Colin Woodard

The Defense Secretary is proud of people who committed treason against the United States so as to maintain a race based slave system.

Ethnonationalism on official display.

Is the U.S.'s primary opposition party finally waking up? Bringing daisies and a speech to the gunfights hasn't worked out very well so far. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

In an OpEd, the sister of the GOP's gubernatorial candidate in Maine condemns his divisive rhetoric, anti-abortion stance, lack of intellectual honesty and....close friendship with disgraced House Speaker/pedophile Dennis Hastert. www.pressherald.com/2026/09/09/b...

Susan Collins voted to confirm this guy.

A team of psychiatric researchers used the #AmericanNations model to look at regional differences in different kinds of OCD. They were significant, stark, and not always easy to explain. What they found and some extra data context testing possible causes: www.nationhoodlab.org/study-finds-...

How's a place like, say, Rhode Island, maintain distinct cultural characteristics over centuries, even as the origins of the population have completely changed? A discussion of cultural continuity and change with @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social this morning: www.oceanstatemedia.org/news/2026-09...

Could have done this with Trump after Jan 6. Missed opportunity.

I'm old enough to remember when Republicans were the party of free trade.

Literally lawless.

If I were still in daily journalism, I'd be doing a deep-dive story into "Democrat" Jared Golden's rapid descent into MAGA-dom. (He's not running for reelection.) First research question would be: is this a follow the money story, or a psychological one? www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

The technical term you’re looking for is, once again, “evil.”

Karma.