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Inês Romão Duarte

@inesromaoduarte.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate in Political Science at EUI | Institutional Quality, Democratic Erosion, Political Economy | I'm also a full-time mum

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Antonio Costa Pinto @acostapinto.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
People are now voluntarily uploading their faces and personal photos to ChatGP to create Ghibli-style images. As a result, OpenAI is gaining free and easy access to many thousands of new faces with your consent to train its AI models. Keep feeding the monster!
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Laura Gamboa @lgamboa.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The erosion of democracy is a serious threat. The United States is not immune. Autocratization in this country has to be faced urgently and strategically...Here, I provide an overview of lessons learned from other countries: www.foreignaffairs.com/guatemala/ho...
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How to Save a Democracy
Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports. A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
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Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The communist regimes used to exile their dissidents, both outside of the country and internally into the gulag and the labor camps. These autocrats gave their opponents one-way exit visas, forcing them out of the countries where they worked and lived. Obviously, this is very different.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The Heritage Foundation created a database of voter fraud convictions, and tried to lie with numbers by not providing any context. Brookings put those numbers in context (hundreds of millions of ballots b/n 1982-2024) and easily showed that fraud was nearly non-existent.
Voter fraud is miniscule in the US, with extremely few cases stretching back to the early 1980s.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Adding Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat is good because then there’s one person who actually cares about national security
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Musk complies with Turkish autocracy’s requests to suspend pro-democracy accounts to “ensure X remains available” for Turks. He didn’t seem to care about X being shut for Brazilians last year when a democracy requested far-right account suspensions, which he rejected on the basis of “free speech”.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Compared to Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, Poland, Trump is moving MUCH faster, more aggressively, and with broader claim to power. We're not in danger of becoming those autocracies--we're very quickly surpassing them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
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‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook (Gift Article)
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/03/2025
"Free speech, I fear, is in retreat and in the interests of comedy, my friends, but also in the interest of truth, I will admit that sometimes the loudest voices for censorship have come not from within Europe, but from within my own country" –J D Vance, in Munich, last month
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
When your government breaks into independent non-profit organisations without a warrant, you’re not living in a state that respects limited government, the rule of law, or democracy. We need to be frank and vigilant: US democracy could collapse into a hybrid regime by 2028.
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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A Project 2025 tracker by agency shows 100/300 objectives achieved & 46 more in progress: www.project2025.observer
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Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
So who decides now if someone is a gang member or if someone has a valid asylum claim under the law? Tom Homan? A random ICE agent? A local Sheriff’s deputy? A neighbor? An informant? So they just say a person is in a gang and they get disappeared to a prison in El Salvador?
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16/03/2025
"You never forget the sight of children starving to death." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We shouldn’t normalize turning the White House into showroom for promoting the business of an individual who happened to give 250m to the presidents election campaign. This level of corruption is beyond the pale.
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I’m pretty sure the world would be a better place if the US became the 11th Canadian province
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The EU’s Kaja Kallas flew in to DC for talks with Marco Rubio and he decided to cancel the meeting the moment her flight touched down. The biggest assholes in the world are now in one government.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
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Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.
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Diary
Week 1
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Steve Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die "the U.S. is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... "A failure to resist... could pave the way for authoritarian entrenchment" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Inês Romão Duarte @inesromaoduarte.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Why is the far-right so obsessed with labeling Hitler a socialist?
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Jorge M. Fernandes @jmfernandes86.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
‼️ Hiring‼️ One postdoctoral position in my ERC Consolidator in Madrid. Application deadline: end of February. Job ad & details: tinyurl.com/3dwm96kb Come and join me and my team in sunny Madrid for 5 years of intensive research and lots of publications, traveling, and fun! Please share widely.
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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🚀Hello there, we've just landed here! We’re thrilled to join the conversation and connect with you! 👉Follow us for the latest updates on groundbreaking research, publications, awards, events, and initiatives from the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences. Let’s stay inspired together!✨
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Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
So I made this starter pack about political scientists working in threats to democracy and then it went bonkers viral 😅. Any suggestions for this pack, pls let me know (including yourself!). PPL have gotten ~500 follows on it since *this morning*... #polisky go.bsky.app/9V9zguB
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Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Young men are increasingly moving to the populist right In the UK, 15% of young men but only 5% of young women express support for right-wing parties. Across Europe, young men are much more supportive. Exceptions: 🇮🇹🇫🇷 Graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
You want a brief summary of central arguments in the party competition and political economy of redistribution literatures? Then these slides of mine might be of interest. Also ideal for discussions with your family members during the festive season. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ptr1s...
