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Gary Hollibaugh

@gholliba.bsky.social

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Dad, husband, tenured political scientist in a policy school. Seeing what this is about.

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Ash vs the Evil Dead @ashflanagan.bsky.social · 2d

If there exists a category of people who don't have due process rights, then either there's a process for determining who fits in that category or there isn't. In the first case due process is still being observed for everyone, and in the second it can be denied to anyone. There are no other options

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Kim L. Scheppele, Erich Fromm , and 10 more Joanna Bryson, Kim L. Scheppele, Erich Fromm, Menzie Chinn, Rosemary A. Joyce, Scott Gehlbach, Andrew Curry, Efrén O. Pérez, Robert C. Richards, Dominik Vogel, David Murakami Wood, Brooke Harrington, Gary Hollibaugh

tim frye @timfrye.bsky.social · 12d

So many echoes from this article for US politics....

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Reposted by David J. Berri, Gary Hollibaugh, Maksym Polyakov

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19d

Think of an economy as like baking a cake. H1-B visas exist so that if you're out of a specific ingredient, you can Instacart it and keep baking. Add a $100k delivery charge and you'll choose to:
1. Quit baking; or
2. Use an inferior recipe; or
3. Import cake instead of making it

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Reposted by Márk E. Hauber, Joshua S. Weitz, Michael A. Clemens , and 4 more Márk E. Hauber, Joshua S. Weitz, Michael A. Clemens, Robert C. Richards, Scott A. Imberman, Michael D. McDonald, Gary Hollibaugh

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas.

Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...

J.S. Citizenshit and Immigratior
Services
September 20, 2025
Memorandum
TO:
Associate Directors,
Deputy Associate Directors, Program Office Chiefs
FROM:
JOSEPH B
Digitaly signed by
JOSEPH B EDLOW
Joseph B. Edlow
EDLOW
Date: 2025.09.20
Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services **00
SUBJECT: Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, H-IB
On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, to address systemic abuse of H-1B nonimmigrant visas. Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, except for those aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000. This guidance applies to H-IB employment-based petitions filed after 12:01 AM ET on September 21, 2025.|
This proclamation only applies prospectively to petitions that have not yet been filed. The proclamation does not apply to aliens who: are the beneficiaries of petitions that were filed prior to the effective date of the proclamation, are the beneficiaries of currently approved petitions, or are in possession of validly issued H-1B non-immigrant visas. All officers of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall ensure that their decisions are consistent with this guidance. The proclamation does not impact the ability of any current visa holder to travel to or rom the United States.
cc: David V. Roy, Chief Counsel (A)
FOUO, For Official Use Only

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Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Guy Grossman, David R. Miller , and 3 more Michael A. Clemens, Guy Grossman, David R. Miller, Scott A. Imberman, Noah L. Nathan, Gary Hollibaugh

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 19d

This H1B thing is a DISASTER for the USA. Phone your representative and senator NOW and demand action to protect America.

This is an attack on the American economy and American technological and scientific advancement. Not to mention a truly awful thing to do to half a million people.

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · 26d

Don’t call me out like this when I’m not even at APSA this year!

Reposted by Martin Paul Eve, Gary D. Rawnsley, Glenn H. Shepard , and 2 more Martin Paul Eve, Gary D. Rawnsley, Glenn H. Shepard, Greg Linden, Gary Hollibaugh

Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · Sep 7

From Princeton Professor of Politics and International Affairs, @jshapiro.bsky.social.

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Sep 7

Maybe, but I guarantee a bootlegging course would be way more interesting and fun.

Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Sep 6

Acceptable answers are much shorter than you think (I am so very sorry)

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Sep 6

Come to SPIA at the University of Pittsburgh for your MPA and you too can become like Jessica Chastain

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Master of Public Administration degree, folks!
people.com/jessica-chas...

Jessica Chastain Opens Up About Studying at Harvard as She Admits She's a 'Secret Nerd'

During a Sept. 2 appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,' Jessica Chastain opened up about attending Harvard University to attain a Master's degree. The Oscar winner said that her progr...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Master of Public Administration degree, folks!
people.com/jessica-chas...

