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Michael Feola
@feolski.bsky.social
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Dad. Political Theorist. Writes on white nationalism, the far right, critical theory. Author: The Rage of Replacement (2024, UMN Press). Words at The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian.
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · Jul 30
Publication day at @uminnpress.bsky.social ! The Rage of Replacement is about the dangerous politics that swirl around the "great replacement" narrative -- and the broader far right politics of fear over population change. Summary in thread. Feel free to spread the word!🧵
Cover of The Rage of Replacement book. Blue background with match striking into flame.
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1h
Research question. I'm looking to build a reading list for the best books/articles on the Freikorps (you know, seems maybekinda relevant). Any and all recommendations welcome! Please distribute widely!
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1h
Trump now using the official White House account to demand that Chicago mayor and Illinois governor be incarcerated for imagined crimes. Very cool and normal.
Tweet from Donald Trump, reposed by official White House account: "Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!"
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1h
Research question. I'm looking to build a reading list for the best books/articles on the Freikorps (you know, seems maybekinda relevant). Any and all recommendations welcome! Please distribute widely!
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 2h
Of course, a more accurate headline might read something like “… to target those who have held him accountable in any way”
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h
Weaponizing the Justice Department. Happening right in front of us. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 21h
Of course they are. Anything to feed the far right's decades-long war against LGBTQ+ rights, equality, and acceptance. Exactly what you'd expect from the ongoing shame of the Roberts Court.
Supreme Court’s conservative majority prepared to rule against conversion therapy ban | CNN Politics
A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is prepared to rule against Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, with several justices indicating they sympathize with a licensed coun...
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 22h
(I'll post this on your comment, too. Can never remember how bsky notifies people on chains): This raises the question (totally useful for my current research project): what are the best books/articles on the Freikorps? Any recs? Looking to build a reading list.
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 22h
This raises the question (totally useful for my current research project): what are the best books/articles on the Freikorps? Looking to build a reading list.
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
Open to invoking the Insurrection Act. A direct run to grab antidemocratic, emergency powers -- and deploy military troops on American soil, against American citizens. Very normal and healthy.
Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act
The comments came a day after a federal judge blocked the president from sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.
www.politico.com
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
From the regime propagandist, Stephen Miller:
Screenshot: "The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a federal law that allows the president to nationally deploy the U.S. military or federalize state National Guard troops to quell what the president deems an insurrection against the United States. Earlier Monday, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said the administration had been contending with a “legal insurrection” and that rulings stifling the White House’s agenda amounted to “an insurrection against the laws and Constitution of the United States.” “We need to have district courts in this country that see themselves as being under the laws and Constitution and not being able to take for themselves powers that are reserved solely for the president,” Miller added."
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
Open to invoking the Insurrection Act. A direct run to grab antidemocratic, emergency powers -- and deploy military troops on American soil, against American citizens. Very normal and healthy.
Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act
The comments came a day after a federal judge blocked the president from sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.
www.politico.com
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
Anyone could track how a well-compensated cadre of bad-faith idea-merchants have poisoned the information ecosphere. But what makes it tragic is how so many of them have the means to hit eject from the world they have created. The new version of private fallout shelters for the ultra-wealthy.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA
‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’
www.thenerdreich.com
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
Anyone could track how a well-compensated cadre of bad-faith idea-merchants have poisoned the information ecosphere. But what makes it tragic is how so many of them have the means to hit eject from the world they have created. The new version of private fallout shelters for the ultra-wealthy.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA
‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’
www.thenerdreich.com
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
From Bari Weiss, on her rise to her current position atop CBS news. These "free pressers" sure sound like amazing, truth-seeking folk!
Screenshot from article: "As of today, I am editor-in-chief of CBS News, working with new colleagues on the programs that have impacted American culture for generations—shows like 60 Minutes and Sunday Morning—and shaping how millions of Americans read, listen, watch, and, most importantly, understand the news in the 21st century. The Free Press uncovered an America hiding in plain sight. People who want to be surprised. People who want to learn. People who are open to changing their minds in the face of new facts. People who believe that curiosity is a virtue and who crave common sense in a world that feels upside down. People who resist the warmth of political tribalism even as they seek community with one another. People who want logic and wit, not conspiracy theories and demoralization. Most of all, Free Pressers are people who want to face the truth. Because we understand that knowing it is the only way to improve lives—our own and those of our fellow citizens. Being almost entirely a subscription business has kept us honest. We publish stories, we get subscribers. We build trust, we get subscribers. Story by story, hire by hire, that’s what we did."
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
From
The Future of The Free Press
The Free Press is joining Paramount.
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
Thank goodness Bari is here to be a voice for "the actual mainstream" -- "the people who believe, unapologetically, in the American project."
