Frank Gonzalez
@frankjgonzo.bsky.social
Dad of two humans and two dogs; former death metal drummer. Assoc. Prof. in Political Science in SGPP at U Arizona. Political psychology, race/class/inequality, political neuroscience.
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Frank Gonzalez
@frankjgonzo.bsky.social
· Oct 22
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I'm famous! And, I can read minds.
Here's a Youtube video that just came out that I did on POLITICS & THE BRAIN (i.e., political neuroscience)!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqK...
Here's a Youtube video that just came out that I did on POLITICS & THE BRAIN (i.e., political neuroscience)!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqK...
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"Much work remains to be done identifying the contours of what constitutes 'the system' and thus what constitutes system justification, as well as when and among who we should expect system justification to occur most."
By @rongbojin.bsky.social & @frankjgonzo.bsky.social
#SocialPsyc #PolPsych
By @rongbojin.bsky.social & @frankjgonzo.bsky.social
#SocialPsyc #PolPsych
Complexities of the Status‐Legitimacy Hypothesis: Authoritarian Personality and System Justification Across Class
Introduction The status-legitimacy hypothesis (SLH) posits that low-status individuals are more motivated to justify oppressive social systems than high-status beneficiaries. However, recent researc...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"Much work remains to be done identifying the contours of what constitutes 'the system' and thus what constitutes system justification, as well as when and among who we should expect system justification to occur most."
By @rongbojin.bsky.social & @frankjgonzo.bsky.social
#SocialPsyc #PolPsych
By @rongbojin.bsky.social & @frankjgonzo.bsky.social
#SocialPsyc #PolPsych
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Congrats to Cuomo for thinking Zohran's popular because of the lighting in his outdoor videos & for finding 15 New Yorkers willing to shake his hand without squirming.
July 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Congrats to Cuomo for thinking Zohran's popular because of the lighting in his outdoor videos & for finding 15 New Yorkers willing to shake his hand without squirming.
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🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
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The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
April 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
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Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
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1/🧵 "More voters help Republicans" is reshaping Dem strategy after 2024. We put this claim to the test with a deep dive into voter files and survey data. Results? Non-voters remain disproportionately Democratic while GOP simply turns out their base better.
Does Higher Turnout Now Help Republicans? A Data-Driven Analysis of Partisan Turnout Dynamics (Part 1)
Data analysis reveals Democrats' problem isn't high turnout—it's losing the mobilization battle
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
1/🧵 "More voters help Republicans" is reshaping Dem strategy after 2024. We put this claim to the test with a deep dive into voter files and survey data. Results? Non-voters remain disproportionately Democratic while GOP simply turns out their base better.
I understand this isn’t representative of the whole Dem party but…
Who keeps telling Democrats that the American public is left-right ideological and that being “moderate” is what most voters want??
It’s a narrative only capital interests would want you to bel… ok I answered my own question
Who keeps telling Democrats that the American public is left-right ideological and that being “moderate” is what most voters want??
It’s a narrative only capital interests would want you to bel… ok I answered my own question
New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback.
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
March 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I understand this isn’t representative of the whole Dem party but…
Who keeps telling Democrats that the American public is left-right ideological and that being “moderate” is what most voters want??
It’s a narrative only capital interests would want you to bel… ok I answered my own question
Who keeps telling Democrats that the American public is left-right ideological and that being “moderate” is what most voters want??
It’s a narrative only capital interests would want you to bel… ok I answered my own question
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„House Republicans passed a bill (now stalled in the Senate) to require citizens to have a passport or birth certificate matching their name to vote. This would be a back-door ban on voting for any woman who took her husband's last name and doesn't have a passport, an est. 69 million women“
"A woman is like a child": MAGA turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power
Conservative women believe complicity will save them, but an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights
www.salon.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
„House Republicans passed a bill (now stalled in the Senate) to require citizens to have a passport or birth certificate matching their name to vote. This would be a back-door ban on voting for any woman who took her husband's last name and doesn't have a passport, an est. 69 million women“
Is there somewhere I can get an estimate on the tax savings I’m supposed to be seeing in exchange for democracy, my rights, and all the other benefits of a federal government? Like a grand? (Not even considering other costs like debt slavery of course)
February 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Is there somewhere I can get an estimate on the tax savings I’m supposed to be seeing in exchange for democracy, my rights, and all the other benefits of a federal government? Like a grand? (Not even considering other costs like debt slavery of course)
There’s enough stressful stuff happening I don’t need Duolingo’s passive aggressive bs
February 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
There’s enough stressful stuff happening I don’t need Duolingo’s passive aggressive bs
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It’s wild I haven’t been to Target since. As someone who went there for any & everything. This weekend I had to do shopping. I went to ulta (with a coupon) for some things, I went to Costco, dollar tree and cvs. I did have to go more places but I still got all the things I needed. You can do it.
February 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It’s wild I haven’t been to Target since. As someone who went there for any & everything. This weekend I had to do shopping. I went to ulta (with a coupon) for some things, I went to Costco, dollar tree and cvs. I did have to go more places but I still got all the things I needed. You can do it.
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NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
The NAACP wants Black Americans to take their purchasing power, which some studies value at over a trillion dollars, to businesses that align with the civil rights group's values.
buff.ly
February 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
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Utter failure to grasp what we are facing www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
An Unchecked Trump Rapidly Remakes U.S. Government and Foreign Policy
The president’s swift moves underscore the confidence of an administration with a much firmer grip on the levers of government than during his first term.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Utter failure to grasp what we are facing www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
In print 🙂. I think it’s crucial for political neuroscience to speak to poli sci lit and shed light on how politics works (rather than just the brain). That’s why I’m very proud of this one by myself and Ingrid! @jepsjournal.bsky.social was great, btw. Superb editorial process from start to finish.
