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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration's attacks on civil service are profoundly personal.

Today at @jhppl.bsky.social, I outline the "science of standing up for science;" how we can use social science research to restore health agencies' regulatory authority.

read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

“We Want to Put Them in Trauma”: Understanding the Trump Administration's Attack on Government Health Agency Regulatory Authority | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 23h

NYT wants to hear from researchers who had their funding cut, form here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d

Why most polls overstate support for political violence
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 8d

that is always a silver lining, i cant wait to hear more! (& for folks reading the replies that need help or have colleagues that need help > expertvoicestogether.org for person-to-person crisis support and researchersupport.org for resources geared towards institutions)

Learn more about Expert Voices Together (EVT) and our approach to customized support.

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 8d

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you, Dave.

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 11d

My friend & mentor, Martin Johnson is 5 years gone today - i regularly quote him to my students (my fav is to do finger guns & say I’m not a normal professor I’m a cool professor), but mostly every day I try to do well while doing good, just like he always said. www.cambridge.org/core/service...

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 19d

This makes me think about the article that demonstrates rollout of Fox News affected Republican candidates’ perceptions of their own viability

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 20d

Happy (official) publication day to one of my favorite projects ever!

tldr: Congressional votes on early federal infrastructure policy was influenced by partisan, distributive, and racial considerations

The National Road was an early, but failed, attempt by the United States Congress to build an interstate highway. The Road, which extended through the newly formed western states, led to fierce debate over two interconnected issues. First, should Congress authorize additional routes that would expand the Road beyond its original western route? Second, should the Road remain under federal control or should it be given to the states through which it ran? I find that partisanship was the most consistent predictor of a legislator’s position on these questions. In addition to partisanship, legislators from districts with a larger slave population were also more likely to oppose the Road. Distributive politics also informed representative’s behavior ad those whose districts were more proximate to the Road were more of these projects. In sum, an examination of the politics of the National Road helps to shed light on the interconnection of partisanship, slavery, and distributive politics in early America and its implications for early American political development.

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 20d

Might be good to name the outlet so others can take precautions if you feel comfortable

Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 27d

You’d think I’d get my own urls right 🙃 researchersupport.org

Researcher Support Consortium

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 27d

& researchsupport.org which provides institutional level policy recommendations for supporting folks under attack (this is my work with @rebekahtromble.bsky.social fwiw)

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 27d

100% - more people need to think about this and talk to their students and junior colleagues. Also bookmark expertvoicestogether.org, a rapid response crisis care system that specifically works with researchers or journalists under attack for their work if you’re in the oh shit stage

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