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Arlene Stein

@ajoystein.bsky.social

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Sociologist thinking and writing about authoritarianism, democracy, LGBTQ issues, feminism. Author of The Stranger Next Door, Unbound, other books. Child of immigrants. Never Again for Anyone. #KnittyGrittyJC

Arlene Stein is an American sociologist and author best known for her writing about sex and gender, the politics of identities, and collective memory. She is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University and former director of the Institute for Research on Women. Stein has also taught at the University of Essex and at the University of Oregon. .. more

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 12h

ICE Is a Virtual Secret Police. The result is an agency whose agents’ first recourse appears to be violence or the threat of violence.

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Opinion | ICE Is a Virtual Secret Police

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Indivisible One New Jersey ❌👑 @njindivisible.bsky.social · 12h

📣 ACTION: Contact your NJ reps to support these bills!

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NJ anti-ICE bills win key votes following fatal Minnesota shooting newjerseymonitor.com/2026/01/08/a...

NJ anti-ICE bills win key votes following fatal Minnesota shooting • New Jersey Monitor

One bill would restrict cooperation between New Jersey police and federal immigration agents. One critic said it “promotes lawlessness.”

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 12h

Alison Bechdel: 8 Things You Need to Start Your Own Commune www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/o...

Opinion | Alison Bechdel: 8 Things You Need to Start Your Own Commune

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 1d

All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience.

By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 1d

We know just about everything we need to know by the last two words issued by the agent-or by a man nearby- on his cellphone video: “Fucking bitch.”

This is uncontrolled rage from a man who could not handle a woman standing up 1/

The ICE agent’s cellphone video: Five key moments

Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 1d

More, please!

Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...

Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 2d

The US is now run by a feeble-minded mob boss.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

The Many Faces of Trump: What We Saw When We Interviewed the President

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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 3d

All of our dream

Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 3d

Since he is entirely amoral, we can imagine what that means.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’

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Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Rosemary A. Joyce, Esther K. Choo , and 5 more Kim L. Scheppele, Rosemary A. Joyce, Esther K. Choo, Kevin Carey, Melanie C. Green, James Goodwin, Arlene Stein, Meredith Farkas

Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 3d

The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"

Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average worker’s yearly pay by noon on 6 January

High Pay Centre calculates bosses will pass milestone on third working day of 2026 with median pay of £1,353 an hour

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 5d

More, please!

Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 5d

Trump has often said that America is done being the world’s policeman. Mission accomplished: It’s now a mafia instead.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...

Opinion | Don’t Call It Regime Change. This Is Something Else Entirely.

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 5d

Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...

Opinion | 5 Years After Jan. 6, Lawlessness Has Triumphed

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 5d

Not #TheOnion

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 5d

5 years ago!!

We will not forget it, a dark page in American history…..

Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 6d

Surprise, surprise!

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 6d

He does not see the world’s superpower as policeman; he is turning it into a rogue state.

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The Guardian view on the US seizure of Maduro: Trump has turned the world’s superpower into a rogue state | Editorial

Editorial: The illegal abduction of Venezuela’s president, and threat to ‘run’ his country, is a dangerous act. Its repercussions will be felt far beyond the region

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 12d

More, please!

New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...

New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 12d

MTG profited 476% off of Trump and insider trading. So stop praising her supposed newly found morality. She’s profited off Americans’ suffering under this MAGA regime #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s stock portfolio jumped 476% since joining Congress: Here are her 5 biggest wins and what you can learn from each one

Out of 216 total trades in 2025, 161 are currently profitable.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

“Stephen Miller’s brain is broken. Everything he consumes leads him back to a hatred for immigrants — and the irony is both Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin were 1st generation immigrants.”

Full @thebulwark.com ep with @timmiller.bsky.social & @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social : youtu.be/dlOI3R718Q4?...

Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 12d

The administration now seems to be getting more extreme and reckless as it grows more desperate, chaotic and unpopular.

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As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit

We enter 2026 with radical uncertainty about the fate of the US – but also with the clarity that people have the power to determine what it will be

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 12d

Many of the ideologies revived by the Make America Great Again movement, such as nationalism, Christian nationalism and nativism, have given political cover to antisemitism that has been bubbling up since the days of the so-called alt-right.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/m...

Is the Future of MAGA Anti-Israel?

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 12d

More, please!

New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...

New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 13d

Most Americans have quite positive views of Indian Americans. But the combination of anti-Indian rhetoric and government visa policies has already had a powerful chilling effect.

One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 14d

“I gave my beauty and my youth to men,” she was quoted as saying at the time, “and now I am giving my wisdom and experience, the best of me, to animals.”

Brigitte Bardot, Movie Icon Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/m...

Brigitte Bardot, Movie Icon Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 15d

At Protests, Lots of Boomers, Few Young People. Why? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...

Opinion | At Protests, Lots of Boomers, Few Young People. Why?

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 15d

Democrats appear galvanised and determined to curb Trump’s power. Some Republicans are already deserting what they may fear is a sinking ship.

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Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing

As Americans tire of Donald Trump, a Democratic midterm ‘tsunami’ could sweep the GOP out of power

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 15d

There are signs of the line between boycotting Israelis and targeting Jews blurring.

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Jewish klezmer-dance band Oi Va Voi: ‘Musicians shouldn’t have to keep looking over their shoulders’

After 20 years playing around the world, the group had two UK gigs cancelled this year after protests from activists. It’s made them feel targeted for who they are, the band say

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 16d

Trump ends the year weak and unpopular, his coalition dispirited and riven by infighting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger

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