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Benjamin McKean

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associate professor of political science at Ohio State University // global justice, supply chains, populism, climate change, critical theory, etc // all tweets (skeets?) produced accidentally by having my phone in a pants pocket while I walk the dog

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This is totally awesome but I saw the Cramps a buncha times and no one ever had these looks on their faces at a Cramps show

Mark Yarm

Good morning! For the @nytimes.com, I interviewed these two, plus Kid Congo Powers and more, for a story on the Cramps. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/a...

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Don’t say we didn’t warn you: Once religious schools accept taxpayer funding, politicians will use those public dollars to dictate their theology. The wall between church and state doesn’t threaten religion. It protects religion from government control, too.

Hemant Mehta

Florida AG James Uthmeier is threatening Catholic school voucher funding unless they weaken their vaccine rules. Because nothing says "religious liberty" like holding money hostage until Catholic bishops accept the government’s theology. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-ag...

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Not to dunk on this but it isn't really true that the Hormuz oil crisis is driving a solar boom. Here's this chart updated to June of China solar exports, showing that the March spike in exports has subsided and was therefore mostly just export tax rebate effects.

Sarah Taber

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

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Vivek Ramaswamy earns an ‘F’ in LGBTQ+ rights; here’s a look at his track record. The Republican Ohio governor nominee has consistently supported anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and used transphobic rhetoric. thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/08/04/v...

Vivek Ramaswamy earns an ‘F’ in LGBTQ+ rights; here’s a look at his track recordThe Republican Ohio governor nominee has consistently supported anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and used transphobic rhetoricthebuckeyeflame.com
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Watergate was a harmless prank, in terms of the scale of illegality & constitutional violations, compared to this. Again, this is the most basic "do we live under a functioning constitutional order?" type of stuff. The answer, sadly, is no, because this hasn't immediately ended his presidency.

Sahil Kapur

"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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First came framing loan caps as protecting students by pressuring universities to keep costs down, with the likely outcome of pushing low-income students out of school. Here’s another policy framed as “helping,” but again premised on exclusion-- protecting students from "low-return” jobs

The New Republic

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

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"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." -- Isaiah 2:4 , KJV

Matt Thiessen

American Christianity in one social media post.

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"In Wisconsin, a police officer allegedly used Flock to check whether his ex-girlfriend had gone to an abortion clinic, according to a police affidavit for a case set for trial this month."

Drew Harwell

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

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I was today years old when I learned that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand attends a bible study group that teaches that Jewish people killed Jesus, which has been used to justify antisemitism and associated violence against us Jews.

Jonathan Larsen

NEW: Corporate media zero in signs of antisemitism on the left. Meanwhile, one of Rep. Haley Stevens's most powerful backers in her Senate race attends a Bible study that teaches that the Jews killed Jesus...

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There is a broad spectrum of things you can or should do when a man beats your daughter and granddaughter, and for republicans one of them is supporting his campaign www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...

Sen. Bernie Moreno Doesn't 'Know' if Embattled Rep. Max Miller Should Stay on BallotThe senator’s daughter accused Miller of domestic violence. Miller denies the allegations, but they’re making his reelection race tighter.www.notus.org
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there are so many things in this country that are needlessly difficult and it's crazy that the one thing that gets easier by the week is "manipulating photos so your uncle can accuse a democratic state senator of being a terrorist"

Joseph Cox

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

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The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

Democratic Socialists’ bus benches remain, city mum on next steps | Port City DailyWILMINGTON — The handmade bus benches installed by the Wilmington Democratic Socialists of America have highlighted a problem nearly everyone agrees exists: most Wave bus stops have nowhere for riders...portcitydaily.com
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ICE kidnapped a colleague at Johns Hopkins.

Project Salt Box

When ICE tells you they’re targeting the worst of the worst, this is what they mean. ICE arrested Ameaka at BWI airport, and immediately moved her out of state to a GEO facility in Louisiana. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

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ACLU says this is a content-based violation of the First Amendment. It will sue if OSU doesn't rescind.

OSU banned chalk messages; ACLU says it has proof it was aimed at pro-Palestinian studentsOhio State officials enforced the policy against pro-Palestinian speech but called a Lee Corso tribute "meaningful" despite acknowledging it violated the same ban, the ACLU says.www.cleveland.com
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Between this and the closure of Dudley House, it looks like @harvard.edu is systematically shutting down spaces that supported student activists. PBH is part of why our Living Wage Campaign was possible. Reporting from @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social: www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Nearly Half of Phillips Brooks House Staff Positions Impacted by FAS Restructuring | News | The Harvard CrimsonThe Phillips Brooks House was the hardest-hit Harvard College unit by share of staff positions in a recent round of layoffs tied to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ sweeping administrative overhaul, ...www.thecrimson.com
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He's so bad at this lol, would lose worse than Kari Lake if he was in a semi functional state

Dom Ervolina

Vivek Ramaswamy tells a crowd of young Libertarians in Ohio "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We're gonna be fine." He is then booed off of the stage

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Congratulations to a major public university for hiring this guy for your new civics center. The civics center is working as it was intended to work, I guess.

Joe Stieb

Congrats to WVU for hiring a literal fascist!

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The Iowa Board of Regents voted to suspend all courses offered through the University of Iowa’s Center for Intellectual Freedom until 2028 as the search for its permanent director continues.

Center for Intellectual freedom classes on holdThis is an installment in a multipart series The Iowa Board of Regents voted Wednesday to pause all courses offered through the University of Iowa’s Center for Intellectual Freedom, citing the need to...dailyiowan.com
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One weird trick to literally destroy America www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After GraduationThe proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.www.wsj.com
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