Kathleen J. Frydl

Kathleen J. Frydl

@kfrydl.bsky.social

February 2026: Liberalism & the Reinvention of the Modern Corporation https://global.oup.com/academic/product/liberalism-and-the-reinvention-of-the-modern-corporation-9780197567401?lang=en&cc=us#

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Abigail Nussbaum
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You see this in Russia under Putin and Turkey under Erdogan. I see it in myself. You turn off the TV, focus on your own life, and try to shut out what feels like an increasingly hopeless situation that you have no power to control or affect.

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Abigail Nussbaum
@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social

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When people experience nothing but personalist politics, their political imagination atrophies. Israelis vote for the party whose head they want as PM, and don't notice that they have no political apparatus to get things done. So they get despondent and turn inward, away from political engagement.

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Abigail Nussbaum
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As much as internal party democracy was often a fig leaf, removing it entirely has been disastrous. Many Knesset parties these days are what's known as "mood parties": one guy (it is always a guy) who wants to be PM plus a dozen of his buddies whom no one has heard of.

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Solid Evidence
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This should have ended 2 years ago. It is SUPER easy to screen herds for the virus (bulk milk testing). Infected cattle clear the virus after a few weeks. The outbreak could have been stopped (and still can be) if we had the will to enforce strict quarantines. We don’t. 9/

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

Re last repost, a lot of Bluesky ppl like the El-Sayed talks. I have to tell you, a lot of voters out there don't. This is the race that has the biggest difference b/w my real world contacts & the online adulation. If you have influence in Michigan, by all means, use it.

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ProPublica
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In case you missed it, read our investigation and explore our database of all incidents where citizens were detained:

projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump…

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Clara Jeffery
@clarajeffery.bsky.social

The toxicity that @ericlipton.nytimes.com and his colleagues have uncovered is everywhere but if you live in Texas, Louisiana, or Alabama pay special attention

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Lauren Harper
@laurenleharper.bsky.social

FOIA'd this and was predictably ignored by State (and Treasury, which I assumed had a copy). Glad @propublica.org got a copy of the 18-page doc but livid FOIA continues to fail in absence of litigation.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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Alyssa Fowers
@alyssafowers.bsky.social

Buildings associated w D.C. affordable housing developer Buwa Binitie have over 1,600 open housing code violations. He's gotten over $400M from the city since 2008. 14 of the 16 buildings connected w him have housing code violations. 13 have emergency violations. dc.citycast.fm/news/buwa-bi...

dc.citycast.fmRodents, Fire Risks, Filth: The D.C. Housing Kingdom With 1,600 Violations · City Cast DCWhat happens when the labyrinthine housing violations process fails D.C. residents?
Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

my controversial opinion is: I don't think Simone Biles or Suni Lee should come back for USA gymnastics. (You could actually make a stronger case for Lee...even though Biles is the GOAT...because Suni's strengths on beam and bars are right now weaknesses for the USA.) But just like in politics,

Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

silver medal for Team USA in women's gymnastics --without their most decorated gymnast --& actually would have taken gold if we didn't have a fall on beam dismount. Gold: China Silver: USA Bronze: Japan (ending long drought in women's gymnastics)

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David TS Fraser
@privacylawyer.ca

This may be the most significant data breach in Canadian history. Not in terms of the numbers, but in terms of the nature of the records compromised. "More than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips leaked" www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

cbc.caMore than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips leaked, CBC exclusive finds | CBC NewsAn exclusive CBC investigation has found more than 1.5 million tips sent to Canadian Crime Stoppers chapters were captured in a massive hack announced last March. A CBC analysis identified that at lea...
Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

Today, world championship team finals in an incredibly popular sport, in terms of both participation & viewership. But one without a professional league & heavy betting, so I guess it's niche.

usagym.orgU.S. women move to team final in second, earn eight spots in individual finals at Artistic Worlds • USA GymnasticsWith qualifying concluded, the American women’s team advanced to the team final in second position as three athletes secured a total of eight individual final berths in Rotterdam.

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Brian Finucane
@bcfinucane.bsky.social

"At least some of the transfers of Patriot interceptor missiles are from countries friendly to Ukraine that require Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to approve the handoff." Thus helping to facilitate Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comTrump administration holds up Patriot missiles for UkraineDelays in approving transfers from partner countries coincide with a worsening rupture between President Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Emily Peck
@emilypeck.bsky.social

Today's the 39th anniversary of "Black Monday" when the Dow fell 22.61% in a single day. Issues at the time: "concerns over inflation, a weakening dollar, rising oil and commodity prices, protectionism, tensions between the United States and Iran, and the potential end to a long economic expansion."

