Leah Christiani
@leahchristiani.bsky.social
Political scientist at Hunter College, CUNY studying political behavior and REP.
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IN NEW ISSUE: Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argueethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/VaeXszt
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November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argueethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/VaeXszt
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Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argueethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/NRIhzdE
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
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June 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argueethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/NRIhzdE
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
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White racial resentment used to undermine support for the Supreme Court. Now it boosts it find @kshoub.bsky.social of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, @jamilscott.bsky.social of Georgetown University and @leahchristiani.bsky.social of Hunter College, CUNY
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
White racial resentment used to undermine support for the Supreme Court. Now it boosts it find @kshoub.bsky.social of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, @jamilscott.bsky.social of Georgetown University and @leahchristiani.bsky.social of Hunter College, CUNY
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argue ethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/lKIRdo7
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
April 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argue ethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/lKIRdo7
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
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I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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It’s awesome that Senate Democrats are voting to pass Trump’s budget while he’s at the DOJ calling them a bunch of criminals and saying newspapers and MSNBC should be illegal. That’s great, good job guys.
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It’s awesome that Senate Democrats are voting to pass Trump’s budget while he’s at the DOJ calling them a bunch of criminals and saying newspapers and MSNBC should be illegal. That’s great, good job guys.
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If you think you can do better, the last 8 hours and 8 years absolutely prove that you can. #RunForSomething
Run for office. runforwhat.net - our next intro call is 3/25.
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March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you think you can do better, the last 8 hours and 8 years absolutely prove that you can. #RunForSomething
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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Also for the love of god faculty wake the fuck up and pressure your institutions to stop the nonsense. Academia has
become the primary site of repression because we allowed it to be. We invited this onto our students, our campuses, our nation.
become the primary site of repression because we allowed it to be. We invited this onto our students, our campuses, our nation.
March 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Also for the love of god faculty wake the fuck up and pressure your institutions to stop the nonsense. Academia has
become the primary site of repression because we allowed it to be. We invited this onto our students, our campuses, our nation.
become the primary site of repression because we allowed it to be. We invited this onto our students, our campuses, our nation.
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Now we wait to see if the courts will protect, and compensate this man from this illegal transgression.
Meanwhile his wife & lawyers don’t even know where he is.
Make no mistake the process of deportation, successful or not, is torture.
Meanwhile his wife & lawyers don’t even know where he is.
Make no mistake the process of deportation, successful or not, is torture.
March 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Now we wait to see if the courts will protect, and compensate this man from this illegal transgression.
Meanwhile his wife & lawyers don’t even know where he is.
Make no mistake the process of deportation, successful or not, is torture.
Meanwhile his wife & lawyers don’t even know where he is.
Make no mistake the process of deportation, successful or not, is torture.
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I’ve been so upset about the Mahmoud Khalil situation all day — it isn’t business as usual for the White House to instruct Ice to revoke the green card (!!) of a Columbia graduate for their political views. For me this’ll be the moment we tipped from authoritarianism light to authoritarianism heavy.
March 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’ve been so upset about the Mahmoud Khalil situation all day — it isn’t business as usual for the White House to instruct Ice to revoke the green card (!!) of a Columbia graduate for their political views. For me this’ll be the moment we tipped from authoritarianism light to authoritarianism heavy.
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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Kidnapping students for thought crimes is not something democracies do. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Kidnapping students for thought crimes is not something democracies do. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
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Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.
February 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.
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They’re deleting websites while we watch the Super Bowl
This one for CHILD TAX CREDITS
This one for CHILD TAX CREDITS
❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted.
https://childtaxcredit.gov
Action taken by the Executive Office of the President at or around 2025-02-08 06:09:04.
https://childtaxcredit.gov
Action taken by the Executive Office of the President at or around 2025-02-08 06:09:04.
childtaxcredit.gov
Federal US website delisted. URL is not valid.
childtaxcredit.gov
February 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
They’re deleting websites while we watch the Super Bowl
This one for CHILD TAX CREDITS
This one for CHILD TAX CREDITS
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And what code did he push to production in the meantime ?
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
And what code did he push to production in the meantime ?
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Three Democrats are saying Ro Khanna was given a heads-up about the vote to subpoena Elon Musk, and accusing him of intentionally missing the vote in the House Oversight Committee. (Khanna, who has ties to Musk, has said he was unaware.)
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
House Democrats try, and fail, to subpoena Musk
Notably missing the vote was Rep. Ro Khanna, who is close to Musk.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Three Democrats are saying Ro Khanna was given a heads-up about the vote to subpoena Elon Musk, and accusing him of intentionally missing the vote in the House Oversight Committee. (Khanna, who has ties to Musk, has said he was unaware.)
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought.
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Democrats To Take Over Senate Floor All Night To Oppose White House Budget Office Nominee
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” Sen. Brian Schatz, one of dozens taking part in a 30-hour talkathon, said of Russell Vought.
www.huffpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought.
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
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These women are your FRIENDS
They fight for FREEDOM
They fight for FREEDOM
February 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
These women are your FRIENDS
They fight for FREEDOM
They fight for FREEDOM
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University presidents should be shouting about how Trump is shutting down the research that benefits *all* Americans, whether Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease, better road materials, safer cars, more efficient air conditioning, etc etc.
February 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
University presidents should be shouting about how Trump is shutting down the research that benefits *all* Americans, whether Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease, better road materials, safer cars, more efficient air conditioning, etc etc.
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So if Congressional Republicans fear Musk attacking them on X, and fear him siccing his followers there on them, they could weaken the power of X by leaving it. I would welcome having them here on Bluesky!
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
So if Congressional Republicans fear Musk attacking them on X, and fear him siccing his followers there on them, they could weaken the power of X by leaving it. I would welcome having them here on Bluesky!
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Democrats are finally starting to use the correct language - coup, constitutional crisis, and so forth.
The next steps:
-act like you believe it, instead of pivoting back to confirming Trump nominees between every angry speech
-DIRECTLY lambast news outlets for not actually conveying the crisis
The next steps:
-act like you believe it, instead of pivoting back to confirming Trump nominees between every angry speech
-DIRECTLY lambast news outlets for not actually conveying the crisis
February 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Democrats are finally starting to use the correct language - coup, constitutional crisis, and so forth.
The next steps:
-act like you believe it, instead of pivoting back to confirming Trump nominees between every angry speech
-DIRECTLY lambast news outlets for not actually conveying the crisis
The next steps:
-act like you believe it, instead of pivoting back to confirming Trump nominees between every angry speech
-DIRECTLY lambast news outlets for not actually conveying the crisis