Bopha Phorn
@bophaphorn.bsky.social
PhD student at Australian National University's Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs; Nieman Fellow 2023 @harvard; Fulbright/Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow 2018 @ASU; written for @AlJazeea,@ABC,@Nikkei Asia, and others.
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Governments in low-income countries often struggle to raise enough taxes to fund development.
In this @voxdev.bsky.social article @nmeriggi.bsky.social & co-authors explore if getting citizens involved in budget decisions can help in Sierra Leone.
In this @voxdev.bsky.social article @nmeriggi.bsky.social & co-authors explore if getting citizens involved in budget decisions can help in Sierra Leone.
Can participatory budgeting build government legitimacy and increase tax revenues in weak states?
Evidence from Sierra Leone shows that digital participatory budgeting can increase government legitimacy in weak states but only increases tax compliance for supporters of the incumbent government.
voxdev.org
July 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Governments in low-income countries often struggle to raise enough taxes to fund development.
In this @voxdev.bsky.social article @nmeriggi.bsky.social & co-authors explore if getting citizens involved in budget decisions can help in Sierra Leone.
In this @voxdev.bsky.social article @nmeriggi.bsky.social & co-authors explore if getting citizens involved in budget decisions can help in Sierra Leone.
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We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
June 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
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"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family was safe. Then ICE deported his wife. [Published with our friends @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social]
"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family as safe. Then ICE deported his wife.
For tens of thousands of US service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from immigration raids.
www.motherjones.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family was safe. Then ICE deported his wife. [Published with our friends @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social]
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LOL! The real lesson of 1939 is that, if you get out, don't get out to a neighboring country.
Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’
Marci Shore made news around the world when her family moved to Canada. She discusses Trump, teaching history and how terror atomises society
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
LOL! The real lesson of 1939 is that, if you get out, don't get out to a neighboring country.
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Although not happy with the use of the "F-word", and a skeptic of "open letters" and "petitions," I decided to sign this particular open letter, as I do think it has an important message.
We are Nobel laureates, scientists, writers and artists. The threat of fascism is back | Open letter
As in 1925, when Mussolini was in power, we must openly defy the brutal imposition of the fascist ideology
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Although not happy with the use of the "F-word", and a skeptic of "open letters" and "petitions," I decided to sign this particular open letter, as I do think it has an important message.
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June 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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This looks like an 80s comedy where John Belushi & some stoners steal a tank for shits & giggles
June 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This looks like an 80s comedy where John Belushi & some stoners steal a tank for shits & giggles
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The squeaky tanks driving past quiet, empty stands is amazing
June 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The squeaky tanks driving past quiet, empty stands is amazing
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Turns out my talk at @renner-institut.at on the situation in the U.S., and the lessons for Europe, is also online. 👇
This week, renowned expert Cas Mudde (@casmudde.bsky.social) held a lecture on Trump’s second-term agenda, the media-driven normalisation of the far right, and democratic counter-strategies. Watch the insightful talk online:
youtu.be/2F3GmvDmrac
Cas Mudde is currently a fellow at @iwm.at
youtu.be/2F3GmvDmrac
Cas Mudde is currently a fellow at @iwm.at
Cas Mudde: The Far Right in the Trump Era
YouTube video by Karl-Renner-Institut
youtu.be
June 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Turns out my talk at @renner-institut.at on the situation in the U.S., and the lessons for Europe, is also online. 👇
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You can now watch my lecture "Rethinking the Far Right" on the @iwm.at YouTube channel. Hope it explains and empowers.
Rethinking the Far Right
Date: Tue, 10.06.2025 18:00
www.iwm.at
June 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
You can now watch my lecture "Rethinking the Far Right" on the @iwm.at YouTube channel. Hope it explains and empowers.
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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How is it possible U.S. citizens are being held as illegal aliens in America even after they produce their birth certificate? This is intolerable. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”
www.nbcnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How is it possible U.S. citizens are being held as illegal aliens in America even after they produce their birth certificate? This is intolerable. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark “Bohemian Rhapsody”-referencing book display this weekend.
April 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark “Bohemian Rhapsody”-referencing book display this weekend.
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This is already a fascinating read. Pick up a copy.
April 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is already a fascinating read. Pick up a copy.
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Trump planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia's atrocity-ridden invasion.
Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Trump planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia's atrocity-ridden invasion.
Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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China vows it will ‘fight to the end’ with US in trade war – or any other war
China vows it will ‘fight to the end’ with US in trade war – or any other war
Wolf warrior-style comments mark China’s strongest rhetoric on US president Donald Trump since he entered the White House
China’s ministry of foreign affairs has promised that China will “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war or any…
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
China vows it will ‘fight to the end’ with US in trade war – or any other war
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Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high political tensions
For the second time in weeks, a Canadian icon has emerged as the unlikely victor in an existential battle on the ice.
Mervyn Sequeira, an…
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
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Are you a scientist — or do you know someone — with federal funding who is making serious plans to leave the US so you can continue your research?
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
March 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Are you a scientist — or do you know someone — with federal funding who is making serious plans to leave the US so you can continue your research?
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
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Almost 30 years to the day, I published my first "major" academic article. It was an English language summary of my Dutch language M.A. thesis.
A short thread on how it came about. 🧵
A short thread on how it came about. 🧵
Right‐wing extremism analyzed
Abstract. The so-called ‘third wave’ of right-wing extremism has taken both society and social science by storm. In contrast to the many studies that look for possible explanations for the success o....
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Almost 30 years to the day, I published my first "major" academic article. It was an English language summary of my Dutch language M.A. thesis.
A short thread on how it came about. 🧵
A short thread on how it came about. 🧵
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I borrowed this metaphor, but I don't know from where paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-is...
America is Trapped in a Burning Tesla
Surprise! The madman stuff wasn’t an act
paulkrugman.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I borrowed this metaphor, but I don't know from where paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-is...
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Steve Levitsky gives the canonical answer about whether defending democracy is the right answer electorally for Democrats - that can't be the question. *Society* has to defend democracy and the Constitution, or they could cease to exist. nymag.com/intelligence...
March 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Steve Levitsky gives the canonical answer about whether defending democracy is the right answer electorally for Democrats - that can't be the question. *Society* has to defend democracy and the Constitution, or they could cease to exist. nymag.com/intelligence...
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Steve Levitsky on how unprecedented the concentration of power in Musk is - "at least in democracies, I’ve never seen a concentration of political, economic, and media power as vast as this," only comparison is "old-fashioned dictatorships"
March 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Steve Levitsky on how unprecedented the concentration of power in Musk is - "at least in democracies, I’ve never seen a concentration of political, economic, and media power as vast as this," only comparison is "old-fashioned dictatorships"
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These business leaders are the economic equivalent of the fools who promised everything would be fine when Trump tried to overturn an election he lost
March 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
These business leaders are the economic equivalent of the fools who promised everything would be fine when Trump tried to overturn an election he lost
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WTF. Weather prediction is essential to aviation, agriculture, emergency/disaster management, and so many other vital activities. Insanely reckless.
March 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
WTF. Weather prediction is essential to aviation, agriculture, emergency/disaster management, and so many other vital activities. Insanely reckless.