Cas Mudde

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Cas Mudde is a Dutch political scientist who focuses on political extremism and populism in Europe and the United States. His research includes the areas of political parties, extremism, democracy, civil society, and European politics. Mudde identifies himself as a political leftist. .. more

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jan 6

The coming months I will be mainly taking care of my teaching and my mental health. I will not do interviews or lectures for a while. Please reach out to my many excellent colleagues instead.

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 13h

And academia 😞

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 14h

An incompetent Stasi is eve. More scary than a competent one!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 14h

Racist math 🤷‍♂️

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 15h

My 6-year old has been home sick for 3 days, watching a lot of ESPN. He just told us the exact price of Viagra.

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 15h

For the life of me, I cannot understand how excluding “married women who took partner’s name” will benefit the Republicans.

Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 15h

Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:

-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections

“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"

www.motherjones.com

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Brendan Nyhan, Michael D. McDonald , and 2 more Cas Mudde, Brendan Nyhan, Michael D. McDonald, Kate Starbird, Manisha Sinha

Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 15h

The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections

“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"

www.motherjones.com

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 17h

The submission of so many businesses (now Gallup) is a reminder of how much capitalism is dependent upon state support!

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 17h

Chaser!

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 17h

Shot...

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Alan Richardson, Mark Rice , and 2 more Cas Mudde, Alan Richardson, Mark Rice, Henry Jones, Guy Dewsbury

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 17h

Yet another reason not to apply for citizenship.

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19h

Wow! ManU might have found a worse owner than the Glazers!

UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Britain’s seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit then moved to Monaco, also hits out at people on benefits

www.theguardian.com

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 21h

This piece by @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social is very good and well worth your time. Building on the brilliant work by Ruth Wodak and with important insights from @timbale.bsky.social

The rise of vice-signalling: how hatred poisoned politics

Over the last 10 years, the terms of political debate have changed completely – and week by week they seem to get worse

www.theguardian.com

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 22h

Perfect! Gefeliciteerd! En zeer verdiend, natuurlijk. Mooie tandem met Sarah. Gaat de goede kant op bij mijn alma mater! ❤️

Reposted by Kori Schake, Cas Mudde, Nicolas Véron

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Enten: "If Canadians really don't like Donald Trump, how do Americans feel about Canada? Well, they actually like Canada! ... even among Republicans, it's +30 ... Canada -- more popular than Donald Trump in Trump's own country"

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

Young women are the future of progressive politics... and they want to/will leave the U.S. in record numbers. I see this among my students too.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

I missed this: Gallup: "40% of [US] women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity." (Was 10% in 2014.)

The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.

ht @katemanne.bsky.social

Graph comparing trend for different groups

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like most Americans are remarkably well informed about this.

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

% of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public

All US adults: 6%
Republicans: 2%
Democrats: 9%

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that very few Republicans and Democrats alike have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public. The chart is based on a December 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck!

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

"this wasn’t even a live trainwreck, it was a canned one. They had time to fix it and simply chose not to. And, hell, if that’s not symbolic of the state of American politics, I don’t know what is."

I wasted 30 minutes of my life watching the Turning Point USA halftime show so you don’t have to

It’s hard to mount a culture war when your big counteroffensive looks like a youth-group lock-in made up of kids who found God in a megachurch but lost their personality somewhere in suburban Atlanta....

www.pastemagazine.com

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Kim L. Scheppele

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

% of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public

All US adults: 6%
Republicans: 2%
Democrats: 9%

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

A very good choice!

Reposted by Cas Mudde

Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · 1d

♀️ Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science everyone! 🌈 Since the backlash is real, I want to thank all the amazing and inspiring (female) colleagues who make #PoliticalScience more diverse, more fun, and more relevant. Happily, the following list can never be complete 👇 #WomenInScience

Reposted by Cas Mudde

Tjeerd Royaards @tjeerdroyaards.com · 1d

Some of my favorite international political cartoons from @cartoonmovement.com this week, by Matthew Fuller, @milbrathdraws.bsky.social, @karikaturalv.bsky.social and Franco Juri.

More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com

#PoliticalCartoons #PoliticalSatire #EditorialCartoons #CartoonMovement

Reposted by Cas Mudde

Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 1d

🚨CALL FOR CHAPTERS!🚨

@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and I are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...

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