Rachel Schoner
@rjschoner.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science @ Tulane | Interested in intl orgs & law, human rights, soccer & dogs (she/her) | Website: rjschoner.com
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Rachel Schoner
@rjschoner.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Individual Mobilization by Victims of Human Rights Abuse: Who Files Petitions in the United Nations?
Abstract. Who files petitions against repressive regimes in the United Nations? Victims of human rights abuse face high personal costs of participation, in
academic.oup.com
As political scientists, we really want to know when, where, and why people mobilize against repressive governments.
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
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Check out the papers of the 18th PEIO (@the-peio.bsky.social, IE University) at www.peio.me. Please save the date for our next PEIO, hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, on January 7-9, 2027. Thanks to Dan Nielson et al. for hosting us! @rwellhausen.bsky.social, @natemjensen.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Check out the papers of the 18th PEIO (@the-peio.bsky.social, IE University) at www.peio.me. Please save the date for our next PEIO, hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, on January 7-9, 2027. Thanks to Dan Nielson et al. for hosting us! @rwellhausen.bsky.social, @natemjensen.bsky.social
I had the misfortune of meeting this guy on multiple occasions in New Orleans.
His demotion is long overdue. He should be fired alongside so many others.
ABOLISH ICE
His demotion is long overdue. He should be fired alongside so many others.
ABOLISH ICE
January 27, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I had the misfortune of meeting this guy on multiple occasions in New Orleans.
His demotion is long overdue. He should be fired alongside so many others.
ABOLISH ICE
His demotion is long overdue. He should be fired alongside so many others.
ABOLISH ICE
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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omg the original post, not as the printout version (for ease of reading)
January 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
omg the original post, not as the printout version (for ease of reading)
You should make these olive oil chocolate chunk cookies. They’re (accidentally) vegan and (intentionally) delicious!
January 20, 2026 at 1:19 AM
You should make these olive oil chocolate chunk cookies. They’re (accidentally) vegan and (intentionally) delicious!
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We are at the point this week where IR scholars are mentioning things like "WWIII"
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
We are at the point this week where IR scholars are mentioning things like "WWIII"
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The EPA is no longer going to consider how many potential lives a pollution regulation would save -- just the costs to industry. This is directly counter to EPA's mission. And it will kill Americans.
Great (depressing) scoop from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Great (depressing) scoop from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The EPA is no longer going to consider how many potential lives a pollution regulation would save -- just the costs to industry. This is directly counter to EPA's mission. And it will kill Americans.
Great (depressing) scoop from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Great (depressing) scoop from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Reminds me of this map:
The children's rights treaty, all but one...
The children's rights treaty, all but one...
January 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Reminds me of this map:
The children's rights treaty, all but one...
The children's rights treaty, all but one...
It’s Friday, and things are bad.
And the semester starts on Monday.
But, this chocolate babka king cake is fabulous. Made better by sharing with good friends.
These are good things.
And the semester starts on Monday.
But, this chocolate babka king cake is fabulous. Made better by sharing with good friends.
These are good things.
January 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It’s Friday, and things are bad.
And the semester starts on Monday.
But, this chocolate babka king cake is fabulous. Made better by sharing with good friends.
These are good things.
And the semester starts on Monday.
But, this chocolate babka king cake is fabulous. Made better by sharing with good friends.
These are good things.
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It should have long scared us all shitless that agents of the state can kill citizens w/ near-total impunity. It should scare us even more that this power now extends to ICE & other federal officials in our cities.
If there was ever a time for mass mobilization to abolish ICE, it is now.
If there was ever a time for mass mobilization to abolish ICE, it is now.
January 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM
It should have long scared us all shitless that agents of the state can kill citizens w/ near-total impunity. It should scare us even more that this power now extends to ICE & other federal officials in our cities.
If there was ever a time for mass mobilization to abolish ICE, it is now.
If there was ever a time for mass mobilization to abolish ICE, it is now.
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AOC: What we saw today was a horrific act of violence. What we have seen and are now seeing is that ICE has not just become an anti-immigrant force—it is becoming an anti-civilian, paramilitary organization. People are being taken off the streets for exercising their free speech rights.
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a horrific act of violence. What we have seen and are now seeing is that ICE has not just become an anti-immigrant force—it is becoming an anti-civilian, paramilitary organization. People are being taken off the streets for exercising their free speech rights.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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The Junior Law and Politics Research Community is accepting proposals for its spring seminar series on zoom! Submit by January 12 for full consideration.
To apply to present or to get on our email list to attend our seminars see 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#psworkshop
To apply to present or to get on our email list to attend our seminars see 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#psworkshop
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Junior Law and Politics Research Community is accepting proposals for its spring seminar series on zoom! Submit by January 12 for full consideration.
To apply to present or to get on our email list to attend our seminars see 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#psworkshop
To apply to present or to get on our email list to attend our seminars see 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#psworkshop
Jan 6th has multiple significances.
Today, I am focusing on the start of Carnival season, which means king cakes!
Today, I am focusing on the start of Carnival season, which means king cakes!
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Jan 6th has multiple significances.
Today, I am focusing on the start of Carnival season, which means king cakes!
Today, I am focusing on the start of Carnival season, which means king cakes!
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The foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship. There are no constraints.
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
The foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship. There are no constraints.
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This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
One gift you can give *any* day of the year is blood. 🩸
December 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One gift you can give *any* day of the year is blood. 🩸
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ANOTHER
WORLD
IS
POSSIBLE
if we choose it into being
Godammit
WORLD
IS
POSSIBLE
if we choose it into being
Godammit
The fact that this country keeps demanding children endure these traumas when we can stop them is just disgusting
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ANOTHER
WORLD
IS
POSSIBLE
if we choose it into being
Godammit
WORLD
IS
POSSIBLE
if we choose it into being
Godammit
Speaking as a professor during finals week: this is rude.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Speaking as a professor during finals week: this is rude.
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Q&A on the #law relevant to the killings of suspected drug smugglers in boats by the #USA. #humanRights #intLaw #crimLaw www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
Expert Q&A on the U.S. Boat Strikes
An expert Q & A on the Trump administration's lethal strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats on the high seas.
www.justsecurity.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Q&A on the #law relevant to the killings of suspected drug smugglers in boats by the #USA. #humanRights #intLaw #crimLaw www.justsecurity.org/126156/exper...
TO: ICE & Border Patrol
FROM: New Orleans
GET OUT OF OUR SWAMP
FROM: New Orleans
GET OUT OF OUR SWAMP
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
TO: ICE & Border Patrol
FROM: New Orleans
GET OUT OF OUR SWAMP
FROM: New Orleans
GET OUT OF OUR SWAMP
Spent some time today following Bovino & his crew around today, watching them terrorize our community.
Happy to report the community came out to support our neighbors, peacefully documenting and informing.
Bovino left frustrated and with the same number he rolled in with.
Let’s keep it up, y’all!
Happy to report the community came out to support our neighbors, peacefully documenting and informing.
Bovino left frustrated and with the same number he rolled in with.
Let’s keep it up, y’all!
December 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Spent some time today following Bovino & his crew around today, watching them terrorize our community.
Happy to report the community came out to support our neighbors, peacefully documenting and informing.
Bovino left frustrated and with the same number he rolled in with.
Let’s keep it up, y’all!
Happy to report the community came out to support our neighbors, peacefully documenting and informing.
Bovino left frustrated and with the same number he rolled in with.
Let’s keep it up, y’all!
this is some real dictator shit, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this is some real dictator shit, man