Rashid C.J. Marcano Rivera

This paper, now out at QJPS, was a labor of love, and Geoff, @alexanderfurnas.com and I are pleased to share it--and the data! Appreciate the opportunity to write up for @lseusablog.bsky.social, and very thankful for the Center for Effective Lawmaking in helping to improve the project!

Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections - Josephine Lukito, Maggie Macdonald, Bin Chen, Megan A. Brown, Stephen Prochaska, Yunkang ... In this multi-platform, comparative study, we analyze social media messages from political candidates (N = 1,517) running for Congress during the 2022 U.S. Midt...

🚨New publication in Social Media + Society🚨

Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections

And it's open access!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

yes, but it is not exactly the same?

“...historical accuracy, or sufficiency, of the facts or tendencies thus summarised.” Nicholas Kaldor (1961, p.1978).

Theorists “should be free to start off with a stylised view of the facts – i.e. concentrate on broad tendencies, ignoring individual detail, and proceed on the 'as if' method, i.e. construct a hypothesis that could account for these stylised facts, without necessarily committing himself on the...”

Unprecedented and illegal: Russ Vought refuses to release White House budget as required by law. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

‘Catastrophic’: Mass. lawyers say new ICE policy will deny immigrants due process, strain detention facilities - The Boston Globe A July 8 internal memo directs ICE officers to detain people who entered the country without permission for the duration of their deportation proceedings.

A recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo declaring millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings has left many Massachusetts immigration lawyers concerned that people with no criminal record will be sent to overcrowded detention facilities.

Keir Starmer suspends several Labour MPs UK prime minister seeks to bolster his authority after recent rebellions

Last year I thought the career of the first Labour MP for Poole would say a lot about the restlessness of UK politics, writ small. Elected by six votes just over a year ago, he has now been suspended for rebelling against welfare cuts. www.ft.com/content/5852...

Inequality, Part IV: Oligarchs The rise of mega-fortunes

"Most of today’s superrich owe their wealth to their ownership stakes in companies that are de facto monopolies thanks to network effects," writes @pkrugman.bsky.social. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inequality...

A estas alturas París ha excedido mis altísimas expectativas con la Fête de la Musique, así como la oferta cultural gastronómica. También resulta bastante bueno en precios, aunque en parte es posible que mi experiencia en la más cara ciudad de Copenhague todo ahora parezca razonable y a buen precio.

What’s next in money in politics?

Studying campaign finance and lobbying in the US still dominates but new exciting work in other topics and geographical regions is becoming more prominent

. @bcegerod.bsky.social and Hye Young You presenting data on what has been happening in the study of money in politics

Oí de un colega boricua que lleva un decenio de profesor en California, y cuyo supervisor expresó vocalmente y por escrito que el acento en inglés del boricua «le incomodaba». La polarización y el discurso xenófobo penetrando en espacios inesperados.

I'm willing to stake out a bet on the results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances for cryptocurrency holdings and usage if you want @mcuban.bsky.social

Estas movidas llevan desde Romero Barceló, cuando empezaron a evaluar estas estrategias a través del Consejo Asesor del Gobernador sobre Política Laboral...

Public ownership announcement by South Western Railways

Data by Genovese, Pring and Salamon (working paper)

Public ownership FTW. It's not just me, btw.

cc @hayleypring.bsky.social @hannahsalamon.bsky.social

“AI has become an oligarchic project — and democracy an impediment.”

Thread:

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

My universally unpopular opinion is that AI reveals why instructors need to take their role in assessment a lot more seriously. If AI can complete an assignment, and a human grader can't tell, it's not a good assignment.

That's proof positive, in fact, of the busywork that AI will automate away.

Texas governor signs largest US school voucher law in win for conservatives State becomes 16th to allow public funds to be used for private schools, which opponents say will benefit mostly wealthier children

A fundamental attack on public goods aimed at creating schemes to enrich the rich and funnel money to religious groups

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bluesky’s logo, a trusted verifier’s scalloped checkmark, and a standard verified blue check mark.

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check.

In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

Screenshot of the New York Times homepage with a bunch of headlines highlighted to show their focus on the harm Trump's tariffs are doing to "markets" and "the global order" and companies and prices but not ... humans.

Look at the focus: Harm to "markets" and "the global order" (nobody gives a *fuck* about the "global order")

Companies, products & prices get hurt; the only mention of *people* is "investors."

An inadequate and bloodless description of the harm Trump is inflicting on the American people.

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Liberation Day has become so commercialized.

I happen to think Liberation Day should be spent enjoying tariffs with friends and family.

‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.

This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

No sabía que alguien podría hacer quedar a los niñatos del telegram como eruditos digitales, y sin embargo ahí está el vicepresidente estadounidense y los ministros de Estado y Guerra haciéndolo.

NEW: Senior polisci colleagues @ Columbia endorse our letter on how we would respond to the Trump attack. For expidiency we 5 did not ask for other signatures. Grateful for strong show of unity. @vickymurillo.bsky.social @pagefortna.bsky.social
Letter: danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post...

Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.

Fascinantes las peleas dentro del gabinete del Primer Ministro Musk.