Reposted by Jason MorínCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...tpr.orgTrump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurantsThe 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months. 641623372
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Job Alert ‼️ The Department of Political Science at CSU, Northridge is seeking a tenure-track faculty member in American politics w/ a primary expertise in American political institutions. Preference will be given to those with a secondary expertise in public policy and racial/ethnic politics.careers.pageuppeople.comCareer Opportunities 11222
Reposted by Jason MorínJoe Ura @joeura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Come work with me! The Department of Political Science at Clemson University is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Comparative Politics or IR + quantitative methods. Review of applications starts 10/19. See our ad for more details. www.higheredjobs.com/search/detai...higheredjobs.com 164
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Strava giveth and Strava taketh away. lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 000
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Finally caught up to season six of Slow Horses where everyone plays by London rules. 000
Reposted by Jason MorínAPSA @apsa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One month left to apply! The Rapoport Family Foundation Dissertation #Grants provide up to $15,000 for US-based PhD candidates conducting American politics survey research. Apply Now! Application Deadline: 10/21/26,11:59PM PT buff.ly/HfkdGGXbuff.lyLogon - Scholarship Lifecycle Manager 033
Reposted by Jason Moríneric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This CA state case was the precursor to Brown v. Board of Education just 7 years later. Thurgood Marshall tested Brown arguments here. Also, the Mendez family was originally recruited to the U.S. to replace European and Asian workers who the racist 1924 Johnson-Reed Act barred from entry. 02312
Reposted by Jason MorínIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Let's hope this data center bites the dust. "25 billion pounds of CO2 every year, twice the yearly CO2 gas emissions of New Mexico’s entire power grid... and over 12 times as much CO2 as the entire city of Las Cruces." sourcenm.com/2026/01/21/p...sourcenm.comProject Jupiter: A Generational Disaster • Source New MexicoAn environmental filmmaker from Southern New Mexico says the public needs to know more about Project Jupiter. 0147
Reposted by Jason MorínÁlvaro Corral @alvarojcorral.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The sadness continues for this alum and close friend of MALS. In times like these I remember that struggle is long and that the return of these programs in the future will be ever sweeter. 022
Reposted by Jason MorínPew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 15/09/2026Roughly 250 million adult U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in the 2026 midterm elections, an increase of 8.4 million since the 2022 midterms. More than half of this growth came from Hispanic adults. Meanwhile, Asian eligible voters have grown at the fastest rate. 01910
Reposted by Jason Moríneric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wrote last year about 9/11 and the Plinko immigration politics it created. We were on a different path just days before the attacks. goodauthority.org/news/congres...goodauthority.orgCongress used to pass bipartisan immigration laws. What happened?The end of the Cold War laid the foundation for our polarized immigration era. 132
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trump’s Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on RaceThe proposals for 2030 are among significant changes that would upend a process for helping allot congressional seats and shape policies that address disparities. 000
Reposted by Jason MorínFrancy Luna Diaz @francy-lunadiaz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#APSA 2026 was a real treat, especially getting to learn about the important work that amazing colleagues are doing. Watch out for the scholarship of Maya Khuzam! So excited to continue seeing her work! 182
Reposted by Jason MorínIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...theguardian.comFor baseball’s Black and Latino players, it’s always 1926 somewhereFrom home-run celebrations to tilted caps, players embracing joy continue to collide with an old guard devoted to Dust Bowl grimness 03712
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026What is this wet stuff falling from the sky in Los Angeles? 100
Reposted by Jason MorínÁlvaro Corral @alvarojcorral.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Congratulations to Angie Ocampo-Roland for earning the 2026 Emerging Scholar Award from the APSA Latina/o Caucus! Felicidades!!! 04515
Reposted by Jason MorínSam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026For a year, California's largest ICE facility has barred all detained residents from hugging loved ones. The policy has sparked so much fury that residents have launched campaigns across dorms demanding contact visits In my latest, see video from one detained organizer + how CoreCivic has respondedtheguardian.comICE bans hugging inside California’s largest detention center. Families are fighting backIn the California City facility, ‘contact visits’ are strictly forbidden – but detained residents aren’t staying quiet. Are officials listening? 15604303
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just having a convo about this with a student. Thought the probability would be lower this time, 60-40 in favor of name change but what do I know. 000
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Dreams do come true.cbssports.comArte Moreno selling Angels for record $4B: Rams' Stan Kroenke takes over MLB team with longest playoff droughtThe Angels have not made the postseason in 11 years and will miss it again this year 000
Reposted by Jason MorínAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/09/2026A Canada-based company has been awarded a $382M ICE contract to transport detainees. That’s in addition to the $330M ICE paid them to convert warehouses into concentration camps. open.substack.com/pub/projects...open.substack.comICE awards GardaWorld up to $382 million to move detainees across TexasThe American arm of the Montreal-based security company has taken in more than $330 million this year to convert warehouses into detention space in Texas and Arizona, where the work is now on hold. 23617411119
Reposted by Jason MorínKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This actually is a big deal, not just because it hides the critical decision making of the Supreme Court in mystery, but because it hides larger phenomena too. Quick thread:nytimes.comHow the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History (Gift Article)After Justice Scalia died, the justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers. We may not see the ultimate record of the Roberts court for decades. 351564552
