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Tabitha Bonilla
@tabithabonilla.bsky.social
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Political Scientist st NU's SESP, IPR, and CSDD. Research: communication around politics and policy, examining identity and representation.

MT native finding my way in the Midwest.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 4d
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 5d
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 27d
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
IndyStar 2 . Follow 1h: "All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff should be scared by this blatant attack on someone standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement. Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1 IndyStar. IDS The original investigative student newsroom of Indiana University Barge suspends Bloomingtonr LITTLE 500 IDS IDS She should've knownbetter:' nt in N eoiencnalt. A INnpttM Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid push to control student newspaper's content The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper. As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · Oct 4
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Tabitha Bonilla, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · Oct 4
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · Oct 2
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
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Reposted by Efrén O. Pérez, Henry Farrell, Michael Jones‐Correa , and 1 more

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · Sep 22
My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!

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Uncivil Democracy
How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities
press.princeton.edu

Reposted by Ryan Enos, Tabitha Bonilla

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Sep 11
When we use the concepts of "political violence" or "support for political violence," I've noticed that some are referring only to nonstate actors. Others also include state-directed political violence (e.g., using ICE on political enemies).

Huge differences in the implications

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Tabitha Bonilla @tabithabonilla.bsky.social · Jul 24
Will you take clients?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jul 2
NEW: Read Mr Abrego's account of unthinkable torture inside CECOT prison in El Salvador. My latest: content warning: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abregos...
Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador
Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.
www.muellershewrote.com

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · Jun 24
⁉️In survey experiments, should you ask covariates before the treatment?

➡️ @asdurso.bsky.social @tabithabonilla.bsky.social G.Bogdanowicz study the effects of placing sensitive items in different parts of the survey and offer guidance on optimal ordering www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · Jun 18
Contributing to the  lit on where to place moderators in an experiment (shoutouts 🧵), @tabithabonilla.bsky.social, Genni and I consider whether items measuring prejudice are subject to unique considerations. Does asking these questions pre-treatment affect the experiment? @psrm.bsky.social
Where to place sensitive questions? Experiments on survey response order and measures of discriminatory attitudes | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Where to place sensitive questions? Experiments on survey response order and measures of discriminatory attitudes
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 14
ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children

The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted

Women and children in parks

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 12
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 28
REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa?

TRUMP: On what?

REPORTER: Foreign student visas

TRUMP: For the French?

REPORTER: All the foreign students

TRUMP: What are you referring-- foreign visas for what?

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · May 13
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
davidmalakoff.bsky.social David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · May 13
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · May 2
Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes
In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
www.nbcnews.com

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Michelangelo Landgrave @landgravephd.bsky.social · May 1
We're now accepting submissions for a mini conference at Boulder (co-organized w/ PRIEC). We'll have both traditional presentations and a poster session. We esp. welcome submissions from those on the market who may not be able to attend APSA in-person.

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2025 Barney Ford Lab Annual Meeting
The Barney Ford Lab at CU Boulder is happy to announce that we are welcoming proposals for our annual meeting. Our annual meeting will take place in beautiful Boulder CO on Friday September 19th, 2025...
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Tabitha Bonilla @tabithabonilla.bsky.social · Apr 30
Thanks to Mary for leading the charge. And tagging @quinnmulroy.bsky.social
ipratnu.bsky.social Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University @ipratnu.bsky.social · Apr 30
In a new working paper, IPR's Mary McGrath, Quinn Mulroy,
@tabithabonilla.bsky.social, and their co-authors find that emailing students simple, clear instructions about how to cast a ballot increased voter turnout among young people. http://spr.ly/633292vEU5
image of a pointer finger holding a red "I Voted" sticker

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Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University @ipratnu.bsky.social · Apr 30
In a new working paper, IPR's Mary McGrath, Quinn Mulroy,
@tabithabonilla.bsky.social, and their co-authors find that emailing students simple, clear instructions about how to cast a ballot increased voter turnout among young people. http://spr.ly/633292vEU5
image of a pointer finger holding a red "I Voted" sticker

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Tabitha Bonilla @tabithabonilla.bsky.social · Apr 30
Congratulations!

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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · Apr 26
Shared a bit about our grant termination and the consequences of other canceled grants at UW-Madison. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/mi...
Michael Wagner on federal research grant cuts at UW-Madison
UW-Madison journalism professor Michael Wagner discusses the termination of a federal grant to study communication about vaccination and the consequences of funding cuts for university researchers.
pbswisconsin.org

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Tabitha Bonilla @tabithabonilla.bsky.social · Apr 26
I am so sorry.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Apr 25
As I posted earlier, arresting judges is usually an authoritarian endgame move. The arrest of Judge Dugan here in the US is happening while courts are still pushing back, which is deeply concerning. I dig into the data & implications in my latest.
When Judges Become Targets: Judicial Resistance Meets Authoritarian Escalation
An endgame tactic arrives early? A judge's arrest signals a dangerous new phase.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Apr 25
Even established authoritarian regimes consider arresting defiant judges an extreme tactic—a serious escalation usually reserved for after one-party rule is firmly entrenched. Seeing a judge arrested in the US today should alarm everyone who values democratic governance. This cannot be allowed. 🧵

Reposted by Michael J. Taylor, Nancy Foasberg, Tabitha Bonilla

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Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · Apr 24
“the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is pleased to announce a special funding opportunity to support the design and creation of statues of important American historical figures for the planned National Garden of American Heroes.” bit.ly/42KlpCz
NEH Announces Grant Opportunity to Create Statues of Iconic Americans for the National Garden of American Heroes
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Apr 24
They're going after the accreditation of universities and threatening to revoke the ability of accreditors if they don't crack down on DEI and LGBTQ people in academia.

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Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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achukilissa @achukilissa.bsky.social · Apr 23
My god. He’s gone after the Civil Rights Act!!!!

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Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  A
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