Reposted by Daniel BriebaECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026@dbrieba.bsky.social on how the timing of votes influence the likelihood of judicial dissent! #ecprgc26 032
Reposted by Daniel BriebaJed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The World Cup looks like it is morphing into March Madness geographic regions: The Francais region (France vs Morocco) The North Germanic region (Norway v England) The Habsburg region (Spain v No Jinx but I’ll say they like Waffles) And likely South America (Argentina v Colombia) 211617
Reposted by Daniel BriebaLSE School of Public Policy @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We’re hiring an LSE Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy at the School of Public Policy. This post offers early career scholars the opportunity to teach postgraduate seminars and join a world leading social science research community! Find out more: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 004
Reposted by Daniel BriebaLeah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.wired.comICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going NextICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations. 18148742947
Reposted by Daniel BriebaFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 10/02/2026 The shingles vaccine may have a dementia upside ft.trib.al/0XWJF0W | opinionft.trib.alThe shingles vaccine may have a dementia upsideResearch suggests it could prevent and slow the progress of cognitive decline 75119
Reposted by Daniel BriebaChristoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026For absolutely no reason, let me remind people of this banger of a paper by @caroartc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.jp... 1117354
Reposted by Daniel BriebaPolitical Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Number 5 in the most-read PQ journal articles of 2025 was: 'The Populist Playbook: Why Identity Trumps Policy and How Democrats Can Adapt' which discusses plausible alternatives to populists’ divisive appeals. By @dbrieba.bsky.social and Andrés Velasco onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 011
Reposted by Daniel BriebaSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news. Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters Down by 140k isn't thought to be. Up by 140k undoubtedly would be. 491025312
Reposted by Daniel BriebaReview of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · 24/11/2025✍️ Chile’s presidential runoff pits a Communist former labor minister against a hard-right former congressman, signaling both a sharp rightward turn and the eclipse of the old political elites, @dbrieba.bsky.social writes in his op-ed. 🇨🇱🇨🇱🗳️ 🧑💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/mtntusct 001
Reposted by Daniel BriebaThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/11/2025"Essentially what you have here is the two main conspirators in this Jeffrey Epstein case basically saying to one another, sure is weird that Donald Trump hasn't been pulled into this whole thing yet." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social talk the new Epstein smoking-gun emails: 291191335
Reposted by Daniel BriebaSarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Always fun to share the election ballot for international audiences 97113
Reposted by Daniel BriebaTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 29/10/2025This explains a lot (Source: www.ft.com/content/20d6... ) 83514
Reposted by Daniel BriebaKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2025A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 539222318282
Daniel Brieba @dbrieba.bsky.social · 04/10/2025I missed the “for” in the first sentence and thought the article might be worth reading for a second 000
Daniel Brieba @dbrieba.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Hola, les comparto mi columna de hoy en La Segunda 041
Reposted by Daniel BriebaReview of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · 27/06/2025✍️ As Chile’s left prepares to choose its presidential candidate in a low-profile primary, the stakes are higher than they seem. @dbrieba.bsky.social explores whether the left can reinvent itself before the elections. 🇨🇱🇨🇱🗳️ 🧑💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4zxaam4a 011
Reposted by Daniel BriebaPolitical Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Latest issue out now! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x... With John Connolly David Judge Matt Flinders; @sekip.bsky.social; @jimtomlinson45.bsky.social; Andrés Velasco @dbrieba.bsky.social; Coree Brown Swan @paulanderson88.bsky.social Judith Sijstermans; Stewart Lansley; Tom Wraight Kai Greenonlinelibrary.wiley.comThe Political Quarterly: Vol 96, No 2Click on the title to browse this issue 043
Daniel Brieba @dbrieba.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Andrés Velasco and I had a great conversation with Alan Renwick on UCL’s Uncovering Politics podcast—talking about populism, identity, and liberalism, based on our article in The Political Quarterly (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…). You can check it out here: shorturl.at/zGiXPshorturl.atHow Can Populists Be Defeated?UCL Uncovering Politics · Episode 032
Reposted by Daniel BriebaDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 24/04/2025New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin - At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner." Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done" wapo.st/4iAatO1washingtonpost.comHow Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millionsiNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner. 27543591856
Reposted by Daniel BriebaKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025The Trump Effect: Australia Edition 5457
Reposted by Daniel BriebaJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings. Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 13053292082
Reposted by Daniel BriebaJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Those jokes a while ago about Trump appointing a horse as his advisor. Shame he didn’t as it turns out. 2291
Reposted by Daniel BriebaTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary. 3252757510444