Reposted by Jason MorínSara Libby @saralibby.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Incredible reporting: People are being held at SFO for a week or longer, with no access to attorneys, a bed or medical care. Some were driven in from other airports more than 100 miles away. Many are legal permanent residents. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...sfchronicle.comUnder Trump, SFO is now a de facto immigration detention centerMore than two dozen immigrants have been held at San Francisco’s airport this year for longer than three days, in violation of Customs and Border Protection’s guidelines. 1812
Reposted by Jason MorínJoey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026New from me: LAPD released video from an in-custody death that occurred in July. Jose Carlos Hoyos-Munoz appeared to be in crisis as 6 to 9 officers beat him three separate times. One officer is seen putting his knee into the back and neck of Munoz. He died 20 min later. lataco.com/lapd-beat-ha...lataco.comPolice Video Shows LAPD Beat Handcuffed Man in Van Nuys Jail Before His Death ~ L.A. TACOLAPD officers forcefully restrained a man, kneed him, and struck him with their elbows. He was later found dead in his cell. 45136882236
Reposted by Jason MorínAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously. 4331331632
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Finished APSA paper last night. If you know you know. 020
Reposted by Jason MorínProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.propublica.orgListen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ... 487109606251
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I’m your huckleberry.nytimes.comA Town Council Turns to a Deck of Cards to Break a TieTwo candidates for Town Council in Gila Bend, Ariz., finished with the same number of votes. A century-old state law mandated breaking the tie with a game of chance. 000
Reposted by Jason MorínGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026ICE very quickly recognized that they could be just as effective in kidnapping people with less blowback if they just did it where white people weren't paying attentionbostonglobe.comICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term - The Boston GlobeThe spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations agenda despite a shift in approach earlier this year that sparked a public outcry. 117593
Reposted by Jason MorínEfrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Out today in @journalrep.bsky.social , lead by one of our talented PhD students, Emily Ortiz 💯😎 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgRight-Wing Shift? Evaluating Authoritarianism, Social Dominance, and System Justification Among People of Color Before and After the 2024 Election | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridg...Right-Wing Shift? Evaluating Authoritarianism, Social Dominance, and System Justification Among People of Color Before and After the 2024 Election 12811
Reposted by Jason MorínAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 21/08/2026Homero Calderón has been in ICE detention five months over a traffic stop, with an immigration application pending and no criminal case against him. www.npr.org/2026/08/15/n...npr.orgICE detained a Venezuelan soccer pro. His case shows the immigration backlog crisisHomero Calderón's detention by ICE spotlights the massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system. 05735
Reposted by Jason MorínMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians. 204188213826
Reposted by Jason MorínHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“I was asked not to mention the Times at all. I’m choosing not to honor that norm, b/c silence abt how accountability journalism gets suppressed is itself a form of suppression.” Read the back story of how @nytimes.com and @thebulwark.com killed @adambonica.bsky.social’s piece. What a mf badass.data4democracy.substack.comWith Fear and FavorInstitutions don’t have courage. They have incentives. 11197451
Reposted by Jason MorínIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Radical institutional dismantling and century-level racial panic over the needle moving ever so slightly. 13711
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Oh my goodness.espn.comCardinals rookie Joshua Baez makes history with 3 HRs in debutCardinals rookie left fielder Joshua Baez set an MLB record with three home runs in the first three plate appearances of his major league career Saturday. 000
Reposted by Jason MorínPolitics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium @priec.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Day 2 of #WeArePRIEC @ricepolisci.bsky.social @mfroman.bsky.social @robertocarlos.bsky.social argue motive to migrate explains variation in host country political integration IV design using age of arrival helps uncover econ-motivated migrants invest less emotionally in host than home country 085
Reposted by Jason MorínCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Northwestern University admin accepting $35 million for the football program from MAGA donors Dick and Liz Uihlein while also shuttering the African Studies program and its 80-year-old history is a pretty good encapsulation of higher ed in the US. 311997645
Reposted by Jason MorínJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🚨🚨🚨 We're hiring a junior professor in Policy Analysis/Public Administration/Public Management here at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy 🚨🚨🚨 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05497aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor - General Public Policy and Administration: Policy Analysis, Public Administration and Management - Goldman School of Public PolicyUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 09456
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026If Kushner takes over, I’m out for good. Hoping the Clippers will give me a chance. ✌️ www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...espn.comSources: Josh Kushner, Bob Iger to buy Lakers for $12BThe Lakers are being sold to American businessman Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for over $12 billion, a record-breaking price, multiple sources told ESPN. 110
Reposted by Jason MorínKTLA 5 @ktla.com · 10/08/2026Wildfires erupt across Southern California amid scorching heatktla.comWildfires erupt across Southern California amid scorching heatA stretch of scorching summer weather is fueling wildfire concerns across Southern California as firefighters battle a series of brush fires that have erupted across the region in recent days. Temp… 011
Reposted by Jason MorínKTLA 5 @ktla.com · 08/08/2026Smoke advisory issued for Los Angeles County as Ridge Fire burns near Gormanktla.comSmoke advisory issued for Los Angeles County as Ridge Fire burns near GormanThe South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a smoke advisory for Los Angeles in response to the 1,000-acre Ridge Fire burning along the Grapevine near Gorman. The advisory is in effe… 011
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Mortal Kombat II “You wanna know the last thing I did before coming here? I said goodbye to my wife & my little girl, the two most important things in my life, and there's a damn good chance I'm never gonna see them again. <long dramatic pause> And I'm okay with that.” So ridiculous it’s good. 😂 000
Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Mayhew was wrong. MCs are not single minded seekers of re-election. Their goal is to stay out of jail and that motivation largely depends on party. 001