Michael Feola
@feolski.bsky.social
Dad. Political Theorist. Writes on white nationalism, the far right, critical theory. Author: The Rage of Replacement (2024, UMN Press). Words at The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian.
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Michael Feola
@feolski.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Publication day at @uminnpress.bsky.social ! The Rage of Replacement is about the dangerous politics that swirl around the "great replacement" narrative -- and the broader far right politics of fear over population change. Summary in thread. Feel free to spread the word!🧵
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Andrew Bailey, in line to replace Patel, is a white nationalist firebrand whose name you might recognize as in '23 as Missouri AG, he tried to unilaterally ban trans health care for adults & children, sought kids' private medical records, and tried to get local police to physically enforce his law.
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Andrew Bailey, in line to replace Patel, is a white nationalist firebrand whose name you might recognize as in '23 as Missouri AG, he tried to unilaterally ban trans health care for adults & children, sought kids' private medical records, and tried to get local police to physically enforce his law.
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Tomorrow’s WaPo opinion piece: “Thankful for Acres of Burning Styrofoam”
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tomorrow’s WaPo opinion piece: “Thankful for Acres of Burning Styrofoam”
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“life expectancy in Gaza in 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. An update of their analysis, produced after the publication of the study, revealed that the current violent death toll likely exceeds 100,000.”
Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life and Life Expectancy
Researchers analyze the human toll of the ongoing conflict using a statistical model that takes data uncertainties into account
www.mpg.de
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“life expectancy in Gaza in 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. An update of their analysis, produced after the publication of the study, revealed that the current violent death toll likely exceeds 100,000.”
Tomorrow’s WaPo opinion piece: “Thankful for Acres of Burning Styrofoam”
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tomorrow’s WaPo opinion piece: “Thankful for Acres of Burning Styrofoam”
“life expectancy in Gaza in 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. An update of their analysis, produced after the publication of the study, revealed that the current violent death toll likely exceeds 100,000.”
Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life and Life Expectancy
Researchers analyze the human toll of the ongoing conflict using a statistical model that takes data uncertainties into account
www.mpg.de
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“life expectancy in Gaza in 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. An update of their analysis, produced after the publication of the study, revealed that the current violent death toll likely exceeds 100,000.”
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Worth reading. Your daily reminder that X isn't just a purposeless cesspool. Instead, Musk's media empire has become the world's largest far right incubator, with a particular push to mainstream, whitewash, and legitimize the most regressive axioms of racial nationalism.
New from me this morning, a deep dive on Elon Musk's Grokipedia-- the forthrightness of the white nationalist and eugenic advocacy in many entries surprised me and the experts I spoke to www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Worth reading. Your daily reminder that X isn't just a purposeless cesspool. Instead, Musk's media empire has become the world's largest far right incubator, with a particular push to mainstream, whitewash, and legitimize the most regressive axioms of racial nationalism.
Really hard to believe that the extremely professional, experienced, crack legal squad handpicked to pursue this case could have fumbled it.
Breaking News: A federal judge said that the case against James Comey, the former FBI director, could be in serious trouble because of apparent misconduct by the Justice Department's inexperienced prosecutor picked by President Trump to handle the matter.
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed ‘Misconduct’ in Comey Case
The ruling by a magistrate judge in Alexandria, Va., was only the most recent setback in the department’s efforts to bring charges against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
nyti.ms
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Really hard to believe that the extremely professional, experienced, crack legal squad handpicked to pursue this case could have fumbled it.
Worth reading. Your daily reminder that X isn't just a purposeless cesspool. Instead, Musk's media empire has become the world's largest far right incubator, with a particular push to mainstream, whitewash, and legitimize the most regressive axioms of racial nationalism.
New from me this morning, a deep dive on Elon Musk's Grokipedia-- the forthrightness of the white nationalist and eugenic advocacy in many entries surprised me and the experts I spoke to www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Worth reading. Your daily reminder that X isn't just a purposeless cesspool. Instead, Musk's media empire has become the world's largest far right incubator, with a particular push to mainstream, whitewash, and legitimize the most regressive axioms of racial nationalism.
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It is good that the NYT is publishing these things. It is not good that they choose to frame it as a year of "chaos" -- when, by all accounts, the more appropriate framing is the utter corruption of law enforcement, to serve the grievances, vendettas, and paranoia of one man.
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It is good that the NYT is publishing these things. It is not good that they choose to frame it as a year of "chaos" -- when, by all accounts, the more appropriate framing is the utter corruption of law enforcement, to serve the grievances, vendettas, and paranoia of one man.
It is good that the NYT is publishing these things. It is not good that they choose to frame it as a year of "chaos" -- when, by all accounts, the more appropriate framing is the utter corruption of law enforcement, to serve the grievances, vendettas, and paranoia of one man.
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It is good that the NYT is publishing these things. It is not good that they choose to frame it as a year of "chaos" -- when, by all accounts, the more appropriate framing is the utter corruption of law enforcement, to serve the grievances, vendettas, and paranoia of one man.
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In case you're wondering how higher ed is taking a stand against the planet-destroying plagiarism machine of gen AI -- my employer just launched Jesse, a "virtual engagement officer" -- an AI person-bot to "connect with our community in new and creative ways." You can't even make this up.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In case you're wondering how higher ed is taking a stand against the planet-destroying plagiarism machine of gen AI -- my employer just launched Jesse, a "virtual engagement officer" -- an AI person-bot to "connect with our community in new and creative ways." You can't even make this up.
