David Letterman to Jeffrey Goldberg on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: “Who is hiring these goons—Mario Puzo?” Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25

I confess I become increasingly irritated with Brits who inform me in what kind of deep trouble my country is in, and how blind we are supposedly to this, at a time when right wing nationalism is surging in Britain and NATO is hanging by a thread. My Friends. We are in the same boat.

Unscramble these eggs

the New Yorker on Jimmy Kimmel

Excellent piece by the ever great @casmudde.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fascinating and insightful new substack by @laurenleek.eu: The UK’s Local Inequality Problem: Big Debates, Bad Data open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization. This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.

🚨🚨" . Without openly saying so, the United States is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and censor information, both inside their own countries and around the world." Another excellent instalment by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

🤔 Do surveys exaggerate democratic support due to social desirability bias (SDB)? ➡️ Using survey-mode variation & list experiments in 24 countries, @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @aarslew.bsky.social find no evidence that SDB inflates democratic attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

One year after the 2024 election bolstered right-wing forces in the European Parliament, POLITICO’s data shows that they don’t team up often — but win when they do.

Trump in July: "I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.”

British politics really needs to wake up to what is happening in America given we have imported a huge amount of its culture war politics. Maybe there are some clues about what would be on the cards here under a Reform government?

What is to prevent Brendan Carr from canceling the licenses of affiliates who accurately report election results unfavorable to Trump? Or a scandal involving a Trump associate? Or bad economic numbers. Unbridled authoritarianism.

All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics ▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour 🧵

I cannot think of a democracy anywhere in the world where this sort of thing could happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

And we are delighted to announce that @valentimvicente.bsky.social will be honored with the A.SK Bright Mind Award for his work on how social norms influence behavior. 🎉Congratulations!

Brextinction! From our student @fresejoris.bsky.social and colleagues @juhoharkonen.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Kirk murder is Trump’s Reichstag Fire! Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Trump is coming to the UK to AVOID the EPSTEIN story. Unfortunately the British public just crowdfunded the WORLD’S BIGGEST PHOTO of Donald with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. And here is right outside Windsor Castle, where Trump is staying with the King this week.

It gets better: just found out that she has 3 x 30 minute sessions on the dissertation over the WHOLE YEAR!!! Preparing my complaint to the OfS!

Personal note: went to (some) of the countermarch yesterday, and then watched TV coverage of both. @sundersays.bsky.social is right that the far-right/racists on the main march are a (small) minority whose numbers are not growing. It's the apparent paralysis of the majority that scares me. [1/n]

I should add that this is in the web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/uoe-... school. Please could someone in this school explain this lack of educational provision?

Just dropped our daughter off for her final year @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Shocked to discover she only has 4 contact hours per week and all on a Friday. Pathetic! How can this be considered an education at a ‘top’ university?

A rally organised by Tommy Robinson should be a slam dunk for a Labour government. Most people will recognise it as being led by the far right (and will not identify themselves as such). Violence is predictable too. The PMs and ministers should have been ready to respond immediately.

Just dropped our daughter off for her final year @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Shocked to discover she only has 4 contact hours per week and all on a Friday. Pathetic! How can this be considered an education at a ‘top’ university?

This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.

So sad! Conor was a great man. Such a huge personality at LSE, loved by students and colleagues alike. It was an honour to know him. www.lse.ac.uk/law/news/202...

So sad! Conor was a great man. Such a huge personality at LSE, loved by students and colleagues alike. It was an honour to know him. www.lse.ac.uk/law/news/202...

Here is our speaker line-up: @alicirone.bsky.social, @lalamur.bsky.social, @aalrababah.bsky.social, @aliz-toth.bsky.social, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @thchau.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social, @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social, @aecoppock.bsky.social ...

I fear that this could be the Reichstag fire moment … on.ft.com/4nozvST American right vows vengeance after killing of Charlie Kirk

🙏 On behalf of the entire EPSS community, we thank all the section chairs their service. 💡 More section descriptions next week. end/

- Interstate Warfare - International Organisations and Cooperation - International Political Economy - Cybersecurity - and War - International/Transnational Human Rights Issues - Nuclear (non-)proliferation - and many others. 5/

▶️ International Relations 👉🏽 Section chairs: @argohdes.bsky.social & Michal Parizek 📢 Our section welcomes empirically investigate international relations and global affairs, including topics such as: 4/

We particularly encourage submissions that advance theoretical debates, employ rigorous and innovative methodologies, and conduct transregional comparison (e.g., East-West). 3/

We also invite multi-topic contributions that do not fall neatly within the scope of the more specialized sections, but are nonetheless situated within the broader field of comparative politics. 2/

▶️ Comparative Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @nathaliegiger.bsky.social & @filipkostelka.bsky.social 📢 Our section welcomes individual papers and panels that engage with states, political regimes, welfare institutions, and governance from both contemporary and historical perspectives. 1/

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations

Please share this information and the call for papers in your departments, serve lists, emails etc. so it reaches especially those who aren’t using this platform! We very much hope to see as many people attend the EPSS inaugural conference in 2026 so spread the word!

Since June, the Council and the diversity committee have been working hard to ensure EPSS is the best European PSCI association for all of us. Now it is time to make the Belfast conference a huge success. Join, apply, spread the word!

Finally! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨 If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be! More here 👇🏽

🙏🏼 Last but not least, EPSS wouldn’t exist without those of you willing to serve our community. Big shout out to the 2026 Conference Organizing Committee, all section heads & all of you who make EPSS possible by becoming members. 🙏🏼 /end

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🌍 Diversity matters
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🙌 Section Chairs
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 We’ll be highlighting two sections per week across our channels, stay tuned! 5/

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