Delaney Peterson
@delaneypeterson.bsky.social
PhD with the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) and the Hot Politics Lab | political psychology & political communication
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How do adolescents form their political views, and are they really so different from adults?
Next Friday (Nov 7), the IP-PAD Doctoral Network and @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social host a conference in Amsterdam on adolescents and politics (attached program).
DM or email j.kasper@uva.nl to join.
Next Friday (Nov 7), the IP-PAD Doctoral Network and @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social host a conference in Amsterdam on adolescents and politics (attached program).
DM or email j.kasper@uva.nl to join.
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How do adolescents form their political views, and are they really so different from adults?
Next Friday (Nov 7), the IP-PAD Doctoral Network and @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social host a conference in Amsterdam on adolescents and politics (attached program).
DM or email j.kasper@uva.nl to join.
Next Friday (Nov 7), the IP-PAD Doctoral Network and @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social host a conference in Amsterdam on adolescents and politics (attached program).
DM or email j.kasper@uva.nl to join.
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🎓 This Friday (31.10): another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! Gustavo Couto de Jesus and Hannes Bey will present their work on party cue processing, and origins of the political trust crisis.
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🎓 This Friday (31.10): another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! Gustavo Couto de Jesus and Hannes Bey will present their work on party cue processing, and origins of the political trust crisis.
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
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My first publication :) in Social Media + Society with @fhopp.bsky.social, Michael Hameleers & @lindabos.bsky.social: “Moral Foundations of Populist Communication.” We found populists lean more on Care/Authority plus they shift moral tone across platforms more than mainstreamers.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My first publication :) in Social Media + Society with @fhopp.bsky.social, Michael Hameleers & @lindabos.bsky.social: “Moral Foundations of Populist Communication.” We found populists lean more on Care/Authority plus they shift moral tone across platforms more than mainstreamers.
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🎓 This Friday (17.10): another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! We’re excited to hear Linda Bomm and Daniel Komáromy present their work on societal threats and support for the radical right.
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
October 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎓 This Friday (17.10): another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! We’re excited to hear Linda Bomm and Daniel Komáromy present their work on societal threats and support for the radical right.
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
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🚀🎉 Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD dissertation is now published in Political Studies Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
From Marginalized to Mainstream? An International Comparative Analysis of Gender Differences in Social Media Adoption and Activity by Politicians in Non-Election Times - Elise Storme, 2025
Traditional media and party gatekeepers are found to restrict women's visibility and influence in politics. Social media, however, is seen as a potential m...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🚀🎉 Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD dissertation is now published in Political Studies Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
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🚨 New publication out @jeppjournal.bsky.social w/ Katrin Praprotnik @luanarusso.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social
We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.
Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.
Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
October 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🚨 New publication out @jeppjournal.bsky.social w/ Katrin Praprotnik @luanarusso.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social
We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.
Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.
Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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- Posted two new preprints (with @bnbakker.bsky.social @delaneypeterson.bsky.social & Maaike Homan)
On politics and mental health: osf.io/preprints/ps...
On politicians’ emotional appeals and voting: osf.io/preprints/ps...
On politics and mental health: osf.io/preprints/ps...
On politicians’ emotional appeals and voting: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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September 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
- Posted two new preprints (with @bnbakker.bsky.social @delaneypeterson.bsky.social & Maaike Homan)
On politics and mental health: osf.io/preprints/ps...
On politicians’ emotional appeals and voting: osf.io/preprints/ps...
On politics and mental health: osf.io/preprints/ps...
On politicians’ emotional appeals and voting: osf.io/preprints/ps...
New pre-print!
Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New pre-print!
Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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🎓 Upcoming Friday (26.09), we are delighted to host Professor Atsushi Tago to the #HotPoliticsLab! He will give a talk on disgust and the perceived costs of war.
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
See you Friday!
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
See you Friday!
September 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🎓 Upcoming Friday (26.09), we are delighted to host Professor Atsushi Tago to the #HotPoliticsLab! He will give a talk on disgust and the perceived costs of war.
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
See you Friday!
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
See you Friday!
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🎓 This Friday (19.09), we are honored to welcome professor @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social to the #HotPoliticsLab! She will present her work on Facebook user reactions to party campaigning.
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
September 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🎓 This Friday (19.09), we are honored to welcome professor @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social to the #HotPoliticsLab! She will present her work on Facebook user reactions to party campaigning.
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
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This Friday (12.09), we kick off the academic year at the #HotPoliticsLab with our very own (and recently appointed!) professor Gijs Schumacher!
He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This Friday (12.09), we kick off the academic year at the #HotPoliticsLab with our very own (and recently appointed!) professor Gijs Schumacher!
He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
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✨ New Academic Year, New Speaker Series! ✨
We hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We’re thrilled to announce the #HotPoliticsLab Speaker Series lineup for the first semester of the 25/26 academic year.
We look forward to welcoming you back for another year of thought-provoking discussions!
We hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We’re thrilled to announce the #HotPoliticsLab Speaker Series lineup for the first semester of the 25/26 academic year.
We look forward to welcoming you back for another year of thought-provoking discussions!
September 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
✨ New Academic Year, New Speaker Series! ✨
We hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We’re thrilled to announce the #HotPoliticsLab Speaker Series lineup for the first semester of the 25/26 academic year.
We look forward to welcoming you back for another year of thought-provoking discussions!
We hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We’re thrilled to announce the #HotPoliticsLab Speaker Series lineup for the first semester of the 25/26 academic year.
We look forward to welcoming you back for another year of thought-provoking discussions!
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📣 OA Publication alert! 📣
"Says who? The role of party cues in explaning the positive and negative consequences of political moral appeals in Europe"
In Party Politics
#thread
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Says who? The role of party cues in explaning the positive and negative consequences of political moral appeals in Europe"
In Party Politics
#thread
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📣 OA Publication alert! 📣
"Says who? The role of party cues in explaning the positive and negative consequences of political moral appeals in Europe"
In Party Politics
#thread
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Says who? The role of party cues in explaning the positive and negative consequences of political moral appeals in Europe"
In Party Politics
#thread
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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"Misschien is een beetje frictie en emotie soms juist nodig om de democratie levendig en relevant te houden."
Heel mooie blog over polarisatie en democratie door @turkenburgemma.bsky.social en @lisajanssen.bsky.social.
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Heel mooie blog over polarisatie en democratie door @turkenburgemma.bsky.social en @lisajanssen.bsky.social.
stukroodvlees.nl/polarisatie-...
Polarisatie is niet altijd slecht voor de democratie - StukRoodVlees
Je hoort het tegenwoordig overal: polarisatie vreet aan onze democratie. Maatschappelijke polarisatie staat al jaren in de top tien van het Global Risk Report van het WEF (in 2025 op plek 4 van de kor...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Misschien is een beetje frictie en emotie soms juist nodig om de democratie levendig en relevant te houden."
Heel mooie blog over polarisatie en democratie door @turkenburgemma.bsky.social en @lisajanssen.bsky.social.
stukroodvlees.nl/polarisatie-...
Heel mooie blog over polarisatie en democratie door @turkenburgemma.bsky.social en @lisajanssen.bsky.social.
stukroodvlees.nl/polarisatie-...
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1/4
My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?
The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...
My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?
The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...
An ERP-study on the extent to which partisanship conditions the early processing of politicians’ faces
Partisanship has been associated with various cognitive biases. These findings are primarily based on self-reports and task performance and less on measures of neural activity. We reviewed the lite...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?
The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...
My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?
The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...
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Heel trots op @ellenlnt.bsky.social @tobiaskleineidam.bsky.social, Henrik Pröpper, Anna Wickenkamp en Annamijn Beijeman die onder hoge druk mooi verkiezingsonderzoek voorbereiden @ascor.bsky.social.
🎓 Help jonge onderzoekers van de UvA! Vul deze vragenlijst in over politieke opvattingen rond de verkiezingen van 29 oktober. Delen = helpen! 🙌
👉 uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
👉 uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Pilotstudie voor de Dutch Election Monitor Survey | UvA Qualtrics Survey
Pilotstudie voor de Dutch Election Monitor Survey 2025 - ASCoR, UvA
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July 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Heel trots op @ellenlnt.bsky.social @tobiaskleineidam.bsky.social, Henrik Pröpper, Anna Wickenkamp en Annamijn Beijeman die onder hoge druk mooi verkiezingsonderzoek voorbereiden @ascor.bsky.social.
