Briallen Hopper
@briallenhopper.bsky.social
Author of HARD TO LOVE (Bloomsbury) and GILEAD REREAD (Columbia UP, forthcoming). Teaching at Queens College CUNY. Repped by Rob McQuilkin at MMQ&A.
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Update: The Professor was fired, the Dean and Department Chair who (rightfully) defended her were removed from their positions, and every course at the University is now being subjected to a state audit.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Update: The Professor was fired, the Dean and Department Chair who (rightfully) defended her were removed from their positions, and every course at the University is now being subjected to a state audit.
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In an interview at @nytimes.com headquarters, Curtis Sliwa, the GOP nominee and one of the candidates facing pressure to exit the race, refused to entertain the idea.
“No, no, no. A thousand times no,” Sliwa said. “I can’t be bought. I can’t be leased. I can’t be rented. I am not corruptible.”
“No, no, no. A thousand times no,” Sliwa said. “I can’t be bought. I can’t be leased. I can’t be rented. I am not corruptible.”
Curtis Sliwa Vows to Stay in Mayor’s Race, Despite Push to Clear Field
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In an interview at @nytimes.com headquarters, Curtis Sliwa, the GOP nominee and one of the candidates facing pressure to exit the race, refused to entertain the idea.
“No, no, no. A thousand times no,” Sliwa said. “I can’t be bought. I can’t be leased. I can’t be rented. I am not corruptible.”
“No, no, no. A thousand times no,” Sliwa said. “I can’t be bought. I can’t be leased. I can’t be rented. I am not corruptible.”
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Mamdani was the only candidate who was viewed positively by a majority of voters, with 52% saying they have a “very favorable” or “somewhat favorable” impression of him. Only 36% used those terms about Cuomo. 56% said Mamdani “cares about people like me,” 8 points more than said it about Cuomo.
Times-Siena Poll Shows Where Mamdani’s Strong Support Lies
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Mamdani was the only candidate who was viewed positively by a majority of voters, with 52% saying they have a “very favorable” or “somewhat favorable” impression of him. Only 36% used those terms about Cuomo. 56% said Mamdani “cares about people like me,” 8 points more than said it about Cuomo.
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Adams and Cuomo have relentlessly criticized Mamdani’s stance on Israel, calling him an antisemite and terrorist sympathizer. The poll’s findings underscore just how much Adams and Cuomo may have misread the electorate by expending energy to attack Mamdani’s views on Israel.
Gaza War Turns New Yorkers Against Israel, With Mayor’s Race as Backdrop
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Adams and Cuomo have relentlessly criticized Mamdani’s stance on Israel, calling him an antisemite and terrorist sympathizer. The poll’s findings underscore just how much Adams and Cuomo may have misread the electorate by expending energy to attack Mamdani’s views on Israel.
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If you can't criticize Susan Collins, how are you a competent candidate to run against her? www.pressherald.com/2025/09/08/g...
Gov. Mills, weighing Senate run, declines to criticize Susan Collins
Mills fielded questions during public events in Kennebec County that could easily have been mistaken for a campaign swing.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you can't criticize Susan Collins, how are you a competent candidate to run against her? www.pressherald.com/2025/09/08/g...
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“Because the court is not explaining its shadow docket rulings, judges lack any meaningful guidance about what to do in future cases, Georgia State University law professor Anthony Michael Kreis said.”
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Judges vexed by Supreme Court 'shadow docket' rulings in Trump cases
An extraordinary spat is occurring within the U.S. judiciary concerning a flurry of Supreme Court decisions.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Because the court is not explaining its shadow docket rulings, judges lack any meaningful guidance about what to do in future cases, Georgia State University law professor Anthony Michael Kreis said.”
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Two green card holders and a US citizen. Not that it matters, constitutionally! But it’s interesting that Kavanaugh thinks this is a no-big-deal thing for people to experience in the course of a day
One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys.
Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.