In case you're wondering how higher ed is taking a stand against the planet-destroying plagiarism machine of gen AI -- my employer just launched Jesse, a "virtual engagement officer" -- an AI person-bot to "connect with our community in new and creative ways." You can't even make this up.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In case you're wondering how higher ed is taking a stand against the planet-destroying plagiarism machine of gen AI -- my employer just launched Jesse, a "virtual engagement officer" -- an AI person-bot to "connect with our community in new and creative ways." You can't even make this up.
Reminder #4371: they despise you.
House Republican Tells Food Stamp Recipients, ‘Stop Smoking Crack’
Rep. Clay Higgins has little sympathy for millions of Americans whose food assistance benefits are set to expire on Nov. 1.
www.mediaite.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reminder #4371: they despise you.
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DHS has long been the most prominent propaganda wing of the regime. But you shouldn't miss what the Department of Labor has been up to.
AMERICANS FIRST (hmm. That vision of an "American" who should be "first" sure looks like they've got something specific in mind. Let's keep scrolling, though). 🧵
AMERICANS FIRST (hmm. That vision of an "American" who should be "first" sure looks like they've got something specific in mind. Let's keep scrolling, though). 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
DHS has long been the most prominent propaganda wing of the regime. But you shouldn't miss what the Department of Labor has been up to.
AMERICANS FIRST (hmm. That vision of an "American" who should be "first" sure looks like they've got something specific in mind. Let's keep scrolling, though). 🧵
AMERICANS FIRST (hmm. That vision of an "American" who should be "first" sure looks like they've got something specific in mind. Let's keep scrolling, though). 🧵
DHS has long been the most prominent propaganda wing of the regime. But you shouldn't miss what the Department of Labor has been up to.
AMERICANS FIRST (hmm. That vision of an "American" who should be "first" sure looks like they've got something specific in mind. Let's keep scrolling, though). 🧵
AMERICANS FIRST (hmm. That vision of an "American" who should be "first" sure looks like they've got something specific in mind. Let's keep scrolling, though). 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
DHS has long been the most prominent propaganda wing of the regime. But you shouldn't miss what the Department of Labor has been up to.
AMERICANS FIRST (hmm. That vision of an "American" who should be "first" sure looks like they've got something specific in mind. Let's keep scrolling, though). 🧵
AMERICANS FIRST (hmm. That vision of an "American" who should be "first" sure looks like they've got something specific in mind. Let's keep scrolling, though). 🧵
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Extremely normal thing to say.
“‘I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,’ he said.”
“‘I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,’ he said.”
Republican says far-right group should be able to 'hunt' migrants
'I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants.'
metro.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Extremely normal thing to say.
“‘I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,’ he said.”
“‘I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,’ he said.”
Extremely normal thing to say.
“‘I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,’ he said.”
“‘I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,’ he said.”
Republican says far-right group should be able to 'hunt' migrants
'I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants.'
metro.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Extremely normal thing to say.
“‘I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,’ he said.”
“‘I would deputise the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,’ he said.”
I regret to inform you that DHS is fashposting again.
THE ENEMIES ARE AT THE GATES. DEFEND YOUR HEARTH AND HOME.
THE ENEMIES ARE AT THE GATES. DEFEND YOUR HEARTH AND HOME.
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I regret to inform you that DHS is fashposting again.
THE ENEMIES ARE AT THE GATES. DEFEND YOUR HEARTH AND HOME.
THE ENEMIES ARE AT THE GATES. DEFEND YOUR HEARTH AND HOME.
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"In February 2024, Ingrassia wrote: “We need competent white men in positions of leadership. … The founding fathers were wrong that all men are created equal … We need to reject that part of our heritage,” according to the text exchange."
Yet another member of MAGAWorld seems to have avowed Nazi sympathies. So strange that this just keeps happening over and over and over again.
Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"In February 2024, Ingrassia wrote: “We need competent white men in positions of leadership. … The founding fathers were wrong that all men are created equal … We need to reject that part of our heritage,” according to the text exchange."
"In February 2024, Ingrassia wrote: “We need competent white men in positions of leadership. … The founding fathers were wrong that all men are created equal … We need to reject that part of our heritage,” according to the text exchange."
Yet another member of MAGAWorld seems to have avowed Nazi sympathies. So strange that this just keeps happening over and over and over again.
Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"In February 2024, Ingrassia wrote: “We need competent white men in positions of leadership. … The founding fathers were wrong that all men are created equal … We need to reject that part of our heritage,” according to the text exchange."
Yet another member of MAGAWorld seems to have avowed Nazi sympathies. So strange that this just keeps happening over and over and over again.
Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yet another member of MAGAWorld seems to have avowed Nazi sympathies. So strange that this just keeps happening over and over and over again.
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"Current and former national security officials... describe the masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity... as crossing a line that long set the United States apart from the world’s most repressive regimes. ICE...has become an unfettered and unaccountable national police force."
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Current and former national security officials... describe the masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity... as crossing a line that long set the United States apart from the world’s most repressive regimes. ICE...has become an unfettered and unaccountable national police force."
"Current and former national security officials... describe the masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity... as crossing a line that long set the United States apart from the world’s most repressive regimes. ICE...has become an unfettered and unaccountable national police force."
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Current and former national security officials... describe the masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity... as crossing a line that long set the United States apart from the world’s most repressive regimes. ICE...has become an unfettered and unaccountable national police force."
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"Vought was unsatisfied. What would be the consequences of a much larger reduction? A career official answered: Less humanitarian aid would mean more people would die... Vought reiterated that he wanted spending on foreign aid to be as close to zero as possible, on the fastest timeline possible." 🧵
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Vought was unsatisfied. What would be the consequences of a much larger reduction? A career official answered: Less humanitarian aid would mean more people would die... Vought reiterated that he wanted spending on foreign aid to be as close to zero as possible, on the fastest timeline possible." 🧵