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Nathan Goodman

@nathanpgoodman.bsky.social

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Economist who studies institutions, political economy, polycentricity, defense & peace economics, and border militarization. https://www.nathanpgoodman.com/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Ue5NBMAAAAJ&hl=en

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Nathan Goodman @nathanpgoodman.bsky.social · Nov 12

Much of my work focuses on the militarization of the US-Mexico border.

For instance, this paper examines how that militarization shaped domestic policing: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Border militarization and domestic institutions - Constitutional Political Economy

The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of border policies and the increased militarization of border control practices on the expansion of police powers, the erosion of constitutional co...

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 10h

Coming October 13.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h

And not just any reporter. Radley Balko's reporting has gotten an innocent man off death row. He's broken multiple major stories about huge scandals. He goes in-depth on the ground with tons of local sources. Dismissing his detailed debunking as Weiss did is something no serious journalist would do.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 15h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 1d

On Wednesday we're hosting anarchist writer @rechelon.bsky.social in conversation with mathematical physicist Matilde Marcolli to discuss William's new book on the late 20th century conflict between postmodernists and scientists, and its lasting influence! Register at firestorm.coop/events/3479-....

A promotional graphic for a book launch with author William Gillis and interlocutor Matilde Marcolli. The image features the cover of the book alongside headshots for the speakers over a night sky full of stars. Text reads: "Virtual Event, October 15th, 8:00pm ET."

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 12h

License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

@akelalacy.bsky.social, @radleybalko.bsky.social and yours truly discuss the Trump administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

theintercept.com/2025/10/10/b...

License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

Akela Lacy, Radley Balko, and Nick Turse on the administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

theintercept.com

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 14h

www.cato.org/blog/home-te...

The Home Team Advantage: How DC Jurors Can Become a Bulwark Against Government Oppression

When prosecutors overstep their bounds, the Framers tasked citizen jurors with exercising their widely recognized power to reject their advances through a verdict of acquittal.

www.cato.org

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

In an unusual acknowledgement, the Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 4h

The US Administration has mounted an unprecedented and unpopular attack on high skill immigration.

It’s working. The world’s best and brightest are starting to understand that the US government considers them an infection.

www.economist.com/science-and-...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 3d

I have a YouTube channel where you can watch this short video about Trump's murder spree in the Caribbean alongside all my congressional testimony. We recorded the video shortly after the 2nd boat strike... but there have been more already. Like, comment, subscribe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RUJ...

Trump is ordering people executed

YouTube video by David J. Bier

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

So agents trespassed into a citizen’s home on a fishing expedition and murdered their dog kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 2d

It is impossible—even for those of us who spend a pathological amount of time every day working on CBP, ICE, and DHS—to fully track these agencies’ misdeeds.

Transparency trails years behind, if we are lucky and persistent. Someday, the accounting from this period will be terrible.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

I keep learning of months old horrors and I follow this stuff very closely. I’m sure the level of brutality and misconduct has not fully reached the public. The population cleansing agents are out of control.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 3d

Rousseau, Adaptive Preferences, and Social Entrepeneurship
open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
Shout outs to @erwindekker.bsky.social, @lastpositivist.bsky.social, @serenekhader.bsky.social

Rousseau, Adaptive Preferences, and Social Entrepeneurship

Near the start of The Social Contract (1762), in his criticism of Aristotle, Rousseau (recall) diagnoses the phenomenon of adaptive preferences. What we desire is not just shaped by society, but what ...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Erwin Dekker @erwindekker.bsky.social · 2d

This week's Substack post discusses the links between Richard Wright's classic Chicago novel, Native Son, and Harold Garfinkel's early (ethnomethodological) studies of the way juries work in Chicago.

Or simply, how institutional racism was understood in the 1940s.

From Native Son to Ethnomethodology

On Richard Wright and Harold Garfinkel

seeinglikechicago.substack.com

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 5d

Solidarity with Mark Bray. Purging academia of scholars of antifascism is just the first step in establishing fascist ideological orthodoxy.

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social · 3d

The discussion @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I had with @jacobtlevy.bsky.social via @liberalcurrents.com was so marvelous and informative; @cato.org agrees as much.

The health of American Democracy was the prime focus, but we got all over - including Trump, authoritarianism, ice cream, and more!

Jacob T. Levy discusses the health of American democracy on the Liberal Currents’ Half the Answer podcast

September 5, 2025

www.cato.org

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Kelly² @anarchakelly.bsky.social · 4d

Folks should head over to @fijanational.bsky.social and give them a follow. They should have way more than they currently do.

If you’re following me you’re probably exactly the type of person who should be on a jury. It’s important to know your rights when it comes to voting your conscience.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 4d

FIJA stands with the #jurynulification activists of Defend Our Juries who've faced repression in the UK for basic free speech

fija.substack.com/p/the-fight-...

The Fight for Free Speech Around Jury Nullification

From the US to the UK, activists with both the Fully Informed Jury Association and Defend Our Juries have routinely faced repression for clearly protected free speech

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 4d

Former USAID official here.

The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.

It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.

The facts, below. 🧵

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 4d

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4d

DEI for me, not for thee.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 6d

ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
prospect.org/justice/2025...

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 6d

Tyranny stops when people decide to stop it. #jurynullification

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

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William Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · 6d

Hey everyone! I'm doing a virtual book talk with the lovely folks of @firestorm.coop

You can register here:
firestorm.coop/events/3479-...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 6d

The White House ordered military occupation of yet another opposition-party-controlled US city.

One of our federal judges blocked this flagrantly illegal perversion of our Constitution. The White House tried to evade the order, activating a different military force.

She has blocked them again.

Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 6d

Folks we are watching the adjudication of some of the most important constitutional issues of federalism, executive discretion, and judicial review since the 19th c

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon

Judge asked federal government lawyer: 'Do you believe this is an appropriate way to deal with a judge’s order that you disagree with?'

www.oregonlive.com

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