Helen M Kinsella
@hmkinsella.bsky.social
U of MN Political Science & Law, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, HHH School of Public Policy: gender, laws of war, violence. Feminist. She/her
Minneapolis, MN. helenmkinsella.com
Minneapolis, MN. helenmkinsella.com
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One of the themes of our new police state is the sheer lack of professionalism. They can't do the basics, and when challenged, double down. A dysfunctional organizational culture deeply suspicious of the society they are tasked with controlling.
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They misidentified the intern. The judge told them they had misidentified the intern. But instead of double checking, they took that as an affront to their authority. So they surrounded the judge's car and threatened to smash the windows to get to the intern.
They had misidentified the intern.
They had misidentified the intern.
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of the themes of our new police state is the sheer lack of professionalism. They can't do the basics, and when challenged, double down. A dysfunctional organizational culture deeply suspicious of the society they are tasked with controlling.
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"everyone does it" approach is going to do an incredible amount of long-term harm. It's not enough for the Trump family to walk away with *billions* of dollars themselves; he's trying to delegitimize the basic idea that there's anything wrong with that.
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"everyone does it" approach is going to do an incredible amount of long-term harm. It's not enough for the Trump family to walk away with *billions* of dollars themselves; he's trying to delegitimize the basic idea that there's anything wrong with that.
Reposted by Helen M Kinsella
(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
Reposted by Helen M Kinsella
The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.
October 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.