Mastodawn

#Profanity is a hallmark of #Trump second term, a Post analysis finds. The analysis of President Trump's #speeches and #socialmedia posts shows a sharp increase in his use of vulgarities, #insults and bombastic #rhetoric since his first term. #racism #hatred #discrimination #gop #maga #republicans #congress #leadership #politics #government #political #opponents #retribution #revenge #threats https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/21/profanity-is-hallmark-trumps-more-combative-second-term/

Profanity is a hallmark of Trump’s second term, a Post analysis finds

The analysis of President Trump's speeches and social media posts shows a sharp increase in his use of vulgarities, insults and bombastic rhetoric since his first term.

The Washington Post

Jeffrey Yost May 16

CFP (2 wks to deadline) CBI's MOSAICS Symposium on Interdisciplinary AI Studies. We welcome paper proposals from the humanities, social sciences, arts, law, policy...

#aistudies #AI #AILaw #technology ##science #artificialintelligence #sociology #anthropology #geography #art #communication ##mediastudies #English #rhetoric #culturalstudies #law #publicpolicy #hci #philosophy #politicalscience #EthicsInAI #ethics

CFP:

cse.umn.edu/cbi/call-papers

Christopher Corbell May 15

Angel-makers

A light arcs above the canopy. Meteor or flare gun? We are not alone, gang of atoms, star seeds, angel-makers. Let’s work on our rhetoric, immense first person plural. Say […]

https://cacorbell.com/2026/05/15/angel-makers/
#angel #bone #journal #poem #prosepoem #rhetoric #tree

Kathy Bryson May 14

a lesson in #language - who's "putting personal #policy preferences ahead of proper interpretations of #law"?

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s #ICE policies https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195

#rhetoric #semantics #propaganda #doublespeak #euphemisms #gaslighting

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies

A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.

Politico

Nikolas Kozloff May 12

And neither #Goldman nor #Lander have pledged to force a vote on #Trump #impeachment under Rule IX, meaning much of the lofty #ParkSlope #progressive #rhetoric becomes meaningless
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WGblmLsvjvk #politics #protests #fascism #brooklyn

Goldman-Lander battle in 10th Congressional District fast becoming about Hochul and Mamdani

YouTube

Andrew Shields May 11

The two scenes repeating Pip’s childhood trauma in Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations” (1861). #111Words #CharlesDickens #GreatExpectations #Trauma #Repetition #Rhetoric https://111-words.ghost.io/the-two-scenes-repeating-pips-childhood-trauma-in-charles-dickenss-great-expectations-1861/

The two scenes repeating Pip’s childhood trauma in Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations” (1861)

In my Academic Writing classes this morning, we looked at two passages from Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" (1861) in which the narrator Pip's traumatic childhood scene is repeated, first in the return of the convict Magwitch and then in the return of a second convict, Compeyson. In both sessions, we

111 Words

Arabella 🚚🇪🇺🏳️‍⚧️May 9

I'm so very disappointed by my fellow #voters

Please stop falling for the #rhetoric, and research the #facts, laziness will kill our #democracy, and our country far more quickly than anything else.

Protyus A. Gendher May 4

**God is the political trump card that ends every argument.**
Once someone says “God wants this,” the conversation is over. It’s not spirituality — it’s a power move.
#Rhetoric #Authority #CulturalMechanics #PowerDynamics

https://protyusagendherpoet.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/god-is-the-political-trump-card-that-ends-every-argument/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

God is the political trump card that ends every argument.

God is the political trump card that ends every argument.Once someone says “God wants this,” the conversation is over. It’s not spirituality — it’s a power move. #Rhetoric #Authority #CulturalMecha…

Protyus A Gendher