Americans don't oppose democracy... but a lot of them are on the fence. Check out our new article at Nature Human Behaviour! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

The rule of law can’t survive this

Administrative warrants are hall passes written by the bad kids at school

Can’t believe we are still doing this

Congratulations to Rooney Institute faculty Matthew Hall and Brittany Solomon on their new PNAS publication, “Reply to Malka and Druckman: Durability tests already account for countermessaging.” Access the article here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Congratulations to Rachel Porter, Jeff Harden, and Mackenzie Dobson on their new publication in PNAS! Their article, "Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration," stems from research conducted in the Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Rooney Report #7 is out! New NDHDS data show partisan divides over political violence remain stark, 4 in 10 Republicans say force may be needed to defend the “traditional American way of life.” Majorities reject violence, but a worrying minority don’t. Check out the full report!

Thank you to Ryan Enos for his insightful talk, “Are Politics in the United States Nationalizing?” at last week’s Rooney Institute Seminar. We’re grateful for the opportunity to engage with such timely and important research. #PoliticalScience #NotreDame #RooneyCenter

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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Check out our new Org Science! Employee “Free” Speech vs. Organizational Censorship on Social Media: Balancing the Tension Between Free Expression and Safeguards to Foster Psychological Safety pubsonline.informs.org/doi/epdf/10....

Check out our new PNAS! "Durably reducing partisan animosity through multiple scalable treatments" www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

The end of liberty. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

You don't get to decide who does and doesn't have elections (and refuse to do so for the other party when it suits you)

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it

She took an oath to support and defend the Constitution, which includes the 5th and 14th amendments on due process.

Bingo

Not "It could happen here." It IS happening here. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

From the trend so far it seems clear that they’ll try to break the First and Fourth Amendments on a naturalized citizen, then on a US born citizen.

Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts. cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations

Help protect academic freedom. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I’m reminded of a line from Batman: “You wanna get nuts? Come on! Let’s get nuts!”

Chilling that the DHS official is unwilling to say no

If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.

I don’t know about you, but I think the best use of taxpayer money is to fly migrants back and forth to Guantánamo.

100% right. As shocking as this sounds, leaders need to LEAD public opinion, not follow it.

MAGA always meant reverse time. We’re at about 1975 right now. How far back do you think we’re going to go?

Approaching majority opposition to basic 20th century second wave feminism among Republican men

Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.

The biggest shock to me these days is that The Onion is still in business. I mean, how do you do satire when this reality?

These are things that aspiring dictators say

Democracy is dying in darkness.

It sounds as if the courts are considering about 20 different legal challenges right not, but they will ultimately only need to answer a single question: Do we have a king or not?

“I think the single dumbest phrase in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength,’”— Mr. Hegseth

The top story on Fox News is about a stupid social media post by an assistant media technician at Boston University. You know, the real issues.

USAID isn't about charity. It's about self-interest. When we cut aid that built schools in Afghanistan in the 1980s, they were replaced with extremist religious schools. And then 9/11, and then decades of war.

If it talks like a ____, if it salute's like a ____, then it's a ____

Remember when Republicans used to talk about strictly following the text of the Constitution?

GILLIBRAND: Give me one example. I get you're making these generalized statements HEGSETH: Commanders meet quotas to have a certain numbers of female infantry officers GILLIBRAND: Commanders do not have to have a quota for commanders in the infantry. That does not exist.

A basic fascist strategy is to invent a mythical, idealized past and blame an out-group for ruining it. The strategy is especially effective because people romanticize their childhood. "MAGA" is basically, "Remember how easy things were when you were 10 and your parents handled everything for you?"

Sometimes you don’t need to do your own research. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Check out the latest Rooney Report on American Democracy! rooneycenter.nd.edu/assets/59761...