Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 3hThe point in the hearing **before Schmitt even knows he mixed up the basketball games** where he quickly takes down the poster and tries to hide it, while Dick Durbin asks if everyone can see the evidence Schmitt is trying to brag about, still gets to me. 0242
Reposted by Jonathan LaddWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 6hremember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all. 353033727
Reposted by Jonathan LaddLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Pass a law clarifying that the supreme court’s appellate jurisdiction does not begin until a final ruling has been made by district and appeals courts. 23777148
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 13hOh my goodness. Congratulations to Carnegie Mellon! Even by the standards of higher ed development, $3 billion is a huge gift. www.cmu.edu/news/stories...cmu.eduCarnegie Mellon University Announces Historic $3 Billion Gift from Ken Griffin, Pioneering a New Model for Higher EducationCarnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin today announced a historic $3 billion gift to further elevate CMU in Pittsburgh and launch Carnegie Mellon University Miami. 5183
Reposted by Jonathan LaddJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 30/09/2026Many more questions: 1) Why did they think Smith going to a Hawks game was proof he had met with an Atlanta prosecutor? 2) When Sen. Eric Schmitt and his staff believed they were correct that Smith had gone to an Atlanta Hawks game, why did they only show the poster for 1 second and then hide it? 911615
Reposted by Jonathan LaddBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Contrary to this op-ed, we don't actually have to give up on papers! New in @chronicle.com How to Assign Research Papers Again Three ways to counter AI and restore confidence in the integrity of student writing www.chronicle.com/article/how-... 15818
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 30/09/2026Amazing video of Republican Senator Katie Britt as the Hawks/Hawkeyes mistake is revealed. This should be viewed with Curb Your Enthusiasm music. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator...thedailybeast.comMAGA Senator Caught on Camera Watching Colleague Self-CombustNo one appeared more mortified by Sen. Eric Schmitt’s humiliating blunder than Katie Britt. 57311
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 30/09/2026This whole plan and their actions make very little sense, even apart from mixing up the basketball team name and getting the game wrong. 5441
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 30/09/2026Many more questions: 1) Why did they think Smith going to a Hawks game was proof he had met with an Atlanta prosecutor? 2) When Sen. Eric Schmitt and his staff believed they were correct that Smith had gone to an Atlanta Hawks game, why did they only show the poster for 1 second and then hide it? 911615
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026A great job at Tufts!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaVR...youtube.comTufts University's Fight Song, "Tuftonia's Day"YouTube video by TualaTrout 075
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026From Pedro Arrupe's 1973 address, where he articulated what would become a theme of Jesuit higher education: "Men and Women for others." www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/0...americamagazine.orgMen for Others: How the famous Jesuit maxim evolved—and what it means to Gen ZOn the surface, the message of the Jesuit maxim “men for others” is simple, but its history and evolution only add to its layered and meaningful message. 143
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026"All of us would like to be good to others, and most of us would be relatively good in a good world. What is difficult is to be good in an evil world, where the egoism of others and the egoism built into the institutions of society attack us and threaten to annihilate us." Pedro Arrupe, S.J., 1973 1268
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026Somehow, Caitlin Clark ends up involved in a high percentage of online controversies. 2450
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026Some old school Wikipedia here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sc... 551184
Reposted by Jonathan LaddJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 26/09/2026Peter Thiel rediscovers "The Politics of Bureaucratic Structure" by Terry Moe (1989). x.com/dnapway/stat... (Apologize for the cross post of an X video.) 53710
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026In an era of sneering cynics, where being on the take and sucking up to power is often considered normal, be Jack Smith. Stand up for the republic and the Constitution, even at personal risk. 1536
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026A brave hero, who took real risks to defend democracy and the American Constitution. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 211422
Reposted by Jonathan LaddJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 28/09/2026I preordered it in the summer and look what came today! Very excited for this one. Congratulations to @jlray.bsky.social, @angelaxocampo.bsky.social, and the off-BlueSky authors! 2287
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 28/09/2026I assigned it in one of my fall classes—on the syllabus in November because I had faith it would arrive in time! 160
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 28/09/2026I preordered it in the summer and look what came today! Very excited for this one. Congratulations to @jlray.bsky.social, @angelaxocampo.bsky.social, and the off-BlueSky authors! 2287
Reposted by Jonathan LaddIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This week on Origin Story: The life & ideas of John Rawls, the most celebrated liberal philosopher of the post-war period. These are some of the most beautiful arguments in progressive thought. We do it as a one hour crash course. Everything you need to know. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 2641598
Reposted by Jonathan LaddClsn @clsn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They're real logicians these people. 0131
Reposted by Jonathan LaddJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 27/09/2026The construction of Maguire Hall in 1855 required Georgetown to move the cemetery for Jesuit priests from that location to where it still resides. Here is a 1874 photo taken from approximately where the Leavey Center is today. The future location of ICC (built in 1981) is on the left. 1141
Reposted by Jonathan LaddNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The entire state government of California is a parable about how giving people more opportunities to vote on something is not, in fact, the same thing as making your political system more democratic. 719234
Reposted by Jonathan LaddMark Histed @markhisted.org · 27/09/2026In a private discussion today this came up: “We need the January 6th Commission hearings, for DOGE.” One could do a lot with NIH and NSF alone. There are clinical trials that ended, patients that died, young people leaving the US… and bad stuff that happened inside the agencies. 26877249
Reposted by Jonathan LaddDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026With regard to the overt and jaw-dropping use of public money to manufacture and broadcast Trump politicals ads, I'm just spitballing here, but maybe, perhaps, if the U.S. Supreme Court didn't give the president blanket immunity from prosecution for crimes he wouldn't feel so comfortable criming. 341477291
