So…Aaron Glenn’s sideline celebration is 🔥🔥🔥 with Earth, Wind & Fire attached to it.

This is a football post but it applies everywhere right now.

Why did we think Congress would find bipartisan solutions on immigration? Because for most American adults’ lives, they usually did. The Cold War created a unique period of immigration positivity that felt normal. It wasn’t. I write about it here. goodauthority.org/news/why-ele...

*US ADVISES PREGNANT WOMEN TO AVOID TYLENOL OVER FEARS OF AUTISM *TRUMP: SHOULDN'T GIVE TYLENOL TO A CHILD *TRUMP: PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD TALK TO DOCTORS ABOUT TYLENOL *TRUMP: TAKING TYLENOL IS NOT GOOD lol *KENVUE SHARES RISE 5% POSTMARKET [Kenvue makes Tylenol]

Democratic women are disadvantaged in competitive district primaries, where party elites prioritize electability & view men as safer. Republican women are disadvantaged in safe district primaries, where elites & voters assume they are less conservative. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: < A day ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel has been swift, and severe. The whole episode underscores something I've been blogging about for a while: A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...

Why did we think Congress would find bipartisan solutions on immigration? Because for most American adults’ lives, they usually did. The Cold War created a unique period of immigration positivity that felt normal. It wasn’t. I write about it here. goodauthority.org/news/why-ele...

Don’t bet on football.

Feel bad for the content creators who built their whole lives around this season. I can just move on. They have bills to pay.

Think a lot of the moderate left feels like they are losing the culture war for the first time in their lives.

Written by AI? Who knows? Who cares if it’s trained on people who can’t spell either? Nothing matters.

1/ Which institutional determinants affect legislative turnover in Latin America? Using electoral data since 1985, @karelkouba.bsky.social and myself tackle this question #OpenAccess in the newest issue of Latin American Politics and Society. 👉 doi.org/10.1017/lap....

If it feels like there are way too many commercials during college games, it’s not you. An hour of the 3.5 hour game is commercials and halftime. www.nytimes.com/athletic/488...

Restricting visas doesn’t lead to hiring non-immigrants—it leads to hiring foreigners. For every H-1B visa rejection, multinationals add ~0.4–0.9 foreign employees, especially in R&D hubs like India, China, and Canada. via @florianederer.bsky.social

Really great stuff coming out of Australia the last few years. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cDig...

Reminding college students that Boomers did at least one good thing for them.

Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Smoke in bars was the absolute worst. Smoking in a bar was one of life’s greatest pleasures.

Bizarro Wolverine is right.

One of the sharpest podcasters for high-level football talk. Cool to see how NFL insiders have supported her tough journey. awfulannouncing.com/espn/mina-ki...

But the Dixie Chicks and the 2001-2005 era of politics was formative for elder millennials and younger Gen X. 14-25 is really the formative time for everything in your life including politics (great piece on that) and your conception of who the Man is includes it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Happy to report that our paper, "5 out of 6 Measures of Identity and Solidarity with People of Color are Equivalent Across English and Spanish Interviews," was accepted at Politics, Groups, and Identities @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social This is Sydney Tran's first "first-author" paper (my psych PhD student).

This VA state legislative race just got real. Holy smokes. @samshirazi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GWE...

These young folks are putting together one of the best election data sites out there. "All polls" feature added yesterday. votehub.com/polls/all-po...

Something funky is happening in nfl betting. Favorites winning way too much. For ex. 66% implied winners are 12-0 this year. Would be interested in reading more about AIs role in professional betting.

The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is back! Volume 2 explores the political messages, cultural debates and real-world implications of Marvel’s Phase 4 films and series. Co-edited by @carnes.bsky.social and @gorenlj.bsky.social sanford.duke.edu/story/new-bo... #BookSky #NewBook

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding. austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...

Doing some class prep. on sheriffs (inspired by @mirya.bsky.social & @emayfarris.bsky.social's book) so I decided to look at competitiveness in #ncpol sheriff elections in 2022. Out of 100 counties, just 2 could be described as even moderately competitive. & look at the # that were unopposed ⬅️ ➡️ !

Can large language models stand in for human participants? Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research. One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want. THREAD 🧵

📊 Are populist attitudes evenly spread across the ideological spectrum? ➡️ Using CSES data from 43 countries, E Tamaki & @drjungphd.bsky.social find a non-linear relationship: populism is strongest at the ideological extremes, forming a U-shape pattern www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

The calculator was updated in July. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Today is Constitution Day in the United States, marking the anniversary of its signing in Philadelphia on this date in 1787. Take a few moments today to read the document all the way through, and find a way to contribute yourself to a "more perfect union." constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...

It's Constitution Day! Read about why the Framers made big government matter 238 years ago.

@mikemadrid.bsky.social urges Democrats not to play dirty politics—just win back working-class Latino voters. “All of these problems go away if we get the Latino Vote back to 2020 levels.” From episode #27: 'Don't Take the Bait! Trump's Messaging Scheme by Occupying D.C.' - youtu.be/NzAmNb0ec8E

Precisely the case in the US. Young men with economic anxiety on net actually voted Dem in 2024. Young men with bad views about women, feminism, and trans people voted for the right. www.ymrp.org/polling

Me before every lecture: “They’re going to hate this I want to throw up.” NFL kicker before a game winning kick? “I’m the best person on this planet to do this job.” New pre-class mantra unlocked. www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/sn...

On Monday, Kennedy appointed five more members, just days before the group meets to review recommendations for multiple vaccines. Some of the newly selected members have been critical of Covid vaccines or vaccine mandates. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Immigration is difficult. Who knew? www.cpr.org/2025/09/15/h...

Republicans are on pace to retire ~14 more U.S. House members than Democrats by 2026, which historically has coincided with Democrats gaining 25-30 House seats in the midterms. Not an official prediction, but that's one more big indicator favoring Ds this year. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/house-reti...

Happy Pythagorean Theorem Day (3-4-5) -> 9/16/25 When all else fails, math. www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...

This is amazing data and election tools. 2024 Presidential elections results by precinct. Filters by demographics. Holy crap. votehub.com/2024-map/

It's almost Constitution Day (9/17). If your students are looking for a short read about why the Framers wanted a bigger federal government, this one's for you. With tons of sourced links to some great work by other scholars and the Framers themselves. goodauthority.org/news/good-to...

Precisely why having our public health leaders be cranks and charlatans is so dangerous - very few Americans endorse myths about vaccines, but many aren't sure what is true www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The trend has alarmed job-market watchers. “Such an increase is unprecedented outside of recessions,” said an economist of the steady worsening of the long-term unemployment rate. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

It's almost Constitution Day (9/17). If your students are looking for a short read about why the Framers wanted a bigger federal government, this one's for you. With tons of sourced links to some great work by other scholars and the Framers themselves. goodauthority.org/news/good-to...

So fun to see all these articles compiled into a special issue together. Especially delighted to see my work with @erincassese.bsky.social & Gina included here.