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Jonathan Ladd
@jonmladd.bsky.social
I'm a political scientist in @mccourtschool.bsky.social. I study trust in institutions and media effects on the public.
Web page: https://www.jonathanmladd.com/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J6tt69QAAAAJ&hl

Apologies for typos.
Reposted by Jonathan Ladd
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:

In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.

“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I would say that "culture of honor" and "racism" are overlapping concepts.
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"[White] northerners and southerners differed in how angry or amused they appeared to be after the bump... the most common emotional reaction for northerners was to show more amusement than anger. The overwhelmingly dominant reaction for southerners was to show as much or more anger than amusement."
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"As the participant returned seconds later and walked back down the hall toward the experimental room, the confederate (who had reopened the file drawer) slammed it shut on seeing the participant approach and bumped into the participant with his shoulder..." www.simine.com/240/readings...
www.simine.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My mistake. Deleting this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Jonathan Ladd
True. And a good reason why society works better when:
1) Members of the legislature and their staffs are very well paid.
2) The legislature of more professionalized and has lots of staff
3) Society is full of powerful institutionalized groups that represent many interests beyond just corporations.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Here's the video: bsky.app/profile/mulc...
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.

he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.

situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Here's the video of Rev Woolf being thrown to the ground. bsky.app/profile/mulc...
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.

he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.

situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A broad-based powerful civil society seems like the key here. I'm a big supporter ofTheda Skocpol and Hahrie Han's thinking on this. www.oupress.com/978080613627... and press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Diminished Democracy - University of Oklahoma Press
Pundits and social observers have voiced alarm each year as fewer Americans involve themselves in voluntary groups that meet regularly. Thousands of nonprofi...
www.oupress.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
True. And a good reason why society works better when:
1) Members of the legislature and their staffs are very well paid.
2) The legislature of more professionalized and has lots of staff
3) Society is full of powerful institutionalized groups that represent many interests beyond just corporations.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM