Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on this day in 1983.
He became a target of right-wing violence for his courageous struggle against poverty and US-backed right-wing repression.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights says Peru must pay family of woman who died as a result of forced sterilisation.
There are several reasons arresting or killing a leader of a criminal group usually leads to more violence. In no order
1. Backlash. This is what we're seeing right now in Mexico, especially GDL. Common tactic is flaming roadblocks, "narcobloqueos."
2. Fragmentation. If top leader is lost...
That feeling when you sign off on page proofs. 🤗
"One approach is to dismiss career civil servants...political loyalty will be prized more than technical competence. A related strategy is to eliminate, merge, or fuse state agencies...in the name of efficiency but at risk of hampering important administrative capacities..."
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
You can read my take on Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela here: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
What is transnational repression?
Transnational repression occurs when authoritarians target individuals outside their borders, and it is now easier for them than ever before.
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Felicidades! 🥳👏🏽
I’m sorry I’m late to the party, but a HUGE felicidades, Dr. Cantwell-Chavez! 🥳🎉
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Bluesky migration peeps, I’m looking for a #migration & #security person who’s interested in writing a 7k chapter for my edited volume (etd: 26/27) - “Immigration in Western Europe: Challenges, Contradictions and Opportunities” (Edinburgh Uni Press). Any suggestions?
Indeed. And “ability to collect taxes” is one of the very basic measures political scientists use to measure state capacity.
Cool opportunity for a funded visit to check out Emory University graduate programs!
gs.emory.edu/diversity/pr...
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
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Unión del Barrio:
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International students add $44 billion to the US economy, annually.
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Infographic titled “Judges reject Trump at an accelerating pace” with subtitle “Federal district court rulings against the administration.” The first bar chart, labeled “By month, %”, shows the percentage of federal district court rulings against the Trump administration: • February: 53.8% (7 out of 13) • March: 74.3% (26 out of 35) • April: 76.1% (51 out of 67) • May: 96.3% (26 out of 27) The second bar chart, labeled “By appointing party, %”, shows rulings against the Trump administration by the party of the judge’s appointing president: • Republican-appointed judges: 72.2% (26 out of 36) • Democratic-appointed judges: 80.4% (74 out of 92) Source: Bonica, Adam; Sen, Maya, 2025, “Common-space Measures of Judicial Ideology for Federal Judges (2024 update),” https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CK3EEL Note: Coding scheme details available at data4democracy.substack.com/p/when-judges-become-targets-judicial
Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
“A U.S.-born citizen who was wrestled into the dirt, handcuffed and detained in a vehicle as part of an immigration raid had a REAL ID on him that was dismissed as fake, the man's cousin said Friday.” www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
What exactly did House Republicans just vote for?
-14 million Americans to lose their health care
-18 million kids to lose their free school meals
-5.4 million people to lose food assistance
It’s not about waste or fraud or abuse.
It’s about a bigger tax cut for the rich.
Tim Naftali's tweet on the termination of the HAC members without cause.
Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/
What in the actual FUCK?
Just to be clear, I am very much not in the camp that urges Democrats to focus on kitchen-table issues and ignore the Trump regime's other outrages. Polls tell us that Americans aren't as ignorant and self-centered as some political consultants would have their clients believe. Many ordinary people are outraged at the news of renditions of legal residents to gulags in El Salvador. The public overwhelmingly opposes Trumpist defunding of medical research and attacks on universities, as well as the DOGEing of Social Security. Democrats shouldn't give Trump a pass on any of his destructive actions. They should, instead, tell voters that stripping people of their civil rights, annihilating education and science, destroying U.S. trade and poisoning our international relationships has one unifying goal: to destroy civil society in the name of MAGA.
Krugman today
Despite repeated outreach from @nipnlg.bsky.social attorneys ICE refused to let the parents speak to each other or mom speak to her attorney. We filed a late-night habeas petition ICE was fully aware of, but they deported them anyway.
😳 what are we doing?
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
Alarming state of affairs. In past 3 months, Trump has:
1. Closed FBI Foreign Influence Task Force
2. Closed State Dept Global Misinformation office
3. Ordered CISA to no longer address misinfo
4. Redirected Cyber Command away from Russian disinfo
5. Fired NSA Director
6. Sacked 6 NSC officials
Breaking News: Trump officials blame a mistake for setting off the tectonic confrontation with Harvard.
Dear USG,
Sorry to hear that you accidentally turned in a preliminary draft of your letter. Unfortunately, now that a grade has been submitted, we cannot accept a revised version, and the original grade must stand. I hope this will serve as a reminder to double check your work before submitting it.
New study finds that 25 million could die in the next 15 years if US cuts off global health spending via @nature.com
Study:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Judge Wilkinson, no liberal, writing for the 4th Cir panel:
“If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?”