This seems to be the problem with our checks and balances…they are very slow and if someone moves quick enough, the damage can already done before they can work.

Trump Can’t Defund NPR And PBS, Judge Rules The judge accused the move of targeting “viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch.”

The judge accused the move of targeting “viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch.”

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

I’ve always wondered how much productivity and resources have been wasted because scholars test the same hypotheses over and over again because no one published their null results.

If this isn’t a sign that the Federal Reserve is working, I don’t know what is.

It’s crazy that we live in a world where something like this is controversial.

We are seeking papers for our Spring workshop! It’s a great opportunity to share your work with other graduate students and get feedback.

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We have dropped our lineup for the fall. Come check out some of the great papers we have lined up. #IPE #polisky

Check out this new @bjpols.bsky.social article from Asst. Prof. @nicholasnapolio.bsky.social: “Executive Policymaking Coalitions, Veto Activation, and Collective Action Problems.” The article explores how agency coalitions activate veto points and leverage congressional collective action problems.

I bet the homeowner’s insurance policy has a clause excluding extraterrestrial objects that are more than 4.5 billion years old.

I’m curious what is driving this. Older generations selling in high COL areas and moving to low COL areas? Buying seconds homes? Is it just reflecting a drop in the number of younger homebuyers?

We are soliciting presenters for the fall workshop! If you want to share your research, please consider submitting.

#polisky #ipe

Deficits are “bad” I was told! But when it comes to tax cuts and military budgets such concerns vanish. I think it’s fair to say Republicans are all secretly Modern Monetary Theorists and know deficits don’t matter when you are a currency issuer. #MMT #PoliticalEconomy

This has been the curious thing, at least in my region. Homes aren’t selling, but prices aren’t really coming down. Are sellers over-leveraged? Did the COVID market distort owners’ perceptions of their homes value?

New publication alert! Current PhD candidate @hobbsadam.bsky.social and recent PhD graduate Deren Onursal develop and test a general theory of protest radicalization in "The Dynamics of Protest Radicalization."

Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#polisky #politicalscience

Congrats to UCR PhD alum @cogitoergodoom.bsky.social on their new publication in Contemporary Political Theory! 🐻✨

Kehlenbach critiques the Lockean property model of data and offers a compelling alternative lens to view data.

Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“6’7” btw” lol. Love it!

Can’t wait.

Congratulations to all the graduate students who presented work at #MPSA2025! We had an amazing showing from our department. #polisky

If you are at #MPSA2025 stop by the exhibition hall to see the posters of an amazing group of undergraduate research papers I get to be a discussant for.

My coauthors and I have a cool paper on the connection between foreign real estate investment and redistributive attitudes today in Montrose 4 on the 7th floor at 3:20. We find that being primed with FREI increases oppostion to redistribution.

My coauthors and I have a cool paper on the connection between foreign real estate investment and redistributive attitudes today in Montrose 4 on the 7th floor at 3:20. We find that being primed with FREI increases oppostion to redistribution.

Super cool work they are all doing! The social sciences are immensely important.

HUD choked funding to enforce fair-housing laws. Legal aid groups may not survive Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful.

The Trump administration has cut off federal funding to nonprofits that are key enforcers of anti-discrimination laws. Last year there were more than 34,000 fair-housing complaints, a record high for the third year in a row. @jenniferludden.bsky.social @npr.org

www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

Number of those burdened by rental affordability hits record high — Harvard Gazette Public policy expert discusses possible ways to cut costs amid national housing crunch

"Cost burdens are spreading from the poorest households to working folks, particularly young people... a full-time job is no guarantee that housing will be affordable."

An interview with our director Chris Herbert about the country's rental affordability crisis.

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Yeah, not exciting. But it adds depth at a position we are currently thin at.

Everyone is talking about o-line, but I would really like to see them add a cost effective veteran WR in free agency to fill the void left by DK and Tyler. I love JSN and Bobo, but they are still relatively inexperienced.

Stunner: Seattle Seahawks Flip Geno Smith to Las Vegas Raiders, Hit Reset Button at QB — Emerald City Spectrum In a shocking turn of events, rather than dish out a massive extension to retain him, the Seahawks decided to turn the page at quarterback by moving Geno Smith in a blockbuster trade.

The Seahawks really are trying to ruin my week.

www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/home/seahawk...

We are hosting former UCR PhD graduate Kevin Pham to discuss his new book! Check out the flyer for more details.

@ucrchass.bsky.social #polisky #ucr