Reposted by Steve Rosenzweig🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 08/07/2026I am begging my fellow Americans to learn how parties work *literally* every where else. Candidates are not more legitimate just because they were selected via a primary. Parties regularly select candidates and then voters, in an election, tell the party if they liked them or not. 42875121
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigRobert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Strong incentives for reviewers to push back against work that challenges reigning paradigms. They also prefer papers that incrementally build on their own work rather than criticize it. Anonymity is supposed to safe-guard peer review but it also creates perverse incentives for authors. 161
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I've spent years living and working abroad. But sure, go ahead with the ad hominem attacks and straw men instead of engaging with what I actually said. 100
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 22/04/2026It's very funny seeing the horrified responses to this from people that seemingly don't realize that hundreds of millions of children in other countries around the world still just eat what their parents eat and 1) don't starve and 2) are not emotionally scarred for the rest of their lives. 100
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 13/04/2026My wife isn’t Jewish and we’re members of a Reform synagogue and our son just got his bar mitzvah date and literally no one there has ever remotely suggested we aren’t all full, valued members of the community 1333
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026New Bright Line Watch report! -Expert ratings of U.S. democracy largely stable at lowest levels measured (since 2017) -Record partisan divide in public ratings of democracy driven by Republicans whose evaluations are highest since 2017 -Experts near-unanimous on many threats to democracy 🧵 belowbrightlinewatch.orgThe Persistence of Diminished Democracy in a Second Trump Presidency | Bright Line Watch 35924
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigDonghyun Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Deadline for submission to the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE) at Harvard is March 27. Please apply! @nlnathan.bsky.social @evlieb.bsky.social @piaraffler.bsky.social @scrosenzweig.bsky.social @chinemeluokafor.bsky.social Link: forms.gle/7R9PkFWEZTc6...forms.gle 094
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigDrew Stommes @drewstommes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026After years in academia, I’m exploring data science and research roles in industry. I'm a quant. social scientist (PhD Yale ’24, NYU) focused on causal inference, experiments, and large-scale data. Feel free to get in touch or share; all leads appreciated. dwstommes@gmail.com 03120
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 12/01/2026 🧵 I suspect that there are a lot of people out there, who are deeply troubled by the actions of ICE, but are also uncomfortable with the response of activists. One friend preferred the protests from the civil rights era. I pointed out that at the time, most mainstream white Americans disapproved... 4042977
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/12/2025Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numberstheonion.comTrump Announces 5,000% Increase In All NumbersWASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect... 13182841623
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 12/11/2025Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails. 68142343106
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigPolitical Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 09/11/2025IN NEW ISSUE: Ethnic voting - @scrosenzweig.bsky.social examines the subject through the lens of group norms & social pressure using data from Africa. Read in more: buff.ly/YYogOYs #polsci @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsci #poisky 112
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 05/11/2025That multiple NYS races show up on this list is a huge indictment of the New York Democratic Party. Lost all races in Nassau County, where candidates ran on their opposition to Mamdani, while just across the Sound in Westchester, Ken Jenkins—who did not—cruised to victory with 66% of the vote. 130
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 03/11/2025It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges. 463113342732
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Great analysis of the situation in Tanzania by Dan Pagetjournalofdemocracy.orgHas Tanzania Reached Its Breaking Point? | Journal of DemocracyPresident Hassan promised Tanzanians freedom, transparency, and reform. Instead, she has delivered repression, violence, and arrests as she bars anyone who dares challenge her. 1147
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I’m sure I’m not the first to say this, but I can’t see a photo of Bovino without thinking he’s Col. Lockjaw from One Battle After Another 000
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 27/10/2025This is an excellent piece on Raila Odinga and how his politics fit into Kenyan politics since independence writ largetheelephant.infoPATRICK GATHARA - Raila Odinga and the Politics of Power - The ElephantPredicating change on capturing power makes politics a zero-sum game. 000
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/10/2025#NYC #NoKings 👑 443791753
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 18/10/2025So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u... 802406713
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 15/10/2025This is a great paper that I had a chance to read an earlier version of as a committee member for the @epovb.bsky.social Best Paper award (which it won). 151
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 07/10/2025Why most polls overstate support for political violence www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...gelliottmorris.comWhy most polls overstate support for political violenceMisperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that. 116869
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigDonghyun Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization. 25027
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 01/10/2025More evidence of backlash against politicians associated with political violence 030
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025🚨 New Bright Line Watch report on state of US democracy brightlinewatch.org/violence-red... -Expert ratings ~= since April but ↓ substantially since January -US now most closely resembles an illiberal democracy -Partisan gap in democracy ratings highest since 2017 Full thread of results below 26941
