People think the closest example to what is happening in the US is Hungary. I think is Guatemala (2017-2023) where the Corrupt Pact co-opted state institutions and undermined state capacity to enhance impunity and corruption

You know who else refused to swear in democratically elected members of congress? Nicolas Maduro (2015) Just saying…

In case you missed it! Here is last week’s Charlemos where the awesome @jolechartre.bsky.social discusses her amazing research

It's today!

I won't get tired to repeat it. Due process not only protects minorities and marginalized communities, it protects US ALL.

- What is the current "boat strike" death toll? (43) - How much of cocaine supplies (est) actually transit Venezuela? (10-13%) - How much US-bound fentanyl comes from South America? (none) We all need credibly sourced information right now. And here is a new @wola-org.bsky.social fact sheet:

Join us for this fantastic Charlemos featuring the great @jolechartre.bsky.social who will be discussing her award winning research! Time: Monday 27, 2025: 3-3:30 pm ET (Online) You can register here: forms.monday.com/forms/e0aefb...

Just a reminder that Republicans own this shutdown

Those comparing this government with Orban’s give it to much credit. This administration is nothing more than an obscene corruption and impunity racket, like the Corrupt Pact in Guatemala or Dina Boluarte and her allies in congress in Peru www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Organizers estimate 5000-6000 people in South Bend, IN (pop about 100,000), with massive and loud support from most of the cars on a big football weekend. #NOKINGS2

This is how democracy looks like #NoKings in South Bend IN

Brown rejected the compact! www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

More extra-judicial killings. So far these attacks have costed 27 lives. Trump alone decided they were guilty and deserved to die. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Harvard (and all universities) must take a stand against Trump's extorionary "compact". Enos and Levitsky. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

One week left to apply! The Kellogg Institute’s Visiting Fellowship Program supports interdisciplinary research on global democracy through seminars, lectures & exchange at Notre Dame. Don’t miss your chance! Applications close October 1, 2025. kellogg.nd.edu/opportunitie...

¡Queda una semana para postular! El “Kellogg Institute’s Visiting Fellowship Program: (docentes, posdoctorales y Hewlett) impulsa la investigación sobre democracia global en Notre Dame. Cierra el 1 de octubre de 2025. ¡Solicita ya! kellogg.nd.edu/opportunitie...

“Officially released and officially approved information” = state propaganda…. But sure, the Democrats are the ones trying to turn the US into a surveillance communist state….

It was an awesome panel. So much interesting work!

🧡 “El uso del derecho como herramienta de transformación en América Latina”. Acceso abierto: ➡️ publicaciones.dejusticia.org/items/ab2fac... @redpolitologas.bsky.social @lawtransform.bsky.social @andreacastagnola.bsky.social @egocantos.bsky.social

Great piece. The plan cannot be to wait for elections in 2026. If we do nothing these will be rigged. Democrats need a plan and a message. A shutdown can give them a spotlight. How they use that spotlight matters A LOT. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Yeii Utah! I cannot be more impressed with the organizations leading this effort and the judges who, putting aside partisanship are helping protect democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

📢 Convocatoria abierta | LASA 2026 ¡Falta una semana! LAPIS patrocina paneles sobre instituciones políticas para LASA 2026. ¡Los paneles seleccionados tienen aceptación garantizada! Postula antes del 8 de agosto aquí: 🔗 forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba...

📢 Call for Applications | LASA 2026 One week left! LAPIS is sponsoring panels on political institutions for LASA 2026! Selected panels are guaranteed acceptance. Submit your proposal by August 8 using this form: 🔗 forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba...

THIS!!! Gerrymandering is always undemocratic. But this belongs to a different league: When the districts gerrymandered in 2021 were not enough to guarantee victory in 2026, Trump, asks Abbott to manipulate electoral law and gerrymander districts AGAIN.

Join us in 2026-27 at the Kellogg Institute! kellogg.nd.edu/opportunitie...

Congratulations to all our @notredame.bsky.social and former @kellogginstitute.bsky.social political science fellows: @jolechartre.bsky.social , @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social and @natanski.bsky.social whose dissertations won several APSA awards this year. You should check their work! 👇

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!

The deadline is August 8! If you are thinking about attending LASA 2026, this is a great opportunity to get the panel accepted (before you commit to paying membership and conference fees) and give more visibility to the papers.

La fecha límites es el 8 de Agosto... Anímense! Si están pensando en ir a LASA 2026 esta es una gran oportunidad para garantizar que el panel sea aceptado (antes de tener que comprometerse a pagar membresía y conferencia) y darle algo más de visibilidad a las ponencias.

LAPIS está buscando excelentes paneles!! Las aplicaciones se cierran el 8 de Agosto!

“If American democracy is to prevail, pro-democracy forces must follow the handbook that has enabled oppositions to stop would-be autocrats in other countries,” writes @lgamboa.bsky.social. “The alternative may be to find that democracy has slipped away while they wait.”

Thanks to drastic policy changes in the US and Big Tech’s embrace of the second Trump administration, many people are moving their digital lives abroad. Here are a few options for browsers, search engines, and email providers to get you started.

Happening at 10:15!! We’ll be discussing @ddemicheli.bsky.social and Belen Fernandez’ amazing books! Room Foothill 2!

Happening now in Budapest @ceudeminst.bsky.social : masterclass by @lgamboa.bsky.social on opposition strategies against democratic backsliding.

Insightful, sobering and yet simultaneously inspiring interview with @lgamboa.bsky.social about democratic backsliding and how to fight it: pca.st/i0rpnx6i. Absolutely what my Sunday needed.

These are very good points!

I very strongly recommend listening to this podcast on democratic backsliding in U.S. & lessons that can be taken from other countries that have faced similar. By @lgamboa.bsky.social with @qjurecic.bsky.social. Bonus for me, Gamboa teaches at my alma mater, ND! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Great conversation with @qjurecic.bsky.social on opposition strategizes against backsliding

This is one of the most useful pieces of analysis I have found. Listen to this immediately @lgamboa.bsky.social @qjurecic.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

"The goal here is to separate the President being in power from the President advancing an authoritarian agenda." - @lgamboa.bsky.social in an absolutely must-listen interview on @lawfaremedia.org

Today's @lawfaremedia.org podcast w/ @lgamboa.bsky.social & @qjurecic.bsky.social is the best articulation I've heard of what Amer pro-democracy groups & politicians can learn from other resistance-to-authoritarian movements around the world. Well worth a listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

Pro-democracy forces in the United States should act quickly to strengthen grassroots movements, writes @lgamboa.bsky.social. “With the right infrastructure in place, the citizenry can be mobilized to boost turnout on Election Day—and demand that voters’ choices are respected afterward.”

This post is perfect. Notice how there is no mention of this persons immigration status and the word deportation does not appear. This is not an immigration problem. Is a freedom of speech and due process problem. The government is attacking the rule of law that protects us all.

The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis. The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall. 1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.

Autocratization in the US is too serious & urgent for Dems to give in to this kind of infighting. The goal is to protect democracy. Setting up for a 2028 presidential run is tomorrow's problem & crucially one that depends ENTIRELY on whether democracy survives today. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Congratulations to @gontrerasa.bsky.social, winner of the LASA 2024 award for best paper in political institutions!​ Clientelistic Dynamics in Programmatic Settings: Evidence from Chile Thank you to the committee: @guillermotoral.com, Silvia Otero, and Andrés Schipiani.