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Jon Pierre
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Dad, husband, professor emeritus in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Joined Bluesky to hang out with the good guys, so don't let me down.
Nothing good starts in a getaway car.

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 15h
Because Trump only speaks one language.
Bigly.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 20h
President Donald Trump — who skipped the Super Bowl and is attending a watch party in Florida — called Bad Bunny’s halftime performance “a slap in the face” and said “nobody understands a word” the Puerto Rican rapper was saying. https://cnn.it/3ZX9gt3

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CNN @cnn.com · 20h
President Donald Trump — who skipped the Super Bowl and is attending a watch party in Florida — called Bad Bunny’s halftime performance “a slap in the face” and said “nobody understands a word” the Puerto Rican rapper was saying. https://cnn.it/3ZX9gt3

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 2d
This is how it is done.
youtu.be/HcOgwJ9uAMQ?...
President Bush reacts to Obama's victory in 2008 election
YouTube video by AP Archive
youtu.be

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: Huge cheers earlier for the Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium.

Even the commentators can’t hide it…

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d
“You are one pathetic loser!” Lloyd Christmas

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 5d
They should all have stood up, left their press cards and walked out like they did at the State Department press briefing.

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 6d
The really sad part is that NYT will do what the rest of the media, universities, Congress, and corporations do. They will cave to Trump.

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · 6d
A 🆕 year & the 1⃣ st Issue of 2⃣ 0⃣ 2⃣ 6⃣

Co-guest edited by @gcapano.bsky.social, Philippe Zittoun & Stefania Profeti, the Special Issue analyses the politics of governing #crises

The contributions examine crisis governance across continents and policy sectors👇

academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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Martin Qvist @martinqvist.bsky.social · 7d
Doktorera i statsvetenskap med inriktning offentlig förvaltning? Tjänst ute med deadline 6/2.
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Doktorand i statsvetenskap med inriktning offentlig förvaltning
Statsvetenskapliga institutionen är en dynamisk och stark utbildnings- och forskningsmiljö vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Stockholms universitet. Institutionens mål är att vara nationel
su.varbi.com

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 8d
A mother’s confession on SNL😂👇

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 12d
Trump hangs picture of himself and Vladimir Putin in latest White House redecoration
Trump hangs picture of himself and Vladimir Putin in latest White House redecoration
Trump hangs picture of himself and Vladimir Putin in latest White House redecoration
www.independent.co.uk

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 18d
How do #PublicOrganisations undertake policy learning to influence policymaking and governance❓

@bishoyzaki.bsky.social suggests #OrganisationalPolicyLearning as a process by which they seek and process information & knowledge about policy & governance 👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20d
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 21d
We also have a greater woodpecker visiting us!

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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 21d
11th January 2026
Vs
18th January 2026
Tim Stanley - Trump controls the world, and Britain ought to let him have it Tim Stanley - Britain must declare independence from America or it will die

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?

BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency

Reposted by Jon Pierre, Tuomas Mattila, David Darmofal

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24d
Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 25d
"Child pedophiles"... Is there another kind?

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · 27d
Excellent. So when will he leave the White House?
maxboot.bsky.social Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 28d
Sort of reminiscent of Queen Victoria also being the empress of India. Like I said, Trump seems to have gone from isolationism to imperialism without passing go: wapo.st/4pApDGu

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 28d
Sort of reminiscent of Queen Victoria also being the empress of India. Like I said, Trump seems to have gone from isolationism to imperialism without passing go: wapo.st/4pApDGu

Reposted by Jon Pierre, Victor Asal, Jacob T. Levy

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Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social · 28d
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE!
Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · Jan 9
Journalism 101

If one person says she was weaponising her car and another person says she wasn't it's not your job to quote both. It's your job to look at the evidence and find out which is true.
Two starkly opposed Americas laid bare by deadly ICE shooting
The incident is threatening to inflame a deeply contentious debate over immigration enforcement.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jan 9
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:

“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..

“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jan 9
Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:

When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · Jan 8
This portrayal of the woman killed by ICE is Moscow journalism. Is having pronouns in your bio grounds for killing a person? Is being gay grounds for murder? She has a "child from a previous marriage" because she was a widow.
America today has lost its way.

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · Jan 7
You do realise that your note will be read not just nu your neighbors but also by followers in San Francisco, Johannesburg and Melbourne, right?

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Christian Munthe @christianmunthe.bsky.social · Jan 7
My colleague, the Swedish professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, Martin Peterson, has been banned by the university to teach Plato.

dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · Jan 7
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.

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Jon Pierre @jonpierre.bsky.social · Jan 4
Today's quiz:
At the presser yesterday Marco Rubio spoke about a country with a free-falling economy and governed by "senile old men". Which country was he referring to?
A. Russia
B. Cuba
C. USA