Worth a read. All of the rhetoric up to now has been designed to confuse and distract. To create an inflated sense of crisis and shock, to upset people so that they can't keep their eye on the ball. The ball here being actual authoritarian crackdown. It's here.

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

What a great research experience with two incredible young scholars of American religion. So excited the research is finally in print for the world to see!

While some MAHA activists appeared to be overjoyed that the president had brought their cause to a national stage, many were frustrated that it was Tylenol—and not vaccines—that took the brunt of the blame.

“This Tylenol thing stinks to high heaven.”

Agree, it's a magical movie.

A message from our new Chair, Richard Carlbom: "I've met with Democrats across Minnesota who are ready to fight back — and my promise to you, as your Chair, is that's exactly what the Minnesota DFL is going to do."

Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.

God willing if I haven’t been sent to the fields for dear leader and the creek don’t rise, I will do this:

BOOM💥💥💥

District and appellate courts, I think fairly, keep asking the Supreme Court to clarify what they actually mean—i.e. "If the new rule is that the Trump admin can never lose then you have to say that" and the Supreme Court keeps being like "No, you're supposed to just do it without us having to say."

I should also shout out Hakeem Jefferson. NOW I’m fini. (This was supposed to be a little coffee break post.)

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Oh! I was remiss in not pointing you towards Corey Fields’ work. Now, I’m fini.

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History will remember these consultants, and the Democratic Party leaders who listened to them, as collaborators.

And not in a good "let's collaborate on a creative project" way.

centrist dem consultants in NYC love to LARP as "Real American Whisperers," meanwhile Midwest dem governors are the ones with a clear-eyed view of fighting fascism

Is climate change a religion? Here's my latest OpEd in #TheHill on the EPA's pathetic attempt to dodge science and overturn the #EndangermentFinding. #OpEdProject #PublicVoicesFellowship thehill.com/opinion/ener...

Great panel, featuring Lena Kunjan of @umnsociology.bsky.social

Hello Chicago! Heading up my third annual symposium on Race and Religion at the Association for the Sociology of Religion meeting tomorrow. Then over to #ASA2025 for a dope panel on the future of work for disabled workers. Can’t wait to see everyone!

FAME! IM GONNA LIVE FOREVER IM GONNA LEARN HOW TO FLY

📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend!

Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting during the Saturday afternoon sessions!
#ASA2025
@umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social

Get ready for some great sessions at #ASA2025 by folks from @umnsociology.bsky.social

📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend!

Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting on Saturday morning
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social

"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...

How do religious beliefs shape gender attitudes? Research from @evanstewart.bsky.social, @pennye.bsky.social, and @jackdelehanty.bsky.social shows how public and private theology, tradition, and identity intersect in everyday gender politics doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spad012

I'm really excited about this paper! And it's open access! Check it out if you are interested in how variation in nonreligious experience predicts variation in health outcomes.