Adam Berinsky
@adamberinsky.bsky.social
Political Scientist and social media addict
Serious question: would scholars be willing to pay a submission fee to fund payment to reviewers? I'm genuinely curious what people think.
68 review requests and counting in 2025. Journals need to pay reviewers.
I think we need to pay reviewers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Serious question: would scholars be willing to pay a submission fee to fund payment to reviewers? I'm genuinely curious what people think.
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🚨New WP🚨
Dialogues with our AI DebunkBot:
✔️Reduced belief in antisemitic conspiracy theories among believers
✔️Effect durable at 1+ month
✔️Improved attitudes towards Jews among initially negative participants
🟰Debunking works for deeply rooted, identity-linked conspiracies
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Dialogues with our AI DebunkBot:
✔️Reduced belief in antisemitic conspiracy theories among believers
✔️Effect durable at 1+ month
✔️Improved attitudes towards Jews among initially negative participants
🟰Debunking works for deeply rooted, identity-linked conspiracies
osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🚨New WP🚨
Dialogues with our AI DebunkBot:
✔️Reduced belief in antisemitic conspiracy theories among believers
✔️Effect durable at 1+ month
✔️Improved attitudes towards Jews among initially negative participants
🟰Debunking works for deeply rooted, identity-linked conspiracies
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Dialogues with our AI DebunkBot:
✔️Reduced belief in antisemitic conspiracy theories among believers
✔️Effect durable at 1+ month
✔️Improved attitudes towards Jews among initially negative participants
🟰Debunking works for deeply rooted, identity-linked conspiracies
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Three of my neighbors were forcibly illegally detained over night by masked ICE agents who refused to show ID, my youngest kid died of measles, and I can’t afford to feed the other two, but at least I sleep easy at night knowing the damn Jew at the bagel shop has to say “Merry Christmas” this year.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Three of my neighbors were forcibly illegally detained over night by masked ICE agents who refused to show ID, my youngest kid died of measles, and I can’t afford to feed the other two, but at least I sleep easy at night knowing the damn Jew at the bagel shop has to say “Merry Christmas” this year.
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The East Wing has learned its lesson.
by Susan Collins
by Susan Collins
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The East Wing has learned its lesson.
by Susan Collins
by Susan Collins
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This Is It
Top Gun Trump thought Kenny Loggins would say "I'm alright" having "Danger Zone" playing in a video where he turns a peaceful protest into Pooh Corner. That's what a fool believes, Donald. Kenny may have a footloose, but he doesn't have a screw loose.
by Maureen Dowd
Top Gun Trump thought Kenny Loggins would say "I'm alright" having "Danger Zone" playing in a video where he turns a peaceful protest into Pooh Corner. That's what a fool believes, Donald. Kenny may have a footloose, but he doesn't have a screw loose.
by Maureen Dowd
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This Is It
Top Gun Trump thought Kenny Loggins would say "I'm alright" having "Danger Zone" playing in a video where he turns a peaceful protest into Pooh Corner. That's what a fool believes, Donald. Kenny may have a footloose, but he doesn't have a screw loose.
by Maureen Dowd
Top Gun Trump thought Kenny Loggins would say "I'm alright" having "Danger Zone" playing in a video where he turns a peaceful protest into Pooh Corner. That's what a fool believes, Donald. Kenny may have a footloose, but he doesn't have a screw loose.
by Maureen Dowd
Just taped a great conversation -- it is available at the link below, both next week on October 28th, and as a on-demand recording a few days after if you can't make that time.
Belief, Misinformation, and Democracy url:https://www.92ny.org/event/belief-misinformation-and-democracy
Belief, Misinformation, and Democracy url:https://www.92ny.org/event/belief-misinformation-and-democracy
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Just taped a great conversation -- it is available at the link below, both next week on October 28th, and as a on-demand recording a few days after if you can't make that time.
Belief, Misinformation, and Democracy url:https://www.92ny.org/event/belief-misinformation-and-democracy
Belief, Misinformation, and Democracy url:https://www.92ny.org/event/belief-misinformation-and-democracy
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A defining feature of this admin is attacking as antisemitic everything they don’t like while constantly engaging in rank antisemitism.
I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
October 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A defining feature of this admin is attacking as antisemitic everything they don’t like while constantly engaging in rank antisemitism.
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Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
Great news. Proud to be part of the MIT community today.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/b...
MIT becomes first school to reject proposed ‘compact’ with Trump administration - The Boston Globe
MIT president Sally Kornbluth said the university’s practices already “meet or exceed” the federal government’s list of demands.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Great news. Proud to be part of the MIT community today.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/b...
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I can’t believe how depressing it is to watch Trump crush norms, and institutions and to wonder if people are noticing.
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I can’t believe how depressing it is to watch Trump crush norms, and institutions and to wonder if people are noticing.
Anytime I give a talk I always tell my audience “you are weird because you came to hear me talk about politics.” Most of the people, most of the time, don’t pay attention to politics.
I feel like I occasionally need to remind people who post frequently about politics on here that the NYT focus group people probably have more individually idiosyncratic ideologies than you do, but in terms of political attention/engagement, it is very much you and not them who's the weird one.
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Anytime I give a talk I always tell my audience “you are weird because you came to hear me talk about politics.” Most of the people, most of the time, don’t pay attention to politics.
