Nervously watching what's unfolding in Belfast as racist bigots use a stabbing as an excuse to wreck havoc and mayhem, burning cars & buses, homes, and businesses of ethnic minority residents
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is doing his best to escalate the violence. This is a good 🧵 of his efforts on Twitter
My colleague @hannahalothman.bsky.social is in Belfast tonight. This is what she’s seen.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
wonderful piece from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social that, among other things, makes abundantly clear that pete hegseth and the trump administration are engaged in a racist purge of black officers under the belief that being black and having "merit" are mutually exclusive.
I am thrilled to receive special recognition by @apsamena.bsky.social Best Article committee for my work on gender "edutainment" in authoritarian regimes.
My pastry chef past makes it personal. But I'm also on a quest to audio-visualize the political science toolkit. This means a tremendous amount.
In Mississippi, lawyers on both sides of a court case were caught using AI, essentially two LLMs arguing against each other. The judge dismissed all lawyers from the case and canceled the trial:
www.404media.co/judge-learns...
Rana Khoury's book Civilizing Contention is outstanding: deeply thoughtful, intellectually rigorous, supremely important work.
Huge congrats on your @apsamena.bsky.social Best Book award @rbkhoury.bsky.social!
1/ What if you put all the ways that Jared Kushner is selling out America while lining his pockets into one place? In our new cover story, @cjcmichel.bsky.social did just that
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Fabulous from @baykurt.bsky.social.
Her recent post unpacks the quiet, sometimes boring, stages of resistance. These less-shiny periods of horizontal "muscle-building" can be formative, even essential, for later vertical challenges.
Check it out: itallhappenedbefore.substack.com/p/what-does-...
This is abominable US behavior.
It's a devastating outcome from the personal to the global level.
One more reason why Turkey recap is an outstanding independent news source.
They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.
Elon Musk is unambiguously calling for a violent race war.
This is far from unprecedented. The Rwandan Genocide was stoked and enabled by Felicien Kabuga, the wealthy owner of the RTLM radio station that helped coordinate the genocide and used euphemisms like "go to work" to signal attacks.
Clara Jeffery
Lisel Hintz
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
“Fact, used as propaganda, is all but impossible to disentangle from the politics of its original transmission.” — Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands
The Turkey recap manifesto and code of ethics are here (with Dali's take on Ankara):
Announcing awards for best articles on MENA politics published in 2025:
Best Article, Special Recognition: Lisel Hintz
"Cooking Shows as Gender Edutainment in Authoritarian Regimes: Recipe for (New) Turkey"
Many congrats @liselhintz.bsky.social!
I am honored and thrilled to have received APSA MENA Section's Book Award for a junior scholar! It means a lot for this community to see fit to award Civilizing Contention, especially as there were some excellent books published last year. So many thanks to the committee and section 🙏
Announcing awards for best articles on MENA politics published in 2025:
Best Article: Allison S. Hartnett and Mohamed Saleh
"Precolonial Elites and Colonial Redistribution
of Political Power."
Many congrats @ashartnett.bsky.social and Mohamed!
