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by Cas Mudde — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller

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Something seems to connect all of these things… I doubt that the legacy media is able to pick up on it though (let alone name it).
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2h
Quite a day.
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by Jan W. Mueller

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Brown decisively rejects Compact; Chris Paxson notes that implementing it would not only violate academic freedom, but also likely "damage the health and prosperity of Americans."
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by Jan W. Mueller — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Stuart White

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"...some combination of anti-authoritarianism and anti-oligarchy may well be the only platform that can decisively overcome Trumpism."

Very helpful -- and actionable -- analysis of today's competing frames and narratives by Britton-Purdy and Pozen:
What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review
Three competing narratives of the second Trump administration.
www.bostonreview.net
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by Elizabeth Saunders — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller

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The same Elise Stefanik who crusaded against antisemitism in higher ed? That Elise Stefanik?
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h
Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.
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by Jan W. Mueller

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h
Some RIFs will kill legislation, e.g the Ed office that oversees disability. IDEA was passed 50 yrs ago, when there was broad bipartisan agreement that a more inclusive educational system was a good thing.
It was repealed last Friday. No law was passed. Trump simply made IDEA a dead letter.
If you have had any interaction with education at the state and local level, you will know there are strong incentives for school systems to shortchange students with disabilities by skirting the IDEA mandates. That is why the law exists. Without a federal cop on the beat, states will know that it will be safer for them to ignore it. People at state governments see it this way also. One state director of special education told NPR: I’m fearful. I think it’s good for states to know there’s federal oversight and that they’ll be held accountable. The concept of leaving special education up to states sounds great, but it’s scary. What happens if one state decides to interpret the law one way, but another state disagrees and interprets it differently?
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Some RIFs will kill legislation, e.g the Ed office that oversees disability. IDEA was passed 50 yrs ago, when there was broad bipartisan agreement that a more inclusive educational system was a good thing.
It was repealed last Friday. No law was passed. Trump simply made IDEA a dead letter.
If you have had any interaction with education at the state and local level, you will know there are strong incentives for school systems to shortchange students with disabilities by skirting the IDEA mandates. That is why the law exists. Without a federal cop on the beat, states will know that it will be safer for them to ignore it. People at state governments see it this way also. One state director of special education told NPR: I’m fearful. I think it’s good for states to know there’s federal oversight and that they’ll be held accountable. The concept of leaving special education up to states sounds great, but it’s scary. What happens if one state decides to interpret the law one way, but another state disagrees and interprets it differently?
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by Jan W. Mueller

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An observation from Milbank:

"...both Trump and Orban are only different brands of globalisers, goading and deceiving the populace whilst encouraging fiscal dumping and the operation of the most ruthless and irresponsible economic forces."
Between Scylla and Charybdis: Neither Integralism nor National Conservatism is a Christian Politics - Theopolis Institute
One could say that ‘conservative’ Christians are today caught between two equally dire temptations on which the faith could founder: Catholic integralism on the one hand and Protestant National Conser...
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More coverage of OSU’s new restrictions on conference attendance:

“These conferences are open forums for us to present our work, network and collaborate. Telling us that they’re going to regulate whether or not we can participate feels very stifling, prohibitive,” said @ohdearz.bsky.social
Under Anti-DEI Pressure, Ohio State Limits Conference Funds
The Education Department recently criticized Ohio State University’s involvement with a nonprofit that encourages people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorates. Now, OSU is rethinking ...
www.insidehighered.com
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by Jan W. Mueller

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 10h
💥Hungary’s main opposition leader, Péter Magyar, has said that Hungarian intelligence officers were sent to the country’s EU embassy in Brussels between 2015 and 2018, adding credence to reports that Budapest ran an espionage operation in the heart of the European Union. tvpworld.com/89479707/pte...
Hungary opposition leader backs claims of Hungarian spy network in EU
Magyar claims Hungarian intelligence also monitored him.
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💥Hungary’s main opposition leader, Péter Magyar, has said that Hungarian intelligence officers were sent to the country’s EU embassy in Brussels between 2015 and 2018, adding credence to reports that Budapest ran an espionage operation in the heart of the European Union. tvpworld.com/89479707/pte...
Hungary opposition leader backs claims of Hungarian spy network in EU
Magyar claims Hungarian intelligence also monitored him.
tvpworld.com
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by Jan W. Mueller — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Michelle Everson, Josef Früchtl , and 1 more

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Es mag ja nicht viele belastbare Erkenntnisse in der Sozialwissenschaft geben.

Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.

Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
Brandmauer: Tauber und zu Guttenberg fordern Normalisierung im Umgang mit der AfD
Der frühere CDU-Generalsekretär wünscht sich "neue rote Linien" für den Umgang mit der AfD. "Entzauberung gelingt nicht durch Boykott", sagt der Ex-Verteidigungsminister.
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by Jan W. Mueller — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
Good assessment of the various U.S. media by @markjacob.bsky.social confirming that the best traditional media source on U.S. politics is @us.theguardian.com
I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media
The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F
www.stopthepresses.news
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by Cas Mudde — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Cas Mudde

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Good assessment of the various U.S. media by @markjacob.bsky.social confirming that the best traditional media source on U.S. politics is @us.theguardian.com
I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media
The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F
www.stopthepresses.news
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Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings , and 8 more

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Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
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by Jan W. Mueller — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 1d
What can we learn from Hungary's experience when conceptualising academic freedom?

ANDRÁS L. PAP offers eight lessons as part of our current symposium on Article 13 of the Charter.

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Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Fabián Muniesa, Laurent Pech

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What can we learn from Hungary's experience when conceptualising academic freedom?

ANDRÁS L. PAP offers eight lessons as part of our current symposium on Article 13 of the Charter.

verfassungsblog.de/hungary-acad...
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by Jan W. Mueller

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"In keinem der Bundestagswahlkreise im blauen Meer im Osten hat die AfD die absolute Mehrheit. Umgekehrt drängt sie längst auch in den Städten vom Rand in die Zentren vor."
Tagung in Basel: Wie autoritäre Kräfte die Moderne herausfordern
Die Moderne steht unter Druck. Bedeutet das weltweite Erstarken autoritärer Kräfte das Ende ihres Fortschrittsversprechens? Und ist die Linke wirklich selbst daran schuld? Eine Tagung in Basel untersu...
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Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Christian Nadeau

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‘The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’

In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act
The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. None of this is being done in secret – the...
www.lrb.co.uk
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by Jan W. Mueller — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller

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“…Christians need to be aware that postliberal should not mean »national conservative«. The latter is genealogically but another version of liberalism with its adulation of absolute sovereignty both as a salve for its own individualism and yet as individualism writ collectively large..."
ENGLISH THEOLOGIAN AND PHILOSOPHER PROF. EM. DR JOHN MILBANK If Politics Is Not About Promoting Virtue, Then It Is About Promoting Vice - Glas Koncila
»With the vanishing of Christian culture and the classical legacy from which it grew, the liberal assumptions embedded in our society have blurred the line between the legal and the criminal, mafiaizi...
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by Jan W. Mueller — Reposted by R. Daniel Kelemen, Alexandra Kemmerer

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New attempt at "Divide and Rule:"
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...
www.bloomberg.com
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by Jan W. Mueller

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Grozev:

"Aber wenn ein Diktator süchtig danach wird, ständig gelobt zu werden, dann macht das die anderen, die echten Journalisten, in seinen Augen noch verabscheuungswürdiger."
Investigativreporter Christo Grozev wird von Putins Agenten verfolgt
Christo Grozev ist ein furchtloser Reporter. Wegen seiner Recherchen steht er auf Putins Todesliste. Nun wurde Grozev als europäischer Journalist des Jahres ausgezeichnet. Was bedeutet ihm das? Und wi...
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by Jan W. Mueller

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... it seemed for once a well-researched piece on HU ...
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File under: Why billionaire owners are not the solution for securing a free press.

ICYMI: Benioff has also come out as a more or less unconditional Trump supporter.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d
Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie
Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle HIS TRIUMPH by ERIC CORTELLESSA THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED by EHUD BARAK HOW GAZA HEALS
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I think the main barrier to honest, direct coverage from the mainstream media in Trump 1.0 was professional norms/reflexive both sides-ism. In 2.0, that's still a factor, but a bigger barrier may be ownership. Reporters/editors know that many media owners are wary of too much anti-Trump coverage.
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Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie
Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle HIS TRIUMPH by ERIC CORTELLESSA THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED by EHUD BARAK HOW GAZA HEALS
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« Non, Nicolas Sarkozy n’est pas une victime ».

La tribune très forte dans @liberation.fr des vraies victimes de l'affaire des financements libyens, reconnues comme telles par le tribunal de Paris : les familles de victimes de l'attentat terroriste contre le DC-10.
www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...
Nous, les «filles du DC10», étions au procès Sarkozy et nous avons vu s’exercer une justice humaine et respectueuse
Composé de sœurs ou de filles des 170 victimes de l’attentat organisé par le régime de Kadhafi en 1989, le collectif était au procès des «financements libyens». Elles battent en brèche l’idée d’un «ac...
www.liberation.fr
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by Jan W. Mueller

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
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by Jan W. Mueller — Reposted by Jan W. Mueller

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“We dishonor those who came before us if in this moment of crisis we remain silent,” Mr. Stevenson said. “I don’t think it’s just unempathetic. I don’t think it’s just cowardly. I think it’s dishonorable."
Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told
www.nytimes.com
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