Badge: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo220537347.html
Author of Power of the Badge: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo220537347.html
All of them are creeps.
Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
February 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
All of them are creeps.
I know I’m only a little less than a month in at taking piano lessons but trying to figure out how to get my left hand to play something at the same time as my right hand plays something else takes too many brain cells.
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I know I’m only a little less than a month in at taking piano lessons but trying to figure out how to get my left hand to play something at the same time as my right hand plays something else takes too many brain cells.
Trump appointed judges says what?
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Trump appointed judges says what?
My ancestors stopped in Alabama. I am not strong enough.
If my ancestors made it across the plains pulling handcarts, I can make it through this 14-page Gavin Newsom profile in the New Yorker.
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
My ancestors stopped in Alabama. I am not strong enough.
That still looks pretty nazi to me.
They simply can't help themselves. It's utterly pathological.
The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology
One of my favorite trends in modern U.S. infotainment media is something I affectionately call "CEO said a thing!" journalism.
"CEO said a thing!" journalism generally involves a press outlet parroti...
karlbode.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
That still looks pretty nazi to me.
Reposted by Emily Farris
We should ask how higher education embraced using their limited resources to launch centers for the purpose of attacking their own colleagues and students.
Claremont Institute Senior Fellow, and former fellow of the Hoover Institution:
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
We should ask how higher education embraced using their limited resources to launch centers for the purpose of attacking their own colleagues and students.
Claremont Institute Senior Fellow, and former fellow of the Hoover Institution:
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Claremont Institute Senior Fellow, and former fellow of the Hoover Institution:
I did get to show students that I once had a higher favorability rating among Pennsylvania GOP primary voters than Chris Christie when running for president in 2015, so there’s that I suppose.
Coauthor and I were talking about how hard it is to find joy in things lately in higher education. What’s something that’s bringing you joy, so I can live vicariously through you?
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I did get to show students that I once had a higher favorability rating among Pennsylvania GOP primary voters than Chris Christie when running for president in 2015, so there’s that I suppose.
I have learned how to play Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious on the piano, and it is now always in my head.
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I have learned how to play Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious on the piano, and it is now always in my head.
Coauthor and I were talking about how hard it is to find joy in things lately in higher education. What’s something that’s bringing you joy, so I can live vicariously through you?
February 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Coauthor and I were talking about how hard it is to find joy in things lately in higher education. What’s something that’s bringing you joy, so I can live vicariously through you?
They don't have to do this, so they are doing this because they want to.
This is AWFUL. Univ of Texas is consolidating 4 depts into 1: African and African Diaspora Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Mexican American and Latino Studies will become "a Social and Cultural Analysis department." www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...
UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs
More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.
www.texastribune.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
They don't have to do this, so they are doing this because they want to.
It is “Broken Windows isn’t actually about stopping windows from breaking” day in class today.
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It is “Broken Windows isn’t actually about stopping windows from breaking” day in class today.
Imagine risking your career for Gordon Gee?
A Chase Center affiliate assaulted a journalist trying to interview Gordon Gee. See @dispatch.com coverage of the incident, which includes our statement.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
Ohio State professor on leave after tackling cameraman filming Gordon Gee
An Ohio State University professor was suspended after tackling a cameraman attempting to film former university president E. Gordon Gee.
www.dispatch.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Imagine risking your career for Gordon Gee?
Reposted by Emily Farris
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Sounds a bit similar to a recent talk on campus.
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Sounds a bit similar to a recent talk on campus.
Every once in a while I think back to Jeff Sessions and how I really thought Trump couldn’t have chosen anyone worse as AG…
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Every once in a while I think back to Jeff Sessions and how I really thought Trump couldn’t have chosen anyone worse as AG…
According to this memo, apparently from 2001 to 2020 at least no one registered ever as a "Push Poll Agent" in Maine. I am shocked (I am not).
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
According to this memo, apparently from 2001 to 2020 at least no one registered ever as a "Push Poll Agent" in Maine. I am shocked (I am not).
Updating some Survey Research slides (looking at you Gallup, ugh) and...
Today I Learned that Maine requires people doing push polls to register! I really want to know who has registered as a "Push Poll Agent."
Today I Learned that Maine requires people doing push polls to register! I really want to know who has registered as a "Push Poll Agent."
Push Polls | Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices
www.maine.gov
February 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Updating some Survey Research slides (looking at you Gallup, ugh) and...
Today I Learned that Maine requires people doing push polls to register! I really want to know who has registered as a "Push Poll Agent."
Today I Learned that Maine requires people doing push polls to register! I really want to know who has registered as a "Push Poll Agent."
I'm teaching Elections/Politics and Polls tomorrow in class, lol.
I would love to be in a field where lecture slides would stay up to date for more than like a few months at a time.
I would love to be in a field where lecture slides would stay up to date for more than like a few months at a time.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I'm teaching Elections/Politics and Polls tomorrow in class, lol.
I would love to be in a field where lecture slides would stay up to date for more than like a few months at a time.
I would love to be in a field where lecture slides would stay up to date for more than like a few months at a time.
I love that the girl on TikTok is crushing Girl Scout records, but did you know that troops raise money that comes back to them through cookie sales? Our girls raised money for firefighters last year and are doing care packages for girls in need this year.
February 11, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I love that the girl on TikTok is crushing Girl Scout records, but did you know that troops raise money that comes back to them through cookie sales? Our girls raised money for firefighters last year and are doing care packages for girls in need this year.
Dentists have the worst politics.
I went to the same dentist for years in my 20s and 30s. I left because he made disparaging comments about women, and I called him on it, told him he was being “sexist.” I remember his assistants freezing as I said the word.
Funny story! He’s in the Epstein files!
Funny story! He’s in the Epstein files!
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Dentists have the worst politics.
I wonder if they still be flying folks in and out of ICE’s tents at Fort Bliss.
Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility.
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I wonder if they still be flying folks in and out of ICE’s tents at Fort Bliss.
Reposted by Emily Farris
Poster is an El Paso City Council Rep:
February 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Poster is an El Paso City Council Rep:
They are going to make me more of a conspiracy theorist than the Jade Helm folks.
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM
They are going to make me more of a conspiracy theorist than the Jade Helm folks.
Reposted by Emily Farris
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...