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Assistant Professor at Spelman College. Author of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism and other books.

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"It's pissing people off": Older Dems are sick of hearing about "generational change" "I have no idea why this is the year to write this story, except that Joe Biden was old."

lol

www.axios.com/2026/03/06/h...

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130 | Max Horkheimer: What Makes Critical Theory Critical? Podcast Episode Β· What's Left of Philosophy Β· March 6 Β· 1h 4m

One of the most @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social episodes they've ever produced.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

06.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This would be really bad at the best of times. On the cusp of a major spike in costs brought about by increases in oil prices its downright chilling.

06.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before, after

06.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Joseph

06.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

cc: @mattpolprof.bsky.social Was thinking of your work on liberal socialism here. Perhaps of interest:

06.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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05.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 12
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Trump fires Noem as frustrations build among White House officials, GOP lawmakers | CNN Politics President Donald Trump said Thursday on social media he was firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and would name Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her.

She'll have extra free time so keep your pets indoors and out of range

www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/p...

05.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very excited to read this when it comes out

05.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How Iran is strangling the world's oil supply | About That
How Iran is strangling the world's oil supply | About That YouTube video by CBC News

Helpful breakdown

m.youtube.com/watch?v=yzCU...

05.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Postmodern conservatism is very real

05.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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There's something almost wholesome about those numbers. A throwback to a time when people genuinely thought government worked for citizens in good faith...

04.03.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tom Clancy: Clear And Present Danger

Tom Clancy: Clear And Present Danger

you could say they posed a

04.03.2026 01:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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They cant finish a sentence without it self-contradicting anymore...

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On March 23rd @benburgis.bsky.social and I will be presenting on our forthcoming G.A Cohen volume at York University in Toronto. We'll be joined by Dr. Christine Sypnowich and Dr. Lesley Jacobs.

04.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's weak justifications for attacking Iran If you are going to start a war, it helps to have a good reason

Good summary of the administration's schizophrenic rationalizations for war by @donmoyn.bsky.social

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-reason...

03.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This beyond hot dog man.jpeg.

This is building a whole alternative epistemological system, operating by fundamentally truth-impervious rules, geared solely to fabulism & upward cycles of radicalization. This is powering that system with grift & dollars, animating it with the spirit of capitalism.

03.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

There was a moment near the end of WWII when a "moderate" wing of the SS emerged which sought a return to the rule of law & to a world where money & connections were again paramount. They obviously failedβ€”bc *there was no going back* from the world they'd made; there was only consequences

Et voila:

03.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Right, and it's far beyond hot dog man.jpeg: bsky.app/profile/kjep...

03.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There's something cute about Matt Walsh realizing in real time that his friends will just say and believe anything

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Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America’s New Gilded Age

Excellent new piece in the @nytimes.com on how inequality happened in a small Wyoming town with obvious lessons more broadly for the republic.

03.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false.

Pete Hegseth's crazed rants at reporters reveal that Trump's rationales for attacking Iran are incoherent, confused, and based on lies. Dems don't have to take refuge in criticizing Trump's war on purely procedural grounds. They can go much harder. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2072...

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Sadly remains relevant

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Liberalism.org - Coming Soon An Online Magazine for Free & Open People. Coming soon.

Hello new followers! I’m so excited to be working on this new project from the Institute for Humane Studies at GMU. Liberalism.org will be a hub for revitalizing liberal theory and practiceβ€”and for showing how a better society is possible.

24.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Lol he loves reading Machiavelli. Refers to him as "Old Nick" a few times.

03.03.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interesting to see Mansfield recognize, along with most other probing right wing philosophers, the deep connections between Marxism and liberalism

03.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I smoked a cigarette yesterday and didnt get cancer today. The idea that smoking causes cancer is bullshit. Turns out you can smoke round the clock and you'll be fine.
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Has any theory in international relations been more discredited than blowback?

It turns out you can just kill bad people and everything is fine.

Matt McManus @MattPolProf Β· 4h I smoked a cigarette yesterday and didnt get cancer today. The idea that smoking causes cancer is bullshit. Turns out you can smoke round the clock and you'll be fine. Quote Richard Hanania @RichardHanania Β· Feb 28 Has any theory in international relations been more discredited than blowback? It turns out you can just kill bad people and everything is fine.

The worst people are making the stupidest possible international relations argument. (Hanania, not the person QTing them)

01.03.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At @liberalcurrents.com we know the USSR was evil, NK's regime still is, and Mao and Pol Pot were mass murderers. But we also know that socialism is a legitimate intellectual tradition, and that Marx did not support basically anything bad and everything a liberal reformer would've wanted in his day

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Fury Road - Claremont Review of Books Fury Road

This has to be one of the most weaksauce responses to any book Ive read; the rhetorical equivalent of the "I swear im not crying" meme. @lkatfield.bsky.social

claremontreviewofbooks.com/fury-road/

02.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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God thats terrifying...

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