Jessica Chastain Opens Up About Studying at Harvard as She Admits She's a 'Secret Nerd'

people.com

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Elizabeth Saunders, Mark D. White , and 3 more Anna O. Law, Elizabeth Saunders, Mark D. White, James Goodwin, Catherine J. Frieman, Gary Hollibaugh

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not sure whose fault it is primarily that most people don't seem to know that the president is basically a manager whose job is to carry out the will of Congress, and not The Country's Boss

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Aug 31

This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.

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Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Nina Jankowicz, David Lazer , and 24 more Kim L. Scheppele, Nina Jankowicz, David Lazer, Patrick A. Jansen, Maarten Vink, Philip N. Cohen, Lars Vilhuber, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Robert C. Richards, Aaron Sojourner, Lesley Bartlett, Henry Farrell, Dominik Vogel, Els Torreele, James Goodwin, Brendan Kennelly, Dana R. Fisher, Kate Starbird, Mark Rice, Gary Hollibaugh, Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche, Christina Pagel, Albin Wagener, Stephen Pimpare, Kate Jackson, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 28

New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

The authoritarian checklist

It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Aug 27

@purekimminess.bsky.social mentioned this during the faculty assembly meeting today, so now it’s in the official minutes which means you HAVE to do it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Aug 23

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

More Than a Feeling

Whatever you think about the widening divide between Democrats and Republicans, ideological differences do not explain why politicians from the same parties, who share the same goals and policy prefer...

press.uchicago.edu

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Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com · Aug 13

I know this won’t reach folks who don’t already know it but just in case:

If you are a parent and your kid is going to college, there’s no time when you reaching out to their professors, choosing their classes, or doing their assignments is helping them.

Go get a hobby.

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Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman, Guatemala, Gary Hollibaugh

Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · Aug 12

a university is not for generating profit, it provides cultural enrichment via weird little gremlin people who love visigoths or haikus, and very occasionally a scientist who figures out faster than light travel

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Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich, Johan P. Olsen , and 1 more Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich, Johan P. Olsen, Gary Hollibaugh

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 10

In 1949, Superman told schoolchildren “our country is made up of Americans of MANY different races, religions and national origins. So…

“…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Aug 3

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine

How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

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Reposted by Marc Lynch, Bruce Baker, Bruce D. Baker , and 1 more Marc Lynch, Bruce Baker, Bruce D. Baker, Gary Hollibaugh

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Jul 31

Brown's capitulation to the state is as great a threat to academic freedom in America as Columbia's cowardice. Anonymous student course evaluations have been potentially weaponized to punish speech that might anger students in the classroom. A serious chilling effect. www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

www.brown.edu

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Jul 30

We can’t have them on syllabi? News to me.

Reposted by Andrew Jacobs, Gary Hollibaugh

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 24

Columbia’s leadership has managed to make the wrong decision at every single point here

Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · Jul 24

Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.

Screenshot of Columbia's settlement with the White House

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Reposted by John Drury, Jennifer A. Richeson, Gary Hollibaugh

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jul 24

Can someone smarter than the New York Times explain to me what exactly the $200M fine that Columbia is paying is *for*?

Because in my naiveté and with $400M in grant funding canceled, this is indistinguishable from a protection racket.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...

Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Mark A. Lemley, Talia Schaffer , and 1 more Colin F. Camerer, Mark A. Lemley, Talia Schaffer, Gary Hollibaugh

whet moser @whetmoser.com · Jul 17

look, it’s just a fired prosecutor and an inexplicable tape gap. since when has that ever indicated anything

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Jul 16

Disagree. This is the United States of America and we categorically reject the idea of the Divine Right of Kings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 15

Mike Johnson: "God miraculously saved the president's life -- I think it's undeniable -- and he did it for an obvious purpose. His presidency and his life are the fruits of divine providence. He points that out all the time and he's right to do so."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 15

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wasn’t thinking of that Bush… youtu.be/tHIOodNVea0?...

CNN Headline News | 1/9/92 | President George Bush Vomits On Prime Minister During Japan Visit | HW

YouTube video by Captain Mr. Oracle

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Gary Hollibaugh @gholliba.bsky.social · Jun 18

You have an opportunity to do one of the funniest things ever.

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:

- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue

Working title: Love is Double-Blind

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