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rflanagan.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, College of Staten Island, City University of New York
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I long for the old, easy days of Trump I.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

This government is not legitimate.

submitted 5 days ago • 118 comments

👇👇👇👇👇👇

submitted 13 days ago • 459 comments

Vance is lying (again). Social Security has repeatedly debunked this. The actual claim is that 40 percent of direct deposit fraud occurred via calls to the agency. That is wholly different, and massively less, than 40 percent of calls being fraudulent. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

submitted 12 days ago • 76 comments

medium.com/@melissaflan...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Single best overview of DOGE I've seen

submitted 33 days ago • 10 comments

Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.

submitted 41 days ago • 79 comments

What a disingenuous line this was from Vance today: "you guys are going around...forcing conscripts to the frontlines because you have manpower problems" meduza.io/en/feature/2... 1. Yes, that's how total wars work 2. This admin—like last one—ASKED Ukraine to expand conscription

submitted 46 days ago • 46 comments

Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English

submitted 46 days ago • 199 comments

Trumpism and Muskism are similar in that both rely on a shitposting ethos: just spout stuff and keep spouting stuff, don’t think about whether it’s true, the point is to keep spouting stuff. It’s a nihilistic worldview that treats truth with contempt.

submitted 46 days ago • 54 comments

This is one of the many reasons we need universal healthcare (and universal social safety net programs more generally). When access to support is means-tested, that support becomes stigmatized. And that stigma reinforces the idea that only some people are deserving of dignity.

submitted 47 days ago • 9 comments

New, from me: Tulsi Gabbard purged trans intelligence officers after a Chris Rufo smear campaign. They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...

submitted 47 days ago • 74 comments

Thanks Donnie: "Yosemite National Park is in trouble. Hamstrung by President Donald Trump’s hiring freeze, hundreds of rescinded job offers and the threat of coming layoffs, the park is poised to enter its busiest months of the year severely short-staffed." --SF Gate

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

the level of corruption unfolding right now will stagger future generations. it will stagger people a month from now.

submitted 63 days ago • 111 comments

that the boy's gaze is elevated is a relief in this reenactment of the Hans Christian Anderson tale

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

The US spends a small amount of its GDP on foreign aid compared to other major economies. Dismantling USAID won’t help Americans — it’s just cruel & reckless political theatrics. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

submitted 70 days ago • 22 comments

Sen. Cassidy's vote today will be a quiet test of integrity if pockets of courage still exist in the GOP.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

the most important quality for Def Sec is to use the word lethality in every sentence with the conviction of Sun Tzu

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