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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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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 17h

Even by current standards, this Bondi testimony is shocking. She seems to see herself as the vassal of a king, showing contempt for oversight by the elected representatives of the people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 17h

Here's what I told him:

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 17h

"Everyone I contacted for this column described what Trump is doing as a clear violation of democratic rules and guidelines governing peacetime activities" says Edsall in the New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

www.nytimes.com

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 1d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

docs.google.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1d

I disagree. You may already understand the nature of the threat, but not everyone does. Part of motivating people for resistance is highlighting why resistance matters. If you want practical advice on what to do, I suggest joining organizations facilitating this: www.nokings.org/partners

PARTNERS — No Kings

www.nokings.org

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1d

There is little doubt that we are headed toward the further deployment of active duty military against Trump's political opponents. This is beyond the framers' worst nightmares. Pure tyranny and it must be resisted.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 2d

“To begin to treat Americans and their leaders as outside the national community because of whom they voted for — to tie the rights of American citizenship to partisan loyalty — is to begin to strain the bonds of union.” - @jamellebouie.net

Opinion | Who Is Donald Trump Responsible To?

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

Stop and think of how wildly lawless ths claim is: the President commands the military, so he can send them against the American people and nobody is allowed to stop him?

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

The executive branch calling the enforcement of the law by judges "insurrection" is a five-alarm fire for democracy.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

Would have been nice of they would have at least kept it close though.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

I can't get over the utter contempt this crowd has for not only the military but the American public generally. It's all bread and circus for them, all the time.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

Great to see alumni standing up for democracy. If you are from one of the nine schools targeted by Trump, please consider signing. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

alumni.controlshift.app

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent resolution from UVA. Well done, @uvahumanities.bsky.social

Now, friends at Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Texas, etc need to step up.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

I did.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

Somebody actually sat down and wrote these two sentences, one after another. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

That's an interesting idea.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

Walking through Harvard Yard this morning and seeing, as I do at any moment, hundreds of tourists from all over the world, marveling at the greatness of our universities. And to think that Trump wants to dismantle it in the name of authoritarianism.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

My best guess is still that we will get through to the other side with our democracy intact. The question for university leaders is whether they want to live with the shame of having been on the wrong side of history.

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

Secret police busting down doors in the middle of the night. It isn't a question of "could it happen here?" It is happening here and we must resist. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Archon Fung @politicsprof.bsky.social · 5d

“I swear fidelity to the King… and to the Fascist regime, and I swear to respect the [National Fascist Party’s] Statute…, and to fulfill my teacher’s and all academics’ duties … of preparing industrious and righteous citizens, patriotic and devoted to the Fascist regime”

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

Loyalty oaths for universities. The thing of the Third Reich. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 6d

But also, I am not sure if this is anything more than delusional ramblings by Trump that the New York Times continues to repeat.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 6d

The Senator is correct.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 6d

If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.”

Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.

Trump Says a Deal With Harvard Is Close

www.nytimes.com

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