“Ideological Topography in World Politics: A Guide to the End of the Unipolar-Homogenous Moment.” by @justinscasey.bsky.social & @mrldolan.bsky.social in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social (2023) #AutumnReading

Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek historian, wrote about them religionnews.com/2025/09/12/a...

Charlie Kirk's murder exposes the broken corporate mews model.

Lipset is alive… 🙌 … but not cited 🤷‍♂️

Michael Billig & Michael Skey, "Banal Nationalism, 30 Years On—A Review," Nations and Nationalism (2025) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

And 🥁🥁🥁 another Troika of #farright #AfD politicians (regional MPs) spotted in Russia 🇷🇺 (h/t @kreuzacht.bsky.social#farright#AfD Great way to kickoff the election campaign.

Real North Korea state TV vibes here

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 8/20

"Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us." John F Kennedy, 1963

Seeing many ridiculous takes on Marine Le Pen “dropping her mask” and showing “her true self” (as non-serious politician). For decades now, FN/RN has had strong welfare chauvinist agenda that has become more central in her campaigns. She and her party never agreed with the right on socio-economics.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 7/20

if you're applying to phd programs you should probably LinkedIn stalk the profiles of recent graduates from said program, *including* those that do not have academic jobs, to get an idea of not only what the program's placement is, but also what people who go a different path end up doing.

Orbán - the Trump whisperer on Ukraine-related matters

The Wizard of Oz is a classic adventure RPG. The player character (Dorothy) receives a call to adventure, gathers a party of companions, explores the map, is given a quest, and successfully completes a final boss battle.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 6/20

Who could have possibly predicted this shocking twist?

All the attention around Wicked has me thinking back to the Wizard of Oz. I had never realized what an iconic and relatable figure Scarecrow is for PhD students!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 5/20

That was 5 year ago. Numbers have somewhat eroded, but the latest that I'm aware of are still in the 70s #AfD #farright #radicalright

Texas teachers are quitting at a rate that’s 25 percent above the national average. In Tennessee, the vacancy rate for all public schools is 5.5 percent, compared to a national average of 4 percent. From @timothynoah.bsky.social November 2023: newrepublic.com/article/1768...

Biden wanted to be FDR, but he was actually Woodrow Wilson.

Fellas, is it “woke” to study social relations? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 4/20

I don’t think a United States senator saying this should be taken lightly

Almost forgot my book for today: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 3/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 2/20

Some popular policies that Harris didn't champion include ending the Electoral College and campaign finance reform www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I don’t agree with all their solutions, but Judis and Teixeira were sounding the alarm for exactly the trend Democrats needed to be vigilant about in 2024. That alarm does not appear to have been heeded at all.

PSA

Harris made the fascism case against Trump, citing Milley and Mattis and with help from Liz Cheney, and if anything it hurt her in the polls. It just doesn’t land as a real concern to many voters. (To be clear, it’s a real concern to me!)

Not usually a fan of stuff like this, but it’s a nice way of introducing oneself to a new audience: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 1/20

Meanwhile, in a country not the U.S…

"Since the pandemic hit in 2020, incumbents have been removed from office in 40 of 54 elections in Western democracies" apnews.com/article/glob...

#ThrowBackPaper: Ties between German right-wing populists and Russia #GermanPolitics

Last night, 19 Senators voted to end illegal arms sales to Israel. We stood up to AIPAC, the Democratic Senate leadership, and the Biden administration. We must continue going forward to end illegal arms sales and hold Netanyahu accountable for his war crimes.

Me spending the entire day at the university after being personally victimized by the Minnesota Timberwolves last night.

Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” playing in our student-run coffeeshop on a cold November morning while the snow pours down is…a mood.

We didn’t even realize how masterfully we were integrating these genres @justinscasey.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isq/article-...

disney exec: it’s about a guy who thinks he’s a monkey lol. probably don’t need anything too crazy for the soundtrack. phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no

These Trump Cabinet nominations. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people

... And much of Europe...

Ku Klux Klan flyers found throughout northern Indiana communities calling for mass deportation www.wane.com/top-stories/...

yes, make america NORMAL. do not trim grey flannel BUSINESS suits with yellow PIPING because that's historically a SPORTING DETAIL

Exporter of extremism www.roscommonherald.ie/ireland-has-...

Thanks @sarahbinder.bsky.social for starting my Tuesday on a sour note by bolstering the plausibility of the nuclear recess option 🙃 (To be clear, I am very thankful for Sarah's insights, just not pleased with the message)

Post-1960s liberalism has a “Morning Joe” problem, an ideological commitment to bipartisanship rooted in the belief that politics is better when it balances Republican and Democratic ideas and values. So you have a Gingrich Republican hosting MSNBC’s flagship morning show, for instance.