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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Your regular reminder that you can’t leapfrog a working state: www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Natalie Wenzell Letsa @natalie-letsa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Very excited to announce that in the Fall I will be joining the Political Science Dept. at the University of South Carolina as an Associate(!!) Professor! 🎉

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

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Michael Allen @mikeallen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Very happy to see that my paper with Ken Scheve and @stasavage.bsky.social is online! it's about democracy, inequality and antitrust: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Joe Beda @h.olysh.it · 24/03/2025

The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Maybe stuffing university board of directors with businesspeople was not a great idea.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 08/03/2025

Unchecked discretion in spending money appropriated by Congress transforms the Executive into a pipeline of patronage: Drastic cuts in services, then exceptions in exchange for loyalty. Which is precisely why the framers, with care and vision, guarded the power of the purse for Congress.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The "End of History", but in the end it's not liberal democracy but Russia's oligarchy-kleptocracy that wins.

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Daniel Tavana @danieltavana.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...

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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Institutions are not self-executing. Enough people must be willing to do the right thing by the rules.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/02/2025

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Lee Morgenbesser @lmorgenbesser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

PUBLISHED! Forget talk of a coup or self-coup, Musk's siege of America's vast federal bureaucracy is a form of state capture. It fits seamlessly with Trump's authoritarianism. I suspect this will be the most important thing I ever say about American politics. theconversation.com/is-elon-musk...

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Is Elon Musk taking over the US government? Here’s how ‘state capture’ works – and why we should be concerned

Elon Musk has been accused of attempting a coup or hostile takeover of the US government. His actions could better be described as a form of ‘state capture’. Here’s what that means.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Fabulous 🇺🇸💥

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Natalie Wenzell Letsa @natalie-letsa.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Getting mighty close to a full-throated endorsement of apartheid...

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.

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