I need a social media post FROM the Trump administration (can be ICE, White House, DHS; can be first term or second) that shows Trump with some ICE agents or at an immigration detention facility (not border) but it can’t be “Alligator Alcatraz.” I thought this would be easier to find.

Fun fact: there used to be a wild camel population in Texas from some that escaped the U.S. military in the mid 19th century.

We make the point in the third chapter of our book (Power of the Badge) that sheriffs' official responsibilities are so broad (and we argue, strategically interpreted broadly by sheriffs), so "finding a lost giraffe" fits right into our book's examples of running a zoo and playing donkey basketball.

There’s a dog available for adoption (Mansfield, TX through rescue group Second Chance) named Bob Barker and I need you to see how cute he is.

Fort Worth uses this too.

One of the TX education standards requires students to examine "the harmful effects of the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s" and specifically calls out changing attitudes toward marriage, rising divorce rates, and differences in poverty rates between married and divorced households.

There's folks who want to indoctrinate children in public schools.

I pointed this out a week ago, but I guess the local news needed to two political scientists from Houston to hear it from the guys. fortworthreport.org/2026/06/24/e...

Enjoy this article from a Minnesota newspaper in 1882 noting that Scandinavians love their home countries so much that it will take them generations to assimilate into America. www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...

It has been 13 years since it was controversial among Republicans to say that Latino immigrants have "calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert."

I need a standard/good survey question that gives me a measure of how much time someone spends on social media (how "online" are they). This isn't my usual area of surveys, so any suggestions? (bat signal @aedwardslevy.bsky.social, @awmercer.bsky.social, @kwcollins.bsky.social, and others).

My local sheriff, whose jail continues to come under fire for deaths (including a baby born unattended!) and lawsuits, will now be training others.

Judging based on my kid’s trips to the zoo, $5 for three pieces of romaine lettuce.

Even I know that a Biggie song for an LA race is quite the choice.

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

My husband asked if I was keeping anything from him, and for the record - no, I didn't steal the giraffe. I hope Gracie is found safe.

Like these are just random snapshots obviously, but look at the difference in the posts from Biden vs Trump for DHS over on FB.

Would love to help, if I can be of use! Will DM you. Fwiw, I did some very rudimentary classification and comparison of a month's worth of USCIS posts from April 2025 + April 2024, which I wrote about last year ⤵️ maxwellcommons.substack.com/i/162828672/...

My summer undergraduate research lab (SURE) students are working on a paper that involves how US immigration enforcement agencies use social media - and while the meme types posts get news attention, I'm also just overwhelmed but the number of mugshots being posted.

This is so chilling.

I like the pink goalie gear more than the green.

That textbook thing I’ve been talking about for like three years is starting to look more real.

Ok, these are actually pretty good. I'd buy again.

"If it bleeds, it leads"—many people assume crime news is just about chasing clicks. After interviewing 58 crime journalists across 40 newsrooms, I found something more complicated. My first dissertation paper is live at @sociologicalsci.bsky.social 🧵 sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

I was told we were priorizing free speech on campus

“Political violence is on the rise in the United States, involving a wide range of targets and motives. The rate is low. But the trend is worrisome.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-return-o...

The man turns 39 in 2 days.

I have sympathy shin pains.

Nothing beats the announcers saying “goal” for more than ten seconds multiple times in a row.

Watching Argentina’s game on Telemundo - as if I understand this game or Spanish well enough to have any clue what is going on.

I dreamt I was suddenly responsible for converting our DC internship program to one in Helsinki - with no support and no experience to do this task. For students leaving in two months. Seems like an accurate academic experience.

Rooting for New Zealand gives me how many points for my visa application?

I lived in a Cape Verdean American neighborhood during much of graduate school so it’s fun to see everybody rooting for them.

HEB always gets me to buy something not on the grocery list.

I love a poll, but this (especially the headline) really doesn’t tell us that much.

Happy solstice! ☀️

As a side note - unlike other major cities in Texas, Fort Worth lacks a standing ethics committee and doesn’t require lobbyists to register with the city.

Given our book on sheriffs, Mirya and I were asked by some on the commission to present testimony on this choice back in the spring.

Inflation got gummy worms too?

When the entire police department is a crime scene...

I’ve been coming here since I was a baby, and the view never gets old.

Today’s tomato haul from the garden:

Writing a book chapter on why everyone should incorporate more local politics in their political science classes. Teaching UN? Let’s talk about local policy implementation for UN’s sustainable development goals. Teaching civil liberties? Ok, what about the privacy concerns for cities’ Flock cameras?