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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
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PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. Views mine, ~90% right. US politics, votes, violence, history, psych. 3📚+1 in progress: How WE Make US Democracy. Dad w/ jokes. 🧙🏻. 🥏⛳🏆. Avid 🧗. Congress said I have "tremendous sway over SM platforms"😂 nathankalmoe.com .. more

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h
A million miles away is in space.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2h
No matter where we look: Religious identity, racial and cultural resentment, attitudes towards the religious/racial/cultural pluralization of American society are dividing the country - and shaping the political conflict - much more strongly than education polarization.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h
Love the performance, hate the unnecessary fake cheering.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h
One exception: European immigrants in 1621
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h
Reminder of who the real threat was, and who the threat has never been.

Maybe today should be a day of atonement.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h
Thanks for clarifying!

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2h
Put differently: If you look at a group of voters with the same education, their level of racial resentment strongly predicts their vote choice. But in a group of people with the same level of racial resentment, educational attainment does not allow for a strong prediction of their politics.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h
Oh interesting! So they only pay if the coach doesn’t take another job?

Reposted by Steve Peers, Michael Jones‐Correa, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
 
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.

As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:

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The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 3h
It’s likely these coaches get another job so the payout rarely materializes (see the James Franklin Penn State situation for an example), but these are like a MLB contracts in that they’re guaranteed. You could think of alternatives, but (perceived as) good coaches are in the drivers seat these days

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 3h
In each year of doing nothing, Kelly get paid 150x the earnings of a median full time worker. Because he failed.

During those six years of doing nothing after failing, he’ll get the equivalent of lifetime earnings for 20 median workers. Obscene.
trevondlogan.bsky.social Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 11h
In college football, firing a coach without cause generally entitles them to the remaining value of their contract. It’s very expensive. LSU’s attempt to weasel out in Brian Kelly’s case hurts their attempts to replace him. Pay him what you owe him. Move on. www.espn.com/college-foot...
Sources: Kelly officially fired by LSU without cause
The posturing over Brian Kelly's $54 million buyout from LSU is over, sources told ESPN, as the school sent him a letter Wednesday saying it is officially terminating him without cause.
www.espn.com

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Matthew J (is) Tired @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 3h
New from Amnesty International:

“Today despite a reduction in scale of attacks, and some limited improvements, there has been no meaningful change in the conditions Israel is inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza and no evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed.”
Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues unabated despite ceasefire
More than a month after a ceasefire was announced and all living Israeli hostages were released, Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by c...
www.amnesty.org

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 3h
This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
killgrove.bsky.social Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 20h
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com

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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 4h
Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”

That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.

hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 4h
Got to love how much praise NYT gets for one article, 2+ years late, that literally just rehashes things we all knew already but NYT has spent the last 2 years ignoring & denying & obfuscating.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 20h
The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.” https://cnn.it/48idUFL

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h
Reminder of who the real threat was, and who the threat has never been.

Maybe today should be a day of atonement.

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Trevon D. Logan, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · 7h
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 11h
In college football, firing a coach without cause generally entitles them to the remaining value of their contract. It’s very expensive. LSU’s attempt to weasel out in Brian Kelly’s case hurts their attempts to replace him. Pay him what you owe him. Move on. www.espn.com/college-foot...
Sources: Kelly officially fired by LSU without cause
The posturing over Brian Kelly's $54 million buyout from LSU is over, sources told ESPN, as the school sent him a letter Wednesday saying it is officially terminating him without cause.
www.espn.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 11h
The Trump administration is a global plague so I see why they wouldn’t want this commemoration. I suppose we’re lucky they didn’t turn it into a celebration of AIDS.
socialmedialab.ca Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 20h
"Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day. The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels." #overtonwindow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13h
The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
We ain’t buying it: Why we boycott Target
For a long time, Target—that popular mega store that seemed to hit just the right combination of low prices and of-the-moment swagger—was everyone’s darling, the go-to spot for everything from groceri...
www.aft.org

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
USCIS @USCIS X.com Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols. The protections and safety of our homeland and of the American people remains our singular focus and mission. 10:04 PM • 11/26/25 • 2.1K Views

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 18h
"Identity politics are not about dividing groups and comparing them. It's about building solidarity across groups and coalition-building, recognizing the commonalities across different forms of problems and what you do together," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2033...

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 18h
"Democrats buy into that stereotype of because they're college graduates, they must be also white, cosmopolitan, wealthy elites, instead being like, "No. To be part of the working class these days often still requires like some form of college education," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 19h
"This is a Rorschach test. If you can't name the murder of 20,000 children and tens of thousands more adults, the destruction of basic infrastructure, homes, universities,
hospitals....a genocide, you are morally corrupt," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 19h
www.jstor.org/stable/48847...

Open access!
The State, War-Making & Democratization in the United States: A Historical Overview A Historical Overview on JSTOR
Robert C. Lieberman, The State, War-Making & Democratization in the United States, Daedalus, Vol. 154, No. 4, How Has War Shaped American Democracy? (Fall 2025), pp. 31-47
www.jstor.org

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 19h
"Utilities, housing, groceries. The right approach [to affordability] is understanding it's all a function of the same broken system. Corporations keep getting richer, buying each other up and consolidating across sectors to both suppress wages and raise prices," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 19h
"Medicare-for-All would guarantee baseline health coverage for every single American, without co-pays, deductibles, or premiums. It's just there for you," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, explaining why it's better than a public option. newrepublic.com/article/2036...

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 20h
The Holy Duality

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 20h
"Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day. The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels." #overtonwindow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com