Michael Kerns
@makerns.bsky.social
I’m an editor, and some other stuff too. Senior Publisher at Bloomsbury.
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Peter Hotez: For all practical purposes measles is back, now whooping cough on the rise, next domino to fall. What’s next? Hib meningitis? Polio? All to benefit a corrupt wellness influencer industry and phony MAHA ideologies. Congress, the White House asleep. Americans should be outraged.
Is the US at risk of losing its measles elimination status?
More than 1,700 measles cases have been confirmed so far in the U.S. this year.
www.yahoo.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Peter Hotez: For all practical purposes measles is back, now whooping cough on the rise, next domino to fall. What’s next? Hib meningitis? Polio? All to benefit a corrupt wellness influencer industry and phony MAHA ideologies. Congress, the White House asleep. Americans should be outraged.
A freaking great record
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Jazzsky
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A freaking great record
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My husband @captmarkkelly.bsky.social is a 25-year Navy combat pilot veteran. He served our country with strength, courage, and integrity.
The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.
The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My husband @captmarkkelly.bsky.social is a 25-year Navy combat pilot veteran. He served our country with strength, courage, and integrity.
The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.
The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.
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Jeez. Trump reposted a call to execute six Democratic members of Congress, and it’s not on the front page of the NY Times, and this is the headline—no mention of hanging lawmakers.
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Jeez. Trump reposted a call to execute six Democratic members of Congress, and it’s not on the front page of the NY Times, and this is the headline—no mention of hanging lawmakers.
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The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
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In a two-party system, all you have to do to win in a landslide during a disastrous presidential administration is to be the only other alternative in town. Just ask the Democrats of 1930, who didn't particularly stand for much other than that they weren't Hoover. They gained 52 seats in the House.
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In a two-party system, all you have to do to win in a landslide during a disastrous presidential administration is to be the only other alternative in town. Just ask the Democrats of 1930, who didn't particularly stand for much other than that they weren't Hoover. They gained 52 seats in the House.
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In a stunning admission, prosecutors in the James Comey case conceded that the two-count indictment against the former FBI director was never presented to or voted on by a grand jury.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
Due to Botched Paperwork, Comey May Never Have Been Properly Indicted
ALEXANDRIA, VA—In a stunning admission, prosecutors in the James Comey case conceded that...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In a stunning admission, prosecutors in the James Comey case conceded that the two-count indictment against the former FBI director was never presented to or voted on by a grand jury.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
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i know “quiet, piggy” is just one raindrop in the flood of vile, shocking statements from trump, but it’s SO cruel, so threatening, such a violation of our most basic interpersonal norms. i would really like to see it get some actual coverage.
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
i know “quiet, piggy” is just one raindrop in the flood of vile, shocking statements from trump, but it’s SO cruel, so threatening, such a violation of our most basic interpersonal norms. i would really like to see it get some actual coverage.
The absolute worst people are in this administration, just carrying on with the most blatant corruption, so voluminous it’s impossible to even keep tabs on
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The absolute worst people are in this administration, just carrying on with the most blatant corruption, so voluminous it’s impossible to even keep tabs on
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"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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Sunday night y’all. Let’s go Birds!
a woman in a green hat is speaking into a microphone while standing in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: Philadelphia mayor Parker misspelling “Eagles”
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Sunday night y’all. Let’s go Birds!
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9/🧵 What does this mean for Democratic strategy? All those debates about choosing between identity politics and economic populism? False premise. Young working-class voters with low racial resentment aren't choosing. They're ready for Medicare for All AND Black Lives Matter. Lean into the tide.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
9/🧵 What does this mean for Democratic strategy? All those debates about choosing between identity politics and economic populism? False premise. Young working-class voters with low racial resentment aren't choosing. They're ready for Medicare for All AND Black Lives Matter. Lean into the tide.
ICYMI: Jan Eliasson, former Swedish & UN diplomat, and John Shaw, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Inst, discuss how diplomacy can help tackle vexing problems like climate change, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, UN reform, & the global refugee crisis, on the eve of Trump's 2nd inauguration.
