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Stephen Pimpare
@stephenpimpare.bsky.social
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Poverty and US social welfare policy, hovering awkwardly between the fields of political science and social work.

Host, New Books in Public Policy: https://newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profile/aba1b96c-5ec5-4ab6-940e-08f426f74a37 .. more

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 19h
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”

The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.

If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 6d
DHS has a Fourth Amendment problem.

@hannahajames.bsky.social of the @brennancenter.org explains why the agency’s new policy allowing ICE to enter homes to conduct arrests is not only a break from past practice, it violates the Constitution.

www.justsecurity.org/130497/dhs-w...
DHS Warrantless Home Entry Memo’s Fourth Amendment Problem
A leaked ICE memo authorizes warrantless home raids, defying DHS policy and raising grave Fourth Amendment concerns.
www.justsecurity.org

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Joe Keenan @joekeenan.bsky.social · 8d
Two years may seem like a long closure for the Kennedy Center, but it’s gonna take time to replace all the union musicians with confederate ones.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 8d
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Brendan Nyhan , and 11 more

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 8d
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 9d
"Richards most recently served as president of the Fortune Society, an organization that provides housing and re-entry services for formerly incarcerated New Yorkers. He has also served on the city’s Board of Correction.

gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani names reformer Stanley Richards to steer chaotic Rikers complex
Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.
gothamist.com

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 9d
The Trumpists will continue to escalate. But in Minneapolis, we can see the limits of MAGA’s assault.

Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.

My new piece for @zeit.de - and some thoughts, since it is in German (gift link):
US-Regierung: Wie der Widerstand gegen Maga eine Chance hat
Der Minneapolis-Moment offenbart die Schwächen der Trumpisten. Und er zeigt, wo der Widerstand gegen den US-Präsidenten in Zukunft erfolgreich ansetzen kann.
www.zeit.de

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10d
BREAKING: A federal court permanently blocks two provisions of Trump’s anti-voting executive order seeking to impose new citizenship verification requirements to register to vote.

The judge said the Constitution assigns “no role at all to the President” to change federal election administration.
In major rebuke, federal judge blocks key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order
“Our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures,” the judge wrote.
www.democracydocket.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Linda J. Skitka, Jacob T. Levy , and 3 more

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10d
Alarmingly relevant new paper out in @apsrjournal.bsky.social by Turku Isiksel and @tompepinsky.com. They take on the question of whether citizens of authoritarian states should vote in their often unfair elections, & find reason to do so.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Voting in Authoritarian Elections Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2025 TURKULER ISIKSEL Open the ORCID record for TURKULER ISIKSEL [Opens in a new window] and THOMAS B. PEPINSKY Open the ORCID record for THOMAS B. PEPINSKY [Opens in a new window] Show author details Article Figures Supplementary materials Comments Metrics Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window] Abstract Democratic theorists hold that voting contributes to some political good: individual and collective autonomy, equality, justice, pluralism, stability, better policies, and many others. But elections are common under authoritarianism, and empirical research finds that holding elections can stabilize authoritarian regimes. This creates what we term the democrat’s dilemma, where citizens who vote in authoritarian elections may bolster the regimes they wish to unseat, even when they cast a vote for the opposition. We identify three major ways of thinking about the democratic value of electoral participation—justice-based, epistemic, and proceduralist approaches—and use them to examine the complex moral considerations that confront voters in authoritarian regimes. We contend that authoritarian elections’ residual democratic value can justify voting, even when doing so could further entrench the autocrat. Our argument also implies that the democratic principles that justify voting in authoritarian elections oblige citizens to choose the most democratic alternative.

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 10d
Amazing (and horrifying) resource: prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect
ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.
prospect.org

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 11d
This one is great, if a bit fussy, but you don’t have enough bananas! www.cookistry.com/2011/11/ulti...
Ultimate Banana Bread from Cook's Illustrated
A blog with original recipes, and a few food-related reviews.
www.cookistry.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11d
NEW: Republicans in Congress have unveiled a new bill that would impose the most extreme voting restrictions ever proposed at the federal level. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever
The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.
www.democracydocket.com

Reposted by David C. Kimball, Stephen Pimpare, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12d
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...

Reposted by Juan Ramón, Stephen Pimpare

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 12d
I know. Big shock here, but I still wanted to put it all in one place. In my latest Substack, I compiled the evidence from multiple pilots focused on homeless people to show that over and over again, cash reduces homelessness and also even reduces drug use.

Universal basic income is the way to go.
We Gave Homeless People Cash. They Bought Housing Not Drugs.
The evidence from Vancouver to Denver is undeniable: When people in crisis receive money, substance use goes down, employment goes up, and homelessness ends.
open.substack.com

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 17d
The people of Minneapolis are teaching us so much right now

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 18d
Political science and public policy ain’t no picnics either. Sigh.

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 18d
Campaign School for Social Workers (with up to 12 CEs). Register here: tinyurl.com/2026Campaign...
campaign school info flyer

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 18d
"The rule of law is not self-executing" www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
WATCH LIVE: Jack Smith testifies about Trump criminal investigations
The former Justice Department special counsel who twice indicted President Donald Trump will face tough questioning in a highly anticipated congressional hearing.
www.pbs.org

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 18d
"Even if the policy is unconstitutional, as it seems to be, a person who is illegally searched probably can't sue ICE for violating their constitutional rights. This will seem weird to a lot of people. And it is pretty weird, I think."

Reposted by Christopher Wright, Jacob T. Levy, Brian Keegan , and 2 more

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 19d
There is no pre-Trump world to which we can return. That has all been washed away.

And there is no near future that is not defined by him and the cataclysm of his rule.

My latest for @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/after-trump-...
After Trump, the Flood
On the ending of things and the need for post-diluvian politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com

Reposted by Mark D. White, Stephen Pimpare, Élisabeth Vallet

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 19d
"Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?" a deep dive for the law nerds new from me, posted over at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
The Associated Press reports: Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says WASHINGTON (AP)…
reason.com

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 19d
“Trump has managed in just one year to destroy the American order that was, and he has weakened America’s ability to protect its interests in the world that will be. If Americans thought defending the liberal world order was too expensive, wait . . . .” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 20d
PRINCE HENRY
How does the king?

GLOUCESTER
Exceeding ill.

Reposted by Jesse H. Kroll, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 6 more

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21d
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 24d
"If you spend some time working inside the bureaucracy and you keep your eyes open, you can learn a lot about the points of leverage that leftist politicians and outside advocacy groups can press to their advantage. . ."

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · 24d
"Instead of retreating into facile cynicism about the safety net and regulatory state, people on the left should be trying to occupy the bureaucracy at the state, local, and, after the MAGA putschists are finally expelled from power, federal level" dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
dissentmagazine.org

Reposted by Stephen Pimpare, Virginia Sapiro

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29d
Despite all the John Roberts claims that the courts are in good shape and accusations of partisanship are unfair, the reality is that the public intuition that the courts have become more politicized under Trump are correct.
Graph showing Trump judges support his policies 92% of the time, far more than judges from any other president

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Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social · Jan 10
They have destroyed the old order. We can now decide what we want to build upon it. As Paine wrote almost exactly 250 years ago, “we can build the world anew.” What is the world we want to see?