Stan Oklobdzija
@stano.bsky.social
Ass. Prof. Public Policy @ UC Riverside | Better Cities Through Better Government | 1st Gen 🇺🇸: 🇷🇸/ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa | 躺平 | Ham chơi
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
I expect this will cost Trump dearly with his voters, who were mostly good-hearted, patriotic Americans who simply don't know about Trump's real character because outlets like the NYT refuse to report on it. After all, Trump voters are no different than you or I.
President Trump posted a blatantly racist video clip of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes, the latest in a long pattern by Trump of promoting offensive stereotypes about Black Americans and others. The White House press secretary dismissed criticism as “fake outrage.”
Trump Shares Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes
The White House press secretary dismissed criticism of the clip’s racist content, shared by the president’s Truth Social account, as “fake outrage.”
nyti.ms
February 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I expect this will cost Trump dearly with his voters, who were mostly good-hearted, patriotic Americans who simply don't know about Trump's real character because outlets like the NYT refuse to report on it. After all, Trump voters are no different than you or I.
Changed my mind, they should wear masks. I didn't need to learn that the guy from the Decemberists was this hard up for money.
February 6, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Changed my mind, they should wear masks. I didn't need to learn that the guy from the Decemberists was this hard up for money.
Crazy how "screw you, got mine" was not a viable strategy for academic workers to engage in collective action against a common adversary. Much to think about here.
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
www.chronicle.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Crazy how "screw you, got mine" was not a viable strategy for academic workers to engage in collective action against a common adversary. Much to think about here.
Me: Finally, two uninterrupted days to work on my research!
The Universe: Hey, the dude campus sends to install your standing desk should just abruptly unplug the workstation in your office because that's not going to do anything bad.
The Universe: Hey, the dude campus sends to install your standing desk should just abruptly unplug the workstation in your office because that's not going to do anything bad.
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Me: Finally, two uninterrupted days to work on my research!
The Universe: Hey, the dude campus sends to install your standing desk should just abruptly unplug the workstation in your office because that's not going to do anything bad.
The Universe: Hey, the dude campus sends to install your standing desk should just abruptly unplug the workstation in your office because that's not going to do anything bad.
CA law makes it a felony for any police officers to be within the immediate vicinity of a polling place without authorization.
We have a 6,500 member state police force and 80,000 sworn officers in city/county departments. If any DHS agents feel like spending 3 years in prison, please try this.
We have a 6,500 member state police force and 80,000 sworn officers in city/county departments. If any DHS agents feel like spending 3 years in prison, please try this.
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
CA law makes it a felony for any police officers to be within the immediate vicinity of a polling place without authorization.
We have a 6,500 member state police force and 80,000 sworn officers in city/county departments. If any DHS agents feel like spending 3 years in prison, please try this.
We have a 6,500 member state police force and 80,000 sworn officers in city/county departments. If any DHS agents feel like spending 3 years in prison, please try this.
Thomas Paine would've been a killer poster. He'd be like the Menswear guy, but for politics.
One thing that the Founding Fathers all shared in common - Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Paine, Madison, Henry - is that they would have loved posting
February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Thomas Paine would've been a killer poster. He'd be like the Menswear guy, but for politics.
A big reason that Donald Trump is so successful with evangelicals is that he treats them like they're stupid and he's absolutely correct to do so.
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
A big reason that Donald Trump is so successful with evangelicals is that he treats them like they're stupid and he's absolutely correct to do so.
It's still a bummer that Joe Biden would get a week of shit for stuttering over "Worcestershire" and meanwhile Trump shows up to everything geeked out on benzos and stimmies to deliver spoken Facebook comments.
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It's still a bummer that Joe Biden would get a week of shit for stuttering over "Worcestershire" and meanwhile Trump shows up to everything geeked out on benzos and stimmies to deliver spoken Facebook comments.
One of the most shocking things about academia for me when I first got into it was what a massive sex pest problem this industry has.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
One of the most shocking things about academia for me when I first got into it was what a massive sex pest problem this industry has.
This is about as good as a party who doesn't hold a minority in either chamber can ask for. People calling this capitulation are just clowns.
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This is about as good as a party who doesn't hold a minority in either chamber can ask for. People calling this capitulation are just clowns.
Cannot wait to open the newest issue of "Who Gives Shit Weekly."
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Cannot wait to open the newest issue of "Who Gives Shit Weekly."
If she's running for Governor, that's fine I guess. The current candidate pool is total ass.
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
If she's running for Governor, that's fine I guess. The current candidate pool is total ass.
If you want to enjoy your day-to-day life in California, commit to never learning enough about this state's politics that you know exactly what each of these initiatives did off the top of your head.
STOP talking shit about California Ballot Initiatives:
• Prop 14 (1964):
• Prop 13 (1978):
• Prop 184 (1994):
• Prop 187 (1994):
• Prop 8 (2008):
• Prop 22 (2020):
• Prop 14 (1964):
• Prop 13 (1978):
• Prop 184 (1994):
• Prop 187 (1994):
• Prop 8 (2008):
• Prop 22 (2020):
February 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
If you want to enjoy your day-to-day life in California, commit to never learning enough about this state's politics that you know exactly what each of these initiatives did off the top of your head.
We've lived under the Citizens United regime for almost 20 years and we all just have to shrug our shoulders and accept this indignity like it's some inevitable feature of democratic politics.
