Jennifer A. Richeson

Jennifer Richeson

@jaricheson.bsky.social

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professor of social psychology with a focus on race, diversity, & societal inequality; political junkie; the beach is my happy place; views are my own

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Jennifer A. Richeson is an American social psychologist who studies racial identity and interracial interactions. She is currently the Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology at Yale University where she heads the Social Perception and Communication Lab. Prior to her appointment to the Yale faculty, Richeson was Professor of Psychology and African-American studies at Northwestern University. In 2015, she was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. Richeson was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022. Since 2021, she has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). .. more

Political science 34%

Sociology 30%

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 3d

This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.

Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.

yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...

Screenshot of the article that includes a quote from the professor's explanation to the dean: “I was recommending her for a job I thought she'd like. When you do that--when you actually care about a rec letter--you keep the potential boss's habits in mind,” Gelernter wrote in the email to his colleagues, seemingly referring to Epstein. “This one was obsessed with girls (like every other unmarried billionaire in Manhattan; in fact, like every other heterosex male), and if I hadn't said what I did in that letter ten-odd years ago, he would certainly have called me & asked for a lot more aesthetic detail. (This is how men behave.)”

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 7d

4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter

A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...

www.salemreporter.com

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 8d

Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

www.nytimes.com

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Kate Harding @kateharding.bsky.social · 8d

When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10d

Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10d

"In order to build tyranny, you have to open zones where the law doesn't apply... one zone like that is the border. The logic of what they've been doing with ICE is to take the border everywhere."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...

Snyder: Trump administration using words like ‘terrorist’ and ‘extremist’ is what tyrants do

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 13d

Interesting development—> '

Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 13d

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer.

“Today, we demand accountability.

“In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

“Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Jennifer A. Richeson, Robert C. Richards

Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 13d

Even when they show signs of weakness or forced regret, we must not give an inch. Authoritarian governments still respond to public opinion, which is why sustained pressure matters. We have to keep making clear that these thuggish actions are unconscionable and will not be tolerated. Don’t let up.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 13d

Coates is always worth reading.

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For years, a certain kind of liberal has either minimized such culture war rhetoric coming from the other side, or urged political actors of all stripes to ignore this, in favor of
"material" and "kitchen table" issues—as though the state regarding one's life as
"garbage" has no tangible consequence, as if the terms of a fight can be determined by the person getting punched. But Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact-the culture war is an actual war (text highlighted up to this point by me, for emphasis). ICE, the Myrmidons of The Homeland, enjoys an $85 billion budget, a sum "larger than the annual military budget of every country in the world except the United States and China," reports Caitlin Dickerson in The Atlantic. "Immigration and Customs Enforcement-just one component of the Department of Homeland Security-is getting more money than any other law-enforcement agency in America.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15d

Chuck Schumer says Senate Dems won't support DHS funding. This thing is really moving now.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15d

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15d

This is a white supremacist paramilitary operation. Their goal—their stated goal!—is to force America to submit to the President's racist domineering vision for the country.

The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Joe R. Feagin, Brendan Nyhan , and 31 more Elizabeth Sharrow, Joe R. Feagin, Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer A. Richeson, Scott L. Greer, John Horgan, Ian Campbell, Eric Goldman, Lesley A. Hall, Daniel W. Drezner, Trevon D. Logan, Melanie C. Green, Jacob T. Levy, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Margot C. Finn, Michael H. Whitworth, Michael D. McDonald, James Goodwin, Sahar F. Aziz, Lisa Diedrich, Claire L. Adida, Christina Ho, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Joanna L. Grossman, Melanie O’Brien, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Manisha Sinha, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Virginia Sapiro, Élisabeth Vallet, Peter Jacobs, Kristina McElheran, Shan Kothari

Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 16d

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure

The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.

www.startribune.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18d

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

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Scoiattolo @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz · 18d

This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained

Ashley Miller @amreports.bsky.social · 18d

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

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W. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · 18d

Re the February Dear Colleagues letter that threatened funding for schools & universities over DEI-related efforts:

‘[Ed Dept]…moved to dismiss its appeal. It leaves in place a federal judge’s August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment & federal procedural rules.’

Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges

The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Van Hollen: "I am not going to cast a vote -- not one dime -- to support this lawless, brutal Trump ICE operation"

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22d

The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.

The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.

This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.

wapo.st/4qR1T1U

DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed

The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.

wapo.st

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 24d

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 24d

The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students

Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times

Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.

arktimes.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25d

I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.

Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.

1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 25d

Trump Net-Approval On:

Immigration: -23%
Venezuela: -24%
Foreign Policy: -24%
Economy: -25%

AP-NORC / Jan 11, 2026

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.

www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court

James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.

www.texasobserver.org

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 26d

This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.

A citizen.

Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.

"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.

Agents took and sold his phone

And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 26d

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 27d

Stephen Pittman, a 19-year-old man accused of setting fire to Jackson’s only synagogue, Beth Israel, declared that “Jesus Christ is lord” after the judge asked him if he understood his rights in federal court today.

@nickjudin.bsky.social reports + AP:

Jackson Synagogue Burning Suspect Tells Judge, 'Jesus Christ Is Lord'

A suspect in the arson fire at the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, allegedly admitted to targeting it because of its “Jewish ties.”

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28d

hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress

Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 28d

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

YouTube video by Federal Reserve

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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 28d

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

YouTube video by Federal Reserve

www.youtube.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 29d

www.politico.com/news/2024/10...

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 29d

I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 24

Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:

"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."

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