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Victor Ray

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Sociologist and author of On Critical Race Theory.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's avatar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate."

news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...

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ryan cooper's avatar ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com
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thank fuckin Christ somebody is trying to bring up SOMETHING ELSE to talk about

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Victor Ray's avatar Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social
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This is such a cool study. It reminded me of an interview I heard with Ta-Nehisi Coates about him writing comics. He said something along the lines of his comics writing enraged folks more than anything else and he realized he was messing with their foundational stories.

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Holly Brewer's avatar Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social
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Seven times between 1801 and 1869 Congress changed the size of the court, going from a low of five justices in 1801 to a high of ten in 1863. In most of those cases, as in 1801 and 1863, the size went up and down in order to fix an imbalance or overreach by the Supreme Court. My latest

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CHOAM Nomsky 💭's avatar CHOAM Nomsky 💭 @thielman.bsky.social
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no part of this is not absolutely hilarious

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CHOAM Nomsky 💭's avatar CHOAM Nomsky 💭 @thielman.bsky.social
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(Power sued somebody for calling her a Nazi on Twitter. During discovery she turned over WhatsApp messages, some of which were about her love of Mein Kampf. She also turned out to be using a groyper Twitter alt to hassle people. She is now bankrupt and even cryptofash Compact Mag doesn’t want her.)

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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one of the most dishonest things people in my profession do is pretend as if “the story” and “the narrative” isn’t something they have direct control over

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Joe Katz's avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
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"They're just fearmongering about Project 2025," brought to you by the people behind "They're just fearmongering about a coup" and "they're just fearmongering about abortion bans"

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

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Greg Sargent's avatar Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social
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New pod: Andrew Weissmann makes a powerful, disturbing case that Trump's threats to pardon 1/6ers and prosecute his enemies mean that if he wins, our justice system could become unrecognizable.

"We certainly won't be the country we thought we had."

Listen:
newrepublic.com/article/1833...

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Ian Carrillo 's avatar Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social
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Race is still factored in. White applicants get to keep the advantages they've accrued through systemic racism without any countervailing forces.

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ApocalypticaNow's avatar ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social
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These lottery tickets will pay for themselves when I hit the jackpot

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Denali 's avatar Denali @denali.bsky.social
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Just me wandering around the rest of the day whispering to myself "if wealth is the best proxy for power then time is the best proxy for freedom"

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Greg Sargent's avatar Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social
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Former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault tells me fellow execs are arguing Trump isn't a genuine threat to democracy and don't worry about another 1/6, despite his public threats to the contrary. “In essence, they’re saying, ‘Look, we just don’t think that can happen again,’” Chenault says.

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Quinta Jurecic's avatar Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social
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and concerning in terms of what it means for 2024

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Brent Snavely's avatar Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social
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...wondering which schools and public libraries will ban this one...

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Victor Ray's avatar Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social
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It is really well done and I learned a ton reading this. It is heavy.

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Victor Ray's avatar Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social
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I reviewed Andrew Kahrl’s new book on the long arc of racist plunder through local tax codes for Democracy Journal.

As I say in the review, this is a monster book that deserves attention for its focus on an under-examined mechanism of structural racism.
democracyjournal.org/magazine/73/...

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Seth Cotlar's avatar Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social
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Sam Alito is right. The Christian Nationalist far right (a movement of which he is a member) has decided that the nation has to choose between their 30% supported, theocratic version of the country or a 70% vision grounded in pluralism and liberal democracy. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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BREAKING: Doctor who trans kids' medical records faces four felony counts. Eithan Haim, who claims to be a victim of political persecution, maintains the records did not contain identifying information. However, an expert in US healthcare law told Assigned this doesn't appear to be the case.

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Mirya Holman's avatar Mirya Holman @mirya.bsky.social
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Just to be clear, the right wing of the Republican Party (ya know, the one in the control of the party) is coming for divorce precisely *because* of these gains

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Marisa Kabas's avatar Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social
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to be clear, the cops have always fucking loathed congestion pricing for purely selfish reasons

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Marisa Kabas's avatar Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social
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there it is.

"The congestion tax is not only a burden on police officers and other essential commuters — it’s bad for public safety,” said Patrick Hendry, president of the city’s police union, in the first of the two releases. nysfocus.com/2024/06/07/h...

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Matt Gabriele's avatar Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com
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wanna see something cool? the new book from me & @lollardfish.bsky.social NOW HAS A COVER and you can PRE-ORDER IT

"Oathbreakers offers lessons of what deep cracks in a once-stable social & political fabric might reveal, & the bloody consequences of disagreeing on facts and reality."

medievalsky 🗃️

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Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra's avatar Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra @pardoguerra.bsky.social
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Coming to US universities, soonish

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Ed Burmila's avatar Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social
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At every point in our lives, the absolute most insane right wing shit you can find at any given moment is the mainstream Republican position five or eight years later and folks I just don’t know if The Fever is Going to Break, it seems like perhaps it’s been getting consistently worse.

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Adam Kotsko 's avatar Adam Kotsko @adamkotsko.bsky.social
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One thing I like about the Financial Times is that they actually do a fair amount of climate coverage. But as a result, I now understand a little better why most mainstream US sources don't -- climate coverage is depressing as shit!

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Jess Calarco's avatar Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.bsky.social
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I've been listening to Slate's Care and Feeding podcast (fka Mom and Dad are Fighting) since I was pregnant with my 10-year-old, so it was a joy and an honor to talk with Zak Rosen about #HoldingItTogether and how women became America's safety net.
slate.com/podcasts/mom...

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Adam Serwer's avatar Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social
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Prosecuting al capone for tax evasion was good actually

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