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by Jonathan Hopkin — Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Benjamin Braun

jonathanhopkin.bsky.social
All university researchers around the country are having to deal with new procedures around the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme yet foreign fascists are given free rein to pollute our public space. What a joke of a country. Zero dignity.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 3h
🔴 ‘America Must Save Britain’: MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News’ New US Show

A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump. ✍️ @bylinetimes.bsky.social
'America Must Save Britain': MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News' New US Show
A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK need...
bylinetimes.com
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, David R. Miller

tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
Here’s Trump calling for the jailing of the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois.

Totally normal. Just an ordinary day in the Trump regime.
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Norbert Schwarz, John R. Hutchinson , and 9 more

laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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by Laia Balcells

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Scary.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d
Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells

valentimvicente.bsky.social
Despite the grim topic, this is a very good paper: monuments that signal white supremacy can substitute performative violence and thus reduce it.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South
www.cambridge.org
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Kimberly A. Prather, Sanford F. Schram , and 1 more

sifill.bsky.social
Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, David Darmofal

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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
www.npr.org
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Will Jennings, Bryan D. Jones , and 2 more

gelliottmorris.com
at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition
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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d
Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Joanna Bryson, Will Jennings , and 1 more

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Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells

tusk81.bsky.social
Oh so the guy who made up gross lies about immigrants STEALING AND EATING PETS has more thoughts about immigrants? I’m sure he’s totally telling the truth this time.

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They’re Lying, Dividing, And Distracting. Don’t Believe The GOP’s Shutdown Hype
“This isn’t about health care for undocumented immigrants—that’s already against the law," said Sen. Mark Warner. "It’s about the fact that Republicans are intentionally skyrocketing your premiums.”
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Alan Richardson, David Darmofal

baldwin.senate.gov
There it is.
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by David Darmofal — Reposted by: Laia Balcells

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Gosh, maybe if these toxic know-it-all bros had taken the time to educate themselves on Trump & his positions before they endorsed him, this wouldn’t be happening now.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 3d
Pod man out: Trump's support with influential podcasters is waning
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Pod man out: Trump's support with influential podcasters is waning
Some of the podcasters who hosted Trump ahead of last year's election are breaking with him now on key issues like deportations and the war in Gaza.
www.nbcnews.com
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells

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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes
They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
www.bbc.com
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, David W. Kerstetter, Kevin Carey

adamhsays.com
“The administration is inviting universities to voluntarily put on a yoke and hand it the keys.“

From @kevincarey1.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
www.theatlantic.com
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Brendan Nyhan, Robert C. Richards , and 7 more

jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social
The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
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by Guy Grossman — Reposted by: Laia Balcells

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Even if he manages to bring about the end of the war in Gaza, he can’t be worthy of the Noble prize because he declared war on half his own people.
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells

devezer.bsky.social
Not everything is something. Some things are nothing. Some things are not a thing.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, David Darmofal

scottjshapiro.bsky.social
Democrats should run on one promise: release the Epstein files. They’d crush.
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Nandita Sharma, Efrén O. Pérez , and 2 more

adamrose.bsky.social
How bad are tariffs going?

I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business.

UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me.

That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯
Screenshot of message from UPS: Hi Adam, All import fees must be paid prior to delivery. Save time - prepay online for your FREIGHTCOM shipment. If import fees are not paid before delivery, an additional surcharge will be applied. Total Amount Due 119.20 USD Additional charges may have been applied based on recent tariff policy changes. Pay Now ›
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, David R. Miller, David Darmofal

billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
As a kid, I got into politics partly to do my bit fighting the Soviet Union.

Now we have a president who wants to turn us into a country that mimics the Soviet Union.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin
The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.
www.politico.com
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells

kbclarke.bsky.social
There's a book launch at Georgetown on October 30, hosted by @mortaracenter.bsky.social and with my fantastic colleague @laiabalcells.bsky.social as discussant. If you’re in the DC area, please consider joining!
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by Laia Balcells

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Good morning. Starting the day overhearing two American business men at a US airport: "This whole tariffs issue is nonsense. Just look at the EO. It does not make any sense. They are undermining the backbone of American economic growth".
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Joe R. Feagin, Zhang , and 18 more

phillewis.bsky.social
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells

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Someone on FB urged me to "GPT a recipe" and I immediately unfriended him.

Just be normal, dude.
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells

joshuaholland.bsky.social
'The question is, why did Donald Trump shut down the government? He says he doesn't need Congress's permission to spend taxpayer money as he wants. He says he doesn't have to follow spending laws. So why doesn't he just order the Treasury to keep everything running? He's the boss, right?'
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Joe R. Feagin

kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.
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by Laia Balcells

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This is happening tomorrow!
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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · 13d
Very excited to go to Harvard next week and give a lecture on my research about transitional justice museums --featuring co-authored works with Valeria Palanza, Elsa Voytas, Olwen Purdue, Francesca Parente, and Ethan vanderWilden.

www.gov.harvard.edu/calendar_eve...
Sidney Verba Fall 2025 Lecture
Professor Laia Balcells is a Professor of Government at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on comparative politics and international relations, with a particular emphasis on political violenc...
www.gov.harvard.edu
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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Joe R. Feagin, Peter Thorne , and 9 more

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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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Reposted by: Laia Balcells, Rebecca Sear, Marta Mìrazón Lahr

annepisor.bsky.social
📢 Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:
A photo of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts building at sunrise
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by Laia Balcells

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I would argue that when I first moved to the US American politics was way less dramatic than today. And I came in 2004!
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