Kurt Braddock
@kurtbraddock.bsky.social
AU School of Communication. Researcher of communication, influence, disinformation, propaganda, extremism, and violence. Appreciator of fine sandwiches. Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer.
Proudly cast my vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social. So psyched to see it looking positive for her election so far.
Love my state.
Love my state.
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media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Proudly cast my vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social. So psyched to see it looking positive for her election so far.
Love my state.
Love my state.
Currently listening to the brilliant Aesop Rock on the subway as I read more and more about the dangers and abuses of AI in the service of extremism and violence.
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Aesop Rock - Mindful Solutionism (Official Video)
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October 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Currently listening to the brilliant Aesop Rock on the subway as I read more and more about the dangers and abuses of AI in the service of extremism and violence.
youtu.be/T7jH-5YQLcE?...
youtu.be/T7jH-5YQLcE?...
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The SPLC’s Rachel Carroll Rivas joined Cynthia Miller-Idriss, of American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), and Mark Greene, Walking Talking Men co-founder, at a UN event to highlight solutions to prevent the spread of white supremacy. bit.ly/4gj7sSB
September 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The SPLC’s Rachel Carroll Rivas joined Cynthia Miller-Idriss, of American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), and Mark Greene, Walking Talking Men co-founder, at a UN event to highlight solutions to prevent the spread of white supremacy. bit.ly/4gj7sSB
Like clockwork, social media has been absolutely inundated with speculation on the #charliekirk shooter, including motivations based on sketchy evidence from the first 24 hours after the attack.
These posters are going to find out really quickly why being fast isn't as important as being correct.
These posters are going to find out really quickly why being fast isn't as important as being correct.
September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Like clockwork, social media has been absolutely inundated with speculation on the #charliekirk shooter, including motivations based on sketchy evidence from the first 24 hours after the attack.
These posters are going to find out really quickly why being fast isn't as important as being correct.
These posters are going to find out really quickly why being fast isn't as important as being correct.
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CDC shooter was "...very unsettled, and he very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people...He emphatically believed that."
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells police
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man who opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Patrick Joseph White. White died and a police officer was shot and killed.
www.npr.org
August 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
CDC shooter was "...very unsettled, and he very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people...He emphatically believed that."
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Fifty free copies of my TPV article "Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent Versus Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors." In it, my deep-learning model correctly predicted violent vs. non-violent offending among extremists in 94 percent of cases.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8966I...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8966I...
Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent vs. Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors
Recent analyses of radicalization processes have shown that extremist attitudes and violent behavior may be related in some cases, but are rarely collinear. It therefore benefits analysts of politi...
www.tandfonline.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Fifty free copies of my TPV article "Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent Versus Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors." In it, my deep-learning model correctly predicted violent vs. non-violent offending among extremists in 94 percent of cases.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8966I...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8966I...
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📢 New research! 📢
In 2024, MAGA Republicans were much more likely than non-MAGA non-Republicans to view political violence as justified and to endorse beliefs associated with violence, but they were generally not more willing to commit such violence themselves. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/pre...
In 2024, MAGA Republicans were much more likely than non-MAGA non-Republicans to view political violence as justified and to endorse beliefs associated with violence, but they were generally not more willing to commit such violence themselves. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/pre...
PREPRINT: The MAGA Movement and Political Violence in 2024
AbstractBackground: The possibility of widespread political violence poses a serious concern for the United States. A nationally representative survey found in 2022 that “Make America Great Again” (MA...
cvp.ucdavis.edu
July 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
📢 New research! 📢
In 2024, MAGA Republicans were much more likely than non-MAGA non-Republicans to view political violence as justified and to endorse beliefs associated with violence, but they were generally not more willing to commit such violence themselves. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/pre...
In 2024, MAGA Republicans were much more likely than non-MAGA non-Republicans to view political violence as justified and to endorse beliefs associated with violence, but they were generally not more willing to commit such violence themselves. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/pre...
PhD Students in security and communication!
Excellent opportunity to work with the brilliant Stephane Beale at UCLouvain. Professor Beale is working on a project related to the digital narratives of the far right.
Get more info or apply at: academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
Excellent opportunity to work with the brilliant Stephane Beale at UCLouvain. Professor Beale is working on a project related to the digital narratives of the far right.
Get more info or apply at: academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
1 Full-time PhD Fellowship in Social Sciences (digital extremism) - Academic Positions
Full-time PhD fellowship in digital extremist communication. Requires a Master's in social sciences, strong coding skills, and English proficiency. Conduct r...
