@svateboje.bsky.social
My take: Using Berger & Luckmann we can helpfully synthesize poli sci results on affect polarization + partisan media/internet/social-media.
also, i tend to talk too much re folks like Voegelin & Ricoeur
or, notes to self from another planet
also, i tend to talk too much re folks like Voegelin & Ricoeur
or, notes to self from another planet
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U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls won’t seek reelection, becoming sixth Texas Republican to announce exit from Congress.
GOP Rep. Troy Nehls won’t seek reelection to Congress
The Richmond Republican, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, made the announcement with days left before the deadline for candidates to file for the 2026 primaries.
www.texastribune.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls won’t seek reelection, becoming sixth Texas Republican to announce exit from Congress.
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This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
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It’s always an Insiders’ Game. Elites , especially those in the inner circle, have the power to constrain and inflict real costs on the president, if they’re incentivized to use it. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s always an Insiders’ Game. Elites , especially those in the inner circle, have the power to constrain and inflict real costs on the president, if they’re incentivized to use it. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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“Career officials in the office overseeing sanctions at the Treasury Department have at times learned details of Witkoff’s meetings with Moscow from their British counterparts.”
This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“Career officials in the office overseeing sanctions at the Treasury Department have at times learned details of Witkoff’s meetings with Moscow from their British counterparts.”
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A comment from an American treasure, on Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation’s nominally-top diplomat.
Marco Rubio knew the truth 9 years ago, but he sold his soul for power. Yet he was correct: He will one day have to explain his support for Trump, and this is not going to end well.
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A comment from an American treasure, on Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation’s nominally-top diplomat.
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Just hard to believe, even after everything, yet here it is in black and white.
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just hard to believe, even after everything, yet here it is in black and white.
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This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
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For context: Jack served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration. He’s widely regarded—especially in conservative legal circles—as a leading authority on executive power. The fact that he’s expressing this view in such stark terms is significant.
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For context: Jack served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration. He’s widely regarded—especially in conservative legal circles—as a leading authority on executive power. The fact that he’s expressing this view in such stark terms is significant.
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Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
in hand! thankful for the amazing work by Durrant, Lia & Schaberg. and the modern scholarship & logistics & Lebenswelt which it exemplifies and emerges from. as a wise man noted, universal humanity is an eschatological symbol.
which means i will probably finally get my hands on the newish Zuozhuan reader from Durrant & co soon!
bsky.app/profile/svat...
bsky.app/profile/svat...
a Zuozhuan Reader from S Durrant & co. yowza. did not know about this til now.
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
in hand! thankful for the amazing work by Durrant, Lia & Schaberg. and the modern scholarship & logistics & Lebenswelt which it exemplifies and emerges from. as a wise man noted, universal humanity is an eschatological symbol.
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I have no idea what will happen in the Tennessee special, but if the Dem does win, we're gonna get a major Trump/GOP in trouble frenzy.
(That said: it's quite possible Trump's approval will bump up a bit soon, with a post-shutdown recovery delayed by Epstein week. Unless there's more bad news!).
(That said: it's quite possible Trump's approval will bump up a bit soon, with a post-shutdown recovery delayed by Epstein week. Unless there's more bad news!).
In our latest polling averages over at FiftyPlusOne, Trump has hit a new low of 39.6% in his second-term job approval (-17 on net), and Republicans just hit a new low of 41.3% in the 2026 House generic ballot (Dems +4.2 on margin).
fiftyplusone.news/latest-polls
fiftyplusone.news/latest-polls
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have no idea what will happen in the Tennessee special, but if the Dem does win, we're gonna get a major Trump/GOP in trouble frenzy.
(That said: it's quite possible Trump's approval will bump up a bit soon, with a post-shutdown recovery delayed by Epstein week. Unless there's more bad news!).
(That said: it's quite possible Trump's approval will bump up a bit soon, with a post-shutdown recovery delayed by Epstein week. Unless there's more bad news!).
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Good news. But hard to imagine Habba herself will actually pay it. And if grossly unethical attorney misconduct comes with no meaningful sanction felt by the attorney, hard to see it as an effective deterrent against lawyers for rich clients. Bar licensure matters: NJ/NY/CT.
NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Good news. But hard to imagine Habba herself will actually pay it. And if grossly unethical attorney misconduct comes with no meaningful sanction felt by the attorney, hard to see it as an effective deterrent against lawyers for rich clients. Bar licensure matters: NJ/NY/CT.
