Wrote a short article for @voxdev.bsky.social using results from my primary data collection. This article is based on a forthcoming @thejop.bsky.social piece where I argue that male migration is an under-examined pathway for female political engagement. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump). • Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges. • Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side. • A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush. • The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
wrote an op-ed in our local paper drawing attention to the effects of USAID cuts on Illinois businesses
TL;DR it's bad!!
How USAID funding cuts hurt Illinois
www.news-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
The White House's press release on widespread USAID fraud shows nothing of the sort, @charlesjkenny.bsky.social writes. He explains in a new blog post:
Screenshot of map of farms/ports impacted by USAID shutdown
Interactive map of USAID agriculture cut impacts on farms, ports across the US storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/29fc...
Andrew Natsios, USAID administrator in the George W. Bush administration, has a few things to say about the Trump/Musk/Rubio assault on the agency. Worth watching. No pulling punches. via PBSNewsHour www.youtube.com/live/ZI6XIKx...
Interesting to not see Texas among the GOP states initially supporting Trump’s birthright citizenship EO irp.cdn-website.com/6a12d959/fil...
@benjaminhelms.bsky.social and I published a paper in 2022 showing that TPS, because it increases remittances, actually decreases subsequent unauthorized migration.
academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
Quick effort by a group of USAID supporters to mobilize against the shutdown and takeover -- includes a rally in DC on Wednesday. Website here:
Our congressional delegation pursuing oversight on reports of Elon Musk’s illegal activity at USAID was just barred from entering the building on the orders of Musk and the Trump Administration.
Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Congressional Delegation To Host Press Availability Today At USAID Headquarters Amid Illegal Shut Down Of Agency February 3, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Rep. Johnny Olszewsi (D-MD) will hold a press availability to discuss the far-reaching consequences of the Trump Administration and Elon Musk’s illegal shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on national security, the economy, and public health. DATE: Monday, February 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM WHO: Rep. Don Beyer Sen. Chris Van Hollen Rep. Gerry Connolly Rep. Jamie Raskin Rep. Johnny Olszewski Additional Speakers Possible
FYI
Can the president dissolve USAID without an act of Congress? No.
www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p...
Flyer for a rally. Restore Foreign Aid Now: keep America SAFE, STRONG, and PROSPEROUS. To be held at Upper Senate Park (Constitution and Delaware Avenues NE) Wednesday February 5, 2025 at 1130 AM. Join retired and former USAID and State Department staff, development and humanitarian assistance implementers, and other supporters of U.S. Foreign Affairs. Congress must act now to protect USAID and U.S. foreign aid, vital to our security, economy, and global leadership -- oppose defunding and ensure bipartisan support
Congratulations, Noah! Incredible news!
Me too. And thanks for the invitation, I would love to come back and give a talk anytime!
Thanks so much! You may remember me as one of your students, many years ago now!
A 75-degree day in Houston - who knew it could happen?
Spot my newest office decoration.
This paper was very much an interdisciplinary effort - combining insights from consumer psychology and international relations. We hope that it provides a novel empirical finding that helps us better understand the microfoundations of IR.
We use supermarket scanner data to explore how ordinary people react to external threats in IR. We find that local casualties during the Iraq War caused increased market share for products perceived as more "American," suggesting the embrace of national identity in the face of external threat.
Excited to share that my article "War on Aisle 5: Casualties, National Identity, and Consumer Behavior", coauthored with Sonal Pandya and Rajkumar Venkatesan, has been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution!
Take a look here: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
This piece builds on research by David and I showing that temporary protection for migrants, when it allows labor market access, can increase remittances and decrease the demand for subsequent migration. Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Polisky
"By extending temporary protection to certain people who are already here and giving them the opportunity to work, TPS is a smart and humane way to improve the lives of people living here and abroad."
Check out my piece on TPS with David Leblang and Tom Jawetz with CNN
www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/o...
