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David J. DeVore

@devoretext.bsky.social

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Ancient Mediterranean historian, Cal Poly Pomona. History, the human past (those 2 aren't the same), politics, some baseball. Views here not of my institution.

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 1h

The swing to the GOP in 2024, though, was especially pronounced among Latinos/Latinas & Hispanics, no?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

I feel thrown by the widespread proclamations of a glorious, lasting peace in Gaza. A lot even treats “now that it’s all over” as the unquestioned premise.

It still looks like a disaster to me. Am I way off? Are my domestic politics distorting my view? Either the consensus is wrong or I am.

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 1d

Isn’t Shaheen retiring?

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 1d

Isn’t Shaheen retiring?

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 2d

The rumor is that Republicans could end the shutdown by themselves. Oh wait! That’s not a rumor! it’s just a fact.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 2d

The rest of his statement flails even more. Schumer has given authority to AOC? That's just stringing together Republican bogeymen & -women.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 3d

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 3d

WADR, reverse hypotheticals convince only the convinced. Produce an actual role reversal. Shouldn’t be too hard—Biden admin was far from scandal-free.

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 3d

My reply ICAI: bsky.app/profile/devo...

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 3d

Reverse hypotheticals are just hand-waving that convince only the already convinced. Produce a concrete counterexample or other actual evidence of misogyny, please.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 3d

Charles Lane is one of the most predictable writers in DC journalism.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 3d

Reverse hypotheticals are just hand-waving that convince only the already convinced. Produce a concrete counterexample or other actual evidence of misogyny, please.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful sand dunes along the coast!

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 4d

It’s fair to say that if this holds, historians shouldn’t call it a genocide.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 6d

Which means Bibi isn't getting a Nobel either.

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 9d

What crime has Yarvin committed that would lead a future Democratic administration to prosecute him?🤔

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 12d

Jeffries' statement praising Eric Adams seems like an unforced error. But otherwise, from what I've seen, Jeffries has been doing his job effectively. (Other effective House Minority Leaders--Pelosi, Boehner--aren't popular either.)

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

And...Arizona is a swing state.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

Yup, look at Johnson's eyes droop just at little as he says, I didn't see it. His eyes say tell the truth that his mouth flouts.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

Eh, the Reds put up a better fight than that. But when Snell, Yamamoto, Ohtani, Betts, and the two Hernandezes are all hot at the same time, no one else is advancing.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

Or: whew! We missed humiliation at the hands of Blake Snell and Yoshi Yamamoto.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

Statistically there are more women than men in the human population, no?

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

Also: Trump spent 2024 pleading that he had nothing to do with Project 2025. Now Trump brags about working with its lead author.🤨

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 14d

Four in California are almost certainly being lost.
Also, what’s Vought talking about? Green New Deal never passed Congress.

David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 16d

Always bros?

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David J. DeVore @devoretext.bsky.social · 19d

Yup—with some antisocial consequences. Dan Williams has written about it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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