Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen
@alixabeth.bsky.social
Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/
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International students will stop coming to American universities if their visas are going to be at risk. This will make our intellectual community poorer and also make tuition more expensive for domestic students.
UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...
April 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
International students will stop coming to American universities if their visas are going to be at risk. This will make our intellectual community poorer and also make tuition more expensive for domestic students.
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"Conservatives and socialists believed in the power and influence of institutions and regarded them as a necessary safeguard against the chaos, injustice and cruelty caused by uncontrolled individualism." Isaiah Berlin, 1949. Could have been written yesterday.
April 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Conservatives and socialists believed in the power and influence of institutions and regarded them as a necessary safeguard against the chaos, injustice and cruelty caused by uncontrolled individualism." Isaiah Berlin, 1949. Could have been written yesterday.
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BREAKING: Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework.
Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session
The Senate plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework.
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April 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
BREAKING: Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework.
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If "protests in all 50 states" wanted above-the-fold coverage in @nytimes.com, they should have been "seven random Americans" instead
April 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If "protests in all 50 states" wanted above-the-fold coverage in @nytimes.com, they should have been "seven random Americans" instead
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If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by NIH-funded clinical trials being paused, disrupted, cancelled etc., I have a contact with the Senate HELP Committee eager to collect stories of everyday Americans affected by the NIH closures. Please DM me.
April 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by NIH-funded clinical trials being paused, disrupted, cancelled etc., I have a contact with the Senate HELP Committee eager to collect stories of everyday Americans affected by the NIH closures. Please DM me.
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It's getting buried, but Houston will almost certainly not have representation in Congress until January 2027.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.
Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election
One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.
www.nbcnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's getting buried, but Houston will almost certainly not have representation in Congress until January 2027.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.
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I mean, yes, this is bad, but also, like ...
Baserates matter.
For most of the market's history, a 2000 point drop would have been like it just got evaporated.
Absolute drops aren't the right metric here.
(My loyalty to baserates transcends any sort of partisan affiliation.)
Baserates matter.
For most of the market's history, a 2000 point drop would have been like it just got evaporated.
Absolute drops aren't the right metric here.
(My loyalty to baserates transcends any sort of partisan affiliation.)
April 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I mean, yes, this is bad, but also, like ...
Baserates matter.
For most of the market's history, a 2000 point drop would have been like it just got evaporated.
Absolute drops aren't the right metric here.
(My loyalty to baserates transcends any sort of partisan affiliation.)
Baserates matter.
For most of the market's history, a 2000 point drop would have been like it just got evaporated.
Absolute drops aren't the right metric here.
(My loyalty to baserates transcends any sort of partisan affiliation.)
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Others have tried to capture the economic effects of the tariff bomb. Here’s another: Trump has destroyed US diplomacy. Forget the liberal international order. US diplomacy as we knew it is over. Thread: 1/
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Others have tried to capture the economic effects of the tariff bomb. Here’s another: Trump has destroyed US diplomacy. Forget the liberal international order. US diplomacy as we knew it is over. Thread: 1/
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The plot thickens, maybe
April 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The plot thickens, maybe
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Princeton, Tufts, U Mich, Georgetown - some better responses starting to circulate
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Princeton, Tufts, U Mich, Georgetown - some better responses starting to circulate
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Every day cabinet members and GOP leaders are missing a chance to have their great-grandchildren read their names in history books.
They could simply say that the mad emperor has no clothes and walk away from a disaster, live on air.
And yes, they can afford security.
They could simply say that the mad emperor has no clothes and walk away from a disaster, live on air.
And yes, they can afford security.
BROWN: The EU and China have already vowed to retaliate. At what point would the administration consider pulling back on tariffs?
LUTNICK: I don't think there's any chance Trump is gonna back off his tariffs. This is the reordering of global trade.
LUTNICK: I don't think there's any chance Trump is gonna back off his tariffs. This is the reordering of global trade.
April 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Every day cabinet members and GOP leaders are missing a chance to have their great-grandchildren read their names in history books.
They could simply say that the mad emperor has no clothes and walk away from a disaster, live on air.
And yes, they can afford security.
They could simply say that the mad emperor has no clothes and walk away from a disaster, live on air.
And yes, they can afford security.
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Everyone needs to call up their Republican members of Congress today & ask them why they’re raising taxes on their own constituents. Make them own this because they do.
April 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Everyone needs to call up their Republican members of Congress today & ask them why they’re raising taxes on their own constituents. Make them own this because they do.
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You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.
Tariffs are actually controlled by law. Trump can only raise tariffs because the current law says the president can declare an emergency and change rates. Congress could actually pass a law that repeals **all** presidential discretion on tariff rates.
A pivotal group of Senate Republicans is set to deliver a symbolic rebuke to President Trump's tariffs on Canadian products.
Support from four Republicans would give a Democratic resolution to block Trump's Canadian tariffs enough votes to pass in the Senate if all 47 Democrats also vote in favor.
Support from four Republicans would give a Democratic resolution to block Trump's Canadian tariffs enough votes to pass in the Senate if all 47 Democrats also vote in favor.
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.
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The dam is starting to crack.
-4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs
-a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed
-Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies
-his economic approval dropped to 40%
-his right-hand man lost big in WI
-4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs
-a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed
-Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies
-his economic approval dropped to 40%
-his right-hand man lost big in WI
The vote was 51-48, so couldn't pass a filibuster if it came to an actual bill and not a resolution, but it's a start.
apnews.com/article/cong...
apnews.com/article/cong...
Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports
The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.
apnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The dam is starting to crack.
-4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs
-a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed
-Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies
-his economic approval dropped to 40%
-his right-hand man lost big in WI
-4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs
-a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed
-Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies
-his economic approval dropped to 40%
-his right-hand man lost big in WI
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What's absolutely wild about this is the way they've manufactured a global financial crisis for no reason at all. This isn't 2007-08, where it was a bubble bursting. This is taking a relatively thriving economy and deliberately destroying it in the first three months of your presidency.
April 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
What's absolutely wild about this is the way they've manufactured a global financial crisis for no reason at all. This isn't 2007-08, where it was a bubble bursting. This is taking a relatively thriving economy and deliberately destroying it in the first three months of your presidency.
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Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
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To put this in actionable terms: everyone with a connection to any college or university (alum, parent, student, faculty, works there) should send a letter to their president's office urging them to issue a statement calling for due process for student detentions. Do it now! #DueProcessForAll
Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
April 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
To put this in actionable terms: everyone with a connection to any college or university (alum, parent, student, faculty, works there) should send a letter to their president's office urging them to issue a statement calling for due process for student detentions. Do it now! #DueProcessForAll
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Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
April 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.
Costco is gonna be 🔥 🔥 🔥 this weekend
April 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Costco is gonna be 🔥 🔥 🔥 this weekend
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Seriously, it would be a tremendous act of service journalism for some economics reporter to write the piece on what a) everyday household items b) major purchases will spike first.
I'm trying to think of all the shit I should consider stocking up on considering The Tariffs and it's just so much after a big day of work
April 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Seriously, it would be a tremendous act of service journalism for some economics reporter to write the piece on what a) everyday household items b) major purchases will spike first.
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james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."