Josie Bell

Just heard my colleague, who is sitting alone in his academic office, say "NO." in a firm and deeply disappointed voice. I don't know what's up with him specifically, but that pretty much captures the mood of political scientists right now.

The Obama distraction just died on air.🤣🤣🤣

Overheard: Apparently Zelenskyy had some cards, and he didn’t need a suit.

Same.

I find "listen to the women" excellent advice in this specific case and... in life in general. ♀️

#VoteNO 👎

Veterans fired from the VA.

Nuclear security experts fired.

Ebola and bird flu experts fired.

DOGE is destroying critical agencies to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.

Don’t let them fool you into believing otherwise.

😶

He’s threatening the constitutional rights of Americans. He’ll eventually get to the 2nd one…

Trudeau: He has said repeatedly, what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy. Because that will make it easier to annex us. First of all, that's never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.

Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start

Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

Cartoon by David Sipress.

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Jesse Eisenberg doesn’t age, does he?

When he declares himself king, he is insulting you—and the nation.

You have rights.
The government is YOURS.

And our loyalty is to the Constitution—the profound and fundamental essence of our nation.
Not him.

True patriots don’t bow down to kings.

Dark Pence is back.

Kash Patel is dangerous & unqualified to be the Director of the FBI. Use @@standupamerica.bsky.social’s tool and urge your senators to reject his confirmation: act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...

Elon Musk spent $300 million to get Trump elected—so he could *checks notes* fire middle-class Americans who make sure Veterans get healthcare.

Because nothing says "populist revolution" like mass layoffs for the people actually serving those who served.

This press conference is a disgrace to the office of the presidency!

Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...

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If they ain’t white they’re getting tossed on the plane, right Orange Julius? Let those Latin American nations sort ‘em out.

We got Indigenous actually living that old Cheech Marin movie “Born in East L.A.” This ain’t right, y’all.

If your Friday night isn't spent going to the theater alone to see a 3 and a half hour movie called The Brutalist, are you even really a film bro?*

*It's me, I'm the film bro

No study section...no grant reviews
No grant reviews...no grants awarded
No grants awarded...no research
No research...no functional NIH

I still call the Sears Tower the Sears Tower, you think I’m not finna call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico? Tuh.

Winter storm brings record-breaking snow to parts of Florida Along with the snow, ice accumulations from freezing rain may significantly impact roadways.

The Gulf of America sucks. It never snowed when it was the Gulf of Mexico.

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Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

Pete Hegseth is so concerned about the military lowering its standards due to wokeness, he is asking the United States Senate to lower its standards to let him be the secretary of defense.

Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech?

We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!

Over 300 volunteers from all around the country teamed together with the First Family to transform the White House into a spectacular holiday celebration.

Although planning and theme creation started shortly after last year’s holiday season, the decorating team made its final push to …

Twas the night before Christmas. 🌟 Can’t get enough of this…

‘2024 Holidays at the White House: A Season of Peace and Light.’

Merry Christmas, everyone!

just got a visit from the cops because some karen complained that i’ve been yelling “you there boy what day is this” at kids in the street for the past three hours 🙄

Same. Art is the only thing that is going to make this work.