MAGA says everyone in D.C. is smiling since the Trump invasion. Let’s look at some facts: - Small retailers and restaurants report much lower foot traffic since the National Guard and federal agents began patrolling.

The difference (and it's a biiiiiiiiiig one) is that Kennedy sent the Guard to enforce federal policy (civil rights), not to lead a national takeover of local policy (fighting crime).

Really excited for #MPSA this year! Public policy people: get your papers in soon & let's have a big turnout! #polisci #publicpolicy www.mpsanet.org/conference/i...

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote. zohranfornyc.com/register

"Please make war against the people of my state, who I took an oath to serve."

Sure. Left wing terrorism is at an all time high, going from 3% of domestic terror fatalities to 4%. Right wing terrorism on the other hand has dipped to an all time low of 95% So technically, yeah.

Mike Johnson: "The WIC program, the nutrition program -- women, infants, and children -- that program won't be funded. FEMA won't be funded."

Useful for understanding the political science of it all, instead of just today's politics. (And, it helps with the dread tbh)

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

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Attn: Political Scientists! 🗣️🔊 Would you be interested in "The Politics of Love Island?" In a general sense, or in a conference panel? What about authoring a paper on the subject? (like this post if the answer to any of these is YES)

Having a shitty week and need a pick-me-up to finish strong (or at least in a better mood)? Start drafting a letter of recommendation for a great student. It is doing wonders for me!

Call for papers and authors: So @brookenshannon.bsky.social and I are putting together a Love Island panel for @mpsa.bsky.social and we are looking for folks with papers ideas but we also have paper ideas and titles if you are just interested in writing a paper! DM us!

she said that “black” with a hard r

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Attn: Political Scientists! 🗣️🔊 Would you be interested in "The Politics of Love Island?" In a general sense, or in a conference panel? What about authoring a paper on the subject? (like this post if the answer to any of these is YES)

Honestly if I am taken down or humiliated in any way by a man wearing salmon colored clothing, please just put me down. It's too much lol

1. Elections are run by the states 2. Prohibiting mail-ins will result in a bunch of state-level exceptions, incoherent policy (and many ppl will still vote by mail) 3. If timing's the problem, he should advocate for abolishing the Electoral College/ direct vote for president instead

Sunk-cost fallacy and cheating students are the only things keeping AI in business at this point. Just look at how usage of ChatGPT plummets as soon as the semester ends.

What Trump is doing to the Census is similar to his strategy on gerrymandering and gov. economic data. He is going to change the formulas to maximally bias outcomes in his favor, at the cost of accuracy and fairness. At a fundamental level, Trump is a cheater www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-make...

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

A pregnant woman in Tennessee said her doctor declined to treat her because she’s unmarried, citing a newly enacted state law that broadly allows health care providers to refuse to perform or pay for a service if it goes against their religious or ethical beliefs. time.com/7306009/tenn...

Fun fact: He is not in charge of cities with the possible exception of D.C. but even D.C. has had home rule since 1973. He's also not in charge of states (that's the job of governors and state legislatures.) Thank you for attending civics 101.

From a student's midterm presentation. Lolol

Senator @campbell4tn.bsky.social is correct. Senator @MarshaBlackburn is lying. Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all idiots. People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.

It’s publication day!!🎊 In a new Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social piece, Rebecca Johnson, Tyler Simko @simko.bsky.social & I ask: How do you measure conflict in local politics in the United States? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Now on FirstView! "Increasing undergraduate awareness of varied nonacademic careers that deploy skills gained from doctoral programs may correct baseline expectations & attract more students into those programs." doi.org/10.1017/S104...

The #3 app in Apple’s US App Store is one that allows anonymous reports of ICE agent sightings. techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/i...

I don’t even live in NYC but Zohran is my mayor.

Time for the annual schoolhouse rock style history lesson about slavery and the origins of Juneteenth from The Roots

In the US, transit ridership recovery from the pandemic has closely tracked service recovery. More service = more riders. Of 285 US urban areas, just 35% had as much service in 2024 as they had in 2019. And these have had much higher ridership recovery than those with less service (91% vs 74%).

This is the basic problem with automation, generally. The data collected can be seized by the state and used for surveillance. Because they take the agency and discernment away from a driver, they can be mobilized as state surveillance right away. It's bad.

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

Is this why we’ve been seeing so many masked, unidentified ICE agents? As of May 29, 2025, ICE has 635 active agreements in 40 states—deputizing local cops to act as ICE. DEMS: Hold hearings. Sanctioned or not, we need answers. ☎️ Call your Senators and Reps now: (202) 224-3121

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

It would not be unfair to describe the historic Clayborn Temple as a bulwark for American civil rights. "I remember running from the police and running back to Clayborn Temple because that was our sanctuary," Dwania Kyles said.

For every doll you deny me I will push another jet off an aircraft carrier

Cities may be products of their state governments, but there are some notable areas for them to make autonomous policy. City flags is one, and this cheeky act of resistance by SLC and Boise city councils shows political power of urban government. More like this! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/u...

There is a reason why millions of workers want to join unions. There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions. Union membership means higher wages and better benefits. Let’s grow the trade union movement.

This is somehow taking the worst of socialist systems without any socialism. He's giving us the Soviet Lada and we don't even get health care in return

yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone

Just incredible

MEMPHIS — The historic Clayton Temple Church, a centerpiece of the civil rights movement, burned down early this morning… “unknown what caused the fire”…. The iconic “I AM A MAN” signs were printed in the basement