www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Gallup are cowards
@profkmorgan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science (Public Law, Public Opinion, Criminal Justice, and Experiments) writing lately on privacy and surveillance. But please talk to me about surfing, dogs, trash pandas, and the outdoors. Statements are my own.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Gallup are cowards
Adding this into my slides on manufactured consent.
Dogs: 11/10
Surveillance state: 0/10
The Times, out of touch and hostile to change?! Never!
10.02.2026 21:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Small teaching wins: My students called bullshit on that Ring 'help the dogs!' ad as just an excuse for more surveillance.
10.02.2026 16:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In the last 10 years I've met only one person who watched him. I don't understand how he is still relevant.
31.01.2026 21:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1I think a lot of us who laughed at Vermin Supreme around 2020 owe him an apology, he's meeting the moment better than most politicians.
28.01.2026 12:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm sure body cameras will fix this.
27.01.2026 15:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They're also a "useful" for officers and their defenders for creating conflicting narratives and generally muddying the public conversation.
27.01.2026 15:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My expectations are in the gutter and yet I'm still surprised. This is the liberal equivalent of "thoughts and prayers." Meaningless platitudes you hope allow you get past a news cycle.
27.01.2026 15:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Meanwhile mainstream Democrats: "hey guys, affordability!"
27.01.2026 02:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Media covering what types of gas the US government against its citizens is not what I had in my 2026 bingo card. Credit to the Minnesota Stat Tribune for their coverage of the killings and protests there, they've been a valuable resource.
26.01.2026 21:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The future of Court reform!
26.01.2026 00:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Look, some may say that abolishing the Supreme Court is the only moral choice, but I think this offers a reasonable middle ground most can agree upon.
26.01.2026 00:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How do you think social media and AI/disinformation factor in? Thinking of 9/11 as the event of my formative years, I wonder how differently I would have consumed that event in a fractured media and social landscape.
25.01.2026 14:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I don't even have faith in their self interested lizard brains anymore.
25.01.2026 00:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rather than (just) calling your elected representatives about the latest ICE murder, go find a candidate who is wiling to meet the moment and support them in whatever way you can, by knocking doors, making calls, giving money, organizing a house party, and so on.
24.01.2026 16:41 β π 81 π 23 π¬ 1 π 1The lack of leadership opposing these murders and attacks will make more violence inevitable.
24.01.2026 16:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do something you coward!
24.01.2026 16:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do literally anything!
24.01.2026 16:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
24.01.2026 16:01 β π 12067 π 3419 π¬ 141 π 63Add on a "local police/sheriff" manipulation too.
22.01.2026 17:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well shit, now I want to rent a banner plane for the beach this summer to cause some chaos.
22.01.2026 12:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The entire legislature at this point is cowards or worse. GOP is cheering for this and Dems refuse to stand up in any meaningful way.
22.01.2026 12:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Or, and this is a wild idea I know, but Congress could literally do anything now.
22.01.2026 12:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Step 1: hire consultants.
Step 2: pay consultants.
Step 3: Ask for donations via text
"...such as preventing DHS from detaining and deporting U.S. citizens or blocking the department from using other agenciesβ personnel for immigration enforcement. "
22.01.2026 12:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
We don't have an opposition party, we have cowards and grifters.
"Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the Houseβs top Democratic appropriator, acknowledged that the legislation does not include some of the βbroader reforms Democrats proposed,β...
Do something you spineless twit!
19.01.2026 21:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0