Perry Bacon
@perrybaconjr.bsky.social
Government and policy writer. Views are my own. [email protected]
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Courage in the streets. Capitulation among the elites.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Courage in the streets. Capitulation among the elites.
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And if you want techno-feudalism it would help greatly to have a population that are dependent and lack the ability to think critically. AI is a tool to facilitate the end-to-end wipeout of critical thinking.
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And if you want techno-feudalism it would help greatly to have a population that are dependent and lack the ability to think critically. AI is a tool to facilitate the end-to-end wipeout of critical thinking.
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I'd encourage educators to work from the standpoint that AI was, from the off, intended as an assault on their institutions. The Venn diagram between AI evangelists and people who want to replace democracy with techno-feudalism is a circle.
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'd encourage educators to work from the standpoint that AI was, from the off, intended as an assault on their institutions. The Venn diagram between AI evangelists and people who want to replace democracy with techno-feudalism is a circle.
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And it would be a relatively easy transition. The program is already in place; you just need to open the gates to the people under the current age threshold. They're already paying towards it, too. A slight adjustment to payroll taxes might be needed, but totally doable!
"Medicare-for-All would guarantee baseline health coverage for every single American, without co-pays, deductibles, or premiums. It's just there for you," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, explaining why it's better than a public option. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And it would be a relatively easy transition. The program is already in place; you just need to open the gates to the people under the current age threshold. They're already paying towards it, too. A slight adjustment to payroll taxes might be needed, but totally doable!
Lol. This is a great question!
Who has the group telos login
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Lol. This is a great question!
"Identity politics are not about dividing groups and comparing them. It's about building solidarity across groups and coalition-building, recognizing the commonalities across different forms of problems and what you do together," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2033...
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Identity politics are not about dividing groups and comparing them. It's about building solidarity across groups and coalition-building, recognizing the commonalities across different forms of problems and what you do together," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2033...
"Democrats buy into that stereotype of because they're college graduates, they must be also white, cosmopolitan, wealthy elites, instead being like, "No. To be part of the working class these days often still requires like some form of college education," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Democrats buy into that stereotype of because they're college graduates, they must be also white, cosmopolitan, wealthy elites, instead being like, "No. To be part of the working class these days often still requires like some form of college education," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social.
"Michiganders are good people. They care less about how you pray than what you pray for. They care less what your name is, and more about whether or not you cared to figure out their name. Barack Hussein Obama won Michigan twice," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"Michiganders are good people. They care less about how you pray than what you pray for. They care less what your name is, and more about whether or not you cared to figure out their name. Barack Hussein Obama won Michigan twice," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
"This is a Rorschach test. If you can't name the murder of 20,000 children and tens of thousands more adults, the destruction of basic infrastructure, homes, universities,
hospitals....a genocide, you are morally corrupt," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
hospitals....a genocide, you are morally corrupt," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"This is a Rorschach test. If you can't name the murder of 20,000 children and tens of thousands more adults, the destruction of basic infrastructure, homes, universities,
hospitals....a genocide, you are morally corrupt," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
hospitals....a genocide, you are morally corrupt," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
"Utilities, housing, groceries. The right approach [to affordability] is understanding it's all a function of the same broken system. Corporations keep getting richer, buying each other up and consolidating across sectors to both suppress wages and raise prices," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Utilities, housing, groceries. The right approach [to affordability] is understanding it's all a function of the same broken system. Corporations keep getting richer, buying each other up and consolidating across sectors to both suppress wages and raise prices," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social.
"Medicare-for-All would guarantee baseline health coverage for every single American, without co-pays, deductibles, or premiums. It's just there for you," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, explaining why it's better than a public option. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Medicare-for-All would guarantee baseline health coverage for every single American, without co-pays, deductibles, or premiums. It's just there for you," says @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, explaining why it's better than a public option. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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This:
Dogs don’t bark on parked cars.
Dogs don’t bark on parked cars.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This:
Dogs don’t bark on parked cars.
Dogs don’t bark on parked cars.
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Here is the original article I meant to reference by Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social for The New Republic @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Why So Many Key Institutions Have Folded Rather Than Challenge Trump
Yes, they’re under pressure. But maybe a lot of these leaders kinda like what Trump’s doing. Just remember: Trump was defeated once before.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Here is the original article I meant to reference by Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social for The New Republic @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
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The orientation for my PhD dissertation is grounded in intersectionality because it so spoke to me. Just so thankful for Kimberlé Crenshaw and all the thinkers who have built the framework
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The orientation for my PhD dissertation is grounded in intersectionality because it so spoke to me. Just so thankful for Kimberlé Crenshaw and all the thinkers who have built the framework
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"Dogs don't bark at parked cars" is an all-time great line
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Dogs don't bark at parked cars" is an all-time great line
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Kimberlie Crenshaw is so right, and so wise about these things. Us white people have to hear this and listen, and see how it's clearly happening. Take the couple minutes to watch this, and just let it soak into your spirit so you are aware it's real and stand up for what is right.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Kimberlie Crenshaw is so right, and so wise about these things. Us white people have to hear this and listen, and see how it's clearly happening. Take the couple minutes to watch this, and just let it soak into your spirit so you are aware it's real and stand up for what is right.
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I needed to hear this today. Maybe you will find it lifegiving too.
Thank you for words of truth, wisdom, struggle, solidarity & authentic reason for hope.
Thank you for words of truth, wisdom, struggle, solidarity & authentic reason for hope.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I needed to hear this today. Maybe you will find it lifegiving too.
Thank you for words of truth, wisdom, struggle, solidarity & authentic reason for hope.
Thank you for words of truth, wisdom, struggle, solidarity & authentic reason for hope.
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It's the same with their attack on the academic study of Palestine. They want to ensure people don't have the analytical tools to understand what they're seeing:
bsky.app/profile/dana...
bsky.app/profile/dana...
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's the same with their attack on the academic study of Palestine. They want to ensure people don't have the analytical tools to understand what they're seeing:
bsky.app/profile/dana...
bsky.app/profile/dana...
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Watch this...
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Watch this...
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If you wondered why #Arizona Supt. Of Ed and AZGOP go after DEI so hard…
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you wondered why #Arizona Supt. Of Ed and AZGOP go after DEI so hard…
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to non-feminists & non-critical theorists, it’s hard to articulate or explain the massive impact that Kimberlé Crenshaw has had on these fields. she’s a living legend!!!
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
to non-feminists & non-critical theorists, it’s hard to articulate or explain the massive impact that Kimberlé Crenshaw has had on these fields. she’s a living legend!!!
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So , so true
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So , so true
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also, relatedly, I'm trying to get Professor @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social to use Bluesky. I am hoping all y'all who have shared this is enough to inspire her to believe that this is the social media place for her.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
also, relatedly, I'm trying to get Professor @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social to use Bluesky. I am hoping all y'all who have shared this is enough to inspire her to believe that this is the social media place for her.
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Loves me some Black intellectuals.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Loves me some Black intellectuals.
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Right-wing lawmakers wouldn’t be trying to ban ideas, concepts, books, and words if they weren’t powerful.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Right-wing lawmakers wouldn’t be trying to ban ideas, concepts, books, and words if they weren’t powerful.