mikvim.bsky.social

mikvim.bsky.social

@mikvim.bsky.social

Retired professor of social work and sociology. Left teaching a bit earlier than anticipated due to constant funding cuts that made program direction impossible. I have been a proud liberal since the 1980s due to Ronald Reagan.

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At the heart of most religions is an inherently ethnocentric perspective. This perspective highlights the concepts of ingroups and outgroups, as well as the superiority of certain beliefs. Outgroups are inferior and aberrant, ingroups have unquestioned authority and exhibit preferred practices.

“I am just one person…this is an achievement of a whole society.” - María Corina Machado's comment made after receiving word that she is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, a sentence that would NEVER be uttered by DJT if he ever received an award of ANY type.

May and June will be the start of an economic calamity we haven't seen since 1929.

Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social

This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.

USA: Dear rest of the world, we are sorry we will never mix tequila and quaaludes again (elect Trump). The World: all is forgiven, we all make mistakes. USA: Sorry world, couldn’t help ourselves. We did it again. The World: fuck off USA (Paraphrasing David Frum)

Well I was wrong, his publisher cancelled before going to Baltimore and New York.

mikvim.bsky.social@mikvim.bsky.social

After his receptions in Baltimore and NYC I fully expect the publisher to cancel the book tour. They will provide some bogus reason but won't embrace the concept that bad publicity is at least publicity.

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My firm is willing to represent pro bono those fired in this unlawful and vindictive purge. These dedicated civil servants were performing their jobs and upholding the rule of law.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING on @MSNBC: The Justice Department is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith's team. Acting Attorney General James McHenry claims the officials could not be trusted in "faithfully implementing the president's agenda."

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WOW. NBC News is reporting that more than half of the Republican Senate caucus privately admits that the Gaetz nomination will not succeed. Repost if you think they should make their concerns public.

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