Richard L. Kornrumpf
@rlkjr86.bsky.social
I come from a long line of what you might call “spicy academics.”
Political psychology—authoritarianism, intergroup behavior, social identity—and quantitative methodology | UC Davis PhD candidate | UofL alum | Kentucky Colonel
Political psychology—authoritarianism, intergroup behavior, social identity—and quantitative methodology | UC Davis PhD candidate | UofL alum | Kentucky Colonel
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I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
By "sharp reversal" you mean unconstitutional. By "advocates say" you mean anyone familiar with the constitution—which implies the author is not among them (for the sake of objectivity yk).
The framing here is so disgusting.
The framing here is so disgusting.
January 22, 2026 at 2:05 AM
By "sharp reversal" you mean unconstitutional. By "advocates say" you mean anyone familiar with the constitution—which implies the author is not among them (for the sake of objectivity yk).
The framing here is so disgusting.
The framing here is so disgusting.
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Trump's announcing the occupation of a sovereign country by tweet Jesus Christ
January 12, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Trump's announcing the occupation of a sovereign country by tweet Jesus Christ
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We should no longer trust data collected on MTurk
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
We should no longer trust data collected on MTurk
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.
When the tables turn, and they will, anyone even remotely involved with ICE should be permanently barred from working in law enforcement or holding public office. And that's the most "civilized" solution I can come up with.
January 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM
When the tables turn, and they will, anyone even remotely involved with ICE should be permanently barred from working in law enforcement or holding public office. And that's the most "civilized" solution I can come up with.
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The only way the next democratic administration is going to do anything even somewhat resembling reforming and rooting out lawless thugs from ICE and elsewhere is due to sustained popular pressure. Otherwise, the instinct from the Dem elite to just turn the page and move on is going to be massive
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The only way the next democratic administration is going to do anything even somewhat resembling reforming and rooting out lawless thugs from ICE and elsewhere is due to sustained popular pressure. Otherwise, the instinct from the Dem elite to just turn the page and move on is going to be massive
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This is excellent and worth reading now--even though it was written about the boat strikes, and not the invasion and proposed occupation.
“The longer Americans indulge this preference for the language of the law over morality, the weaker their moral voice becomes. They lose the ability to say, forthrightly, that what the Trump administration has done is cold-blooded murder for which they and their partisans should be ashamed.”
The Moral Stupefaction of the American Public
Trump’s actions are illegal, yes. Worse than that, they are wrong—precisely what the legality debate is meant to obscure.
www.bostonreview.net
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
This is excellent and worth reading now--even though it was written about the boat strikes, and not the invasion and proposed occupation.
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Remember folks, there's never a bad time to remember that John Mearsheimer is an absolute clown.
And to my fellow poli sci professors: you don't have to keep assigning his stuff in your IR classes. You can just have a brief "so this is offensive realism, it's dumb and bad" discussion.
And to my fellow poli sci professors: you don't have to keep assigning his stuff in your IR classes. You can just have a brief "so this is offensive realism, it's dumb and bad" discussion.
John Mearsheimer, Oct. 3 2024: "I think that Biden's basic instincts are those of a warmonger, and I think that's not true of Trump. I think Trump is not that interested in fighting wars."
January 4, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Remember folks, there's never a bad time to remember that John Mearsheimer is an absolute clown.
And to my fellow poli sci professors: you don't have to keep assigning his stuff in your IR classes. You can just have a brief "so this is offensive realism, it's dumb and bad" discussion.
And to my fellow poli sci professors: you don't have to keep assigning his stuff in your IR classes. You can just have a brief "so this is offensive realism, it's dumb and bad" discussion.
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thank you chicago pope!
Portillo’s opens its first Georgia location in Kennesaw. Here’s what locals say.
Portillo’s opens its first Georgia location in Kennesaw. Here’s what locals say.
The arrival of the storied Chicago hot dog chain means exciting things for Kennesaw locals, but may have scary implications for some of their favorite spots.
www.ajc.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
thank you chicago pope!
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some of the best science and pandemic prevention work — after tens of millions of pandemic deaths worldwide — defunded.
Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
some of the best science and pandemic prevention work — after tens of millions of pandemic deaths worldwide — defunded.
Goodbye, soft power.
apple.news/A1EDTjYoLTfe...
apple.news/A1EDTjYoLTfe...
Opinion | Trump’s closure of Voice of America is coming back to bite him — The Washington Post
As the president threatens Venezuela, Russia and China are filling the information vacuum.
apple.news
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodbye, soft power.
apple.news/A1EDTjYoLTfe...
apple.news/A1EDTjYoLTfe...
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Our paper on how cross-cutting group memberships predict warmer out-party affect and analyses suggesting this is why Latinos in the US have warmer feelings toward the out-party is now fully published in the most recent @polbehavior.bsky.social issue.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Our paper on how cross-cutting group memberships predict warmer out-party affect and analyses suggesting this is why Latinos in the US have warmer feelings toward the out-party is now fully published in the most recent @polbehavior.bsky.social issue.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
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I wish there were a hell so that the monsters orchestrating this shit could someday rot in it. www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/u...
College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order | CNN
A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.
www.cnn.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I wish there were a hell so that the monsters orchestrating this shit could someday rot in it. www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/u...
Can't spell "sucks" without UK. Go Cards!
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Can't spell "sucks" without UK. Go Cards!
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Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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after watching episode 5 of pluribus, having just caught up on the chair company, i had no choice but to make this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajwQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajwQ...
The Plurb Company
YouTube video by Alex Cohen
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
after watching episode 5 of pluribus, having just caught up on the chair company, i had no choice but to make this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajwQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajwQ...
What about the name Richard for girls?
Ending Friday with coming across another question in my absolute favorite question series from UK Gallup: In or Out?
(1989)
(1989)
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What about the name Richard for girls?
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it appears that most democrats have little to no cognizance of this. if they do, they are doing a terrible job at empathizing with their constituents. either way, easy way to get fired via primary
i follow a lot of people covering ICE's terror campaign but it was eye opening to see irl how angry everyone is. every store has anti ice signs and know your rights brochures. there's anti ice graffiti everywhere. people are pissed.
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
it appears that most democrats have little to no cognizance of this. if they do, they are doing a terrible job at empathizing with their constituents. either way, easy way to get fired via primary
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November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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In our polling with YouGov, since the start of his second term Donald Trump's net approval has fallen 17pts among white Americans (+17 to -1), 28pts among Hispanic Americans (-9 to -37) and 38pts among black Americans (-36 to -74)
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In our polling with YouGov, since the start of his second term Donald Trump's net approval has fallen 17pts among white Americans (+17 to -1), 28pts among Hispanic Americans (-9 to -37) and 38pts among black Americans (-36 to -74)
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A "frontier" RCT showing college students preferred LLM (ChatGPT-4) and peer feedback to teacher feedback, but teacher feedback most improved performance. I hope they analyze feedback for style. I wonder whether students positively responded to sycophancy in LLM. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Teacher, peer, or AI? Comparing effects of feedback sources in higher education
With the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs), AI-generated feedback is gaining traction as a scalable feedback source for higher education. To q…
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A "frontier" RCT showing college students preferred LLM (ChatGPT-4) and peer feedback to teacher feedback, but teacher feedback most improved performance. I hope they analyze feedback for style. I wonder whether students positively responded to sycophancy in LLM. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky