Hunter Driggers
@hunterdriggers.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Western University.
Lover of social science and democracy.
Founder of Democracy in Data Substack: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdriggers.
Lover of social science and democracy.
Founder of Democracy in Data Substack: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdriggers.
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FT reports that US is bullying Ukraine to withdraw from the Donbas territory it controls
US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory
Washington signalled Kyiv would receive more backing after any withdrawal from the Donbas, say people familiar with talks
giftarticle.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:12 AM
FT reports that US is bullying Ukraine to withdraw from the Donbas territory it controls
US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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So, these armed felons from January 6, 2021 are “just tourists!”
But an ICU nurse defending a woman who ICE pepper-sprayed and pushed to the ground was a “domestic terrorist “!
But an ICU nurse defending a woman who ICE pepper-sprayed and pushed to the ground was a “domestic terrorist “!
January 27, 2026 at 4:50 AM
So, these armed felons from January 6, 2021 are “just tourists!”
But an ICU nurse defending a woman who ICE pepper-sprayed and pushed to the ground was a “domestic terrorist “!
But an ICU nurse defending a woman who ICE pepper-sprayed and pushed to the ground was a “domestic terrorist “!
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Just a quick note about Bovino being moved and the other aesthetic politicoplasty the Trump administration is undertaking:
Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.
Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Just a quick note about Bovino being moved and the other aesthetic politicoplasty the Trump administration is undertaking:
Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.
Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.
I know people love TikTok.
But if you love something, you've got to know when to let it go.
Now that far-right oligarch Larry Ellison owns the platform, that time is now.
Algorithms can't be trusted, especially when controlled by Trump allies.
Tell your friends and family to use Bluesky instead.
But if you love something, you've got to know when to let it go.
Now that far-right oligarch Larry Ellison owns the platform, that time is now.
Algorithms can't be trusted, especially when controlled by Trump allies.
Tell your friends and family to use Bluesky instead.
January 27, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I know people love TikTok.
But if you love something, you've got to know when to let it go.
Now that far-right oligarch Larry Ellison owns the platform, that time is now.
Algorithms can't be trusted, especially when controlled by Trump allies.
Tell your friends and family to use Bluesky instead.
But if you love something, you've got to know when to let it go.
Now that far-right oligarch Larry Ellison owns the platform, that time is now.
Algorithms can't be trusted, especially when controlled by Trump allies.
Tell your friends and family to use Bluesky instead.
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Report: FBI agent who tried to investigate ICE officer who shot Renee Good resigns after pressure bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Report: FBI agent who tried to investigate ICE officer who shot Renee Good resigns after pressure
The Justice Department has reportedly pushed make Good and her widow, Becca Good, the subject of an investigation instead of ICE officer Jonathan Ross.
bringmethenews.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Report: FBI agent who tried to investigate ICE officer who shot Renee Good resigns after pressure bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
It's was Volodymyr Zelenskyy's birthday yesterday! 🎂🥳
You know what the belated best present would be? NATO countries finally ignoring the empty nuclear threats from a former KGB agent and rallying to push Russia out of Ukraine.
Or Congress begins removing Trump from office, at the very least.
You know what the belated best present would be? NATO countries finally ignoring the empty nuclear threats from a former KGB agent and rallying to push Russia out of Ukraine.
Or Congress begins removing Trump from office, at the very least.
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It's was Volodymyr Zelenskyy's birthday yesterday! 🎂🥳
You know what the belated best present would be? NATO countries finally ignoring the empty nuclear threats from a former KGB agent and rallying to push Russia out of Ukraine.
Or Congress begins removing Trump from office, at the very least.
You know what the belated best present would be? NATO countries finally ignoring the empty nuclear threats from a former KGB agent and rallying to push Russia out of Ukraine.
Or Congress begins removing Trump from office, at the very least.
The Walk for Peace has the right idea.
Americans must protest in our nation's capital if we want Congress to act now.
Make legislators feel the anger, hope, and energy.
Make sure they know they won't be re-elected tomorrow if they don't stand with the electorate today.
#protest #impeach #Trump
Americans must protest in our nation's capital if we want Congress to act now.
Make legislators feel the anger, hope, and energy.
Make sure they know they won't be re-elected tomorrow if they don't stand with the electorate today.
#protest #impeach #Trump
January 26, 2026 at 11:21 AM
News broadcasts and social media gives the impression that ICE has murdered two everyday heroes: Renée Good, a mom, and Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse.
Turns out ICE has killed nine people in 2026 already. Nine senseless murders in 25 days.
Protect your fellow Americans. Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump.
Turns out ICE has killed nine people in 2026 already. Nine senseless murders in 25 days.
Protect your fellow Americans. Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump.
January 26, 2026 at 9:38 AM
News broadcasts and social media gives the impression that ICE has murdered two everyday heroes: Renée Good, a mom, and Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse.
Turns out ICE has killed nine people in 2026 already. Nine senseless murders in 25 days.
Protect your fellow Americans. Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump.
Turns out ICE has killed nine people in 2026 already. Nine senseless murders in 25 days.
