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Kevin Elliott
@kjephd.bsky.social
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Direct democracy is proving an essential tool for the protection of rights
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)@nathankalmoe.bsky.social |
2041 followers 1428 following 5766 posts
Exec Director, Ctr for Comm & Civic Renewal @UW-Madison. Views=me. Democracy, voting, violence, psych, history. Retired prof @40 😉 Dad w/ jokes/Lapsed 🧙🏻/🥏⛳ champ/Avid 🧗🏻♀️. Congress said I have "tremendous sway over SM platforms"😂 nathankalmoe.com
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Kevin Elliott
@kjephd.bsky.social
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Direct democracy is proving an essential tool for the protection of rights
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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Arkansas, y'all.
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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!!!
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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I just want to save this series of tweets for posterity. Hopefully, we’ll have a chance to go back over what’s going on here when tempers have cooled.
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Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
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"Academics researching online misinformation in the US are learning a hard lesson: Academic freedom cannot be taken for granted." @rcalo.bsky.social & @katestarbird.bsky.social:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Highly illogical.
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Kevin Elliott
@kjephd.bsky.social
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I'm reading John Ganz's book and he writes that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry worked as a speechwriter for the chief of the LAPD and based the character Spock on him. I lament to inform you that Spock was a cop
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Joshua Holland
@joshuaholland.bsky.social
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The GOP’s nominee to run the 9th most populous state just called for killing people who disagree with the far-right and that sentiment was echoed by the head of Heritage and the man behind Project 2025. But like 90% of all political news is about Democratic hand-wringing over Biden’s debate flop.
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Matt Novak
@paleofuture.bsky.social
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I think this is the first time Musk has suggested fellow Americans should be executed.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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I tell my political communication students the same.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Liberals love slightly less conservative conservatives more than they love themselves.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Asawin Suebsaeng
@swin24.bsky.social
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For most of its history, America hasn’t been a democracy, by any meaningful definition of the term! This isn’t some It Can’t Happen Here shit, in a way, it’s already happened. It just may not have directly affected you.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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I regret to inform you the coasts are at it again.
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CindyLou
@cindynorth1.bsky.social
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THEY DID IT!!
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Should’ve followed up with “I’m far more powerful. And if you don’t vote for me I’ll rain pestilence upon the land.” Would’ve been legendary.
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
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gratitude to those who have pushed gross donations almost to $4,000 for this month! They need $10,000 and we're so much closer than a couple of days ago. Thank you so much and have a good night.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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So…in what light does Stephanopolus want to portray Biden in the interview?
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Folks: media’s bad. Biden’s not in good shape electorally or personally. Switching to Harris is a big gamble that adds uncertainty. It’s ALL true. Stop pretending it’s just one or two. And nobody can say confidently what’ll happen if they stick w/ Biden, or go with Harris.
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Stephen Wolf
@stephenwolf.bsky.social
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At best it lasted from 1965-2000. Even then we had widespread gerrymandering, Senate malapportionment, unequal voting access, Jim Crow ex-felon voting bans, etc. 7 of 12 elections since 2000 have seen Republicans win one or more of the presidency, Senate, or House despite fewer votes than Democrats
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Hard to distinguish whether Trump uniquely has these effects, or if he is just rhetorically & behaviorally different from prior presidential candidates (and therefore others adopting those could yield similar results).
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Here's that Lily et al link again: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Wisconsin Examiner
@wiexaminer.bsky.social
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Now updated! State’s high court rules Legislature can’t block conservation funds after they’ve been budgeted wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/07/05/s...
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Goddamn. Literally, in this case. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...
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Derek Fox
@partialobserver.bsky.social
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“When you’re MAGA they let you do it.” (“it” = murder the political opposition)
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Happy belated fiscal new year to all who celebrate! 🥳
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Will she paint you like her French girls, or...
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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BREAKING: An astrologer has discovered Biden is now aging 3-4 years every month. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Seth Cotlar
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
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Here's the announcement from Heritage that they've hired McEntee for their PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION PROJECT. They note that McEntee headed up the Presidential Personnel Office for Trump at the end of his last administration. This is not complicated people. www.heritage.org/press/former...
