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Lily Mason

@lilymasonphd.bsky.social

Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship

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Political Psychology@ispp-pops.bsky.social · 3d ago

How closely is identity threat tied to one's values & political attitudes? Kuehnhanss & Scharfbillig find a tight connection surveying citizens across all 27 EU member states. Read the full piece open-access for more on identity threat and weaker liberal policy support: buff.ly/YW0LC64

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD@jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 3w ago

We need to change norms around sexual harassment Yesterday Tessa West spoke up about a sexual harassment complaint she filed against John Jost. Not only is he a senior colleague in the dept of psychology, but he is one of the most prominant figures in the field of social and political psychology.

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Jonathan Ladd@jonathanmladd.com · 4w ago

I don't think the government of a democracy should have masked secret police that roam the country murdering people, with their actions treated as totally outside the law.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.

WA Whistles@wawhistles.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE is surging in the Seattle area. (Map shows activity in the last week) Do you have your whistle with you?

Map of ICE sightings from iceout.org, 7/1-7/8, showing Puget sound area between Fort Lewis and Marysville.
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last mo.

There continues to be no plan for how to maintain R1 universities’ operations without foreign students & federal funding, but the public continues to not realize this, because our leaders - with about 4-5 exceptions - have been totally absent from the National Conversation™️

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last yr.

There is no plan or budget model w/o foreign students There is no plan or budget model w/o NSF/NIH/Title VI/FLAS/etc. federal funding There is no plan or budget model with further state budget cuts There is no plan or budget model with further state government caps on tuition There is no plan

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · last mo.

Abolishing the NIH has always been this admin’s plan. They told us in Project 2025. They’ve SHOWN us with their actions over the past 18 months. This is why a heads down approach will not work. The scientific community has 2 options: oppose this with all we’ve got, or let them carry out their plan.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last mo.

Scott Atlas, the champion of herd immunity as an Fox News commenter and the Trump Advisor during COVID, weighs in with a DEEPLY MININFORMED op-ed in the WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/7

Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social · last mo.

Those allegations did tremendous damage — to our reputations, to grant funding for work in our field, to the broader discourse about what "free speech" means and whose speech is protected. The team who did this work at Stanford was dissolved. Our funding took a big hit. But our work at UW continues.

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · last mo.

But I lost my job bc of their lies & smears. The judge in this case, Terry Doughty, was the Murthy v Missouri judge. He made up a fake quote & attributed it to me in a dramatic opinion in that case on July 4th 2023. Today he had to acknowledge that America First Legal’s case was built on lies.

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Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · last mo.

Today we beat Stephen Miller’s lawsuit mill in court! For 3 years I’ve been a defendant in a case filed by America First Legal on behalf of Gateway Pundit & a random antivaxxer we’d never heard of until she sued us. The plaintiffs claimed we “censored” them. It was a lie. They just lost.

Case 3:23-cv-00571-TAD-KDM Document 219 5979 Filed 07/01/26 Page 1 of 23 PagelD #: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MONROE DIVISION JILL HINES ET AL VERSUS ALEX STAMOS ET AL CASE NO. 3:23-CV-00571 JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY MAG. JUDGE KAYLA D. MCCLUSKY MEMORANDUM RULING Before the Court is a Renewed Joint Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter and Personal Jurisdiction [Doc. No. 191] filed by Defendants, Alex Stamos, Renée DiResta, the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, the Leland Stanford Junior University, Kate Starbird, Graphika, Camille François, the Atlantic Council, and Graham Brookie (collectively, "Defendants"). Plaintiffs, Jill Hines ("Hines") and Jim Hoft ("Hoft") (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), filed an Opposition [Doc. No. 207]. Defendants then filed a Reply [Doc. No. 209]. For the reasons set forth, Defendants' Motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND This case is before the Court on limited remand to determine jurisdiction. Hines v. Stamos, 111 F.4th 551 (5th Cir. 2024); see also [Doc. No. 112]. On May 2,
Joshua Foust 🪖🎮@joshuafoust.com · last mo.

The lazy response, “we think censorship is bad no matter what” both elides the issue (students expressing dismay at things vs. administrations breaking the law to punish faculty) and creates a defensive structure for more right wing censorship. Both-sides journalism helps the right, not the left.

Stephen Nuñez@socio-steve.bsky.social · last mo.

Generally people do not have coherent policy ideas because they are never induced to consider contradictions or feasibility or whatever. Philip Converse's work on this in the 1960s is seminal. Weirdly everyone in politics pretends like political scientists didn't figure this out 60+ years ago.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last mo.

additionally, if there is ANY possible non racist motive for an explicitly racist action, Alito says you must accept it as the actual motivation. meanwhile, ANY use of race consciousness to prevent or alleviate discrimination is unconstitutional under “equal protection”

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last mo.

The new racist double standard set up by Alito in the TPS ruling: if there’s any other motive in addition to the racism, the racism doesn’t count, but if the state wants to *prevent* discrimination against black people, that is racist and unconstitutional www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Roberts Court has been turning anti-discrimination law upside down for years. Its approach came into particular focus in May, with Louisiana v. Callais, in which it determined that not allowing Louisiana’s government to dilute Black votes was racist. In that case, Alito insisted that forcing the state to draw a second majority-Black congressional district would be an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander” because Republicans were entitled to discriminate against Black voters if they argued that their purpose was partisan instead of racist. The Court reaffirmed that position in a subsequent case dealing with Alabama, after a lower court had found ample evidence of deliberate racial discrimination, as opposed to the discriminatory effect of the Louisiana map. Mullin now sets up an even more impossible double standard. If the government wants to discriminate against Black people, any pretext will do. “As long as there is a plausible basis—any plausible articulable basis—for the government’s action, then the Court will look to that basis as sufficient,” Aderson Francois, a law professor at Georgetown University, told me, “even in the face of evidence that government actors were motivated by animus.” If a Black person wants to prove they’ve been discriminated against, however, no amount of evidence will suffice.
Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2mo ago

HALF of all federally funded clinical trials would be “illegal” under the new OMB rule. LEAVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND YELL AT YOUR CONGRESS CRITTERS.

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2mo ago

Russell Vought has a plan for science, but so do we. Join the fight by taking action against the latest OMB grant funding proposal at the link in our bio, or go here 👉 zurl.co/lBQ4l #StandUpForScience #Science #OMB #Vought #SaveScience

The graphic includes photos of Russell Vought, the red Stand Up for Science logo, and a fist held in the air in protest. The graphic reads: "50% OF ALL CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE US ARE AT RISK OF BEING CANCLLED IF THE OMB GRANT PROPOSAL PASSES. AT-RISK TRIALS INCLUDE: 1026 FOR CANCER, 273 FOR PEDIATRICS, 115 FOR HEAR DISEASE, 184 FOR DIABETES. Stop Vought. Save Science. EMAIL & CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, LEAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, DONATE TO FUEL THE FIGHT FOR SCIENCE, LINK IN BIO".