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Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social · Nov 14

Applications for BTG's 2024 International Policy Summer Institute (IPSI) are now open! Professors (all ranks) and postdocs interested in policy outreach and public engagement are encouraged to apply! ALL are welcome. Please share with your networks! bridgingthegapproject.org/programs/ipsi/

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · Mar 27

One doesn't have to be a political scientist, economist, or lawyer to understand why this is corrosive to our constitutional democracy.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Mar 27

Normal stuff in a normal democracy

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Mar 27

This week word leaked that #HHS was hiring David Geier, a long-time vaccines critic who was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license to do a new study on vaccines & autism. Sen. Cassidy met RFK Jr. for breakfast today. Geier's hiring didn't come up. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/r...

Cassidy says RFK Jr. briefed him on HHS job cuts, but reported study on vaccines, autism didn’t come up

Sen. Bill Cassidy says that health secretary RFK Jr. briefed him on his plans for HHS job cuts but that a reported study on any link between vaccines and autism didn’t come up.

www.statnews.com

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Apr 7

5 worst days in history of US stock market ALL under REPUBLICAN Presidents — just sayin’. Here are the worst days in the history of the US stock market - ABC News

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Mar 27

AMA revoke his license?

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Mar 27

This week word leaked that #HHS was hiring David Geier, a long-time vaccines critic who was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license to do a new study on vaccines & autism. Sen. Cassidy met RFK Jr. for breakfast today. Geier's hiring didn't come up. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/r...

Cassidy says RFK Jr. briefed him on HHS job cuts, but reported study on vaccines, autism didn’t come up

Sen. Bill Cassidy says that health secretary RFK Jr. briefed him on his plans for HHS job cuts but that a reported study on any link between vaccines and autism didn’t come up.

www.statnews.com

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Mar 27

Trump does extortion, Musk bribery

Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · Mar 27

One doesn't have to be a political scientist, economist, or lawyer to understand why this is corrosive to our constitutional democracy.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Mar 27

Normal stuff in a normal democracy

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · Mar 27

America is now a place that sends masked secret police to abduct people off the street and uses prisoners to create government propaganda.

And this all happened in 8 weeks. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...

This Is the Land of Wolves Now

Masked agents snatching people off the street. Government officials using caged prisoners for propaganda videos. We are the villains.

www.thebulwark.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Mar 27

LOL x.com/lepettre/sta...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Mar 17

Today the US Administration incompetently tried to seize control of the Institute of Peace—an organization that is not part of the government, and over which it has no authority.

www.usip.org/press/2025/0...

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Mar 15

Musk cant delete his true feelings www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide

The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 15

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Mar 12

I’ve come to think there’s no other way to think about this than as a de facto coup d’etat

Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Mar 11

Trump blaming Biden for the
Trumpcession latest example of his BEEF— Blame Everyone Else First

Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Mar 6

The Spitballing Presidency www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Reverses Himself and Suspends Tariffs on Mexico for a Month

www.nytimes.com

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Feb 28

The President and Vice President of the United States acting like junior high school bullies www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Trump Berates Zelensky at White House Meeting: Live Updates

www.nytimes.com

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Feb 18

Cruelty www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

Under Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Some Migrants Are Being Sent to Panama

The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.

www.nytimes.com

Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Feb 15

Real effects on real people, and in Red areas not just Blue, check out the Red-Blue map

While the Washington, D.C., area is known for its concentration of government workers, the reality is that America’s 2.3 million federal employees are scattered across the country

Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Feb 15

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/m...

Lots of good points here

‘The Interview’: Senator Ruben Gallego on the Democrats’ Problem

The Arizona lawmaker diagnoses what he thinks needs to change in the way his party communicates with men, Latinos and Trump voters.

www.nytimes.com

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Feb 15

From applause line to real impact on real people Trump’s federal firings imperil government services from cities to farm towns

Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Jan 30

Trump’s BEEF strategy: Blame Everyone Else First

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...

President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major e...

www.nytimes.com

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Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social · Jan 21

𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 2025 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞!
Know anyone who could use tools and networks to disseminate policy-relevant academic research? Now's the time! Applications close Sunday 1/26@11:59pm MT
www.bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi

IPSI — Bridging the Gap

www.bridgingthegapproject.org

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · Jan 2

Is anybody interested in the relationship between Nazi votes in 1933 and AfD votes today? Like with data? Like this?

The simple linear relationship between Nazi votes and AfD votes is positive, not negative, Mr. Vance.

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Anthony Iannaccio @mrtonynacho.bsky.social · Jan 2

Mister Rogers never misses

You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why?

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · Jan 2

"He Saved Our Lives": The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one who brought them home at the expense of his political career. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...

Former Hostages in Iran Crisis Recall Jimmy Carter’s Quest to Free Them

The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one who brought them home at the expense of his political career.

www.nytimes.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Dec 20

A man chased down and choked a journalist in Colorado, demanding to see their ID and berating them about their nationality

“Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine, and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!,” he reportedly said

Suspect arrested on suspicion of bias-motivated assault of Grand Junction man: “This is Trump’s America now”

The victim told police that Egan rolled down his window and said, “Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine, and I took an oath to protect this country from people lik…

www.denverpost.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Dec 12

"54% of Britons who voted leave, including 59% of voters in “red wall seats”, said in exchange for single market access they would now accept full free movement for EU and UK citizens to travel, live and work across borders." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/12/majority-of-brexit-voter…

Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market

Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Dec 12

Here's an idea for the Democrats: Have a victim or two of Assad's torture chambers testify at Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation hearing.

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Dec 12

Watching the people who were tortured by Assad…. And my anger for @TulsiGabbard defending him grows hotter.

Every senator that votes yes on her is complicit

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Bruce Jentleson @bwj77.bsky.social · Jan 9

Re-upping short 2017 article written week before Trump's inauguration trying to dig deeper, warontherocks.com/2017/01/apar.... Core analysis resonating even more w/me, would love to know what others think?

Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social · Jan 8

There's still time to apply for BTG's 2024 International Policy Summer Institute (IPSI)! Not sure it's the right fit? Reach out to [email protected].

Applications close January 21st. bridgingthegapproject.org/programs/ipsi/

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