Geoffrey Williams
@geoffreyfw.bsky.social
Associate professor of economics at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. NB: Not actually a crested macaque.
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Converse 1964. High information voters are about 15%, group loyalty voters are about 45%, “situational awareness” (times are good/times are bad) are slightly more than 20%, “no issue content” slightly less than 20%.
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To understand what is going on useful to put in context of an emerging international order—neoroyalism.
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Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System - Volume 79 Issue S1
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November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
To understand what is going on useful to put in context of an emerging international order—neoroyalism.
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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“.. Everybody has two lives, and the second life starts when you realize you have ONE," he said.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“.. Everybody has two lives, and the second life starts when you realize you have ONE," he said.
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Milling around awkwardly on a sidewalk somewhere, which is mostly what we've seen, isn't so manifestly unlawful it can't be left to the courts and lawyers to sort out. An unlawful order to use force, to injure or kill people, is the core case where immediate on-the-spot refusal is your legal duty.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Milling around awkwardly on a sidewalk somewhere, which is mostly what we've seen, isn't so manifestly unlawful it can't be left to the courts and lawyers to sort out. An unlawful order to use force, to injure or kill people, is the core case where immediate on-the-spot refusal is your legal duty.
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Have you seen @omrimarian.bsky.social's GLOW - Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog? They're trying to track all of the federal lawyers' alleged misconduct.
The Government Lawyers Database
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November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Have you seen @omrimarian.bsky.social's GLOW - Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog? They're trying to track all of the federal lawyers' alleged misconduct.
Well said!!
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
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For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
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November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Well said!!
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What I first said in sarcasm I increasingly think is a real thing to consider:
Move SCOTUS to a strip mall in rural Kansas.
We can’t fire them. Impeachment* is functionally dead. The 18-yr term thing is a fantasy.
But we can kill a lot of their perks.
Bet Kav would retire fast.
Move SCOTUS to a strip mall in rural Kansas.
We can’t fire them. Impeachment* is functionally dead. The 18-yr term thing is a fantasy.
But we can kill a lot of their perks.
Bet Kav would retire fast.
Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What I first said in sarcasm I increasingly think is a real thing to consider:
Move SCOTUS to a strip mall in rural Kansas.
We can’t fire them. Impeachment* is functionally dead. The 18-yr term thing is a fantasy.
But we can kill a lot of their perks.
Bet Kav would retire fast.
Move SCOTUS to a strip mall in rural Kansas.
We can’t fire them. Impeachment* is functionally dead. The 18-yr term thing is a fantasy.
But we can kill a lot of their perks.
Bet Kav would retire fast.
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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Grumpy that so many media folks who built their own personal brand around opposition to the Iraq War have decided to pass over the destruction of USAID in complete silence. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Grumpy that so many media folks who built their own personal brand around opposition to the Iraq War have decided to pass over the destruction of USAID in complete silence. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Looming Fall of Pokrovsk, and other observations about the front… www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/ukra...
Ukraine Update: The Looming Fall of Pokrovsk? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
There’s an excellent Lawfare podcast on the current situation at the front in Ukraine, especially regarding the difficult situation in and around Pokrovsk. It includes quite a lot of discussion on pro...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Looming Fall of Pokrovsk, and other observations about the front… www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/ukra...
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every single post in this thread is a treasure. I can't stop laughing
Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
every single post in this thread is a treasure. I can't stop laughing
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And it's hard to build that branding back when Democrats have to go hat in hand to the wealthy or they'll get swamped by a flood of GOP spending. SCOTUS has created a political system where money talks, and boxing out the populist left is not an accidental byproduct. 5/
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
And it's hard to build that branding back when Democrats have to go hat in hand to the wealthy or they'll get swamped by a flood of GOP spending. SCOTUS has created a political system where money talks, and boxing out the populist left is not an accidental byproduct. 5/
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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A reminder here that these men and women have jobs, lives, and families they’re away from.
today in DC i saw National Guard troops picking up litter and standing around aimlessly 🫡
NEW: National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC, will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026. Hegseth extended their orders on Monday. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A reminder here that these men and women have jobs, lives, and families they’re away from.
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From an International Studies Association email about whether it’s safe to travel in the United States. I don’t disagree with the legal assessment but It’s sentences like this one that make me — an institutionalist to the core — want to burn this entire motherfucker down.
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
From an International Studies Association email about whether it’s safe to travel in the United States. I don’t disagree with the legal assessment but It’s sentences like this one that make me — an institutionalist to the core — want to burn this entire motherfucker down.
“Essentially, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara believed that he could address the Vietnam manpower problem while simultaneously resolving the issue of low-scoring recruits by placing them in front of educational videotapes.”
great quote from @drfarls.bsky.social to start the day with!
great quote from @drfarls.bsky.social to start the day with!
October 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Essentially, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara believed that he could address the Vietnam manpower problem while simultaneously resolving the issue of low-scoring recruits by placing them in front of educational videotapes.”
great quote from @drfarls.bsky.social to start the day with!
great quote from @drfarls.bsky.social to start the day with!
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unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them
It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.
October 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them
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Retweet as this, in two crisp sentences, is the platonic ideal of a social media post:
Tragedy is when I am criticized on social media. Comedy is when you are dismembered with a bone saw and die.
October 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Retweet as this, in two crisp sentences, is the platonic ideal of a social media post:
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The Deal?
The Deal? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Most any discussion of Israel-Palestine in the United States these days boils down to intra-coalitional warfare. Unsurprisingly, the ceasefire that began yesterday is being weaponized for conflict with the Democratic coalition: There are a great many people who are deeply invested in the argument that Biden could have ended the war by applying even the […]
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October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Deal?
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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump
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Nobel peace prize – latest
Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won the Nobel peace prize.
The committee commended Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace” who “keeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness”. Continue reading...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize