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Joe Noonan
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PhD student at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University.

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Just so people understand the timeline:

(1) The president of the United States called Somali-Americans "garbage" and the Vice President says that the US has a "Somali Problem".

(2) The White House directs immigration agencies to Minnesota due to its large Somali community.
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
American exceptionalism is strong, even outside the US. If this was occurring in another country I don't think people would mince words about what is happening.
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
(5) The administration immediately labels the women a domestic terrorist. The Vice President claims that federal agents have "absolute immunity".

(6) Aggressive tactics continue, agents tell protesters that they should have "learned their lesson".
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
(3) Masked federal agents engage in aggressive police tactics across the city, seemingly randomly checking individuals and asking about their citizenship.

(4) A federal agent murders a women who is observing and protesting these tactics.
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Just so people understand the timeline:

(1) The president of the United States called Somali-Americans "garbage" and the Vice President says that the US has a "Somali Problem".

(2) The White House directs immigration agencies to Minnesota due to its large Somali community.
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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hey European hivemind, I need some help...PhD students here, especially foreign ones, are feeling a lot of concern related to evolving immigration restrictions here. Those students are increasingly looking to postdocs in EU. To help advise them better, what are expectations for postdocs?

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January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Unaccountable masked agents terrorizing cities matches popular perceptions of authoritarianism much more than like executive aggrandizement.
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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These agents did not have a judicial warrant and appeared to produce an administrative warrant on-the-fly when confronted. They entered w/o permission. The resident has posted a first-person video of the illegal intrusion.

There were children in this home.

This is un-American and unconstitutional.
Ask yourself. If ICE is going door to door, what’s next?

Armed federal agents took a man away in handcuffs. A woman came out of the house and said the man was her husband. It also appears ICE used an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.

That matters….
January 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Not great!!!
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Historical periods I've been told can be used to understand our current era:

(1) 1850-1860s America
(2) 1899-1914 in Europe
(3) Vichy France

Not looking great!
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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My department is hiring a PhD student in Political Science for an open position!

I really enjoy working here and recommend all who are interested in a PhD in Political Science to apply.

Deadline is 6 February 2026!

su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD student in Political Science
The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading an
su.varbi.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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"The Future of Democracy Depends on the Republican Party"
My latest.
open.substack.com/pub/ryandeno...
The Future of Democracy Depends on the Republican Party
The Battle for a Liberal Society is Happening Within the Political Right
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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I see this take around from time to time and totally disagree. ICE just murdered a woman standing up to them. No Kings is among the largest protests in history.

The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Donation link for the torched Mississippi synagogue here ⬇️
January 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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I'll be presenting a paper showing that higher levels of confidence that one's own vote will be counted as intended correlates with higher levels of validated turnout among Americans as a whole and among partisans. Confidence that other people's votes will be counted properly doesn't affect turnout.
January 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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The radical right’s master frame remains ethnic nationalism. Remigration is simply one of its logical consequences. First came stopping (or minimizing) immigration; next is pushing people with migrant backgrounds to leave. Expect further radicalization.
'Remigration' is on its way to become a #farright master frame, but what does it actually mean? In Germany (somewhat unsurprisingly), that's 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 a legal-constitutional question, with implications for the #AfD. Excellent reporting by Correctiv - in German, but worth a click on 'translate'
Zwei Jahre nach der Potsdam-Recherche: Von angeblichen „Deportationslügen“ bis zum möglichen AfD-Verbotsverfahren
Erfahren Sie, wie sich die Debatte um Remigration und AfD-Verbot zwei Jahre später entwickelt hat und welche politischen Spannungen bestehen.
correctiv.org
January 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The EU should be sending legions of our own homegrown bro podcasters to go on American bro podcasts to talk about why invading Greenland is bad.
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I think this PNAS article on the general tendency to overestimate the size of minority groups might have big implications for research on correcting second order belief misperceptions.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I am not involved in anyway with the recruitment process but if you want to learn more about the department, or Swedish academia in general please shoot me a message!
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
My department is hiring a PhD student in Political Science for an open position!

I really enjoy working here and recommend all who are interested in a PhD in Political Science to apply.

Deadline is 6 February 2026!

su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD student in Political Science
The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading an
su.varbi.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Today, Switzerland observes a National Day of Mourning in memory of the victims of the tragic fire in Crans-Montana.

At 2pm the whole country is asked to observe a moment of silence, a testament to the shared grief felt by the entire nation with all those affected www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/yG...
January 9, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Full speech here:

youtu.be/2NlNDrUeAsU?...
January 9, 2026 at 5:40 AM