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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)

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PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. Views mine, ~90% right. US democracy, votes, violence, history, psych. Post-post-post-post doc. Dad w/ jokes. Unlapsed 🧙🏻. 🥏⛳🏆. Avid 🧗. Congress said I have "tremendous sway over SM platforms" 😂 nathankalmoe.com .. more

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 42m

Absolutely. Ridicule is a powerful weapon.

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 42m

Perfect.

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*nods solemnly*

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 2h

I hope I do not have to do a "reverent croak" (a la Hunger Games mockingjay whistle) but this is so so true. Tight narratives win politics. I think a lot of liberals are uncomfortable with that, but they need to get over it and start telling the stories are working often and loudly.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h

"Wealthy bus-takers"

I'm sure Donald Trump was a regular public bus rider when he lived in town.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h

Weird random meme-y shit (laudatory) like this is how it might eventually be called The Great Frog Resistance, where everyone wears a frog pin, & remembrance events in 50 years begin with reverent croaks. Just from some dude's choice of a frog for a costume. Humans are weird.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 5h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h

Well, whenever Chris Rufo gets around to pushing it, you know they'll pick up then.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 3h

i think this fundamentally misstates the constraint: if he uses the police to directly obstruct ICE operations, he gets hit with the Insurrection Act. if he puts the cops in a position where they have to choose which orders to follow, they will currently not pick the governor.

starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 4h

this kind of wishcasting around pritzker ignores that he hasn't once wielded the power of the state in a creative way since DHS and ICE invaded us

the rhetoric's good and he plays a governor on TV very well, but there's no evidence of a capacity for clever use of power, unfortunately

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 6h

i think that the best way to use the police as Pritzker would be to figure out how to associate them with protests such that the protesters don't mess with them but they get gassed or shot if the feds fire

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 3h

Project 2029:

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 3h

Ezra: "pro-slavery Ross does politics the right way"

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

Douthat: So, just to take a related example, one of the controversies of many that you’ve been mixed up in has to do with slavery, and whether slavery is absolutely forbidden by the Bible, absolutely forbidden to Christians, or whether it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: And you think it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: On this, on a straightforward reading of the New Testament, I would agree with you. I would say, pretty clearly, there is a pretty clear path from the message of the Bible to the abolition of slavery. But there is no moment in the New Testament when Jesus insists on the manumission of slaves.

Wilson: Right.

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 3h

I had never heard of Harold Washington.

Excellent listen on @thisamericanlife.org : "This week, we bring you the story of Harold Washington, the greatest politician you've probably never heard of, and the backlash that ensued when he became Chicago's first Black mayor."

Harold - This American Life

The story of Harold Washington and the white backlash that ensued when he became Chicago's first Black mayor.

www.thisamericanlife.org

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 3h

Among many other things, what Dr. Kornbluth has done with her strong statement is make it a bit more difficult for _other_ schools to say "yes" to this.

Do you not care about academic freedom the way MIT does?

Do you—unlike MIT—want a leg up in research funds instead of competing on the merits?

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 3h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 3h

Yep. It is also a vehicle for ridiculing & shaming ICE goons, which is essential for fighting fascism. It gives other people courage & leverages civic expulsion powers.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 3h

This is how they define the border tho. It's outrageous to count southern Lake Michigan as a border.

Map showing 100-mile Border enforcement zone, which includes the Great Lakes cities like Chicago & Milwaukee.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 4h

Eric's "Eric Didn't Fail!" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by his shirt.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4h

"What is it going to take before you drop your hate and say, 'Listen, the guy did the job!' I'm not running anymore, so you no longer have to do this whole charade. I turned the city around, folks—come on! ... Stop coming up with all of these creative ways of saying 'Eric failed.' Eric didn't fail."

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4h

They tried to have DeSantis attend a show in Florida a while back and he got booed out and now allegedly a bunch of White House employees and maybe even Trump himself will be at John Cena's retirement show in December in Washington DC. They're gonna get booed crazy.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 4h

@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."

President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4h

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 4h

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 4h

interesting that if you say the constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate america

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 5h

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 5h

yes, it's simply false that international students crowd out US-born students

The Impact of International Students on US Colleges: Higher Education as a Service Export

Mingyu Chen

June 3, 2021

Abstract

Between 2005 and 2016, international enrollment in US higher education nearly doubled. I examine how trade shocks in education affect public universities’ decision-making. I construct a shift-share instrument to exploit institutions’ historical networks with different origins of international students, income growth, and exchange-rate fluctuations. Contrary to claims that US-born students are crowded out, I find that international students increase schools’ funding via tuition payments, which leads to increased in-state enrollment and lower tuition prices. Schools also keep steady per-student spending and recruit more students with high math scores. Lastly, states allocate more appropriations to universities that attract fewer international students.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 5h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 5h

Today a street vendor I’ve seen every day for two years was abducted from our neighborhood by masked thugs too cowardly to identify themselves. Her crime? Selling Tamales. What are you doing to stand up to the Gestapo?

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 5h

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence. $AAPL

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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