Michael Evans

@mevanspolisci.bsky.social

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I teach & conduct political science research, seeking a healthier democracy.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 2h

Also highly recommend @chrislhayes.bsky.social interview with @chenoweth.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Protests, Political Violence and Its Alternatives with Erica Chenoweth

Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · 05/06/2025 · 58m

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Todd Alcott @toddalcott.bsky.social · 7h

By creating the in-group/out-group dynamic, the administration is signaling who gets to be violent, and who is protected from violence.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 9h

I am relieved to report that Bari Weiss’s fingerprints were not on the story.

Also, and importantly, I beat out Oprah.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22h

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.

Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

Reposted by Robert W. Wallace, Rosemary A. Joyce, Michelle Everson , and 12 more Robert W. Wallace, Rosemary A. Joyce, Michelle Everson, Aaron Sojourner, Ben Tonra, Sarah Roberts, Laleh Khalili, Lisa Diedrich, Gerardo Martí, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Michael Evans, Jeannette Sutton, David Darmofal

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 23h

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, I am begging supposedly serious people & societal institutions not to normalize violating all of our international obligations, threatening to seize/acquire our closest allies, & generally treating the One Special Boy as if our entire edifice of institutions, laws, & norms do not exist.

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings , and 39 more Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, Thomas Backhaus, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Tom Shakespeare, Rosemary A. Joyce, Henning Melber, Alan Lester, Edgar Morgenroth, John Foot, Daniel W. Drezner, Iikka Korhonen, Trevon D. Logan, Göran Bolin, Jussi T. Eronen, David R. Miller, R. M. Wilson, W. Andy Knight, Jacob T. Levy, Lones Smith, Bessma Momani, Jonathan Birch, Mark Priestley, Jonathan Marks, Steven S. Taylor, James Connelly, Nathan Richardson, Siegfried Hekimi, Charles T. Mathewes, Carlos Moreno, Francesco Nicoli, Michael Evans, Jeannette Sutton, Élisabeth Vallet, David Darmofal, Monisha Bajaj, Steven H. Seggie

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

Reposted by Mark Rubin, David Chester, Ian Hussey , and 7 more Mark Rubin, David Chester, Ian Hussey, Paul Nightingale, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Francesco Nicoli, Michael Evans, Andreas Haupt, Kristina McElheran

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 3d

“These findings provide clear evidence that data collected on MTurk simply cannot be trusted.”

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d

There is only one fraud ring that matters in the United States, and it's run out of the White House

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

JD Vance: "I believe we're gonna have some very big announcements in the next couple of days. I don't want to get ahead of the president, but we believe there is a nationwide fraud ring that's rooted in illegal aliens and others taking advantage of the American welfare system."

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Jan W. Mueller, Matthew Bunn , and 38 more Lisa W. Fazio, Jan W. Mueller, Matthew Bunn, Dorothy Bishop, Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark, Robert W. Wallace, Steven French, David Peetz, Rosemary A. Joyce, Jonathan M. Gilligan, American Library Association, Martin Paul Eve, Erica Chenoweth, Jacob Montgomery, Mickey Gjerris, Cathy N. Davidson, Ryan Enos, Elwys De Stefani, Robert C. Richards, Michelle L. Mazurek, Andrew Jacobs, Jacob T. Levy, Margot C. Finn, Scott A. Imberman, Christine Kooi, Michael H. Whitworth, Samantha Brennan, Ben Rosamond, Dana R. Fisher, Nigel Warburton, David Bartram, Alessandro Rigolon, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Hisham Zerriffi, Peter Godfrey‐Smith, Daxton R. Stewart, Michael Evans, Virginia Sapiro, Richard Moorhead, David Darmofal

Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 3d

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 3d

I need everyone in the political communications world who found the moral foundations reframing approach promising (which includes me) to read this paper

It doesn't replicate in new research. It just doesn't work.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Poverty of Moral Foundation Messaging

Prominent scholars have argued that reframing political positions and issues in terms of moral foundations that appeal to conservatives or liberals can attract more individual-level support for tho...

www.tandfonline.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Patrick Dunleavy, Michael Zimmer , and 3 more Elizabeth Sharrow, Patrick Dunleavy, Michael Zimmer, Mark Rice, Michael Evans, Harvey J. Kaye

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.

