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"Why Support for Political Violence Is Not as High as It May Seem" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

"the proudest boast of our free speech jurisprudence is that we protect the freedom to express 'the thought that we hate.'"

-- noted leftist Justice Alito

I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:

“He’s not an autocrat because he won an election” is a world historically stupid take. Read a book!

It's true as a matter of perspective, political violence can be much worse than current levels in the US. But neither is it an irrational panic, it's grounded in the less visible but much more widespread reality that getting bombarded with death threats is much more common now than it used to be.

supreme irony that the party of lincoln is now the party of taney

"What made Omaha a weird city in 2024 was that its diversity was visible. To fix our failing politics, America needs an electoral system that makes our diversity visible everywhere."

I spent last summer in the weirdest city in politics. Omaha voted Democrat for President, Independent for Senate, Republican for House. @leedrutman.bsky.social and I explain why places like that are going away, and what we can do about it, in the latest Ripon Forum. riponsociety.org/article/is-t...

it won't happen automatically. but there is very obviously an opportunity for ambitious types who want to quite literally save the American republic to have their names written in history. crowns are in the gutter waiting to be picked up

I’d be really interested in seeing recruitment and retention data for the National Guard over the next couple of years.

Congress is too old! It's not a mystery why that is! Here is my new report about it!

The whole confederacy is getting in on it.

“American leadership is older today than at any other time in history.” Oscar Pocasangre and @dustinwahl.bsky.social explore the depth of the age divide in a NEW REPORT co-published by @protectdemocracy.org and @newamerica.org protectdemocracy.org/age-divide

bat signal for @fixourhouse.bsky.social

what this makes me think about - with regard to right now - is how so much of the information about Trump and Epstein that’s resonated in recent weeks is old stuff, widely and publicly reported. but a lot of it didn’t break through to lots of ppl in their information environments

Let’s go with both

With Colton's conviction, that makes FOUR pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who have faced charges for solicitation of a minor or child sex abuse of some kind.

"Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it"

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Can we take a moment to appreciate how THAT RIGHT THERE is what, in any other age, would have been a presidency-destroying scandal???

straightforward Trump appeasement. a bribe from a company wanting regulatory approval variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Earlier today I talked to Andrew Doty and @dustinwahl.bsky.social about the communication ethics of advocating for political reform. A very interesting conversation and a lot of food for thought. Check it out.

www.ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org/video-conver...

Scoop: Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics chief, Joseph Tirrell. Without explanation, she removes DOJ's career ethics office director who advised the most senior political appointees (such as Todd Blanche, Kash Patel) on conflicts. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...