So excited to be featured in this spectacular new edited volume! Many thanks to @profkarpo.bsky.social & Jeremy Pope for putting this together, and of course to my co-authors @lilymasonphd.bsky.social and @juliewronski.bsky.social ! 😊
Chris Karpowitz
@profkarpo.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University Co-Editor-in-Chief, Political Behavior
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to mark the 250th i wrote about the ways that black americans did vital work to invest the declaration of independence with the universalism and egalitarianism that we now see as its core promise. (gift link)
Opinion | Five Words That Changed America
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This may be the most openly corrupt arrangement I have seen in the United States during my lifetime.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo agoNews Analysis: If President Trump's arrangement of a $1.8 billion fund to dole out to his political allies is allowed to stand, experts say he will have simultaneously managed to thwart Congress’s power of the purse and the ability of the courts to police the separation of powers.
I'll try this once more, this time with a working link: At long last, it's publication day at @uofmpress.bsky.social for this edited volume! It includes a remarkable set of authors offering thoughtful insights about the state of parties and partisanship today. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Reco...
Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship
Since partisanship has become a powerful force in the U.S., academic literature is replete with different approaches to this complex, multifaceted topic. Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship brings ...
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At long last, it's publication day at @uofmpress.bsky.social for this edited volume! It includes a remarkable set of authors offering thoughtful insights about the state of parties and partisanship today. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Reco...
Excellent Bouie piece on the birthright case. Especially how it points out that every academic backing Trump has either explicitly rejected Trump’s take in the past or somehow written extensively on the 14A without raising it (and implicitly rejecting it)… and have no new evidence now. Gift link:
Opinion | The Birthright Con
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The Trump Administration has used the power of government to restrict broadcast of a conversation about politics, the meaning and purpose of Christianity, and the role of religious belief more broadly. Chilling.
Dave Itzkoff@ditzkoff.bsky.social · 7mo agoStephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
My paper on the original meaning of birthright citizenship is now published
Volokh Conspiracy@volokhc.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe tragic destruction of the Washington Post's brand is a sad tale of Bezos's hubris and cravenness. He has completely misjudged what is required at this moment ... and why the Post's readership is declining.
“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State
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More evidence of federal agents behaving in ways that are flagrantly inconsistent with the Constitution and basic principles of a free society.
Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social · 8mo agoICE pointed guns at a retired couple in a church lot and lied. No warrant. No rights. Just terror. PAXIS tells us that’s unconstitutional. You have the right to remain silent, see a judicial warrant, and not open the church door. PAXIS holds that line. Learn more & support: www.paxis.app
This is from December, but it carefully highlights tactics used by ICE and the Border Patrol, including against U.S. citizens. Put simply, these scenes are deeply inconsistent with respect for public safety, the Constitution, and, more broadly, a free society. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump’s assertion of unlimited authority — subject only to his moral judgment and his mind (whatever that means) — is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
Opinion | Trump Has Stopped Pretending That This Is All Normal
The president’s assertion of unlimited authority is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution.
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Lucky that no congregants were injured or killed. Torahs take a year to write so this is really long term damage to the community.
Amanda Katz@katzish.bsky.social · 8mo agoHorrible. Arson attack today at Mississippi’s largest synagogue, on Shabbat, destroyed multiple Torahs and left parts of the building in ruins
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe official position of the White House is that on January 6, "it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election."
“This is a radical change, and one that will surely leave the United States poorer, weaker and more isolated. I cannot help but detect in these nativist outbursts against Indian immigrants and their descendants a profound loss of confidence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
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None of this is new, and it's as problematic today as it was then.
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo agoMike Johnson: "The irony was that they called it the No Kings Rally, but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open. If President Trump was a king, he would've closed the nationals parks and the National Mall so they couldn't of had the rally out here."
This opinion is worth reading. Here's the portion of Judge Young's decision that concerns masked ICE officers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Thanks to Robert Redford, not only for his movies and promotion of the arts, including the Sundance Institute, but also for providing a place just minutes from Provo to experience the extraordinary natural beauty of this area.
¡¡VOLUME 23, ISSUE 3 IS NOW OUT!! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Featuring work by: @natekelly.bsky.social, @janamorgan.bsky.social, @annkristinkolln.bsky.social, @felixlehmann.bsky.social, @feligsantos.bsky.social, @abenewman.bsky.social & ....,
The message is clear: don't dare to contradict Dear Leader, no matter what the facts say. Purging anyone who disagrees is a recipe for groupthink, for short-sighted and ill-informed decision-making, and for abandoning effective reality-testing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief
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What Danielle said. According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2% Let me put that another way. President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
Danielle Kurtzleben@titonka.bsky.social · last yr.A thing I really need people to keep in mind: 15% tariffs are high, historically speaking. 10% tariffs are high. The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!