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by David R. Shumway

Bingo!
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by David R. Shumway

Trumpists are not conservatives.

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bestonetx.bsky.social
What's to weigh? It's a no.

It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities.

Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him.

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Colleges weigh whether to sign on to Trump plan or forgo federal benefits
A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
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marcelias.bsky.social
Democracy Docket has a reporter in the courtroom covering the Texas redistricting hearing every single day. Meanwhile, the big legacy media is nowhere to be found.

At stake are 5 congressional seats. If this matters more than both sides journalism, become a DD subscriber today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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by Kori Schake — Reposted by: David R. Shumway, Brendan Nyhan, David Darmofal

kschake.bsky.social
C’mon, @npr.org — they absolutely violate ethics laws. Do better.
npr.org
NPR @npr.org · 7d
Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.
Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown
Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.
n.pr
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by David R. Shumway

Artificial ideology

Reposted by: David R. Shumway, Richard S.J. Tol, David Rothschild , and 7 more

danifroom.bsky.social
I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 8d
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."
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by David R. Shumway

Long past time.
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nostradamnus.bsky.social
Honestly think the only way to solve the condescension problem is to stop insisting that we have one. It's very obvious why your opponent would call you condescending for being smart and right; stand up for yourself!
michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 9d
Klein is also obsessed with solving Democrats’ “condescension problem” but it’s not condescending to talk about how your political opponents are wrong! That’s kind of how it works.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 10d
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
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by David R. Shumway

I’m sure these are salutary, but the decline in trust in science is purely ideological.

by David R. Shumway

No, it is blatantly illegal.
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Reposted by: David R. Shumway, Stephen M. Walt, Cas Mudde , and 10 more

dlthings.bsky.social
# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon

The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
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by David R. Shumway

Clearly illegal defamation. They need to sue.
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by David R. Shumway

More artificial stupidity.
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by David R. Shumway

Ha!
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by David R. Shumway

The Times has until now refused to admit this.

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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Kristi Noem directs mass arrest of Democratic elected officials for seeking inspection of ICE detention facilities.
11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by: David R. Shumway, Stephen M. Walt, Simon Hix , and 12 more

lauraannegilman.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...
Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”
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by David R. Shumway

And Disney, and ESPN.

by David R. Shumway

Let’s show ABC what we think of their cowardice. Unsubscribe to Hulu now.
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Reposted by: David R. Shumway, Elizabeth Saunders, Melissa R. Michelson , and 1 more

fleerultra.bsky.social
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
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volts.wtf
Too perfect.
Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources
Experts find fake sources in Canadian government report that took 18 months to complete.
arstechnica.com
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Reposted by: David R. Shumway, Anna O. Law, Joe R. Feagin , and 5 more

ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"
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Reposted by: David R. Shumway, Eric Hayot

annakornbluh.bsky.social
Who benefits from attacks on higher ed?

Certainly not the US economy.
Certainly not the states where higher ed is the major employer.
Certainly not the American people.

excellent work @ehayot.bsky.social and @paulakrebs.bsky.social
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Eric Hayot and Paula Krebs: It's not about Palestine, DEI or trans athletes
We are facing a defunding of knowledge production in this country. This isn’t only a problem for academia. Many local economies, like Pittsburgh’s,...
www.post-gazette.com
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
Remember that Mussolini did not actually make the trains run on time. He benefited from some modest rail improvements instigated by his predecessor, and then intimidated the press into saying how great the trains were when they actually weren’t. professorbuzzkill.com/2022/01/10/m...
Mussolini Didn’t Make the Trains Run on Time Professor Buzzkill
Ever been stuck on a train station platform, waiting and waiting for a train that was supposed to arrive half an hour ago? It’s a pain. What’s also a pain is
professorbuzzkill.com
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by David R. Shumway

Who could have predicted?

Reposted by: David R. Shumway, Anna O. Law, Ann Bartow , and 2 more

kashana.blacksky.app
You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
"Humanity now faces the existential threat of a leviathan with three heads: a steadily worsening climate crisis, increasingly deadly pandemics, and an unprecedented weaponization of antiscience that renders us helpless in our collective efforts to address any of the great challenges we face."
Antiscience Is an Existential Threat
The ideologically-motivated assault on science threatens us all.
time.com
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by David R. Shumway

Why on earth?
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by David R. Shumway

And the MSM too, apparently.
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