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jonmladd.bsky.social
Assoc Prof in the McCourt School and Dept of Government at Georgetown. A political scientist who studies public opinion, polling, and media effects. https://www.jonathanmladd.com/ Occasionally a Marilynne Robinson stan account. Apologies for typos.
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submitted 9 hours ago • 8 comments

After yesterday's massive protests, worth reading @leahgreenberg.bsky.social pre-protests thoughts on how Saturday fits into a broader anti-authoritarian strategy. Indivisible was one of the main organizers of the "No Kings" events. indivisibleteam.medium.com/the-strategi...

submitted 13 hours ago • 6 comments

Nobody who refuses to fight for themselves is going to fight for you.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

This is less turnout than a Disneyland parade and they have two per day.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

A *null* result I'm very proud of! Led by Rustam Romaniuc, 35 coauthors from all over France tested nudge interventions to boost voter turnout. None worked, and we are possibly not surprised -- but a well-powered null result *is* a result! Paper: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

When she held the gavel as Speaker, Melissa Hortman was a public policy dynamo! She had the POWER and she made it work for the PEOPLE! The list below is just a small sample of her very good work! Thank you fellow @dlccomand.bsky.social board member. You were, and will remain a great example!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

A leader of the MN House Democrats is murdered by a Republican pro-life activist. Rather than condemning political murder of his opponents, Elon Musk spreads the conspiracy theory that it was done by Democrats. Journalists don’t need to use any social media site. But they really shouldn’t use X.

submitted 1 day ago • 162 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

"For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution." Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #1

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

For several years, one of the main reactionary centrist pundit positions was that liberals shouldn't abolish ICE. I'll let readers draw their own conclusions. However, I think the example illustrates how effective this method of political strategy is in practice.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Liberal democracy is a fighting faith.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

The No Kings protest in Chicago was so thick and so massive, the march had been going for 20 minutes yet the crowd in Daley Plaza had been unable to move forward, one photographer with an aerial view reported.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

What a contrast: On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat. On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.

submitted 1 day ago • 124 comments

An underappreciated explanation for antitrump politicians’ behavior is that they fear assassination. The more they stand for something, the more death threats they receive. Sometimes they come true. Political systems can’t withstand a constant threat of violence.

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

A key question that pundits have trouble settling is which party won the 2020 presidential election.

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Shai with the push-off, followed by a travel. No call. #NBA

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

New Reuters/Ipsos poll: - 35% of adults approve of Trump’s response to LA protests - 50% disapprove By net +9 adults say the president has “gone too far with arrests of immigrants” Other polls paint similar picture: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...

submitted 2 days ago • 46 comments

I’m sure he’s being told by the 2012 Obama political consultants who keep getting hired over and over to acquiesce to any fascist behavior and just talk about the reconciliation bill.

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Even though it's tiring, I think it's essential to consistently point out that this is illegal.

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Newsom: "He's been a stone cold liar about what he said we talked about. He never discussed the National Guard. Period. Full stop. I would love to share with you what he actually talked about. It would send shivers up your spine."

submitted 3 days ago • 2077 comments

The latest from our star Boeing reporter Maureen Tkacik: turns out a whistleblower said it would take 10-12 years for 787s to start failing. The one that crashed into an Indian hospital today was built in 2014. prospect.org/economy/2025...

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

Bibi gotta keep warring to stay out of prison.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 123 comments

Trump's immigration approval has fallen 6 points on net this week www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 3 days ago • 215 comments

For no reason, today I've been thinking about that time a bunch of GOP House members broke into a SCIF where classified hearings were being held with media in tow, refused to give up their devices, and live tweeted from inside. No one was escorted out or put in cuffs. www.wired.com/story/republ...

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

I’m sure he’s being told by the 2012 Obama political consultants who keep getting hired over and over to acquiesce to any fascist behavior and just talk about the reconciliation bill.

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

it's like what the image says. they think they're kings — they think they rule us — and they want us to obey youtu.be/ULdUsHB-7VE

submitted 3 days ago • 67 comments

Democratic members of Congress can’t wait until thermostatic public opinion comes over to their side if the government arrests them between now and then. This isn’t that complicated.

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Media organizations firing any journalist whom the president decides he doesn't like. This is not the free press guaranteed in our Constitution. This is un-American.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.

submitted 3 days ago • 393 comments