Melissa Tier
@meltier.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the Princeton School of Public & International Affairs. Policy/planning expert with 11 years of experience in climate adaptation, environmental justice, and sustainability
Reposted by Melissa Tier
The message should not be that political violence is bad because it targeted a good guy who was “practicing politics the right way” (which Kirk definitely was not). Political violence is bad because it inherently corrodes the democratic polity, because it makes democracy impossible.
September 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The message should not be that political violence is bad because it targeted a good guy who was “practicing politics the right way” (which Kirk definitely was not). Political violence is bad because it inherently corrodes the democratic polity, because it makes democracy impossible.
"To the Trump administration, Abrego Garcia is not a mistake. He is a liability, and he is a test. A test of their power to do this to anyone. A test of... if they can get you on a plane, they can hustle you beyond our laws and leave you in the grips of the kind of gulags they wish they had here."
April 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"To the Trump administration, Abrego Garcia is not a mistake. He is a liability, and he is a test. A test of their power to do this to anyone. A test of... if they can get you on a plane, they can hustle you beyond our laws and leave you in the grips of the kind of gulags they wish they had here."