The neural mechanisms of race priming in American politics | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core
The neural mechanisms of race priming in American politics - Volume 12 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
February 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
In print 🙂. I think it’s crucial for political neuroscience to speak to poli sci lit and shed light on how politics works (rather than just the brain). That’s why I’m very proud of this one by myself and Ingrid! @jepsjournal.bsky.social was great, btw. Superb editorial process from start to finish.
Oh wow I always forget that my best celebrity encounter other than Joe Rogan in a Denny’s was Billy Blanks outside an Outback Steakhouse. I was maybe 9 years old, kicking a wall, and he stopped me and showed me the correct form.
watching a 93 post-apocalyptic movie called TC 2000 where Billy Blanks is a guy who defends an underground enclave of rich people from the gangs of the surface world and says things like "could this go all the way to the top?"
January 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Oh wow I always forget that my best celebrity encounter other than Joe Rogan in a Denny’s was Billy Blanks outside an Outback Steakhouse. I was maybe 9 years old, kicking a wall, and he stopped me and showed me the correct form.
My favorite part of both sides-ism is how much money we will spend on security today to prop up the myth that “both sides” are equally likely to try to violently overthrow democracy.
January 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My favorite part of both sides-ism is how much money we will spend on security today to prop up the myth that “both sides” are equally likely to try to violently overthrow democracy.
I get the motivation behind the NYC congestion pricing, but can someone tell me how this doesn’t disproportionately place the burden of relieving congestion on the lowest income levels? I get driving in NYC is in itself a luxury to some degree, shouldn’t the richest bear the greatest burden?
January 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I get the motivation behind the NYC congestion pricing, but can someone tell me how this doesn’t disproportionately place the burden of relieving congestion on the lowest income levels? I get driving in NYC is in itself a luxury to some degree, shouldn’t the richest bear the greatest burden?
Curious what others think:
Is the “blood-and-soil” faux-populist racism of Loomer/Bannon et al. (who don’t want H1B visas) distinct from the nihilistic hyper-capitalistic “model minority” racism of Musk et al. (who likely just want H1Bs to continue exploiting immigrants)? Or is it the same thing?
Is the “blood-and-soil” faux-populist racism of Loomer/Bannon et al. (who don’t want H1B visas) distinct from the nihilistic hyper-capitalistic “model minority” racism of Musk et al. (who likely just want H1Bs to continue exploiting immigrants)? Or is it the same thing?
December 31, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Curious what others think:
Is the “blood-and-soil” faux-populist racism of Loomer/Bannon et al. (who don’t want H1B visas) distinct from the nihilistic hyper-capitalistic “model minority” racism of Musk et al. (who likely just want H1Bs to continue exploiting immigrants)? Or is it the same thing?
Is the “blood-and-soil” faux-populist racism of Loomer/Bannon et al. (who don’t want H1B visas) distinct from the nihilistic hyper-capitalistic “model minority” racism of Musk et al. (who likely just want H1Bs to continue exploiting immigrants)? Or is it the same thing?
These post cards should be a part of every “sweep” and mailed to all the city’s residents.
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
This is what they wrote.
This is what they wrote.
December 27, 2024 at 6:54 PM
These post cards should be a part of every “sweep” and mailed to all the city’s residents.
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The biggest Danish metal festival, Copenhell, will feature yours truly giving a talk on the need for chaos.
Come for the metal, stay for the science 🤘
Come for the metal, stay for the science 🤘
December 11, 2024 at 4:18 PM
The biggest Danish metal festival, Copenhell, will feature yours truly giving a talk on the need for chaos.
Come for the metal, stay for the science 🤘
Come for the metal, stay for the science 🤘
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You can listen to Catherine Baker in conversation with @adrianweckler.bsky.social on his podcast talking about the April report's findings: www.independent.ie/podcasts/the...
The Big Tech Show: The manosphere – the growing trend of algorithms recommending toxicity to young men
Are social media platforms unduly skewing the minds of young males? What is the harmful content they see? And is it unprompted?
www.independent.ie
December 10, 2024 at 10:23 AM
You can listen to Catherine Baker in conversation with @adrianweckler.bsky.social on his podcast talking about the April report's findings: www.independent.ie/podcasts/the...
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There are at least 11 billionaires among Trump's Cabinet picks—and that doesn't include Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy.
newrepublic.com/post/189109/...
newrepublic.com/post/189109/...
Trump Has Handed Democrats a Fast Way to Build Some Working-Class Cred
The party can use the upcoming confirmation hearings to start to restore its class identity.
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:35 PM
There are at least 11 billionaires among Trump's Cabinet picks—and that doesn't include Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy.
newrepublic.com/post/189109/...
newrepublic.com/post/189109/...
💯. And what this means is the solution isn’t to overburden the few members of minoritized groups who managed to squeeze through the cracks of a system set up against them. It’s to work toward a system that *has more members of minoritized groups in it.*
There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.
"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
November 27, 2024 at 4:28 AM
💯. And what this means is the solution isn’t to overburden the few members of minoritized groups who managed to squeeze through the cracks of a system set up against them. It’s to work toward a system that *has more members of minoritized groups in it.*
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There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.
"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS
Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such
aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...
www.pnas.org
November 27, 2024 at 1:55 AM
There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.
Can we just shamelessly co-opt “drain the swamp” after they take office? Like don’t even change it to make it our own or anything. Just fuck you this obviously should be ours.
November 24, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Can we just shamelessly co-opt “drain the swamp” after they take office? Like don’t even change it to make it our own or anything. Just fuck you this obviously should be ours.