The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

You’ve seen this before but the BBC has put it all together.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

VP @kamalaharris.com: Trump said he would bring prices down on day one. But instead, inflation is up, cost of groceries is up, gas is up, unemployment is up--

Audience member: Blood pressure's up.

VP Harris: Blood pressure is up! I know that's right.

and neither can the private sector & private foundations

For social science: *63 percent* of all social and behavioral science research in the United States is funded by the NSF through the social, behavioral, and economic sciences directorate.

One or all of these:
"Still feel me" by Jadakiss
"Angel Dust" by Gil Scott Heron
"Intro (The dynasty)" by Jay-Z
"Top Back" by TI
"Here I come" by Barrington Levy

I was just in Costco.

There was a woman in her late 60’s riding a scooter with a speaker on the basket.
She was blasting 80’s rap.

It was glorious.

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APSA wants to support individual #polisky members who want to discuss the elimination of SBE at NSF with their legislators. If you do not have access to an institutional advocacy office, contact advocacy@apsanet.org for resources and support.

#polisky share far and wide: @apsa.bsky.social Statement on the Proposed Elimination of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation

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1926 = 2026 KIRKWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY 100 One Author, One Kirkwood One Author, One Kirkwood is a yearly community read for the people throughout our St. Louis community. All events are free and open to the public. Limited quantities of Kashana Cauley's latest book, "The Payback," will be available free to attendees on a first come, first serve basis. Get Free Tickets

I’m thrilled that the Kirkwood Public Library (just outside St Louis) picked me as this year’s One Author, One Kirkwood selection. I’m doing a free event there one month from today, Wednesday 5/6 that’s also The Payback’s paperback release party (it’s out on 5/12!) kplmo.org/oneauthor/

It’s a high bar to clear but this message from Trump may be the most unhinged things he’s ever said. Impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment is long overdue but it’s completely clear that the Congress/Cabinet needs to remove Trump from the Presidency.

Three Hundred Habeas Cases in Which the Government Has Defied Court Orders A database of non-compliance with court orders around the country.

@katherinepomps.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org introduce Lawfare's new database tracking immigration habeas corpus cases in which the Trump administration has violated court orders.

View the tracker at

‘Your hands are full of blood’: Pope Leo REBUKES Hegseth’s war prayers YouTube video by MS NOW

youtu.be/NgAZNV4e1uc #msnow

As the Trump administration wraps its militarism in Christian rhetoric, Pope Leo delivers a moral rebuke, saying God rejects the prayers of leaders who wage war.

Religious scholar Brad Onishi joins to discuss.

MS NOW

Why and how targeting health infrastructure is illegal: www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/when-h...

A thought. 💡 How come it's campaigning in every other community, but it's pandering when it comes to actually earning the Black vote? 🤔

How to Measure Public Support for Political Violence Abstract. With low but rising levels of violent political threats and violent acts by civilians in the United States, researchers increasingly want to meas

After nearly a decade measuring American public support for political violence, @nathankalmoe.bsky.social and I have published a somewhat comprehensive guide to measuring these attitudes. This includes historical comparisons and responses to common critiques. doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

Different government departments are now shooting down each others’ drones because everyone is incompetent and can’t coordinate for shit.

From the same state house that also passed a bill to end gun bans on public colleges and universities earlier this month.

George Jefferson, protagonist, minor antagonist, and anti-hero on The Jeffersons. George is played by Sherman Hemsley on the American television sitcoms All In The Family. Dear reader. Thank you for taking the time to check out this alt text! As you may or may not know, this is a ridiculous joke. I know full well who the person is in the photo, and that I've added the bio of a different person entirely. That's the joke. It's a gag about people having a similar name, which I can mix up in a comedic way. Also, I was dropped on the head as a baby. Several times.

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was an American statesman, philosopher, and Founding Father who authored the Declaration of Independence, served as the third U.S. president, advanced religious liberty, expanded the nation through the Louisiana Purchase, and shaped early American political ideals

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Some of us didn't hop online in the 90s or the 2000s to get rich and famous, man.

Some of us hopped online in the 90s and 2000s 'cause it was FUN to chat with people all over the world... for free!

Baby, we grew up when it cost a zillion dollars to call long distance! We had pen pals at school!

They’ve been on this for a minute. More teaching + post tenure review (and contracts) plus ai supercharged productivity surveillance tools also makes professors more vulnerable to student evals, which gives admin more power to fire you. That’s the plan.

@marisakabas.bsky.social is right. This is unlike protesting & more like civilian self-protection (CSP), where civilians protect each other when state & other actors can't or won't protect them. Peace Medie & I wrote about this in the context of armed conflict. Deeply troubling to see it in the US

Opinion | Where’s the Outrage? Universities Need to Speak Up. The lack of response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good is shameful.

"We seem to be entering an age of state control armed only with the delusional hope that if universities hide and say nothing about all of the obvious ways in which the nation is slouching toward the demise of democracy, they will avoid political retribution."

Claudette Colvin was a political young woman. She'd studied segregation in school & been politicized by the arrest of classmate, 16-year-old Jeremiah Reeves, who was convicted & ultimately executed for a consensual relationship with a young white woman. Colvin joined Rosa Parks' NAACP Youth Council.

A photo of teenage Claudette Colvin in glasses and a sweater.

Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:

U.S. Prosecutors Are Investigating Fed Chair Jerome Powell The criminal probe looks at Powell’s testimony on building renovations. Powell said it was part of Trump’s campaign to pressure the Fed to lower interest rates.

If only the United States of America had Strong Western Institutions.

U.S. prosecutors are investigating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over his testimony last summer about the central bank’s building renovation project.

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One part of racial segregation missing from modern social science research is dehumanization. For example, Black people were not allowed into car dealerships, lest they touch the new cars. My uncle (colorfully) describes that here: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky

Congrats on the book! Can't wait to get my hands on it!