Damon Linker
@DamonLinker
Senior Lecturer in Political Science @Penn / Senior Fellow @NiskanenCenter / Newsletter scribe
I'm sorry, but it's preposterous to claim the New Democrats of 1992 fumbled away a durable coalition built by FDR. @BillClinton saved a party which had lost 5 of 6 presidential elections, and he and Obama are the most successful Democrats of our time. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi…
So here’s a short thread on why what the admins say they believe cannot be true and why they know that neither academics nor student experiences will “remain the same” 1. Honors class sizes have already been increased by at least 33%. This vitiates the seminar format that was 🧵
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
Beware the Condé Nast touch of death.
📸 GOV. ANDY BESHEAR AND FIRST LADY BRITAINY BESHEAR FOR VOGUE MAGAZINE:
There ain't no skating by, we're all gonna die, no matter what the plastic surgeon tells you
The typo ridden letter has now been deleted by both Benny Johnson and Senator Mike Lee
MAGAworld is saying Jerome Powell has quit
Not to worry: The Supreme Court's immunity ruling will protect Obama from prosecution.
REPORTER: Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral. Who should the DOJ target? TRUMP: It would be President Obama. And Biden was there with him ... the leader of the gang was Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. He's guilty. This is treason.
Stern was a real fascinating character, made the left-to-right transition from Ramparts to the Manhattan Institute in a way reminiscent of his former comrade-in-editorship David Horowtiz, but then fell out with his conservatives colleagues over Trump (he hated him)
RIP, Sol, who was unflinchingly uncompromising to the end. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/…
Without giving details about what exactly UATX is saying or doing that you object to, this resignation should have no impact at all on the school's reputation. Please substantiate your accusations.
Effective today, I have resigned from the Advisory Board of UATX. While I believe very much in the importance of competition and innovation in higher education, and see major problems with the lack of diverse perspective in elite institutions, I am not comfortable with the course…
You know when you get those spam real estate texts? I just select a random passage from Blood Meridian and text it back to them. Sometimes I add a little intro.
University of Tulsa students have started a petition to save their Honors College and have asked me to share with my followers here. If you are inclined to support these students in their goal to recover what was lost, you can sign here: change.org/Protect_UTulsa…
I laughed when I saw the CEO & his head of HR get outed for an affair. But consider: They were at a concert. A camera showed them to thousands at the show. Someone filmed it. Now they are exposed to millions. We live in a freelance surveillance state policed by ... all of us.
Trump only uses words like “enigma” when trying to impress statutory-rape facilitators.
Only way this could get worse for Trump would be if audio emerges of him bantering with an acquaintance about how he routinely assaults women.
Coming up on 10 years since “Trump might have finally crossed the line.”