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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d

🚨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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Allison Grossman @allisong.bsky.social · 22d

Political scientists in the southeast (broadly defined), submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. We're hosting at Tulane on November 9, submissions due September 19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame @kellogginstitute.bsky.social · Aug 11

We learned last week of the passing of Carlos Acuña, professor of political science at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. He was an early Kellogg visiting fellow and part of the Institute's formative years. Our gratitude to @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social‬ for this beautiful tribute: bit.ly/45HIVTw

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congratulations, Vicente! Amazing research!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 11

Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."

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Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · Jul 10

ya! ahi lo encontre en el diario :-)

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Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · Jul 10

que me perdi? me niego a verlo...

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Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · Jul 8

This is fantastic!

The New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani is getting desperate. mamdanitimes.com

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jun 16

From April 2025 -

Ignoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina - cup.org/4clGHLw

- @gustavodiaz.org, @viroliveros.bsky.social, Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro & Matthew S. Winters

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the potential influence of a politician's gender on voter expectations and perceptions in Argentina, focusing on responses from an online survey experiment about a hypothetical city mayor.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Jun 23

I look forward to meeting many of you soon in Madrid for EPSA 2025.

In case that’s helpful to anyone, here are some of my personal Madrid favorites:

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Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez @pablofernandezv.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨The Social Sciences dept @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program, an initiative to attract researchers to Madrid. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 yrs (more below).

To express interest, complete form (by 06/24)
👉 n9.cl/qdjvz

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Simon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨🚨🚨🚨 EOI / talent attraction program in Madrid!

The Dept. of Social Sciences @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 y (more below).

To express interest, complete form (by 06/24)
👉 n9.cl/qdjvz
1/n

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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Vincent Pons @vinpons.bsky.social · Jun 5

Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! nationalelectionsdatabase.com
We cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @reveconstudies.bsky.social (academic.oup.com/restud/advan...)
w/ Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet

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Martín Becerra @aracalacana.bsky.social · Jun 5

"Respetuosamente: no nos entreguen". @MarioPecheny, miembro del directorio del Conicet, pide a los senadores que no sean cómplices de la destrucción de la ciencia en la Argentina:
youtu.be/T3YuiKT3RcU?...

MARIO PECHENY - COMISIÓN DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA 04-06-25

YouTube video by Senado Argentina

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Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez @pablofernandezv.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 Job Alert | Political Science

The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a *2-year fixed-term faculty position* in Political Science.

📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025
🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026
📬 Questions? [email protected]

🔗 Full call & application:
www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...

Visiting Professor in the area of Political Science | UC3M

Contenido compartido desde el sitio web oficial de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - www.uc3m.es

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Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · May 29

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Scienticide’ in Argentina sparks huge protest by researchers

Hundreds of activists wearing gas masks took to the streets to call out their government for slashing science funding.

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Sandipto Dasgupta @sandipto.bsky.social · May 29

Very honored to receive the 2025 Francine Frankel Prize for the best book on South Asian Politics from APSA.

Many thanks to the award committee. And it is a privilege to receive this alongside scholars like Adam and Tariq whose work I have long admired.

Alexander Lee @alexandermlee.bsky.social · May 28

Congratulations to @sandipto.bsky.social, Tariq Thachil and Adam Auerbach for winning the South Asia Section's Francine Frankel prize for their books Machines and Migrants and Legalizing the Revolution

Prizes will be presented at APSA 2025

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Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · May 2

My colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social & @stano.bsky.social: "If American university presidents do not forcefully denounce these unconstitutional and un-American actions, our universities will soon be shells of their former selves, like (...) other nations that have lapsed into authoritarian rule."

Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · May 2

@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.

Tulane professors: Tulane must speak out to protect international students

Tulane professors: The Trump administration's actions in relation to international students at U.S. universities are those of an autocrat. Tulane officials must speak out.

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Rachel Schoner @rjschoner.bsky.social · May 2

Proud of my colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social and @stano.bsky.social for calling out Tulane, demanding more.
We stand by all students, esp intl students, & defend freedom of speech.
Foreign students and faculty make American higher ed great. Free assembly & speech make this country great.

Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · May 2

@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.

