Arlene Stein
@ajoystein.bsky.social
Sociologist thinking and writing about authoritarianism, democracy, LGBTQ issues, feminism. Author of The Stranger Next Door, Unbound, other books. Child of immigrants. Never Again for Anyone. #KnittyGrittyJC
Reposted by Arlene Stein
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Will Dems learn to fight? Replacing Schumer would be a first step.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Will Dems learn to fight? Replacing Schumer would be a first step.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Even in a world in which we have been numbed to Trump’s unlawful and outrageous behavior, calling for the death of opposition leaders is beyond the pale of civilized nations.
Robert Hubbell Nov. 21
Robert Hubbell Nov. 21
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Even in a world in which we have been numbed to Trump’s unlawful and outrageous behavior, calling for the death of opposition leaders is beyond the pale of civilized nations.
Robert Hubbell Nov. 21
Robert Hubbell Nov. 21
Shameful
Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Shameful
Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
These women are not famous or well connected, but they matter. Their pain matters. Their names matter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | How to Utterly Miss the Point of the Jeffrey Epstein Story
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November 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
These women are not famous or well connected, but they matter. Their pain matters. Their names matter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
That emotional economy — the transformation of fear into cohesion — is both the origin of the authoritarian impulse and its creation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | The Lesson We Teach Schoolchildren About the Holocaust Is Wrong
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November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
That emotional economy — the transformation of fear into cohesion — is both the origin of the authoritarian impulse and its creation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
From the man who called Charlottesville Nazis “very fine people.”
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
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November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
From the man who called Charlottesville Nazis “very fine people.”
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Reposted by Arlene Stein
For those inside the circle, the rules of the outside world do not apply.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For those inside the circle, the rules of the outside world do not apply.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Now that state repression is here, pro-democracy forces will need to continue to show their courage by speaking out and building the broadest possible coalition – both nationally and in cities and states under threat – to defend institutions and rights.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How repression is born – and how to resist it | Javier Corrales and Daniel Altschuler
In a clear pattern, a machine designed to generate law and order morphs into an organization operating under lawlessness
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Now that state repression is here, pro-democracy forces will need to continue to show their courage by speaking out and building the broadest possible coalition – both nationally and in cities and states under threat – to defend institutions and rights.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hannah Arendt's account of the rise of totalitarianism describes the usurpation of government by private interests (from Samantha Rose Hill, Hannah Arendt, Reaktion, 2021).
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hannah Arendt's account of the rise of totalitarianism describes the usurpation of government by private interests (from Samantha Rose Hill, Hannah Arendt, Reaktion, 2021).
Reposted by Arlene Stein
this is a great piece.
I wrote about the supposed conservative "civil war" over antisemitism as more of a lovers' spat for @liberalcurrents.
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
this is a great piece.
They are not the Nazis of yesteryear who were skinheads and put swastikas everywhere and scared people. They know how to deliver this message in a way that’s palatable, or more palatable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
Opinion | Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem
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November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They are not the Nazis of yesteryear who were skinheads and put swastikas everywhere and scared people. They know how to deliver this message in a way that’s palatable, or more palatable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
The Mamdani movement added two crucial ingredients: anger and moral purpose — and in so doing actually expanded the electorate itself.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Opinion | Young Voters Are the Holy Grail. Zohran Mamdani Just Showed Democrats How to Win Them.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Mamdani movement added two crucial ingredients: anger and moral purpose — and in so doing actually expanded the electorate itself.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
I suspect it is because popular opinion has dramatically shifted in favor of marriage equality, and the conservatives on the court know that. And yet they have take unpopular stands on other issues, such as abortion rights…
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I suspect it is because popular opinion has dramatically shifted in favor of marriage equality, and the conservatives on the court know that. And yet they have take unpopular stands on other issues, such as abortion rights…
Senators Schumer and Durbin should resign from their leadership positions on Sunday evening, as they are obviously incapable of leading the Democratic caucus.
Robert Hubbell 11.10
Robert Hubbell 11.10
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Senators Schumer and Durbin should resign from their leadership positions on Sunday evening, as they are obviously incapable of leading the Democratic caucus.
Robert Hubbell 11.10
Robert Hubbell 11.10
More please!
Yesterday Trump attended an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions after ESPN reported that he wants the Commanders to name their new stadium after him. Attendees soundly booed him.
Yesterday Trump attended an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions after ESPN reported that he wants the Commanders to name their new stadium after him. Attendees soundly booed him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
More please!
Yesterday Trump attended an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions after ESPN reported that he wants the Commanders to name their new stadium after him. Attendees soundly booed him.
Yesterday Trump attended an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions after ESPN reported that he wants the Commanders to name their new stadium after him. Attendees soundly booed him.
Shamelessly stealing our money.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Shamelessly stealing our money.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Rank-and-file Democratic voters now have far more positive views of democratic socialism than party leadership.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters | Ben Davis
Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communities
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Rank-and-file Democratic voters now have far more positive views of democratic socialism than party leadership.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...
Trump’s response to the voters’ rebuke of his cruel policies has been to double down on the cruelty and the invective.
Robert Hubbell Nov. 8
Robert Hubbell Nov. 8
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Trump’s response to the voters’ rebuke of his cruel policies has been to double down on the cruelty and the invective.
Robert Hubbell Nov. 8
Robert Hubbell Nov. 8
Reposted by Arlene Stein
A lot was done to get the landslide win for New Jersey Governor race. One that really has not been mentioned enough is the grassroots organizing that has been going on everyday since Nov. 2024.
We wiped the tears from our faces and kept on going, adding more people as we kept going.
We wiped the tears from our faces and kept on going, adding more people as we kept going.
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A lot was done to get the landslide win for New Jersey Governor race. One that really has not been mentioned enough is the grassroots organizing that has been going on everyday since Nov. 2024.
We wiped the tears from our faces and kept on going, adding more people as we kept going.
We wiped the tears from our faces and kept on going, adding more people as we kept going.
Another act of cruelty, brought to you by the Trump administration.
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy
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November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Another act of cruelty, brought to you by the Trump administration.
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
