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Nazita Lajevardi
@nazita.bsky.social
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Political scientist. Scholar of race, religion, and American politics.

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Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social · 16d
Logged into my Uppsala University email for the first time in 6 months and saw people living in normal times, and oh my god am I jealous.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 1d
Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
The dissents’ positions in the end boil down to ignoring the Constitution’s separation of powers and the Court’s precedent and instead fear mongering on the basis of ex- treme hypotheticals about a future where the President “feels empowered to violate federal criminal law.” Post, at 18 (opinion of SOTOMAYOR, J.); see post, at 26, 29–30; post, at 8–9, 10, 12, 16, 20–21 (opinion of JACKSON, J.).

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 1d
Today seems like a nice day to re-up @leahchristiani.bsky.social 's excellent research on when white people approve of blatantly racist political messages. Not sure what made me think of it today, but anyway.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
When are Explicit Racial Appeals Accepted? Examining the Role of Racial Status Threat - Political Behavior
Evidence has emerged demonstrating that whites no longer reject negative, explicit racial appeals as they had in the past. This seeming reversal of the traditional logic of the powerlessness of explic...
link.springer.com

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.
The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?

These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.

So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 5d
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
inthesetimes.com

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Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 5d
We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology.

Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography - Uppsala University
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography, Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University
www.uu.se

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 6d
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 7d
But they're not racist or violent, right? 1/

Think about what it's like to be Black and hear candidates for office speak so cavalierly about murder.

Extra-judicial murder.

Of which this country is guilty.

Yeah, you feel like an equal citizen.
www.rawstory.com/don-lemon-26...
Red state gov candidate claims Don Lemon 'lucky' he wasn't lynched
Journalist Don Lemon's arrest and indictment by the Trump administration promoted howls of outrage from press figures around the country on Friday — but as far as Florida gubernatorial candidate James...
www.rawstory.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Nazita Lajevardi

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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 9d
🚨Assistant Professor in International Migration at @lse-ei.bsky.social

I am not in the search committee but very happy to answer questions. Please share widely!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in International Migration
Assistant Professor in International Migration, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="te...
jobs.lse.ac.uk

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

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Gizem Arikan @gizemarikan.bsky.social · 9d
Now officially published in jpeaceresearch.bsky.social.

Link to full-text:
academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

#PoliticalScience #PoliticalPsychology

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Brendan Nyhan, Nazita Lajevardi

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 9d
"The chief federal judge in Minnesota excoriated ICE saying it had violated nearly 100 court orders and had disobeyed more judicial directives in January alone than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Erin O’Donnell, Karen L. Cox

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 10d
Layoffs over the last year:

UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000

Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Nazita Lajevardi, Noam Lupu

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 12d
* Please repost and share *

Call for Papers (due March 1st)
Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University

more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Michael Jones‐Correa

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LaGina Gause @laginagause.bsky.social · 12d
People keep referring to what’s going on in the US right now as a “modern-day gestapo” and “un-American”. In my @annualreviews.bsky.social preprint w/ @abautistachavez.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1146/annu...), we show that the US has repressed and expelled marginalized communities throughout history.
The Power-Enhancing and Power-Diminishing Effects of Digital Technologies: Marginalized People and US Racial Authoritarianism
The United States continues to evade scrutiny as a place that actively represses, expels, and rules over subsets of its population. This oversight has foreclosed investigation into the empirical relat...
doi.org

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Ashok Swain @ashoswai.bsky.social · 12d
We are hiring a Professor!
The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, the world’s leading research environments in the field, is now recruiting a Professor. We welcome applications from internationally recognized scholars. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Professor of Peace and Conflict Research
Uppsala University announces a vacancy for a permanent position as  Professor of Peace and Conflict Research   At the Department of Peace and Conflict Research  The Department is one of the
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 13d
Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 13d
attn: everyone asking why athletes aren’t speaking out on Minneapolis, please meet two-time MVP, three-time world champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist Breanna Mackenzie Stewart.
Breanna Stewart holding a handwritten sign that says “Abolish ICE”

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13d
Update: In the evidence preservation lawsuit, the current Civil Chief at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office (who appears to be Ana Voss, based on the letter), refused to accept email service of the lawsuit last night and then refused to accept in-person service until Monday.

