the use of political, ideological, & partisan language in news coverage of the Supreme Court has increased since 1980, with an abrupt increase in 2016 following the death of Scalia. a survey experiment shows this degrades public perceptions of the Court tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! APSA

New Paper 🚨 at Stanford Law Review EPA has been violating the #CleanWaterAct for decades by approving 30+ state programs with inadequate criminal liability. EPA's new rule (effective 1/17/25) only continues to weaken environmental enforcement. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme? We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇

Make no mistake. This is an extinction level event for American scientific dominance.

1. DOGE aide at CFPB owned up to $715K in stocks he was barred from holding 2. CFPB ethics lawyers warned him of potential conflicts of interest 3. DOGE aide oversees mass layoffs, including those ethics lawyers That's why CLC filed a complaint. campaignlegal.org/update/holding…

“The world is facing a new form of climate denial – not the dismissal of climate science, but a concerted attack on the idea that the economy can be reorganised to fight the crisis.” World faces new danger of ‘economic denial’ in climate fight, Cop30 head. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Confidence in national institutions, by partisanship, 1974-2024. The collapse in Democrats' Supreme Court confidence in 2022-2024 is the largest single year change seen in 50 years. Data from the GSS NORC.

BREAKING: An 8-0 Supreme Court *limits* the scope of environmental reviews federal agencies must do for projects, saying studying immediate effects is sufficient. #SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch recused. supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…

🚨Misinformation research continues to be urgent science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… "...70% of Americans regard misinformation as a major threat..." "The overwhelming majority of research on misinformation ... has no partisan agenda and no relationship whatsoever to censorship."

Breaking news: The Supreme Court narrowed the scope of government-required environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects, overturning a lower-court block on a controversial rail line in Utah that would carry billions of gallons of oil. wapo.st/4mCBSBW

Regular Reminder Please don’t interpret a “statistically insignificant” variable (i.e., p > 0.05) as having “no effect.” Instead, check whether the 90% CI excludes all meaningful effects. Journal: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… PDF: carlislerainey.com/papers/nme.pdf

In the alleged Land of the Free, government officials will now painstakingly review social media posts for any noncitizen seeking to travel to the campus of the ruling party’s opponent, and the ban those who speech it determines conflict with the official party line on Israel.

on Trump's lies about deportation: "the government’s own data showed that officials knew only 32 of 238 deportees to Salvadoran prison had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such as retail theft or traffic violations." texastribune.org/2025/05/30/tru…

What infuriates me so much about this operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules. ICE itself is effectively encouraging people to violate the law.

It’s the 1st day of Pride Month🌈 & I'm proud to share my new JOP article. Using a survey experiment, I show: Republicans still penalize gay candidates. Democrats do not—but they do penalize even subtle gender nonconformity, demanding that gay candidates look & sound “straight"

“Studies with null results are perceived to be less publishable, of lower quality, less important, and less precisely estimated than studies with large and statistically significant results, *even when* holding constant all other study features.” #NullEffectsMatter

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed. wapo.st/44Y1gvR

Want to add an LLM chatbot to your Qualtrics surveys? Here's a step-by-step guide showing exactly how to do this with AWS Bedrock joshuakalla.github.io/llm_persuasion/