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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 7h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

Am I reading this right? Did Trump say he took freedom of speech away?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

Flagging Trump this afternoon:

"We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 9h

Can’t help but think that the Dems are playing politics while the GOP is producing TV. Their game is about clips and casting. As disgusting as it is. We need to rise to the challenge and beat them at their production game. The most depressing part is so many people watch this evil and love it.

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 11h

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 12h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social · 12h

Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

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Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant

Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 14h

Shame on everyone who enables and supports this continuous abuse of power.

Trump calls for jailing of Illinois leaders as court showdowns over troop deployments near | CNN

It’s said that nature abhors a vacuum, and the vacuum produced by a federal judge’s decision to put off a decision on the constitutionality of the president’s deployments is quickly being filled by hu...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 17h

"The best defense against this weapon is solidarity among groups who disagree ferociously on many questions, but who agree on the need to keep America democratic and rebuild institutions and social connections to make democracy more robust."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 17h

Looking for a great demonstration of an N of 1 regression discontinuity? Try flights of stairs climbed per day as a function of bringing a baby home from the hospital.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @TimothySnyder.bsky.social for joining @AFT.org & @AAUP.org in calling on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to reject Trump's proposed compact and to defend the principle that no president has the right to buy obedience or sell off freedom. snyder.substack.com/p/save-ameri...

Save American Higher Education (video)

A petition that you can sign, which I read aloud

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Josh Pasek @joshpasek.com · 1d

How should university boards prepare?

- Strategize in advance (could happen here)
- Leverage internal expertise (strategize with political scientists, public policy scholars and law faculty)
- Respond collectively and support one another
-Stay true to the mission

This is the real fiduciary duty!

Jackie Gardina @jackiegardina.bsky.social · 1d

@joshpasek.com, @umich.edu, provides boards of trustees a roadmap for responding to external pressue, like the so-called Educational Compact.

@aaup.org @utaustinaaup.bsky.social @aaup-penn.bsky.social

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 1d

I'm excited to share the news that our climate change project won the @spspnews.bsky.social Robert Cialdini Prize for a "paper that uses field methods and demonstrates the relevance of social psychology to outside groups and communities"!

You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 1d

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Why Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence" is a devil's bargain and should be rejected in all forms

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.

Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 1d

This postdoc salary is the same as my starting salary as a first year faculty hahaha Seems like an amazing position with great advisors and abundant resources in an awesome city (well, next to an awesome city lol)

Nour Kteily @nourkteily.bsky.social · 2d

@elijfinkel.bsky.social
& I are recruiting a postdoc in the #LitowitzCenter for Enlightened Disagreement at Northwestern University. We seek research excellence regarding navigating conflict.

Application deadline: Nov. 17.

Salary: ~$80k.

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Northwestern Faculty Search -

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 2d

So proud of my mama @kathyhirshpasek.bsky.social!

Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to the 2026 APS Mentor Award recipients 🎉 John F. Dovidio, @kathyhirshpasek.bsky.social, Marci Lobel, Paul A.M. van Lange, John R. Weisz

APS Mentor Award

The APS Mentor Award honors the importance of mentoring in our field as well as the dedication and impact of individuals with a distinguished record of teaching, advising, and encouraging students and...

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Eric Shuman @ericmshuman.bsky.social · 2d

I am hoping to recruit a Ph.D. student to join the SPARC (Social Psychology of Activism, Resistance, & Change) Lab at @UVAPsyc in Fall 2026! You can find more info about my research on my website (ericshuman.com), and the program here (psychology.as.virginia.edu/social-psych...).

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 2d

If "states' rights" mean anything, they must include the right to not get invaded by another state in peacetime.

Americans everywhere: Speak up and stand against Trump's outrageous assaults on Illinois and Oregon.

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Gov. Pritzker Statement on the Texas National Guard Being Deployed to Illinois

CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the Illinois National Guard was informed that the Texas National...

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