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ashley fairbanks
@ziibiing.com

a norwegian on Threads posted this and i just don’t know how much more clearly we can emphasize how much Americans are being ripped off by our system which is built to concentrate wealth at the top

Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

Some bobbles on beam & uncharacteristic weirdness of floor, but nothing major & nothing tragic. Team USA women are still in the hunt for a medal on Wednesday.

Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

Hezly Rivera, widely thought to be among the favorites in the World's women's all-around & a cornerstone of Team USA who puts up big scores has withdrawn from competition due to ankle injury. A huge blow. A very "newsy" World Championships. Too much so.

Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

(I actually ranked Claire Pease ahead of Rivera at this exact moment, but Rivera is the more experienced, more decorated athlete for sure.) Team USA will have to fight to get on the podium for Team finals. That was always true but...

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Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

The Times kind of buries the headline here b/c they pretty clearly caught the Israeli military, called in to...stop settler violence against Palestinians harvesting olives..., shooting a Palestinian man who was fleeing the scene, who was armed only with a tool used in harvesting.

nytimes.comIsraeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Washington Post Journalist in West BankIn the latest surge of violence, settlers targeted Palestinians during the olive harvest, a cultural touchstone and economic lifeline in the Israeli-occupied area.
Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

The Times kind of buries the headline here b/c they pretty clearly caught the Israeli military, called in to...stop settler violence against Palestinians harvesting olives..., shooting a Palestinian man who was fleeing the scene, who was armed only with a tool used in harvesting.

nytimes.comIsraeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Washington Post Journalist in West BankIn the latest surge of violence, settlers targeted Palestinians during the olive harvest, a cultural touchstone and economic lifeline in the Israeli-occupied area.

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Chase Madar supports Rep. Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants
@madar.bsky.social

People want to say the war on Iran is Bibi’s fault or all Trump but really it is Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA)’s fault, insofar as he’s a typical Republican legislator who supports this war of aggression with all its disastrous consequences to the hilt. Like 99% of GOP legislators. It’s a GOP war.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sen. Dave McCormick on voters: "They need to understand that the fuel prices are the result of a very courageous decision by the president"

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dell cameron
@dell.bsky.social

NEW: Chicago-area cops took part in an undercover probe by ICE agents into Minneapolis mutual aid networks last spring, records obtained by WIRED show, including unspecified electronic surveillance, audio recordings, ALPR data by @awinston.bsky.social

wired.comChicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE ActivistsDespite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.

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Dan Ancona
@danancona.bsky.social

Goddamn: "We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption crisis. We have seen for the last five decades, since the late 1970s, corporate special interests, billionaire mega donors buying politicians, and then those politicians in both political parties...

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Brian Finucane
@bcfinucane.bsky.social

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The war we advocated for is predictably a mess, but the only reasonable course of action is to pointlessly continue waging it.

Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

Folks are willing to accept this on the individual level, but not on the state-building level Meaning, a security Leviathan--an empire of punishment & surveillance--that "makes the choice of a strongman more terrifying, and the divisions over issues like immigration more painful and consequential"

liberalcurrents.comThe Security LeviathanThe American path in state-building is heavily skewed towards security and control.
Sean Casten@seancasten.bsky.social

The US doesn't have a disproportionate share of mental health issues, or disaffected young men, or anything else that will be scapegoated this morning. We just have way too many guns. We can deal with that, or we can keep living in fear. Everything else is horrible, terrible, frightening noise.

Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

If anything, IMO, the state-building story is more urgent, more likely to endanger people, & overtly (I'd say riotously) antithetical to the vision of the country's founders.

Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social

this outcome is 1) anticipated by research in the field 2) true of militant interventions of all kinds, including lawful ones that never caught your attention before this administration 3) the kind of thing that was a building block for my white paper on the drug war.

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e.w. niedermeyer
@niedermeyer.online

Musk unilaterally shut off a defensive capability just as Russia attacked power plants with winter approaching I don't know why anyone trusted him before, but certainly nobody can afford an Elon Musk dependency after this

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

🚨 Russia launched a massive attack targeting all Kyiv’s power plants.

united24media.comRussia Targets All Three of Kyiv’s Heat and Power Plants in Massive Missile AttackRussian forces struck all three Kyiv combined heat and power plants, with over 39 missiles and 120 drones causing major power outages across Ukraine.