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Jim Ludes

@jimludes.bsky.social
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VP at Salve Regina University; Exec. Dir. at Pell Center, Host and Executive Producer: “Story in the Public Square" on public television and SiriusXM POTUS. Host and Producer: Active Measures Newsletter & Podcast. Pro-Democracy. He/Him. Opinions my own.

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FOCUSdata Project @focusdataproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A big thank you to @jimludes.bsky.social and Mark Jacobson for having us on The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast to discuss our research! omny.fm/shows/active...
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What Really Scares Authoritarians with Scott Fisher and Graig Klein - The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast
Authoritarian regimes from Moscow to Beijing fear losing control of their own information eco-systems—more than military exercises, more than economic sanctions, and more than diplomatic isolation. T...
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
My theory: there is always latent probability of accountability for speech acts. The danger is that it may default to vigilantism. I discuss this with @jimludes.bsky.social in a recent podcast, citing a recent event that followed a Nick Fuentes tweet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_cG...
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Prof Jagolinzer theorizes that speech is never costless. There's always latent accountability.
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Speech is not costless. There's always some latent probability of accountability. One risk is the potential for vigilantism. My discussion with @jimludes.bsky.social on the Active Measures Newsletter podcast. youtu.be/B_cGfpApKTI
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Prof Jagolinzer theorizes that speech is never costless. There's always latent accountability.
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The "Free Speech" debate is too often a "red herring" and an intentionally wrong cognitive framing of the problem, to deflect attention away from corruption. Me: “I'm not here to violate your rights. I'm here to stop your corruption." @jimludes.bsky.social podcast. youtu.be/1p5r1VLEDvg?...
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Prof Jagolinzer: "Free Speech" is an intentionally wrong cognitive framework for disinformation
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
However appalled you are by this, it’s not enough. It’s a frank statement that Trump and Trumpists are above the law and need not even plausible excuses to loot your tax dollars. It’s a total failure of our civic institutions.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
What holds us together? I joined @jimludes.bsky.social on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social's "Story in the Public Square" to discuss our findings at Nationhood Lab and the 250 battle over the U.S.'s story. On PBS stations nationwide and here on the interwebs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Nr...
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April 13, 2026: Colin Woodard
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The criminals confess, and moments later they’re right back on the street. Very weak policing.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Victor Glover for President! #Artemis #ArtemisII
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Pro-Tip: Be skeptical of apparently "Democrat" controlled accounts that are sharing Iranian propaganda videos. First, it's foreign malign influence. Second, this is a transparent effort to undermine the credibility of Democrats overall. Just stop.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If Trump does give an order to attack civilian targets that have no military value as a means of collectively punishing the Iranian people - and make good his threat to begin a genocide - Marco Rubio should resign and the military must refuse the order. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
An American president should not threaten genocide. Ever. It is not a signal of strength, it is a sign of his weakness. I shouldn’t have to say it. You shouldn’t have to read it. And our children should never have to fear it. My latest on Substack:
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The President Threatened Genocide. That is Not Okay.
American presidents aren’t supposed to threaten genocide.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
So strange that the White House thought a COVID style press conference would help . . . .
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This week on the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, AP News Verification Reporter @melissagoldin.bsky.social joins @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social and me to talk about the work she does, the methodology she employs, & a bit about the #disinformation coming out of the Iran War. omny.fm/shows/active...
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"Well, Actually. . . ." News Verification with the AP's Melissa Goldin - The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast
Malinformation is a feature of modern life we all deal with, whether it’s a claim by an American politician, something we confront on social media, or a covert campaign waged by a foreign government. ...
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I was privileged to meet this humble and gentle giant. May he rest in peace. apnews.com/article/bern...
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Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.
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WPRI 12 @wpri12.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#WATCH: After the United States and Israel launched strikes in Iran over the weekend, many are asking: Why Iran, and why now? @jimludes.bsky.social, executive director of Salve Regina's @pellcenter.bsky.social, joined 12 News at 4 to discuss the ongoing war.
