Mike Habegger
@mikehabegger.com
Ph.D. Political Scientist. College of Liberal Arts, Louisiana Tech University. Social media, democracy, IR&Comp, and global security scholar. #EverLoyalBe
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Mike Habegger
@mikehabegger.com
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Come work with me!!!! It’s a great environment, and not just because I’m here. We are an interdisciplinary unit housed within a (dare I say rapidly?) growing College of Liberal Arts. We will have a brand new 45 million dollar building in 2027. Yes! In Louisiana! Believe it!
Yeah man we fucking did it
I mean, this moment is a win for American political culture.
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Yeah man we fucking did it
This is just jaw dropping. Once in a lifetime politician. (Not Trump)
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is just jaw dropping. Once in a lifetime politician. (Not Trump)
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We've seen this over and over again. Trump seems genuinely surprised when he learns that Fox News has been bullshitting him.
"I expect to be helping him, not hurting him. A big help" -- Trump is totally charmed by Mamdani
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We've seen this over and over again. Trump seems genuinely surprised when he learns that Fox News has been bullshitting him.
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The military equivalent of burying the Comey declination memo.
They're doing this everywhere.
They're doing this everywhere.
When the top JAG at Southern Command told the Pentagon that their plans to blow up fishing boats based on suspicions that they might have drugs in the cargo hold was certainly illegal, Hegseth simply ignored him, while others told him his career was over. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Top military lawyer concerned about Trump ‘drug boat’ strikes was ignored: report
The senior judge advocate general reportedly raised concerns that the airstrikes against the alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ could amount to extrajudicial killings
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The military equivalent of burying the Comey declination memo.
They're doing this everywhere.
They're doing this everywhere.
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Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
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When Trump shitposts like this and then nothing happens it makes him look incredibly weak instead of strong
Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
When Trump shitposts like this and then nothing happens it makes him look incredibly weak instead of strong
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Unprecedented corruption. Everyone gets a taste.
Here you have Sec Lutnick as Commerce Secretary and his oldest son, Kyle Lutnick, involved in exactly the same AI data center deal. Dad as government official. Son as financial deal maker--earning the family-controlled company millions in fees. Both this summer.
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Unprecedented corruption. Everyone gets a taste.
Holy smokes
French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Holy smokes
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And…here’s Trump’s Get Out of Jail free card:
“but agency may hold back material that could affect a Trump-ordered investigation”
“but agency may hold back material that could affect a Trump-ordered investigation”
Justice department will release Epstein files within 30 days, says US attorney general – US politics live
Justice department will release Epstein files within 30 days, says US attorney general – US politics live
Pam Bondi speaks after US Senate passes bill to release files – but agency may hold back material that could affect a Trump-ordered investigation
One quick note, there haven’t been any changes to Donald Trump’s schedule today, per the press pool. Which means, as of now, the president doesn’t have any time allotted to sign the bill forcing the justice department to release the full batch of Jeffrey Epstein files.
We’ll keep you updated if things change throughout the day. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And…here’s Trump’s Get Out of Jail free card:
“but agency may hold back material that could affect a Trump-ordered investigation”
“but agency may hold back material that could affect a Trump-ordered investigation”
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And there it is.
Bondi on the Epstein investigations that Trump demanded: "We're not gonna say anything else on that because now it is a pending investigation in SDNY"
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
And there it is.
Locking is not flowing !
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Locking is not flowing !
Should add it also completely misinterpreted all the variables and also decided to make a whole new worksheet to tell me the only thing that mattered: vote in the election! The idiot’s view of what the ANES is for.
As a dumb test, I asked Microsoft’s “agent” or whatever today to get me the ANES 2024 data knowing it would at least be slightly difficult but it found it. Issue is because it’s an LLM it decided to only grab 10 variables it thought were the most relevant despite me saying to get the whole thing.
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Should add it also completely misinterpreted all the variables and also decided to make a whole new worksheet to tell me the only thing that mattered: vote in the election! The idiot’s view of what the ANES is for.
