Reconstruction bros have long understood that in the American context, "socialism" most often means "integration and equality" bsky.app/profile/bren...

like guys this is the whole thing, right here, in one chart

Some major personal news:   Things have really changed. Now I need your help.   On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:   Onward. Forward. Steady:

Democrats’ waning support for Israel extends to Jewish Democrats too. Politics and ideology increasingly trump religious identity for Jewish Democrats. See the data from @tesler.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/democra...

Again, this is a broad coalition of people across the ideological spectrum whose top concern is making sure everyone rues and laments the “Woke Times” forever. It’s very much akin to the myths around “Negro misrule” in Reconstruction, which justified Jim Crow.

Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains

I'm all in for AOC in 2028, but anyone quoting Nemik gets at least some consideration.

Charlie Kirk had an unmistakable & lasting effect in galvanizing young conservatives, but he's actually fairly unpopular among young people

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Democrats should become the anti-corruption party. 72% of voters think a member of Congress would likely accept a bribe if offered one. 80% say donors run DC. The solution isn’t left vs right, it’s clean vs corrupt. But first, Democrats must reform themselves and reject big money.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

The past week has shown us something scary — the concrete and specific outlines of a durable authoritarian state in America. Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here. www.vox.com/politics/462...

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

Violence against civilians carried out by the state to accomplish political goals -- especially lawless ones -- is "political violence" too. And violence by governments against the people is almost always a much bigger threat than political violence by civilians.

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

""Three-fourths of the sample view the Trump administration as using antisemitism as an excuse," ... only 31% of Jewish Americans polled said they support Israel's military campaign in Gaza over the past two years" www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...

i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation

Danielle Thomsen's (@daniellethomsen.bsky.social) The Money Signal will change how you think about the function of money in US elections. A must-read! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

"In fact, a review of the administrative record makes it difficult to conclude anything other than that Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities ..."

🚨 Job! 🚨 Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived). Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655 Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!

New @goodauth.bsky.social on the big rise in Dems saying civil rights/liberties are the US's most important issue More Ds say it’s the most important issue than inflation & econ combined %Dem saying it’s MII = record %GOP who said immigration was MII in 2024 goodauthority.org/news/civil-r...

I'm old enough to remember* when an embarrassing number of white political scientists found it unthinkable that a large portion of the white public was still racist in the year of our lord 1996. *from reading the lit of that era in grad school

Here is a gift link to my oped, generously excepted by @maddow.msnbc.com below. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...

Jewish faculty at UCLA organized an open letter www.latimes.com/california/s...

...And that's with virtually zero Democratic opinion leadership on the issue of higher ed funding. Imagine what Democrats could do if they advocated for good things rather than following polls distorted by one-sided Republican advocacy!

How many euphemistic headlines and ledes have we seen like this: "pushes the bounds" - vague suggestion of stretching limits of power "a debate has emerged" - passive voice, unclear on who is objecting or the merits of those objections (suggests 50/50)

"When he was taken into custody Friday morning, immigration agents tied his dog to a tree and then unclipped his collar, allowing the animal to run loose on Sepulveda Boulevard, according to the GoFundMe page." www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is raw, ugly, lawless, violent racism and everyone with any power or voice should say so while they still can.

OK here's the blog post. 1) Split Ticket's WAR model is biased in favor of moderates 2) We create our own WAR measure w/ stronger model; correlates w/ @gelliottmorris.com's 3) Correlation ≠ causation. Diff-in-diffs & RDDs show no moderation effects data4democracy.substack.com/p/do-moderat...

Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"

I could be wrong, but I don’t think we’ve fully reckoned w/how much the Trump agenda is rooted in racial grievance. Every day, we’re seeing the full force of white identity politics in action. Wild how much of it is just taken for granted, at least from where I sit. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...

Excited that my paper on early money and dropout decisions is out at @bjpols.bsky.social! A brief thread: Main finding: Experienced candidates who struggle to raise money are more likely to drop out before the primary. Pattern is even more pronounced in the current money-driven era.

I’m heartened to see this.

I am so proud of the excellent public work @adambonica.bsky.social is doing. If you haven’t seen it, you should check it out. It’s such a testament that you can be a damn good scholar and have principles that meet the moment.

Got a book you all are going to love, just a few weeks now until it's available press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

historical comparison: in my 2004 survey, 10% of respondents said being white was very or somewhat important for being American vs. 18% in this YouGov survey. also, please keep putting these questions on your surveys! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

My New One at @msnbc.com Opinion: “Trump started a redistricting war. Only Congress can stop it.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

This should be deeply deplorable for anyone, but as I Jew, I am without words. wapo.st/4mmStsP

The former Attorney General of Israel, Michael Benyair is now calling Israel's actions in Gaza genocide. "To eternal shame. Jews, who suffered a genocide 80 years ago, are committing genocide in Gaza. Shame, rage, and sorrow"

Happy to share my latest: "How introduction programs help and hinder refugee integration: evidence from Norway", coauthored with Edit Bugge and Marte Nordanger, is now online at @scmrjems.bsky.social (a short thread) 1/9 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Looking forward to this. Out next month. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The US right is fanatically devoted to racism, as such. Even in utterly insignificant cases like this, where there are no real stakes, they demand racism. They've abandoned all pretense otherwise.

Really enjoyed my conversation with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about how protests can shape public opinion. He also generously invited me to share a bit of my personal story which helps put the research in context. — Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... — Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Byd...

While I'm here: I want to emphasize that research on Black women voters—merits placement in top political science journals. This work should not be relegated solely to subfield or niche outlets. That’s all.

New paper. What happens when a presidential candidate steps way out of line, not only with the public, but even with his own voters? And on a highly salient issue? Candidates typically don’t do that—they’re too strategic. But Trump isn’t. He’s good for social science. 🧵

New @goodauth.bsky.social piece shows that ICE's popularity is plunging: ICE's net favorability rating went from +15 in early February to -13 in late June. And support for abolishing the agency altogether has surged since the election. goodauthority.org/news/america...