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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · 1d

PRIEC in SoCal. Wonderful colleagues, interesting new research, and of course, the views and cuisines that SoCal has to offer.

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · 1d

APSA Grants for Indigenous Politics Research.

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Advancing Research Grants- Indigenous Politics - American Political Science Association (APSA)

APSA Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics Applications for the Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant – Indigenous

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · 18d

Well, I can get behind this fun work music.

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Padre Guilherme - Cristo Redentor - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - DJ Set (16.01.2025)

YouTube video by Padre Guilherme

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · 27d

8AM Panel on Thursday.
Let's go!

#APSA2025 #LatinePolitics #POCAlsoKnow

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28d

I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves.

I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.

I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

But on the morning of Aug. 31, as the bus made its way to the airport, A.R.M.D. worried that he would be returned to Guatemala without the opportunity to make his case in court.
Sharing his anxiety were other Guatemalan children who, like A.R.M.D., had been roused from bed in the middle of the night at their respective foster homes or care facilities. At a children's shelter in McAllen, Texas, one young.girl "was so scared that she vomited and asked to speak with a clinician." Another teenager, who said that her sister was murdered in Guatemala last year, worried that she, too, would be killed if she returned. Other potential deportees cited personal histories involving family violence, sexual abuse, or human trafficking as reasons why they were afraid to return to their home country.
In theory, the law is supposed to protect unaccompanied children from being summarily whisked out of the country by the government.

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Sep 8

I don’t just shitpost. I occasionally publish things too lol

Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · Sep 8

This SPSP #MemberMonday, explore research from @jinxungoh.bsky.social examining how racial groups perceive competition between Asian Americans and Black Americans. The study reveals complex patterns that may affect intergroup relations and coalition building.

📖: ow.ly/Gqa650WT8qr

Diverse group of people sitting in a circle outdoors, stacking their hands together in a gesture of unity and support.

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Sep 5

The committee for the Status of Latinas and Latinos in the Profession is hosting a panel that is central to understanding some of the upcoming changes for the Census and their implications for people of color in a changing political environment.
Saturday 13/09/2025 VCC West, Room 220

#APSA2025

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Darin Self @darinself.com · Sep 4

"How can you be that ignorant?"

What we need to hear from elites more often about the unbridled bad-faith and shockingly stupid arguments put forth by Trumpists

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid?

RFK Jr: I don't know how many died

W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?

RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that

W: How can you be that ignorant?

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Sep 4

As scholars, as people who seek to understand reality, be honest with reality, and call things by their name, ISPP members deserve better.

#ISPP #PoliticalPsychology #Genocide

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Petition: Demanding recognition of the genocide and ending scholasticide and complicity in Palestine

Esteemed colleagues, We, the undersigned academics and scholars — including current and former members of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) as well as colleagues working in poli...

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Sep 1

Race baiting is a hell of a drug.

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Sep 1

Well, APSA is around the corner, and while everything is going to shit (genocide and dismantling of US of A democracy)... We can at least find an excuse to dance and relax.

#PoliSciDances

Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ni yo, esto está cabrón. Y tanta gente tan indiferente. :(

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 27

Reading this was painful.
Both the NYT and the "world-renowned negotiator" showing their asses.
The cult of political stupidity and carny-level psychology continues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/m...

This World-Renowned Negotiator Says Trump’s Secret Weapon Is Empathy

www.nytimes.com

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is what happens when you give idiots power. One thing is for lawyers to abuse the litigation system to get rich, another is when imbeciles feel emboldened by their ignorance to want to force actually smart people to bend to their will.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...

RFK, Jr., Demanded a Vaccine Study Be Retracted—The Journal Said No

In a rare move for a U.S. public official, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., called for a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease to be retracted...

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 25

Can someone explain to me why TikTok is still not banned in this country despite the bipartisan bill enacted into law and the SCOTUS upholding the law?

Did I miss something since Trump promised to get a deal with TikTok?

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...

Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · Aug 23

I keep saying this but it remains true: Dems have not learned the central lesson of Reconstruction, that multiracial democracy cannot survive when those working to overthrow the rule of law & fair elections are allowed to operate with impunity.

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · Aug 23

the problem for Ds right now is not winning elections. they are doing fine at winning elections.

the problem is what happens *between elections.* as in, if you don't fight fascism between elections, election outcomes start not to matter. 1

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · Aug 23

In the end, we’re going to have to make some choices about what R1 universities are: institutions of higher learning, pure inquiry, and broad-based research or money machines that blow in the wind with donors and the latest trends. Only one path is viable long term, in my opinion.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Aug 23

The hits keep coming. “The departments that won’t be accepting Ph.D. students now include art history, cinema and media studies, classics, comparative literature, East Asian languages and civilizations, English language and literature, Germanic studies, linguistics, Middle Eastern studies…”

More UChicago Ph.D. Programs Will Pause Admissions

The arts and humanities dean said “nearly all” faculty leaders preferred “a broader pause for the division.” Some social sciences programs also aren’t accepting new students.

www.insidehighered.com

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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · Aug 23

small business owners are more likely to identify with & vote for right-wing parties because it leads people to adopt conservative views on government regulation, not just from selection
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Politics of Small Business Owners | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

The Politics of Small Business Owners - Volume 55

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 22

Really awesome work reminding us about the correlates of gendered attitudes.

Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social · Aug 22

Strawbridge, Silber Mohamed, & Lucas show that racial resentment has long been tied to gendered attitudes in U.S. politics. Across five elections, racism and sexism reflect a broader system-justifying worldview, not just a 2016 spillover.
Read more:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

White Racial Resentment and Gender Attitudes: An Enduring Connection or an Artifact of the 2016 Election? - Political Behavior

Several studies have demonstrated the importance of racial resentment and sexism in voting in the 2016 election. While this could be primarily a function of the particular electoral context, this stud...

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 22

:'( Acá el/la editor@ no nos dio ni chance de hacer eso.

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 22

Some proper uplifting trance.

Perfect for one of those 24 hours filled with rejections.

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Not Letting You Go (Extended Mix)

YouTube video by Ciaran McAuley - Topic

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 22

It would be very cool if people who a) like the idea of free online tax filing that is not a bait-and-switch from a private vendor and b) support an innovative tool that users loved, would respond to these surveys.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Shifting from replication to recognition and care: a prescription for improving graduate student mentoring in political science

Political science recognizes that it has a problem in recruiting and maintaining scholars from historically excluded groups and turned to the catch-all solution of “mentoring.” In this paper, we ar...

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