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A must read. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
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by Matthew S. Erie

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Go Big Green!

(BA ‘99)
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 4d
It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
Office of the President Dear Dartmouth community, As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence. You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President
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It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
Office of the President Dear Dartmouth community, As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence. You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President
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by Matthew S. Erie

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Proud to be Captain of the National Postal Museum. Shout out to the volunteers I’m working with. Citizens are heroes, too.

#savetheSmithsonian

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Citizen historians document Smithsonian exhibits under White House scrutiny
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It's a public-private trust that has long operated at arm's length from the White House, but now finds itself...
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by Matthew S. Erie

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After 7 yrs of work, the special issue "China in Compliance" is out with @reggovjournal.bsky.social. The focus is to unpack how #compliance works in globalizing China. #Cambodia #Kyrgyzstan #Tajikistan #Fiji #Vanuatu #Singapore #Taiwan #Ethiopia #Hungary

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PoLAR is hiring a new managing editor. The full details are available here: shorturl.at/uqEn5
Hiring Announcement: PoLAR Managing Editor
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, the journal of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA), is hiring a Managing Editor. PoLAR is in an exciting transformational sta…
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by Matthew S. Erie

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These figures rebut the “whataboutism” line of the administration.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25d
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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My amazing colleague Bec Hamilton is swimming 20km to raise money for Charlie's Place, a drop-in shelter for homeless in #WashingtonDC whose numbers and hardships are increasing of late. Please consider giving here: www.gofundme.com/f/swim-for-c...

Thank you.
Donate to Marathon swim for people experiencing homelessness in D.C., organized by Rebecca Hamilton
People experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C. are havi… Rebecca Hamilton needs your support for Marathon swim for people experiencing homelessness in D.C.
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by Robert B. Reich — Reposted by: Matthew S. Erie, John Marston, Gerald Friedman , and 1 more

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"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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by Matthew S. Erie

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The incremental normalization of life under authoritarianism is one of its defining features.

Authoritarianism is often not a rupture but, rather, a slow tear.

*Every* day we must be vigilant to this fact.
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · Sep 6
This. 👇👇👇

JB Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?”
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by Matthew S. Erie

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Introverts, unite!

by Matthew S. Erie

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Yes!
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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · Sep 6
Washington DC - the bells of this church are ringing in support of the protest! 😁
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by Matthew S. Erie

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Inspiring and on such a hot and humid day!
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luna @imlunahey.com · Sep 6
anyone else seeing the massive protests in DC?
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anyone else seeing the massive protests in DC?
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This. 👇👇👇

JB Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?”
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Washington DC - the bells of this church are ringing in support of the protest! 😁
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This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
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#FreeDC Mass march hitting the streets of DC now.
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“The follow-up message is that for those of us who are not Supreme Court justices or Republican legislators should resist every day in every way we can. Put sand in the gears, make it slower, make everybody else know that we are not alone, and that there are more of us than there are of them.”
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Sep 6
@garrettepps.bsky.social has been a friend and colleague for decades.

An enjoyable (for me) podcast with him this week, for @washingtonmonthly.com , about life in DC these days. Audio and transcript here:

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Fear and Loathing in Washington D.C.
Contributing Editor James Fallows shares what life is really like in Washington D.C. under military occupation.
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@garrettepps.bsky.social has been a friend and colleague for decades.

An enjoyable (for me) podcast with him this week, for @washingtonmonthly.com , about life in DC these days. Audio and transcript here:

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/04/f...
Fear and Loathing in Washington D.C.
Contributing Editor James Fallows shares what life is really like in Washington D.C. under military occupation.
washingtonmonthly.com
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by Matthew S. Erie — Reposted by: Anna Gelpern

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A new study by Kiel Institute on How China Collateralizes show how rather than infrastructure as collateral, it's cash collateral in escrow reserves paid by debtor's commodity exports which underpin such agreements. Governance implications.

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The ad campaign criticizing the use of masks by federal agents working in Washington, D.C. has expanded to 115 bus stops, per organizers
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by Matthew S. Erie

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This.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Sep 1
What a gang of mindless amateurs in Washington accomplished in Beijing:
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Reposted by: Matthew S. Erie, Lesley Bartlett, Jacob T. Levy

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What a gang of mindless amateurs in Washington accomplished in Beijing:
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by Matthew S. Erie

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The Far Right are the new globalists.

The Center-Left must up their game.

Better coalitions, better policies, better messaging, better *listening*.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Aug 31
Bleak:

www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Populist Right-Wing Parties Lead Polls in Europe’s Biggest Economies
For the first time, far-right parties are leading in the U.K., France and Germany, the latest sign of growing voter discontent across the continent.
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by Matthew S. Erie

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Incredibly insightful.

Also: “While the outlook is bleak, resistance is not futile…Support independent media…Organize locally to strengthen grassroots networks that resist authoritarian policies…Strengthen ties with global democratic movements to share strategies and resources…”
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · Aug 31
Here's how watching autocracy overtake democracy in one place helps to predict what will happen in another. Here, lessons from Russia are offered as a PREDICTION about what could happen under Trump BEFORE he took office: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Now That America Elected a Dictator: What Can We Expect?
A Guide to the Worst Case Scenario
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Bleak:

www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Populist Right-Wing Parties Lead Polls in Europe’s Biggest Economies
For the first time, far-right parties are leading in the U.K., France and Germany, the latest sign of growing voter discontent across the continent.
www.wsj.com
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by Kim L. Scheppele — Reposted by: Matthew S. Erie

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Here's how watching autocracy overtake democracy in one place helps to predict what will happen in another. Here, lessons from Russia are offered as a PREDICTION about what could happen under Trump BEFORE he took office: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Now That America Elected a Dictator: What Can We Expect?
A Guide to the Worst Case Scenario
substack.com
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by Matthew S. Erie

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Seeing these all over the city.

#FreeDC
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