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Political science professor at UPenn, studying migration and forced displacement, human trafficking, and poor governance. Co-director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab). Website: https://guygrossman.com

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 19d

Rob Blair (@robertblair.bsky.social), Anna Wilke (@awilke.bsky.social), and I have a new draft of our paper "Can Community Policing Improve Police-Community Relations in a Low-Income Country Setting?"

Comments are welcome:
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 22h

Today is Oct 7th, marking two years since Hamas's horrific terror attack. I'm keeping today in my mind all those who have perished on that day, and beyond.

May the Gaza war end as soon as possible. May the hostages return safely, and may both people find a way to live in peaceful coexistence.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the shout-out, Alexia.

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 1d

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Chaim!

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. Nothing we saw in the past 9-10 months suggests these people will allow a free and fair playing field in Nov 26.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

@carotorreblanca.bsky.social , Will Dinneen, and my paper entitled "Political Science Under Pressure: Competition and Collaboration in a Growing Discipline, 2003-2023" has been (conditionally) accepted at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.

This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Again - the government is shut down, and it's somehow not news. I invite you to scroll down the NYT and Wao landing pages this morning.

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 4d

Beyond astounding that the government is shut down, and you would not know that if you logged into the @nytimes.com and scrolled down its landing page.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d

I agree with Tom - we live in an electoral authoritarian regime. It has some fascist elements (e.g., disappearing migrants; masked agents detaining individuals without warrants), but the Trump regime is not (at least, yet) in a full fascist mode.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Bit of escapism:

Becky Hammon should be a head coach in the NBA.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d

Branding legitimate opposition as terrorism is dangerous and (putting t mildly) -- inconsistent with democratic norms.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller again lashes out at the judiciary, suggesting federal judges are aiding and abetting domestic terrorism:

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 4d

Even if he manages to bring about the end of the war in Gaza, he can’t be worthy of the Noble prize because he declared war on half his own people.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 4d

In short, while we may be closest to ending the war than any time in the last two years , we are not there yet.

But there is hope. That’s not nothing.

Praying for peace, for healing , for co existence for both people.

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 4d

Unclear what guarantees Hamas gets to ensure Israel keeps its part of the deal once the hostages are returned

Unclear what’s the timeline for allowing Palestinians to return to semblance of self governance.

Unclear what the exact mandate of the temp international forces.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 4d

Cautiously optimistic about the end of the Gaza war though so many details in Trump’s plan are under specified.

Unclear when Israel withdraws its forces and from what parts of Gaza.

Unclear how many Palestinian prisoners Israel will release and whom.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 4d

Beyond astounding that the government is shut down, and you would not know that if you logged into the @nytimes.com and scrolled down its landing page.
www.nytimes.com

The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 5d

You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated:

If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.

OPB @opb.org · 5d

Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8 billion for those states this week.

Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants

Oregon and 15 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 5d

If the WH won't commit to respecting Congress's power of the purse, why should Democratic lawmakers spend time bargaining on spending priorities?

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 6d

classic. work of art.

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 6d

G’mar chatima tova.

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 7d

It's a bit tiring to keep playing this game, but imagine the shit storm if a democratic president summoned the highest echelon of the military from all around the world for a hyper-partisan pep talk.

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting that Haaretz framed Trump's plan to end the war as a slap in the face of Netanyahu, while @nytimes.com views it as "triumph" for Netanyahu. Neither is entirely wrong. Netanyahu got more than he should have. But he also faces irrational coalition partners intent on sabotaging any deal.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 8d

Levelized costs of energy (LCOE, which we can also think of as cost per unit of electricity) in 2009 and 2019.

Coal is now three times more expensive than solar energy.

Source: Hannah Ritchie, Not the End of the World, Chapter 3.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 8d

Exactly! And about this too, @kevinshih.bsky.social et al. have the best research available.

They show that the influx of H-1B STEM workers raised the productivity and thus wages of US workers, both without college and with college, across *all sectors*

STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities | Journal of Labor Economics: Vol 33, No S1

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers are fundamental inputs for innovation, the main driver of productivity growth. We identify the long-run effect of STEM employment growt...

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