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Nestled within this bizarre story is the important news that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken the first steps toward striking down its state’s GOP congressional gerrymander, a move that could net Democrats 2-3 more seats in the House of Representatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Conservative Justice Uses Fake Quote to Justify Wisconsin Republican Gerrymander
It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
slate.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Nestled within this bizarre story is the important news that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken the first steps toward striking down its state’s GOP congressional gerrymander, a move that could net Democrats 2-3 more seats in the House of Representatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
for the heck of it, Löwith's opening on Marx & Weber
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
for the heck of it, Löwith's opening on Marx & Weber
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This was covered in the previous T-shirt.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This was covered in the previous T-shirt.
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Of course this is happening - not as a staff coup, but by Trump's orders. The entire administration has been set up to prevent Trump from ever having to deal with being contradicted by reality.
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Of course this is happening - not as a staff coup, but by Trump's orders. The entire administration has been set up to prevent Trump from ever having to deal with being contradicted by reality.
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what’s a good recent survey piece on the great divergence literature? seems like by now there should be a good intro textbook on the whole field of combat, laying out the key players.
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
what’s a good recent survey piece on the great divergence literature? seems like by now there should be a good intro textbook on the whole field of combat, laying out the key players.
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Texas now asserting it can designate its own "foreign terrorist organizations" - starting w/this US-based NGO. Hardly know where to start on what's wrong w/this. Obvi has no federal effect. But reqs challenging on 1st Amend grounds minimum to limit any TX-specific burdens it purports to impose.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is suing the governor alleging violations of due process and freedom of speech, after it was designated as a ‘foreign terrorist organization.”
Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign against Muslim group faces challenges under Texas and federal law | Houston Public Media
Abbott declared the Council on American-Islamic Relations a foreign terrorist organization and a transnational criminal organization, invoking a 2023 Texas statute. CAIR is suing the governor, alleging violations of due process and freedom of speech.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Texas now asserting it can designate its own "foreign terrorist organizations" - starting w/this US-based NGO. Hardly know where to start on what's wrong w/this. Obvi has no federal effect. But reqs challenging on 1st Amend grounds minimum to limit any TX-specific burdens it purports to impose.
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OMG
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
OMG
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Seriously, what are we doing, America? We’re helping Russia destroy a democratic country it illegally invaded, one amateur phone call at a time.
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Seriously, what are we doing, America? We’re helping Russia destroy a democratic country it illegally invaded, one amateur phone call at a time.
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Beginning on Dec. 10, @lkatfield.bsky.social, the author of “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right,” will teach a 6-part class on the conservative intellectual movement and how it has shaped Donald Trump’s presidency as a part of the Lawfare Lecture series.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Beginning on Dec. 10, @lkatfield.bsky.social, the author of “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right,” will teach a 6-part class on the conservative intellectual movement and how it has shaped Donald Trump’s presidency as a part of the Lawfare Lecture series.
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🚨New Shepherd.com article by James Pattison article out now! 🚨
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
The best books to understand how the global order is changing
James Pattison gives us his best books to understand how the global order is changing.
ow.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨New Shepherd.com article by James Pattison article out now! 🚨
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
Exploring 'The best books to understand how the global order is changing' w/ Anne Applebaum, Lucia Rafanelli Henry Farrell Abe Newman and more! 🌟
Read more about his book and his picks here 👉 https://ow.ly/MMMW50XxyAS
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Reasons:
-Bad economy
-Large chunk of the population is pro-choice
-Backlash to more than a decade of Republican rule
-Bad economy
-Large chunk of the population is pro-choice
-Backlash to more than a decade of Republican rule
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reasons:
-Bad economy
-Large chunk of the population is pro-choice
-Backlash to more than a decade of Republican rule
-Bad economy
-Large chunk of the population is pro-choice
-Backlash to more than a decade of Republican rule
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Two thoughts after reading Sister, Sinner, Claire Hoffman’s biography of Aimee Semple McPherson:
1. In the past, anything that was happening was a thing to do, because there was nothing to do.
2. Many people have always been desperate to be told that there is a secret way to control their health.
1. In the past, anything that was happening was a thing to do, because there was nothing to do.
2. Many people have always been desperate to be told that there is a secret way to control their health.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Two thoughts after reading Sister, Sinner, Claire Hoffman’s biography of Aimee Semple McPherson:
1. In the past, anything that was happening was a thing to do, because there was nothing to do.
2. Many people have always been desperate to be told that there is a secret way to control their health.
1. In the past, anything that was happening was a thing to do, because there was nothing to do.
2. Many people have always been desperate to be told that there is a secret way to control their health.