Protect your fellow Americans. Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump.
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Says the guy who knowingly sent an armed mob to the Capitol to ‘protest’.
Trump on Minneapolis shooting:
“I don’t like any shooting. I don’t like it. But I don’t like it when somebody goes into a protest and he’s got a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines loaded up with bullets also. That doesn’t play good either” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“I don’t like any shooting. I don’t like it. But I don’t like it when somebody goes into a protest and he’s got a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines loaded up with bullets also. That doesn’t play good either” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Says Administration Is ‘Reviewing Everything’ About Minneapolis Shooting
In an interview, the president says immigration-enforcement officers will “at some point” leave the area.
www.wsj.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Says the guy who knowingly sent an armed mob to the Capitol to ‘protest’.
Coincidentally, I wrote a Substack article about this a week ago. Anyone can read it for free at Democracy in Data: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Coincidentally, I wrote a Substack article about this a week ago. Anyone can read it for free at Democracy in Data: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump is actively seeking regime change — not in Venezuela, where a dictatorship remains in power despite the apprehension of Nicolás Maduro, but in the United States,” E.J. Dionne writes.
“Trump is actively seeking regime change — not in Venezuela, where a dictatorship remains in power despite the apprehension of Nicolás Maduro, but in the United States,” E.J. Dionne writes.
Opinion | Trump Is Engineering Regime Change, Right Here at Home
The president’s neediness is transforming our institutions.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump is actively seeking regime change — not in Venezuela, where a dictatorship remains in power despite the apprehension of Nicolás Maduro, but in the United States,” E.J. Dionne writes.
“Trump is actively seeking regime change — not in Venezuela, where a dictatorship remains in power despite the apprehension of Nicolás Maduro, but in the United States,” E.J. Dionne writes.
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Damn proud of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Damn proud of Minnesota.
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All these fucking fools. The thread names a bunch of candidates, but this particular example is Rauch in The Atlantic saying: “Huh! I guess maybe it *is* fascism. Who knew?”
*Plenty of us knew and said so.
*Plenty of us knew and said so.
hey folks, six figure opinion columnist here and gotta say, made a big ol’ whoopsie on the most consequential and honestly, probably the most obvious opinion of my life. thats my bad. anyway, guess I’ll just keep getting paid to give my opinion, thanks for reading
January 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM
All these fucking fools. The thread names a bunch of candidates, but this particular example is Rauch in The Atlantic saying: “Huh! I guess maybe it *is* fascism. Who knew?”
*Plenty of us knew and said so.
*Plenty of us knew and said so.
As we protest to remove ICE from our cities and Trump from our White House, don't forget why any of this is happening: our political and legal systems allowed Trump to evade accountability after the Capitol riot. Reform is needed.
Read more on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
Read more on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
January 6th and its Five-Year Legacy
The Capitol Riot, the DOJ Investigation, and the Consequences for Democracy
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January 26, 2026 at 1:49 AM
As we protest to remove ICE from our cities and Trump from our White House, don't forget why any of this is happening: our political and legal systems allowed Trump to evade accountability after the Capitol riot. Reform is needed.
Read more on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
Read more on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
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Way to go, Chicago! Tons of people showed up, even in a snowstorm. ❄️👏
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Way to go, Chicago! Tons of people showed up, even in a snowstorm. ❄️👏
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Reminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE.
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
The 7 Democrats who voted to fund Homeland Security amid ICE crackdowns
www.the-independent.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Reminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE.
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
A short story that is surprisingly relevant for the US.
When Yook Suk-yeol illegally declared martial law in South Korea, it was reversed by Congress within hours. The vote was bipartisan.
When a motion was filed for impeachment, his party members staged a walkout and the motion failed.
1/6
When Yook Suk-yeol illegally declared martial law in South Korea, it was reversed by Congress within hours. The vote was bipartisan.
When a motion was filed for impeachment, his party members staged a walkout and the motion failed.
1/6
January 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
A short story that is surprisingly relevant for the US.
When Yook Suk-yeol illegally declared martial law in South Korea, it was reversed by Congress within hours. The vote was bipartisan.
When a motion was filed for impeachment, his party members staged a walkout and the motion failed.
1/6
When Yook Suk-yeol illegally declared martial law in South Korea, it was reversed by Congress within hours. The vote was bipartisan.
When a motion was filed for impeachment, his party members staged a walkout and the motion failed.
1/6
Researching democracy means seeing the world with sobering clarity.
That's why I moved from the US to Canada in 2022. Already, I knew that Trump would win in 2024 and that Trump 2.0 would be a waking nightmare.
The parallels to backsliding elsewhere couldn't be ignored.
1/4
That's why I moved from the US to Canada in 2022. Already, I knew that Trump would win in 2024 and that Trump 2.0 would be a waking nightmare.
The parallels to backsliding elsewhere couldn't be ignored.
1/4
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Researching democracy means seeing the world with sobering clarity.
That's why I moved from the US to Canada in 2022. Already, I knew that Trump would win in 2024 and that Trump 2.0 would be a waking nightmare.
The parallels to backsliding elsewhere couldn't be ignored.
1/4
That's why I moved from the US to Canada in 2022. Already, I knew that Trump would win in 2024 and that Trump 2.0 would be a waking nightmare.
The parallels to backsliding elsewhere couldn't be ignored.
1/4
Democracy in Data is open to collaboration with independent journalists and scholars!
Anyone interested in talking about democracy-related news or research across the democratic world should message me here or on Substack.
Let's lift each other up!
#Substack #politics #news #research #democracy
Anyone interested in talking about democracy-related news or research across the democratic world should message me here or on Substack.
Let's lift each other up!
#Substack #politics #news #research #democracy
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Democracy in Data is open to collaboration with independent journalists and scholars!
Anyone interested in talking about democracy-related news or research across the democratic world should message me here or on Substack.
Let's lift each other up!
#Substack #politics #news #research #democracy
Anyone interested in talking about democracy-related news or research across the democratic world should message me here or on Substack.
Let's lift each other up!
#Substack #politics #news #research #democracy
Democracy in Data is also dedicated to quantitative research! It tends to be a bit more complex, but the insights are often unmatched.
My most recent quantitative Substack article looks at 44 countries over time to understand the dynamics of trust in government: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
My most recent quantitative Substack article looks at 44 countries over time to understand the dynamics of trust in government: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
Institutional Erosion and the Slow Death of Trust in Government
What Cross-National Evidence Reveals about Trust in the United States and Elsewhere
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January 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Democracy in Data is also dedicated to quantitative research! It tends to be a bit more complex, but the insights are often unmatched.
My most recent quantitative Substack article looks at 44 countries over time to understand the dynamics of trust in government: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
My most recent quantitative Substack article looks at 44 countries over time to understand the dynamics of trust in government: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
The Democracy in Data Substack doesn't just offer perspective on modern history.
It's also where I talk about novel findings from my ongoing academic research on democratic backsliding, democratic recovery, and related topics.
Here's a great example of my work: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr...
It's also where I talk about novel findings from my ongoing academic research on democratic backsliding, democratic recovery, and related topics.
Here's a great example of my work: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr...
Globalizing Democratic Decay
How Transnational Networks Diminish Democracy at Home and Abroad
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The Democracy in Data Substack doesn't just offer perspective on modern history.
It's also where I talk about novel findings from my ongoing academic research on democratic backsliding, democratic recovery, and related topics.
Here's a great example of my work: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr...
It's also where I talk about novel findings from my ongoing academic research on democratic backsliding, democratic recovery, and related topics.
Here's a great example of my work: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr...
The Democracy in Data Substack also includes analysis on current events, connecting the present to our past and future.
Consider this article, where I talk about how the Trump's use of ICE foreshadows the regime's strategy to manipulate the upcoming midterms: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
Consider this article, where I talk about how the Trump's use of ICE foreshadows the regime's strategy to manipulate the upcoming midterms: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
When Autocratic Authority Is Threatened
What History Tells Us to Expect in 2026—and How We Should Respond
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Democracy in Data Substack also includes analysis on current events, connecting the present to our past and future.
Consider this article, where I talk about how the Trump's use of ICE foreshadows the regime's strategy to manipulate the upcoming midterms: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
Consider this article, where I talk about how the Trump's use of ICE foreshadows the regime's strategy to manipulate the upcoming midterms: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
My Democracy in Data Substack has articles for anybody who cares about democracy! I post new, original articles at least once a week.
For example, this piece explains why Trump isn't in prison while Brazil's president is, even though both incited insurrections: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
For example, this piece explains why Trump isn't in prison while Brazil's president is, even though both incited insurrections: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
Brazil's Coup Attempt and its Aftermath
The Events of the Day and the Effort for Executive Accountability
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:54 PM
My Democracy in Data Substack has articles for anybody who cares about democracy! I post new, original articles at least once a week.
For example, this piece explains why Trump isn't in prison while Brazil's president is, even though both incited insurrections: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
For example, this piece explains why Trump isn't in prison while Brazil's president is, even though both incited insurrections: open.substack.com/pub/hunterdr....
New to Bluesky! I'll be posting my thoughts and publications here. Follow me if you're interested in data-driven posts about democracy in the US and abroad.
You can also connect with me on LinkedIn or Substack!
www.linkedin.com/in/hunter-dr...
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Thanks for reading!
You can also connect with me on LinkedIn or Substack!
www.linkedin.com/in/hunter-dr...
substack.com/@hunterdriggers
Thanks for reading!
Hunter Driggers | Substack
Political Science PhD Candidate. Scholar of Comparative Politics. Lover of history, data, and democracy.
substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
New to Bluesky! I'll be posting my thoughts and publications here. Follow me if you're interested in data-driven posts about democracy in the US and abroad.
You can also connect with me on LinkedIn or Substack!
www.linkedin.com/in/hunter-dr...
substack.com/@hunterdriggers
Thanks for reading!
You can also connect with me on LinkedIn or Substack!
www.linkedin.com/in/hunter-dr...
substack.com/@hunterdriggers
Thanks for reading!