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Chris Karpowitz
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Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Political Behavior
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profkarpo.bsky.social
Are you kidding me?! What an inning.
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
profkarpo.bsky.social
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
Mike Johnson: "The irony was that they called it the No Kings Rally, but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open. If President Trump was a king, he would've closed the nationals parks and the National Mall so they couldn't of had the rally out here."
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
profkarpo.bsky.social
This opinion is worth reading. Here's the portion of Judge Young's decision that concerns masked ICE officers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This image quotes Judge Young's opinion on masks. It states that "ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence."
September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
Thanks to Robert Redford, not only for his movies and promotion of the arts, including the Sundance Institute, but also for providing a place just minutes from Provo to experience the extraordinary natural beauty of this area.
A photo of the Sundance Resort at night.
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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poppublicsphere.bsky.social
¡¡VOLUME 23, ISSUE 3 IS NOW OUT!!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Featuring work by: @natekelly.bsky.social, @janamorgan.bsky.social, @annkristinkolln.bsky.social, @felixlehmann.bsky.social, @feligsantos.bsky.social, @abenewman.bsky.social & ....,
September 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
The message is clear: don't dare to contradict Dear Leader, no matter what the facts say. Purging anyone who disagrees is a recipe for groupthink, for short-sighted and ill-informed decision-making, and for abandoning effective reality-testing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
What Danielle said.

According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%

Let me put that another way.

President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
titonka.bsky.social Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · Aug 21
A thing I really need people to keep in mind: 15% tariffs are high, historically speaking. 10% tariffs are high.

The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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shugars.bsky.social
Very interesting work from @ethanbusby.bsky.social and colleagues looking at persuasion of *voice AI* by gender. Finding point to a complicated relationship between the topic of discussion, the gender of the human discussant, and the gender cue of the AI voice #pacss2025 #polnet2025
August 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
So, you're telling me Utah is a cultural leader not just in dirty sodas but also in oversized bean bags?
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 6
Luxury bean bags for adults are having something of a moment. We found the very best. nyti.ms/4fnlXEt
A photo shows a child sitting on a bean bag while writing on a piece of paper. The headline: Are Bean Bag Chairs Chic Now?
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
Me three months ago:
espiers.bsky.social Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Apr 17
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
What an unnecessary and sad loss.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 1
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades. For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community. “Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”
August 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
Seen on my recent visit to Prague
On a shop window in Prague, the words "Putin's Supporters No Entry!"
July 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
This is exactly right. Media framing of these tariffs is problematic because the comparison point is always Trump's latest (and often outlandish) threats. The proper comparison point is the current tariff, and on that score, this is a loss, not a gain.
daviddarmofal.bsky.social David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · Jul 27
It's like NPR's trying a Kahneman & Tversky experiment here. Rather than framing the 15 percentage point tariff as the loss it is for consumers, they're going to try to frame it as a 15 percentage point gain by comparing it to 30%. Pathetic. Shameless.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jul 27
JUST IN: Trump had most recently threatened tariffs of 30% on imports from the European Union. But on Sunday, he met with the president of the European Commission, and they agreed to a lower level.
July 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
Your daily dose of Kansas content: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
Opinion | Governors Should Be the Face of the Democratic Party
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
Wow.
adambonica.bsky.social Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Jul 9
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.

When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.

For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
Infographic titled “One Court, Two Standards” compares how the Supreme Court used emergency powers to rule on lower-court injunctions against the Biden and Trump administrations. Two panels show: • Biden Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 21 cases. All 21 cases are represented by red squares, indicating that 0% of injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS. • Trump Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 86 cases. 66 green squares and 20 red squares show that 77% of injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS. Key takeaway box below reads: “Using its ‘shadow docket,’ the Supreme Court granted emergency relief to lift 77% of lower-court injunctions against the Trump administration. It lifted 0% of those against the Biden administration.” Sources and notes below include: CourtListener data through July 7, 2025; analysis by Adam Bonica.
July 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
profkarpo.bsky.social
Excited to see @julietcarlisle.bsky.social and Chris Weber present work from our book project (w/ @fabianneuner.bsky.social + Mark Ramirez) on the contestation of election results at #ISPP2025. We show how winning or losing elections affects support for contesting election outcomes. Follow along!
July 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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amandalearobinson.bsky.social
I'm happy to share a new publication on women's representation in deliberative fora w/ Amanda Clayton, Boniface Dulani, and Katrina Kosec. We randomize the gender composition of groups tasked with discussing deforestation in Malawi. Published open access: doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Women's inclusion is now the norm in global and local initiatives to combat climate change. We examine how women's representation affects climate deliberations using the case of community-managed for...
doi.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
profkarpo.bsky.social
Four months in, and I'm already exhausted by the fact that the nation must constantly attend to the careening whims of a single individual. Whether the ideas are meant to be serious proposals or mere trolling is beside the point. Reason #1648 why the rule of law matters.
May 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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epovb.bsky.social
Call for proposals!

EPOVB Early-Career Fellowship

deadline: July 1, 2025

Submit to Melissa R. Michelson, at melissa.michelson@menlo.edu

dropbox.com/scl/fi/rcmsv...
May 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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debbiejsr.bsky.social
This paper is super interesting. Go read it! 🧵
versteegenluca.bsky.social Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · May 12
🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.

@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.

🧵1/9
May 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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alexspeier.bsky.social
I feel seen. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | This common phrase is widely misused. Is it worth salvaging?
When a phrase has been misused into uselessness, maybe avoiding it is the best policy.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
In 2019 a BYU Japanese PhD student helped organized a fishing outing. The group caught more fish than they were allowed, but prosecutors decided not to charge him.

Now, his visa is being revoked.

Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
BYU grad student from Japan has visa revoked
Attorney for computer science Ph.D. candidate believes a fishing license incident from years ago may have triggered visa revocation.
www.deseret.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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apsa.bsky.social
Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party

Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party By Christopher F. Karpowitz, Brigham Young University; J. Quin Monson, Brigham Young University; Jessica R. Preece, Brigham Young…
Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party
Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party By Christopher F. Karpowitz, Brigham Young University; J. Quin Monson, Brigham Young University; Jessica R. Preece, Brigham Young University; Alejandra Aldridge, Brigham Young University. The gap between women’s representation in the Democratic and Republican parties has grown significantly in the last three decades.
politicalsciencenow.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM