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Jesse Crosson @jmcrosson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This paper, now out at QJPS, was a labor of love, and Geoff, @alexanderfurnas.com and I are pleased to share it--and the data! Appreciate the opportunity to write up for @lseusablog.bsky.social, and very thankful for the Center for Effective Lawmaking in helping to improve the project!

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Rashid C.J. Marcano Rivera @rashido.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Theorists “should be free to start off with a stylised view of the facts – i.e. concentrate on broad tendencies, ignoring individual detail, and proceed on the 'as if' method, i.e. construct a hypothesis that could account for these stylised facts, without necessarily committing himself on the...”

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 18/07/2025

A recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo declaring millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings has left many Massachusetts immigration lawyers concerned that people with no criminal record will be sent to overcrowded detention facilities.

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‘Catastrophic’: Mass. lawyers say new ICE policy will deny immigrants due process, strain detention facilities - The Boston Globe

A July 8 internal memo directs ICE officers to detain people who entered the country without permission for the duration of their deportation proceedings.

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Joseph Cotterill @jsphctrl.ft.com · 16/07/2025

Last year I thought the career of the first Labour MP for Poole would say a lot about the restlessness of UK politics, writ small. Elected by six votes just over a year ago, he has now been suspended for rebelling against welfare cuts. www.ft.com/content/5852...

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Keir Starmer suspends several Labour MPs

UK prime minister seeks to bolster his authority after recent rebellions

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

"Most of today’s superrich owe their wealth to their ownership stakes in companies that are de facto monopolies thanks to network effects," writes @pkrugman.bsky.social. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inequality...

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Inequality, Part IV: Oligarchs

The rise of mega-fortunes

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Rashid C.J. Marcano Rivera @rashido.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

A estas alturas París ha excedido mis altísimas expectativas con la Fête de la Musique, así como la oferta cultural gastronómica. También resulta bastante bueno en precios, aunque en parte es posible que mi experiencia en la más cara ciudad de Copenhague todo ahora parezca razonable y a buen precio.

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Money in Politics at CBS @moneypolitics-cbs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

What’s next in money in politics?

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Money in Politics at CBS @moneypolitics-cbs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Studying campaign finance and lobbying in the US still dominates but new exciting work in other topics and geographical regions is becoming more prominent

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Money in Politics at CBS @moneypolitics-cbs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

. @bcegerod.bsky.social and Hye Young You presenting data on what has been happening in the study of money in politics

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Rashid C.J. Marcano Rivera @rashido.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Oí de un colega boricua que lleva un decenio de profesor en California, y cuyo supervisor expresó vocalmente y por escrito que el acento en inglés del boricua «le incomodaba». La polarización y el discurso xenófobo penetrando en espacios inesperados.

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I'm willing to stake out a bet on the results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances for cryptocurrency holdings and usage if you want @mcuban.bsky.social

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Rashid C.J. Marcano Rivera @rashido.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Estas movidas llevan desde Romero Barceló, cuando empezaron a evaluar estas estrategias a través del Consejo Asesor del Gobernador sobre Política Laboral...

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Public ownership FTW. It's not just me, btw. cc @hayleypring.bsky.social @hannahsalamon.bsky.social

Public ownership announcement by South Western Railways

Data by Genovese, Pring and Salamon (working paper)

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

“AI has become an oligarchic project — and democracy an impediment.” Thread:

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 07/05/2025

My universally unpopular opinion is that AI reveals why instructors need to take their role in assessment a lot more seriously. If AI can complete an assignment, and a human grader can't tell, it's not a good assignment. That's proof positive, in fact, of the busywork that AI will automate away.

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Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College

ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

A fundamental attack on public goods aimed at creating schemes to enrich the rich and funnel money to religious groups www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Texas governor signs largest US school voucher law in win for conservatives

State becomes 16th to allow public funds to be used for private schools, which opponents say will benefit mostly wealthier children

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 21/04/2025

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Look at the focus: Harm to "markets" and "the global order" (nobody gives a *fuck* about the "global order") Companies, products & prices get hurt; the only mention of *people* is "investors." An inadequate and bloodless description of the harm Trump is inflicting on the American people.

Screenshot of the New York Times homepage with a bunch of headlines highlighted to show their focus on the harm Trump's tariffs are doing to "markets" and "the global order" and companies and prices but not ... humans.

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Rashid C.J. Marcano Rivera @rashido.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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⏳ Only a few days left! Apply to the MA in Sociology at UPR-RP. 📅 Deadline: 15 April 2025 🧠 Critically analyse power, society, and change — with a focus on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. 📸 See image/QR code for full details. ✅ Ready to apply? solicitud.upr.edu

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 02/04/2025

Liberation Day has become so commercialized. I happen to think Liberation Day should be spent enjoying tariffs with friends and family.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

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‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation

A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.

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Rashid C.J. Marcano Rivera @rashido.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

No sabía que alguien podría hacer quedar a los niñatos del telegram como eruditos digitales, y sin embargo ahí está el vicepresidente estadounidense y los ministros de Estado y Guerra haciéndolo.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

NEW: Senior polisci colleagues @ Columbia endorse our letter on how we would respond to the Trump attack. For expidiency we 5 did not ask for other signatures. Grateful for strong show of unity. @vickymurillo.bsky.social @pagefortna.bsky.social Letter: danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post...

