Scholar

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Videos

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò is an American philosopher and professor at Georgetown University. He is the author of two books: Reconsidering… more

H-index: 18
Political science 30%
Education 30%
more

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
shoulda hired @dieworkwear.bsky.social
54

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
nightmare playlist rotation
1 8

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
yo they hired Mamdani video guys. someone's doing some thinking somewhere
schumer.senate.gov
Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 7h
The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:
41 160 1.1K

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

nberlat.bsky.social
oh forgot the link sigh. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/trumps-wea...
Trump’s Weakness Is Not At Odds With His Fascism
Contra Corey Robin, fascists are often weak and incompetent. Also dangerous.
www.everythingishorrible.net
6 12 46

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

praddenkeefe.bsky.social
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
5 76 220

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers , and 7 more

dlknowles.bsky.social
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
100 2.1K 3.9K

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Mark Rice

andycraig.bsky.social
It's one thing to be politically divided into red states and blue states. We are now being militarily divided into red states and blue states. It's crossing the Rubicon, a bright-red flashing warning that the constitutional order is coming unglued, in a way that will have monumental consequences. /x
16 220 1.1K

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

andycraig.bsky.social
To reiterate: this wasn't done even at the height of the civil rights era and massive resistance, when no doubt the bulk of those state's Guard units were themselves racists and segregationists. But they weren't treated as disloyal. There was no notion they would refuse the president's orders.
3 46 410

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — Reposted by: Laurent Dubois

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
analytic philosopher, continental philosopher, African Studies theorist
jessicacalarco.com
Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20h
quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods
Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.
11 9 210

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
Free Link
1 23

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

schumer.senate.gov
The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:
260 460 1.5K

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Joanna Bryson, Jan W. Mueller , and 12 more

jackjenkins.me
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray. “I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.” But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire. “We could hear them laughing,” Black said.
130 3.6K 7.5K

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

daryltractor.bsky.social
The DFAT reports contain allegations of prison guards kicking and slapping the detainees, using "sleep deprivation" techniques, and confiscating medication. Others said they were not physically abused but "humiliated", with one claiming he was told to "dance like a monkey".
Australians released from Israeli detention after alleged beatings
Seven Australian activists arrested while trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported to Jordan, the ABC understands.
www.abc.net.au
4 24 78

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
the first sounds plausible to me though I'm maybe not quite that pessimistic about it, but agree on the second point
1

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
imo the best route to that involves the dissolution rather than rehabilitation of the GOP
1 4

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
moving this up here

bsky.app/profile/oluf...
olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12h
yeah it's not obviously a policy (as opposed to the outcome of very many policies) but the two party system itself is a political reality that serves the interests of "both sides" of the aisle and, until recently, both sides vocally acknowledged as much
27

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

itisgeorge.bsky.social
(Gritting my teeth so hard I'm gonna need to see the dentist) Theo Von, welcome to the resistance
1 4 72

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
yeah it's not obviously a policy (as opposed to the outcome of very many policies) but the two party system itself is a political reality that serves the interests of "both sides" of the aisle and, until recently, both sides vocally acknowledged as much
1 19

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
that's more or less what I mean by bipartisanship here
1 3

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

premthakker.bsky.social
NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention.

At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist.

Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.
EXCLUSIVE: Freed Flotilla Activist David Adler Details His ‘Violent Abduction’ by Israel
The Jewish American writer says Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir specifically targeted him, forcing a photo op with the Israeli flag and calling him a “terrorist.”
zeteo.com
7 210 520

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
thanks! will try this next time
5

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
lmao
the-independent.com
The Independent @the-independent.com · 14h
Anti-woke crusader Pete Hegseth praised DEI and working with Democrats while at Harvard, report says
Pete Hegseth praised DEI and working with Democrats while at Harvard, report says
www.independent.co.uk
6 22 190

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
has Trump appeared in public since the 30th?
13 4 58

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe

the-independent.com
Anti-woke crusader Pete Hegseth praised DEI and working with Democrats while at Harvard, report says
Pete Hegseth praised DEI and working with Democrats while at Harvard, report says
www.independent.co.uk
13 44 140

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

stevecooke.org
A decade ago, I lived on a rough estate in Salford. One of the houses on the street behind mine was given to a black family by the council. They then suffered weeks of vandalism, abuse, & threats.
3 6 42

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
strongly agree
4

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

craigmsmith.bsky.social
fwiw, I wholeheartedly agree. Those taking the "It's not yet fascism here" line are, in a narrow and technical sense, correct, but the point isn't "OK, we're good then" but "OK, but what will keep it that way? In what ways do we reverse the trend toward an (as yet) unfinished project"?
4 8 66

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
right, the first part of what you're saying here is exactly what this thread is about
3

Reposted by: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

nromanek.bsky.social
Yeah, when we think of the fascists as efficient, orderly, and hyperdisciplined, what we're remembering is the propanganda they produced themselves.
2 20 140

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
right, but "the present GOP is good and worth cooperating with" is not the sense in which this statement is bipartisan
1 8

References

Fields & subjects

Updated 1m