@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
60 percent of Americans oppose Iran war.
Unlike Past U.S. Conflicts, Iran Attack Is Opposed by Most Americans www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
So far, the war on Iran falls into a larger pattern of Trump policies leaving wanton destruction in their wake.
Trump’s Smash-and-Grab Presidency Reaches New Heights www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o...
We must raise our voices so loudly that Congress rouses itself to do its job by exercising oversight of Trump’s war. A great opportunity to do so is on March 28, 2026, the next No Kings Day.
Robert Hubbel March 10
A lot of the left wants social change to look like the French Revolution or Che Guevara. Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war.
Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...
We should probably stop letting people who are eagerly awaiting the Rapture govern us.
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.
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.
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)
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The Department of Education has hung a massive banner honoring a racist college dropout who built a lucrative career out of targeting professors for harassment
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. 🍊🚫
