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eric gonzalez juenke

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Personal account. I study and teach racial and ethnic politics for work. Re-posting election twitter stuff. https://goodauthority.org/people/eric-gonzalez-juenke/ The Presidency and Immigration Policy: Rhetoric and Reality https://bit.ly/4cZUG9A

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · Apr 25

Why do our legislatures look like they do? I wrote about a surprising answer that came about with new data. goodauthority.org/news/its-202...

It’s 2025. Why doesn’t Congress reflect America’s population?

Solving a data problem changed how we think about representation.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 36m

This is an obsession of mine - a huge pathology of the press is coverage suggesting that politicians who are less skilled performers are somehow less "authentic"

Me on Romney coverage in CJR: www.cjr.org/united_state...

Me on Hillary Clinton coverage in The Upshot:
www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/u...

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 1h

There is so much going on these days, but one thing this week really does deserve your attention. On Wednesday, SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in a case that could overturn the VRA's protections against racial gerrymanders. Nothing is certain ahead of time.

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 4h

America isn't an idea. It's home.

Dr Ent
@dr_ent247
I like it when conservatives post pictures of their dream America, and it's the bluest town you will ever find in the US.

eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 17h

The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.

Of course it has. It always does. Sec 8005 of DOD Appropriations, for starters…

That one provision now allows for $8b in transfers, per March’s full year CR:

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 19h

Still early days. Our district (Elissa Slotkin's old district) is going to be one of the closest in the country again next year. Crowded Dem primary already.

Matt Maasdam 🇺🇸 @mattmaasdam.bsky.social · Jul 1

Here in Michigan, we know what hard work means, and that value shapes the kind of leader I want to be.

In Washington, politicians are more focused on scoring political points than solving everyday problems. I know we can do better – and so do you.

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C. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 21h

all politics is content creation now.

relatedly, thanks to fantastic descriptive work from the Digitally Accountable Public Representation database (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), I'm finally able to start work on my VIBES-NOMINATE ideology scale

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 21h

The producer should get a medal.

Tatum says he, Jonah Hill, Phil Lord, and Chris Miller have all agreed to take pay cuts to make 23 Jump Street—but not producer Neil H. Mortiz.

eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 1d

People rushing to plug themselves into the Matrix pods is a real plot twist.

QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 5d

have just come across a YouTube account that has been using Sora to upload reels of fake, AI-generated “90s sitcoms” every few hours

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor swift made out of pumpkins? Taylor swift made out of pumpkins. Mid-Michigan art.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats need to go as hard branding protest as patriotism as Republicans are labeling it all insurrection.

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 1d

Us opening social media every single day.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

we are all sherman

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 1d

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University Development at Michigan State strives to enrich MSU's future by securing ever increasing private philanthropic support. We foster donor-centered relationships to secure private funds that f...

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 1d

One of the best programs at my university, the Migrant Student Services program just lost their federal funding. These are some of the most incredible, hardworking, amazing students you could imagine. The program needs financial help if you are able (link in reply). Thanks.
mss.msu.edu/camp/

Camp | Migrant Student Services | Michigan State University

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 1d

Identify and pull my weeds robot.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · 2d

@electoralstudies.bsky.social If you’re interested in academic studies of political polarisation we have loads of great papers at Electoral Studies. Check out this one by Joseph Phillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Affective polarization and habits of political participation

Affective polarization, or relative dislike of opposing partisans, is associated with several negative outcomes for democracy. However, a number of st…

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

My favorite coffee roaster (which also sells vinyl) is having a PRINE Day sale www.tandemcoffee.com/collections/...

Graphic with an old cutout black-and-white photo of a young John Prine with bushy hair and a mustache sitting on a chair playing guitar and the following text:

Tandem Presents: OCTOBER 10, 2025
PRINE DAY
ONE-DAY SALE
ONLINE ONLY
20% OFF
COFFEE & VINYL
USE CODE: PRINEDAY

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 2d

Is he… eating the sunflower shells? I think he’s eating the sunflower shells.

eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 2d

This version of the GOP has opened up their entire right flank for old school, flag waving, pocket Constitution, freedom-loving patriotism and if only we had another political party that would take advantage of it.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Your regular reminder, aside from the performative public lying of far right authoritarians, that the GOP & the national media would have a week-long Discourse On Civility if <any Democrat> ever spoke about GOP voters/conservatives the way GOP leaders speak about Dem voters/liberals every single day

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 2d

#OpenAccess from @jepsjournal.bsky.social -

Racial Cues from Unfamiliar Sources and Their Effects on Americans’ Policy Preferences - https://cup.org/3J2aqyG

- Viviana Rivera-Burgos

#FirstView

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 2d

What is the populism horseshoe?

Here’s a new example – with a twist.

Read the latest from @johnsides.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/the-pop...

The populism horseshoe

A venerable political theory helps make sense of modern political attitudes.

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 2d

NJ VBM return rates via @votehub.com

26 days out, New Jersey has 78,000 more vote-by-mail ballots returned than at this point in 2021.

The return rate difference between Republicans and Democrats is nearly identical to 2021.

eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 2d

All starting to feel a bit too on the nose.