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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 6d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible that they put this in writing

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d

“It feels like coerced speech where the government is forcing employees to spread its propaganda in communicating with the public,” says Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social), a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 7d

SCOOP: Federal workers are being told to blame democrats for the shutdown. At SBA workers got an email suggesting they set out-of-office replies blaming Democrats for the shutdown and at HUD internal systems have a pop-up blaming "the Radical Left."

@wired.com

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Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 7d

Amid the stress of the shutdown and the Trump administration’s ethical transgressions with trying to influence military leaders to be a politicized for force— how does this affect civ servants and their choices to stay, speak up, or go?

ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 7d

New in The Conversation: @jlkucinskas.bsky.social & Yvonne Zylan on the exodus of civil servants under Trump and the moral dilemmas of staying, speaking up, or leaving. Based on Kucinskas’s book The Loyalty Trap (@columbiaup.bsky.social)

Civil servant exodus: How employees wrestle with whether to stay, speak up or go

Federal workers face unique challenges. But part of their dilemma is familiar to many Americans who have to wrestle with dramatic changes in the workplace.

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 8d

Thinking of federal civil servants today. . .

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 8d

And on this moment in American history: "I think we are bigger than this moment." 3/3

Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 8d

On how to decide what to do next after Hamilton: "What will I learn from and what are the opportunities I will kick myself forever if I don't do it?" 2/3

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 8d

Thrilling performances and wise words on creating and writing from Lin-Manuel Miranda tonight at Hamilton College:
-"If you write what you haven't seen yet then you are already ahead."
-"Ask for help from people smarter than you."
-"You are always re-writing. If you don't like it, stop. Quit."
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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 14d

New in Social Forces: @profsamperry.bsky.social new article Secularism, Sorting, and Americans’ Political Knowledge shows secular Americans score highest on civics & politics, especially liberals/Democrats. Evangelicals trend opposite with conservatism. Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

Secularism, sorting, and Americans’ political knowledge

Abstract. Political knowledge, including knowledge of basic civics and current political conditions, is associated with a host of pro-democratic outcomes i

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 17d

Congress & the Supreme Court complicit in democratic backsliding, even w/wild policies, like $100,000/a work visa. And most disturbing- a majority of privileged people act like everything is normal. Because it’s frightening to consider the alternative? Or because now this is the America they want?

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 17d

A police patrol constantly surveilling our village and white residents cheering. Residents fined for beeping along with a public demonstration. Queer families thinking twice about where they bring their kids as MAGA and hegemonic masculinity rise.
Academic silencing and political retribution. 2/3

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 17d

This is the feeling of losing a country to autocracy. I’ve felt it since returning from Sweden. Good people saying hateful things about immigrants, turning a blind eye to how they are being disappeared here.1/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 19d

-- which are sometimes connected to churches, but often not -- I wanted to reshare this draft: osf.io/preprints/so...
We are updating it to make it even better, but I'm still excited about it in all forms. Happy Friday! I hope everyone can do something they love today! @asareligion.bsky.social

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 19d

As the semester heats up, junior scholars ask, when do you do research? Friday mornings - w/some pressure from beloved colleagues. But in my excitement for this new paper on an unbundling of US religion - leading to mobile, hybrid, convenient and competitive forms of religiosity and spirituality 1/2

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20d

State capacity that is being gutted now will need to be rebuilt in the future. Alex Hertel-Fernandez looks back at his time in the Biden administration to identify ways that governments could better use social scientists to improve public services.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-social...

How social scientists could help to rebuild the federal government

Lessons from my time in the Biden administration

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 21d

"If you’ve ever wondered what you’d do during a moment of democratic collapse, stop wondering. You’re doing it now." Otis Fulton's "The Slow Creep: The Psychology Behind Our Slide Toward Authoritarianism" www.linkedin.com/pulse/slow-c... 2/2

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 21d

So many good people are avoiding paying attention to visible authoritarian creep nationally & culturally in the US. Social psychologists know negative emotions are powerful deterrents for facing discomfort - but the end result of silence & avoidance is we lose. We are losing so much day by day. 1/2

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks!

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 21d

This paper on the conditions enabling moral courage among civil servants in the U.S. and Brazil is super-timely. osf.io/preprints/so...

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 21d

Folks have seemed interested in this paper by Mariana Costa Silveira and I comparing civil servants responses to Trump (1st administration) and Bolsonaro. Here is a preprint of our paper (still under review):https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/kcjwr_v1

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 24d

Surveying the decimated world for where to rebuild. From Jamea Richmond Edwards’ heart bursting new exhibition at the Wellin Museum at Hamilton College

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 25d

Amazing trip to Perdue Sociology. For those interested in studying religion(@asareligion.bsky.social), this is one of the best places to go! Curious & supportive scholars who care about pedagogy & research in a big and growing department. And one of the best places to give talks! A gem for sure.

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 26d

Briefly back at the Indy airport and while it’s comforting to be at a familiar airport that once signaled almost home— some things have changed for the better.

And giving a talk on The Loyalty Trap tomorrow afternoon at Purdue for those nearby!

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 28d

Join our new @asareligion.bsky.social community! Thank you to @andrewmackey.com for setting it up! And please share your new publications and other opportunities through this handle.

ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 28d

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 28d

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