PUREKIMMINESS
@purekimminess.bsky.social
True to the Kimminess
Conflict/methods/pol econ
teaching and rocking research methods
I don't know about this living in interesting times...feels exhausting
"I'm incredible....cuz I does what I do."
-Craig Mack
Conflict/methods/pol econ
teaching and rocking research methods
I don't know about this living in interesting times...feels exhausting
"I'm incredible....cuz I does what I do."
-Craig Mack
Pinned
It's incredible the number of people who expect you to willingly participate in your own subjection.
And when you fight back, they act like you are being unreasonable that you refuse to allow your subjugation without contestation.
And when you fight back, they act like you are being unreasonable that you refuse to allow your subjugation without contestation.
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It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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It turns out that Dollar General and Family Dollar routinely overcharge people—their advertised price tags are fictions. These are the only stores in many small towns.
Scam culture. It's all scam culture. On this matter, Democrats should run on audits and serious fines for overcharging.
Scam culture. It's all scam culture. On this matter, Democrats should run on audits and serious fines for overcharging.
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It turns out that Dollar General and Family Dollar routinely overcharge people—their advertised price tags are fictions. These are the only stores in many small towns.
Scam culture. It's all scam culture. On this matter, Democrats should run on audits and serious fines for overcharging.
Scam culture. It's all scam culture. On this matter, Democrats should run on audits and serious fines for overcharging.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Bill Cassidy specialized in treating liver diseases as a doctor
he set up nonprofits to vaccinate kids in Louisiana against hep B
he knows exactly what this disease does, he spent much of his life fighting against it, and he knew exactly what RFK was when he voted for him
he has no excuse at all
he set up nonprofits to vaccinate kids in Louisiana against hep B
he knows exactly what this disease does, he spent much of his life fighting against it, and he knew exactly what RFK was when he voted for him
he has no excuse at all
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Bill Cassidy specialized in treating liver diseases as a doctor
he set up nonprofits to vaccinate kids in Louisiana against hep B
he knows exactly what this disease does, he spent much of his life fighting against it, and he knew exactly what RFK was when he voted for him
he has no excuse at all
he set up nonprofits to vaccinate kids in Louisiana against hep B
he knows exactly what this disease does, he spent much of his life fighting against it, and he knew exactly what RFK was when he voted for him
he has no excuse at all
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to the extent that there is any public health policy left, it’s “if you can afford to survive without and/or despite the federal government, go for it, and we’ll see you on the other side of mass death”
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
to the extent that there is any public health policy left, it’s “if you can afford to survive without and/or despite the federal government, go for it, and we’ll see you on the other side of mass death”
The very first winner....Sksksksks
Bro, this is just pathetic and sad.
Bro, this is just pathetic and sad.
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The very first winner....Sksksksks
Bro, this is just pathetic and sad.
Bro, this is just pathetic and sad.
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The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
ALT: Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
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All Constitutional Law courses are hereby renamed WTF LOL 101
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
All Constitutional Law courses are hereby renamed WTF LOL 101
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Great story
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Great story
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
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This is the way. Lower courts need to just start saying it, SCOTUS rulings are not correct, ignore them.
Strong evidence here for my theory that lower court federal judges cannot *believe* that a guy as dumb as Brett Kavanaugh is on the honest-to-God Supreme Court ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/beryl...
Federal Judge Has No Interest In Taking Brett Kavanaugh’s Racial Profiling Opinion Seriously
The Trump administration cited Kavanaugh’s infamous concurrence to justify its immigration arrests. Judge Beryl Howell was having none of it.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is the way. Lower courts need to just start saying it, SCOTUS rulings are not correct, ignore them.
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As the district court noted, the Trump admin and Texas Republican lawmakers _said_ that they were acting on the basis of race. They said so openly and plainly. Are fact-finders in the lower courts seriously supposed to plug their ears and say “I can’t hear you”?
Texas clearly did a racial gerrymander, which is illegal.
A district court found that Texas did a racial gerrymander, rejecting the new map because it is illegal.
But the Supreme Court reversed it.
Because? Must assume the gerrymanderers were acting in good faith (despite the evidence otherwise).
A district court found that Texas did a racial gerrymander, rejecting the new map because it is illegal.
But the Supreme Court reversed it.
Because? Must assume the gerrymanderers were acting in good faith (despite the evidence otherwise).
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
As the district court noted, the Trump admin and Texas Republican lawmakers _said_ that they were acting on the basis of race. They said so openly and plainly. Are fact-finders in the lower courts seriously supposed to plug their ears and say “I can’t hear you”?
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What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
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The Republican Supreme Court justices believe that facts have a liberal bias
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Republican Supreme Court justices believe that facts have a liberal bias
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The CEOs of Ford and Stellantis, as well as senior executives from other auto manufacturers, standing beside him while Trump goes off on another vicious racist rant about African immigrants. Not one of them had the courage or the dignity to walk away.
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Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The CEOs of Ford and Stellantis, as well as senior executives from other auto manufacturers, standing beside him while Trump goes off on another vicious racist rant about African immigrants. Not one of them had the courage or the dignity to walk away.
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galloway doesn't care about helping men. he cares about helping patriarchy, because patriarchy means rule by rich white cishet guys like scott galloway.
No, Guardian, why are you fluffing him and his his creepy interest in young men's sex lives?
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
galloway doesn't care about helping men. he cares about helping patriarchy, because patriarchy means rule by rich white cishet guys like scott galloway.
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Bernie Moreno, who is saying here that Republicans are the party of the working class & that Democrats are the party of millionaires & billionaires, is a millionaire who owned a luxury car dealership & used taxpayer resources for a joyride in his $3.4 million Aston Martin.
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Bernie Moreno, who is saying here that Republicans are the party of the working class & that Democrats are the party of millionaires & billionaires, is a millionaire who owned a luxury car dealership & used taxpayer resources for a joyride in his $3.4 million Aston Martin.
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‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
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This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Trump calls Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) "garbage," says that Somalians don't belong in the U.S. because they "do nothing but complain... do nothing but bitch"
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
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America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.