Super PACs powered by unknown funders are roiling Democratic politics in Illinois, diving into a trio of open House primaries six weeks before voters effectively pick their new members of Congress in these deep blue-district primary elections.
Secret money roils Democratic primaries
New super PACs are pouring money into open Democratic House primaries in Chicago. It's unclear who's funding them — and opposing campaigns are furious.
nbcnews.to
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
We've lived under the Citizens United regime for almost 20 years and we all just have to shrug our shoulders and accept this indignity like it's some inevitable feature of democratic politics.
This is how Republicans wish they could treat you.
Islamic Republic security forces in Iran run over protestors.
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
This is how Republicans wish they could treat you.
We're gonna win.
And we're gonna win because we fought back.
And we're gonna win because we fought back.
Breaking: With No Noted Dissents and No Discussion, Supreme Court Allows California to Use Its Prop. 50 Congressional Redistricting Maps in 2026 electionlawblog.org?p=154139
Breaking: With No Noted Dissents and No Discussion, Supreme Court Allows California to Use Its Prop. 50 Congressional Redistricting Maps in 2026 #ELB
The entire order of the Court reads: “The application for writ of injunction pending appealpresented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is denied.” I am happy but not surprised with thi...
electionlawblog.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
We're gonna win.
And we're gonna win because we fought back.
And we're gonna win because we fought back.
Trumpism generally thrives from anonymity because its driving ethos is the same as internet troll culture. Their greatest fear is loss of anonymity that'd make them subject to social sanction.
From local businesses who donated to Trump to ICE agents, that's what we ought to give them.
From local businesses who donated to Trump to ICE agents, that's what we ought to give them.
ICE agents don't wear masks because they're scared for their safety. They wear masks because they know if they can be identified they risk being shunned and shamed. ICE agents may be evil assholes, but just like other humans they want to avoid social disapproval and humiliation.
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Trumpism generally thrives from anonymity because its driving ethos is the same as internet troll culture. Their greatest fear is loss of anonymity that'd make them subject to social sanction.
From local businesses who donated to Trump to ICE agents, that's what we ought to give them.
From local businesses who donated to Trump to ICE agents, that's what we ought to give them.
My solution for eviscerated local media in America is to add a news wire service to the USPS similar to the AP. That service would stick to local issues (city councils, police, schools, etc.) and report only hard news.
As folks think about the way news will need to be organized going forward as the legacy institutions pass out of relevance, nonprofit community trusts or worker co ops seem a good way to go. Ad revenue and clicks can’t be the model.
In 2016, the Philadelphia Inquirer, emerging from a messy bankruptcy, was acquired by Lenfest and donated to a nonprofit community trust. The Graham family, meanwhile, sold the Post to the richest man in the world.
Today, Will Bunch has a job at the Inky, and Karen Attiah was fired from the Post.
Today, Will Bunch has a job at the Inky, and Karen Attiah was fired from the Post.
February 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
My solution for eviscerated local media in America is to add a news wire service to the USPS similar to the AP. That service would stick to local issues (city councils, police, schools, etc.) and report only hard news.
Was talking to my friend about how around the GFC, American cultural production just entered an enforced nose-dive that we've never pulled out of. Life these days just feels so atomized and meaningless because we lack people laboring to give us a collective sense of things.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Was talking to my friend about how around the GFC, American cultural production just entered an enforced nose-dive that we've never pulled out of. Life these days just feels so atomized and meaningless because we lack people laboring to give us a collective sense of things.
Reposted by Stan Oklobdzija
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Saw that a bunch of people turned up to the LAPD Commission meeting to scream at them over the department's refusal to enforce the statewide mask ban.
Excellent energy, take it to the council until someone introduces a resolution tying future funding to enforcing the law.
Excellent energy, take it to the council until someone introduces a resolution tying future funding to enforcing the law.
February 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Saw that a bunch of people turned up to the LAPD Commission meeting to scream at them over the department's refusal to enforce the statewide mask ban.
Excellent energy, take it to the council until someone introduces a resolution tying future funding to enforcing the law.
Excellent energy, take it to the council until someone introduces a resolution tying future funding to enforcing the law.
There are many obvious reasons why ICE must be abolished and DHS must be dismantled. But we shouldn't overlook the fact that this bald, fat dork showed up to work with a skull mask and a plate carrier and no one ordered him to go home and change.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 5:30 AM
There are many obvious reasons why ICE must be abolished and DHS must be dismantled. But we shouldn't overlook the fact that this bald, fat dork showed up to work with a skull mask and a plate carrier and no one ordered him to go home and change.
My 100% vibes based theory is that the GFC sent tons of millennials to new masters degree programs spun up to allow them to wait out the recession. There, they were exposed to the last gasps of Boomer academic Marxism, which unfortunately broke containment.
Woke was never the issue but I do think that NPIC-speak where you talk like 1/3rd half-remembered humanities seminar, 1/3rd therapy tiktok, and 1/3rd fake AAVE that a TON of nonprofit advocates and media people did in the 2010’s was grating and probably did hurt the left on the margin.
February 4, 2026 at 1:11 AM
My 100% vibes based theory is that the GFC sent tons of millennials to new masters degree programs spun up to allow them to wait out the recession. There, they were exposed to the last gasps of Boomer academic Marxism, which unfortunately broke containment.