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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5h

Someone should notify Trump that Earhart was a New Deal Democrat and a supporter of FDR. Maybe that will stop Trump’s bizarre Earhart obsession. His obsession & inability to give it up is consistent with cognitive decline, by the way.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5h

Is the mad king watching the History Channel or is this somehow part of the Kash Patel/Bongino clown show?

CNN @cnn.com · 8h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5h

It’s not like it’s a mystery, even. A girl heard Earhart on short wave radio after her plane had crash landed. Noonan was injured. Water was coming into the plane. They both probably died within days.

CNN @cnn.com · 8h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5h

Trump: more focused on Amelia Earhart’s disappearance than rising costs today.

CNN @cnn.com · 8h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5h

And George W. Bush remains silent on everything Trump is doing…

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

This is so dark

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5h

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5h

Katie Porter is notorious for treating her staff like sh*t. And there are reports of her being racist too. And no, that’s not gendered. All principals, man or woman, should treat their staff professionally. And by all reports she doesn’t & is abusive toward them.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5h

Obviously the main thing was Trump getting elected. I’m just saying authoritarianism came to the US on a butterfly effect. Without the singular pop culture figure of Trump being elected twice as a backlash to Obama’s elections, things are much different.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5h

5) Obama picks Kaine in 2008 instead of Biden
6) Weiner doesn’t have a laptop
7) Comey doesn’t write the letter
8) Republicans coordinate in 2015-16, preventing the Trump nomination by winnowing the field
9) Biden doesn’t run in 2024 to & he & his team promote Harris as his successor early on.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5h

None of this was inevitable. If just 1 of these changes had happened, we may have avoided this authoritarianism:
1) LePore doesn’t use the butterfly ballot
2) Elian Gonzalez stays in Cuba
3) Gore picks Graham instead of Lieberman
4) SNL focuses on Bush’s incompetence instead of Gore’s sighing
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 6h

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research

u.afp.com/SmAy

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6h

The whole reason Democrats are having to push for the Obamacare subsidies now is because Trump & Vance excluded them from their bill earlier this year, because Trump & Vance prioritized tax breaks for the wealthy over health care costs for the poor and middle class.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13h

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip
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Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7h

How can you tell Democrats have the upper hand in the week-old shutdown fight? Marjorie Taylor Greene just endorsed their key demand.
From the great @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight

Turns out Republicans still haven’t figured out the politics of health care.

www.thebulwark.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8h

I’m watching the Mariners-Tigers primarily because John Smoltz is announcing the other game.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h

Jamelle Bouie is so exhausting. If you're this obsessed with constantly telling Democrats they're doing politics wrong then get in the arena & run for office yourself. Bouie & other critics act like Statler and Waldorf in the Muppets balcony while Democrats are actually in the arena fighting.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 9h

Jonathan Chait & The Intercept using @kamalaharris.com like a human piñata to push their own ideological agendas. The only fact you need to know about this is that @kamalaharris.com massively outperformed what Biden was going to do & saved dozens of Democratic seats in the process.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10h

Literally unconstitutional; Congress has the power of the purse under Article I. Trump is trying to create a personalist regime where every dollar of federal spending is allocated at his whim.

Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 10h

absolute mad king behavior here. singlehandedly raise taxes, then singlehandedly dole revenue out whenever advantageous

White House says it will use tariff revenue to fund federal food aid for mothers and young children | CNN Politics

The Trump administration said Tuesday it will use tariff funds to keep afloat a federal food assistance program for nearly 7 million pregnant women, new moms and young children during the government s...

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks!

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10h

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10h

The President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association just said on CNN it’s perfectly safe to fly because there have already been 1000 instances this year where air traffic control has had to go to alternative measures because of staffing or other issues. That’s not reassuring!!

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10h

Cool! The position here at USC is in our Sociology Department. I can’t speak highly enough of USC. This would be a great job.

Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 10h

New jobs for computational social scientists at UNC and USC: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307... amd uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...

Assistant Professor

This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.

unc.peopleadmin.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10h

Was looking at The Heritage Foundation’s chief economist’s website. Hard to see why Trump wanted this guy :). This is what happens when you value partisanship over expertise. And this is the danger with these conservative centers on college campuses as well.

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Axios @axios.com · 11h

Scoop: Maine Gov. Janet Mills is poised to jump into Maine Senate race

Scoop: Mills poised to jump into Maine Senate race

Gov. Janey Mills' entry into the race would set off another complicated Democratic primary.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10h

Ohio State already had an intellectual diversity center. It’s called Ohio State. Ohio State opened its conservative campus center to students, not its intellectual diversity center.

Ohio State’s new intellectual diversity center opens for students

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio State University has opened its doors to its new intellectual diversity center. The Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture and Society was established by …

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