Reposted by Daniel BriebaOwen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 28/02/2025After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta... 48641278
Reposted by Daniel BriebaKate McNamara @katemcnamara.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Well, as America implodes from within, it’d be a *great* time for the EU to finally do official Eurobonds. It’d likely be very attractive as a safe haven given the destruction of US hegemony & spillover to US T-bills. Bonus: Eurobonds can finance a desperately needed European security build up! 🇪🇺💶 ‼️ 171220295
Reposted by Daniel BriebaBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Russia is perfectly clear what side Trump is on 16933193
Reposted by Daniel BriebaDavid Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Phony friendliness and behind-the-scenes treachery from Trump and Vance would have been much more dangerous to the cause of freedom in Ukraine than the self-exposure by both men. 723957588
Reposted by Daniel BriebaMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This was just 233 days ago: 7251831834
Reposted by Daniel BriebaSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025One of the things we learnt during Trump term one is that corruption committed openly and without shame gets less coverage because there's no opportunity for EXPOSES, SCOOPS, and EXCLUSIVES. It's just there, gets reported, and on we go. 1441180
Daniel Brieba @dbrieba.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Excited to share new work with Andrés Velasco (open access)! Populism isn’t just bad policy—it’s powerful identity politics. To beat it, we need better identity politics: liberal, inclusive, & rooted in a sense of shared fate. Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe Populist Playbook: Why Identity Trumps Policy and How Democrats Can AdaptDespite their poor record in office, populists continue to win elections. Traditional models that assume a narrow definition of self-interest fail to explain the electoral resilience of populism. Con... 010
Daniel Brieba @dbrieba.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Recently, Mauricio Herrera and I published a short article in Political Studies Review where we explore Chile’s central government hiring practices from a fresh perspective: contrasting government ideology with the professional profile of senior hires. (1/10) 121
Reposted by Daniel BriebaJavier Sajuria @sajuria.com · 06/01/2025Only a few days left to apply to the workshop on Polarisation and Democratic backsliding. Sign up here! www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/res...qmul.ac.ukWorkshop on Polarization, Democratic Backsliding, and the Expanding Gap Between Democratic Expectations and Outcomes: Latin America and Beyond 044
Reposted by Daniel BriebaApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025BREAKING: A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with severe bird flu has died, the first such fatality in the United States, state health officials report. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/h...nytimes.comFirst Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana (Gift Article)The deceased was over 65 and had other medical conditions, state officials said. 28433199
Reposted by Daniel BriebaJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Fascinating paper by Claudia Goldin on drivers of low fertility in advanced economies. Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility.. www.nber.org/papers/w33311 21626253
Reposted by Daniel BriebaAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Tomorrow's Independent front page revealing Brexit's catastrophic cost - five years after the UK left the EU. - New bureaucracy - Weaker UK exports - Labour shortages in key sectors - Less cash for public services - Huge divorce bill - 15% long term hit to UK trade This is the price of populism. 30850337
Reposted by Daniel BriebaRodolfo Disi Pavlic @rdisip.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Yo no quedan hospitales funcionando en el norte de Gaza. 101
Reposted by Daniel BriebaJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Musk should mind his own business and accept that British politics has got to be left to the control of Rupert Murdoch. 715224
Reposted by Daniel BriebaJess Pendley @jesspendley.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Clearly, this was a global issue. 8990072710
Reposted by Daniel BriebaMartin Lodge @martinlodge.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Christopher Hood has died today. Public administration has lost one of its absolute best. RIP 36229
Reposted by Daniel BriebaBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 01/01/2025A true dumpster fire. Happy new year! 1195
Daniel Brieba @dbrieba.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Closing 2024 with two papers unexpectedly published today with a few hours’ difference - and moreover both with the same great coauthor. Not something that happens everyday! 180
Reposted by Daniel BriebaSimon van Teutem @simonvanteutem.bsky.social · 30/12/2024For the first time in history, each governing party in developed countries with elections saw a decline in vote share. Inflation is a big factor, but I wonder if the rise of negativity as the go-to attention-grabber in today's social media ecosystem might also play a role. 720964
Reposted by Daniel BriebaMicah @rincewind.run · 29/12/2024the internet is the best place to learn the fact that even your most innocuous and inoffensive thoughts engender a deep personal hatred in someone humanity contains multitudes and at least one of them despises you 531577206
Reposted by Daniel BriebaJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/12/2024It’s a mistake we keep on making. But we should never use the crest of a wave as a benchmark. 291
Reposted by Daniel BriebaDon Censelio @censelio.bsky.social · 27/12/2024UK: National Trust records ‘alarming’ drop in insects and seabirds at its sites www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comNational Trust records ‘alarming’ drop in insects and seabirds at its sitesCharity says unstable weather patterns caused by the climate crisis had a ‘devastating impact’ in 2024 052
Reposted by Daniel BriebaSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/12/2024France should say the Louisiana Purchase is invalid. 1020019