politicalscience

ManyWordsLater

Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict | Erica Chenoweth, Maria J. Stephan

Went out to buy paint. Oops.

43 likes

bookandbedandtea

WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin reads for March 2025 😄
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 9h

23 likes1 comment

Leftcoastzen

On Freedom | Timothy Snyder

Starting this tonight with Sophie.His other book , “On Tyranny”is a must read ! Shorter than this one and a recent reread for me .

Mimi28 Cute kitty 🐈‍⬛ I am thinking of starting a #litsypetprayerbook is that bad or weird? Be honest. It would basically be a list of all the Litsy pets and their names and we could I dunno start a pen pal group about them or do it on here. We encourage each other why not do it for the pets also? 🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ 2d

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2d

AnnCrystal @Mimi28 I don't have a fur baby, but that sounds cute 💌🐈🐾💝. 2d

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1d

51 likes4 comments

Davidtk20

America: The Farewell Tour | Chris Hedges

pick

It‘s refreshing to meet a writer who clearly understands the core issues dividing this country. Unfortunately, this book offers a bleak assessment of our future, suggesting that our nation is on its last legs.
The author not only diagnoses the problems but also explores solutions most Americans overwhelmingly support. Yet, these efforts are being blocked by those who act as parasites, standing in the way of progress and meaningful change.

2 likes

Susanita

Soft Power: The Means To Success In World Politics | Joseph S. Nye

I spent most of my time as a #longtimefed more or less in the realm of soft power. It‘s another topic I can‘t possibly do justice to in 451 characters, except to say I know whereof I speak when it comes to this area.

Pulling direct aid from the developing world, especially in the cruel and abrupt way we did so, opens up a huge space for China to swoop in. But we “need Ukraine‘s minerals” to combat China.

Then we humiliate Zelenskyy in the WH.*

Susanita * I‘m sorry for putting this picture onto your feed. 2d

Tamra It‘s shameful and short sighted. 2d

dabbe @Susanita No need to be sorry at all. I value your opinion and am here to listen. 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 I give long-distance hugs, too. 🤗 2d

See All 23 Comments

dabbe @Tamra 🎯! 2d

dabbe Beyond shameful and disgraceful. This #ldf is evil. #ranttime 2d

BarbaraBB This was so shameful. Who‘s being disrespectful? I am furious 2d

Cuilin I am 😡!!!! 2d

DogMomIrene I‘m so ashamed to be an American right now. And I‘m terrified that 🍑 is going to lead us right into WWIII, but with an eye on those TV ratings🙄🤬 2d

Aims42 But yeah, women are too emotional to be president. Ugh. I hate it here. 😡 2d

ReadingVampire I am a U.S. Veteran, and let me tell you—I don‘t recognize this country anymore. I also work for the federal government, helping Veterans, and the cuts they‘re trying to make are insane. Beyond gross. Today is just another disaster with Zelenskyy. 😡😡😡 2d

AlaMich It was a set-up. You know trump has just been waiting for a chance to throw someone out of the WH and show what a real man looks like. 2d

Susanita @dabbe 🤗 2d

Susanita @AlaMich Yes. I‘ve seen that suggestion from Jay Kuo and others online. Meanwhile JD was sitting off to the side with an insipid grin on his face. 2d

Susanita @dabbe @AlaMich @Aims42 @ReadingVampire @Tamra @BarbaraBB @DogMomIrene @Cuilin I was out this afternoon (not shopping!) and on my way home I crossed over a major highway. There were people on both sides of the overpass holding signs and Ukrainian flags. I waved heartily. 2d

Aims42 @Susanita 🙌 Yay! I hope people were honking and laying on their horns too 💙🇺🇦💛 2d

ncsufoxes Zelenskyy is the one that showed the strength. He remained calm in a room full of bullies. Petty Patty & Bertha the Bully are the ones that looked like fools. They‘ll of course spin it. It‘s just astounding that he has made it clear who he stands with & the GOP will fall in line. It‘s like an alternative universe right now. 2d

ncsufoxes I should add no offense to anyone named Patty or Bertha. I just need to find alternative names besides swear words in our house. I feel like I want to vomit any time I use their actual names or hear their voices. 2d

dabbe @Susanita #allthefeels 💙🇺🇦💛 2d

Susanita @Aims42 from Bluesky (New York Times pitchbot): Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president. 2d

Aims42 @Susanita 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Nobody can make this make sense 2d

Susanita @ncsufoxes faux news was spinning it almost immediately 2d

Cathythoughts 💔 2d

marleed It‘s as wrong as anything I could expect from this administration 😢 1d

34 likes23 comments

Bookish_Gal

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them | Jason Stanley

pick

This book takes apart Nazi Germany theology in a more biteable sense. It does share comparisons to today‘s rise in fascism ideology, though its main focus is on Germany and its surrounding countries.
This helped get the statistics across. Specifically the us versus them now feels more understandable of how something as that sounds worked for Hitler. I learned more about how that worked. I now feel more knowledgeable on the how it got there.

