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The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests. Email: jamelle.bouie@nytim

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https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l746hy4i2y24

Published: October 22, 2024 13:54

the united states literally does not have the state capacity to do this and what it will look like in practice is empowered cops, sheriffs deputies, and national guardsman going house to house rounding up people [contains quote post or other embedded…

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Published: October 22, 2024 13:38

let me put out there that i think the republican investment in anti-trans ads is a big strategic mistake (not the main point of this story but it gets a mention) https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/22/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-final-weeks/index.html

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l73upbvalw27

Published: October 22, 2024 10:59

far from the first person to make this observation but it is incredibly striking to see the political press focus intensely on the trump campaign's outreach to young men and be mostly indifferent to the harris campaign's outreach to young women

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6yghs7l342k

Published: October 21, 2024 02:06

if greens hold 144 elected offices in the united states that amounts to .003% of elected offices in the US *excluding* all state and federal offices. so yeah. the green party is just a ballot line. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: October 20, 2024 23:16

my takeaway from this profile is that stein is not engage in politics if what we mean by politics is the “art of the possible.” she is, instead, engaged in essentially a vanity exercise rooted in negative partisanship.…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6xu7djwkx23

Published: October 20, 2024 20:40

anyway the big news from today won't be that trump served food in a staged mcdonald's event it will be that he defended january 6 and doubled-down on the country's biggest threat being internal enemies…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6xtgwbozh2w

Published: October 20, 2024 20:26

a funny thing to think about is that in terms of reported party registration of voters a "kamala landslide" and a "trump win" look very similar, since the former will necessarily be inclusive of registered republicans who defect from trump

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6xtdvgf4u2h

Published: October 20, 2024 20:24

never thought i would say this but john heilemann more or less captures my exact few of the race at this moment. it is evenly tied. trump is clearly diminished, and harris is making a play for voters who are essentially invisible to national media…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6xnpq6dvp2z

Published: October 20, 2024 18:44

the polls and the forecasts are not the election. at most they are representations of potential outcomes. the election is being fought out right now, on the ground, and the only way we’ll be able to impose a narrative on it is after the fact

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6xchyjr2o23

Published: October 20, 2024 15:22

i think that if you see an anonymous account on a bot-ridden social media network say something that specifically confirms your worst intuitions and fears about your political opponents or rivals, then you should consider the possibility that what you’re…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6vuqyteoo2g

Published: October 20, 2024 01:44

for no reason at all thinking about how everyone working the trump white house was almost certainly hopped up on speed https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-white-house-pharmacy-improperly-provided-drugs-misused-funds-pentagon-2024-01-28/

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6vucv6t5q25

Published: October 20, 2024 01:36

i'm confused. this isn't a pledge to vote, right? it's just a non-legally binding petition? why wouldn't you just sign it, try to get the money, and vote for harris? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6tavmvlgw2h

Published: October 19, 2024 00:44

it really cannot be overstated that to get a decent statewide candidate in glenn youngkin the virginia GOP had to cut out as many voters as possible. otherwise, the party nominates unelectable assholes like this guy…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6t7w4pqgs2g

Published: October 19, 2024 00:26

regular reminder that for a mere $5/month you can listen to me and john ganz discuss the military and political thrillers of the cold war and think through the politics of each film www.patreon.com/c/unclearpod https://www.patreon.com/c/unclearpod

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6siclkzpb2z

Published: October 18, 2024 17:23

i have been at the times for half a decade snd have written almost exclusively about american politics, the american constitution, and us history. nonetheless about once a week i get an email from someone castigating me for being “obsessed with race” and…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6s2g2jiqn2h

Published: October 18, 2024 13:15

two takeaways from this for me are a) the older voters in the group have absolutely rotten information environments and b) if harris has persuaded two of nine trump supporters to back her in november that's pretty good.…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6rzic7ube25

Published: October 18, 2024 12:58

the distinguishing quality of every MAGA degenerate — like the current Virginia AG — is their absolute contempt for real public service and their willingness to destroy people who try to honor their commitment to the public good…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6q6w7epze2k

Published: October 17, 2024 19:30

the reason why people think ongoing diversity at elite institutions is evidence of illegal behavior is because they believe that there is no way a black person could gain entry into an elite institution on their own merit. that's it.…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6q5ea4df726

Published: October 17, 2024 19:02

in every election cycle over the last decade a chait or someone similar writes a piece about how republicans are marching to victory with the latest round of attacks on trans people and every election cycle the attacks flops and republicans lose ground.…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6q2dwpdp52p

Published: October 17, 2024 18:08

we've never successfully impeached a supreme court justice but we've definitely impeached a regular federal judge in the past https://www.npr.org/2024/10/16/g-s1-28620/texas-judge-elon-musk-x-case-tesla-shares

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6pqv5bbgl2s

Published: October 17, 2024 15:19

it’s not that i think any of these people have enough sense to buy a gumdrop but even i’m a little surprised by the folks who are treating odds in a prediction market as tantamount to results in an election

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6pln365c42b

Published: October 17, 2024 13:45

me in 2016: trumpism is mostly about status threat a bunch of dudes who have mostly disappeared from the internet and the writing game: you are a neoliberal elitist consensus position of nearly a decade of scholarship in 2024: trumpism is about status…

https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3l6pfjzn4ca2a

Published: October 17, 2024 11:56

the other thing is that lying low only worked because hillary clinton was generating negative attention. it may not be as successful when you’re opponent has seized the news cycle and is generating positive press [contains quote post or other embedded…