Evan W. Sandlin
@ewsandlin.bsky.social
Political Scientist. I study public opinion. www.evanwsandlin.com
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Say what you will about Leni Riefenstahl, at least she knew how to make an impressive fascist movie.
Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2w agoBen Shapiro’s Daily Wire is quietly shooting a pro-ICE movie that dramatizes the Renee Good killing. We got the script. My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...
im inclined to agree with the techlords that AI is dangerous. again, not because it's alive but because they're insisting on putting it in positions where it can hurt people, leaving aside the promised jobpocalypse they're promising us. chimp with gun
I see this Zionist infographic is being shared a lot recently So here's the actual facts 👇 Yes, It's a Genocide.
Been reading Chomsky takedowns for the last 20 years - all of them just regurgitate the same talking points. Obviously the Epstein stuff is horrible - but trying to draw some connection between that and his views on IR theory? Tenuous at best. I think it is mostly that he never admits he was wrong.
There are now going to be AI tools marketed to students and professionals that remove the Claude watermark. I guarantee it.
I wrote this because most journalists facing this pressure can’t. The paper we count on to check authoritarianism spiked an investigation into the Democratic Party because the party’s lawyers threatened to sue. Holding authoritarians accountable starts with holding your own side accountable.
With Fear and Favor
Institutions don’t have courage. They have incentives.
data4democracy.substack.com
Many myths debunked in this paper. Paper finds that: -faculty partisanship has no effect on students -students ideologically sort into majors; majors don’t affect partisanship -faculty partisanship is uncorrelated with how left/rightwing course content is micah-baum.github.io/files/baum-e...
This should be read as Meta's opening salvo in a (really) yet-to-be-had debate about regulating AI. The security incidents at OpenAI/Anthropic is scaring them - not because the incidents are scary (they are) but because they are scared of the regulation that may come due to political fallout.
Why is downtown Burbank so great? (1) Protected bike path that runs there (2) Walkable space/I don't have to worry about a truck hitting my kids (3) Movie theaters (4) Restaurants/Coffee shops/Farmers market (5) Tables/shaded benches you can just hang out on. (6) cultural events etc.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 2mo agoBeautiful downtown Burbank isn't a punchline. The city is booming while downtown L.A. struggles
Today in Gaza, massive funeral 308 Gazans and two families were killed by the Israeli air force
Don't agree w/much in the Wilson rev, but this was my problem: "The film asks us both to be horrified at war and to celebrate...sequences in which the reluctant warrior finally gets his hands on his bow and the blood starts flowing. The massacre of the suitors is probably the most enjoyable..."
ICE Agent Kills Person in Maine. The man killed in his car was a 26-year-old native of Colombia. He was authorized to work in the U.S. and had a Social Security number. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
ICE Agent Kills Person in Vehicle in Biddeford, Maine, State Officials Say
The killing occurred in Biddeford, about 20 miles south of Portland. The Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement nationally in recent weeks.
nytimes.com
Israel controls over half of the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during the Jordan Valley Conference on Thursday, adding that he has given the order for Israel to take even more. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
Benjamin Netanyahu gives Israel order to take 70% of Gaza Strip | The Jerusalem Post
Netanyahu also confirmed that Israeli troops crossed the Litani River during operations in southern Lebanon.
jpost.com
Remember when the Trump Admin held a press conference at the WH and the President said “Don’t take Tylenol, there’s no downside. Don’t take it?” My paper shows partisan differences in Tylenol use - but no partisan differences in non-Tylenol acetaminophen use. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Partisan differences in acetaminophen use after revised federal guidance in the United States
To examine associations between partisan political identification and self-reported acetaminophen (paracetamol) use after revised federal guidance on …
sciencedirect.com
A new article by myself and Daniel Simmons in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social shows that criticism of #Israel from @jvp.bsky.social makes individuals more likely to blame Israel for conflict and support US policy taking a more pro-Palestinian stance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Critical cues: U.S. public sympathies for Israel and Palestine
U.S. public opinion has traditionally supported Israel in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. However, in recent years, support for Israel has declined, especially among younger left-l...
tandfonline.com
The murders continue. The U.S. Has Now Killed More Than 180 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
Catholics for the past two decades have maintained their status as the only remaining "thinking" conservatives and this new crop of converts who know nothing about the Church, other than having some vague notion that it is misogynistic like them, are really do their best to undermine that reputation
Our complete cowardice is striking in comparison to the brave people of Iran who took to the streets months ago to protest their own government and now take to the streets to defend their country from an aggressor - facing death both times. Solidarity 🇮🇷
News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 6mo agoNOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)
Nice job parroting government claims uncritically in your headline @latimes.com.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 6mo agoIranian general's relatives lived lavish L.A. lifestyle while promoting 'Iranian regime propaganda'
Heavy suppression in a protest against Ben Gvir's execution law, At least three people arrested and a Journalist was injured after a water cannon direcly shot him
Resist 🕎🍉@antizionistjew.bsky.social · 7mo ago🚨 #BREAKING | Huge Protest in Israel Against Ben Gvir Apartheid Law לא נשתוק מול חוק שמייסד את ההשמדה השיטתית נגד העם הפלסטיני, בואו להפגת חירום מול הכנסת להרים קול נגד אוכלי המוות ולמען החיים. מחר עולות לירושלים! יום שלישי ה-31.3, בשעה 17:00, ברחוב אליעזר קפלן 1, מול הכנסת. English Below
Humanitarian aid to Gaza has plummeted since the US and Israel waged war with Iran. Food prices have skyrocketed, and there is a growing shortage of medical supplies. Don't let the war with Iran provide cover for the humanitarian abuses in the strip. https://tinyurl.com/5n872ye4
Gaza aid reduced by 80 percent since start of Iran war as food prices surge
Prices for Basic Food Items Are Surging, and Hospitals Report Shortages of Medical Supplies. The Rafah Crossing Reopened Thursday for the First Time Since the Iran War Began, Allowing Patients in Gaza to Leave for Urgent Treatment
haaretz.com
Nearly everyone expected this to be over by this point. Now, in the third week of the Iran War, Asian refiners are finally beginning to fill their supply hole with further afield barrels. This is how MidEast and Asian scarcity becomes global scarcity.
Israel is trying to destroy Lebanon and a bunch of academics on here are handwringing and debating exactly how much of the war you are allowed to blame on them. The more people waking up to the depravity of this state the better.
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis is a war crime. The Israeli army just announced it will be bombing all access points across the Litani river- the geographic marker of the zone below- and so isolating/cutting off access between the area in pink and the rest of the country. 🇱🇧