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigRory Truex @rorytruex.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Here's 90 minutes with @adamprz.bsky.social, Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and @dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...open.spotify.comThe State of American Democracy with Steven Levitsky, Adam Przeworski, Susan Stokes and Daniel Ziblatt | The Civic Forum E10Spotify video 0116
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/09/2025We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents. 25352451332
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigMatt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 10/09/2025Information environment has reached its grotesque conclusion in that there is a very real killer out there who has not been identified, apprehended, or investigated, a detail practically inconsequential to nearly every commentator’s purposes. 995645990
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/09/2025I mean what on earth are district court judges supposed to do at this point other than get the message from SCOTUS to let Trump do whatever he wants to no matter what the law says. 29476321558
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigNeeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 08/09/2025🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...doi.orgPolitical violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ... 13815
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Perverse Consequences of the Easy AIn the era of grade inflation, students at top colleges are more stressed than ever. 0154
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigDaniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...foreignaffairs.comWarnings From WeimarWhy bargaining with authoritarians fails. 24654294
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 28/08/2025over the last week, several political scientists i trust have declared trump a dictator and that america is not a full functioning democracy anymore. see here: goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/where-we-a... donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author... i think making a list clarifies this: 13555235
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigHanne Fjelde @hannefjelde.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social! 03331
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigRadicalization papers @radicalpapers.bsky.social · 06/08/2025“Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence” in Terrorism and Political Violence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comConceptualizing Election-Related ViolenceElectoral violence has become an increasingly common manifestation of political violence around the globe. Reflecting the growing significance of this form of violence, there has been a sharp rise ... 003
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigSteve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Now out: new article w/ @niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social - "Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence" - takes stock of the rapidly growing literature on election violence, identifying points of agreement and disagreement across studies on how the concept is defined and disaggregated into sub-types.doi.orgConceptualizing Election-Related ViolenceElectoral violence has become an increasingly common manifestation of political violence around the globe. Reflecting the growing significance of this form of violence, there has been a sharp rise ... 1104
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Now out: new article w/ @niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social - "Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence" - takes stock of the rapidly growing literature on election violence, identifying points of agreement and disagreement across studies on how the concept is defined and disaggregated into sub-types.doi.orgConceptualizing Election-Related ViolenceElectoral violence has become an increasingly common manifestation of political violence around the globe. Reflecting the growing significance of this form of violence, there has been a sharp rise ... 1104
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025The real lesson of the Grok meltdown yesterday is think of the unimaginable power of controlling one of these platform scale LLMs if you don't go as over-the-top as "I'm Hitler 2.0 let's hurry up and gas the remaining Jews". If it's even slightly more subtle immense possibilities for info dominance. 391173257
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Elon Musk's latest changes to Grok have made the LLM openly antisemitic. 32451112
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigConnor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections. 10682081708
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigDavid Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable. 579365499389
Reposted by Steve Rosenzweigjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/06/2025i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!nytimes.comEveryone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad? 688153311545
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigGwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents. 808117845251
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 12/06/2025See below. The statement is posted as several skeets posted prior to the request. 000
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025What will you do when authoritarianism comes to America? Because it's here. Right now. 28875282
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigJess Blankshain @profjessblankshain.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Candidly, as a civ-mil watcher, this scene at Bragg is freaking me out more than anything else that's happened so far. Just an absolute collapse of professional military norms. 24773391529
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Possible the Gaza protests hurt Ds electorally because they divided their coalition. But the war did that on its own, protests aside. Hard to pin down the electoral impact. But the evidence that American public opinion shifted in favor of the protestors’ cause is pretty clear-cutglobalaffairs.orgAmericans Grow More Divided on US Support for IsraelRepublicans support US backing for Israel until its military objectives in Gaza are achieved, while majorities of Democrats now oppose it. 020
Reposted by Steve RosenzweigOmar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 08/06/2025State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas... 11518212