Michelle Schwarze
@mschwarze.bsky.social
Political Theorist at UW-Madison.
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not really clear what columbia offers beyond the reputation of a credential it devalues day after day after day ..
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
not really clear what columbia offers beyond the reputation of a credential it devalues day after day after day ..
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come for the extended intro where i call jd vance a loser, stay for my analysis connecting vance's argument to the most reactionary antebellum views of citizenship
Opinion | JD Vance Claims One of Our Worst Traditions as His Own
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
come for the extended intro where i call jd vance a loser, stay for my analysis connecting vance's argument to the most reactionary antebellum views of citizenship
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"With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani."
That's Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Former public editor of the New York Times, and a shrewd judge of newsroom character. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That's Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Former public editor of the New York Times, and a shrewd judge of newsroom character. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
July 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani."
That's Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Former public editor of the New York Times, and a shrewd judge of newsroom character. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That's Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Former public editor of the New York Times, and a shrewd judge of newsroom character. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Down with dictators! No Kings march in Madison (complete with the sign my daughter embellished)
June 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Down with dictators! No Kings march in Madison (complete with the sign my daughter embellished)
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"It's a republic, not a democracy," say the conservatives as they get very excited for a big display of military force moving across the river into the capital.
June 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"It's a republic, not a democracy," say the conservatives as they get very excited for a big display of military force moving across the river into the capital.
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HERE IS A THING that EVERY American can do:
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
Hey @reptedlieu.bsky.social - the person directing agents to detain @padilla.senate.gov is Bill Essayli. Bill Essayli MUST NOT be confirmed as the US Attorney for the Central District of CA Essayli points to ice to arrest Padilla www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler) on Threads
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski: “I’ve seen the clip. It's horrible. It is shocking at every level. It's not the America I know."
www.threads.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
HERE IS A THING that EVERY American can do:
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
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it's like what the image says. they think they're kings — they think they rule us — and they want us to obey youtu.be/ULdUsHB-7VE
Kristi Noem's threat to do a Jan. 6 to California and the arrest of Senator Alex Padilla
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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June 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
it's like what the image says. they think they're kings — they think they rule us — and they want us to obey youtu.be/ULdUsHB-7VE
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“Harsh crackdowns may generate sympathy for protesters, said Omar Wasow, a political scientist at UC Berkeley who studies protest movements. The “spectacle of violence and repression,” he said, can frame states as ‘bullies’ unjustly squashing expression.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/w...
3 Lessons From International Protests Amid the L.A. Unrest (Gift Article)
Experts who study protest movements say the scenes unfolding in California broadly follow a script that has played out many times in other countries — sometimes with deadly consequences.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“Harsh crackdowns may generate sympathy for protesters, said Omar Wasow, a political scientist at UC Berkeley who studies protest movements. The “spectacle of violence and repression,” he said, can frame states as ‘bullies’ unjustly squashing expression.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/w...
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I dunno, but maybe Democratic members of Congress shouldn't go the White House picnic tonight and pretend everything's fine and dandy, unless and until Sen. Padilla gets a phone call apologizing for what happened from Donald Trump?
June 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I dunno, but maybe Democratic members of Congress shouldn't go the White House picnic tonight and pretend everything's fine and dandy, unless and until Sen. Padilla gets a phone call apologizing for what happened from Donald Trump?
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If the feds’ objective is to “liberate” Los Angeles and California from its democratically elected leadership, then this not a peacekeeping mission but a program of invasion.
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If the feds’ objective is to “liberate” Los Angeles and California from its democratically elected leadership, then this not a peacekeeping mission but a program of invasion.
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So ICE is now more powerful than a sitting US senator? I hope every democrat congressperson stands up for their colleague and demands accountability for what happened to Alex Padilla. They won’t but I wish they would.
June 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So ICE is now more powerful than a sitting US senator? I hope every democrat congressperson stands up for their colleague and demands accountability for what happened to Alex Padilla. They won’t but I wish they would.
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Where are the libertarians? Where is civil society? Do you want to live in a country where people are deported without due process into foreign gulags? Where US senators are arrested? Where the government ignores court orders and deploys the military on the streets of our cities?
June 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Where are the libertarians? Where is civil society? Do you want to live in a country where people are deported without due process into foreign gulags? Where US senators are arrested? Where the government ignores court orders and deploys the military on the streets of our cities?
Every Democratic senator - and anyone committed to democratic government - should publicly denounce this action and call for Noem’s impeachment. Now.
June 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Every Democratic senator - and anyone committed to democratic government - should publicly denounce this action and call for Noem’s impeachment. Now.
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Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
Senator Padilla is forcibly shoved out of Kristi Noem's press briefing:
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
June 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
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The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem.
Right fucking now.
Right fucking now.
June 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem.
Right fucking now.
Right fucking now.
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The Trump regime is purporting to occupy a major American city with military troops while secret agents kidnap people off the street. A US senator was just arrested and the President has entertained questions about arresting the governor. Authoritarianism is on the march; an extremely dangerous time
June 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Trump regime is purporting to occupy a major American city with military troops while secret agents kidnap people off the street. A US senator was just arrested and the President has entertained questions about arresting the governor. Authoritarianism is on the march; an extremely dangerous time
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McSweeney's: New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for "The President Violated the Constitution" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
June 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
McSweeney's: New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for "The President Violated the Constitution" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
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Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten.
Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten.
Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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the thing about the tates and trump and musk is that what they offer is the illusion of control and dominance and mastery. in truth, they are absolute slaves to their passions and their worst instincts, and they have paid for it in that they are literal degenerates
May 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
the thing about the tates and trump and musk is that what they offer is the illusion of control and dominance and mastery. in truth, they are absolute slaves to their passions and their worst instincts, and they have paid for it in that they are literal degenerates
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@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com makes a point here that i have alluded to in my work, which is that in key respects trump is an anti-republican (think political theory not political party) figure, who rejects the basic values of the american revolution
“Trump is a disgrace to our great country. He is unAmerican in his values and anti-American in his policies.” www.liberalcurrents.com/unfit-to-be-...
Unfit to Be the Ruler of a Free People: The Anti-American Presidency of Donald Trump
The Trump administration is an affront to everything good that America has become and everything America has ever sought to be.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com makes a point here that i have alluded to in my work, which is that in key respects trump is an anti-republican (think political theory not political party) figure, who rejects the basic values of the american revolution
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April 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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