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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Sociologists, political scientists, other scholars & practitioners of US politics - submit a proposal to our People-Ing Politics conference as part of the Eastern Sociological Society's conference in DC this March 5 - 8th. Apply by 10/15 (unless they extend) & please share - ess2026.exordo.com/login

Call for paper flyer with too much text to type, but the gist is:
Bringing the People Back In - Race, Class, and Inequality in US politics.
People-Ing Politics Network Mini-Conference
March 6-7, 2025, Washington DC
Amid threats to democracy, this conference will bring together social scientists and practitioners who study US politics with a focus on race, class, inequality, and the influence of social and cultural forces.
We are looking for papers that explore:
- how people's cultures, identities, and social groups shape their political views and behaviors
- how race, class, and other forms of inequality influence political engagement, representation, and policy outcomes
- the roles played by behind-the-scenes actors such as campaign staff, organizers, and bureaucrats, as well as by marginalized communities, in shaping political institutions and procesess.
visit https://www.essnet.org to apply; make sure to select this mini-conference when you do.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

At #ASA2025 I was asked to be on the opening plenary on the state of sociology. I prepared some remarks, and didn't get to say all of them - so, here's what I think about where we are as a discipline and also just where we are in terms of higher education & democracy. daniellaurison.com/519-2/

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On the State of Sociology, August 2025 - DANIEL LAURISON

My thoughts on the current state of sociology and how sociologists can and should respond to Trump's attacks on democracy & higher education.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

We are already an authoritarian country. We’re not working to prevent it; we’re now working…to get out of it.

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 28/05/2025

I know we keep saying this but it really is fascism.

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I wonder if there will be any negative outcomes from everything turning into a predatory and exploitative scam and the state doing nothing with any ethos of care to protect people from it all

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

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José Orta @orta69.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Thank you Greyhound!

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 24/04/2025

the orcas have discovered Duolingo and they're using it to radicalize woodpeckers

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19/04/2025

An important message.

Sign reading "so tired of living in an Onion article"

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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This has proper made me chortle. The poor eagle 😬😂

A photo of a conversation between two users and a photo. The photo is of a bald eagle looking like they’re screaming laying in a massive industrial bin.
Text above the photo: “ a bald eagle in a dumpster screaming to the heavens is probably the most fitting image to send us into 2025.
(The photo )
Text from secondary user: “ the new American flag.”

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?' Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law? Clearly no!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/04/2025

i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery

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Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador

Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

It really bothers me that all the arguments I am reading about why Venezuelan migrants should get due process is that 70-something percent of them are not even criminals. It’s become controversial to argue that even criminals have a right to due process.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 22/03/2025

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This statement is nearing 1600 signatories. Have you signed? Have you sent to your friends & colleagues? Your department or university list-serve? Your alumni network? if not, can you? bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd or to go right to signing bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign

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Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education

Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher educ...

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