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RT @MurphysNewLaw : Just purchased wristbands for my THIRD @Princeton reunion! Who else is going back, going back, going back to Nassau Hall?
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Listen to this interview Prof. Chang-Rae Lee did with @OnPointRadio about his new novel, "The Surrendered": http://j.mp/bYblsn
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RT @PeterSinger My Project Syndicate column for March is out, on keeping orcas and other wild animals in captivity: http://j.mp/aXHjdv
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Hilarious. I get home after 1AM and my 8yrold wakes from dead sleep to tell me about her day.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Whoa. Not really surprising but horrifying RT @DAKGirl @harrislacewell Howard Stern's attack on Gabourey Sidibe http://bit.ly/cnIwPl
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Ok really? All of us were having the plantation Massa thing? Whoa, our collective psyche needs some serious therapy.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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I'm blacker than I realized. Everytime I see a reference to Massa I sort of think it's a reference to plantation slavery.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Oh shit. Now I've been convinced to
have dinner with all the people I've been tweeting about.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Now @KatrinaNation discussing great work of @TheNation . Yes! But can I point out that their great work takes $. In fact get a subscription!
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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This is why the left has no movements! "Leaders" tell reasonably wealthy audience that $ is not important to movement. Geez.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Excuse me! In what works are social movements Free!! MLK worked 24 hours a day to raise $ for CRM.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Ok so someone in the audience just asked how we can actually fund social movements on the Left. Panelist poo-poo the idea that $ matters...
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Ok Ben just said again that POTUS has enjoyed good will of The Left all year. Really? This just hasn't been my experience at all.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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This is weird day. Radio w/ @TheRevAl earlier now listening to white progessives. The gap between the two agendas/ spaces is extreme.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Y'all are gonna have me in trouble w/ Ben Smith. I soooo don't want my tweets on his blog. LOL.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Oh my! Politico's Ben Smith seems to have just said that Obama's blackness is a protective shield that keeps The Left from attacking him.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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.@KatrinaNation is pointing out the racism embedded in the national campaigns to smear ACORN.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Ok. Now Ben Barber says we must discuss racism as part of opposition. nearly all white crowd applauds again. Progressives make me giggle.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Weird. I agree w/ Politico's Ben Smith right now. Obama admin needed to have clearer discourse separating bailout from stimulus. #notsame
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Hilarious to me when upper west side NYC crowd applauds for anti-banking rhetoric. Really? Really?
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Ben Barber just said there is an unholy alliance between powerful corporations & populism on the far right. Tons of applause.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Now @KatrinaNation is asking progressives to temper the "betrayal sweepstakes" Accountability is impt but warns abt encouarging adversaries
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
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Really appreciating Gretchen Mortenson from NYTimes. Clear explanation of POTUS success, failure & constraints regarding economy.
by Melissa Harris Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
