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Linda Tropp

@lindatropp.bsky.social

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social psychologist at UMass Amherst, studying intergroup relations, social division, status inequalities, and bridging differences; passionate about translating academic research to make the world a better place.. and dogs 🐾 more at: www.lindatropp.com .. more

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 1d

"We are all balls of reason and emotion. To render either automatically suspect, or to embrace either unconditionally, is to diminish part of our humanity and undermine our capacity for virtue. In fact, they are so linked together that it’s impossible to truly separate them in our minds or hearts."

David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 19d

The new right groans under the weight of its nostalgia for a nation that did not exist. And in writing about a false enemy that destroyed a fake past, Andrews and the many other architects of the right-wing gender wars are committing the very sins they attribute to the enemies they detest.

Opinion | How Women Destroyed the West

www.nytimes.com

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 2d

"The controversy around [Mamdani's] words calls to mind a famous post from the old days of Twitter... It calls the site “the only place where well-articulated sentences get misinterpreted. You can say ‘I like pancakes’ and someone will say ‘So you hate waffles?’”"

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...

Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback

After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.

forward.com

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2d

In the late 1800s, the nativists wanted many year waiting periods for immigrant citizens to even be eligible to vote. Same bigoted shit here.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

🚨BREAKING: A civil rights organization sued the Trump administration Saturday over a new policy barring nonprofits from helping new U.S. citizens register to vote. The lawsuit calls the policy part of a “broader effort to ensure that new Americans cannot exert their democratic will on the nation.”

Lawsuit Blasts Trump’s Bid to Keep New Citizens From Registering to Vote

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp, Scott A. Imberman

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback

After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.

forward.com

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 7d

in response to your "it appears so" claim, I've heard from faculty (a) "The Chancellor went on record saying that UMass would not join the compact at the last [faculty] Senate meeting" and (b) "to protect academic freedom, stick to the truth and not misinformation to get people to turn out." 🙏🏻

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 7d

whaaah? this is the first I've heard that.. any sources to which you can link, to verify this?

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7d

Trump and Republicans slashed over $1.1 trillion from Medicaid and cut healthcare tax credits that lower costs for millions of working families — all while delivering billions in tax breaks to insurance CEOs and Big Pharma. Join the fight to protect healthcare: economicsecurity.us/wp-content/u...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Nandita Sharma , and 29 more Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Nandita Sharma, Joe R. Feagin, Peter Thorne, Linda R. Tropp, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Robert W. Wallace, Christian E. Weller, Daniel W. Drezner, Trevon D. Logan, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Rebecca Tushnet, Silvia Secchi, Aaron Sojourner, John Palfrey, Gerald Friedman, Scott A. Imberman, Michael D. McDonald, James Goodwin, Christina Ho, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Andrew Rudalevige, Simon Lester, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Nancy M. Wingfield, Manisha Sinha, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Timothy D. McBride, Dunlap, David Darmofal

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8d

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 10d

@warren.senate.gov dressed her dog Bailey as @colbertlateshow.bsky.social for Halloween and words cannot express how much I love this 🎃

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp, Stacy D. VanDeveer

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 16d

Democratic Wins Media

In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 19d

Opinion | How Women Destroyed the West

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 21d

Now we build on the momentum. ezralevin.substack.com/p/whats-come...

What's comes after the largest peaceful protest in American history?

Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action

ezralevin.substack.com

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Colin F. Camerer, Helmut Haberl , and 12 more Rebecca Solnit, Colin F. Camerer, Helmut Haberl, Will Jennings, Gordon Pennycook, Linda R. Tropp, Joshua S. Weitz, Cathy N. Davidson, Daniel Aaron, Nazita Lajevardi, Scott A. Imberman, Nancy K. Baym, Aurélien Mondon, Colm O’Cinneíde, David Darmofal

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23d

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Linda R. Tropp, Scott L. Greer , and 6 more Anna O. Law, Linda R. Tropp, Scott L. Greer, Efrén O. Pérez, Cathy N. Davidson, Silvia Secchi, Timothy D. McBride, Stuart Shapiro, David Darmofal

