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Jocker, Brug, and Rekker address the effects polarization has on partisan sorting in their recent article titled “Growing Up in a Polarized Party System: Ideological Divergence and Partisan Sorting Across Generations.” Click the link, it’s open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Spoiler: Nee.

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NEW: Just 6% of Gen Z say they actually want a dictator – not over half, as has been recently claimed. Our study finds only a very small minority of 13-27-yr-olds really feel this way, when their views and interpretations are tested with different questioning approaches 🧵⬇️

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📢 Job Alert 📢 Our own Alex Lehr is hiring a postdoctoral researcher (28 months, 0.8-1 FTE) on sustainability policies of small and middle-sized companies - check it out here and share widely: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

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Tip voor iedereen die met een kleine bijdrage een groot verschil voor iemand wil maken: Deze kat is inmiddels geopereerd, maar de rekening moet nog worden betaald en zijn eigenaars – een Oekraïense dienstplichtige en zijn moeder – hebben daarbij nog steeds hulp nodig.

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Not aggressive, fascist. Literally a proposal for fascism - they want to stand up a paramilitary force and establish a giant set of camps. Being proposed by Trump allies to happen before the 2026 elections. Literally happening right in front of us.

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Fascism is bad for business after all. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Zelfspodcast S6E86 - Faber, posters, krakers en patatliberalen. share.podimo.com/s/xurI7hLp

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Reminder: Trump is not only a mark (ask Putin), but surrounded by weak-minded fools who are frequently taken in by the most obvious misinformation and propaganda - Musk, Patel, Bongino, RFK, Hegseth, Gabbard... the list is endless

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The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪: 🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map. 🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East. 🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%! Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇

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We hear a lot about the "disregard for the will of the voter" from the AfD (and JD Vance). Some context from our research: We found that the tendency to overestimate how many others agree with your own views is strongest among AfD voters. Working paper: ideas.repec.org/p/jgu/wpaper...

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The Left (Die Linke) receives a spectacular result among the very young German voters:

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Contrary to common misconception, the German youth vote is in line with all research on this issue: support for the radical right is NOT stronger among youth. It is, and always has been, roughly similar among all age groups, except the oldest generation which remained more loyal to cleavage parties.

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#FreeSpeech isn’t just about enabling Nazis shitposting on social media. It’s about protecting those who challenge power—federal workers, journalists, artists, scientists, & marginalized voices. True free speech means ensuring citizens can speak up without fear of violence or repression.

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Falsely claiming widespread fraud even after winning www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/p...

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Europe could need 300,000 more troops and an annual defence spending hike of at least €250 billion in the short term to deter Russian aggression, write Alexandr Burilkov and @guntramwolff.bsky.social in our joint analysis with @kiel.institute. #EconSky

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Some newspapers are pretty clear: Why The Independent will not be silent in the face of Trump’s assault on truth and democracy. The US president is peddling dangerous misinformation about Zelensky and Ukraine – now is the time to tell the truth and stand up... www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

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“Each guard tried to hit us as we walked. We had our heads down and they would force us down even lower. We were beaten badly and the guards seemed to enjoy it. There was no reason – they would just beat us for fun.”

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De kiesdrempel zit de Duitse democratie in de weg.

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One thing seems certain about Germany's general election on Sunday: for the first time, the former "Volksparteien" (catch all parties) will receive less than 50% of the vote. The CDU/CSU and the SPD are particularly weak among younger voters, so this trend is likely to continue. (1/2)

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Our look at how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling the government teams that have stopped Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and others from meddling in US elections: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b... With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social

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Postremus inter pares.

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Eh, EU? Letten jullie op?

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Vrijheid van meningsuiting! Sluit journalisten op!

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As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index. The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe. #journalism #democracy #freepress rsf.org/en/index

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From calling the press ‘fake news’ to banning the AP, bullying, and suing media companies. “Propaganda is why Donald Trump is president again and they know this, which is why they undermined the press, expertise and science.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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@liesbethooghe.bsky.social & Gary Marks measure the extent to which political parties on the contemporary socio-cultural divide are cleavaged. doi.org/10.1080/0140... Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies". #polisky #academicsky

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Totalitarian Democracy: How Populist Leaders Are Undermining Democracy www.socialeurope.eu/totalitarian...

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Steve Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die "the U.S. is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... "A failure to resist... could pave the way for authoritarian entrenchment" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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DOGE and Trump admin have hobbled at least 11 federal agencies that have been investigating Musk's companies. The NLRB alone had 24 ongoing investigations into Tesla & others--but Trump fired top officials so now cases can't move forward. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u... @ericlipton.nytimes.com

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