Michael Evans @mevanspolisci.bsky.social · 4d

Six Feet Under

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Brendan Nyhan, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Lisa W. Fazio, Brendan Nyhan, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Michael Evans

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 5d

We underestimate how impactful harassment and threats of violence are on politicians. Clear, large uptick in the number of major incumbent politicians not running/retiring specifically due to harassments and threats of violence. The harassers are like 0.1% of the population but hugely impactful.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6d

😳 Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment founder Nick Solheim led a 2024 talk about colonizing Greenland. Gibson wrote yesterday that someone shld “pitch Rubio on building a charter city in Venezuela…” In reply, his colleague tagged an American Moment alum IN THE STATE DEPT. 1/

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Amir Attaran, Serge Egelman , and 4 more Lisa W. Fazio, Amir Attaran, Serge Egelman, Sarah Roberts, Aurélien Mondon, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Michael Evans

Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 6d

30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine

Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 6d

“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.

"Who on earth gives that advice?"

www.sfgate.com

Reposted by Steve Peers, Philip N. Cohen, Jane Suiter , and 4 more Steve Peers, Philip N. Cohen, Jane Suiter, Alan Richardson, Brian Weatherson, Greg Linden, Michael Evans

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6d

I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.

Hairybusiness @hairybusiness.bsky.social · 6d

I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6d

What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Michael E. Mann, Lisa W. Fazio , and 23 more Stephen M. Walt, Michael E. Mann, Lisa W. Fazio, Simon L. Lewis, Joe R. Feagin, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Inderjeet Parmar, Smith, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Aaron Sojourner, Gerald Friedman, Amy W. Ando, Michael D. McDonald, Ann Bartow, Mary Jane Curry, Guillaume Allègre, Meredith Farkas, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Manisha Sinha, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Michael Evans, David Darmofal

Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 6d

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller , and 2 more Anna O. Law, Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller, Manisha Sinha, Michael Evans

Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 8d

My brother in Christ, the Constitution empowers *you* to make this determination! What do you mean it’s “likely” constitutional? Rediscover your backbone and fulfill the duties of your office.

Michael Evans @mevanspolisci.bsky.social · 11d

ChatGPT: Please provide an example of the role of the perception gap in driving affective polarization in one meme.

Reverend Jesus "Goddammit" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 11d

Seems relevant

I'm so tired of being told "we disagree politically, but that doesn't mean we can't be friends!"

Dude, if your political opinion is that children shouldn't be fed, that the poor shouldn't be housed, that the sick shouldn't be cared for, that women shouldn't control their own bodies, that Americans can't marry who they love, or that certain people shouldn't exist then yes, that most definitely mean we can't be friends.

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Reverend Jesus "Goddammit" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 11d

Seems relevant

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Rebecca Solnit, David R. Miller , and 2 more Elizabeth Saunders, Rebecca Solnit, David R. Miller, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, Michael Evans

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12d

The US is at war with Venezuela.

No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.

US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.

Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics

The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...

www.cnn.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Lesley A. Hall , and 3 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Lesley A. Hall, Rebecca Sear, Jens Rydgren, Michael Evans

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

A cross-national analysis finds that as governments become more populist, academic freedom declines
doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Michael Evans @mevanspolisci.bsky.social · 13d

This is an egregious error and I certainly hope the authors set the record straight exactly as you requested. But what evidence do you have to support your accusation (made in your post and in the letter) that this was "dishonest" -- i.e., intentional distortion -- rather than simply a mistake?

Reposted by Steve Peers, Melissa Johnson, Manisha Sinha , and 2 more Steve Peers, Melissa Johnson, Manisha Sinha, Michael Evans, Anne Hilborn

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 13d

"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...

The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell

Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.

www.thebulwark.com

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14d

Again, sure, but it was neither the president’s nor the AG’s job to do the Senate’s job for it. It all should have been over in February 2021, & the people everyone is actually angry at are all Republican Senators. Total failure of Article I of the Constitution. Presidentialism was a grave mistake.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 15d

I think engineers are especially prone to Trumpism, for reasons that are complex but have to do mostly with narrow expertise and a belief in yes/no, right/wrong solutions. I wrote about this problem in The Death of Expertise:

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Richard Price, Steve Peers , and 11 more Anna O. Law, Richard Price, Steve Peers, Michael A. Clemens, Rosemary A. Joyce, Christian E. Weller, Alan Richardson, Aaron Sojourner, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Thomas A. Tweed, Mark Rice, David Bartram, Greg Linden, Michael Evans

Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 15d

All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15d

Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:

Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”

Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon

Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.

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