Zander Furnas
@alexanderfurnas.com
Research Assistant Professor | Politics & Computational Social Science | Northwestern University, Center for Science of Science and Innovation | Dad & Wife Guy | Not Ok | Sorry for the Swears | #goblue
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Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
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I just want to remind everyone that Republicans polled no one when getting rid of USAID or the Department of Education both of which had been around scores longer than ICE.
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I just want to remind everyone that Republicans polled no one when getting rid of USAID or the Department of Education both of which had been around scores longer than ICE.
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HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
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This is our justice system now: guilt or innocence are determined based on political criteria, no investigation needed. DOJ pursues a former FBI Director, or Chair of the Federal Reserve on trumped up charges, but refuses to investigate a killer.
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This is our justice system now: guilt or innocence are determined based on political criteria, no investigation needed. DOJ pursues a former FBI Director, or Chair of the Federal Reserve on trumped up charges, but refuses to investigate a killer.
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I love the way this article is written because there is barely a moment in which Chicagoans are not being reminded that it is our tax dollars being used by CPD to defend themselves in court because of the violence they committed against Chicagoans 🧵
The Chicago City Council should agree to pay $875,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by 25 Chicagoans who each say they were brutalized by city police officers during protests during the summer of 2020 after the police murder of George Floyd, city lawyers say. https://to.wttw.com/4qQ3oNM
City Lawyers: Pay $875K to 25 People Who Accused CPD Officers of Misconduct During 2020 Unrest
So far, Chicago taxpayers have paid approximately $11.9 million to settle and defend lawsuits sparked by the conduct of CPD officers during protests that swept the city in 2020 and erupted into unrest...
to.wttw.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I love the way this article is written because there is barely a moment in which Chicagoans are not being reminded that it is our tax dollars being used by CPD to defend themselves in court because of the violence they committed against Chicagoans 🧵
tritanopia looks cool as hell
% of world population with colour-blindness:
Deuteranomaly (green-weak) 4.6%
Deuteranopia (green-blind) 1.3%
Protoanomaly (red-weak) 1%
Protanopia (red-blind) 1%
Tritanopia (blue-blind) ~rare
This condition affects 1 in 12 men, 1 in 200 women, so more than 350m worldwide. 1 in 22 people.
Deuteranomaly (green-weak) 4.6%
Deuteranopia (green-blind) 1.3%
Protoanomaly (red-weak) 1%
Protanopia (red-blind) 1%
Tritanopia (blue-blind) ~rare
This condition affects 1 in 12 men, 1 in 200 women, so more than 350m worldwide. 1 in 22 people.
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
tritanopia looks cool as hell
the punishment for disrespect should not be extra judicial death
January 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
the punishment for disrespect should not be extra judicial death
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
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We must stress: The only violence is coming from CBP/ICE. They are rioting in the face of sustained nonviolent protests by thousands of Americans across the country.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
We must stress: The only violence is coming from CBP/ICE. They are rioting in the face of sustained nonviolent protests by thousands of Americans across the country.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
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Something is happening on @bsky.app. For the first time *ever*, we're seeing durable, modest, realistic growth, and it couldn't be happening at a better time. Are we about to hit escape velocity?
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Something is happening on @bsky.app. For the first time *ever*, we're seeing durable, modest, realistic growth, and it couldn't be happening at a better time. Are we about to hit escape velocity?
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These powerful pics are really, really good reminders of why it makes sense for those opposing Trump to reclaim ownership of the American flag.
If your audience is the giant lower-info middle of the electorate--and it should be--this seems like a really good way to get to them.
If your audience is the giant lower-info middle of the electorate--and it should be--this seems like a really good way to get to them.
Protesters clashed with federal agents for another night outside the Whipple Federal Building, which holds ICE detainees. Agents fired less-lethal munitions and deployed chemical irritants at the crowd.
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
January 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
These powerful pics are really, really good reminders of why it makes sense for those opposing Trump to reclaim ownership of the American flag.
If your audience is the giant lower-info middle of the electorate--and it should be--this seems like a really good way to get to them.
If your audience is the giant lower-info middle of the electorate--and it should be--this seems like a really good way to get to them.
Seems like a bad idea to me
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Seems like a bad idea to me
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Fits perfectly with everything bari has ever done though
I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Fits perfectly with everything bari has ever done though
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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seriously these results are a roadmap to demands for the upcoming budget battle: criminal liability if they break the law, no masks and mandatory IDs, no new funding and clawing back as much as last year’s funding as possible.
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
seriously these results are a roadmap to demands for the upcoming budget battle: criminal liability if they break the law, no masks and mandatory IDs, no new funding and clawing back as much as last year’s funding as possible.
"they deserve it"
Really wonder what kind of wild fictions people who support this tell themselves.
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"they deserve it"
a survey experiment that randomly assigns whether or not there is a sign language interpreter
Keith Ellison: "These poorly trained, aggressive, and armed agents of the federal state have terrorized Minnesota with widespread unlawful conduct. They're making unconstitutional arrests and using excessive force ... this has to stop."
January 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
a survey experiment that randomly assigns whether or not there is a sign language interpreter
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Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016
January 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016
yes
We need less research framing the problem facing our country as "polarization" and more research framing the problem as "anti-democratic radicalization".
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
yes
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Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
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Understandably the literal murder is getting the most focus in terms of potential state prosecution, but murder is not the only crime. States have laws against assault and battery, and a much larger pool of justifiable cases to pursue.
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Understandably the literal murder is getting the most focus in terms of potential state prosecution, but murder is not the only crime. States have laws against assault and battery, and a much larger pool of justifiable cases to pursue.
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Democrat surrogates should be talking NOW about what their plans are to defend people's right to vote.
Just in case anyone has doubts about Trump's plans for the midterms, he now openly admits that he wishes he had order troops to seize all voting machines in 2020.
With no one in the White House, Pentagon, or DOJ to stop him, he'll do it this time--unless Congress stops him first.
With no one in the White House, Pentagon, or DOJ to stop him, he'll do it this time--unless Congress stops him first.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Democrat surrogates should be talking NOW about what their plans are to defend people's right to vote.
i wonder what happens to cost benefit analyses when you remove the benefits
The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
i wonder what happens to cost benefit analyses when you remove the benefits