Ridiculous behavior.
Our office represents Plaintiff Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this case. I write to provide an update on our efforts to notify and serve Defendants and to request that the Court consider them sufficient to comply with its direction that Plaintiffs serve Defendants by 9 a.m. this morning: • Yesterday at 7:27 p.m. our office sent an email to the Civil Chief at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota informing her that we would be filing a suit, seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) relating to preservation of evidence, and asked her to confirm receipt and advise who will be handling the suit as soon as possible. • Yesterday at 9:10 p.m. (immediately after the case was filed) our office emailed courtesy copies of our filings (with the exception of the word count certificate and hearing notice, which were provided at 9:44 p.m.) to the Civil Chief, again asking that she confirm receipt and advise who will be handling the case. • The Civil Chief responded to our first email at 9:34 p.m. last night. At 11:00 p.m. she informed us that she would look for coverage for the case but would not accept service by email • At 11:11 p.m. our office emailed the Civil Chief a copy of the TRO entered by the Court. Shortly thereafter we asked if, given her office's refusal to accept service by email, if we could effect personal service in the morning before 9 a.m. The Civil Chief responded that the office would not be open to accept service until Monday. • At 7:39 a.m. this morning, our office emailed courtesy copies of the pleadings and TRO to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, to the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, and to the Office of Chief Counsel at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. We intend to formally serve Defendants tomorrow, January 26, 2026, consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(i) and to personally serve the Summons, Complaint, and TRO papers when the U.S. Attorney's Office reopens. The actions we have already taken comply with Rule 65(b)(1)'s requirement that we attempt to provide "written or oral notice to the adverse party." We request that the Court consider these efforts sufficient to comply with its Order that we serve Defendants by 9 a.m. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Respectfully, s/ Joseph Richie JOSEPH RICHIE Special Counsel PETER J. FARRELL Deputy Solicitor General Attorneys for Plaintiff Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension CC: Clare Diegel, Esq. Ana Voss, Esq.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13d
There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 13d
Trump has even lost Rasmussen now

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Dumb Megan @dmbmeg.bsky.social · 13d
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever

BESSENT: But he brought a gun

KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment

BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13d
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Manisha Sinha, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13d
This is who legacy media keeps saying is the answer to Democrats’ challenges. But like her vote 48 hours ago to increase ICE funding, this is not a viable political program in 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp P... V. @RepMGP X.com It's unacceptable to have another needless death in Minnesota, and it's unacceptable to have elected officials, candidates, and administration officials continue to throw gas on this fire, or tacitly encourage assaults on law enforcement and anyone else. The situation is un-American and Secretary Noem needs to step down. 5:43 PM • 1/24/26 • 1.6M Views 3.4K L2 715 1.7K 贝 151

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13d
Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.

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Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social · 13d
Alex Pretti's blood is on their hands.
meo.bsky.social marissa walmart dog @meo.bsky.social · 14d
these are the 7 house democrats who voted to give ICE another $10 billion on thursday btw
Henry Cuellar (Texas), Tom Suozzi (New York), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Laura Gillen (New York), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington), Jared Golden (Maine), and Don Davis (North Carolina)

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13d
Remember when Kyle Rittenhouse killed people after walking around like this at a protest?

www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/u...
Bail for Kyle Rittenhouse Set at $2 Million in Kenosha Protest Shooting (Published 2020)
www.nytimes.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13d
Here's another Minnesota ruling that just came in last night: A federal judge is threatening DHS with contempt for transfering a petitioner out of the state despite a court order enjoining the administration from doing so. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72182...