Reposted by Steven GreeneJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026People's ability to hallucinate a version of Trump that has never existed will never cease to amaze me. His political ability, which no one in my lived experience can replicate, is he gets people to project whatever *they* want to see onto him, evidence be damned. It's really quite something. 37013
Reposted by Steven Greene[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026RE: the kind of citizen social media produces -> 131
Reposted by Steven GreeneZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nobody seems to bat an eye that Rufo's podcast partner is a longtime anonymous troll who called gays "f*ggots," referred to Asians as "mongoloids," and explicitly sees his partnership with Rufo as a strategy of normalizing what most of us would see as bigotry www.vox.com/politics/368...vox.comAn inside look at how the far right is mainstreaming itselfAn radical troll got unmasked — and then spilled the beans. 14591187
Reposted by Steven GreeneBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The US or North Korea? The "art" being put up in the Kennedy Center by a sitting president www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u... 1311419
Reposted by Steven GreeneShambling Corpse of Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com · 21/09/2026So they beat up a citizen for refusing to provide ID Papers, please 10492205
Reposted by Steven GreeneJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 02/09/2026While Trump deserves the primary blame, the truth is that the US system is set up to limit the ability of one nutty president to do all that much...but Trump's collaborators, especially those safely on the Supreme Court, have given him authority that the Constitution doesn't. 46816
Steven Greene @hankgreene.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This has the best story of anything I ever published. Met these great guys on a 2019 APSA panel who had produced entirely separate research in which we all assumed moral foundations framing would work-- and it didn't. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CJPZW...tandfonline.comThe Poverty of Moral Foundation MessagingProminent scholars have argued that reframing political positions and issues in terms of moral foundations that appeal to conservatives or liberals can attract more individual-level support for tho... 040
Reposted by Steven GreeneJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026More evidence out today that Dan Ariely likely fabricated data. 3247
Reposted by Steven GreeneDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Chesterton's Fence: 1 Elon Musk: 0 03815
Reposted by Steven GreeneSasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Seeing some arguments for firing Cofnas like this one, that (scare quotes) academic freedom should not apply to pseudo-scholarship and taxpayers shouldn't fund scholar-activism. I think this is wrong. /1 78527
Reposted by Steven GreeneJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 13/08/2026[Intro level] Democracy is really good, actually. [Slightly less intro level] Political parties are really good, actually. 3818
Reposted by Steven GreeneAndrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 13/08/2026This will reduce potential sortie capacity something like 40% and put unexpected cycling strain on reactors which were not designed for it. Basically indistinguishable from literal sabotage, if you care about such things as readiness or reliability or lethality or whatever 982116627
Reposted by Steven GreeneTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 13/08/2026See? Not hard to do 1849461
Reposted by Steven GreeneAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @fritschner.bsky.social. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over." *profanity warning if watching in public. 35757592701
Reposted by Steven GreeneCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 11/08/2026Horrifying. Is this supposed to be normal now? Masked thugs roaming the streets, terrorizing neighborhoods, pulling guns on citizens? Because I for one am definitely NOT OK with this. 919556
Reposted by Steven GreeneAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/08/2026these guys need to go to jail for this, theres no coming back from this without it 18465031363
Reposted by Steven GreeneKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Birthdate and name matches are causing US Citizens to get arrested in error by ICE as they board airplanes. This is the same level of rigor they're bringing to claims of fraudulent voting, and is obvious as an error-prone method to anyone who has taken an introductory stats class. 813153956
Reposted by Steven GreeneTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you didn't like Tyler's piece, you're not gonna love this one, either www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 478810
Reposted by Steven GreeneJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 04/08/2026Study: Students get more liberal during college, but it has no detectable relationship to the subject they study or the partisanship of their professors. micah-baum.github.io/files/baum-e...micah-baum.github.io 1827652
Reposted by Steven GreeneMai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This Tuesday will mark one year since the National Guard was deployed to Washington, DC against the will of the city's residents. It costs the American people ~$607 per guard member daily. Given we have ~4,600 guard members here right now, that's more than $2.79 million per day. 28692317
Steven Greene @hankgreene.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Got a piece in The Conversation based on our recent book. theconversation.com/public-opini...theconversation.comPublic opinion on abortion has shifted 4 years after Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. WadeMore Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government regulation altogether. 000
Reposted by Steven GreeneJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 23/07/2026You cannot watch Fox News for hours a day, year over year, and expect to keep your brain intact. I'd guess Trump's perception about how Iran is going is much more strongly influenced by Fox and Friends coverage than by actual intelligence reports. 1268
Reposted by Steven GreeneNicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Don’t these men have any sense of self-worth or integrity? They are so eager to debase themselves. For what? Brief power? A transient feeling of being in the in-group? Extraordinary. 2104
