Jon Pierre

@jonpierre.bsky.social

950 followers 280 following 200 posts

Dad, husband, professor emeritus in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Joined Bluesky to hang out with the good guys, so don't let me down.
Nothing good starts in a getaway car.

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 3h

The really sad part is that NYT will do what the rest of the media, universities, Congress, and corporations do. They will cave to Trump.

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Martin Qvist @martinqvist.bsky.social · 22h

Doktorera i statsvetenskap med inriktning offentlig förvaltning? Tjänst ute med deadline 6/2.
su.varbi.com/se/what:job/...

Doktorand i statsvetenskap med inriktning offentlig förvaltning

Statsvetenskapliga institutionen är en dynamisk och stark utbildnings- och forskningsmiljö vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Stockholms universitet. Institutionens mål är att vara nationel

su.varbi.com

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 1d

A mother’s confession on SNL😂👇

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 5d

Trump hangs picture of himself and Vladimir Putin in latest White House redecoration

www.independent.co.uk

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 12d

How do #PublicOrganisations undertake policy learning to influence policymaking and governance❓

@bishoyzaki.bsky.social suggests #OrganisationalPolicyLearning as a process by which they seek and process information & knowledge about policy & governance 👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13d

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 15d

We also have a greater woodpecker visiting us!

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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 15d

11th January 2026
Vs
18th January 2026

Tim Stanley - Trump controls the world, and Britain ought to let him have it

Tim Stanley - Britain must declare independence from America or it will die

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol , and 10 more Kim L. Scheppele, Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Jon Pierre, David Rothschild, Iikka Korhonen, David R. Miller, Robert Wolfe, James Goodwin, Matthew Lebo, Henry Jones, Jay Shambaugh, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?

BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18d

Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize

Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 19d

"Child pedophiles"... Is there another kind?

Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 20d

Excellent. So when will he leave the White House?

Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 21d

Sort of reminiscent of Queen Victoria also being the empress of India. Like I said, Trump seems to have gone from isolationism to imperialism without passing go: wapo.st/4pApDGu

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 21d

Sort of reminiscent of Queen Victoria also being the empress of India. Like I said, Trump seems to have gone from isolationism to imperialism without passing go: wapo.st/4pApDGu

Reposted by Jon Pierre, Victor Asal, Jacob T. Levy

Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social · 22d

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE!
Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 25d

Journalism 101

If one person says she was weaponising her car and another person says she wasn't it's not your job to quote both. It's your job to look at the evidence and find out which is true.

Two starkly opposed Americas laid bare by deadly ICE shooting

The incident is threatening to inflame a deeply contentious debate over immigration enforcement.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25d

GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:

“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..

“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 25d

Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:

When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’

www.nytimes.com

Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 26d

This portrayal of the woman killed by ICE is Moscow journalism. Is having pronouns in your bio grounds for killing a person? Is being gay grounds for murder? She has a "child from a previous marriage" because she was a widow.
America today has lost its way.

Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 26d

You do realise that your note will be read not just nu your neighbors but also by followers in San Francisco, Johannesburg and Melbourne, right?

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Christian Munthe @christianmunthe.bsky.social · 27d

My colleague, the Swedish professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, Martin Peterson, has been banned by the university to teach Plato.

dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous

Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...

dailynous.com

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 27d

COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.

Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 29d

Today's quiz:
At the presser yesterday Marco Rubio spoke about a country with a free-falling economy and governed by "senile old men". Which country was he referring to?
A. Russia
B. Cuba
C. USA

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · Jan 3

Last year, Trump promised American oil executives “a great deal” if they donated $1 billion to his campaign.

Today, he gave them Venezuela — home to the largest oil reserves in the world.

This new war is not only illegal and reckless; it is deeply corrupt.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Jan 3

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · Jan 1

"If these guys are the good guys
i don't want to know the bad
You wonder how it happened
They just picked it up from dad
While faded old glory is hanging like a rag
Defenders, defenders of the flag."

Bruce Hornsby, Defenders of the flag