Jan Eliasson | Understanding Our New World
YouTube video by SIU Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
ICYMI: Jan Eliasson, former Swedish & UN diplomat, and John Shaw, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Inst, discuss how diplomacy can help tackle vexing problems like climate change, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, UN reform, & the global refugee crisis, on the eve of Trump's 2nd inauguration.
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Nancy Pelosi’s retirement marks a turning point in U.S. politics.
📰Read author Michele Swers’ latest insights → https://bit.ly/43sLSpC
📕And discover the 5th edition her textbook 'Women and Politics' → https://bit.ly/49iUfYx
📰Read author Michele Swers’ latest insights → https://bit.ly/43sLSpC
📕And discover the 5th edition her textbook 'Women and Politics' → https://bit.ly/49iUfYx
Nancy Pelosi, a master legislator and partisan warrior
A formidable member of Congress will step down next year.
goodauthority.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Nancy Pelosi’s retirement marks a turning point in U.S. politics.
📰Read author Michele Swers’ latest insights → https://bit.ly/43sLSpC
📕And discover the 5th edition her textbook 'Women and Politics' → https://bit.ly/49iUfYx
📰Read author Michele Swers’ latest insights → https://bit.ly/43sLSpC
📕And discover the 5th edition her textbook 'Women and Politics' → https://bit.ly/49iUfYx
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Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
Trump’s Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
Changing signage and stationary alone for the Department of Defense would cost at least a billion dollars.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
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Happy publication day to our author @joannalillis.bsky.social 🥳
Get your copy of #SilkMirage now wherever books are sold!
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Get your copy of #SilkMirage now wherever books are sold!
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy publication day to our author @joannalillis.bsky.social 🥳
Get your copy of #SilkMirage now wherever books are sold!
#Uzbekistan
Get your copy of #SilkMirage now wherever books are sold!
#Uzbekistan
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Everyone focused on Zohran Mamdani's win. But Sherrill and Spanberger did better than Mamdani with nonwhites, whites without degrees, independents, white college grads and low-income people. centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
The 2025 Elections and Future of the Democratic Party: Why Spanberger and Sherrill Provide a More Plausible Model for Success than Mamdani - Sabato's Crystal Ball
Sherrill and Spanberger performed better with traditional swing demographic groups than Mamdani did, suggesting they provide a better model for Democrats in future competitive races.
centerforpolitics.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Everyone focused on Zohran Mamdani's win. But Sherrill and Spanberger did better than Mamdani with nonwhites, whites without degrees, independents, white college grads and low-income people. centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
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Friends and colleagues in the London area, I will be talking to Piro Rexhepi at the LSE about "Girlhood At War".
📆 12 November
⏰ 17.00-18.30
Info & registration www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...
📆 12 November
⏰ 17.00-18.30
Info & registration www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...
October 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Friends and colleagues in the London area, I will be talking to Piro Rexhepi at the LSE about "Girlhood At War".
📆 12 November
⏰ 17.00-18.30
Info & registration www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...
📆 12 November
⏰ 17.00-18.30
Info & registration www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...
Such an engaging book!
📣 Don't forget: Our author @vjosamusliu.bsky.social will be talking about her book "Girlhood at War" at LSE tomorrow evening!
Friends and colleagues in the London area, I will be talking to Piro Rexhepi at the LSE about "Girlhood At War".
📆 12 November
⏰ 17.00-18.30
Info & registration www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...
📆 12 November
⏰ 17.00-18.30
Info & registration www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Such an engaging book!
Tim Kaine talking over Katie Turr and saying she’s being overly dramatic is a real bad look.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Tim Kaine talking over Katie Turr and saying she’s being overly dramatic is a real bad look.
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Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
Role model, power broker, partisan warrior, coalition builder--Pelosi has left an indelible mark on the Democratic party and American politics writ large. As she announces her retirement, Michele Swers writes about her legacy below.
Nancy Pelosi, a master legislator and partisan warrior
A formidable member of Congress will step down next year.
goodauthority.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Role model, power broker, partisan warrior, coalition builder--Pelosi has left an indelible mark on the Democratic party and American politics writ large. As she announces her retirement, Michele Swers writes about her legacy below.
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The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill