Rob Mickey
@robmickey.bsky.social
Political Science @umich. book: https://bit.ly/3YQWgEi. US Reconstruction & nation building w/ David Waldner; policing w/ @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social + @dziblatt.bsky.social; race & democratic attitudes w/ V. Hutchings & @jardina.bsky.social.
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Kristi Noem: "It's amazing what President Trump has done. 2.5 million people have left our country because of his leadership."
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Kristi Noem: "It's amazing what President Trump has done. 2.5 million people have left our country because of his leadership."
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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This is why the Ellisons paid $150 million to acquire a mediocre Substack blog www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/bari...
Bari Weiss misplaces story that would be unfavorable to the Trump administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money
60 minutes was heavily promoting an important story about conditions inside CECOT, and that kind of thing is not going to fly at the Bari Weiss Broadcasting Network: All of these links went to promoti...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is why the Ellisons paid $150 million to acquire a mediocre Substack blog www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/bari...
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Anthropic’s Claude AI model ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom. It lost hundreds of dollars, gave away a PlayStation and bought a live fish. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4pMPX13
December 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Anthropic’s Claude AI model ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom. It lost hundreds of dollars, gave away a PlayStation and bought a live fish. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4pMPX13
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I thought even the most reactionary politicians wanted to take the country back to the 1850s. Apparently that’s not far enough—now they’re dusting off letters of marque last used in the War of 1812.
Apparently this is not the onion: www.lee.senate.gov/2025/12/patr...
December 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
Happy 11th birthday to this photo....
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Happy 11th birthday to this photo....
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Congratulations to CBS News on finding its NEXT STAR!
Breaking news: Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik said she ended her campaign for New York governor, a move that comes weeks after she officially jumped into the race. The conservative congresswoman also said she will not run for reelection to the U.S. House.
Elise Stefanik ends bid for N.Y. governor and won’t run again for House
Stefanik’s move came after Trump ally Bruce Blakeman decided to enter the Republican primary for New York governor.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Congratulations to CBS News on finding its NEXT STAR!
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Another great postdoc opportunity at Notre Dame! We’re seeking a scholar of American racial & ethnic politics to join our fantastic and growing postdoc cohort
Major upside: the opportunity to interview with our poli sci dept for conversion to a tenure-track line
apply.interfolio.com/179415
Major upside: the opportunity to interview with our poli sci dept for conversion to a tenure-track line
apply.interfolio.com/179415
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Another great postdoc opportunity at Notre Dame! We’re seeking a scholar of American racial & ethnic politics to join our fantastic and growing postdoc cohort
Major upside: the opportunity to interview with our poli sci dept for conversion to a tenure-track line
apply.interfolio.com/179415
Major upside: the opportunity to interview with our poli sci dept for conversion to a tenure-track line
apply.interfolio.com/179415
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People feeling hopeless about AI/LLMs spoiling all online polling and survey research should take a look at what @yamilrvelez.bsky.social is doing with “Pulse” — a tool to detect proof of life that’s compatible with Quatrics
As @seanjwestwood.bsky.social's terrifying new PNAS article demonstrates, LLMs can now pass almost every attention check, mirror personas, stay consistent across pages, and systematically bias responses in the aggregate.
So here’s a different angle: verify physical presence, not text.
So here’s a different angle: verify physical presence, not text.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People feeling hopeless about AI/LLMs spoiling all online polling and survey research should take a look at what @yamilrvelez.bsky.social is doing with “Pulse” — a tool to detect proof of life that’s compatible with Quatrics
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My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
The King's Slaves
A provocative account of how empire and absolutism institutionalized slavery in America
press.princeton.edu
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
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My understanding, per Bari Weiss, is that she is personally responsible for political violence that occurs on campus or against professors because she has been critical of campuses donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
December 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My understanding, per Bari Weiss, is that she is personally responsible for political violence that occurs on campus or against professors because she has been critical of campuses donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
Restoration is doable. Leningrad is gone and St. Petersburg isn't yet Putingrad!
(1) This is gross. (2) Interesting that Trump's name comes first. (3) This is the way dictators behave. (4) Can the original name be restored in the After Times -- the way "Trujillo City" went back to being "Santo Domingo"? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Kennedy Center renamed the 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' White House says
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is now called the the "Trump-Kennedy Center," according to the White House.
www.usatoday.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Restoration is doable. Leningrad is gone and St. Petersburg isn't yet Putingrad!
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My qualms about Ken Burns' American Revolution series, which strangely fails to explain what made the Revolution revolutionary.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/18/w...
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What’s Wrong with The American Revolution by Ken Burns
Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My qualms about Ken Burns' American Revolution series, which strangely fails to explain what made the Revolution revolutionary.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/18/w...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/18/w...
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The reason for the season
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The reason for the season
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Trump’s meandering primetime address raises new questions about Joe Biden’s press conferences.
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trump’s meandering primetime address raises new questions about Joe Biden’s press conferences.
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Today is my birthday and look what came in the mail... my first-ever copies of my new book!
Thank you to @hcrichardson.bsky.social Theda Skocpol @jacobhacker.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and Robin Einhorn for their kind words!
Thank you to @hcrichardson.bsky.social Theda Skocpol @jacobhacker.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and Robin Einhorn for their kind words!
October 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today is my birthday and look what came in the mail... my first-ever copies of my new book!
Thank you to @hcrichardson.bsky.social Theda Skocpol @jacobhacker.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and Robin Einhorn for their kind words!
Thank you to @hcrichardson.bsky.social Theda Skocpol @jacobhacker.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and Robin Einhorn for their kind words!
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Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
The best part of this bing-bing is "PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTS HANUKKAH RECEPTION." He's like a trick shamash.
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The best part of this bing-bing is "PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTS HANUKKAH RECEPTION." He's like a trick shamash.
Say what you will, but NOBODY can take away what the 2013 Yook Yarters did. When Gerry Paperbonbon got that pivotal fourth out in Game 14......
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Say what you will, but NOBODY can take away what the 2013 Yook Yarters did. When Gerry Paperbonbon got that pivotal fourth out in Game 14......
The national leadership of an organization that may soon be in some? most? all? Texas high schools......
Oh, you mean TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet who was interviewed by the NYTimes’s Ross Douthat THIS WEEK where he talked about how much he cares about fact-based, non-conspiratorial media and Ross didn’t challenge him at all on that assertion?
Brown University released a statement about a Palestinian student that's being smeared online as the shooting suspect.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
December 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The national leadership of an organization that may soon be in some? most? all? Texas high schools......
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"Burkeanism and the Administrative State"
I really enjoyed doing this podcast episode with Sarah Isgur, @williambaude.bsky.social, and @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social. It was framed around separation of powers debates, but the conversation ranged much more widely. thedispatch.com/podcast/advi...
I really enjoyed doing this podcast episode with Sarah Isgur, @williambaude.bsky.social, and @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social. It was framed around separation of powers debates, but the conversation ranged much more widely. thedispatch.com/podcast/advi...
Burkeanism and the Administrative State
A debate on unitary executive power.
thedispatch.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Burkeanism and the Administrative State"
I really enjoyed doing this podcast episode with Sarah Isgur, @williambaude.bsky.social, and @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social. It was framed around separation of powers debates, but the conversation ranged much more widely. thedispatch.com/podcast/advi...
I really enjoyed doing this podcast episode with Sarah Isgur, @williambaude.bsky.social, and @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social. It was framed around separation of powers debates, but the conversation ranged much more widely. thedispatch.com/podcast/advi...
Before his some Oval Office speeches, JFK’s drug guy, Dr. Feelgood, used to come down from NYC to inject him with uppers and, if memory serves from one of those biographies, horse placenta.
9 PM, AKA in the middle of the "danger zone" that requires an extra large transfusion of uppers
JUST IN: Donald Trump says he will address the nation at 9 PM ET on December 17
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Before his some Oval Office speeches, JFK’s drug guy, Dr. Feelgood, used to come down from NYC to inject him with uppers and, if memory serves from one of those biographies, horse placenta.
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why would immigrants do this www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
December 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
why would immigrants do this www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Looks very cool, @gabelenz.bsky.social! Could complement Des King's argument re 'endogeneity' of violence in USA (cambridge.org/core/journals/government-and-opposition/article/american-political-violence-the-government-and-oppositionleonard-schapiro-lecture-2023/FD4D5DA6CF03C5B1CE5A93DCA68C31C8)
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Looks very cool, @gabelenz.bsky.social! Could complement Des King's argument re 'endogeneity' of violence in USA (cambridge.org/core/journals/government-and-opposition/article/american-political-violence-the-government-and-oppositionleonard-schapiro-lecture-2023/FD4D5DA6CF03C5B1CE5A93DCA68C31C8)