Chase Foster
@chasefoster.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics, King’s College London.
http://www.chasefoster.com
http://www.chasefoster.com
My main takeaway from this interview is that Justice Barrett holds an extraordinarily parochial, incurious & unoriginal understanding of the law, its evolution over time, and its relationship to societal legitimacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
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Opinion | Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My main takeaway from this interview is that Justice Barrett holds an extraordinarily parochial, incurious & unoriginal understanding of the law, its evolution over time, and its relationship to societal legitimacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Waiting for causal inference experts to chime in about the current state of public health recs in the US
Deriving causation from observational studies is always difficult. Without a theory, mechanism or consideration of omitted variables, an association means nothing
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
Deriving causation from observational studies is always difficult. Without a theory, mechanism or consideration of omitted variables, an association means nothing
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
Opinion | Kennedy’s Comments on Circumcision Are Only Going to Confuse and Shame Parents
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Waiting for causal inference experts to chime in about the current state of public health recs in the US
Deriving causation from observational studies is always difficult. Without a theory, mechanism or consideration of omitted variables, an association means nothing
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
Deriving causation from observational studies is always difficult. Without a theory, mechanism or consideration of omitted variables, an association means nothing
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
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Thermostatic public opinion, reacting against the governing regime, like old faithful.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Thermostatic public opinion, reacting against the governing regime, like old faithful.
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...
The New York Times has long normalized and relativized the unforgivable in its pursuit of balance and nuance. Once the nation’s paper of record, it has become a mockery of its former self, publishing drivel that serves less to inform the public than to flatter the powerful.
October 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The New York Times has long normalized and relativized the unforgivable in its pursuit of balance and nuance. Once the nation’s paper of record, it has become a mockery of its former self, publishing drivel that serves less to inform the public than to flatter the powerful.
Only those who’ve lived in Germany know the pure elation and relief of finding an official document you thought you’d lost… in my case, my certificate of deregistration.
I don’t think my relationship with the German state will ever truly be over.
I don’t think my relationship with the German state will ever truly be over.
October 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Only those who’ve lived in Germany know the pure elation and relief of finding an official document you thought you’d lost… in my case, my certificate of deregistration.
I don’t think my relationship with the German state will ever truly be over.
I don’t think my relationship with the German state will ever truly be over.
I’ve been considering it for years, but I’m still not convinced it’s the right choice at this stage of my life.
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I’ve been considering it for years, but I’m still not convinced it’s the right choice at this stage of my life.
Has anyone theorized “weighted sloth capitalism”?
Struggling to understand what this product is and why I’m targeted as someone most likely to engage with this ad.
Struggling to understand what this product is and why I’m targeted as someone most likely to engage with this ad.
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Has anyone theorized “weighted sloth capitalism”?
Struggling to understand what this product is and why I’m targeted as someone most likely to engage with this ad.
Struggling to understand what this product is and why I’m targeted as someone most likely to engage with this ad.
Another bombshell executive order today.
I'm no immigration expert, but if this holds up in court, it could effectively end most U.S. work visas — and make it prohibitively expensive to hire non-citizens at American universities.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
I'm no immigration expert, but if this holds up in court, it could effectively end most U.S. work visas — and make it prohibitively expensive to hire non-citizens at American universities.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
The Trump administration is targeting a visa widely used by tech companies and other employers to hire foreign workers.
www.cbsnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Another bombshell executive order today.
I'm no immigration expert, but if this holds up in court, it could effectively end most U.S. work visas — and make it prohibitively expensive to hire non-citizens at American universities.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
I'm no immigration expert, but if this holds up in court, it could effectively end most U.S. work visas — and make it prohibitively expensive to hire non-citizens at American universities.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
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Scholars once assumed that countries w state-owned media were most vulnerable to the authoritarian capture of the public sphere. Hungary proved that wrong. By leveraging licensing, private media can be brought to heel—all the more so w high concentration of ownership. Trump has learned from Orban.
September 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Scholars once assumed that countries w state-owned media were most vulnerable to the authoritarian capture of the public sphere. Hungary proved that wrong. By leveraging licensing, private media can be brought to heel—all the more so w high concentration of ownership. Trump has learned from Orban.
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Great piece by @adamtooze.bsky.social in today’s @nytimes.com on the deeper questions related to Fed independence. Come for his history of the Fed as a deradicalizing force, stay for his endorsement of @levmenand.bsky.social’s proposal for a triennial review.
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Opinion | Don’t Just Defend the Fed. Reinvent It.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Great piece by @adamtooze.bsky.social in today’s @nytimes.com on the deeper questions related to Fed independence. Come for his history of the Fed as a deradicalizing force, stay for his endorsement of @levmenand.bsky.social’s proposal for a triennial review.
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Political violence is toxic and unacceptable in a liberal democracy. But what is even more toxic and unacceptable in a liberal democracy is the hypocritical and rabid vilification of half of the country—including its most vulnerable groups—by the gun-loving party in power, and the president himself.
September 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Political violence is toxic and unacceptable in a liberal democracy. But what is even more toxic and unacceptable in a liberal democracy is the hypocritical and rabid vilification of half of the country—including its most vulnerable groups—by the gun-loving party in power, and the president himself.
True, though I’d add that Vancouver in the winter feels more like purgatory.
September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
True, though I’d add that Vancouver in the winter feels more like purgatory.
Good news from Brazil on an otherwise grim news day.
Bolsonaro has been found guilty of mounting an attempted coup. This is how it's done.
STF tem maioria contra anulação de julgamento de Bolsonaro
September 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Good news from Brazil on an otherwise grim news day.
2025 could mark the first year in American history when the population declines. The brutal crackdown on immigrants will have tremendous economic as well as human rights consequences.
September 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
2025 could mark the first year in American history when the population declines. The brutal crackdown on immigrants will have tremendous economic as well as human rights consequences.
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pre-order @briancallaci.bsky.social's book!
I am jealous of how good this cover is
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I am jealous of how good this cover is
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Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy
The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy
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September 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
pre-order @briancallaci.bsky.social's book!
I am jealous of how good this cover is
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I am jealous of how good this cover is
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The liberal-left thrives when it speaks boldly and builds a broad, inclusive coalition.
In Norway, labor unions, public servants, rural populists, centrists, and democratic socialists came together — not just to beat the far right, but to build a progressive future.
In Norway, labor unions, public servants, rural populists, centrists, and democratic socialists came together — not just to beat the far right, but to build a progressive future.
September 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The liberal-left thrives when it speaks boldly and builds a broad, inclusive coalition.
In Norway, labor unions, public servants, rural populists, centrists, and democratic socialists came together — not just to beat the far right, but to build a progressive future.
In Norway, labor unions, public servants, rural populists, centrists, and democratic socialists came together — not just to beat the far right, but to build a progressive future.
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“Mr President I invite you to see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor.”
@gideonrachman.bsky.social on the dangerous "ambitious mediocrities" surrounding the Chosen One
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@gideonrachman.bsky.social on the dangerous "ambitious mediocrities" surrounding the Chosen One
www.ft.com/content/4052...
Trump’s fawning cabinet and the threat to US democracy
Strongman authoritarianism thrives on sycophancy
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September 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Mr President I invite you to see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor.”
@gideonrachman.bsky.social on the dangerous "ambitious mediocrities" surrounding the Chosen One
www.ft.com/content/4052...
@gideonrachman.bsky.social on the dangerous "ambitious mediocrities" surrounding the Chosen One
www.ft.com/content/4052...
Have things gotten so bad that “bond vigilantes” are our last line of defense against Trump’s assault on American institutions? Sadly, yes— & even that hope feels hollow. The only real path forward is to build a popular movement with a clear alternative vision for political economy on.ft.com/3USkuwx
August 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Have things gotten so bad that “bond vigilantes” are our last line of defense against Trump’s assault on American institutions? Sadly, yes— & even that hope feels hollow. The only real path forward is to build a popular movement with a clear alternative vision for political economy on.ft.com/3USkuwx
The liberal establishment is finally recognizing how fascism works: win elections, dismantle institutions, jail opponents, persecute the powerless. That it took them a decade to see Trump is a fascist at his core is part of why American democracy is in peril.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
August 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The liberal establishment is finally recognizing how fascism works: win elections, dismantle institutions, jail opponents, persecute the powerless. That it took them a decade to see Trump is a fascist at his core is part of why American democracy is in peril.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
We live in an upside-down, mendacious age where protecting voting rights is treated like tyranny, and dismantling democracy is cloaked in “constitutionalism.” This is not justice. It’s theater.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
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Opinion | Of Course the Voting Rights Act Would Die at This Moment
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August 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We live in an upside-down, mendacious age where protecting voting rights is treated like tyranny, and dismantling democracy is cloaked in “constitutionalism.” This is not justice. It’s theater.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
Now they’re gutting what remains of our collective bargaining rights. Absolutely shameless!