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

Reposted by Michael McFaul, Cas Mudde, Edward Witten , and 55 more Michael McFaul, Cas Mudde, Edward Witten, Rebecca Solnit, Norbert Schwarz, Joe R. Feagin, Linda R. Tropp, David Kaufman, John McLaren, Iain Davidson, Valerie P. Hans, Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild, Erica Chenoweth, Melissa R. Michelson, Richard Waite, Jane E. Fountain, Brian Kelly, Cathy N. Davidson, Sanford F. Schram, John Foot, Shelly Lundberg, Mona Lena Krook, Janet Murray, Michael W. Kraus, W. Andy Knight, Roopika Risam, Scott A. Imberman, Els Torreele, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Anne Norton, Erica Weintraub Austin, Seán Hanley, Dana R. Fisher, Lee Jones, Jason Lyall, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Daryl Adair, Talia Schaffer, José Antonio Noguera, Mark Rice, Helen Schwenken, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Seth Masket, Halley E. Froehlich, Ryan K. Brook, Audrey J. Murrell, David S. Tanenhaus, Manisha Sinha, Aviel Roshwald, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Sally Hadden, Aidan O’Sullivan, Timothy D. McBride, Jesse D. Berman, Susan D. Blum, David Darmofal, Susanne Lachmuth

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Reposted by Naomi Klein, Linda R. Tropp, Anne Norton , and 2 more Naomi Klein, Linda R. Tropp, Anne Norton, Stella M. Rouse, David Darmofal

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23d

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 24d

Co-sign: "The way out isn't about left versus right; it's about clean versus corrupt, reform versus a rigged system, the people versus oligarchs."

Not only is this a great piece by @adambonica.bsky.social but my inner nerd loves that @dmsilverman.bsky.social refers to it as a "banger" 🤓

Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 24d

Apropos of nothing, resharing this banger from @adambonica.bsky.social about the anti-corruption pathway for Dems…

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp, Adam Bonica

Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 24d

Apropos of nothing, resharing this banger from @adambonica.bsky.social about the anti-corruption pathway for Dems…

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 27d

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Reposted by Staffan I. Lindberg, Brendan Nyhan, Linda R. Tropp , and 9 more Staffan I. Lindberg, Brendan Nyhan, Linda R. Tropp, Peter Murphy, Jane E. Fountain, Gerald Friedman, Jacob T. Levy, Samantha Brennan, Nikolay Marinov, Aija Leiponen, Sam Kamin, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 28d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Linda R. Tropp, Laura K. Taylor , and 1 more Linda J. Skitka, Linda R. Tropp, Laura K. Taylor, David Koepsell

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28d

A notice from @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.

Will run in newspapers across the nation.

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 29d

striking to see this at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont during the weekend we celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 🤔

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Linda R. Tropp, Andreas Ortmann , and 3 more Anne Applebaum, Linda R. Tropp, Andreas Ortmann, Rosemary A. Joyce, Sanford F. Schram, Anne Norton

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Linda R. Tropp

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · Oct 12

While Vought traces the “leftwing revolution” back a hundred years, to the progressive era, there is no question that the election of Barack Obama was a radicalizing moment for him and many key thinkers on the radical Right - as were the multiracial protests in the summer of 2020.

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Oct 11

“There is nothing an authoritarian fears more than peaceful, organized people power. Our organizing, rooted in our First Amendment constitutional rights, threatens this regime’s grip on power…Our answer is courage, solidarity, and nonviolent resistance. That’s our strength—and that’s how we’ll win.”

Trump & Miller are smearing Indivisible to silence dissent. It won’t work.

A quick response to some batshit reporting on America's authoritarian regime

open.substack.com

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Oct 10

these are not easy times, people... please reach out to people you love, just to let them know you care... and please reach out to others if you need to be reminded of how much other people love and care about you 💚

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Oct 10

this may well be my new favorite news segment...

youtube.com/shorts/lVpaa...

Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Oct 9

40 years ago, in high school, I stood on Michigan Ave holding hands with strangers for "Hands Across America" as a statement of national unity and to raise awareness of hunger faced by so many Americans. My heart is still with the people of Chicago, who are standing together for human dignity. 🙏❤️

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · Oct 9

Michigan Avenue right now.

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