There is no justification for this. None.
Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.
There is no justification for this. None.
September 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Two green card holders and a US citizen. Not that it matters, constitutionally! But it’s interesting that Kavanaugh thinks this is a no-big-deal thing for people to experience in the course of a day
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Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
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When the US Department of War made this film in 1945 to warn about the threat of fascism, they included this scene of a teacher in Germany debunking 'race science,' the same racist myths and lies being promoted and normalized by fascists in the US today. catalog.archives.gov/id/24376
August 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
When the US Department of War made this film in 1945 to warn about the threat of fascism, they included this scene of a teacher in Germany debunking 'race science,' the same racist myths and lies being promoted and normalized by fascists in the US today. catalog.archives.gov/id/24376
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The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
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Thou shalt not think.
Let's delve into this, parishioners — there are 14 commandments,
September 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Thou shalt not think.
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Again, at worst, the appropriate response to course content not aligning with course descriptions at any university is to lodge a complaint with the relevant curriculum committees and get them to change the course descriptions, rather than to fire a professor, her boss, & her boss' boss.
Update on the Texas A&M professor / cell phone video situation: the professor has been fired by the A&M president
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September 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Again, at worst, the appropriate response to course content not aligning with course descriptions at any university is to lodge a complaint with the relevant curriculum committees and get them to change the course descriptions, rather than to fire a professor, her boss, & her boss' boss.
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"Infidels MC was set up by US military veterans of the Iraq war in 2006 and members see themselves as modern Crusaders, using the Crusader cross as their symbol - a reference to the medieval Christians who fought Muslims for control of Jerusalem." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"Infidels MC was set up by US military veterans of the Iraq war in 2006 and members see themselves as modern Crusaders, using the Crusader cross as their symbol - a reference to the medieval Christians who fought Muslims for control of Jerusalem." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Important memo!
Don't forget to add this white text to all your publications.
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Important memo!
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Social media posts about the military mission in D.C. summarized on Friday were assessed to be 53 percent negative, 45 percent neutral and 2 percent positive, the documents say.
The National Guard has assessed that its Washington, D.C. mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
National Guard collects unfavorable public input on D.C. deployment
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Social media posts about the military mission in D.C. summarized on Friday were assessed to be 53 percent negative, 45 percent neutral and 2 percent positive, the documents say.
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Update on the Texas A&M professor / cell phone video situation: the professor has been fired by the A&M president
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September 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Update on the Texas A&M professor / cell phone video situation: the professor has been fired by the A&M president
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Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
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There’s a gift link to the article below
New ad drops for Trump’s tourism campaign.
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There’s a gift link to the article below
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Well, look at this: Mamdani represents the views of a plurality of New Yorkers.
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Gaza War Turns New Yorkers Against Israel, With Mayor’s Race as Backdrop
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Well, look at this: Mamdani represents the views of a plurality of New Yorkers.
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"“It’s hard for me to understand why he [did that] and it also doesn’t really interest me,” Raab says in a video interview posted on X. “I mean, what was so important about that corpse?”"
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"“It’s hard for me to understand why he [did that] and it also doesn’t really interest me,” Raab says in a video interview posted on X. “I mean, what was so important about that corpse?”"
This video should be required watching for every professor in the US
“According to our president, there’s only two genders.”
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
September 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This video should be required watching for every professor in the US
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
omg
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He might be able to corral another one quarter of one percent with Jeffries and Schumer endorsements.
Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/n...
Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
He might be able to corral another one quarter of one percent with Jeffries and Schumer endorsements.
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Not surprisingly, the A&M student paper gives more useful context
Tonight at #TAMU: The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and English department head have been removed from administrative duties in response to a viral video showing lecturer and student arguing over gender studies.
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Texas A&M Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, English department removed after viral video
The Texas A&M Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Mark Zoran and English department head Emily Johansen were removed from administrative duties Monday
thebatt.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Not surprisingly, the A&M student paper gives more useful context