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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of the incident

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6h

Shot a priest in the head with a pepper ball, just for fun.
There was absolutely no threat here.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 9h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 9h

And this is a bit niche, but "Love and China" by Katryna and Nerissa Nields.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 9h

"Blood on the Tracks," Bob Dylan
"Here, My Dear," Marvin Gaye
"Beast in Its Tracks," Josh Ritter
"Tunnel of Love," Bruce Springsteen
"Rumors," Fleetwood Mac
"Star-Crossed," Kacey Musgraves

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 9h

I think it is much more complicated than Trump blowing off the pro-life movement. He ended Roe v Wade! He arguably achieved more reduction in abortion rights than any president ever. You have a better argument that he moderated on Social Security. And vaccines show him following his supporters.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 16h

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 9h

This is wrong, but a respectable view.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 11h

As a longtime fan of pop/rock divorce albums, there’s a certain popular singer whose divorce album would potentially be epic.

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Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · 14h

How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?

Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks, New Yorker

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 19h

In 2012, I published a book about the collapse in trust in the mainstream media. I argued that a widely trusted media establishment was probably incompatible with a polarized party system that is heavily sorted by ideology. /1 www.jonathanmladd.com/why-american...

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 16h

Every site with an algorithm is convinced that I want to see commentary on the Ezra Klein/Ta-Nehisi Coates podcast. (I do not.)

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 17h

This is a @brianbeutler.bsky.social point, I think, but Garland was careful to a fault not to coordinate w Biden, not to jump on Trump cases too fast, etc - even appointed special counsel to probe Hunter.

His reward: Republicans just insisting Biden/Garland coordinated and targeted their enemies.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h

Just this morning people told me that it’s not the job of the democrats to set a narrative, meanwhile congressional republicans continue to do just that

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17h

Hawley also raging about the FBI having "tapped my phone," but that's not what happened here.

The FBI reportedly analyzed data relating to dates and times of some of Hawley's calls during the week of Jan. 6. No wire tapping or looking at content of communications. www.huffpost.com/entry/fbi-me...

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 5d

Two things can be true: 1) Universities are not perfectly run. There are many problems that we should try to fix. 2) It's actually very hard to run a college or university. It's much much easier to perform worse than the status quo than better. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 19h

Not an expert on this stuff but I have the sense that no one backing Weiss understands that what she has done her whole career, opinion-based news-flavored content, is distinct from news reporting.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 19h

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 18h

But high-quality news will continue to need some type of subsidy or some other way to be insulated from market pressure. It basically always has required that. In this follow-up blog post (back in old school Mischiefs of Faction), I explored the different ways journalism can be subsidized. /4 /end

Four Approaches to Providing Political News, Given that So Many People Don't Want It [Updated]

A blog about political science, with a particular focus on political parties.

mischiefsoffaction.blogspot.com

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 19h

I think it matters whether people receive accurate information so they can hold government officials accountable and understand the positions of opposition parties. Political scientists are better at diagnosing problems than developing solutions. My suggestions then (and now) are tentative. /3

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 19h

I suggested in the concluding chapter that we needed to get creative about how to subsidize accurate news coverage. There is no guarantee that the free market or the political system will support accurate news. Most high quality news orgs in history needed subsidies or monopoly power. /2

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 19h

In 2012, I published a book about the collapse in trust in the mainstream media. I argued that a widely trusted media establishment was probably incompatible with a polarized party system that is heavily sorted by ideology. /1 www.jonathanmladd.com/why-american...

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 22h

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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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
prospect.org/justice/2025...

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

prospect.org

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 1d

Watch the clip. Notice the pause. He clearly doesn't recognize her name. He's completely cooked.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 1d

Unless you have decided just to ignore anything before 1970 as not comparable to modern basketball.

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