Screenshot from article: "In 2020, when I quit The New York Times, I left a job that, on paper, was exactly the one I had always dreamed of having. But it wasn’t The New York Times anymore. It was, by then, a fancy logo and a motto that many had abandoned in exchange for devotion to a set of narrow, partisan ideas. I was raised to be a believer in the institutions that built America and that made sense of it—the universities, book publishers, movie studios, and newspaper companies that forged public opinion for the entirety of my grandparents’ and parents’ lives. But what I found in 2020 is that the most important public conversations were happening outside of those places. I wanted to be a part of that more than I wanted to cling to the prestige. Five years later, so much has changed. As the gatekeepers of the mainstream have failed one after another, an explosion took place across the media landscape. Incredible new voices came to the fore. Personalities and influencers have overtaken hundred-year-old journalism brands in only a few years. It’s an exciting, fascinating moment. It is also a deeply uncertain one. If the illiberalism of our institutions has been the story of the last decade, we now face a different form of illiberalism emanating from our fringes. On the one hand, an America-loathing far left. On the other, a history-erasing far right. These extremes do not represent the majority of the country, but they have increasing power in our politics, our culture, and our media ecosystem. Overlooked by all these so-called interlocutors are the enormous numbers of smart, politically mixed, pragmatic Americans. The people who believe, unapologetically, in the American project."
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d
From Bari Weiss, on her rise to her current position atop CBS news. These "free pressers" sure sound like amazing, truth-seeking folk!
Screenshot from article: "As of today, I am editor-in-chief of CBS News, working with new colleagues on the programs that have impacted American culture for generations—shows like 60 Minutes and Sunday Morning—and shaping how millions of Americans read, listen, watch, and, most importantly, understand the news in the 21st century. The Free Press uncovered an America hiding in plain sight. People who want to be surprised. People who want to learn. People who are open to changing their minds in the face of new facts. People who believe that curiosity is a virtue and who crave common sense in a world that feels upside down. People who resist the warmth of political tribalism even as they seek community with one another. People who want logic and wit, not conspiracy theories and demoralization. Most of all, Free Pressers are people who want to face the truth. Because we understand that knowing it is the only way to improve lives—our own and those of our fellow citizens. Being almost entirely a subscription business has kept us honest. We publish stories, we get subscribers. We build trust, we get subscribers. Story by story, hire by hire, that’s what we did."
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 2d
The far right mega-influencers now openly encouraging Trump to "ignore" and "openly defy" federal judges in order to deploy military troops against American citizens. If only we had a word to describe that sort of regime.
Quote-Tweet from Matt Walsh. Original tweet from Fox News: "NEW: A federal judge blocked President Trump’s effort to deploy National Guard troops to Portland in a late-night decision, ruling it unlawful and unconstitutional." Walsh: "We have long reached the point where Trump needs to openly defy these judges. Some random federal judge has no authority to decide how and if troops are deployed. She is not the commander in chief. Ignore her and deploy them. It's time for a showdown with these activist judges."
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 2d
Daily reminder: the life of a politician is so much easier when the truth simply doesn't matter any more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 2d
The far right mega-influencers now openly encouraging Trump to "ignore" and "openly defy" federal judges in order to deploy military troops against American citizens. If only we had a word to describe that sort of regime.
Quote-Tweet from Matt Walsh. Original tweet from Fox News: "NEW: A federal judge blocked President Trump’s effort to deploy National Guard troops to Portland in a late-night decision, ruling it unlawful and unconstitutional." Walsh: "We have long reached the point where Trump needs to openly defy these judges. Some random federal judge has no authority to decide how and if troops are deployed. She is not the commander in chief. Ignore her and deploy them. It's time for a showdown with these activist judges."
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 4d
Official DHS account. Posting videos of militarized shock troops forcefully subduing street protesters.

Threatening amplified state violence against political dissenters. If only there were a word to describe that sort of regime.
Tweet from DHS. Image: militarized troops subduing street protesters. Caption: “Dear Antifa: we are just getting started”.
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 4d
Official DHS account. Posting videos of militarized shock troops forcefully subduing street protesters.

Threatening amplified state violence against political dissenters. If only there were a word to describe that sort of regime.
Tweet from DHS. Image: militarized troops subduing street protesters. Caption: “Dear Antifa: we are just getting started”.
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 5d
Of course, the TX regents. Champing at the bit to tighten right-wing ideological control over the state uni system .
Screenshot: “UT System Board of Regents Chairman Kevin Eltife said in a statement shared first with the American-Statesman on Thursday that the system is "honored" to be selected and is "enthusiastically" working with UT to review the demands. "Higher education has been at a crossroads in recent years, and we have worked very closely with Governor Abbott, Lt. Gov. Patrick and Speaker Burrows to implement sweeping changes for the benefit of our students and to strengthen our institutions to best serve the people of Texas," Eltife said. "Today we welcome the new opportunity presented to us and we look forward to working with the Trump Administration on it."
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 6d
The thing is, you know at least one of these schools is going to knuckle under -- passing off its craven capitulation as some bad-faith commitment to "intellectual diversity". This is what you get when unis are run by CEOs and the consultant class.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6d
Exclusive: The White House is calling it the “Compact,” a sweeping set of operating principles it wants universities to adopt in exchange for federal funding preference.
Exclusive | White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage
An initial round of nine schools is being asked to sign a wide-ranging accord.
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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 5d
Somewhere back in the White House communications wing: "now, what if we took all the usual racism and just turned it up to eleven?"
TWeet from official White House account. Image: picture of Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries. Sombrero and large mustache superimposed on image of Jeffries. Text: "Every day Democrats keep the government shut down, the sombrero gets 10x bigger. *emoji of maracas*"
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