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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed. Ex-ante, I had hope Kash Patel wouldn't go through

Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 3d

I like the idea of a computer lab without internet!

I really am committed to the idea that timed tests are a bad format (they're testing speed more than understanding), but sadly (a) can't realistically arrange a longer slot for all students, (b) can't do take-homes anymore

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 3d

I gave up on take home & moved back to paper. Have you thought of anything better?

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 3d

Harvard (and all universities) must take a stand against Trump's extorionary "compact". Enos and Levitsky.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

www.thecrimson.com

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 3d

I don't claim to know for sure, but it would paint a different picture

www.newsweek.com/chris-wray-f...

Chris Wray's resignation sets up legal hurdle for Kash Patel's FBI bid

The FBI director's announcement that he will step down in January may block Donald Trump's appointee from taking over the role.

www.newsweek.com

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 3d

I saw a theory that he resigned as this would then require senate confirmation for a replacement. Is that theory not still plausible?

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 8d

Why? How does this help anyone?

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 9d

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States" by Cory Smith. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States

(Forthcoming Article) - I study the long-run economic effects of land concentration on the American frontier. Using quasi-random variation in initial land allocations from a checkerboard formula, I an...

www.aeaweb.org

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 12d

Peacemaker Season 2, out now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 15d

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.

I just don't know what to say anymore.

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 20d

Yes, though the current group did perform during Trump's inauguration. However, this only contains one of the original members (others are new)

abcnews.go.com/Entertainmen...

'Time to bring the country together': Village People defend decision to perform during Trump inaugural events

Village People, the American disco group whose hits like "Y.M.C.A" have been staples at Trump rallies, defended their decision to perform during Trump's inauguration.

abcnews.go.com

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 21d

A short 🧵 so everyone can learn that political violence is nothing new in America.

Of the 1,331 Black officials who served during Reconstruction, 158 (10.4%) were subjected to political violence. 1/7

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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 21d

It's frustrating to see data quality undermined by this administration. This week's annual revision to the national accounts hit, too. www.bea.gov/information-.... That data have been important in the past.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22d

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 22d

How does the new H1B executive order affect universities, which had a non-capped limit on H1Bs under the prior system (vs a lottery for for-profit corporations)?

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · 22d

I am not a lawyer, but it should not be legal to suddenly upend someone’s visa status with 48 hours of warning

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 22d

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 22d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · Sep 10

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Update from Michael Levenson

www.nytimes.com

Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · Sep 9

Prediction markets at ~45% chance for pro-Trump tariff ruling
polymarket.com/event/will-t...

(one may believe this is 45% too high but it's << 100%)

Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump's tariffs?

Polymarket | This market will resolve to "Yes" if the Supreme Court of the United States issues a decision that reverses, vacates, or otherwise overturns the...

polymarket.com

Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · Sep 8

Whomst among us hasn’t thought about using military strikes to resolve our childhood trauma?

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · Sep 7

Seems this is a common misconception, too bad fact checking is dead (caveat: I didn't definitively figure out the origin)

mannerofspeaking.org/2015/01/03/b...
www.thinkabled.com/blog/burn-th...

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · Sep 7

Not always, but under some circumstances you do, in fact, have to hand it to him

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Cory Smith @politicory.bsky.social · Sep 6

As someone who has not followed this closely, is there any conclusion except that student outlets (The Crimson) were far more accurate than national news leaders (NYT, WSJ) which predicted imminent $500m settlements?

Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Regret to report that the New York Times is back at it again

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/u...

Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Engler @alexengler.bsky.social · Aug 31

This @beijingpalmer.bsky.social post reminded me I have been meaning to update @pewresearch.org's estimate of total newspaper newsroom jobs - which was 30,820 as of 2020

Using BLS OEWS data (w/ same methodology as Pew) the 2024 number is 29,260 - down another 5%

www.pewresearch.org/chart/sotnm-...

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