Kristen Collins
@kristenrosec.bsky.social
Political theorist thinking about surveillance. Senior Fellow, FA Hayek program at the Mercatus Center, GMU. Host of Virtual Sentiments, a podcast on the today’s most pressing problems in political economy with an eye to the past
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How can ordinary people come together to protect immigrants from unjust deportation?
Throughout the 1980s & early 90s, the Sanctuary Movement illustrated one way to do this.
In a newly published paper, Karla Segovia, Molly Rovinski & I analyze this movement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Throughout the 1980s & early 90s, the Sanctuary Movement illustrated one way to do this.
In a newly published paper, Karla Segovia, Molly Rovinski & I analyze this movement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Collective action in the sanctuary movement: polycentric protection of central American asylum seekers - Constitutional Political Economy
In the 1980s and early 1990s, civil wars contributed to significant waves of migration from Central American countries such as El Salvador and Guatemala. The United States federal government, specific...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How can ordinary people come together to protect immigrants from unjust deportation?
Throughout the 1980s & early 90s, the Sanctuary Movement illustrated one way to do this.
In a newly published paper, Karla Segovia, Molly Rovinski & I analyze this movement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Throughout the 1980s & early 90s, the Sanctuary Movement illustrated one way to do this.
In a newly published paper, Karla Segovia, Molly Rovinski & I analyze this movement. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Dueling adaptations of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, one directed by Robert Eggers and the other by Yorgos Lanthimos (Deep Impact vs Armageddon style)
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Dueling adaptations of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, one directed by Robert Eggers and the other by Yorgos Lanthimos (Deep Impact vs Armageddon style)
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"Don't care about what other people find interesting, because that's not going to be the thing that wakes you up every morning."
Brilliant advice from my brilliant @cfr.org colleague, @inumanak.bsky.social.
Brilliant advice from my brilliant @cfr.org colleague, @inumanak.bsky.social.
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Inu Manak
Inu Manak has explored the intricacies of international trade policy in the world of academia and think tanks. She chatted with CFR about navigating different work environments and the benefits of de…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Don't care about what other people find interesting, because that's not going to be the thing that wakes you up every morning."
Brilliant advice from my brilliant @cfr.org colleague, @inumanak.bsky.social.
Brilliant advice from my brilliant @cfr.org colleague, @inumanak.bsky.social.
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About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
X’s About This Account reveals the scale of its foreign troll problem, confirming that many MAGA accounts aren’t actually American.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
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'The result is something rare—intellectual history that is not just researched but also reported, a vivid narrative that sweeps the reader along'
👏 brillant review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's 'Furious Minds' by William Galston in @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-neo-ri...
👏 brillant review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's 'Furious Minds' by William Galston in @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-neo-ri...
The Neo-Right's Multi-Front Revolt Against America
A political theorist traces the intellectual history of the various strains of a movement gone rogue
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November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
'The result is something rare—intellectual history that is not just researched but also reported, a vivid narrative that sweeps the reader along'
👏 brillant review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's 'Furious Minds' by William Galston in @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-neo-ri...
👏 brillant review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's 'Furious Minds' by William Galston in @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-neo-ri...
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I presume Foreign Affairs is not yet running my one-word rebuttal "don't"
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How to Topple Maduro
And why regime change is the only way forward in Venezuela.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I presume Foreign Affairs is not yet running my one-word rebuttal "don't"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The fact that CVS sells the yuppie drizzle EVOO and not red wine vinegar is messed up and italianphobic (I am not Italian or Italian-American, just from New Jersey)
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The fact that CVS sells the yuppie drizzle EVOO and not red wine vinegar is messed up and italianphobic (I am not Italian or Italian-American, just from New Jersey)
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📱 Using your #RightToRecord!
In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.
In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📱 Using your #RightToRecord!
In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.
In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.
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I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
on tucker carlson, nick fuentes, the heritage foundation, and all that
If you had asked me in 2016 whether I thought I’d write a blog about the Heritage Foundation defending a former Fox News host after he hosted a friendly conversation with one of the country’s leading ...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Do I think Trump being in love with Mamdani will protect New York from military occupation? No. It’s just all really really funny!!! Let people have a good time
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Do I think Trump being in love with Mamdani will protect New York from military occupation? No. It’s just all really really funny!!! Let people have a good time
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Trump is weighing in on the fascism debate.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Trump is weighing in on the fascism debate.
My personal favorite snippet of the SOCIALISM SHOWDOWN: Trump standing up against his own party member’s Islamophobia
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My personal favorite snippet of the SOCIALISM SHOWDOWN: Trump standing up against his own party member’s Islamophobia
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for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era
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honestly biggest sign that this is personalist authoritarianism with a New Right wing attached versus the other way around
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
honestly biggest sign that this is personalist authoritarianism with a New Right wing attached versus the other way around
It’s my friend’s birthday and she loves frogs so when I included a 🐸 in my birthday message in the group chat I had to restrain myself from adding “(in the Maybell Eequay/wind in the willows/IRL frog way, not the alt-right way)” and that’s one way I know I’m too online
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s my friend’s birthday and she loves frogs so when I included a 🐸 in my birthday message in the group chat I had to restrain myself from adding “(in the Maybell Eequay/wind in the willows/IRL frog way, not the alt-right way)” and that’s one way I know I’m too online
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November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
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They're so fucking stupid and don't realize it. The only reason many white students can afford graduate degrees is because foreign students pay for the programs and allow them to be economically efficient. Without foreign students, many programs will now simply collapse. Genius.
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
They're so fucking stupid and don't realize it. The only reason many white students can afford graduate degrees is because foreign students pay for the programs and allow them to be economically efficient. Without foreign students, many programs will now simply collapse. Genius.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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The woman in this story asked for an abortion to protect her health during the first trimester. If not for Dobbs, that choice would have been hers. Instead, she got increasingly sick for another 2 months, and then died.
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The woman in this story asked for an abortion to protect her health during the first trimester. If not for Dobbs, that choice would have been hers. Instead, she got increasingly sick for another 2 months, and then died.
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
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Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
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November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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The throughline from the Epstein story to Trump's gradual decline as a political figure is one of class. It has a hook in the public's imagination not only because it's salacious but because it's about wealthy men abusing teenage runaways and that rhymes with people's own resentment towards the 1%
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The throughline from the Epstein story to Trump's gradual decline as a political figure is one of class. It has a hook in the public's imagination not only because it's salacious but because it's about wealthy men abusing teenage runaways and that rhymes with people's own resentment towards the 1%