Cigdem Cidam
@cidamc.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Political Theorist. Author of In the Street: Democratic Action, Theatricality, and Political Friendship. Writes on Politics of Protest, J.J. Rousseau, and Democratic theory.
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Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported
The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.
www.thecity.nyc
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
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The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
August 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
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if you're writing about DC losing control of its police department today, just months ago the same basic thing happened in St. Louis (and more durably): boltsmag.org/missouri-sta...
Missouri Officials Seize Control of St. Louis Police, in Latest Bid to Shutter Local Reforms - Bolts
The takeover returns St. Louis to a Civil War-era arrangement of state control. A local official calls the move "a clear gesture of white men wanting to control urban areas."
boltsmag.org
August 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
if you're writing about DC losing control of its police department today, just months ago the same basic thing happened in St. Louis (and more durably): boltsmag.org/missouri-sta...
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NEW in Bolts: The sheriff of Buffalo, a Republican, is overseeing a deadly jail system — despite promises of change of reform, little has changed since he took over.
This year, he’s running for re-election. Unopposed. The local Dem chair has said the sheriff is “very successful.”
This year, he’s running for re-election. Unopposed. The local Dem chair has said the sheriff is “very successful.”
There’s a New Sheriff in Town. But Buffalo Area Jails Remain as Dangerous as Ever. - Bolts
Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in Erie County jails.
boltsmag.org
August 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NEW in Bolts: The sheriff of Buffalo, a Republican, is overseeing a deadly jail system — despite promises of change of reform, little has changed since he took over.
This year, he’s running for re-election. Unopposed. The local Dem chair has said the sheriff is “very successful.”
This year, he’s running for re-election. Unopposed. The local Dem chair has said the sheriff is “very successful.”
Very happy to share that my article "Resistance, Law, and the Limits of the Disobedience Framework" is now out #FirstView from
@apsrjournal
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Here is the link:
Resistance, Law, and the Limits of the Disobedience Framework - cup.org/452m5EH
And here is the abstract:
@apsrjournal
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Here is the link:
Resistance, Law, and the Limits of the Disobedience Framework - cup.org/452m5EH
And here is the abstract:
July 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Very happy to share that my article "Resistance, Law, and the Limits of the Disobedience Framework" is now out #FirstView from
@apsrjournal
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Here is the link:
Resistance, Law, and the Limits of the Disobedience Framework - cup.org/452m5EH
And here is the abstract:
@apsrjournal
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Here is the link:
Resistance, Law, and the Limits of the Disobedience Framework - cup.org/452m5EH
And here is the abstract:
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Just published! A collection of short reflections on Judith Shklar's political theory from @samuel-bagg.bsky.social, David Enoch, @shalmarr.bsky.social, and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social, with an introduction from me.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New perspectives on Judith Shklar - Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory -
link.springer.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Just published! A collection of short reflections on Judith Shklar's political theory from @samuel-bagg.bsky.social, David Enoch, @shalmarr.bsky.social, and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social, with an introduction from me.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🔴 Boğaziçi Üniversitesi mezuniyetinde “Kayyımlar gidecek biz kalacağız” pankartı açan öğrencinin yüksek lisans kabulü iptal edildi; okula girişi yasaklandı!
t24.com.tr/haber/bogazi...
t24.com.tr/haber/bogazi...
July 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🔴 Boğaziçi Üniversitesi mezuniyetinde “Kayyımlar gidecek biz kalacağız” pankartı açan öğrencinin yüksek lisans kabulü iptal edildi; okula girişi yasaklandı!
t24.com.tr/haber/bogazi...
t24.com.tr/haber/bogazi...
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This is monstrous.
250 people detained in the Florida Everglades have no criminal convictions or pending charges.
Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.
www.miamiherald.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is monstrous.
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New CFP from the journal Democratic Theory inviting "short and standalone research notes, called ‘dispatches from the field’, of around 3,500 words. We welcome your diagnoses, illuminations, responses, accounts, etc., regarding democracy under challenge...by the authoritarianisms around you"
Welcoming your ‘dispatch from the field’ on Democracy in a Time of Rising Author
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
July 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New CFP from the journal Democratic Theory inviting "short and standalone research notes, called ‘dispatches from the field’, of around 3,500 words. We welcome your diagnoses, illuminations, responses, accounts, etc., regarding democracy under challenge...by the authoritarianisms around you"
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A hospital in rural Nebraska has announced its closing. The CEO faults the "anticipated federal budget cuts to Medicaid:" www.klkntv.com/rural-southw...
