Eric Davis
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Eric Davis
@newdemocracy.bsky.social
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Eric Davis is Professor of Politcal Science at Rutgers University. He is past Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, author of MEMORIES OF STATE: POLITCAL, HISTORY AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN MODERN IRAQ, and a forthcoming study of global populism
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The EPA is eliminating all regulations on toxic chemicals. Fight back by telling EPA Administrator Lee Zelden to stop his destructive policies which are harming the health of our nation
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Tell the EPA: Stop the use of diquat
Diquat has been linked to gut damage, organ failure and even Parkinson's disease. But the EPA still approves its use on our fields.
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EPA Plan Would Weaken Safeguards Against Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Products. EPA (Environmental Poison Administration) wants to weaken Toxic Substances Control Act, subjecting more Americans 2 highly toxic chemicals. DJT regime is harming Americans in ever way possible
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EPA Plan Would Weaken Safeguards Against Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Products
Proposed changes are in line with suggestions from the National Association of Manufacturers’ “wishlist” sent to Trump.
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Nothing at all like the real Dodgers of Ebbets Field and the wonderful Sym-Phony that played during the games
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught. Deeply disturbing that Christopher Rufo-Trump's anti-diversity advisor-is influencing how public schools teach social studies which has led to a drop in civics education in US. American democracy takes another hit www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
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Putin's invasion of Ukraine has led to over 1 million unnecessary Russian deaths. The men killed & seriously wounded in the destructive Ukraine War, & men fleeing Russia to avoid conscription, will reverberate negatively by further promoting a declining Russian population
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Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it
Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat to national security.
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Zohran Mamdani - the (next) Mayor of ALL the people of NYC!
It doesn’t exactly surprise me but the Islamophobia directed at Mamdani is off the charts. Shameless gutter racism. His victory will be a defeat for the very worst people
Overall, OBBBA will reduce benefits for as many families as it helps, with greatest losses among least well-off. By 2030 the 40% lowest-income households will experience a net loss & middle quintile will have no net change; only net gains for top 40% of households
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How children are treated in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act | Brookings
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will likely end up hurting roughly as many families with children as it helps.
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Excellent outcome for the citizens of Ireland - a president of ALL the people, not just the wealthy and politically powerful
“leftwing independent candidate Catherine Connolly won landslide election victory & been declared Ireland’s next president. She pledged to be a “president for all” after securing 63% of the first preference votes, a..result that shook the political establishment”
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Leftwinger Catherine Connolly wins Ireland presidential election by landslide
Independent pledges to be ‘president for all’ after taking 63% of vote in upset for political establishment
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Trump Is Putting Election Deniers in Charge of Elections. Why we need to elect Democrats Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger and Zohran Mamdani to office on November 4th. Vote! Prevent Trump from tunring the US into a dictatorship www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump Is Putting Election Deniers in Charge of Elections
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Amen!
ZOHRAN MAMDANI ISN'T JUST RUNNING FOR MAYOR HE'S LEADING A MOVEMENT FOR RENTERS RIGHTS AND AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA. WE ARE DONE WITH CORPORATE LEADERS WHO WAIT TIL THE LAST MINUTE. STAND WITH MUSLIM IMMIGRANT AND WORKING CLASS NEW YORKERS NOW!
"Enough" evidence or any evidence?
NBC News: The federal mortgage fraud investigation into Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, one of Trump’s chief political foes, has stalled.

Prosecutors in Maryland haven’t found enough evidence to bring charges.
The foxes guarding the chicken coop. US election officials alarmed by Dept of Homeland Security meeting w officials DJT appointed 2 protect election integrity because all election deniers who seek 2 control 2026 elections. DJT's major step 2 impose authoritarian rule www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
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All true. $300 million could treat a lot of Americans with serious illnesses
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
White House List of Donors for President Trump’s $300 Million Ballroom. What a pathetic list of unpatriotic Americans! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
White House List of Donors for President Trump’s $300 Million Ballroom
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AIPAC says it strongly supports Israel but refuses 2 condemn Netanyahu's far right "Greater Israel" gov't. Black Caucus' support 4 AIPAC makes is complicit in Israel's Internat'l isolation, effort 2 annex the W Bank & prevent peace thru creation of Palestinian state open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...
The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC
The influential group of lawmakers has damaged its reputation as “conscience of the Congress” by staying silent on the Gaza genocide.
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Maybe we should ask Trump to divert the $300 million to build a new ballroom as he destroys East Wing of the White House to give that money to hungry children instead
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
As TACO Trump caves in to Putin, a brutal attack on Ukrainian kindergarten by Russian missiles finally leads him to impose oil sanctions on Putin. Let's see if his sanctions last more than 24 hrs. No doubt some sweet talk via Putin call will make DJT can sanctions
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainians may get Gripen fighter jets bought with Russian money
Double dose of Russian oil sanctions from EU and US; freezing war at current frontlines is ‘good compromise’, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,338
www.theguardian.com
Of course he did. Trump's pardon was one of the greatest travesties of justice by any POTUS to date
Q: "The threat against Hakeem Jeffries...Did President Trump make a mistake by just offering up a blanket pardon for every person that was convicted [for Jan. 6]?"

Johnson: "The assassination culture that's been advanced now, this is the Left...not the Right."
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“We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed.” Olive trees are major crop for Palestinian farmers in the West Bank. An easy way to engage in ethnic cleansing is to destroy olive trees which take 3-10 yrs to bear fruit www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-olive...
“We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed”
Gaza’s olive groves have been bulldozed by the Israeli military, dried up from lack of water, or remain inaccessible, leaving Palestinian farmers with little to harvest.
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