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Adam Berinsky
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Political Scientist and social media addict

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Adam J. Berinsky is a professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of the 2004 book Silent Voices: Public Opinion and Political Participation in America and the 2009 book In Time of War: Understanding Public Opinion, From World War II to Iraq. .. more

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18h
If Bad Bunny was serious about uniting Americans, he would have given his Grammy to Donald Trump.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 5d
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?

Vance: For what?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 10d
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers https://theonion.com/ice-opens-new-supermax-detention-center-for-most-harden-1827838332/
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · 10d
Best thing I’ve read in a long time. The headline that is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | Time to Say Goodbye
www.nytimes.com

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · 15d
Truth
jlazarus.bsky.social Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 15d
Twice this week when meeting a new person I've gotten an excited "Wow, it must be an exciting time to be a political scientist!" and both times I've answered "Not really. That's like telling someone it's an exciting to be a surgeon when there's a 63 car pileup on the highway."

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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 15d
Twice this week when meeting a new person I've gotten an excited "Wow, it must be an exciting time to be a political scientist!" and both times I've answered "Not really. That's like telling someone it's an exciting to be a surgeon when there's a 63 car pileup on the highway."

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · 15d
I’ve been a proud wesleyan alum for years but especially proud given how @msroth.bsky.social has been a leading voice of reason and justice this past year.
simsjames.bsky.social James Sims @simsjames.bsky.social · 15d
"We should bear witness to the brutality and demand that our government protect our freedoms—not crush them with armed, masked men who think they can act with impunity. As people who have chosen learning, it’s the least we can do." —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social on Minneapolis
Minneapolis is Now Ground Zero for Our Democracy
www.wesleyan.edu

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James Sims @simsjames.bsky.social · 15d
"We should bear witness to the brutality and demand that our government protect our freedoms—not crush them with armed, masked men who think they can act with impunity. As people who have chosen learning, it’s the least we can do." —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social on Minneapolis
Minneapolis is Now Ground Zero for Our Democracy
www.wesleyan.edu

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18d
"I'm not letting you go to my 12-year-old birthday party, the one you said you weren't going to because your mean mom said to avoid me. SO THERE!!! Jokes on you, loser!!! Uninvited!!!!"

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 18d
coping, seething, etc
Dear Prime Minister Carney:   Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.   Thank you for your attention to this matter!   DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · 19d
I love this exchange, all around!

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 23d
Best one yet. 🤣
Donald Trump holding the mouse trophy he was awarded from a cat sitting next to him.

Reposted by Adam J. Berinsky, Olivier Mannoni, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24d
DO YOU HAVE ANY TROPHIES OR AWARDS I CAN HAVE?

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 27d
A remarkably large portion of American elites, even among the supposedly progressive and moderate ones, actually seems to not-so-secretly entertain fantasies of Imperial Grandeur.

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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 28d
The internet is full of unqualified health advice.

Dr. Therese Markow started Critically Speaking to bring you the actual experts - the researchers, doctors, and scientists doing the work.

New episodes every week. Follow @criticallyspeakingpodcast and tune in.

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · Jan 8
So true. 100% a feature not a bug.
gordpennycook.bsky.social Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · Jan 8
One of the most salient differences between Trump's first and second term is that he is now surrounding himself with people who are genuinely radicalized. Some of them are blatantly lying, sure. But to do it so callously and at this scale... I have to think that many really believe their own BS.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 8
Leavitt: "The deadly incident that took place yesterday in Minnesota yesterday occurred as a result of a larger, sinister left-wing movement that has spread across our country where our brave men and women of federal law enforcement are under organized attack."

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · Jan 8
absolutely. and 100% a feature not a bug.

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Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · Jan 8
One of the most salient differences between Trump's first and second term is that he is now surrounding himself with people who are genuinely radicalized. Some of them are blatantly lying, sure. But to do it so callously and at this scale... I have to think that many really believe their own BS.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 8
Leavitt: "The deadly incident that took place yesterday in Minnesota yesterday occurred as a result of a larger, sinister left-wing movement that has spread across our country where our brave men and women of federal law enforcement are under organized attack."

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onion person @junlper.beer · Jan 7
looking back at now once again trump loyalists statements on jan 6 is crazy because it really illustrates how they’ve managed to sanitize what everyone knew was going on. the jan 6ers were ultimately successful it seems

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · Jan 6
I know this feels impossible now, but I swear, on January 6 itself, there was a pretty broad bipartisan consensus that storming the Capitol to find and kill lawmakers was bad, and that Trump was responsible for inciting his followers to try it
Post See new posts Conversation Ted Cruz @tedcruz Violence is always unacceptable. Even when passions run high. Anyone engaged in violence—especially against law enforcement—should be fully prosecuted. God bless the Capitol Police and the honorable men & women of law enforcement who show great courage keeping all of us safe. 11:47 AM · Jan 6, 2021 Rep. Jim Jordan @Jim_Jordan Stop the violence. Support Capitol Police. 12:02 PM · Jan 6, 2021 Graham said, “Count me out. Enough is enough.” Graham called Biden the “legitimate president of the United States,” and told colleagues definitively that “it is over” and the Biden-Harris administration would begin on January 20th. Earlier Wednesday, supporters of Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, forcing a lockdown of the lawmakers and staff inside. Trump has claimed widespread voter fraud to explain away his defeat to President-elect Joe Biden, though election officials have said there wasn’t any. Graham said that “if you’re a conservative,” the idea that Vice President Mike Pence could reverse the results of the election, as President Donald Trump had urged him to do, was “the most offensive concept in the world.” “There’s no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president,” McConnell said. “The leader of the free world cannot spend weeks thundering that shadowy forces are stealing our country and then feign surprise when people believe him and do reckless things.”

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Jan 6
What Rs said at the time

Pence: "a dark day"
Rubio: "3rd world style anti-American anarchy"
Cruz: "violence...is ALWAYS wrong"
Graham: Trump's "actions were the problem"
Stefanik: "a truly tragic day"
McCarthy: "undemocratic, un-American and criminal"
McConnell: "a disgrace"

And now we are lied to

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · Dec 29
10/10 comment. And very on brand.

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