11 likes1 stack add

wanderinglynn

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

If you think these firings won‘t affect you, you haven‘t been paying attention.

A friend who was fired today from the Dept. of Energy worked on projects with money appropriated by Congress. Projects that create American jobs, strengthen our country by improving the nation's electric grid, & advance industrial technologies that reduce pollution & keep us competitive with manufacturing abroad.

And this is just 1 person, 1 story.

Leftcoastzen Thank you for posting. I have many friends in government positions, fine people all doing a great job . Everything is in chaos. 2w

AmyG Madness! 2w

lil1inblue I've lost all words. So I'll just send virtual love and solidarity. 2w

See All 20 Comments

Lesliereadsalot Somebody has to put a stop to this. We need heroes. 2w

Jas16 It is too much to grasp. (edited) 2w

Susanita I‘m so sorry about your friend. This demonization of government employees is disgusting. 2w

Suet624 And are they slashing unemployment too? Will thousands of unemployed individuals make America great? It‘s unbearable. 2w

Aims42 😢💔 I am so sorry about your friend. This current administration is going in with a machete when a scalpel is needed 2w

Amiable I read an article that speculated an economic theory behind Trump‘s firing spree: less employed people = less consumer demand. Less demand can cool down inflation. If that starts dropping because of all this unemployment, the Fed may lower interest rates to keep the economy from face-planting. And who loves low interest rates more than Trump loves golden toilets? His wealthy donors, who can borrow tons of cheap money. It‘s Machiavellian. (edited) 2w

ImperfectCJ Just sent a federal employee friend a supportive (I hope) message. This is a young person who didn't even know what a government shutdown was before I mentioned it to him. I feel for him with all of this wackiness. 2w

kspenmoll 😱😱😱 Thank you for your post. I take pics to send to friends. (edited) 2w

CoverToCoverGirl They are taking aim at us here in Canada and the rest of the world too. Watching the news is like watching a horror movie unfold. I‘m so sorry to see what‘s happening to my neighbours while also being concerned about my fellow Canadians. 😢 2w

julesG @CoverToCoverGirl Same here in Germany. It's a dystopian novel being written right in front of us. We have a general election coming up and the US VP is chumming up to the German right-wing party leaders. ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️ There's this German saying: "God(s) throw down some brains, or bricks, but make sure you hit your targets." 2w

Larkken Thank you for your post. I am so confused at how awry my life has gone that the whims of two billionaires can determine whether I will lose a job I worked hard for years to qualify for. 2w

wanderinglynn @lil1inblue thank you. 🤍 2w

wanderinglynn @Aims42 thank you. 🤍 And yes, that‘s exactly what‘s happening. 2w

wanderinglynn @ImperfectCJ so much confusion and chaos. Thank you – I‘m sure it helped. 🤍 2w

Aims42 @Amiable Ding, ding, ding winner, winner, chicken dinner to that speculation. It tracks (edited) 2w

Aims42 @Larkken Ugh, this sucks so much and shouldn‘t be a worry for anyone 😔💔 2w

CoverToCoverGirl @julesG I saw that “speech”. Despicable. Evil and intolerance has many faces, his is just one. We are facing an election here too and the opposition party is right wing, and using vicious rhetoric saying our country is broken and only they can save it. We are not broken, they have a self serving agenda. 2w

80 likes20 comments

LMJenkins

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

I am a book whore. I work at B&N and bring home something ALMOST EVERY SHIFT. It‘s a problem (but is it?). Here‘s today‘s haul, one of them is an ARC.

Pictures of my new bookshelf coming in a moment!

keys_on_fire I would be in so much trouble if I worked in a book store! 😆 4w

Jess861 All the power to you - I could never work in a book store - I would have declared bankruptcy multiple times! 4w

mom2bugnbee I didn't know about that Alu Hazelwood! 😍 4w

40 likes1 stack add3 comments

bookandbedandtea

WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson