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Associate professor of political science at Bradley U Dog mom x3; lover of elephants, gorillas, and tennis
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How the rise of fascism brings together strange bedfellows. She’s 💯 correct. I hate it 🙃

THIS IS THE CORRECT VIBE.

@strictscrutiny.bsky.social WTAF.

I’m about *this* close to picking fights with the various neighbors who had *r*mp signs in their yards.

God bless Phil Williams. The man is fearless.

Step one. Release unhinged political foot soldiers from prison. Step two. remove security detail from entities you perceive as your political enemies. Step three. sit back and watch.

There are only two types of political science professor right now: (1) those with a haunted look in their eyes, their voices sounding like they should really be speaking to a therapist instead of a classroom full of students right now. (2) absolute psychopaths.

From Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism: “Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”

This Ezra Klein piece (gift link) is a really nice example of how asking the right question can get you closer to the truth. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/o...

I am now thoroughly nauseated. 🤢

Worthwhile Q&A with Al Jazeera's correspondent in Sudan, where 12,000 people have been killed and more than seven million displaced in the ongoing civil war, with little coverage from the Western press. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...