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Brendan Nyhan
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Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.

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Brendan Nyhan is an American political scientist and professor at Dartmouth College. He is also a liberal to moderate political blogger, author, and political columnist. He was born in Mountain View, California and now lives in Hanover, New Hampshire. .. more

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Nov 24
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)

The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 15h
Yeah, but the spring 2026!production of Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Roseanne Barr, Jon Voight, Gina Carano, and Jake Paul is going to break all of the box office records.
nothoodlum.bsky.social Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16h
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15h
me neither, but having a reality-based understanding seems like table stakes for participating in the conversation

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16h
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.

Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Post from Julie K Brown that says Does somebody at the DOJ want to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and flights in July 2019 are part of the Epstein files (attached to a grand jury subpoena)? As the flight itinerary includes my maiden name (and I did book this flight) why was the DOJ monitoring me? Record Locato American Arlines CONPIDENTIAL for official

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Stacy Crystals (Sixers 16-14) @bageltechno.bsky.social · 17h
my demands are simple, mr. bond
world-class chud tom brady wearing a single glove on his right hand and a big headset on his head while broadcasting the eagles vs bills game

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 17h
Speaking as someone who just wrote a book on the Manhattan Project, I can assure you that refugee immigrants were the *entire* reason the US mastered the atom first. The most chilling part of writing my book was reading about them fleeing fascism … abroad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/fleeing-on...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19h
See also: many, many other issues where people get lost in the weeds and lose sight of the bigger picture.
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · 23h
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19h
Frankly embarrassing. The temptation to be counter-intuitive at the NYT is dangerous - if you're not rigorous, can just induce lazy reporting. There is *so much room* to challenge reader perceptions on many issues but the merits of New College's takeover are not one of them.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!

So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 19h
Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller with seats at the table at Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelenskyy.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!

So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h
Zelensky lands in Miami. Not a single US official is on hand to greet him. In the language of diplomacy this send an unequivocal message of coldness and hostility. Compare it with the lavish pomp and red carpet shown to Putin when he landed in Alaska a few weeks ago.

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · 21h
"And I never say no"

We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.

We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23h
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d
1/ In a racist rant supported by a misleading graphic, Flynn proposes sending Obama “back to Africa” and suggests we “prosecute” Somalis on welfare.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
these aren't citizens but yes

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
probably both will happen at once

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
"In what data the government has so far released, covering the first half of the blitz, a Tribune analysis found only about 1.5% of those detained for immigration-related reasons had been convicted of a violent felony or sex crime."
royalpratt.bsky.social Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d
Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
Excellent letters responding to my NYT op-ed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o... (gift link)

Original article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (also gift link)

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d
Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
In-depth Theda Skocpol interview on her career and the state of American politics sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
Theda Skocpol in Conversation with Edwin Amenta on Sociology, Political Science, Higher Education, and U.S. Politics | Sociologica
sociologica.unibo.it

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
Much of this is amazing, but I wonder about:
-the ideas we miss that come out of the process of generating code (and writing, etc.)
-people in generations 2-x who never started with code-level mastery and what they will miss - people have been saying this in CS for decades (code in assembly!) but...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
Servile to the core: "My function, really, as an economist is to try to provide the underlying analytics that confirm his intuition. And his intuition is always right"
dinfontay.com Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 1d
“I don’t know why he still goes to work, or if he even knows how boxed out he is. His life is a fiction. He’s not a player at all.“
Peter Navarro, Trump’s Ultimate Yes-Man
The tariff cheerleader established the template of sycophancy for Trump Administration officials.
www.newyorker.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d
The economic disruption/sabotage of deporting millions of workers at time of near full employment is only just beginning to be felt.

“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org

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