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Linda Tropp
@lindatropp.bsky.social
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social psychologist at UMass Amherst, studying intergroup relations, social division, status inequalities, and bridging differences; passionate about translating academic research to make the world a better place.. and dogs 🐾 more at: www.lindatropp.com .. more

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 1d
check out this hugely important and informative thread about protest activities across the US by @chenoweth.bsky.social and colleagues
chenoweth.bsky.social Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 4d
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jason Mittell, Linda R. Tropp , and 19 more

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 4d
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Norbert Schwarz , and 17 more

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Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 5d
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Linda R. Tropp, Melanie C. Green

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 6d
“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
andreapitzer.bsky.social Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 6d
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 8d
"Together, we are America"

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 10d
@nytimes.com editorial board tracks 12 markers of democratic erosion, and where we currently stand in the U.S.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp, Julie L. Lockwood, Martin Tomko , and 1 more

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 24d
Those cuts to science, culture, medicine? They aren't just about research, they are about power.
Episode Three of Autocracy in America:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education
It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 27d
Americans face a fusion of public power and private wealth to a degree not seen in the past century, if ever. Our latest report outlines nine solutions to combat corruption. Far-reaching reforms are long-overdue.
bit.ly/4r62EnZ
Nine Solutions for Political Corruption
A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue.
www.brennancenter.org

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Jan 8
@drzilwhite.bsky.social @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social thanks for your interest - I've been informed by co-authors on the paper that it's in the "copyediting" stage - hope to be able to share soon, once copyediting complete and the paper becomes available online!

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Jan 8
Will do!

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Jan 8
@drzilwhite.bsky.social @ericdknowles.bsky.social you (and @pbump.com) might also be interested in a new paper recently accepted for publication, showing that greater consumption of Fox news corresponds with stronger endorsement of "great replacement theory" beliefs (can email if interested)

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · Jan 8
This was a paper with @lindatropp.bsky.social and Mao Mogami. 🙂

psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
APA PsycNet
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Reposted by Linda R. Tropp, Joshua S. Weitz, Sharon S. Dawes

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Jan 7
We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing and lawlessness by ICE in Minneapolis. We will talk with leaders and provide concrete next steps on how you...
www.mobilize.us

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Jan 3
and just like that, indeed..

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Dec 30
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social pretty much sums up my views on AI: as with the emergence of many new technologies lauded as transformational for humankind, once released, they are no longer values-driven and become money-driven mechanisms targeting and reinforcing humankind's most base instincts

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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · Dec 30
He is turning everything he touches into one of his tacky casinos—at taxpayer expense—while the American people can’t afford rent, healthcare, or groceries. Utterly insane.

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Linda R. Tropp

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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · Dec 30
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | An Anti-A.I. Movement Is Coming. Which Party Will Lead It?
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp, Robert C. Richards, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Dec 14
Started handing out my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine this weekend! It includes shoutouts to @bkindivisible.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and SO MANY OTHER GREAT GROUPS!

Download it digitally at zinefun.fyi !
Cover of a zine titled "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" featuring a photo of buttons reading "¡Manos fuera NYC!" "Fight Fascism" and "Working Families Party"

Reposted by Linda R. Tropp

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Dec 10
Why we need students to understand concepts rather than simply learn facts – and what pedagogical approaches can help: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/are-we-teaching-information-or-developing-understanding #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Are we teaching information or developing understanding?
Why we need students to understand concepts rather than simply learn facts – and what pedagogical approaches can help
www.timeshighereducation.com

Reposted by Simon Hix, Brendan Nyhan, Linda J. Skitka , and 15 more

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Dec 6
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Dec 4
not gonna lie, he seemed to rush through his set list and had no banter or eye contact with the audience, but something about his presence gave me the sense that he was glad to be alive and to be able to play music

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Dec 4
agreed. gin blossoms are the knockoff, not the original. just saw Lemonheads in concert (Amherst MA) during Thanksgiving week!

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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · Dec 3
How quickly we forget the BS excuses Republicans make up for military invasions. Does anyone remember weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?!?!

It’s almost always about oil. Another GOP president wants to use U.S. soldiers as pawns for big oil in his sick pursuit for money & power.
Trump is threatening to attack a country with more oil than Iraq | CNN Business
The United States appears ready for war with Venezuela, a prospect that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this weekend attributed to America’s desire to control the country’s vast oil reserves.
www.cnn.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 27
"This moment matters... because they demonstrated something American families and neighborhoods desperately need: the ability to talk to someone you disagree with without treating them like an archenemy"

www.interfaithamerica.org/article/this...
This Thanksgiving, You Should Absolutely Talk About Politics
Here we go again.  Another Thanksgiving. Another round of national advice columns telling you to avoid politics at all costs. Keep the peace. Stick to pie. Pretend your uncle’s Facebook posts about im...
www.interfaithamerica.org

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 26
feels especially poignant this #Thanksgiving in the U.S.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Nov 22
They line up perfectly.
An Oval Office photo of Trump looking adoringly at Mamdani, while a portrait of Reagan looks on. Above the man-ignoring-his-girlfriend meme.

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tyler huckabutt @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · Nov 21
everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
agreed. @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social and I have a paper under review that examines predictors of (a) belief in the existence of systemic racial inequality and (b) support for policies to remedy systemic racial inequality. we would love to read any references you could suggest on the distinction.