Tulane professors: Tulane must speak out to protect international students

Tulane professors: The Trump administration's actions in relation to international students at U.S. universities are those of an autocrat. Tulane officials must speak out.

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Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you both for doing this!

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · May 2

@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.

Tulane professors: Tulane must speak out to protect international students

Tulane professors: The Trump administration's actions in relation to international students at U.S. universities are those of an autocrat. Tulane officials must speak out.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · May 1

If I were a parent, I would not pay $87,000 per year to send my kid to a school that would expel them for exercising their First Amendment rights ***off-campus.***

29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · May 1

Tulane University is suspending or expelling students for doing nothing other than protesting genocide www.nola.com/news/educati...

The peaceful protest by students at Tulane University in March resembled dozens of past demonstrations that occurred without incident -except this time some participants could face serious consequences.

About 40 students passed around a microphone and took turns speaking about Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student activist who was detained after participating in pro-Palestinian protests, while Tulane University police officers stood at the ready with metal barricades demarcating campus property. Then they marched peacefully on public sidewalks through campus and briefly rallied on St. Charles Avenue before disbanding.

But about a week later, the Office of Student Conduct informed seven of the students that they were under investigation. Five of the students face a "major matters" investigation, which could result in suspension or expulsion. Two others have since been ordered to complete 20 hours of community service and were given a year of probation.

Tulane spokesperson Mike Strecker declined to comment on individual student conduct investigations, citing privacy laws. He said Tulane's code of conduct allows student protest but prohibits "acts of misconduct, including but not limited to, unlawful or disruptive behavior, on or off campus."

The investigations come as Tulane and other universities face intense pressure from the Trump administration to crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters. The university told some of the students they violated the conduct code by engaging with Tulane Students for a Democratic Society, a student group that was suspended last year after organizing pro-Palestinian protests and an encampment on Tulane's campus.

The students maintain that the group that organized the protest in March, Together United Students for a Democratic Society, is different than the suspended one. They also argue that Tulane overstepped its purview by investigating what they say was an off-campus protest and an organization not affiliated with the university.

The threat of harsh punishments after a peaceful protest has drawn an outcry from students and civil liberties groups who say that free speech is under attack.

"People seem really disturbed by the university's overreach," said Atticus Pratt, a sophomore linguistics major who was among the seven students reprimanded by the university.

The five students facing more serious charges recently submitted written answers to questions from the university, including about their personal social media use. Now they're waiting for Tulane administrators to decide their fates.

The investigations come a year after students and community members erected a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. At the time, Tulane faced pressure to swiftly clear the encampment.

"Many colleges across our country may allow this lawlessness, but Louisiana will NOT," Gov. Jeff Landry said in a statement after the encampment was cleared less than a day later. "This State will not tolerate those who seek to disturb the peace by
means of criminality."

Now the university faces additional pressure, this time from Washington.

Earlier this year, Tulane was among 60 universities flagged by the Trump administration for complaints of alleged antisemitism and warned that inaction could result in losing federal funding. The complaint in question was filed in December 2023 with the Office of Civil Rights by a Jewish Tulane student. Retaliatory complaints were also filed by Palestinian students who said they were harassed by students while protesting.

Last April, the university banned Tulane Students for a Democratic Society for its role in organizing the encampment. Its members formed the new group, Together United Students for a Democratic Society, which meets off campus and has organized protests, including the one held on
March 11.

Restricting "students' participation in local political causes" is like "telling students where to go to church, or whether they may join the campus chess club or frisbee golf team," FIRE wrote in a letter to Tulane President Michael Fitts.

In the disciplinary emails to students, Tulane said the March protest would not be covered by the free-expression policy but rather the code of conduct if, as alleged, the students were acting through a suspended organization.

Macdonald, the Tulane senior, said they don't dispute their role in organizing the protest and rallies. But they argue that Tulane is using the rules about unauthorized student organizations to police off-campus activities and, in effect, suppress free speech.

"If they can tell students that they can't be a part of Students for a Democratic Society, then they can tell students that they can't be a part of the Democratic Party, or that they can't go to whatever church that they affiliate with," Macdonald said. "If they're allowed to own their students' political affiliation, then there's really no boundary."

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