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June 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
PhD Students in security and communication!
Excellent opportunity to work with the brilliant Stephane Beale at UCLouvain. Professor Beale is working on a project related to the digital narratives of the far right.
Get more info or apply at: academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
Excellent opportunity to work with the brilliant Stephane Beale at UCLouvain. Professor Beale is working on a project related to the digital narratives of the far right.
Get more info or apply at: academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
If you are so inclined (or let's be honest, bored), and want to hear me jabber on about political violence, I'll be on NPR/WHYY Philly's Studio 2 at 12pm.
One step closer to that Sesame Street cameo.
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One step closer to that Sesame Street cameo.
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Studio 2 - WHYY
Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the Delaware Valley – from news and politics to science and the arts– delivered with a fresh perspective, all in an hour. Learn something new and ...
whyy.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you are so inclined (or let's be honest, bored), and want to hear me jabber on about political violence, I'll be on NPR/WHYY Philly's Studio 2 at 12pm.
One step closer to that Sesame Street cameo.
whyy.org/programs/stu...
One step closer to that Sesame Street cameo.
whyy.org/programs/stu...
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New fucked up strategy frame that further trivializes American diplomacy just dropped.
May 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
New fucked up strategy frame that further trivializes American diplomacy just dropped.
Of course.
Who better to lead a counterterrorism center than someone who has aided and supported the right-wing paramilitary movement?
Gabbard’s pick to run a counterterrorism center aided the start of a right-wing paramilitary group
Joe Kent, a promoter of conspiracy theories, has long associated with extremists.
www.motherjones.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Of course.
Rich people got richer on all this. Go figure.
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media.tenor.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Rich people got richer on all this. Go figure.
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We are witnessing the moral moment:
Americans: #HandsOff
Canadians: #ElbowsUp
Standing up for democracy, intellectual freedom, integrity of law, research, science, health care, education, the arts, social security, media.
And on guard for Canadian sovereignty. 🇨🇦
Hope on both sides of the border
Americans: #HandsOff
Canadians: #ElbowsUp
Standing up for democracy, intellectual freedom, integrity of law, research, science, health care, education, the arts, social security, media.
And on guard for Canadian sovereignty. 🇨🇦
Hope on both sides of the border
April 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I guess at least they didn't accidentally include their calculation in a Signal chat.
Wait. In my heart, I don't know if that's true.
Wait. In my heart, I don't know if that's true.
April 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I guess at least they didn't accidentally include their calculation in a Signal chat.
Wait. In my heart, I don't know if that's true.
Wait. In my heart, I don't know if that's true.
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pete: "We are clean on OPSEC."
Mrs. Hegseth: "Hello, Joyce?"
Pete: "MOM I'M ON THE PHONE"
Mrs. Hegseth: "Hello, Joyce?"
Pete: "MOM I'M ON THE PHONE"
March 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Pete: "We are clean on OPSEC."
Mrs. Hegseth: "Hello, Joyce?"
Pete: "MOM I'M ON THE PHONE"
Mrs. Hegseth: "Hello, Joyce?"
Pete: "MOM I'M ON THE PHONE"
It's been said but bears repeating: Yes, the Yemen idiocy would be dumb enough on its own, but it also indicates that the administration is using an app that deletes chat histories to coordinate events that should be preserved. They're avoiding maintaining records that by law, should be maintained.
March 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's been said but bears repeating: Yes, the Yemen idiocy would be dumb enough on its own, but it also indicates that the administration is using an app that deletes chat histories to coordinate events that should be preserved. They're avoiding maintaining records that by law, should be maintained.
This Yemen debacle. I've seen better security on folded notes I passed in 6th grade.
1. Do you like me?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
2. Wanna bomb the Houthis?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
1. Do you like me?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
2. Wanna bomb the Houthis?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
March 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This Yemen debacle. I've seen better security on folded notes I passed in 6th grade.
1. Do you like me?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
2. Wanna bomb the Houthis?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
1. Do you like me?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
2. Wanna bomb the Houthis?
YES [ ] NO [ ]
Primary them when possible.
Boot them where possible.
Boot them where possible.
Chuck Schumer, John Fetterman, Kirsten Gillibrand, Maggie Hassan, Gary Peters, Angus King, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jean Shaheen, Brian Schatz, & Dick Durbin
The Dems who refused to use the only leverage they have.
Let it be known.
The Dems who refused to use the only leverage they have.
Let it be known.
March 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Primary them when possible.
Boot them where possible.
Boot them where possible.
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Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted
www.science.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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