Mike Salamone
@enomalas.bsky.social
Political Science professor at Washington State University (@wsupppa.bsky.social). Spouse to a super genius. Parent/servant to two t(w)eens and two dogs.
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I survived another @apsa.bsky.social conference.
September 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I survived another @apsa.bsky.social conference.
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I know these “interviews” with Justice Barrett are carefully scripted. But if she’s going to keeping urging Americans to “read the opinions,” and not just commentary, it sure would be nice if someone would ask her what we should do when—as is so often the case these days—there’s no opinion to read…
September 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I know these “interviews” with Justice Barrett are carefully scripted. But if she’s going to keeping urging Americans to “read the opinions,” and not just commentary, it sure would be nice if someone would ask her what we should do when—as is so often the case these days—there’s no opinion to read…
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1. We do not know the motive of the shooter. The man who shot at Trump was after attention.
2. The man who murdered MN legislators WAS motivated by politics, and I didn’t hear any Dems calling for reprisals against all Repubs.
3. It’s easy to start a cycle of violence. Not easy to end one.
2. The man who murdered MN legislators WAS motivated by politics, and I didn’t hear any Dems calling for reprisals against all Repubs.
3. It’s easy to start a cycle of violence. Not easy to end one.
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
1. We do not know the motive of the shooter. The man who shot at Trump was after attention.
2. The man who murdered MN legislators WAS motivated by politics, and I didn’t hear any Dems calling for reprisals against all Repubs.
3. It’s easy to start a cycle of violence. Not easy to end one.
2. The man who murdered MN legislators WAS motivated by politics, and I didn’t hear any Dems calling for reprisals against all Repubs.
3. It’s easy to start a cycle of violence. Not easy to end one.
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APSA-bound #polisky: register for the Pol. Psych Pre-Conf by Friday (8/15)!
Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley!
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2025 Political Psychology Pre-Conference - Vancouver, Canada
Join us at Simon Fraser in Vancouver for the 2025 Political Psychology Pre-Conference on the Comparative Psychology of Authoritarianism.
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August 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
APSA-bound #polisky: register for the Pol. Psych Pre-Conf by Friday (8/15)!
Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley!
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Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley!
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Padilla received more six times as many votes in the last general election than Noem has in every general election she’s run in combined.
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Padilla received more six times as many votes in the last general election than Noem has in every general election she’s run in combined.
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More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
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The Democratic Party is actually pretty effective under strict institutional norms and rules. They whip votes and submit to leaders despite a big tent and diverse base
When the norms and rules don’t apply (like now), the Democratic Party is a deer in the headlights
When the norms and rules don’t apply (like now), the Democratic Party is a deer in the headlights
June 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Democratic Party is actually pretty effective under strict institutional norms and rules. They whip votes and submit to leaders despite a big tent and diverse base
When the norms and rules don’t apply (like now), the Democratic Party is a deer in the headlights
When the norms and rules don’t apply (like now), the Democratic Party is a deer in the headlights
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David Brooks, who holds no advance degrees but has nevertheless served as a visiting professor at both Duke and Yale -- solely on the basis of his conservative ideas -- thinks that universities are deeply unfair to conservative thinkers.
I wonder what it'd take conservatives doing for people to stop writing these "to be sure" paragraphs. When will it be time to consider the possibility that the ideas of American conservatives have been stupid and evil and that the left was right not to take them seriously? What more has to happen?
April 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
David Brooks, who holds no advance degrees but has nevertheless served as a visiting professor at both Duke and Yale -- solely on the basis of his conservative ideas -- thinks that universities are deeply unfair to conservative thinkers.
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We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
![[text from the Declaration of Independence]
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qvyj3hxm4opuuddzrhcbiio6/bafkreiahlp7acp6y2hakkfu5h66vg2ifckdo6b7fqaebenki3qoxswp73e@jpeg)
April 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
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It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
April 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
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1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
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Morally, Roberts deserves every ounce of dunking he gets several hundred times over. But practically, if democracy is going to be saved it's going to require many people like Roberts saying many things like this.
NEW STATEMENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS:
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
March 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Morally, Roberts deserves every ounce of dunking he gets several hundred times over. But practically, if democracy is going to be saved it's going to require many people like Roberts saying many things like this.
Imagine going back in time like 10 years and trying to explain to people that Ted Cruz said the coolest thing he’s ever seen is an electric car and then having to explain that this actually indicative of how very bad things are.
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Imagine going back in time like 10 years and trying to explain to people that Ted Cruz said the coolest thing he’s ever seen is an electric car and then having to explain that this actually indicative of how very bad things are.
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STUDENT: This is my last semester, and I have to say, you are the best dressed professor I’ve had here.
ME: Have you had @profjslewis.bsky.social?
STUDENT: Yes.
ME: Have you had @profjslewis.bsky.social?
STUDENT: Yes.
March 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
STUDENT: This is my last semester, and I have to say, you are the best dressed professor I’ve had here.
ME: Have you had @profjslewis.bsky.social?
STUDENT: Yes.
ME: Have you had @profjslewis.bsky.social?
STUDENT: Yes.
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"Have you said thank you even once?"
March 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Have you said thank you even once?"
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Seriously thinking of making my judicial process students respond this on the final exam.
He really struggles with the concept of a constitutional republic with judicial review.
February 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Seriously thinking of making my judicial process students respond this on the final exam.
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He really struggles with the concept of a constitutional republic with judicial review.
February 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
He really struggles with the concept of a constitutional republic with judicial review.
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I see they started with the copyeditors.
![Screenshot of a Trump EO, white text on a dark blue background, which reads “PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS: COMMENCING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
ECEXUTIVE [sic] ORDER
February 19, 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nf66nltcbiomd5u3fpj4b42v/bafkreig4bvxsokots2k35tfvdighlp7skvmsqgdhtkvvf532eppn3bqg6a@jpeg)
February 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I see they started with the copyeditors.