It took 20 minutes for it to overpromise and under deliver on scales unimaginable
As a dumb test, I asked Microsoft’s “agent” or whatever today to get me the ANES 2024 data knowing it would at least be slightly difficult but it found it. Issue is because it’s an LLM it decided to only grab 10 variables it thought were the most relevant despite me saying to get the whole thing.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It took 20 minutes for it to overpromise and under deliver on scales unimaginable
As a dumb test, I asked Microsoft’s “agent” or whatever today to get me the ANES 2024 data knowing it would at least be slightly difficult but it found it. Issue is because it’s an LLM it decided to only grab 10 variables it thought were the most relevant despite me saying to get the whole thing.
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
As a dumb test, I asked Microsoft’s “agent” or whatever today to get me the ANES 2024 data knowing it would at least be slightly difficult but it found it. Issue is because it’s an LLM it decided to only grab 10 variables it thought were the most relevant despite me saying to get the whole thing.
As @jamellebouie.net said “Politics. Keeps. Happening.”
Indiana's Senate voted today to adjourn by a vote of 29 to 19, with 19 Republicans joining the chamber's 10 Democrats to defy the governor's wish that the state re-gerrymander asap.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/18/r...
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/18/r...
Redistricting rift growing among Indiana Republicans • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday made his most overt political threat to recalcitrant Republican state senators over congressional redistricting by saying he could look for ways to “compel” them to ...
indianacapitalchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
As @jamellebouie.net said “Politics. Keeps. Happening.”
Last thing: I know for a fact some students I’ve had used AI (as an assistant) because they told me and they got into law school. I can’t even imagine what it’s like to be in admissions at any level or field right now.
It would likely be easier for them to score well in my classes by writing honestly, but I have no idea how to convince them this is the case.
My read on this this quarter is if students are smart enough and spend a lot of time tweaking their writing with AI, they can indeed produce something close to master’s level that’s basically undetectable. It feels like it would take A LOT of work tho so students will focus efforts on tough classes.
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Last thing: I know for a fact some students I’ve had used AI (as an assistant) because they told me and they got into law school. I can’t even imagine what it’s like to be in admissions at any level or field right now.
It would likely be easier for them to score well in my classes by writing honestly, but I have no idea how to convince them this is the case.
My read on this this quarter is if students are smart enough and spend a lot of time tweaking their writing with AI, they can indeed produce something close to master’s level that’s basically undetectable. It feels like it would take A LOT of work tho so students will focus efforts on tough classes.
On the quarter system so I’m speaking from the future here: Yes.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It would likely be easier for them to score well in my classes by writing honestly, but I have no idea how to convince them this is the case.
My read on this this quarter is if students are smart enough and spend a lot of time tweaking their writing with AI, they can indeed produce something close to master’s level that’s basically undetectable. It feels like it would take A LOT of work tho so students will focus efforts on tough classes.
On the quarter system so I’m speaking from the future here: Yes.
AI is going to send us back to blue book exams and in person surveys.
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My read on this this quarter is if students are smart enough and spend a lot of time tweaking their writing with AI, they can indeed produce something close to master’s level that’s basically undetectable. It feels like it would take A LOT of work tho so students will focus efforts on tough classes.
Probably going to lose followers over the bill simmons comment because this is bluesky 😬
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Probably going to lose followers over the bill simmons comment because this is bluesky 😬
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To quote the person who filmed this unconscious mom who was tazed while already in zip ties in front of her small child and then tossed her like a corpse into the trunk: “this is fucked up”
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
To quote the person who filmed this unconscious mom who was tazed while already in zip ties in front of her small child and then tossed her like a corpse into the trunk: “this is fucked up”
On the quarter system so I’m speaking from the future here: Yes.
AI is going to send us back to blue book exams and in person surveys.
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
On the quarter system so I’m speaking from the future here: Yes.
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Levels of median voter previously thought impossible
Epstein survivor Jena-Lisa Jones: "Trump really ran his campaign on this. This is why I voted for him. The release of these files has been so important for me for so long that when he run on that, I really had some hope that someone would do something about it."
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Levels of median voter previously thought impossible
Maybe but the Bill Simmons Podcast is actually the best podcast and it’s on here, so…
This is the lineup you’d get if you asked someone who’s never listened to a podcast to compile a list of podcasts in five minutes.
The list of eligible podcasts is looking pretty bleak 😟
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Maybe but the Bill Simmons Podcast is actually the best podcast and it’s on here, so…
tbf it’s mostly @gtconway.bsky.social
there are way too many X screenshots posted here, all of which are ragebait
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
tbf it’s mostly @gtconway.bsky.social
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Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...