Tomás Olivier
@tomasolivier.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Public Administration.
Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
Public policy, collective action, water governance.
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Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
Public policy, collective action, water governance.
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President Zelenskyy on Maduro:
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Any social media post by an elected Democrat that doesn’t say what they are going to do is just proving @joshsternberg.com right.
January 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Any social media post by an elected Democrat that doesn’t say what they are going to do is just proving @joshsternberg.com right.
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Donald Trump cannot be trusted to lead America into war. He is unaccountable to America. He is lawless. He only seeks conflict to cover up for his failures. Congress must step up and reassert its power. No more forever wars.
January 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Donald Trump cannot be trusted to lead America into war. He is unaccountable to America. He is lawless. He only seeks conflict to cover up for his failures. Congress must step up and reassert its power. No more forever wars.
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Translation: We found more pliable officials we can work with who won't ask too many questions about Venezuelan sovereignty
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
January 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Translation: We found more pliable officials we can work with who won't ask too many questions about Venezuelan sovereignty
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A deluge of work on regime change after the 2003 invasion of Iraq yielded strong (and rare) agreement in IR: it doesn't work & has terrible consequences. @profdownes.bsky.social's book Catastrophic Success lays it out, but it's right there in the title. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
A deluge of work on regime change after the 2003 invasion of Iraq yielded strong (and rare) agreement in IR: it doesn't work & has terrible consequences. @profdownes.bsky.social's book Catastrophic Success lays it out, but it's right there in the title. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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Join us for the next LAPPRI Research Seminar on November 19th! Hosted by the Latin America Policy Process Research Initiative, this series features scholars who use policy process theories and methods to explore unique policy dynamics and challenges across Latin America.
RSVP: lnkd.in/eKu8XfG3
RSVP: lnkd.in/eKu8XfG3
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Join us for the next LAPPRI Research Seminar on November 19th! Hosted by the Latin America Policy Process Research Initiative, this series features scholars who use policy process theories and methods to explore unique policy dynamics and challenges across Latin America.
RSVP: lnkd.in/eKu8XfG3
RSVP: lnkd.in/eKu8XfG3
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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The upcoming PSJ 53(3) will feature a special issue on policy design, and it marks a real milestone for the journal. Special issue editors, Dr. Saba Siddiki (Syracuse), Tomás Olivier (Syracuse), and Cali Curley (Miami), put in an incredible amount
August 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The upcoming PSJ 53(3) will feature a special issue on policy design, and it marks a real milestone for the journal. Special issue editors, Dr. Saba Siddiki (Syracuse), Tomás Olivier (Syracuse), and Cali Curley (Miami), put in an incredible amount
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We are so excited to announce the launch of our new initiative: the Latin America Policy Process Research Initiative (LAPPRI)! LAPPRI will serve as a hub for scholars dedicated to advancing policy process research in Latin America.
@tomasolivier.bsky.social #policyprocess #research #LatinAmerica
@tomasolivier.bsky.social #policyprocess #research #LatinAmerica
July 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We are so excited to announce the launch of our new initiative: the Latin America Policy Process Research Initiative (LAPPRI)! LAPPRI will serve as a hub for scholars dedicated to advancing policy process research in Latin America.
@tomasolivier.bsky.social #policyprocess #research #LatinAmerica
@tomasolivier.bsky.social #policyprocess #research #LatinAmerica
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A couple years ago, I was approached by some scientists at The Nature Conservancy with a proposal: Would I help them create a better global restoration opportunity map? The resulting paper is now out, and I will explain my view of it in this thread. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation - Nature Communications
Reforestation is a key climate change mitigation strategy, but global maps of its potential are widely criticized. This study shows that addressing those critiques substantially refines estimates of t...
www.nature.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A couple years ago, I was approached by some scientists at The Nature Conservancy with a proposal: Would I help them create a better global restoration opportunity map? The resulting paper is now out, and I will explain my view of it in this thread. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Be warned: Trump will likely use his war with Iran as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Be warned: Trump will likely use his war with Iran as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
Thanks to everyone who participated! This was such a great workshop, with lots of engaging conversations and the developing of a promising research agenda. I look forward to working on better understanding and theorizing about the policy process in Latin America!
Our recent workshop brought policy scholars together from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and the United States to discuss #policyprocess #research in #LatinAmerica. The event was led by CPDG Assistant Director @tomasolivier.bsky.social. Thank you to all who attended!
May 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Thanks to everyone who participated! This was such a great workshop, with lots of engaging conversations and the developing of a promising research agenda. I look forward to working on better understanding and theorizing about the policy process in Latin America!
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One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
news.cornell.edu
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
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Our DOGE tracker is updated with a whole slew of new names, and now you can filter by agency to see which of the DOGErs have been where. Great work by @williamturton.bsky.social, @chrisbing.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social and others!
projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
April 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Our DOGE tracker is updated with a whole slew of new names, and now you can filter by agency to see which of the DOGErs have been where. Great work by @williamturton.bsky.social, @chrisbing.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social and others!
projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
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Thread on attacks on democracy and the ways to counter it - collective action by civil society, mass mobilization and political leaders taking risks. Everyone plays a part.
The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
April 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thread on attacks on democracy and the ways to counter it - collective action by civil society, mass mobilization and political leaders taking risks. Everyone plays a part.
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"All we say to America is, 'Be true to what you said on paper.'"
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"All we say to America is, 'Be true to what you said on paper.'"
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
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This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
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Take that, penguins of Heard and McDonald islands!
Breaking: Stellantis announces they are immediately laying off 900 American workers at five auto plants across the US because of Trump’s tariffs.
Stellantis to idle Windsor plant, layoff 900 workers in Michigan, Indiana
The temporary layoffs will impact workers at the Warren and Sterling Heights stamping plants.
www.clickondetroit.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Take that, penguins of Heard and McDonald islands!
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April 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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🚨 Trump has now broken the Tennessee Valley Authority 🚨
Having now fired 2 board members & after starting with only 6 of 9 seats filled, Trump has decimated TVA's independent board of directors. They no longer have quorum needed to decide anything. 1/ www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
Having now fired 2 board members & after starting with only 6 of 9 seats filled, Trump has decimated TVA's independent board of directors. They no longer have quorum needed to decide anything. 1/ www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
Trump fires TVA board chair, stripping power from governing body of largest US public utility
After the Trump administration fired another TVA leader without a stated reason, the board was left without a quorum to conduct business.
www.knoxnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚨 Trump has now broken the Tennessee Valley Authority 🚨
Having now fired 2 board members & after starting with only 6 of 9 seats filled, Trump has decimated TVA's independent board of directors. They no longer have quorum needed to decide anything. 1/ www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
Having now fired 2 board members & after starting with only 6 of 9 seats filled, Trump has decimated TVA's independent board of directors. They no longer have quorum needed to decide anything. 1/ www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...
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rebranding the 15 min city.
April 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
rebranding the 15 min city.
Join us in our first ever Policy Design Summer studio! An opportunity to spend a weekend learning about policy design.
The Maxwell X Lab and CPDG are excited to announce our upcoming Policy Design Summer Studio (August 23-24)! This online weekend workshop will explore how to incorporate #behavioralscience, #ai, and #collaboration into policy design.
Register here: syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Register here: syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Join us in our first ever Policy Design Summer studio! An opportunity to spend a weekend learning about policy design.
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