Thanks to @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social for bringing up this paper. Politicians gain power by reputation. Sometimes undeserved reputation
Incredible parallels in this Berinsky &
@gabelenz.bsky.social paper. Politicians didn't stand up to Joe McCarthy in large part because they incorrectly inferred McCarthy/ism was extremely popular. Not standing up to McCarthy was a kind of 1950s Popularism
gated academic.oup.com/poq/article/...
@gabelenz.bsky.social paper. Politicians didn't stand up to Joe McCarthy in large part because they incorrectly inferred McCarthy/ism was extremely popular. Not standing up to McCarthy was a kind of 1950s Popularism
gated academic.oup.com/poq/article/...
September 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Thanks to @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social for bringing up this paper. Politicians gain power by reputation. Sometimes undeserved reputation
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Charlie Kirk’s killing has proved that Bari Weiss was right all along.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
September 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Charlie Kirk’s killing has proved that Bari Weiss was right all along.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
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Huh an awful lot of rhetoric shifted from Old Testament to New Testament over the past few hours
September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Huh an awful lot of rhetoric shifted from Old Testament to New Testament over the past few hours
I'm extremely excited to participate in this (virtual) conversation about my book, with fellow Umich polisci alum Yanna Krupnikov!
Belief, Misinformation, and Democracy url:https://www.92ny.org/event/belief-misinformation-and-democracy
Belief, Misinformation, and Democracy url:https://www.92ny.org/event/belief-misinformation-and-democracy
September 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm extremely excited to participate in this (virtual) conversation about my book, with fellow Umich polisci alum Yanna Krupnikov!
Belief, Misinformation, and Democracy url:https://www.92ny.org/event/belief-misinformation-and-democracy
Belief, Misinformation, and Democracy url:https://www.92ny.org/event/belief-misinformation-and-democracy
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I don't know why I keep reaching in my mind for this analogy but American political culture feels to me right now like what Moses found when he returned from Mt Sinai and everyone had said "screw it" and started worshipping the golden calf.
September 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I don't know why I keep reaching in my mind for this analogy but American political culture feels to me right now like what Moses found when he returned from Mt Sinai and everyone had said "screw it" and started worshipping the golden calf.
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Trump‘s sluggish performance at today’s summit raises new questions about Joe Biden’s energy level
August 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump‘s sluggish performance at today’s summit raises new questions about Joe Biden’s energy level
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Apply for funding to work with me and Gord at Cornell!
Interested in doing a postdoc with me & @dgrand.bsky.social? Consider applying to Cornell's Klarman Fellowship: as.cornell.edu/research/kla...
It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year
Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year
Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
Klarman Fellowships
The Klarman Fellowships in the College of Arts & Sciences provide postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kin...
as.cornell.edu
August 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Apply for funding to work with me and Gord at Cornell!
We've made a change to the @ajpseditor.bsky.social COI policy. Read more here:
Changes to AJPS Conflict of Interest Policy ajps.org/2025/08/08/c... via @ajps_editor
Changes to AJPS Conflict of Interest Policy ajps.org/2025/08/08/c... via @ajps_editor
Changes to AJPS Conflict of Interest Policy
From: Dan Reiter and Adam Berinsky, editors-in-chief This post describes a policy change for Conflict of Interest (COI) policies pertaining to potential reviewers of manuscripts submitted to AJPS. …
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August 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We've made a change to the @ajpseditor.bsky.social COI policy. Read more here:
Changes to AJPS Conflict of Interest Policy ajps.org/2025/08/08/c... via @ajps_editor
Changes to AJPS Conflict of Interest Policy ajps.org/2025/08/08/c... via @ajps_editor
Information about an exciting conference coming this December at MIT!
Excited to announce the program of our December 5-6, 2025 workshop at MIT on polarization, norms & trust (co-organized w/ Eugen Dimant @ylelkes.bsky.social @adamberinsky.bsky.social @katikish.bsky.social)!
Info: sites.google.com/view/polariz...
To attend: buy.stripe.com/dRmdRa7Du1fw...
Info: sites.google.com/view/polariz...
To attend: buy.stripe.com/dRmdRa7Du1fw...
August 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Information about an exciting conference coming this December at MIT!
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Excited to announce the program of our December 5-6, 2025 workshop at MIT on polarization, norms & trust (co-organized w/ Eugen Dimant @ylelkes.bsky.social @adamberinsky.bsky.social @katikish.bsky.social)!
Info: sites.google.com/view/polariz...
To attend: buy.stripe.com/dRmdRa7Du1fw...
Info: sites.google.com/view/polariz...
To attend: buy.stripe.com/dRmdRa7Du1fw...
August 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Excited to announce the program of our December 5-6, 2025 workshop at MIT on polarization, norms & trust (co-organized w/ Eugen Dimant @ylelkes.bsky.social @adamberinsky.bsky.social @katikish.bsky.social)!
Info: sites.google.com/view/polariz...
To attend: buy.stripe.com/dRmdRa7Du1fw...
Info: sites.google.com/view/polariz...
To attend: buy.stripe.com/dRmdRa7Du1fw...
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On Capitol Hill, I joined Sen. Bill Nelson @gretchentg.bsky.social @adamconner.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social to sound the alarm about the systematic dismantling of the US research infrastructure. The question isn't whether we can afford to invest in research. It's whether we can afford not to.
July 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
On Capitol Hill, I joined Sen. Bill Nelson @gretchentg.bsky.social @adamconner.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social to sound the alarm about the systematic dismantling of the US research infrastructure. The question isn't whether we can afford to invest in research. It's whether we can afford not to.
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"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...