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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Gloria in excel sheets deo
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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 21/12/2024
Re-read this just a few days ago. Piero Ignazi in 1992:
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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I’m looking for an RA to work 20-30h during Jan-March 2025. Ideally (quasi-)native speakers of Swedish, and it involves reading policy/legal docs related to education and climate change. 24.92GBP/hour If you or someone you know are interested email me at a.valentim@lse.ac.uk!
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Ben Yoel @benyoel.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Are you planning to attend APSA 2025? I'm putting together a panel proposal on democratic backsliding, democratic resilience, and opposition to democratic backsliding for APSA with Erica Frantz. I'm looking for other authors and discussants with interests in those topics. Thanks in advance!!
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Prashant Garg @prashantgarg.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
UK economy contracts. 📉Magnitude small overall, but surely some areas will have massive recessions. This local decline may contribute to populism. Our paper with @trfetzer.com and @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social explores this link. Findings in thread 👇 🧵
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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hi there 👋, this is the blue sky over Florence, seen from the European University Institute! We’ve just landed here 🚀 and can’t wait to connect with all of you. Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and EUI campus life! 📲 @eui-eu.bsky.social
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 11/12/2024
New Cambridge Element 'Cleavage Formation in the 21st Century' by Simon Bornschier, @lhaffert.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, Marco Steenberge & @dpzollinger.bsky.social out now! Read #OpenAccess here: cup.org/3ZLtQ0o #cambridgeelements #politics
Cover image of Cleavage Formation in the 21st Century' by Bornschier et al
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Super happy to announce that the State Democracy Index 2.0, covering 2000-2023, is done and about to be publicly posted (probably tomorrow). Hope fellow nerds find it useful.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/12/2024
“The decision will leave Americans even more jaded than they already were,” Mark Leibovich argues. “And that’s just what Trump wants.” theatln.tc/ZqWKgtYR
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Biden’s Pardon Proves Trump Right
By pardoning his son, the president shows he’s a politician after all.
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Incredible developments in Syria. It is a great thing that a brutal regime has been toppled. No idea what happens next. Syria is deeply divided. Will be difficult to design institutions to manage the divides. I fear another authoritarian regime will replace it. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Bashar al-Assad reported to have fled Syria as rebels say they have captured Damascus
Celebrations on streets of Syrian cities as as Assad regime appears to have fallen
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Inês Romão Duarte @inesromaoduarte.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Good to see that Trump also hired some poor people who have only some millions and not billions
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Inês Romão Duarte @inesromaoduarte.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This is so beautiful
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Rok Spruk @rokspruk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The US economy is indeed exceptional in many ways. But Trumpist assault on the rule of law, combined with Pluto-populist fiscal policy and annihilated investment in health and higher education, may definitively end the golden era of the US www.ft.com/content/a757...
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What makes the US truly exceptional
Are American pathologies the necessary price of economic dynamism?
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Jorge M. Fernandes @jmfernandes86.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I am over the moon and humbled to have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to study how we think about representation in proportional electoral systems. Soon, I will make a thread with most relevant questions for the 2M project for the 2025-2030 period. 1/n
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Do people become more likely to vote when they get more cash? And what about their political beliefs? Do they change with more money? This new working paper uses a unique RCT and finds no effects of cash on political participation or engagement. Political preferences also largely do not change.
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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A look at all of Trump's picks for his new administration
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
5. @grattonecon.bsky.social, and @bartonelee2.bsky.social. 2024. ‘Liberty, Security, and Accountability: The Rise and Fall of Illiberal Democracies’. The Review of Economic Studies 91(1): 340–71. academic.oup.com/restud/artic...
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Liberty, Security, and Accountability: The Rise and Fall of Illiberal Democracies
Abstract. We study a model of the rise and fall of illiberal democracies. Voters value both liberty and economic security. In times of crisis, voters may p
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Joris Frese @fresejoris.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
🇬🇧🇪🇺 Published Today in EJPR 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social and I find that 1/3 of the anti-Brexit shift in the UK can be attributed to the impact of cohort replacement (old voters dying, young people becoming eligible to vote)! 1/12 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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