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
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"Come what may, we will need strong networks of community members who are deeply invested in their shared values & one another’s survival. Now is the time to build those connections, sharpen your skills, & build the rebellious culture of care we’ll need to defend each other in this decaying empire"
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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This measurement error is really getting out of control.
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David Noll
@david.noll.org
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No coincidence that Robinson is using the same "you made us do it" rhetoric as Kevin Roberts--it's a textbook strategy for persuading people to get over their moral scruples and just do it.
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Eileen Clancy
@clancyny.bsky.social
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Revisiting three unsolved Nashville bombings, Betsy Phillips reveals a racist terrorist network, "The Confederate Underground," committing nationwide acts of violence against integration efforts in the late 1950’s and early 1960s. Forthcoming 14 July.
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Dannagal G. Young
@dannagal.bsky.social
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In retrospect maybe decades of saturation in American cowboy and superhero fiction - in which solo vigilantes (fed up with incompetence and malice of public servants) work outside of government or the law to single handedly restore order - weren’t such a good idea…
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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“But Hollywood is liberal!”
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Kinda like when professions like journalism and political science say they’re objective, applying no political viewpoints to their work.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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I agree. Prolly shoulda done it with a pic instead. But non-favers should still be imprisoned.
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Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
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Things Biden could do that would take attention away from the debate and his age: (1) Call for expanding the Supreme Court (2) Announce that he's ending or strictly conditioning military aid to Israel until the war in Gaza ends
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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It's a bit like physics, where we can practically assume the reality of things at the macro level, but at the micro level, quantum probability means nothing is certain. Or maybe endogeneity is a better way to think of it. There's solidity to language that guides us, but we also change language.
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Sarah Posner
@sarahposner.bsky.social
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The piece pretends (i.e., gives Trump a giant benefit of the doubt) that Trump has settled on abortion policy that conflicts with his base. Trump, according to the piece, wants to "leave it to the states" and the Christian right/anti-abortion groups want national ban + personhood amendment. 2/x
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Stephen West
@stephenwest.bsky.social
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There must be a parallel/inverse world where political journalists reflexively explain why bad news for Democrats is actually good news - right?
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Ann M. Lipton
@annmlipton.bsky.social
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This is marvelous. Class action alleges Walmart systematically puts one price on the shelf, and charges a little more at the cash register. Walmart claims consumers can see the prices actually charged, so no harm. CA7 rejects.
www.law360.com/securities/a...
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Seth Masket
@smotus.bsky.social
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It’s so weird that the authors of the 14th amendment banned racial discrimination *and* insurrectionists holding high office. Almost as though those issues were somehow linked.
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Kieran Healy
@kjhealy.bsky.social
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+210 seats gained on a +2% increase in vote share. FPTP Democracy truly a miracle of representation.
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The Fig Economy
@figgityfigs.bsky.social
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The other thing is that it’s so lawless a decision that it cannot be respected as precedent. It feels like a Supreme Court that succeeds this one should ignore its rule against advisory opinions to immediately overturn this one without waiting for a case to come up to do it.
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Courtney Milan
@courtneymilan.com
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I think everyone who was like "great, now every environmental group ever should sue!" underestimated how swiftly those groups would be dwarfed by the juggernauts who are already collecting billions and billions of dollars from us and want more.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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What makes you think the monarchy is conservative? <ducks>
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Cancer deaths down 1/3 since 1991. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
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Paul Rosenberg
@paulrosenberg.bsky.social
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And they do it with doublespeak plus another lie: Congress didn't criminalize the President's conduct. They didn't single him out. Didn't target him. They criminalized CRIME. SCOTUS supermajority MUST be impeached!
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
@sjshancoxli.bsky.social
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fundamentally being in the majority on Trump v US is immediately disqualifying for a supreme court justice. it declares yourself in opposition to the foundations of the American project of democracy and limited government. all six of them must be impeached and replaced.
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