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Here is my (a little bit belated) mandatory #IPSA2025 post!
I will present tomorrow on disability representation and emotion!
See you there ✨
I will present tomorrow on disability representation and emotion!
See you there ✨
July 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here is my (a little bit belated) mandatory #IPSA2025 post!
I will present tomorrow on disability representation and emotion!
See you there ✨
I will present tomorrow on disability representation and emotion!
See you there ✨
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From our new issue: On Political Misogyny by SUZANNE DOVI www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
On Political Misogyny | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
On Political Misogyny - Volume 119 Issue 2
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June 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
From our new issue: On Political Misogyny by SUZANNE DOVI www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Our new book THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTACK POLITICS is out next month! 🔥📚
We offer a new look at negativity effects, via perceptions & evaluations🤔😱👿🤣
You can pre-order it with a nice 20% discount on the cover price (for paperbacks this makes it £32 or so)
Check out discount code & link in the flyer 👇
We offer a new look at negativity effects, via perceptions & evaluations🤔😱👿🤣
You can pre-order it with a nice 20% discount on the cover price (for paperbacks this makes it £32 or so)
Check out discount code & link in the flyer 👇
June 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Our new book THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTACK POLITICS is out next month! 🔥📚
We offer a new look at negativity effects, via perceptions & evaluations🤔😱👿🤣
You can pre-order it with a nice 20% discount on the cover price (for paperbacks this makes it £32 or so)
Check out discount code & link in the flyer 👇
We offer a new look at negativity effects, via perceptions & evaluations🤔😱👿🤣
You can pre-order it with a nice 20% discount on the cover price (for paperbacks this makes it £32 or so)
Check out discount code & link in the flyer 👇
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Are we good at describing our feelings about politics? In our new preprint @mrooduijn.bsky.social @isabellareb.bsky.social we show this is not the case: osf.io/preprints/os... [1/6]
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June 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Are we good at describing our feelings about politics? In our new preprint @mrooduijn.bsky.social @isabellareb.bsky.social we show this is not the case: osf.io/preprints/os... [1/6]
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Delighted that my first book was awarded the 2025 Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations! Many thanks to the prize committee and to my friends and colleagues in the Historical IR section at ISA!
The @isanet.bsky.social Convention is upon us; time for a happy countdown: Congratulations to @qbruneau.bsky.social for the 2025 Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical IR for his masterful book, "States and the Masters of Capital" published with @columbiaup.bsky.social! Stay tuned for more..
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Delighted that my first book was awarded the 2025 Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations! Many thanks to the prize committee and to my friends and colleagues in the Historical IR section at ISA!
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If you are interested in extracting moral values from text corpora, check out our latest resource, the extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD). Led by the brilliant @musamalik.bsky.social, we show that eMACD surpasses the (predictive) validity of previous moral foundations dictionaries 📕
Finally, it is published 😀 open access: The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform
What is the prevalence of moral themes in textual corpora? Most previous moral mining research has been informed by Moral Foundations Theory (MFT). Here, we develop and evaluate an alternative mora...
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May 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
If you are interested in extracting moral values from text corpora, check out our latest resource, the extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD). Led by the brilliant @musamalik.bsky.social, we show that eMACD surpasses the (predictive) validity of previous moral foundations dictionaries 📕
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Do people accurately judge the public opinion climate during crises?
Using 2 yrs of data, our study dives into perceptions of public opinion on COVID‑19 measures, why those views often missed the mark, and what can help correct them!
Now in @polcommjournal.bsky.social
🧵👇
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Using 2 yrs of data, our study dives into perceptions of public opinion on COVID‑19 measures, why those views often missed the mark, and what can help correct them!
Now in @polcommjournal.bsky.social
🧵👇
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
May 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Do people accurately judge the public opinion climate during crises?
Using 2 yrs of data, our study dives into perceptions of public opinion on COVID‑19 measures, why those views often missed the mark, and what can help correct them!
Now in @polcommjournal.bsky.social
🧵👇
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Using 2 yrs of data, our study dives into perceptions of public opinion on COVID‑19 measures, why those views often missed the mark, and what can help correct them!
Now in @polcommjournal.bsky.social
🧵👇
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47