Dr. Dre
@asilvaphd.bsky.social
Associate Prof Political Science at UCR. Immigration, REP, and Latino Politics; RPCV EC 72, chronic lethologica
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December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
They've contributed more than Trump in taxes...
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
They've contributed more than Trump in taxes...
My sister in law makes the best salsa on earth…
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
My sister in law makes the best salsa on earth…
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Important, sobering writeup on the history of deportation policies and practices
Trump is a matter of degree, not kind
Notable to me is that many tactics he’s using were signed into law in 1996… for those who think it’s a “them” thing
Thanks @austinkocher.com
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
Trump is a matter of degree, not kind
Notable to me is that many tactics he’s using were signed into law in 1996… for those who think it’s a “them” thing
Thanks @austinkocher.com
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
Mapping Deportations: What 58 Million Removals Reveal about the History of the U.S. Immigration System
Over two centuries of deportation data and restrictive laws show that immigration enforcement is not a neutral process but a racial boundary-making system built across decades of policy decisions.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Important, sobering writeup on the history of deportation policies and practices
Trump is a matter of degree, not kind
Notable to me is that many tactics he’s using were signed into law in 1996… for those who think it’s a “them” thing
Thanks @austinkocher.com
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
Trump is a matter of degree, not kind
Notable to me is that many tactics he’s using were signed into law in 1996… for those who think it’s a “them” thing
Thanks @austinkocher.com
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
farts and hairs
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
farts and hairs
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
Professors aren't bad people, we've just made bad choices...
a cartoon character is laying in a bed with his eyes closed and a light shining on him .
ALT: a cartoon character is laying in a bed with his eyes closed and a light shining on him .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Professors aren't bad people, we've just made bad choices...
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NEW: I wrote for @statecourtreport.org about the important role *state* law plays in immigration enforcement, and some ongoing litigation in WI, NY, and CA that will shape the relationship between ICE and the states and localities in which it operates. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
State Challenges to Immigration Enforcement Practices
Recent lawsuits in Wisconsin, New York, and California explore questions about the role of state law in federal immigration enforcement.
statecourtreport.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
NEW: I wrote for @statecourtreport.org about the important role *state* law plays in immigration enforcement, and some ongoing litigation in WI, NY, and CA that will shape the relationship between ICE and the states and localities in which it operates. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
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Fox chyron reads "ANTI-ICE PROTESTS ROCK CHARLOTTE" while in the background on their liveshot you can see people in frog and dinosaur costumes
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Fox chyron reads "ANTI-ICE PROTESTS ROCK CHARLOTTE" while in the background on their liveshot you can see people in frog and dinosaur costumes
“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” a Trump appointee wrote in striking down the new lines. “To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.”
Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026
The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through the mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Attorney General Ken Paxton said he woul...
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” a Trump appointee wrote in striking down the new lines. “To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.”
yeah... scientific disagreement requires more than just..."It contradicts my social and political beliefs."
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
yeah... scientific disagreement requires more than just..."It contradicts my social and political beliefs."
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“This suggests a role for white racial attitudes, and, indeed, we find that state-level white racial resentment predicts Black-white representational disparities.”
Racial differences in policy responsiveness are small. But policy is more responsive to whites under Republicans control, not explained by class, age, or ideology but partially by party. Republican Senators' votes also better represent white constituents.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Race, Responsiveness, and Representation in U.S. Lawmaking | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Race, Responsiveness, and Representation in U.S. Lawmaking
www.cambridge.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“This suggests a role for white racial attitudes, and, indeed, we find that state-level white racial resentment predicts Black-white representational disparities.”
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
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EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
Some people say you should speak Spanish to identify as Latino. I disagree. I think hating Yolanda Saldivar is the only prerequisite for Latinidad.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Some people say you should speak Spanish to identify as Latino. I disagree. I think hating Yolanda Saldivar is the only prerequisite for Latinidad.
I am SHOCKED that the thing i said would totally happened based on all of my expertise and experience.....has happened
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse. n.pr/4qLBoeQ
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I am SHOCKED that the thing i said would totally happened based on all of my expertise and experience.....has happened
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It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”
More Young People Will Go Hungry Without SNAP
“We’re trying to make it, but it’s been hard.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”
wow!! she looks great after that surprise leopard attack!
The right-leaning legal organization that Sara Albrecht heads is leading the challenge to President Trump’s sweeping tariffs before the Supreme Court this week, underscoring just how much the issue has divided conservatives. nyti.ms/4pcsaHh
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
wow!! she looks great after that surprise leopard attack!
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Now I'm wondering if the dodgers managed to win because for their internal clocks it was only 9pm but for the blue jays it was really midnight 🤔
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Now I'm wondering if the dodgers managed to win because for their internal clocks it was only 9pm but for the blue jays it was really midnight 🤔
My Halloween disguise is someone who has their shit together
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My Halloween disguise is someone who has their shit together