I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

A little-known offline messaging app launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has emerged as a key lifeline for Ugandans cut off from the internet ahead of a contentious election that could extend President Yoweri Museveni's four-decade rule.

The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.

What if he invades Minnesota

Lovely to see the outpouring of love for Kimuli, whose presence is so very missed. I’m adding here the “in memoriam” colleagues wrote for the department (a bit more personal than the one from the university!) polisci.columbia.edu/content/memo...

Across Africa, post-election disputes, opposition stifling, and fragile democratic institutions continue to challenge fair political competition. Contested elections last year highlighted five important takeaways. Read them here: goodauthority.org/news/five-le...

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

An ICE agent shot and killed a woman Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “We’re demanding ICE to leave the city immediately. We stand rock solid with our immigrant and refugee communities.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Great @jeffcolgan.bsky.social analysis of Trump's return to petro-imperialism, for @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...

Chaser is this piece @hsulli.bsky.social wrote about charter cities for @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/freedom...

Can we just stop and put this into perspective: Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5. That’s genuinely fucking insane.

The foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship. There are no constraints.

FYI, if your adult child gets back to college without their luggage (& they don't have a car), you can purchase essentials for them from Target and have same day delivery. You can then submit receipts to United to be reimbursed. You can also be on hold for 2 hours with United. Happy new year.

A friend of mine wrote this in June 2025. A fun take on rejection letters: necessaryfiction.com/stories/the-...

"You have to think of [the capture of Maduro] in the context of today, the decline of American democracy, the weakening of guardrails. ..This is playing with fire in a totally different setting than previous precedents," says @profsaunders.bsky.social.

New piece in @goodauth.bsky.social on what Trump's actions in Venezuela might mean. goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...

"And with that, the 2025 season comes to an end..." Here are Good Authority's top 10 articles of the year. goodauthority.org/news/good-au... A super thread 🧵

Number 1 for @3streamsblog.bsky.social in 2025 has been the MSIRA partnership with @dadakim.bsky.social Marissa Brookes and Jennifer Merolla and their team of excellent research assistants cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/str...

Not enough conversation about the Mali jerseys IMO.

“The worst outbreaks of measles and whooping cough (or pertussis) in many years are festering around the country, and not only is the federal government AWOL, but Kennedy is expending great effort to make these outbreaks worse, and add more diseases.”

“If UC’s leaders have preached restraint, its faculty has opted for open defiance.” www.propublica.org/article/ucla...

Looking for conversations on cutting edge #GlobalHealth #Politics issues to add to your syllabi this Spring? Check out podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @dadakim.bsky.social @jeremyyoude.bsky.social @aliciay.bsky.social @catworsnop.bsky.social @profmarycollier.bsky.social @yanlong-soc.bsky.social

I wrote about the violence reaching the capital of Mali @goodauth.bsky.social - Peacebuilding failed - This doesn’t mean all interventions are doomed, just under some conditions (even in Mali!) - Not too late for international community to think creatively about helping civilians in Mali

Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

Thanks Eric! Apply here for more details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Read this as an American woman and then go break something.

Someone some time in the past found a vendor that could print faces onto African wax fabric (and you could order online). Anyone have info on this? cc @texasinafrica.bsky.social @rachelstrohm.bsky.social

🧵 A dean is abruptly removed. Her account goes viral. At first, it looks like a fight over the humanities. But the more I reported on the University of Tulsa, the clearer it became: this controversy was just the entry point for a far larger institutional unraveling. (1/14)

🚨 Applications are open for the 2026–27 Good Authority Fellowship! 🚨 Political scientists passionate about public engagement will receive a $2,500 stipend and mentorship in writing for broad audiences. Apply by Jan 9, 2026, 5pm PT. Apply at the link👇 goodauthority.org/news/announc...

The US president cannot take such a reckless, catastrophic action. Discrimination of this kind is explicitly banned by the 1965 law that governs our immigration system. Our 1965 law was designed to bar the poisonous racist, bigoted days of Asian+African exclusion that preceded it.

Great piece by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, and misogyny. Misogyny and racism over everything else in Trump’s world. And corruption, of course. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...

As CEO of Mott’s Applesauce I really have to question your mental state if Applesauce isn’t on your plate, in your toilet, in the bedroom, really everywhere that Applesauce could help

Trump's "peace' plan for Ukraine is not only morally unacceptable but myopic and no basis for a lasting peace. goodauthority.org/news/ukraini...

I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again! My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Check out my op-ed in @thehill.com on why now is the time for the GOP to embrace the public option @bridgingthegap.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @bucas.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social

It takes a long time to get detailed precinct-level data for a presidential election. We're now at 99 percent complete. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Why do some international conflicts lead to civil war at home whereas others do not? Hear UCR Professor Jennifer Merolla introduces recent research showing how involvement in interstate conflict is related to civil conflict escalation. youtube.com/shorts/nEg0f... #polisky

Great work everyone

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I am dying laughing as one kid, who took a little longer to pick bc he didn’t want candy (braces), saw the Declaration of Independence and then had to run to catch up w/ his friends, unsuccessfully yelling over their howls and hoots “Guys - guys, guys - GUYS! I GOT A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!!!”

What happens to gender roles after mass violence? Hear UCR professor @dadakim.bsky.social describe a recently published study on shifting gender norms in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge genocide: youtube.com/shorts/EBdYv... #polisky

The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity & Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @americananthro.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social

The NYT has a clear assessment of the state of America’s shift toward autocracy (gift link), with receipts. The next 10 years (or less) are critical. How we respond now will determine if the US reverses course back to democracy or succumbs to permanent autocracy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🏛️🎓What happens when former members of congress become lobbyists? Hear UCR professor @dadakim.bsky.social describe a recently published study on revolving-door lobbying among US universities: youtube.com/shorts/K9wYy... #polisky

Here's how three professors started a research academy - training undergrad students in research methods and then matching them to faculty mentors to apprentice as RAs for 10 weeks! Ft. @dadakim.bsky.social & @ucrpolisci.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1017/S104... #polisky #academisky

The Trump administration is poised to scale up the Afrikaner refugee program in a big way. One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US). My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social : goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...

$40 billion dollars is the size of the entire NIH budget.