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Norbert Schwarz
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Social psychologist at the University of Southern California. Reposts are not endorsements.

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Norbert Schwarz is Provost Professor in the Department of Psychology and the USC Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a co-director of the USC Dornsife Mind and Society Center. .. more

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 8h
The daily grift.
bubbaprog.xyz Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 15h
Last week Donald Trump registered the trademark "Donald J. Trump International Airport." This week Florida Republicans voted to rename Palm Beach International Airport Donald J. Trump International Airport," putting taxpayers on the hook for licensing fees that go straight to him
State House votes to rename Florida airport to Donald J. Trump international
The Republican-controlled Florida House voted 81-30 in support of the name change to President Donald J. Trump International Airport
www.wesh.com

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, E. Wayne Ross, Olivier Mannoni

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10h
The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Norbert Schwarz, Alan Richardson , and 1 more

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 15h
Last week Donald Trump registered the trademark "Donald J. Trump International Airport." This week Florida Republicans voted to rename Palm Beach International Airport Donald J. Trump International Airport," putting taxpayers on the hook for licensing fees that go straight to him
State House votes to rename Florida airport to Donald J. Trump international
The Republican-controlled Florida House voted 81-30 in support of the name change to President Donald J. Trump International Airport
www.wesh.com

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16h
The message from the DOJ is unmistakable: Justice is no longer the objective.

Retribution is.

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22h
How do you feel about having paid about $1,000 in Trump tariffs over the past year?
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group
President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.
abcnews.com

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 5d
Shoot, blame, and lie

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
When Trump Officials’ Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Guy Grossman, Paul Goldstein , and 14 more

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5d
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 6d
Obviously a defense of free speech...

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio , and 48 more

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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 6d
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz

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CNN @cnn.com · 7d
"A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York confirms what economists have long warned about: The burden of tariffs is borne almost entirely by the people living in the country that imposes them," writes Allison Morrow. | Analysis
A year in, it’s official: Americans, not foreigners, are paying for Trump’s tariffs | CNN Business
A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York confirms what economists have long warned about: The burden of tariffs is borne almost entirely by the people living in the country that imposes ...
www.cnn.com

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 7d
A present to the fossil industries, enabled by science denial, and utter disregard of future generations.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Rosemary A. Joyce, Sanford F. Schram , and 3 more

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7d
Because lawless ICE goons are harassing, arresting, and murdering people who are citizens, you idiot.

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7d
If Pam Bondi was a waitress.

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 7d
A good explainer of the EPA's attempt to repeal its acknowledgment of science that serves as a legal basis of requiring federal regulations of greenhouse gases. A win for the fossil industry and loss for the future of the planet.

#climate #environment #EPA

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The Secret Plan to End U.S. Climate Regulations
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is expected on Thursday to repeal a scientific finding that requires the federal government to fight global warming. The move is the latest…
pca.st

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Brendan Nyhan, David Johnson , and 2 more

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 7d
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Linda J. Skitka, Laurent Pech , and 1 more

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d
New at Can We Still Govern: One aspect of ICE that is not discussed much is how dependent it is on private supply chains, including foreign companies. That provides an opportunity to name-and-shame firms providing its services.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...
Private Chains, Public Harm
How Supply Networks Fuel ICE Operations
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 8d
Gallup will longer measure presidential approval, joining a long line of media, law firms, and universities in shutting up. Between funding cuts and cowardice,
"Honest Data for Democracy" is becoming an elusive goal. No paywall.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Steven Heydemann, Norbert Schwarz , and 16 more

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8d
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
joro.bsky.social Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 8d
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 Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Norbert Schwarz , and 17 more

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Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 8d
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

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 9d
Trump support is falling among White Evangelicals, Protestants, and Catholics, compared to a year ago. Pew data; no paywall.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Reposted by Jason Mittell, Nandita Sharma, Norbert Schwarz , and 20 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Robb Willer, John R. Hutchinson , and 1 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?

LYONS: None

SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?

LYONS: None

Reposted by David Dunning, Linda J. Skitka

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 11d
So much winning...

yougov.co.uk/internationa...

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 12d
Drip, drip, drip... The daily corruption, played as a generations game. Unlocked.

www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto.
Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.
www.wsj.com

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 12d
Next step in autocracy: erasing the last.

www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
www.npr.org

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Larry W. Hunter, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 13d
"Every democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their corruption."

Worth the wait

www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 13d
Bannon and Chomsky united in consoling Epstein... Unlocked.

#epstein

www.wsj.com/us-news/igno...
‘Ignore It.’ How the Elite Consoled Jeffrey Epstein Over His Crimes.
Emails show how luminaries from politics, business and academia commiserated with the convicted sex offender about his legal troubles and bad press.
www.wsj.com

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 14d
Gosh, post 2/9 of the thread below had a link that required authentication, here is the direct link to the piece: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Norbert Schwarz, Will Jennings , and 4 more

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 15d
ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16d
A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.