Kristin Goss
@kagoss.bsky.social
Duke U. public policy professor. Write about guns, philanthropy, and American democracy. Teach Blue Devils in Durham & DC. AvGeek & cat lady.
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🚨🚨Hey #polisky job market folks! My former colleagues at Lafayette are hiring two positions:
American/public law (provost.lafayette.edu/2025-26-gov-...)
IR/CP (provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-gl-a...).
Great students, great colleagues, great department chairs for both! You should apply!
American/public law (provost.lafayette.edu/2025-26-gov-...)
IR/CP (provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-gl-a...).
Great students, great colleagues, great department chairs for both! You should apply!
2025-26 Government and Law Department, Assistant Professor of American Politics · Provost · Lafayette College
provost.lafayette.edu
August 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🚨🚨Hey #polisky job market folks! My former colleagues at Lafayette are hiring two positions:
American/public law (provost.lafayette.edu/2025-26-gov-...)
IR/CP (provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-gl-a...).
Great students, great colleagues, great department chairs for both! You should apply!
American/public law (provost.lafayette.edu/2025-26-gov-...)
IR/CP (provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-gl-a...).
Great students, great colleagues, great department chairs for both! You should apply!
Lifting up this powerful piece by OKC Mayor David Holt, one of the good guys. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
Opinion | I’m a Red-State Mayor. Diversity Is Not Reverse Bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Lifting up this powerful piece by OKC Mayor David Holt, one of the good guys. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
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Bonica changing the world with blog posts
Some good news. ActBlue just announced major updates to crack down on deceptive fundraising. New rules ban impersonation, fake matches, and excessive spam. Big step in the right direction.
Shout out to Josh Nelson and everyone who has been advocating for these changes.
Shout out to Josh Nelson and everyone who has been advocating for these changes.
August 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Bonica changing the world with blog posts
How about some good news? Gun violence is way down. The always insightful @ejdionne.bsky.social explains why, with help from the scholars and advocates who understand the issue best. wapo.st/45b6cf9
Opinion | The good news about murder
Homicides are way down. What happened, what we can learn and how progressives became crime fighters.
wapo.st
July 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How about some good news? Gun violence is way down. The always insightful @ejdionne.bsky.social explains why, with help from the scholars and advocates who understand the issue best. wapo.st/45b6cf9
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“I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse…the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse…the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
💯What Andrew said! Loving these new Cockpit Casual episodes - so interesting to those of us who have to ride in the back of the plane. Congrats to @stevenomadic.bsky.social et al.
If you have even a passing interest in aviation, and you’re not watching Steve’s new series, you’re really missing out.
Steve’s stuff is always broadcast level but this new series takes it to 11. Definitely worth a watch.
Steve’s stuff is always broadcast level but this new series takes it to 11. Definitely worth a watch.
July 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
💯What Andrew said! Loving these new Cockpit Casual episodes - so interesting to those of us who have to ride in the back of the plane. Congrats to @stevenomadic.bsky.social et al.
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Catch me at this year's Research Conference on the American Political Economy on 7/29 at 12 pm ET! I'll be on a roundtable called "Plutocracy" with @adambonica.bsky.social and @kagoss.bsky.social, moderated by @awhf.bsky.social. It's virtual, so you can attend from wherever. Sign-up link below.
Join us for the 5th Research Conference on the American Political Economy, July 28-30 on zoom, 12-2:30pm ET, to discuss cutting-edge APE research!
Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) featuring@adambonica.bsky.social
Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) featuring@adambonica.bsky.social
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: 2025 APE Annual Research Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The 2025 APE Annual Research Conference will be held on Zoom from July 28 to 30 (Monday to Wednesday) from 12:00 to 2:30 pm ET each day.
yale.zoom.us
July 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Catch me at this year's Research Conference on the American Political Economy on 7/29 at 12 pm ET! I'll be on a roundtable called "Plutocracy" with @adambonica.bsky.social and @kagoss.bsky.social, moderated by @awhf.bsky.social. It's virtual, so you can attend from wherever. Sign-up link below.
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Whohoo, my favourite youtube series is back - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvze... #avgeek Thanks @stevenomadic.bsky.social!
Cockpit Casual - A Life Nomadic | Part One | "Round Earthers"
YouTube video by speedtapefilms
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June 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Whohoo, my favourite youtube series is back - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvze... #avgeek Thanks @stevenomadic.bsky.social!
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"Detroit, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Baltimore each reported fewer murders through May than any year since the 1960s, and New York City reported the fewest murders ever reported through May 2025." jasher.substack.com/p/why-i-thin...
Why I Think Murder Is Plunging
It's complicated, but this is what I find compelling.
jasher.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Detroit, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Baltimore each reported fewer murders through May than any year since the 1960s, and New York City reported the fewest murders ever reported through May 2025." jasher.substack.com/p/why-i-thin...
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NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.
Federal Judges Are Begging Us to Pay Attention
A Data-Driven Analysis of nearly 300 Federal Cases Reveals Judges Quoting Kafka and Warning of Democracy in Peril
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.
An engaging and absolutely epic whodunnit about this one thing that's actually about 🙌 everything 🙌. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Some women want love.
Some seek power and money.
Some seek attention and fame.
Me?
I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is.
My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Some seek power and money.
Some seek attention and fame.
Me?
I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is.
My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
May 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
An engaging and absolutely epic whodunnit about this one thing that's actually about 🙌 everything 🙌. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme?
We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots
The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇
We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots
The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇
May 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme?
We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots
The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇
We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots
The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇
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If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
Research into quantum mechanics, volcanic eruptions and all sorts of other studies already underway canceled for no reason - a waste of resources, loss of innovation and undercutting expertise across multiple fields.
NEW: The National Science Foundation last week terminated 196 grants to Harvard amid the university's feud with Trump.
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
May 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
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New report from BrightLineWatch.org with lots on threats to academic freedom as well as updates on the state of American democracy. With @brendannyhan.bsky.social, Gretchen Helmke, and Sue Stokes
May 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New report from BrightLineWatch.org with lots on threats to academic freedom as well as updates on the state of American democracy. With @brendannyhan.bsky.social, Gretchen Helmke, and Sue Stokes
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New, from me:
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Whitewashing American history
The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New, from me:
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
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1/5th over 10 years is not comparable to what is apparently being proposed. The implications for tax compliance, enforcement, and revenue are on a totally different order.
But we know what happens when you gut the IRS: you hurt honest taxpayers and reward tax cheats.
But we know what happens when you gut the IRS: you hurt honest taxpayers and reward tax cheats.
March 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
1/5th over 10 years is not comparable to what is apparently being proposed. The implications for tax compliance, enforcement, and revenue are on a totally different order.
But we know what happens when you gut the IRS: you hurt honest taxpayers and reward tax cheats.
But we know what happens when you gut the IRS: you hurt honest taxpayers and reward tax cheats.
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The IRS was drastically understaffed in the 2010s, when the service lost >1/5 of its staff over ten years. Here are a few consequences:
* Audits of millionaires declined by 71%.
* 90% of calls to the IRS identity theft hotline went unanswered.
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
* Audits of millionaires declined by 71%.
* 90% of calls to the IRS identity theft hotline went unanswered.
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The battle over Direct File and the future of free public tax filing
Vanessa Williamson examines how Direct File endured GOP attacks under Trump-Musk, revealing the fight over free public tax filing.
www.brookings.edu
March 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The IRS was drastically understaffed in the 2010s, when the service lost >1/5 of its staff over ten years. Here are a few consequences:
* Audits of millionaires declined by 71%.
* 90% of calls to the IRS identity theft hotline went unanswered.
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
* Audits of millionaires declined by 71%.
* 90% of calls to the IRS identity theft hotline went unanswered.
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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The NYT is reporting that the Trump Administration is planning to cut the IRS workforce in half. To do so would cripple the revenue service and therefore the functioning of the U.S. government.
Trump Administration Pushes to Slash I.R.S. Work Force in Half
Losing half of its employees would severely strap the I.R.S., meaning Americans may have to wait longer to receive tax refunds.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The NYT is reporting that the Trump Administration is planning to cut the IRS workforce in half. To do so would cripple the revenue service and therefore the functioning of the U.S. government.
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Attn "never forget, never again" consensus, if you ever were an actual thing...
With another set of news headlines about political elites using “””Roman salutes””” I just want to note that the Nazi salute means “I want to murder your family” and the n-word means “I want to lynch you.” That’s what they mean, they make me righteously angry, and I won’t let anybody minimize them.
February 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Attn "never forget, never again" consensus, if you ever were an actual thing...
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Powerful, compelling piece by my Duke colleague Sarah Bermeo on @lseblogs.bsky.social
"Trump’s foreign aid freeze is unlawful, destructive, and a poor substitute for meaningful reform"
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
"Trump’s foreign aid freeze is unlawful, destructive, and a poor substitute for meaningful reform"
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Trump’s foreign aid freeze is unlawful, destructive, and a poor substitute for meaningful reform
One of Donald Trump’s first executive orders on his return to the White House was to issue a pause in foreign assistance, which was followed by a “stop work” order on most foreign aid funding. Sara…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Powerful, compelling piece by my Duke colleague Sarah Bermeo on @lseblogs.bsky.social
"Trump’s foreign aid freeze is unlawful, destructive, and a poor substitute for meaningful reform"
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
"Trump’s foreign aid freeze is unlawful, destructive, and a poor substitute for meaningful reform"
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
With insights from my Duke colleague Sarah Bermeo...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/c...
U.S. Aid Agency’s Climate Programs Aimed to Curb Migration. Now They’re Gone. (Gift Article)
Aid projects were designed to help Central Americans withstand extreme weather at home. Their end could undercut Trump’s goal of reducing migration.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
With insights from my Duke colleague Sarah Bermeo...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/c...