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Cas Mudde
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Cas Mudde is a Dutch political scientist who focuses on political extremism and populism in Europe and the United States. His research includes the areas of political parties, extremism, democracy, civil society, and European politics. Mudde identifies himself as a political leftist. .. more

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jan 6
The coming months I will be mainly taking care of my teaching and my mental health. I will not do interviews or lectures for a while. Please reach out to my many excellent colleagues instead.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 7h
They also invented their own political entrance test...
UNC System starts accepting new CLT entrance exam gaining popularity on the right
The Classic Learning Test, or CLT, insists it’s not political.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 7h
The Oklahoma governor has signed an executive order to phase out tenure. In Tennessee, a similar law is being discussed, while Georgia already has one university without tenure - not to speak of "post-tenure review" being introduced in more and more states.
Gov. Kevin Stitt orders budgeting, tenure changes; AAUP responds
The American Association of University Professors issued a statement following the passing of two Oklahoma executive orders aimed at higher education reform, including eliminating professors’ tenure a...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 8h
I hate to do photo shoots for articles, but the guy from @aftonbladetkultur.bsky.social was not only quite fast but also managed to take a picture of me that is not too bad at all.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10h
Because this is what Amazon Ring really does with all that data. 🚨
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10h
I saw this advertisement yesterday and was blown away by how brazenly and openly they boast about their role in the surveillance state. And then saddened that people will be happy to collaborate in the 24/7 surveillance of society just in the off-chance that a lost puppy might be found one day.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h
Here's that Ring #SuperBowl commercial:

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13h
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.

This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.

Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 13h
BEST case scenario:

“It will be a kind of hybrid. The Democrats will restore a certain degree of accountability, do a minor overhaul. But Trump's authoritarianism will remain in parts of the system“

AI-translated Aftonbladet interview with me from last week.
He doesn't believe US democracy can recover
He doesn't believe US democracy can recover Cas Mudde sees a pressured Donald Trump becoming increasingly authoritarian Political scientist Cas Mudde visited Stockholm this week when he was installed as an honorary doctor at Södertörn University. He writes regularly for Aftonbladet Kultur...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 15h
For the love of everything holy, can you please STOP telling your (high school) students to contact/interview experts for their homework!!!!!!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h
Here's that Ring #SuperBowl commercial:

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks ReMcIntyre! 🙏

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
Don't know what it says, but it is about my book "The Far Right Today" (which was also published in Korean).
[리뷰] 카스 무데_혐오와 차별은 어떻게 정치가 되는가
카스 뮈더의 명저를 조져놓은 출판 편집과 번역 | 카스 무데, 『혐오와 차별은 어떻게 정치가 되는가』, 권은하 옮김, 경기도 고양; 위즈덤하우스, 2021년. Cas Mudde, 『The Far Right Today』, Polity Press, 2019. 1. 리뷰를 준비하다가 짜증이 폭발하고야 말았습니다. 한 마디로 말해, “출판사가 책을 아주 조져...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
Ik kwam via Chip bij het concept “producerism”, wat erg nuttig is. Chip was een Mensch!

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
Maybe, maybe not. Everything is possible these days. I just don’t prefer to go for the darkest scenario automatically.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
Brought back a great haul of new jerseys from Europe. 😍

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
Many (most?) authoritarian regimes are overthrown by second-tier people seeing their ambitions to become first-tier blocked.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
Unfortunately, I did not make it to the game... but I did see an AIK hockey game many years ago.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
This is the original interview:
Han tror inte att USA:s demokrati kan hämta sig
Cas Mudde är en av världens ledande forskare om populism och ytterhögern. Han förstod att Donald Trumps återkomst i Vita huset skulle förändra USA. Men: – Det
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
obviously, I Gave an interview, not Have an interview 😞

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d
I have an interview to Aftonbladet. This is an (AI-generated) English translation of it.
He doesn't believe US democracy can recover
He doesn't believe US democracy can recover Cas Mudde sees a pressured Donald Trump becoming increasingly authoritarian Political scientist Cas Mudde visited Stockholm this week when he was installed as an honorary doctor at Södertörn University. He writes regularly for Aftonbladet Kultur...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d
Back in the U S of ICE!

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d
As the conservative ÖVP governs with SPÖ and NEOS, they campaign as if they are the far-right opposition party FPÖ.
arminwolf.at Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 3d
Man weiß nicht genau: Hat die FPÖ ein Plakat für die ÖVP gestaltet oder die ÖVP eines für die FPÖ?

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d
Oh, hello, lovelies 😍

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d
Why are flights always delayed when you have more than enough time?

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d
This is the most uncomfortable thing I have read in a long time.
‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?
The World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating whether ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further
www.theguardian.com

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d
Bye Europe! You were cold but wonderful, as always. See you again in May!

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d
“There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?”

Mind blowing interview with FIU @grundrza.bsky.social about the insanity going on at Florida universities. 🤯
What's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary Levenson
A discussion about Florida's censorship of sociology and teaching under authoritarianism
groupthreat.com

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d
Hype or not, something is shifting in the UK and I am here for it.
‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub
With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revo...
www.theguardian.com

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Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 3d
Man weiß nicht genau: Hat die FPÖ ein Plakat für die ÖVP gestaltet oder die ÖVP eines für die FPÖ?

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 3d
Getting an honorary doctorate is amazing. Getting it together with Wendy Browm is surreal!

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 3d
Uitstekende onderzoeksjournalistiek van De Correpondent over een zeer geheime, en ondemocratische, geheime dienst in Nederland.
Geen crimineel, geen terrorist, toch geschaduwd: zo volgt de politie vreedzame activisten
TOOI: een geheime politiedienst in Nederland waar je waarschijnlijk nog nooit van hebt gehoord. Maar als je weleens meedoet aan demonstraties of een XR-sticker op je koelkast hebt, dan bestaat de kans...
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