@ajoystein.bsky.social
Sociologist thinking and writing about authoritarianism, democracy, LGBTQ issues, feminism. Author of The Stranger Next Door, Unbound, other books. Child of immigrants. Never Again for Anyone. #KnittyGrittyJC
We should probably stop letting people who are eagerly awaiting the Rapture govern us.
06.03.2026 18:50 — 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1
As recent history reminds us, regime change delivered from the outside rarely produces the democracy imagined on the inside.
America Won’t Save Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
And Islamophobic.
06.03.2026 00:26 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The stories being told about Muslims and immigrants today are the same stories that were being told about Jews a century ago.
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More, please!
This Summer, Students From Hundreds of Colleges Will Heed One Urgent Call www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...
Alison Durkee of Forbes reported today that Trump’s military strikes in Iran have already cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1 billion.
04.03.2026 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Good to know that our war aims are clear
#BarkingLunatics
#Hegseth
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What Trump has always hated isn’t conflict but sacrifice, the notion that American power should ever be constrained by a veneer of idealism or care for global opinion.
The Idea That Trump Was Antiwar Was Always Delusional www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...
As an authoritarian president launches another war, it’s time for a new generation to raise William Jennings Bryan’s historic banner: No empire, no kings.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...
Bibi jawboning Trump into war surely won't cause anti-semitism to metastasize. No way, no how.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
The destruction of schools and universities is an attempt to destroy the possibility of imagining a future.
Judith Butler, Barnard College, Feb. 28, 2026 (paraphrased)
Currently trending on X.
01.03.2026 18:36 — 👍 28842 🔁 7846 💬 1018 📌 516The Department of Education has hung a massive banner honoring a racist college dropout who built a lucrative career out of targeting professors for harassment
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The destruction of schools and universities is an attempt to destroy the possibility of imagining a future.
Judith Butler, Barnard College, Feb. 28, 2026 (paraphrased)
Trump’s failure to articulate either goals or a strategy for a potential military intervention has created shocking levels of uncertainty about this attack.
Why Have You Started This War, Mr. President? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...
Israel, by behaving appallingly and then trying to silence any condemnation of its appalling behavior as antisemitic, gives ammunition to Jew haters.
How Israel Lost Americans www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...
Tuesday night's State of the Union speech was a stark reminder that the Republican Party has wholly given over to fascism and that its transformation into an anti-liberal and anti-democratic institution is going to outlive Trump.
Alan Elrod, Liberal Currents, Feb. 26
It’s retaliation pure and simple—for Minneapolis protests.
Trump Administration Withholds $259 Million in Medicaid Funds From Minnesota www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
Trump criminally assaulted women, and yet it has not brought him down. It's important that these latest claims are brought to light. But in an authoritarian presidency, where Trump's illegal activities are already widely known, will they have much impact?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
There’s a reason Trump’s approval rating is hanging around 20%. He’s boring. And not particularly competent. And that’s becoming increasingly apparent.
Joyce Vance, Feb. 25
Millions of Americans are losing their healthcare because the president has chosen to pad the pockets of his billionaire friends.
You're not going to hear any of that in that speech tonight. - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
Of all Presidementia's prior State-of-the-Unions I've not watched in the past, tonight's State-of-the-Union is the State-of-the-Union I'm not watching the most. 🍊🚫
24.02.2026 19:19 — 👍 33662 🔁 4866 💬 2218 📌 501
Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets?
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Fun reminder that Jared Kushner's dad is a convicted felon who along with his other crimes hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law and record it when he learned the brother-in-law was cooperating with authorities, and Trump not only pardoned him but made him ambassador to France.
23.02.2026 21:37 — 👍 764 🔁 361 💬 32 📌 8
The trains, with what passengers they have, are filled with mostly working class New Yorkers — mechanics, building porters and civil servants. These folks keep the lights on when inclement weather strikes.
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Demonizing, mocking or dehumanizing immigrants — let alone violently pursuing them — is, religiously speaking, an abomination, a direct affront to a biblical vision of what a good and holy society ought to look like.
The Bible Tells Us to Love Immigrants www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/o...
We are nowhere near the disastrous circumstances of Berliners in 1945, 1939, 1935 or even 1934. But as humans, we are prey to similar kinds of self-deception. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/o...
22.02.2026 13:08 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Jersey proud!
New Jersey Democrats Send Coarse but Clear Message to ICE With New Bill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...
