Will be glad to move on from the term “replacement level”

It’s over: A majority of the pledged DNC delegates have now endorsed Kamala Harris, virtually ensuring she clinches the Democratic nomination on the first ballot. The endorsement of California’s delegation just now put her hundreds of delegates over the threshold needed.

Biden was, as VP, a “DEI hire.” Diversifying the ticket is basically the job … like what the hell do they think Pence was?

Just so we’re clear, Netanyahu has lost so many people that he is addressing just a fraction of Congress. When this happens, they fill the seats with non-members, like what they do at award ceremonies, in order to project the appearance of full attendance and support.

Regular Fox Business guest Alec Lace referred to Vice-President Kamala Harris as “the original ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl,” on air. The comment, for those who don’t know, is referring to oral sex. Lace has not been seen on air since he made these misogynistic comments.

NEW: THE STAGGERING RISE OF AMERICA'S GLOBAL ECONOMIC WARFARE 1st in a series Federica Cocco & I found: 1. ~1/3 of all nations on Earth now face some form of US sanctions. Huge increase from when mostly applied to Cuba & a handful of regimes 2. +*60%* of *all poor countries*

South Atlantic Quartely journal — SAQ via ⁦Duke University Press⁩ ‘Empire and Radical International Thought’ — a special issue By editors Alina Sajed and Begüm Adalet — featuring ⁦erin pineda is back, I guess⁩ and ⁦Ayça Çubukçu⁩ and more… read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlantic…? 👀 📖

Trump could have picked Doug Burgum. Everyone would have been like "who the hell is Doug Burgum" and he could have said something like "let me tell you how I created jobs in North Dakota." Instead you have to deal with brutal stuff like this: x.com/GabbyGiffords/…

Eric Schickler Receives the 2024 Barbara Sinclair Lecture Award politicalsciencenow.com/eric-schickler…

Arizona Republicans who rejected Trump’s election conspiracy theories lost big in Tuesday’s primaries. The Maricopa recorder runs elections in the county home to 3/5 of Arizona’s population. Dems now have a huge opening to flip this office, but the stakes just got way higher

Late to the game & long time coming, but it was a pleasure to think through some key issues re: the past, present and future of work by putting gabrielwinant & Sarah Jaffe in dialogue with each other for @ContemporarySoc. DM for PDF: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

The AAUP Cornell chapter supports our colleagues and friends on staff, the essential workers of UAW 2300. Read our statement of solidarity.

Leave policies are part of the "hidden curriculum." The whisper network is crucial. Negotiate based on what others have received. Adminstrators respond to what they've done in the past and what peer institutions are doing. Here's a place to start 👇🏼👇🏼 x.com/jialanw/status…

Coming in 2025: Causal Inference and APD: New Frontiers. Chapters by Aditya Dasgupta, http://AliCirone.bsky.social, David Stasavage, Sean Gailmard, Anna Harvey, Dr. Dawn Teele, David Bateman, Gregory Wawro, Corrine McConnaughy, Joshua Clinton, Daniel Galvin, Sanford Gordon & others.

There is not an iota of difference between what Trump/Vance are doing in Springfield, OH, and what the Post and pos Fetterman are doing in Ithaca, NY. Call it stochastic terrorism, or just whipping up a lynch mob. It's the same thing.