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Efrén Pérez
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UCLA Political Psychologist. Director of Race, Ethnicity, Politics, & Society (REPS) Lab. Newby accordionist 🪗. Arriba El Grullo, Jalisco 🇲🇽.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
Merry Christmas.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax designed to enrich the wealthy and corporations while draining money for the middle class and the poor.

Pass it on to a conservative family member near you.

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David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 10h
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 14h
There is no escape from this in my family….

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Spiro’s Ghost @antitoxicpeople.bsky.social · 1d

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added reut.rs/3NfgBky
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center was canceled, with the host of the longtime annual performance attributing the decision to the addition of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's name to the institution in Washington.
reut.rs

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 1d
If you’re Mexican American and your parents took you back to their village year after year like me, you know this happens in all Mexican towns 🇲🇽

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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 1d
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d
"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget."

Public Universities FTW!

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 1d
I read the og article. I, too, am flummoxed by intellectuals who get angry when people are unpersuaded by an old and crappy argument.

Try harder and/or something new. Easy fix
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d
it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
www.theatlantic.com

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d
looks like trump's approval rating is heading back down fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
We need your help to see the full picture of how the dismantling of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is affecting students, parents, school employees and their wider communities.

Here's how to reach out:

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d
it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
www.theatlantic.com

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 2d
We're all used to it by now but it's pretty weird that the guy getting rich selling electric cars and decentralized solar/battery systems is a die-hard republican.

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Morteza Dehghani @mdehghani.bsky.social · 2d
How do resource fears (realistic threat) vs. value clashes (symbolic threat) drive war & peace?

We built a virtual society of 25 autonomous agents using the Park et al. (2023) framework to find out, using a "minimal groups" paradigm (Group A vs. B).

But first, we looked under the hood. 🧠

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
For many Latinos, Nochebuena — the night before Christmas — shines brighter than most holidays. This year, increased immigration enforcement across the country has cast a shadow on the holiday for many Latino families.

Here are their stories:
For Latino families, Nochebuena looks different this year
Traditionally a night for celebration, the Christmas Eve holiday takes on a pall amid expanded immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 2d
TL;DR: Free-speech (FS) principles are selectively applied to provide cover for racism.

When confronted with racist comments, high-prejudice individuals increased their endorsement of FS. But when the speech criticized coworkers or the police, prejudiced individuals reduced their endorsement of FS.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2d
Higher ed fascism strikes again.

Universities must be reconstructed alongside local, state, and federal govts.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 2d
Across many countries, non-probability web surveys provide more liberal estimates of public opinion that face-to-face interviews

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d
Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See
A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.
www.readtpa.com

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 2d
I agree. This is bare minimum by design. All else sounds like a 2026 problem/request

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 2d
🤣🤣🤣🙏🏽

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 2d
Medicaid keeps kiddos from going to the emergency room.

publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 2d
See also 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

cc: @mjbsp.bsky.social
@yuenhuo.bsky.social
@mwkraus.bsky.social
@adamberinsky.bsky.social
#andManyOther
efrenpolipsy.bsky.social Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 2d
When I’m officially on Xmas 🎄vacation but still have to make decisions on manuscripts as an editor…

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 2d
When I’m officially on Xmas 🎄vacation but still have to make decisions on manuscripts as an editor…

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Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 2d
Just in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend.

Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it.

sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
View of Theda Skocpol in Conversation with Edwin Amenta on Sociology, Political Science, Higher Education, and U.S. Politics | Sociologica
sociologica.unibo.it

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Graeme Blair @graemeblair.com · 2d
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mauritanian immigrants in Ohio face deportations home, where abuses persist
A growing group has found community around Cincinnati. Trump’s ICE crackdown threatens to send them back to Mauritania, rife with human rights issues
www.theguardian.com

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 2d
Too many white leftists virtue signal about their support for racial justice while disrespecting Black Americans.

It’s wrong to bring your personal political biases into your research & teaching. This is a growing problem, especially on the right.

Taylor Swift is a Debbie Gibson-level talent.
an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
ALT: an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
media.tenor.com

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 2d
#AcademicSky #SocialPsychology

I'm not a fan of Taylor Swift.

But wait! Sexists dislike Taylor??

But I dislike sexists!

Now (about-face in action)... I'm a Swiftie!

Social psychologists, show us a fun ** Balance Theory** example relevant to you.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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ana gantman @anagantman.bsky.social · 2d
We tend to assume that rules are mostly about maintaining order, reducing prediction errors, and generally helping people cooperate. But not all rules do that--and, as Connie Chiu and I found in our most recent paper, people will buy rules in economic games of little use osf.io/preprints/ps...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 2d
lol just add more “we”s to a paper and ChatGPT immediately thinks it’s higher quality.