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Jacob Montgomery
@jacobmontgomery.bsky.social
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Political (Data) Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis. Data science, social media, American politics, and grumpy Bayesian. All opinions my own.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19h
Happy holidays to all who celebrate www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...
www.mcsweeneys.net
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d
Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
Unprecedented corruption
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d
"Most companies can’t use Robin Williams’s likeness for commercial gain without permission from his family. But on Sora, strangers have rendered Williams, who died in 2014, as they choose."
Fake videos of dead celebrities are going viral. Many of their families are horrified.
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s new tool lets users make realistic AI videos of dead public figures like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson. Many have responded with crude and racist memes.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d
This is AI.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process
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Reposted by Tom Clark, Jacob Montgomery, David R. Miller

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d
America, 2025: Government lawyers tell judges that the President can declare any protest he dislikes to be a rebellion, and the courts must agree.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4d
Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 4d
Find your protest here:

www.nokings.org#map
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 4d
Harvard (and all universities) must take a stand against Trump's extorionary "compact". Enos and Levitsky.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.
www.thecrimson.com
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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 4d
WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots
The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.
www.wsj.com
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Jacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 4d
Coverage of lost science is good and important. More of this please.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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BOO!-rian EEE!-gan @brianckeegan.com · 4d
I also regret to inform everyone that I am Antifa’s Principal Data Scientist leading the Wokepedia team.

Our daily standup is 11am ET at antifa.zoom.us/my/wokepedia/
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foofahrah.bsky.social @foofahrah.bsky.social · 4d
ive said this before but I cancelled my times subscription when I realized I frankly don’t give a shit about what’s happening on Ivy League campuses
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4d
Shocked, just shocked, by this important scoop on front page of today's NYT. /s/

Based on report that came out ... nine months ago

And behavior long predating that

("Skip a class? Perish the thought!!" Says anyone who ever worked on a college newspaper, which covers a lot of people in the media.)
NYT front page headline: "Harvard Finds Skipping Class Part of Culture."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
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Jacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 5d
Signed and shared.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 5d
sign and share and join AAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025
We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 5d
Over the next 15 months, we can expect a coordinated campaign — backed by the full power of the executive branch — to undermine confidence in our election system. Here’s what to expect, and how key actors can be ready to respond: bit.ly/4fRIqtA
What to Expect Next in the Trump Administration’s Strategy to Meddle with the Vote
Efforts to protect the coming elections must begin now.
www.brennancenter.org
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 5d
The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
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Reposted by American Library Association, Jacob Montgomery

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 5d
sign and share and join AAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025
We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...
actionnetwork.org
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Reposted by Jacob Montgomery, David Lay Williams

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 5d
Attention university presidents and boards of trustees:

"Those who oppose authoritarianism have to play a different game, creating solidarity among an unwieldy coalition, which knows that if everyone holds together, they will surely succeed."
Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.
www.nytimes.com
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5d
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country at the direction of leaders in President Donald Trump's administration.
buff.ly/bdu2eRR
ICE Plans to Boost Social Media Surveillance Using Contractors
ICE plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country.
www.mississippifreepress.org
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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 6d
If you reach a goal by compromising your values, you haven’t succeeded.

If you fall short of a goal by upholding your values, you haven’t failed.

The highest form of accomplishment is standing by your principles when they’re tested.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 6d
In 2012, I published a book about the collapse in trust in the mainstream media. I argued that a widely trusted media establishment was probably incompatible with a polarized party system that is heavily sorted by ideology. /1 www.jonathanmladd.com/why-american...
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 6d
it's weird how several decades of organized assault on higher education has led to a cratering of American public opinion on higher education

news.gallup.com/poll/695003/...
Perceived Importance of College Hits New Low
The percentage of Americans who consider a college education "very important" has slipped below the majority level.
news.gallup.com
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Jacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 6d
Honestly the details in this story sound so crazy that I assume they are just not accurate.
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Jacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 6d
So people have classes where no attendance is taken, no in-class participation is required, lectures are recorded, and 60% of students get an A? That sure doesn’t sound like a student problem.
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Jacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 6d
This article is a weird mashing of real problems and exaggerated problems and the framing about viewpoint diversity is silly. But me he fact that Harvard lets students enroll in classes that MEET AT THE SAME TIME 🤯 should maybe be its own article.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say
www.nytimes.com
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6d
My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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