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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You do look good. This was the first thing that popped into my mind. You're just missing Freddie Mercury.

Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The rhetoric reminds me of the ineffective parent who just keeps upping the ante with increasingly over-the-top threats that are unenforceable and won't actually change behavior: you're grounded for the weekend! A week! A month! A year! Until you leave for college! Bellicosity is all they can do.

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John V. Kane @uptonorwell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

So excited to be featured in this spectacular new edited volume! Many thanks to @profkarpo.bsky.social & Jeremy Pope for putting this together, and of course to my co-authors @lilymasonphd.bsky.social and @juliewronski.bsky.social ! 😊

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Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

📈 Excited to share that Political Behavior’s Impact Factor climbed to 3.5 in 2025 (up from 3.3), keeping us a Q1 journal in Political Science. Thank you to our incredible community of authors and reviewers! 🎉 #PoliSci #AcademicTwitter

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/07/2026

to mark the 250th i wrote about the ways that black americans did vital work to invest the declaration of independence with the universalism and egalitarianism that we now see as its core promise. (gift link)

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Opinion | Five Words That Changed America

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Josh, what are the options at this point, given the Court's excessively broad interpretation of executive power and embrace of the unitary executive theory? What can Congress do on its own? Will this require an amendment?

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Andy, what's the remedy here? Court reform? Amendment? What can Congress do on its own when the Court embraces the unitary executive so completely?

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Is there a congressional remedy here, E.J.? Or does the Court's embrace of the unitary executive (except, apparently, for the Fed) require an amendment to undo?

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tom, do you think the Congress has recourse here? The loss of independent agencies (except for the Fed, apparently) is significant. But the Court's reading of executive power is so ridiculously broad that it seems to constrain Congress from responding. Do we need an amendment to remedy this?

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm a proud Kansan, but this show made Massachusetts ... and math ... seem very cool.

A promotional photo for the PBS show "The Voyage of the Mimi."

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Yes, if you squint, you can see a young Ben Affleck.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This may be the most openly corrupt arrangement I have seen in the United States during my lifetime.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I'm intrigued that Senior Political Figure is at the top of the list. And if I am a Senior Political Figure, does that mean I'm a special priority for Bank of America? So many questions ...

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Congratulations, Chagai! This is wonderful news.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Thank you for making this, Christina! I'll definitely be including it in my courses next semester. May I ask what chart app you ended up using?

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Congratulations, Diana, Alex, and Trent! This is important work.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Thanks, Debbie! The chapter authors are fantastic.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'll try this once more, this time with a working link: At long last, it's publication day at @uofmpress.bsky.social for this edited volume! It includes a remarkable set of authors offering thoughtful insights about the state of parties and partisanship today. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Reco...

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Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship

Since partisanship has become a powerful force in the U.S., academic literature is replete with different approaches to this complex, multifaceted topic. Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship brings ...

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Thanks for alerting me, Debbie!

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

At long last, it's publication day at @uofmpress.bsky.social for this edited volume! It includes a remarkable set of authors offering thoughtful insights about the state of parties and partisanship today. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Reco...

The cover of Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship, published today by the University of Michigan Press.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Wait, there's an art to it? If only someone had told me ...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Excellent Bouie piece on the birthright case. Especially how it points out that every academic backing Trump has either explicitly rejected Trump’s take in the past or somehow written extensively on the 14A without raising it (and implicitly rejecting it)… and have no new evidence now. Gift link:

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Opinion | The Birthright Con

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

But could he, um, fill those shoes?

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The Trump Administration has used the power of government to restrict broadcast of a conversation about politics, the meaning and purpose of Christianity, and the role of religious belief more broadly. Chilling.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Having spent the morning discussing publication prospects for null results from a high-N study with an innovative research design, this is, well, depressing.

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Keith E. Whittington @kewhittington.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My paper on the original meaning of birthright citizenship is now published

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Can’t wait to read this, Chagai! Congratulations!!

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I was shocked when I saw that, too! We talked about it our last meeting and are watching closely, as we really value the reviewers’ time, but it definitely caused a chuckle for us as well! Would that all manuscripts had such willing referees!

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

And it’s rare to have this yield right off the bat!

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We typically have to invite somewhere between 8 and 12 to get 3 timely completes. Don’t worry, we’re monitoring closely so that we won’t waste anyone’s time! On rare occasions, multiple reviewers will complete at the same time so we have more than 3, but that’s the exception.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

And we still have the weekend to go! (Sigh.)

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The tragic destruction of the Washington Post's brand is a sad tale of Bezos's hubris and cravenness. He has completely misjudged what is required at this moment ... and why the Post's readership is declining.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link

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Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

More evidence of federal agents behaving in ways that are flagrantly inconsistent with the Constitution and basic principles of a free society.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This is from December, but it carefully highlights tactics used by ICE and the Border Patrol, including against U.S. citizens. Put simply, these scenes are deeply inconsistent with respect for public safety, the Constitution, and, more broadly, a free society. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

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Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens

A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/01/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump’s assertion of unlimited authority — subject only to his moral judgment and his mind (whatever that means) — is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.

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Opinion | Trump Has Stopped Pretending That This Is All Normal

The president’s assertion of unlimited authority is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Lucky that no congregants were injured or killed. Torahs take a year to write so this is really long term damage to the community.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Congratulations, Seth! I’m looking forward to this one … though that’s true every time, of course!

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

“This is a radical change, and one that will surely leave the United States poorer, weaker and more isolated. I cannot help but detect in these nativist outbursts against Indian immigrants and their descendants a profound loss of confidence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

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Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This is a terrific book by a terrific scholar. I will be using it in my course on the American Dream. Congratulations, Liz, on this wonderful accomplishment!

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

None of this is new, and it's as problematic today as it was then.

A figure depicting opposition to immigration from people who were themselves immigrants a generation earlier. It is a cartoon from

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Are you kidding me?! What an inning.

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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

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