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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This dropped around the same time as this interview - Neil Gorsuch on Megyn Kelly’s show. He was talking about how “young conservatives must have courage to stand by their beliefs.” Sounds apolitical to me!

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

*PSA Prize Winners* 🎉Congratulations to Dr William Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social as this year’s academic prize winner of Joni Lovenduski Prize for outstanding professional contribution by an early career scholar. ➡️ buff.ly/dvOF0Sa

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I am an experienced researcher who has worked in higher education, policy, and the… · Experience: University of Southampton · Education: University of Oxford · Location: Greater Oxford Area · 269...

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

excellent deep dive into all of the ways that the Trump administration has used the federal budget to keep punishing critics and trying to bend them to his will. FWIW, this is precisely how Viktor Orban crushed the opposition in Hungary 15 years ago. The national budget is a powerful weapon.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Some scary shit going down at the Pentagon with Hegseth

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Please share this! I sent a version of these stories (before this was published today) to a non-Minnesota work network, w donation links, & asked people to share what’s happening Just got an email from someone who sent it to her mom, who sent it to her church, where it‘s inspiring resistance plans

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Dispatch from the occupation

What life is like in Minneapolis now

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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 30/08/2025

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics. The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Children with brain cancer

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The New York Times headline writers now call groups like the AMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons "pro-vaccine groups." They get more preposterous with each passing day.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

Graphic of Washington Post poll from April 18-22, 2025, showing "Majorities of Americans oppose various Trump proposals"

highlighting two lines in particular:
"Increasing the Federal Government's role in how private universities operate" - 28 percent support, 70 percent oppose
"Reducing federal funding for medical research" - 21 percent support, 77 percent oppose

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Svasti Haricharan @svasti.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This can't be said enough. The narrative is quickly becoming but universities need fed funds, when it should be that the fed govt needs universities. NCI/NIGMS funding to Harvard/MIT supported research that led to the discovery of Herceptin, a cancer drug that has saved 3 million lives to date! 🧪

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten. senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...

Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance represents not only athletic competition but also a longstanding tradition of academic collaboration, research excellence, and commitment to democratic values and shared governance; Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance includes 18 universities with thousands of instructors serving over 600,000 students; Whereas, the preservation of one institution’s integrity is the concern of all, and an infringement against one member university of the Big Ten shall be considered an infringement against all; Be it resolved that, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; Be it further resolved that, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement; Be it further resolved that, participating institutions shall make available, at the request of the institution under direct political infringement, the services of their legal counsel, governance experts, and public affairs offices to coordinate a unified and vigorous response, including but not limited to: Legal representation and countersuit actions; strategic public communication; amicus briefs and expert testimony; legislative advocacy and coalition-building; related topical research as needed.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

If Joe Biden personally destroyed 15% of the stock markets value in three months, never mind three days, house Republicans would have had articles of impeachment on the floor. Trump is lawless and fragrantly violating the constitution in many ways. Get the process moving.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/04/2025

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Elon Musk has committed a blatant felony by offering money for votes in order to help Brad Schimel. This is a chainsaw attack on democracy and the rule of law. Musk should be brought to justice immediately. 🧵

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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Apropos of the today's executive order, here's my class slide which summarizes the results of vote audits over the past decade or so. To a pretty close approximation, individual-level voting fraud doesn't exist in this country.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

As I explain here, security isn't even the biggest part of the Signal Scandal. This is to keep actions secret from the US government. It's how to do crimes, bribes and more. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signa...

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SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn’t Even the Worst Part Of It

I haven’t had time to comment on the Jeff Goldberg story about...

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them. There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Another household kept alive by American aid was that of Jennifer Inyaa, a 35-year-old single mom, and her 5-year-old son, Evan Anzoo, both of them H.I.V.-positive. Last month, after the aid shutdown, Inyaa became sick and died, and a week later Evan died as well, according to David Iraa Simon, a community health worker who assisted them. Decisions by billionaires in Washington quickly cost the lives of a mother and her son.
"Many more children will die in the coming weeks," said Margret Amjuma, a health worker who confirmed the deaths of Peter and Achol.

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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

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Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Professors, planning to teach a course about democracy? The American Democracy Collaborative is sharing our syllabi for courses in US & comparative politics! americandemocracycollaborative.org w/ @tompepinsky.com @povertyscholar.bsky.social

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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE

Research, Teaching, Dialogue

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Today would be yet another good day for university presidents to loudly, collectively, & publicly start defending our institutions & industry. The silence is deafening & frankly, incomprehensible. What exactly are you waiting for? How many Columbias, Maines, & Johns Hopkins will it take?

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Dems can still get D senators to clip Elon's wings. But they only have about 48 hours to do it. I lay out the terrain in this post. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/will-...

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Will Dems Pick Up Their Sword?

(Ed.Note: I go into a lot of detail below. The bottom line...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny. Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Show us the paperwork. Always demand the paperwork and that they authenticate the paperwork. It’s never sexy, but Trump almost always fucks it up. #TrumpAndPaperworkMan

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

A few of you have asked me what to tell members of Congress if you call them. I don't know how to write scripts. But this is my best stab at explaining how I see the situation and what Democrats need to do. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...

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What To Tell Your Member of Congress

In response to last night’s “Alert” post a number of TPM Readers...

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David Whitehouse, Ph.D @davidw38.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov Read this thread and fire your consultants.

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American Bar Association @americanbar.org · 10/02/2025

The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Favorite sign so far

A hand-drawn old school doge meme, it's quite good

Text: fake agency, much illegal, very data breach, such treasury, unelected, very cool, wow

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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Of course it’s a coup

Miss the obvious, lose your republic

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jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

In a functioning democracy, a president who -tries to seize Congress's constitutional spending powers -attempts to rewrite the Constitution unilaterally -pardons violent insurrectionists who attacked the government -fires the Inspectors General and DOJ prosecutors would face immediate impeachment

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Brian Schatz @schatz.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We passed a law. They don’t get to force people to petition the king for mercy. We are still a democracy and this will be found illegal.

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