philiprocco.bsky.social
politologue // yinzer // co-editor of Publius: The Journal of Federalism // author of "Counting Like a State" https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700638758/counting-like-a-state/ Most posts are first drafts, comments welcome.
👤 Joined on 16 November 2024
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@philiprocco.bsky.socialLast week I wrote about how Texas politicians’ “free speech” campaign has led to a campaign of academic censorship in the state’s universities that exceeds even the McCarthy era (🎁🔗) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Show PostI'm writing up a blog post on the weekend's free speech/social media debacles. Should go live tomorrow tomkeck.beehiiv.com
Show Postmost commentary publications fact check only selectively, with celebrity writers being most often exempted. and it really makes you wonder when exactly was the last time anyone anywhere pushed back against anything these guys are saying.
Show PostIn any actual functioning parliamentary democracy, the chief executive declining to say, "No, I won't try to steal an election by invoking quasi-martial law" would immediately trigger a no confidence vote & collapse of the government.
Show PostZuckerberg's own employees confirm that he directed an intentional effort to throw the Brazilian election in favor of Flávio Bolsonaro, apparently because he understood this is what Trump wanted. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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