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Nils Wilcke @nilswilcke.bsky.social · 23h

Les préfets ont reçu ordre de l'Intérieur de réserver les dates du 16 et 23 novembre pour des élections, selon mes infos (source préfectorale), qui confirment celles du Canard. Macron semble préférer prendre le risque de mettre le RN au pouvoir que d'appeler la gauche à Matignon. #Off

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Xu Xu @xuxupolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Why do authoritarian states charge political opponents with non-political crimes? In our @thejop.bsky.social paper with Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we examine how *Disguised Repression* undermines opponents’ moral authority and mobilization capacity. doi.org/10.1086/7342...

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 2d

Sébastien Lecornu resigns 27 days into his job, and a day after nominating his government. Breaking the record for shortest PM tenure in France.

Libération @liberation.fr · 2d

📊 Démission de Sébastien Lecornu : qui sont les Premiers ministres les plus éphémères de la Ve République ?

➡️ bit.ly/46V47F0

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 4d

Certainement pas ! Cela dit, depuis que j’ai appris le français, je reste perplexe devant le terme « essayiste »: on a l’impression que tout le monde l’est.

Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 4d

La vie est très facile en France, puisque on peut être « essayiste » et parler de tout.

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 5d

Whenever you’re in France next time, you need to try their vanilla riz au lait!!

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mathieu gallard @mathieugallard.bsky.social · 5d

🇨🇵📊 sondage pour les élections municipales à Grenoble :

🟢EELV-PS 31%
🔵LR 21%
🔴FI 12%
🟠Renaissance 11%
🟣Place Publique 9%
⚫RN 8%
🔵Horizons 7%

E. Piolle ne se représente pas et la majorité EELV-FI a éclaté, une alliance EELV-PS semble envisageable.
www.ledauphine.com/elections/20...

Exclusif. Municipales 2026 à Grenoble : le sondage qui donne un gros avantage à la liste de Laurence Ruffin

En septembre, l’Ades (association écologiste de Grenoble) commandait un sondage à l’Institut Cluster 17 en vue des municipales de mars 2026.

www.ledauphine.com

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 6d

It's becoming difficult to hide that a major purpose of the Trump administration is siphoning tax revenues from Blue states and redirecting them into subsidies for Red states. At what point does this become intolerable?

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 6d

Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 7d

The far-right RN in France get two Vice President seats in the Assemblé Nationale thanks to votes from Macron’s party MPs.

Le RN de retour au bureau de l’Assemblée nationale

Les députés RN Sébastien Chenu et Hélène Laporte ont bénéficié des voix du bloc central pour retrouver leurs postes de vice-présidents, contre l’avis de la gauche, pour qui aucun suffrage ne devait al...

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 8d

I personally benefited from this when I applied, and I highly recommend it with wonderful people!

Marc Sabatier Hvidkjær @marchvidkjaer.bsky.social · 8d

We will (again) be organizing PS-Prep this year.
I especially encourage (and hope to speak with) students from outside the US to apply, to understand an applicational system that is different, voluminous and complicated.
I will also encourage students early in their degree to ...

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 8d

Straighten them out one by one, reminds me a lot of "zenga, zenga" (alleyway by alleyway).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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Matthew K. Ribar @mattkribar.bsky.social · 11d

I’m thrilled that my job market paper, “Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in sub-Saharan Africa,” is hot off the press and open-access at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. A quick thread featuring more than you ever wanted to know about land tenure.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d

🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record.

As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.

Chart shows Detention Population, Among Those Arrested by ICE in the Interior, by Criminal Record. The chart shows three lines; Prior conviction, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record. From 2019 through September 2025, the largest group is people with criminal convictions, with much further down people with pending charges. But starting in January, those without criminal records spikes dramatically. In July it crossed pending charges and in the latest data it jumps above criminal convictions.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Libération @liberation.fr · 12d

LA TAULE. C'est la une de Libération ce vendredi.

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 13d

Iconic scene.

Donatien Huet @dodonatien.bsky.social · 13d

À l’issue de l’audience, Carla Bruni a donc arraché la bonnette rouge du micro de Mediapart.

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 13d

Le Pen’s continued defense of Sarkozy—beyond their ideological affinity—contributes to the normalization of discursive attacks on judicial independence in France.

Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 13d

⚖️ Sarkozy: Marine Le Pen dénonce "la généralisation de l'exécution provisoire" après la condamnation de l'ancien président, "un grand danger, au regard des grands principes de notre droit". La présidente des députés RN a elle-même fait l'objet d'une condamnation avec exécution provisoire.

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 14d

Si jamais j'ai des pistes de spots/bibliothèques de travail à Londres!

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16d

Egyptian authorities announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after six years in prison, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by state TV.

Egypt announces pardon for top activist who's spent 6 years behind bars

Egyptian authorities on Monday announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by Egypt’s state TV.

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Émilien Houard-Vial @ehouardvial.bsky.social · 18d

Confirmation que Macron souhaitait une majorité RN en faisant la dissolution (j'imagine pour apparaître comme un genre de "rempart républicain")

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 17d

I agree with all of this!

Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 17d

Probably by denying their visas whenever they apply.

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 17d

Another reason why the UN should change it's HQ. New York and the US, clearly doesn't deserve the world order to be based here.

They're already moving a lot of their offices and work to Kenya due to costs, but they should consider moving their entire operations somewhere else.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, won’t be able to attend the UN General Assembly in New York City next week after the Trump administration denied him a visa. Here’s what to know.

What to Know About the Visa Standoff Between Trump and the United Nations

The president of the Palestinian Authority won’t be able to attend the U.N. General Assembly after the Trump administration denied him a visa.

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Michaël Zemmour @michaelzemmour.cpesr.fr · 21d

Ce sujet doit être au cœur de la discussion budgétaire cette année et les suivantes.

Il faut investir, massivement dans l'école publique:

Elise Huillery, économiste : « Nous n’investissons pas assez dans l’éducation, et nous le faisons de manière injuste »
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Elise Huillery, économiste : « Nous n’investissons pas assez dans l’éducation, et nous le faisons de manière injuste »

TRIBUNE. La professeure d’économie déplore, dans une tribune au « Monde », que le financement du modèle éducatif soit considéré comme une charge. Réduire ces dépenses pénalise l’entièreté de la sociét...

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 26d

Happy to hear that you're well Salah. I wish you the best in Abu Dhabi!

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