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Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocratic regime durability, the military, and political parties. Unsure of what to post on BlueSky when its cloudy outside.

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Ed Burmila's avatar Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social
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Trump went on social media and published a literal list of enemies he's going to imprison after he wins.

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All they care about is clicks and entertainment. Democracy be damned.

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Dems: Joe Biden, who is currently governing quite well but is also old, should drop out. GOP: Trump, who is a convicted felon and led a coup, is our nominee and we will eviscerate anyone in the party who disagrees Media: The bigger story here is age.

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him)'s avatar Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social
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on some level US national newsmedia hate Biden for the same reason they hated H. Clinton*: for refusing to give unfettered access leading to pulitzers and bestselling "tell-alls"; Trump loves getting press of any kind and they reward him for it

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Did they think to ask John Roberts if this is ok first?

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If the Times thinks it can become the paper of record under Trump may I remind them that he gets angry at Fox News when it is not sufficiently loyal to him.

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Someone needs to explain to the owner/political editors of the NYTimes what the introduction of a personalized autocratic regime means for their survival.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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these people do not intend to ever lose power again

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Kelsey Atherton's avatar Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social
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That Biden is the most pro-labor president in the lifetime of virtually every voter is something he should be vigorously campaigning to reelection on, not a fact-check people toss into mentions of skeptics wondering why it isn't leading coverage.

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AYFKM Stop playing by the old rules.

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European trains đź‘Ť Europeans smoking in your face đź‘Ž

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I get the worry that the SCOTUS ruling will embolden Trump should he win re-election but we should also worry about how it will embolden him to commit crimes *now* to win power.

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Love all these museums in the Netherlands that talk about how they have/love chocolate and spices but not why.

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I get the worry that the SCOTUS ruling will embolden Trump should he win re-election but we should also worry about how it will embolden him to commit crimes *now* to win power.

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I know there is a small diaspora in Philly, but other than that, its a tough find in the US.

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I may have to keep visiting Amsterdam just for the Indonesian food.

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Being born in the 80s I felt like Nixon was ancient history. Republicans have been fighting to undo what was done to him ever since

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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Henry II: "Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?" General Counsel: "We interpret the King's query as an official act of his office, and therefore immune from persecution"

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Kevin Collins's avatar Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social
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If the President, acting in their official capacity, is free to ignore the law without consequences, there is no law, just power.

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Jonathan Cohn 's avatar Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social
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If the president has absolute immunity, can the president then......just ignore all these shitty, hackish Supreme Court rulings?

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Nicholas Grossman's avatar Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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Holy shit, the Supreme Court actually wrote that Trump telling Pence to claim the wildly unconstitutional power to single-handedly reject certified Electoral College votes, thereby overthrowing Constitutional democracy, can't be illegal because POTUS and VP talking about it makes it an official act.

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The American mind cannot comprehend the size of European hotel rooms.

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Oh I understand perfectly how electoral systems work. Calling an election when the far-right peaked in the Europen elections was the perfect way to get them more seats, not necessarily control of the government

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Masterful gambit Mr. Macron. Rather than change how you govern you handed the far right power.

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We both are apparently.

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Jude Bellingham is amazing but saved Southgate's job

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Taniel 's avatar Taniel @taniel.bsky.social
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8 minutes to go. Buckle up, it'll be a bumpy afternoon - evening.

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England had the top scorer from the Bundesliga, La Liga, and 2nd top scorer in the Premiership and they've scored two goals in 4 games in the Euros. Just astonishingly bad.

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Bluesky needs a bit more heft in international politics. I need info on the French elections but we're still not to the level of old Twitter, and that place is just full of bots and trash.

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The NYTimes is making a choice with these articles.

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Birthday fields on apps that start with this month, and do not allow you to just simply change the year need to die a quick death.

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Ugh, denmark deserve better

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A toe, A TOE that can only be detected by advanced technology. We have too have some error bars because that's just unfair

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Its supposed to be illegal to stop on a penalty no?

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That was a pretty iffy offside and now its all going to switch the other way with this handball.

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Was somehow offside...

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One of the most important things you can learn to make sense of US politics is that the parties are weak.

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The goal of technology should be to enhance cognitive development, not impede it.

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Also, who is entirely coherent when travelling abroad?? Travelling is exhausting!

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Nicholas Grossman's avatar Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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Trump tells his rally crowd Chuck Schumer has “become a Palestinian.” Second time this week he’s used “Palestinian” to describe non-Palestinians he dislikes as if the word is a slur. I remain skeptical of the claim that Trump becoming president next year would improve the lives of Palestinians.

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It is a universal law that kids will get more toothpaste on the bathroom counter than their toothbrush

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IDK, gonna need to get John Roberts' thoughts on this before I think it's a good idea for the FDA to be on top of this.

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Funny how expectations of real public service and patriotism only apply to Democrats these days

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Anil Dash's avatar Anil Dash @anildash.com
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have they, uh, called for Trump to step down

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