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Bonnie Honig is a political, feminist, and legal theorist specializing in democratic theory. In 2013–14, she became Nancy Duke Lewis… more

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Wow
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 7h
A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol
“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.
www.huffpost.com
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A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol
“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.
www.huffpost.com
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Pls stop or I will block
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I don’t think we need to rank them
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Absolutely on my mind above. Yes!
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Yes IIRC, it was argued: Not only must they not be shamed, tolerating them was not enough either. They had to be heard out. Wait that was not enough. We had to respect our differences. No, actually we need to be friends with them; else we’re close minded. They broke the gaslight meter on this one.
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 18h
1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d
Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

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Arguably, however, it highlights the age issue. It’s the only reason for the pledge!
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How does pledging to serve only one term boost* your electability? (It definitely undercuts your effectiveness)

Besides, though the Dems love their ticked boxes, Trump is not the same as LePage
She could beat LePage so she can beat Trump? that is ticked box reasoning
Maine Governor Janet Mills launches Senate bid, stressing electability and pledge to serve only one term - The Boston Globe
The race is poised to become one of the most closely watched contests in next year’s midterm elections.
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1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d
Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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Yes. I knew there were at least two more smexamples but posted anyway when they did not come quickly to mind. This is one. For some, “America first” often comes second to other considerations.
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Hamas agreed to this same deal by Dec 2024. But “Baskin would soon learn that the Israelis had no intention of striking any agreement before a change of administration in Washington…”
Reminiscent of Reagan/Carter and a different hostage release…
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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d
Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington
Biden and Netanyahu were offered same  deal a year ago, says negotiator
Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington
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This just makes me wish even more I could see it. Thanks for sharing that!
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"messy, loud, uneven; it’s also joyous and big-hearted" -- Awesome!! (sounds high maintenance; a phrase I am now recoding as a GOOD THING)

thank you for sharing this!
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John Oliver is indeed good at his job. Absolutely worth watching the whole thing.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d
John Oliver is good at his job

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Oliver is good at his job

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Someone's just sent this to me because of my book, A Feminist Theory of Refusal, which is about the Bacchae (Euripides) and some contemporary Bacchaes. This show looks amazing. "No one person can do it" is right: wish I could see it! if you're in London and you go, pls report back!
Bacchae | National Theatre
Indhu Rubasingham (The Father and the Assassin) directs Nima Taleghani's (Heartstopper) version of the classic tragedy to the stage.
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
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Now wishing heaven existed so certain office holders would be most assuredly stopped at the gate, maybe even thrown in a truck and sent over the border to the other place. We may have to settle for trials and prison. But fantasy knows no bounds.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d
President Trump:

"I’m being a little cute - I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven,okay?..But I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.You know,as an example,had the election of 2020 not been rigged, you would have millions of people living, just in Russia, Ukraine alone."
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President Trump:

"I’m being a little cute - I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven,okay?..But I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.You know,as an example,had the election of 2020 not been rigged, you would have millions of people living, just in Russia, Ukraine alone."
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Learned about this news here well before it went out on the NYT breaking news email …
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Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 2d
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Joel Mokyr “for having identified ...
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I haven’t seen it in forever but it seems to have caught a wave in that moment. The article notes that.

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Joel Mokyr “for having identified ...
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Great reconsideration of beloved American film wh/ gifted women the terms “high/low maintenance.” Occurs to me, theory as such is “high maintenance:” never satisfied with what’s offered, putting the sauce on the side, thinking harder about what presents as “obvious”, always (re) considering.
The Quiet Cruelty of 'When Harry Met Sally'
The classic rom-com invented the “high-maintenance” woman. Thirty years later, its reductive diagnosis lives on.
www.theatlantic.com
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“District Attorney Bernie Cantorna dismissed the murder charge, saying a retrial would be both impossible and unjust”. Being picked up by ICE before he even gets home for a tiny taste of freedom? That’s entirely possible it seems. Outrageous indeed

Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Love this idea
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lol. Already following her

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This looks great! Maybe she will write the much-needed op ed!
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Ya I was hoping for a scholar; a historian of university research and public goods. And not a not-really credible Collection of online detritus, which then requires the serious vetting that some historian will have already done and deserves to be recognized for 🤷🏻‍♀️
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“need not accept federal funding” is Orwell-speak for we will not give federal funding. But this means government and the public will have no share of research advances. I hope someone soon lists the biggest ones that came out of partnership abt to be destroyed by these latest “tariffs”..conditions
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 4d
If your university will not remake itself in Marc Rowan & May Mailman's preferred image, it can expect a complete shutoff of "federal funds."

To emphasize the point Rowan says it again: "THEY NEED NOT ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDING"

I hope this will put to rest the credulous "carrot not stick" narrative.
No school will be forced to adhere to the compact’s principles of fairness, civility, neutrality and transparency. If schools do not want to be accountable to these requirements, they need not accept federal funding.
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