Inside CPAC: Cracks in Trump’s base YouTube video by The Conversation U.S.

On #CPAC 26, and the #MAGA / #Trumpism political winter and possible impending demise
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I went to CPAC and found Trump supporters unhappy about Iran, Epstein files and the economy, even while the fans at the MAGA conference celebrate his immigration policies Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political winter that could signal the early stages of his MAGA movement’s decline.

Are #Trumpism and #MAGA beginning to #decline as recent MAGA influencer infighting about #Israel and the war in #iran suggest -- or is just more wishful thinking by the left? This @us.theconversation.com essay, based on my observations at this week's #CPAC 2026, suggests the answer may be yes.

Thanks for the repost!

I went to CPAC and found Trump supporters unhappy about Iran, Epstein files and the economy, even while the fans at the MAGA conference celebrate his immigration policies Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political winter that could signal the early stages of his MAGA movement’s decline.

Are #Trumpism and #MAGA beginning to #decline as recent MAGA influencer infighting about #Israel and the war in #iran suggest -- or is just more wishful thinking by the left? This @us.theconversation.com essay, based on my observations at this week's #CPAC 2026, suggests the answer may be yes.

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🧵 Postdoc opportunity at McGill

I am recruiting a top postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at McGill through the Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards Initiative. This is a rare, well-funded opportunity to build an ambitious, multimodal EdTech research program in Canada.

Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and ... Liz Truss? Inside the former PM’s audition for Maga Her delivery might be stilted – but Truss’ new YouTube show has grand ambitions: a ‘Trump revolution’ in Britain with the help of an influential US conservative ecosystem

Quoted in @theguardian.com for this MAGA media article - thanks to Michael Savage for the thoughtful piece
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Yes they are two different books.

**New Pub Unboxed!**

@oxfordup.bsky.social Handbook of #TransitionalJustice
48 Chapters by Leading Scholars
6 Parts / 1154 Pages long
A decade in the making
Oxford Academic link in next thread

Thanks, Boyd!

Thanks, Adam!

Contributors

Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice is an authoritative guide to the rapidly growing domain of transitional justice—the practices and pro

Intro: “The Critique of Transitional Justice”
Sections on Teleologies, Technologies, Topographies, Trajectories, and Temporalities of Transitional Justice
Thanks to co-editors Jens Meierhenrich & Lawrence Douglas + Lisa Butts & the @OxfordUP team
Link: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

**New Pub Unboxed!**

@oxfordup.bsky.social Handbook of #TransitionalJustice
48 Chapters by Leading Scholars
6 Parts / 1154 Pages long
A decade in the making
Oxford Academic link in next thread

Why MAGA is so concerned with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump President Donald Trump’s base has supported him through countless controversies. But they split from him over the release of the Epstein files. Why does MAGA care so much about this issue?

“MAGA without Trump would be like the tea party.”

An anthropologist says that’s why the Epstein files matter so much to MAGA — they sit at the intersection of anti-elite conspiracy theories, Christian morality politics and deep loyalty to Trump.

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#polisky #Trump #Epstein

Why MAGA is obsessed with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump President Donald Trump’s base has supported him through countless controversies. But they split from him over the release of the Epstein files. Why does MAGA care so much about this issue?

**New Pub** on #Trump and #MAGA: a #Epstein driven split in the making?
Thanks to @democracyeditor.bsky.social and @us.theconversation.com for publishing! theconversation.com/why-maga-is-...

It was a great conversation — thank you again!

Why MAGA is obsessed with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump President Donald Trump’s base has supported him through countless controversies. But they split from him over the release of the Epstein files. Why does MAGA care so much about this issue?

**New Pub** on #Trump and #MAGA: a #Epstein driven split in the making?
Thanks to @democracyeditor.bsky.social and @us.theconversation.com for publishing! theconversation.com/why-maga-is-...

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The Hannah-Arendt Institute in Dresden is looking for an Assistant Director. (In German)

Thanks for posting, Mel.

US Democratic Senate candidate apologises for tattoo of Nazi symbol | ABC NEWS YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

Appreciated the chance to speak on ABC Australia TV about #Nazi symbolism controversy in US politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-gW...

US Democratic Senate candidate apologises for tattoo of Nazi symbol | ABC NEWS YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

Appreciated the chance to speak on ABC Australia TV about #Nazi symbolism controversy in US politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-gW...

Look forward to giving this talk tomorrow amid the fraught situation in the U.S.

Sudan siege: War crimes alert as el-Fasher runs out of food Evidence of the intentional targeting of civilians in el-Fasher amounts to war crimes, researchers say.

War crimes alert as food runs out in besieged Sudan city

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

PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

The Department of Environmental Studies at CU-Boulder is searching for a new Assistant Professor in the area of energy and environmental policy, with an emphasis on sustainability and decarbonization. #EnergySky

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Honored to give the 22nd #HugoValentin Lecture last night at the #Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on why #perpetrators kill. Great engagement from the audience and wonderful hospitality by Roland Kostic, his colleagues, and the Vice-Chancellor.

Honored to give the 22nd #HugoValentin Lecture last night at the #Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on why #perpetrators kill. Great engagement from the audience and wonderful hospitality by Roland Kostic, his colleagues, and the Vice-Chancellor.

Sadly reupping those piece

Sadly reupping those piece