if we want to take control of the senate ever again, we need a plan to recruit and support candidates who can win in states like Texas, Iowa, and Ohio, and by definition those people may have some disagreements with people who went to grad school and live in a major urban metro

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Turns out Marx had it backwards: farce repeats as history.

Second edition, expanded, looks amazing!!! Oh what a long strange trip this has all been! :D taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.…

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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

The symbolism, the colors, the clock in the eyeglass…THIS is Black Dandyism #MetGala 📸: Getty

Aaaaaaaa! I love it so much!

The best part of this is note #1. Which is kinda funny, given note #5. experimental-history.com/p/28-slightly-…

Look what arrived today! Super pleased to see this in print. I think it's a really timely and important collection and I'm so proud of my fellow editors Dr Simone D. and Ben Litherland as well as our amazing contributors for all of the work they put into it.

Theatre Fandom is on the list of new theatre books for summer reading! newyorktheater.me/2025/05/17/new…

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OED #WordOfTheDay: quelle surprise, int. ‘What a surprise!’ Chiefly used ironically, implying that a situation or event is unsurprising, typical, or predictable. View the entry: oxford.ly/43HGBcU

I am once again pitching my romantic comedy: - two academics start dating - discover they are each other's terrible reviewer - hijinks ensue Working title: Love is Double-Blind

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