July 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A hospital in rural Nebraska has announced its closing. The CEO faults the "anticipated federal budget cuts to Medicaid:" www.klkntv.com/rural-southw...
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Huge win for the Trump administration will remake a lot of things, and a farcical turnaround from how SCOTUS allowed courts to proceed under Biden.
BREAKING: Supreme Court, 6-3, limits nationwide injunctions in cases challenging Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, staying injunctions where "broader than necessary to provide complete relief" to those challenging the orders. Lower courts are to decide how that is done.
www.supremecourt.gov
June 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Huge win for the Trump administration will remake a lot of things, and a farcical turnaround from how SCOTUS allowed courts to proceed under Biden.
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We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.
We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social
We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.
We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social
We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social
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Bloomberg pouring $5 million to help Cuomo, with 10 days to go: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...
June 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Bloomberg pouring $5 million to help Cuomo, with 10 days to go: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...
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The board of the Fulbright program appears to have entirely resigned, accusing the State Department of illegally canceling scholarships "based mainly on research topics": www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The board of the Fulbright program appears to have entirely resigned, accusing the State Department of illegally canceling scholarships "based mainly on research topics": www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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First know your rights, then share your rights.
Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.
Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.
Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights
www.aclu.org
June 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
First know your rights, then share your rights.
Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.
Download our Know Your Rights graphic and use it as your phone screen when going to protests.
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The Fulbright Scholarship board resigned due to political interference from the Trump administration. The State Department, led by Marco Rubio, is canceling scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers based on their research topics, which include climate change, gender, and race.
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (Gift Article)
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Fulbright Scholarship board resigned due to political interference from the Trump administration. The State Department, led by Marco Rubio, is canceling scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers based on their research topics, which include climate change, gender, and race.
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I can’t compete with this
June 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I can’t compete with this
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Political theorists! APT is once again hosting a workshop for first time book authors - draft book proposals will be reviewed by published faculty and by Angela Chnapko, acquisitions editor for Oxford University Press. Applications due July 21! Info: associationforpoliticaltheory.org/content.aspx...
Emailing - The Association for Political Theory
associationforpoliticaltheory.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Political theorists! APT is once again hosting a workshop for first time book authors - draft book proposals will be reviewed by published faculty and by Angela Chnapko, acquisitions editor for Oxford University Press. Applications due July 21! Info: associationforpoliticaltheory.org/content.aspx...
I was appalled reading this horrific piece in the New Yorker yesterday. This thread is doing an excellent job exposing the false equivocations and mischaracterizations that shape the whole piece…
I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
May 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I was appalled reading this horrific piece in the New Yorker yesterday. This thread is doing an excellent job exposing the false equivocations and mischaracterizations that shape the whole piece…
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that will cut billions of dollars from Medicaid.
Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of people across the country, including more than 15 million people with disabilities. The Senate must reject this dangerous bill.
Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of people across the country, including more than 15 million people with disabilities. The Senate must reject this dangerous bill.
May 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that will cut billions of dollars from Medicaid.
Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of people across the country, including more than 15 million people with disabilities. The Senate must reject this dangerous bill.
Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of people across the country, including more than 15 million people with disabilities. The Senate must reject this dangerous bill.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration just announced it has filed charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, who was demanding accountability on behalf of the people she was elected to represent.
President Trump is trying to bully people into silence. We won’t let him.
President Trump is trying to bully people into silence. We won’t let him.
May 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administration just announced it has filed charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, who was demanding accountability on behalf of the people she was elected to represent.
President Trump is trying to bully people into silence. We won’t let him.
President Trump is trying to bully people into silence. We won’t let him.
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It’s just all so dark, so perverse, so sick.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s just all so dark, so perverse, so sick.
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Justice Jackson nails where we are right now:
“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
May 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Justice Jackson nails where we are right now:
“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
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It’s actually insane that there’s an argument happening here over whether the plane grift is “corruption”
What are we even doing?
What are we even doing?
May 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s actually insane that there’s an argument happening here over whether the plane grift is “corruption”
What are we even doing?
What are we even doing?