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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D.
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Political Science Professor.
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Mark Stratton John Matthew Smith is an American Old Testament scholar and professor.

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · 2d
This will be a test of just how much of the Constitution the Roberts court is willing to re-interpret to conform to Trump’s xenophobia.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · 4d
There is simply no way to sanitize these statements. This man is an unrepentant bigot.

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Video: Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Xenophobic Rant
President Trump lashed out against Somali immigrants, including Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, who came to the United States from Somalia as a refugee and became a citizen 25 years ...
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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · 6d
According to the Washington Post, he said, “Kill them all.”

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · 7d
This is just cruel, but I guess the cruelty is the point. I would challenge anyone to explain to me how deporting this young woman is good for the country.

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College freshman, flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, is instead deported despite court order
A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was deported to Honduras in violation of a court order.
www.latimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11d
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Oct 25
We all know why.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Oct 25
GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “They’re talking about getting rid of the Voting Rights Act — that may likely happen in months… they’re rewriting history… ANTI-WOKE IS ANTI-BLACK… we’re not doing enough. We’re not calling this out.”

Full: youtu.be/H5_tNkzX1yg?...

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Oct 18
No Kings Day in my L.A. neighborhood. This woman was inspiring.

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Aug 15
This part.

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Aug 7
No age cap, and no morality floor.

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Aug 1
This is the way authoritarian states operate.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Live Updates: After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Fires That Agency’s Commissioner
www.nytimes.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Jul 23
"At this point, women have been cleared out of all of the military’s top jobs."
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The Administration Wants Military Women to Know Their Place
Pete Hegseth seems to be on a mission to erase women from the top ranks of the U.S. armed forces.
www.theatlantic.com

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Jul 21
He’s gotta have something more important (and less racist) to do on than this.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Jul 10
This is what resistance looks like.

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A citizen shows us the totally professional way ICE agents react if they think they’re being followed.
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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Jul 10
What does “Make America Great Again” mean? Well Bibi, why don’t you go visit a former enslavement camp for some context?

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Nashville Resist 🗳️ Against Authoritarianism @nashvilleresist.bsky.social · Jul 10
@repilhan.bsky.social coming to #NASHVILLE along with @brotherjones.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY!!!

Rep. Andy Ogles hasn't held a town hall in his district, but he *has* been calling for Rep. Omar to be deported. Instead, she's going to his district to convene the town hall he's too scared to hold.
RAPID RESPONSE TOWN HALL CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN JONES Cane Ridge High School 12848 Old Hickory Blvd, Antioch, TN 37013 Saturday, July 12, 2025, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm BUILDING PEOPLE POWERED DEMOCRACY

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Jul 8
Netanyahu nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize is like Lucky Luciano nominating Al Capone for police chief.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jul 5
To the “I voted for this” crowd:

You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now we’ve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didn’t go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they can’t properly respond to disasters.

That’s what you voted for?

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Dr. Mansa Keita @rasmansa.bsky.social · Jul 5
Curtis Yarvin, who has been profiled in media like Politico and The Wall Street Journal, has publicly stated in the past that he thinks black people are naturally fit to be slaves.
"I wonder if there's another domestic population capable of agricultural labor" - Curtis Yarvin

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Jul 5
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.

Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?

Or just the brown people?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 4
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”

#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Jul 2
The big disastrous bill has over $560 billion in corporate tax cuts. So, of course, corporations will use the tax savings to raise wages so that workers won’t need the Medicaid or Food Stamps the bill cut funding for, right? 🤔

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Jul 2
How is this different from Germany in 1940?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 27
they want to force UVA’s president to resign because he thinks it would be bad if the university reverted to being a lily-white finishing school for the failsons of the old guard southern elite www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
University of Virginia President Under Pressure From Trump’s D.O.J. to Resign
www.nytimes.com

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · Jun 23
A truly great country knows its full history — this is strength. Denying that history is weakness and weakens that nation going forward.

A president who erases our history attacks our strength.

op: kyleclark9news

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Mark S. Smith, Ph.D. @drmarkssmith.bsky.social · Jun 23
Does that justify the most recent military action by the United States?

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · Jun 22
Just because he pulled out doesn’t mean it’s over. Rapists never understand that

#NoWar #ImpeachTrump

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 18
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”

Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran