ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/... The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.

I have a research idea on this. Curious what happens in an experimental setting when you make explicit to people that health influencers make money from all of their recommendations and it's not just they are trying to help people. People may know this but making explicit how much money is at stake

Teaching politics is a joy at this period in history. It feels important at such a critical period in U.S. history.

I have new survey data! Democrats are more likely to disagree that masculinity is under threat than Republicans in the US—a bigger divide than gender! Super interested what this means in the context of online environments and politics. Thanks to @verasight.bsky.social for fielding the question!

NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

"Trump's attack on free speech and free elections are two sides of the same coin, and we can’t treat them as separable." — @andycraig.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net 🔥🔥🔥

"I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post [...] What happened to me is part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media — a historical pattern as dangerous as it is shameful — and tragic."

It’s looking like I’ll be adjusting the syllabus and discussing political violence in class soon. Curious to hear from other educators/professors/other professionals: how are you or would you discuss political violence?

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence. For an actual public servant. Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

The U.S. public, on average, has low levels of support for political violence—across both political parties. Highly salient events like Charlie Kirk’s passing can often lead us to overestimate how much support for political violence exists. Events like this are chilling given their rarity.

National Guard members in DC don't seem to be doing much. According to residents, groups of bored soldiers appear to wander aimlessly around the city like tourists, taking selfies at national monuments and enjoying local dining.

Twice in two weeks, I came across someone insisting our societal sexual violence response should be “shame free for perpetrators” to “help them heal.” And I’m just here to say that it’s actually a good thing if people who hurt others are ashamed of what they have done.

Tried replying on a Substack article but kept getting the error “you must set a name before posting.” I have a name. I’m not old enough for this level of technology challenges.

In intro US Politics class, students had a difficult time differentiating coercive federalism (national gov punishing or rewarding states to act a certain way for national interest) vs. executive powers that POTUS doesn’t have. They thought sending national guard to Chicago was coercive fed.

The Full Release of the ANES 2024 Time Series Study is now available! The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a University of Minnesota expert on infectious diseases and pandemic preparations.”

A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.

US government now adopting Trump’s trick of not paying its employees. While paying others billions to do nothing until their resignation kicks in.

This story is wild. The water in Bloomington, Indiana hasn't been consistently fluoridated since 2020, but the public wasn't notified. Even the Mayor didn't know. It only became public knowledge when IU chemist Dr. Katherine Edmonds* read a footnote in a report. bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-...

Administrative burdens are political tools. The Trump Administration is using burden to make services and benefits less accessible. All while claiming the opposite.

Had someone tell me I should write opinion pieces. Would there be any interest in this? I can talk about sadness and politics. Appealing, maybe?

The correct congressional response is impeachment.

We’ve received lots of comm about this today and partners are working on seeing what they can get secured. As an individual researcher please grab your own information and keep a copy.

It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.

Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.

Reflecting on the time that someone, unsolicited, told me: “Nobody will choose you over [X] higher rated program no matter how good you are.” Beyond being callous, that just isn’t true. It reflects a frame of thinking that’s elitist and exclusionary.

A longitudinal survey of political scientists shows: experts think we're slipping fast from democracy to dictatorship Which explains the administration's efforts to cut/muzzle research: it's easier to claim they're the good guys without facts/experts to get in the way www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx

In any other administration of the past 80 years, the defense secretary and the national security advisor would, following an equivalent scandal, now resign.

Today, I passed my dissertation defense! Grateful for all the support that led up to this point.

This may be overthinking it but I think these are two sides of the same coin. They know their budget math is insane and DOGE is an attempt to create fake cover for it. They’re gonna say “DOGE saved 2 trillion dollars now the budget math works!”

Just realized the ANES and TESS are funded by the NSF. Well, this was quite the realization.

Job market is rough and current climate is rough. But dang a good sundae hits the spot.

Researchers at the National Science Foundation leaked this list of words and terms that have been flagged or officially banned. Any grant requests that include anything listed will "undergo more intense scrutiny." Insanity!! Here is the link to the story. #USDemocracy gizmodo.com/the-list-of-...

DOGE plans to slash about as much ($4B) from NIH, and hence from universities and medical centers, as the government gave SpaceX ($3.8B) last year. It's not about the money and government "waste." It's never been about the money or government "waste." www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

It should always be mentioned that this is probably illegal.

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Political Psychologists: The APSA Political Psychology Section would like to update the syllabi we share on our section website. If you teach a political psychology course and have a syllabus you'd be willing to share, please email me.

SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

NEW: President Trump's hiring freeze has stopped the onboarding of seasonal federal firefighters, including those who work for agencies called on to help battle the devastating L.A. fires, creating a potential shortfall ahead of the next fire season. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Here’s a story with some numbers. The proposed cuts are unfathomable: a 60% reduction to NSF would be the end of American science as we know it.

I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”

If you know anything about a lawsuit that has been or is being filed regarding this, please reach out. My DMs are open, and my email and Signal are in my bio.

Can the president dissolve USAID without an act of Congress? No. www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p...

NSF has suspended funds for existing projects, meaning those paid directly by NSF now aren’t getting paid. This is a choice by NSF since OMB memo was rescinded and they could keep operating as usual www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...