Bennett Grubbs

one thing Tim Cook’s Oval Office bribe demonstrates is the high degree the titans of American capitalism are dependent upon the US state for their rents. America’s corporate leaders would rather pay tribunes to a wanna be King than live as free citizens in a democratic society.

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#Against #American #Ethnic #Democracy: White Rule and Black Rebellion

By Derefe Kimarley Chevannes

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Why So Many Key Institutions Have Folded Rather Than Challenge Trump Yes, they’re under pressure. But maybe a lot of these leaders kinda like what Trump’s doing. Just remember: They were defeated once before.

Fantastic piece by @perrybaconjr.bsky.social that drills down on why so many elite institutions have given Trump what he wants. It’s not just an appeasement strategy (bad enough on its own) but also reflects deeper reactionary tendencies among those leading these institutions.

a huge thing my 9 year daughter has taught me: Justin Bieber makes pop hits.

Important inside perspective from @jenvictor.bsky.social on what’s happening at GMU

willfully choosing to do the beep test is wild but i am glad to know there are others who enjoy shuttling back n forth at decreasing intervals.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: MENA METHODS WORKSHOP Engaged Research in the Middle East and North Africa January 5-8, 2026 – Doha, Qatar The American Political Science Association (APSA) is pleased to announce a Call for Applications from early-career scholars who would like to participate in a four-day in-person workshop that examines the theme of participatory and engaged research in the MENA region. Organized in partnership with the Doha Institute (DI), the program will be held from January 5-8, 2026 at DI in Doha, Qatar. The organizers will cover participation costs, including travel, lodging, and materials for up to 20 qualified applicants. Following their full participation in the program, fellows will receive a one-year membership to APSA. The deadline for applications is Sunday, September 14, 2025. The workshop is part of a multi-year effort to support political science research among early-career scholars in the MENA region and to strengthen research networks linking Arab scholars with their colleagues overseas. More information on APSA’s MENA programming can be found online at http://web.apsanet.org/mena/. Eligible Participants: Applications are open to advanced doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career scholars (those who received their PhDs within the past 5 years), as well as early-career PhD- holding practitioners who are citizens of countries in the MENA region. The program is tailored for scholars in political science and other social science disciplines—including peace and conflict studies, international studies, development studies, and adjacent fields undertaking research that seeks to consciously employ participatory and engaged research methods in the MENA region, particularly those working on projects that use in-country fieldwork, rely on original data collection, and explore methodological, ethical, and practical challenges of social science research in applied settings. Professional fluency in English is required.

This workshop has two central goals. First, we seek to de-center the academy as the only environment in which political scientists conduct scientific research and where knowledge is produced, drawing on the organizers’ collective experiences with applied scholarship and connections to others who do participatory and engaged research. In doing so, the workshop seeks to make visible some of the many ways in which political scientists can approach engaged work. Second, the workshop aims to provide participants with the methodological tools and professional vocabulary necessary to make applied research legible and relevant in academic spaces. The workshop organizers seek applications for projects that focus primarily on the following sub-themes: • Approaches to participatory research, with discussion of different modes of participatory research, the questions they can (and can’t) answer, and how to ground them in academic debates. • Real-world examples of successful participatory and/or engaged research projects. • The promises and pitfalls of survey research in the MENA. • The challenges of integrating diverse data sources (key-informant interviews, focus groups, survey data, participant observation). • Reflections on research collaborations, with discussion of philosophical, ethical, and pragmatic considerations beyond formal ethics review. • Reflection on positionality on and off the page and how it relates to political science research.

Call for applications! APSA-MENA Workshop on Engaged Scholarship in the Middle East and North Africa, hosted at the Doha Institute Jan 5-8 2026 & convened by @ammars.bsky.social, @philbrickyadav.bsky.social, Lara Khattab, & myself. See below.

Link to application: apsa.wufoo.com/forms/z14bkm...

Interesting that the failure if a career cop to keep the city safe is projected onto a progressive candidate.

how did Newcastle sell themselves to prospective players in 2019?

Global Challenges to Democracy Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - Global Challenges to Democracy

The first comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world.

Global Challenges to Democracy eds. Valerie J. Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social, & Kenneth M. Roberts

Out Now #Politics #BookSky

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the July 2025 newsletter is now available on the grad site!

I would be interested if it made sense for the proposal.

this is because the white suburban homeowning class who consumes legacy media does not aspire for their kids to attend community colleges or public regional state comprehensives. and you cannot have aspiration without its cousin, resentment.

New Report on the State of Academic Governance in Community Colleges The new AAUP Community College Shared Governance Survey, conducted in partnership with the Center for the Study of Community Colleges, provides information about what practices prevail nationally acro...

Today, the AAUP released a first-of-its-kind report on shared governance in community colleges. This report fills an important & often overlooked void in the understanding of higher education governance.

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1. Resegregation
2. Rolling back basic protections against child abuse
3. Reinforcing rigid class distinctions
4. Destroying professions that have long been "feminized"

Harry Kane running while an American soldier points a gun at him.

2026: Harry Kane flees the player detainment camp in Gooch, Wisconsin, in a bold attempt to escape his fate, but is gunned down by American armed guards.

if i were to somehow win this, the challenge would be deciding - do I bring my adult soccer friends, or my daughter's youth squad?

the goal with these smear pieces is to continue to generate resentment towards an increasingly social democratic PMC within the suburban electricians, plumbers, elevator repair mechanics, etc etc.

because the urban professional managerial class has undergone a proletarian transformation over the past quarter century, you will see lots more of this as an attempt to prevent the PMC from forming class solidarity with skilled manual labor.

A great time to buy a book about NYC.

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they all embrace the backlash theory of US political development first popularized by Thomas and Mary Edsall’s 1992 book, Chain Reaction.

Less than a year ago @nytimes.com was sent hacked data about Trump's vetting of JD Vance, which they refused to publish.

But Mamdami's hacked college application gets an exception because of interest from random online Nazis and Chris Rufo, the NYTimes' de facto executive editor.

Zohran mamdani you have 48 hours to release how fast you ran the mile in 7th grade or the New York Times will publish without comment

Perhaps a good time to re up the New Fascism Syllabus, an online repository of resources on neofascism, populism, and authoritarianism, including a research repository and relevant secondary literature.

newfascismsyllabus.com

I see Charlottesville is enjoying the Arlington zoning reform experience.

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

This week in the Syllabus Workshop we're looking at different types of rubrics & feedback, and building rubrics that help align our learning objectives with our assessment tasks. Do your rubrics work for both you and your students? Do they simplify grading while still providing feedback?

Book cover: Thomas Chatterton Williams stupid book, "Losing My Cool: How A Father's Love and 150,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture."

Since I was a teenager I've joked that if I fail as a real writer I would become a black conservative grifter with my memoir "Young, Gifted, and Wack: How Drooping Drawers and Hip-Hop Hooligans Keep Us Down." This guy is unironically the real life version of my dumb joke.