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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson

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Political theorist at the University of Illinois, Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project, review editor for Political Theory, author of Genealogies of Terrorism, views my own, etc. 📷 Andrew Smith

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 24d

Inquiries about Political Theory (incl. book reviews) should please go to [email protected]

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something

On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.

www.the-reframe.com

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 6d

Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social · 4d

The gang is back with a pre-game episode on Saturday Night Live's upcoming season! Check it out here:

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S50 E0: PREGAME

Charisse, Luvell, and Chuck get together before the premiere of SNL Season 50 to talk about hopes, dreams, and fears for the new season. We also discuss Farnsworth’s Dream, Bargatze’s o…

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 7d

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 7d

Yall please go watch @merriam-webster.com’s new AI ad😅

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 10d

And @loubnaelamine.bsky.social reviews Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order, by Anthony Pagden

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 10d

Marcin Lewiński on The Epistemology of Protest: Silencing, Epistemic Activism, and the Communicative Life of Resistance by José Medina

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 10d

A round-up of recent book-reviews published in Political Theory.

@eraldo.bsky.social reviews Democracy Despite Itself: Liberal Constitutionalism and Militant Democracy by Benjamin Schupmann

Book Review: Democracy Despite Itself: Liberal Constitutionalism and Militant Democracy by Benjamin A - Eraldo Souza dos Santos, 2025

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 14d

“The Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend updated COVID-19 vaccines for all Illinois residents ages 18 and older.“

Illinois issues its own COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, breaking with federal government

Illinois has released its own recommendations on COVID-19 vaccines – urging all adults and many children to get the shots, in a break with the federal government’s guidance.

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 15d

New from me in @thetriibe.com. We need to see the terrorism label for what it is: a highly effective rhetorical weapon that serves to delegitimize criticism, persecute political opponents and consolidate power.

REFLECTION: Can he do that? • The TRiiBE

We need to see the terrorism label for what it is: a highly effective rhetorical weapon that serves to delegitimize criticism, persecute political opponents and consolidate power.

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 19d

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Op-ed by Republican consultant Keith Naughton titled “Democrats, enough with the fascism propaganda about Trump”

Bill Kristol saying “Yeah. It’s fascism.”

Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 24d

Inquiries about Political Theory (incl. book reviews) should please go to [email protected]

Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 26d

Great thread. I’ve been wondering why this has been all over Austrian news, where most people have probably never even heard of Kirk.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 26d

The BBC (& the NYT & the Guardian & NPR) wind up chasing the same dozen stories every day. Charlie Kirk is not important to anyone in England (nor, except for those of us hurt by him, in America). Why have a BBc “news” alert about something the BBc simply cannot report anything new about?

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 27d

We truly live in the upside down.

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 27d

Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 28d

Certainly looks like we scared the President away from Chicago. Fighting like hell works.

“They are a progressive city, and they don’t want the president’s help. That’s on them. It’s horrific that they don’t want President Trump’s help.”

“Chicago should be begging Donald Trump for help to keep Chicago safe,” Bondi added. “Yet, they aren’t so we’re going to go into a city who wants us there.”

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28d

🚨 BREAKING: Far right and far left groups in the EU Parliament will both formally demand at midnight that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen face another no-confidence vote.

Read the story: www.politico.eu/article/far-...

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Sep 8

It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · Sep 7

This👇🏻

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · Sep 6

Where to even start…

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday

Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · Sep 6

My book might finally make me some money.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · Sep 2

PSA: Inquiries related to Political Theory, including about book reviews, should be directed to [email protected].

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Paulina Ochoa Espejo @pochoaespejo.bsky.social · Aug 27

All American movies made it look like in the USSR and Nazi Germany everything was gray, and everyone was terrified all the time. Nobody ever laughed, had dinner, or enjoyed the sun.
Now, Americans think— “We are still seeing color and enjoying the sun. This couldn’t possibly be authoritarianism!”

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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · Aug 23

the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education

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Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · Aug 18

A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.

I've now been allowed and asked to share more details about what's going down at the University of Oregon, which involves imminent announcement of firings, among others, of tenure-track and tenured faculty. Given the units impacted (see below), please share this with your professional networks in related disciplines and start getting ready to put pressure (or begin putting pressure already) on the University of Oregon upper admin to abandon this alleged plan before they finalize it.

It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- upper administrations of several universities across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the context of Trump attacks on higher ed to dismantle the humanities.

Faculty at OU won a faculty union not long ago; this may be, in part, a retaliation for that, I've been told. The union is working with AAUP, etc.; my understanding is that the maximum spotlight is needed at this point.

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