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SpaceX Keeps Labor Board Case Frozen With Fifth Circuit Win (2)
SpaceX and two other companies can keep their court orders freezing unfair labor practice cases as they litigate their constitutional challenges to the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeal...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Now they’re gutting what remains of our collective bargaining rights. Absolutely shameless!
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Would be excellent if this came to fruition. The council tax system is incredibly regressive. Tenants foot the landlord’s bill & low value homes pay proportionally more. Scrapping council tax for a property tax would be fairer and plug the government’s fiscal hole www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
Reeves considers replacing stamp duty with new property tax
Exclusive: Treasury examines options including tax on homes sold for more than £500,000 as well as overhaul of council tax
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Would be excellent if this came to fruition. The council tax system is incredibly regressive. Tenants foot the landlord’s bill & low value homes pay proportionally more. Scrapping council tax for a property tax would be fairer and plug the government’s fiscal hole www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
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My book is out today! Read my stuff! academic.oup.com/book/60584?l...
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The book looks at the long-run evolution of policy around monopoly and competition in the US and France over the 20th century, using extensive archival research to track the main policy actors who changed it at key moments.
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The book looks at the long-run evolution of policy around monopoly and competition in the US and France over the 20th century, using extensive archival research to track the main policy actors who changed it at key moments.
Monopoly Politics: Competition and Learning in the Evolution of Policy Regimes
Abstract. Motivated by the contemporary extremes of monopoly power in the United States and globally, this book uses an in-depth comparison of the United S
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August 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My book is out today! Read my stuff! academic.oup.com/book/60584?l...
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The book looks at the long-run evolution of policy around monopoly and competition in the US and France over the 20th century, using extensive archival research to track the main policy actors who changed it at key moments.
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The book looks at the long-run evolution of policy around monopoly and competition in the US and France over the 20th century, using extensive archival research to track the main policy actors who changed it at key moments.
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A thread:
Today, I'm going to try and say thanks to everyone who helped make my book possible. There have been lots of kind, supportive and helpful people along the way, starting with my excellent PhD supervisor at @uniessexgov.bsky.social, @robjohns75.bsky.social.
Today, I'm going to try and say thanks to everyone who helped make my book possible. There have been lots of kind, supportive and helpful people along the way, starting with my excellent PhD supervisor at @uniessexgov.bsky.social, @robjohns75.bsky.social.
🚨New book alert!🚨
Thrilled to announce that my @britishacademy.bsky.social Monograph, 'Capital, Privilege, and Political Participation,' will be published via @livunipress.bsky.social later this month.
Find details and pre-order (with discount) here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Thrilled to announce that my @britishacademy.bsky.social Monograph, 'Capital, Privilege, and Political Participation,' will be published via @livunipress.bsky.social later this month.
Find details and pre-order (with discount) here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
August 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A thread:
Today, I'm going to try and say thanks to everyone who helped make my book possible. There have been lots of kind, supportive and helpful people along the way, starting with my excellent PhD supervisor at @uniessexgov.bsky.social, @robjohns75.bsky.social.
Today, I'm going to try and say thanks to everyone who helped make my book possible. There have been lots of kind, supportive and helpful people along the way, starting with my excellent PhD supervisor at @uniessexgov.bsky.social, @robjohns75.bsky.social.
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OMG
Assassination of the entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza City, including its correspondents and cameramen:
**Correspondent:** Anas Al-Sharif
**Correspondent:** Mohammed Qareqea
**Cameraman:** Ibrahim Zaher
**Cameraman:** Moamen Aliwa
**Crew Driver:** Mohammed Nofal
**Correspondent:** Anas Al-Sharif
**Correspondent:** Mohammed Qareqea
**Cameraman:** Ibrahim Zaher
**Cameraman:** Moamen Aliwa
**Crew Driver:** Mohammed Nofal
August 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
OMG