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Ryan Enos
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Social Scientist, Harvard University
https://www.ryandenos.com/
https://ryandenos.substack.com/

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Reposted by Paul Davies, Evan Roberts

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 20h
This is the most extraordinary judicial opinion I have ever read. It equates the actions of Donald Trump with George III.

(read it, it is short)

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 20h
Here are Bible versus he included:
Matthew 19:14: "Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'"
and
John 11:35, "Jesus wept"

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 20h
Read the opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 20h
We need to listen to what the judges are trying to tell us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 23h
Not a good sign for our information ecosystem.
dcinbox.bsky.social Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 23h
The rise of Newsmax in official congressional e-newsletters is sort of amazing.

Reposted by David Lazer, Ryan Enos

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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 23h
The rise of Newsmax in official congressional e-newsletters is sort of amazing.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1d
Definitely a sign of the ideological differences between movie critics and people who choose to buy a ticket for the Melania movie.

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d
Masked men arriving at the door of dissident journalists in the middle of the night.

(see too that is a DEA agent: the president is weaponizing all parts of the US government against his political foes).
combatcavscout.bsky.social Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 2d
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.

DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d
I know it worthy of derision, but it is also the government bragging about arresting journalists. Our freedom is under grave assault.

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Ryan Enos, Aaron Sojourner , and 8 more

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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · 2d
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.

DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d
Abstractly, if I told you there was an entity in the United States roving around cities and killing people, busting into people's homes, and kidnapping children, you wouldn't say "let's reform it," you'd do everything in your power to put an end to it.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump administration is arresting journalists, creating dystopian databases of American citizens' faces, sending masked men busting into homes without warrants, using the police to raid election offices. Everything is authoritarian now. We must resist.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 3d
This is how democracy dies. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: F.B.I. Search in Georgia Tied to Criminal Inquiry Over 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, David C. Kimball, Stella M. Rouse

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 4d
More people *strongly disapprove* of Trump than approve of him, even in the slightest. He is not even a "polarizing" President, he is just historically unpopular. There is no political downside to opposing authoritarianism.

yougovamerica.substack.com/p/falling-co...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 4d
According to this reporting, this nursing assistant, with no criminal record and who is pursuing the legal path to citizenship, was violently abducted by masked men because of the color of her skin.

All decent people must reject this and demand its end.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/s...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 4d
What about no masks? Or is that implicit in IDs?

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 4d
Note that we've seen that when civil society stands up (the people of Minnesota, Harvard, etc.), that they can beat back authoritarianism. Find courage in that.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d
I suspect the only thing constraining Trump is his own ego, and that's what slowed him down here because somehow it broke through that this was hurting him. That *might* operate after the midterm, too.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d
This is good because it shows a whiff of accountability, which is a necessary condition for democratic governance. But we can't become complacent. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d
Yes, but the issue is that they have convinced themselves that public opinion is on their side.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 6d
It's obviously far from the most important thing here, but the fact that Trump would be pointing his finger at another politician over accusations of personally enriching themselves in office is perhaps the most jaw-dropping hypocrisy in this history of jaw-dropping hypocrisy.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 6d
And I know some people are going to say that it's not courageous to do the right and obvious thing. But the fact is that most people in his position are not doing it, so it is taking something that other people don't have. If you don't like the word "courage", fine, but let's support it.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 6d
Courage. Good for him.
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com

Reposted by Ken Caldeira, Ryan Enos, Raúl Pacheco-Vega

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Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social · 6d
When you explain it plainly, it’s hard not to see where we are as a country.
An aging, increasingly unpopular leader with autocratic impulses sends masked agents into opposition areas to provoke unrest. Those agents shoot an unarmed civilian observer after disarming him, obstruct evidence collection, and the government then lies about it publicly.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Brendan Nyhan, Ryan Enos , and 1 more

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 7d
The first shots of the American revolution were in resistance to a law-enforcement action by the British Army marching to Lexington in an attempt to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"

Reposted by Nikolay Marinov

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 7d
Read these chilling words that an American is being compelled to say about their own government: "I don't know what the agents will do when they find me."

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 7d
I wrote something a while back about the dangers of ideological capture of civil rights organizations...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 7d
The utter contempt for the lives and intelligence of the American people is displayed in the lies of this regime.
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atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Q: If these are targeted arrests, why are these immigration agents going after civilian protests out of their way?

NOEM: This individual attacked law enforcement officers. These agents took action to defend their lives.

Reposted by Ryan Enos, David R. Miller, Sarah Roberts , and 2 more

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7d
lol NRA