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 27/09/2026From the amazing 1874 collection in the Georgetown archives: library.georgetown.edu/exhibition/1...library.georgetown.edu1874 Photograph Series: An Exhibit from the Georgetown University Archives | Georgetown University Library 040
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 27/09/2026The construction of Maguire Hall in 1855 required Georgetown to move the cemetery for Jesuit priests from that location to where it still resides. Here is a 1874 photo taken from approximately where the Leavey Center is today. The future location of ICC (built in 1981) is on the left. 1141
Reposted by Jonathan LaddDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I should also add that when the movie got to showing people burning Teslas and vandalizing dealerships, the theater of mostly older folks in Santa Monica started applauding. I think it is possible Trump and Musk turned libs over 50 into John Brown. 404265445
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 26/09/2026Peter Thiel rediscovers "The Politics of Bureaucratic Structure" by Terry Moe (1989). x.com/dnapway/stat... (Apologize for the cross post of an X video.) 53710
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 26/09/2026If you’re doing Meta’s comms, this can’t be what you hope for. 512023
Reposted by Jonathan LaddMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just found out that there’s a new, and final, installment of ITV’s groundbreaking 7up documentary series. Original creator/director Michael Apted died a few yrs ago so they got Asif Kapadia (dir. of Senna) to do it. Can’t wait to watch & have an existential crisis. 919231
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 25/09/2026My top 15: 1) The Wire 2) The Americans 2) Key and Peele 4) 30 Rock 5) Deadwood 6) Arrested Development 7) Mad Men 8) Watchmen 9) Chapelle's Show 10) Veep 11) The Office (US) 12) Schitt's Creek 13) Modern Family 14) Reservation Dogs 15) Generation Kill 180
Reposted by Jonathan LaddJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Wait. The NY Times really ranked The Diplomat higher than Community and Gilmore Girls? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st CenturyMore than 500 influential stars, showrunners and other notable names in the world of TV voted on the best series released since Jan. 1, 2000. See what they chose. 9302
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Key and Peele is as good as any sketch show ever produced. (I know that's a big statement). Modern Family is just an expertly executed conventional-format family sitcom. 1161
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Gilmore (99), Community (97), Reservation Dogs (87), Always Sunny (78), Modern Family (77), Parks and Rec (50), Key and Peele (29). Hard to fathom some of the shows they ranked above these. 4150
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Wait. The NY Times really ranked The Diplomat higher than Community and Gilmore Girls? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st CenturyMore than 500 influential stars, showrunners and other notable names in the world of TV voted on the best series released since Jan. 1, 2000. See what they chose. 9302
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution. 562272532
Reposted by Jonathan LaddJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23/09/2026NEW: Last month, I flew to Kansas to speak with Rev. Adam Hamilton, the megachurch pastor running for Senate — as a Democrat. He talked to me about "progressive evangelicalism," and I talked to his congregants. And here's the thing: he has a real chance of winning. religionnews.com/2026/09/23/h...religionnews.comHow megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on KansasLEAWOOD, Kansas (RNS) — While Democrats have long been considered a longshot for statewide races in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton's candidacy has proven unexpectedly competitive. 17382106
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026And before anyone gets too excited about this. Remember to look at the inflation takeoff that immediately followed the 1972 cash injection, while the economy declined. The beginning of a decade of stagflation. 0101
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026Yes! But it is underrated that the economic slump that followed that 1972 cash injection must have, to some extent, fueled his popularity collapse during the Watergate scandal in 73-74. I mean, compare that with Clinton 98-99. 030
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026These are still some of the most amazing graphs ever published in a political science book. From: Edward Tufte. 1978. Political Control of the Economy. Princeton University Press. 45913
Reposted by Jonathan LaddJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 22/09/2026I did a Q&A with coauthor Lisa Singh for the @mccourtschool.bsky.social website about a short book our team wrote for the Cambridge Elements Series. It is about the lessons Trump has taught us about the "attention economy" during presidential campaigns. mccourt.georgetown.edu/news/is-all-...mccourt.georgetown.eduThe Attention Economy of Presidential CampaignsMcCourt School faculty explore how presidential campaigns compete for attention in a changing media landscape. 2186
Reposted by Jonathan LaddJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I think there is solid evidence to suggest Latinos will be one of the country's most important swing constituencies over the coming decade. The bigger the group, the harder it is to find common threads to hold them together. Latinos will be one of the kingmakers in American politics moving forward. 22915
Reposted by Jonathan LaddDrew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026+1. Consistent with some of this, linked piece finds some rightward shift in outlooks among people of color, including Latinos, that follows partisanship. But key is the reversion post Nov. Meaningful election response but unlikely long-term force without reinforcement. eoperez.com/wp-content/u...eoperez.com 153
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026Now that I have your attention, check out my new Cambridge Element on the attention economy in presidential campaigns. It's available free online! www.jonathanmladd.com/american-pre...jonathanmladd.comAmerican Presidential Campaigns in the Attention EconomyThis book, "American Presidential Campaigns in the Attention Economy" is the The definitive account of how presidential candidates can exploit the attention economy in the social media era. 1251
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026I do not believe there was some course of action Trump could have taken in 2025 in which Trumpist Republicans won national majorities for 20 years straight, for example. I see no evidence for that claim. Historical patterns point the other direction. 240
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026I always get a lot of grief online when I write that the solution to America's problems cannot be "Democrats win every election forever." That's not democracy. The solution is having at least two parties where the major center-right and center-left parties accept liberal democracy. 1614620
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026The biggest challenge for the US political system is reforming itself so that it can work with regular alternation in party control without either party trying to murder the other party's voters with secret police outside the law or, more generally, ignoring our Constitution. 923647