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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 6h

My quote of the day

If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started.

John McCain

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 16h

Here’s video of the incident

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 21h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 16h

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 17h

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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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16h

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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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 16h

Disarray!
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Politico: Republicans are in disarray 1 week into the shutdown

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 1d

After I get out from hiding from under my desk, I'm on it! Working papers on vaccine attitudes, effects of material hardship on democracy attitudes, emotions and Supreme Court. All me trying to make sense of American politics right now.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 1d

Same. When the world is terrible, I find many more things to write about.

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 1d

As I've said before: what is good for me as a social scientist is bad for me as a citizen.

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 1d

All nine institutions must reject this proposal: it is a thinly veiled attack on academic freedom; it is a test case for whether Trumpists can get away with demanding loyalty oaths; it exceeds the president’s powers to begin with
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 1d

Not to pile on, but www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

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

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 2d

A must-read for those who are concerned about the future of universities under Trump. Trump is replacing the rule of law with rule by deal, and guaranteeing nothing for universities except that they give up their constitutional freedoms to avoid political punishments.

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 3d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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moonchildjs.bsky.social @moonchildjs.bsky.social · 4d

Pope Leo: It's not "pro-life" to be anti-abortion but support
"the inhuman treatment of immigrants"

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

The administration has determined that if you describe this accurately for what it is, you are also an enemy of the state

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 3d

This is going to be a banger of a book when it’s out.

Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 3d

As I argue in the book, when we attend to respectability attitudes, which focus on & center Black ppl’s beliefs abt Black behavior, we can understand so much abt how ppl think abt a range of issues. And I think our standard ideological language, though often useful, gets in the way of this clarity.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 3d

So what is happening is another phased agreement, whose second phase is very much in doubt. Hostilities could resume in a few weeks or months; Israel could again relaunch its operation to occupy all of Gaza. Alternatively we could be looking at a long, uneasy truce. My guess is the latter.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 3d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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James Vizzard @jwvizzard.bsky.social · 4d

If only we understood their underlying motivation. It could be anything, really.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

Breaking News: The Trump administration is said to have plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low, with many slots reserved for white South Africans.

Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low

Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.

nyti.ms

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t think it was recorded! Sorry - he talked about how to rebuild the state and urged students to get involved in politics

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 4d

Big day @maxwellsu.bsky.social! Pete Buttigieg gave a great talk for students about hope and sustainability. Now @jamellebouie.net and @robmickey.bsky.social in conversation about American democracy with @faricy.bsky.social.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 5d

It also goes against the wishes of donors themselves! They want to support the school maybe despite the federal government!

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