Reposted by Steven GreeneJon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I get why it feels like this, but also, you and 3-5 neighbors could join your local (city/county) Democratic Party tomorrow and chances are they'd ASK you to run your precinct 2923336
Reposted by Steven GreeneJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This AP investigation into David Brouillette, the ICE agent who shot Durán Guerrero in Maine is genuinely horrifying. Long history of extreme mental illness, chronic violence agst spouses and kids, PTSD and heightened violence from mil service. apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records sayThe Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c... 451421643
Reposted by Steven GreeneJan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Authoritarianism also opens up possibilities for young careerists in a hurry - 1246
Reposted by Steven GreeneSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 845222213628
Reposted by Steven GreeneJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I'm convinced that strong public facing morality is key to getting us out of this corrupt and amoral Trump Era. Trumpism is a reflection of the society that produced it, and we cannot move to something better without re-anchoring society to a coherent set of real values. 17419
Reposted by Steven GreeneKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Apparently the Unitary Executive theory now extends beyond death 881362203
Reposted by Steven Greenetomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/07/2026Pete Hegseth toured a naval vessel, got upset that sailors had beard exemptions, and launched a Pentagon-wide crackdown. Iran hostilities just resumed with no end in sight. The Secretary of War's top priority is facial hair on Black men with a documented skin condition.rawstory.comPete Hegseth sends heads rolling after noticing his no-beard policy is going unenforcedSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth noticed too many people were getting exemptions from his strict "no beards" crackdown while visiting a naval ship last month, CNN reported — and heads rolled over it.... 58466183
Reposted by Steven GreeneJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Real talk about political parties, America. A short thread. 🧵 Political parties are essential institutions in a democracy. Parties coordinate voters, candidates, and lawmakers to cast ballots, nominate candidates, and pass laws. But, there is an important trade-off in how parties are designed. 1/ 15617
Reposted by Steven GreeneAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/07/2026ICE does not deny that it's pressuring key eyewitnesses to the shooting of Lorenzo Araujo to agree to deportation without a court hearing, and instead offers no responsive comment at all. 8631201421
Reposted by Steven GreeneBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Ryan Goodman: "The biggest question is whether or not the Supreme Court understand the moment we’re in and are ready to meet it. By that, I mean did they recognize we’re dealing with a rogue administration that’s engaging in radical lawlessness? And they didn’t." youtu.be/ie56ie9EBX0?...youtu.beRyan Goodman: The Trump Administration, the Supreme Court, and the Rule of LawYouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol 2216733
Reposted by Steven GreeneAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Since Dems took over the PA State House with a 102-101 majority in 2023 we have had 17 special elections for vacant seats. Our nomination process is simple: the local Democratic committees meet and recommend; state party executive committee ratifies their choice. And we have not lost one seat. 013534
Reposted by Steven GreeneMichelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o... 2394413579
Reposted by Steven GreeneG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 07/07/2026turns out the best defense is in fact a good defense 32269
Reposted by Steven GreeneTim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We’ve entered the period of the evening when I can’t tell whether the “it’s all over now” vagueposts are about Platner, the USMNT or McConnell. 845032774
Reposted by Steven GreeneMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Before 2020 Republicans more frequently used vote-by-mail and there was not a peep about vote fraud. Indeed, Republicans focused on requiring photo id for in-person voting while explicitly exempting mail ballots from id 36321
Reposted by Steven GreeneArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Petit disque orange (rotated), by František Kupka, 1932 794491
Reposted by Steven GreenePeterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 25/06/2026Read more here:piie.comThe US is driving away international students at a long-term economic costFor generations, students from around the world have fueled universities in the United States, their top destination by far. Those students don't just sustain a $43 billion export industry in higher e... 0249
Reposted by Steven GreeneDavid A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 25/06/2026No feature-writer in America does it better than @seanflynn919.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe 10,000-Year FloodThe banks of the Guadalupe River were an idyllic spot to park an RV. Then, last summer, it started to rain harder and faster than anyone could imagine. 182
Reposted by Steven GreeneJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The absolute and utter contempt for people who know things is a unifying thread that connects DOGE, RFK Jr., Hegseth, COVID conspiracies, election conspiracies, the Iran War, and god knows what other horrors. Trumpism is a rejection of rationalism and a return to tribalist witchcraft. 23515
Reposted by Steven GreeneJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Great thread - must read. This fills in the view many of us have that while the courts are obviously political and this Court is made up of partisans, judges aren't simple partisans; they're a particular judicial type of partisans. 042
Reposted by Steven GreeneDavid Noll @david.noll.org · 24/06/2026I want to pre-register a take on birthright citizenship, on the assumption that the administration is going to lose and lose badly. 513627
Reposted by Steven GreeneJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Ozymandias watch: -Airports have three letter codes. LAX ATL ORD, etc -They don't get changed. DC National was re-named for RReagan but remains DCA. -One famous exception: Idlewild, IDL, became JFK in Dec 1963. Now another exception. Palm Beach Internat'l PBI is now DJT. Per Flying magazine: 2231707489
Reposted by Steven GreeneKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/06/2026On a long list of stupid authoritarian things… 1859371