Heather Mellquist Lehto, PhD

This obviously very stupid but is it also smart? We’ll talk to some liars after this break.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

Here is Trump 2 months ago saying he would veto Republican bills that included Medicaid cuts.

Bookmark this for when he goes back on his word.

I don't really need answers tbh I need accountability. I need consequences.

Fulbright board resigns citing interference by Trump administration All members of the board that oversees the U.S. State Department's Fulbright Program, which facilitates international educational exchanges, have voted to resign over alleged political interference from President Donald Trump's administration, the board said on Wednesday.

Trump is trying to kill the one space (universities) where people can gain factual knowledge about how their world works and discern between rhetoric and reality.

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry.

It’s actually insane that there’s an argument happening here over whether the plane grift is “corruption”

What are we even doing?

There’s nothing “blasphemous” about Trump’s post. As a Catholic, I’m not “offended”. The Pope isn’t God, and Catholics make Pope jokes all the time.

The problem is an American political system that has collapsed into a “look at me!” carnival that sees trolling as leadership.

So, let me get this straight: for universities, much less research; for brand new parents, much more.

Analytic philosophy ass dis

A balm for this tired nerd's soul.

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psst-- it's 1.8% (signed, a math undergrad major turned humanistic social scientist)

I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.

It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.

To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟

“What South Korea says about Resistance and Democracy” 🇰🇷 -- This Thursday, on zoom from Hawai’i:
This line up is top-notch! Americans should absolutely take this opportunity to learn from Korea’s recent rejection of authoritarianism:
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#Koreanwave #Kpop

A graph of stock markets since Trump’s inauguration. Major markets plummet on Sunday night.

Orange Monday is the new Black Monday.

This Wednesday former NSC staff Charles Kupchan will be talking US foreign policy, free and live-streaming.
[ANOTHER timely hit from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Am I becoming a @cuny.edu stan account at this point?]

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Thread.

Democrats lean in… on the golfing

The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.

Also, everyone should follow @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social .
I look at the event calendars of SO many colleges and universities-- the live-streaming events at CUNY are on another level.
If you doubt me, go to JustDropIn.io and filter by host institution. @cuny.edu is killing it.

🚨Live conversation with Steve McQueen and Paul Gilroy this Friday, hosted by @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social !!!
[Seriously, I look at thousands of university-hosted events, and this is NOT one to miss]:
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I can’t compete with this

This was….five months ago