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Claire Adida
@claireadida.bsky.social
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Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Would rather be spending time outdoors with my family and friends.

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Claire Adida is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. She is also a faculty affiliate at the Policy Design and Evaluation Lab, the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, the Stanford Immigration Policy Lab, and the Evidence in Governance and Politics Group. She is on the editorial board of the American Political Science Review. She is known for research on comparative ethnic policies focusing on identity, immigration and integration, inter-group cooperation and conflict, as well as the use of survey experiments. She has a PhD in political science from Stanford University. Her research projects have covered how voters in West Africa hold politicians accountable; the experience of Somalis who immigrate to the United States, how to increase inclusionary attitudes towards Syrian refugees, among other topics. .. more

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 12h
Folks like @boghuma.bsky.social are real heroes spending their precious time and their expertise to debunk junk science from the antivax community.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 14h
#MythBustingMonday
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 14h
This administration is spending $170 billion on deportations, more than we spend on childcare or school lunch in a year.

@kedseconomist.com on @profgalloway.com's podcast.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 14h
#MythBustingMonday
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 14h
Good - more of this.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 14h
WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 14h
WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 16h
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
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ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 16h
#academic question: looking for a good starting point on the social psych literature on stereotypes. Thank you!
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Reposted by Steve Peers, Robert C. Richards, Claire L. Adida

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d
Okay, I’m going to take a mea culpa on this one, as initial reporting suggested he was ONLY facing removal because of the murder conviction he’s been exonerated from. But there’s more; at 19, he pled guilty to dealing LSD. And in immigration law, that’s its own “aggravated felony” ground of removal.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 2d
Indeed. I was just happy they didn’t give it to Trump. But lots of folks are pissed, if my Bsky interactions are any indication.

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 2d
Psjminfo
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Clint Peinhardt @clintpeinhardt.bsky.social · 2d
UT Dallas is hiring in international politics, emphasis on conflict. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30535
Assistant Professor in International Relations or Comparative Politics
Position Description The Political Science program at The University of Texas at Dallas invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in international relations or comparative p...
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 2d
Who could have seen that coming??
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d
“The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.”

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Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 2d
This is really scary.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d
“The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.”

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Justin H. Kirkland, Claire L. Adida

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Clint Peinhardt @clintpeinhardt.bsky.social · 2d
UT Dallas is hiring in international politics, emphasis on conflict. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30535
Assistant Professor in International Relations or Comparative Politics
Position Description The Political Science program at The University of Texas at Dallas invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in international relations or comparative p...
jobs.utdallas.edu
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 3d
Let's go MIT!
Breaking News that MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding, the first university to publicly turn down the offer.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 3d
She’s Venezuelan. She’s a woman. And she fights fascism. 💯
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 3d
Grateful for the humor.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 3d
War zone !!!!!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 3d
War zone !!!!!
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 4d
Why is a class action lawsuit against Amazon alleging Prime Day is a scam getting zero coverage by mainstream media?

Could it be because media outlets get a cut when a customer purchases a Prime Day product when clicking through their featured deals?

h/t @juddlegum.bsky.social
UPDATE: Lawsuit alleges Prime Day is a fraud
The federal class action lawsuit has been ignored by major media outlets, which continue to promote Prime Day deals.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 4d
There are very few policy positions on which Democrats and Republicans agree these days. Having a U.S. refugee resettlement program is one of them.

Too bad this administration is decimating it.
A September 26-28 poll of US likely voters conducted by the Refugee Advocacy Lab shows that 69% of likely voters (79% of Dems, 68% of Independents, and 59% of Reps) believe the government should have a refugee program that helps bring some people seeking refuge to safety in the United States.
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Reposted by Samantha Brennan, Mark Rice, Claire L. Adida

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4d
These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 4d
It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 4d
And what undocumented immigrants receive through ER care, they have already payed back through taxes.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d
Context matters
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Reposted by Claire L. Adida, Greg Linden, Manisha Sinha

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4d
Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 5d
"Miller plainly believes there’s a latent majority out in the country that can be sleepwalked into authoritarianism."
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 5d
The corruption is just astounding.

Paulson raises $50million for Trump. Trump gives back $70million. At the cost of Alaskan wildlife and native tribes.
Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire
On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s pre...
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