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Community Focus: Salve Regina Pell Center’s Jim Ludes on war in Iran
Jim Ludes, executive director of the Pell Center at Salve Regina University, joined 12 News at 4 Tuesday to discuss the ongoing war in Iran.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
When did the #corruption become so publicly normalized? This mention shows that the business community understands that in order to do business with the U.S. Government, now, you need to have investment that benefits the Trump family. Source: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Can we all just agree that a real diplomat—hell, anyone not an idiot—doesn’t ask publicly why your negotiating partner hasn’t “capitulated” when you’re in the middle of a negotiation?
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Grateful to @fitzprov.bsky.social for having me on the Boston Globe's Rhode Island Podcast. We had a great conversation about the changes President Trump is making in American foreign policy. Read the article and listen to the podcast at this gift link: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/19/m...
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Trump is undercutting world order launched after WWII, history professor says - The Boston Globe
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Salve Regina University professor Jim Ludes talks about US foreign policy on Greenland, Venezuela, and Canada.
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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Karen-Anna Eggen @kaeggen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
🎙️ Jyri and I joined @jimludes.bsky.social and Mark R. Jacobson on their excellent Active Measures Newsletter Podcast to discuss our recent article on Russia's strategic use of migrants. I also recommend their newsletter, where you can find links to our article and our Moscow Times opinion piece.
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Migrant Warfare with Karen-Anna Eggen & Jyri Lavikainen
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
25th Amendment.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Putin will forever trade lives in Ukraine for time as long as the strategic direction from Washington remains as it is right now. Time is on Putin’s side.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Why do the American people have to pay more for stuff because the rest of the world rejects Trump’s demands that we redraw sovereign borders? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
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Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I’m not okay with seizing oil from Venezuela. I’m not okay with threats to annex Greenland. I’m not okay with a president who thinks he is—and acts like—a king. I’m not okay.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
So to sum up: After 20 years of failed nation building, a 34x convicted felon who tried to overturn an election to stay in power, seizes another country’s president and declares on his own imperial authority that we are going to run a country and take its oil.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Not all heroes wear capes.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2025
When the Trump administration cut off food aid to one of the world’s largest refugee camps, it left hundreds of thousands of people to starve. This is the story of one mother’s daily battle to keep her three young sons alive. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by Brian Otieno
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The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
At what point do GOP leaders in Congress say “enough?”
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
What did he take before this? He took too much!
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
OMG, he’s Commander Queeg.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
That was one sad presidential coin toss.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/12/2025
The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
How is it possible that Witkoff still has a job?
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/11/2025
BREAKING: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
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Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/11/2025
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols. The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Happy Cold War Victory Day!
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Well this got my blood boiling this morning…..
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
$1 trillion is how much Germany had to pay in reparations after WWI. $1 trillion means you could spend $5 million every day since Columbus discovered the New World and still have more than $27 billion in the bank!
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Essential reading from @colinwoodard.bsky.social on the stories that shape our identity as a nation: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
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Opinion | Opponents of JD Vance’s Story of America Need to Speak Up
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/11/2025
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
1. DOD doesn't plan for missions it doesn't anticipate. 2. DOD has long focused on fighting "over there"--meaning on distant shores--not "over here." 3. The apolitical U.S. military wants no piece of an expanded, domestic mission of dubious Constitutionality. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens
The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
No, sir. Our military serves the people, it does not work for a private donor. This is the road to evil. If there is not bipartisan outrage in Congress over this, then we are lost. www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
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Mark Jacobson @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This week’s guest on the Active Measures Newsletter podcast is Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social We will discuss the latest dynamics in the social media ecosystem. omny.fm/shows/active.... A link to the newsletter is in the first reply !
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"@Grok Is This True?" with Renée DiResta - The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast
This week on the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, hosts Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson speak with Georgetown University's Renée DiResta about trends in technology, social media, and disinformation.  T...
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Jim Ludes @jimludes.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This is just one example of the many ways @salvereginauni.bsky.social is so special! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/23/m...
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One leads the College Democrats, the other heads the Young Republicans: How roommates defy political polarization - The Boston Globe
At Salve Regina University, two friends are modeling what political disagreement should look like.
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