Ryan Enos

@ryanenos.bsky.social

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Social Scientist, Harvard University
https://www.ryandenos.com/
https://ryandenos.substack.com/

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5h

It is true that the new kickoff rule is bad.

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 17h

And *that* is what makes America great.

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 17h

That was the most awesomely subversive halftime show ever.

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

Completely foreign to a nation of laws and a democratic people.

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The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 4d

Today on The Daily Blast, @gregsargent.bsky.social talks to @ryanenos.bsky.social about the internal politics at Harvard leading to its current posture and why this fight’s outcome has broader significance amid our slide into authoritarianism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Daily Blast: Trump Spirals into Crazed Fury after Harvard Humiliates Him Very Badly

Podcast Episode · The DSR Network · 02/04/2026 · 22m

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

"We are now in a system of competitive authoritarianism. And it’s just about whether we manage to take our democracy back from that."

On the pod, @ryanenos.bsky.social is so good on Harvard pulling back from surrender to Trump, and on need for institutions to fight:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...

Trump Spirals Into Crazed Fury After Harvard Humiliates Him Very Badly

As Trump rages at Harvard over leaks that he’s backtracking in his fight with the university, a Harvard political scientist explains why the stakes in this battle are far bigger than they seem.

newrepublic.com

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 5d

At New Republic, @gregsargent.bsky.social & @ryanenos.bsky.social slam legacy news media for referring to ...er... arrangements made between Trump & universities, & media organizations, & law firms as "deals."

They should be called their proper name: "extortion."

newrepublic.com/article/2061...

Transcript: Trump Spirals Into Fury After Harvard Humiliates Him Badly

As Trump rages at Harvard over leaks that he’s backtracking in his fight with the university, a Harvard political scientist explains why the stakes in this battle are far bigger than they seem.

newrepublic.com

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

I actually have a vague answer to this: yes, the collective "me" but also the organizations whose purpose is more explicitly to defend our democracy, including recently set up organizations on the local level.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

One might interpret the Washington Post news as consistent with my ongoing claim that our legacy institutions, once thought to be the bulwark of civil society, will not save our democracy. They are simply too vulnerable to the extortion leveled by the ruling regime.

Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 5d

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 5d

“Ryan Enos, a government professor at Harvard, said Mr. Trump’s shifting demands seemed to show he was motivated by revenge instead of policy goals.
“He’s just looking for a way to win a battle and assert political retribution on an institution that he thinks is defying him,” Mr. Enos said.”

Trump, Changing Course, Throws Harvard Deal Talks Into Chaos

www.nytimes.com

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 7d

If you're looking for detailed crosstabs showing Trump's current approval rating among various demographic groups in the US, we've published those here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

For example, 32% of men under 30 currently approve of Trump's job performance; 67% disapprove.

Detailed tables: Trump job approval, January 2026

docs.google.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7d

I'm used to having to convince coastal types that there are people out there who genuinely believe in libertarian and traditionalist principles (rather than as laundry for regular bigotry). rarely, however, do you see those types publicly confronted with how little company they actually have