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Jacob T. Levy is an American political theorist and Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University. Levy is the… more

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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.’
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"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13h
Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
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Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
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Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
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CBS News current president Tom Cibroski praised Weiss on the call, saying "Bari's energy and passion is infectious and you will feel it, big time." He also added that the Free Press and CBS News "are going to learn a lot from each other...that's what this is all about."
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Latest Nanos federal poll: Liberals and Conservatives gripped in a statistical tie in ballot support – Carney ahead of Poilievre by 20 points as preferred PM nanos.co/liberals-and...

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adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com
I would simply publish @aselrod.bsky.social instead
War Fighters and the Enemy Within: Trump, Hegseth, and the Assault on the American People
Trump and Hegseth are cultivating a military that sees liberals and minorities as enemies to be fought and is willing to follow orders to do so.
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by Jacob T. Levy

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Paul Horwitz on NYU

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Scheduling is (Sometimes) Speech
David Lat offers the basics regarding NYU Law either canceling (FIRE’s version) or, at a minimum, refusing to schedule for October 7th (NYU’s version) a Federalist Society talk by Ilya …
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Reposted by: Jacob T. Levy, Joanna Bryson, Will Jennings , and 12 more

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Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”
Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association
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by Jacob T. Levy

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans
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by Jacob T. Levy

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McGill alums: have you reserved your seat yet?
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McGill PoliSci @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social · 6d
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@mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social Homecoming week roundtable in the Department of Political Science

Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World

Oct 23, 5:45 pm

Moderator:
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Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World
In this special Homecoming roundtable, experts from the McGill Department of Political Science discuss today's most pressing issues.
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Here are the signs that will go up around #Chicago

Great reporting @thetriibe.com
City of Chicago sign that says "This property is owned and/or controlled by the City of Chicago. It may not be used for Civil Immigration Enforcement as a: Staging area, processing location or operations base."
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by Jacob T. Levy

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What was lovable about Gilmore Girls was never any *verisimilitude* about New England, or for that matter high school or college. In part it was just seeing them through Amy Sherman-Palladino's "central casting" Californian eyes.

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New article coauthored by Juliet Johnson and Alison Johnston in Perspectives on Politics

"Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments"

doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments
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www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n...

Yann Allard-Tremblay at University College Dublin: “A Great Ox Stands in Your Mind: Decolonial Caution about Epistemic Reparations and the Right to be Known”
Invited Speaker Series: Yann Allard-Tremblay
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by Jacob T. Levy

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It’s very bad to turn any major news organization into a branch of The Bari Weiss Press, but even after the last eight months it turns out I’ve still got some anger available for the defilement of CBS news in particular.

Conservatives were supposed to care about, you know, conserving great things.
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Reposted by: Jacob T. Levy, Rosemary A. Joyce, Alan Richardson , and 3 more

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perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
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David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
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by Jacob T. Levy

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I’m in this picture
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
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Reposted by: Jacob T. Levy, Robert C. Richards

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Judge Immergut has issued her written TRO prohibiting the Trump administration from relocating or deploying federalized national guard troops to Oregon.

Here it is:
Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM| Document 68 Filed 10/05/25 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON STATE OF OREGON; the CITY OF PORTLAND; and STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Case No. 3:25-cv-1756-IM SECOND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Plaintiffs, v. DONALD TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; PETE HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security: and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Defendants. Based on this Court's prior Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs' First Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 56; the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; and the newly submitted declarations, ECF 60, 63, 65, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 59, and ORDERS as follows: 1. Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the National Guard in Oregon. This Second Temporary Restraining Order expires by its own terms in fourteen days on October 19, 2025. 3. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to post a nominal bond of $100 within 48 hours. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be deposited into the registry of the Court. 4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay this Second Temporary Restraining Order, which was raised in the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, is DENIED. The Court Clerk will contact the parties to schedule a telephone hearing on October 17, 2025, to address whether this Second Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for another 14 days. Any motion for a Preliminary Injunction shall be filed no later than October 17, 2025; Defendants' opposition shall be due no later than October 23, 2025, and Plaintiffs' reply shall be due on October 27, 2025. A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion and a trial on the merits under Rule 65(a)(2) is set for October 29, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m. IT IS SO ORDERED DATED this 5th day of October. /s/
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Danielle Allen has proposed many good things for Harvard, so I’m puzzled by her reading of the word “compact” here, as if this would be an agreement freely entered into. She rightly says that, as written, this shouldn’t be agreed to. Maybe leave it there? therenovator.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
Why I’m Excited About the White House’s Proposal for a Higher Ed Compact
Now we have a chance for collective action
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Trump keeps babbling about how we stopped fighting wars to win after we named it the Department of Defense, but that's not because we went woke, it's because Russia got the bomb.
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Reposted by: Jacob T. Levy, Michelle Dion, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

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we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
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Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
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by Samantha Brennan — Reposted by: Jacob T. Levy

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A theory of fascist cringe

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Fascist Cringe: A Theory
Why Pete Hegseth’s performance of shamelessly toxic masculinity rings so hollow
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by Jacob T. Levy

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Ah, found the 538 via wayback: swing from +17 to -4.
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by Jacob T. Levy

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If I compare either within pollster or using the RCP average, I'm seeing about a -22 swing, though the absolute levels are pretty different across different pollsters. The NYT average didn't exist then and 538 has nuked its archives (I think) so I can't check either of those.
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by Jacob T. Levy

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Per the NYT average, Trump's polling has gone from +9 at inauguration to -11 (pretty stably for the last two weeks), a swing of 20 points. It's basically the same drop as Biden suffered over the same time frame, which included what was regarded as his disastrous collapse bc of the Afghan withdrawal.
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by Jacob T. Levy — Reposted by: Samantha Brennan

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Federal trial court judges continue to try to do their jobs honorably and professionally, despite threats and a lack of support from the Supreme Court.
Judge Finds ‘Likelihood’ That Charges Against Abrego Garcia Are Vindictive
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by Jacob T. Levy

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yes please
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Victoria Guida @vtg2.bsky.social · 2d
Democrats across the country are going all-in on attacking Trump’s global tariffs.

“The time is right for Democrats to lead again on trade,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told me.

My latest column:
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Why Jared Polis Wants Democrats to Campaign on Free Trade
After years of trying to have it all ways on tariffs, Democrats are uniting in opposition to Trump’s global trade war.
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