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Years ago someone on a chat board I was on said something that stuck with me: "Extreme competence is very sexy." She was saying it about Norm Abram.* * Master carpenter on This Old House, New Yankee Workshop, etc.

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Rashid C.J. Marcano Rivera @rashido.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A functioning democracy requires the continuing responsiveness of the government to the preferences of its citizens, considered as political equals.

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SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics @sasemeeting.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

How does sexual orientation impact wealth? 💶 Dujeancourt, Boschini & Norden show that men in same-sex couples face a wealth penalty at lower percentiles but a premium at higher ones, while women’s penalty is persistent. doi.org/10.1093/ser/... #SER #wealthgap

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Wealth, gender and sexual orientation—evidence from siblings

Abstract. Using Swedish administrative data, this study investigates the link between wealth and sexual orientation across genders, focusing on nearly 4400

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The reason this is such a big deal is that Trumpism, an ideology of pathological insecurity and bullying, requires you to submit. When you don’t submit, it calls everything about them into question, and they can’t handle that. So don’t submit. Defy the fascist scum.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

from decarbonise to weaponise the ECB, as long as it's within the mandate

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

People’s reactions to these stories tend to be of the leopards-eating-faces variety but this is a great piece of reporting in part about how voters very disconnected from politics make their choices. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this

Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Before lawmakers swear an oath to the Constitution, perhaps they should be required to read it

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Val✨ @valventress.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Yo intenté seguir usando aquella app por la comunidad boricua pero la verdad es que ya no tolero tanta propaganda facha e interacciones agresivas.

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World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It’s critical for observers of international affairs to not overstate Trump’s specific impact, @profpaulpoast.bsky.social writes. Despite his best efforts, Trump can only steer US global leadership in the direction it was already going: down.

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Trump Is More Symptom Than Cause of the Twilight of U.S. Hegemony

Despite his best efforts, Trump can only steer U.S. global leadership in the direction it was already going: down.

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A panel on the Treasury this Thursday, with the incredible @epopppp.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social. This is not just for academics. Everyone needs to understand what's happening right now. Spread the word!

Announcement for a SPECIAL PANEL ON THE TREASURY with pictures of two speakers.

About this event:

What is at stake with the Treasury's payment systems? Recent events make this question more pertinent than ever before. Cutting across governance, policy, economic regulation, and the bureaucracies that sit at the core of the democratic state, the Treasury's financial pipes and plumbing are critical for the nation's well-being. In this special session, Elizabeth Popp Berman (U Michigan) and Abraham Newman (Georgetown U) will discuss why these systems matter as well as the risks posed by their capture by non-state actors. Please join us on Thursday, February 6 at 11 AM PST/ 2 PM EST for what will surely be an excellent conversation.

Please register here: https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/uSxuanM2TEWy5Hqn4-7KVg

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/02/2025

do i roll my eyes at a lot of DEI stuff? yeah, i wrote a whole essay about why i thought it was bullshit back in 2020. but trump et al aren’t saying, “corporate DEI policies mainly exist to protect corporate interests from discrimination lawsuits.” they’re saying “get the blacks out”

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Manuel Alvarez-Rivera 🇵🇷 @malvarezrivera.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Los resultados definitivos para gobernador de P.R. en las elecciones generales de 2024 quedaron de la siguiente manera por % de la población de 25 años o más con al menos un bachillerato universitario en 2023, a nivel de precinto: 1/

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Liberals comfortable with fascists, they can reform government after all, Gillian Tett edition. www.ft.com/content/f975...

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Musk is right — US government badly needs a digital makeover

If he can drive the change that’s required, future generations will thank him

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

What Musk is trying to do is have the ability to engage in impoundment of appropriations- funds Congress has ordered be spent- even if administrative agencies are resisting Trump and respecting the constitution, various statutes and court injunctions. Just by shutting off payment

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

In preview of my Monday morning piece, I'm going to say a little bit about why this is so concerning. This is not some "economy" thing. Its first & foremost the possibility that our legal order is modified so the law of the land is defined by Elon Musk at Treasury www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

UPDATE: Petro says that Colombia will send its presidential plane to the U.S. for “dignified” deportations. Some have interpreted this as Petro backing down. But Trump wants to use military planes for the visuals and this may not be enough to appease him. More developments to come, I’m sure.

X post from the Colombia Presidency account (not Petro’s account):

English translation: “#Attention | President Gustavo Petro has made available the presidential airplane for the dignified return of our nationals, and will lead efforts [on migration{ at the Extraordinary Assembly of CELAC.”

Spanish original: “🔴 #Atención | El Presidente @PetroGustavo dispone avión presidencial para el retorno digno de connacionales y liderará esfuerzos en la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la CELAC.”

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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

3/ But strategy combinations matter. Durable regimes don’t rely on just one tool—they adapt. Some mix repression with media indoctrination, while others lean on co-optation. No one-size-fits-all formula.

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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

2/ Using data from @V_DemInstitute and the Varieties of Indoctrination dataset, we analyzed how regimes use these tools over time. We even clustered regimes into groups based on strategy combinations.

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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

1/ Autocrats combine tools to stay in power, but most research looks at them in isolation. We map 6 strategies—repression of rights & physical integrity, co-optation through institutions & resource distribution, and indoctrination via education & media—for a full picture.

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