Jen Mercieca
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. Views represent my academic research, not my university. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
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Jen Mercieca
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
· Nov 10
We are the leaders we are looking for. 🫶
I wrote about this issue in 2017 after Charlottesville: theglobepost.com/2017/08/13/t...
In Charlottesville, Trump Missed Opportunity to Unite Nation
President Trump’s response to Charlottesville demonstrates that he is unable to fulfill the president’s role to defend our national values.
theglobepost.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I wrote about this issue in 2017 after Charlottesville: theglobepost.com/2017/08/13/t...
Just sent this to a reporter. It’s a real shame.
December 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just sent this to a reporter. It’s a real shame.
I attended this zoom, it was lovely and joyful. ❤️
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I attended this zoom, it was lovely and joyful. ❤️
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December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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The responses from MTG and Thomas Massie are examples of how deciding not to comply with Trump’s lotalty tests sets you free.
GOP: Wouldn’t that feel soooo good???
GOP: Wouldn’t that feel soooo good???
Marjorie Taylor Greene called out Trump’s vile tweet following the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele
December 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The responses from MTG and Thomas Massie are examples of how deciding not to comply with Trump’s lotalty tests sets you free.
GOP: Wouldn’t that feel soooo good???
GOP: Wouldn’t that feel soooo good???
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
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📜Happy Bill of Rights Day to all of us! President Franklin Roosevelt established this day to commemorate the ratification of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
⚖The Bill of Rights spells out the fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed to those in the US by our government.
⚖The Bill of Rights spells out the fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed to those in the US by our government.
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
📜Happy Bill of Rights Day to all of us! President Franklin Roosevelt established this day to commemorate the ratification of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
⚖The Bill of Rights spells out the fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed to those in the US by our government.
⚖The Bill of Rights spells out the fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed to those in the US by our government.
Donald Trump is a very sick man. He should be removed from office before he does any more harm to the nation.
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Donald Trump is a very sick man. He should be removed from office before he does any more harm to the nation.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The liberal democratic consensus that had briefly restrained the powerful from the worst abuses of the powerless ended in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. The planet overheated, causing widespread draughts, fires, floods & hurricanes. Crops dwindled & the wars came.
November 11, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The liberal democratic consensus that had briefly restrained the powerful from the worst abuses of the powerless ended in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. The planet overheated, causing widespread draughts, fires, floods & hurricanes. Crops dwindled & the wars came.
Now is the time of robot monsters
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Now is the time of robot monsters
The AI spambots are very busy on fb 🙄
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The AI spambots are very busy on fb 🙄
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you want to watch this 🥹🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
Intermarché - Unloved
YouTube video by Romance Agency
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
you want to watch this 🥹🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
It’s the guns. 🧡
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It’s the guns. 🧡
Thank you! Our house was built in the 80s and it has some nice touches!
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Thank you! Our house was built in the 80s and it has some nice touches!
Hope the grid holds!
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hope the grid holds!
Freeze warning in Texas
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Freeze warning in Texas
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What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
Trump is or is becoming the Leviathan (and it's really not good): open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Trump is or is becoming the Leviathan
And it's really not good
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump is or is becoming the Leviathan (and it's really not good): open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The AP has an interview with the ad creators who are basically like, 'we are humans and we write stories for humans and AI cannot do that' and YES SIR.
December 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The AP has an interview with the ad creators who are basically like, 'we are humans and we write stories for humans and AI cannot do that' and YES SIR.
you want to watch this 🥹🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
Intermarché - Unloved
YouTube video by Romance Agency
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
you want to watch this 🥹🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...