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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Teaching Political Communication ‘Coe and Zulli’s Teaching Political Communication features the top minds of our discipline tackling the thorniest issues we face: polarization and partisan motivated reasoning, AI, increased media fra...

I've got a chapter in this new book on teaching political communication! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...

Doc Hoff’s #BlogBlogProject | “From ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ to Campus Rape Lists: How Early… As a professor of political communication, I’ve been sharing blogs written by my University of Delaware students for over 15 years. This…

Latest #BlogBlogProject from my student blogs in my classes at @udelaware.bsky.social! lindsayh-7884.medium.com/doc-hoffs-bl...

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VIDEO | AI, campus safety, UD leadership examined in '25 Blue Hen Poll The Blue Hen Poll produces some interesting insights into how students and employees feel at the University of Delaware.

My class's annual Blue Hen Poll of students, faculty, and staff at @udelaware.bsky.social was featured on #WDEL: www.wdel.com/news/video-a...

A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Favorable and unfavorable views of Donald Trump." The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% of U.S. adult citizens)." The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown. Data for Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2020 is among registered voters only."

NEW Economist/YouGov Oct 24-27
38% of U.S. adult citizens have a favorable view of Donald Trump
57% have an unfavorable view
Net -18 (low for the term)
Last week
40% | 57% | -17
Start of term
50% | 48% | +3
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Doc Hoff’s #BlogBlogProject | “Careful ICE, the Heat Is Rising!” by Janelle Castro As a professor of political communication, I’ve been sharing blogs written by my University of Delaware students for over almost 15 years…

Doc Hoff's latest #BlogBlogProject is up! Read a college student's perspective on immigration, ICE, and local communities: lindsayh-7884.medium.com/doc-hoffs-bl...

Anyone else seen "Wag the Dog?"

Do civil dialogue interventions on U.S. college campuses have any impact? A field experiment examining different types of interventions - SN Social Sciences Interpersonal discussion and deliberation are key components of a democratic society, but the American public has become more and more polarized along partisan lines. These stark differences—and often...

New pub, who dis? link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HeterodoxAcademy #HxA #CivilDialogue #Academia #Polarization #Democracy

Using for my methods class 🚫

Inflation spiked in August as Trump’s tariffs went into full effect Increases in food, shelter and energy cause inflation to spike and increases the likelihood of an interest rate cut

Huge increases in prices for food in this recent inflation report:
-2.7 percent increase on beef and veal
-Apples at 3.5 percent
-Bananas rise by 2.1 percent
-Coffee up by 3.6 percent
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more than a decade of public scholarship has taught me that the moments when it's most tempting to react strongly and quickly are the ones when it's most useful to step back, seek context, and force yourself to think slowly. i don't always follow it, but those are my guidelines for myself.

NATHAN P. KALMOE AND LILLIANA MASON RADICAL AMERICAN PARTISANSHIP MAPPING VIOLENT HOSTILITY, ITS CAUSES, AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR DEMOCRACY

Sure does seem to capture the vibe

Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law - Bluesky A new Mississippi law requires us to block full access to Bluesky unless all users complete age checks. We have concerns about this law’s implementation.

With legal challenges to this law pending, we cannot justify building the expensive required infrastructure.

For now, we have made the difficult decision to block access in Mississippi.

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I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

State of U.S. Tariffs: August 1, 2025

"Consumers face an overall average effective tariff rate of 18.3%, the highest since 1934." budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta... #tariffs

Communication Scholar Fostering Civil Discourse in Higher Ed - Heterodox Academy Speakers Bureau Communication Scholar Fostering Civil Discourse in Higher Ed by Lindsay Hoffman on Heterodox Academy Speakers Bureau

Hi! 👋 Want to bring a conversation about how to disagree without being disagreeable to your campus? I’m available through the @HdxAcademy Speakers Bureau: www.hxaspeakers.org/en/listings/... #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #CampusEvents

Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.

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Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

This looks like a great way to find and support the public media stations that will be hit hardest by the recissions package #savepublicmedia
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Andy Beshear introduces himself to South Carolina, with an eye toward 2028 Potential 2028 candidates, including Beshear, descended on South Carolina in recent weeks to preview their campaign messages.

Potential 2028 candidates, including Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, have descended on South Carolina in recent weeks to preview their campaign messages.

Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.

Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq

Communication Scholar Fostering Civil Discourse in Higher Ed - Heterodox Academy Speakers Bureau Communication Scholar Fostering Civil Discourse in Higher Ed by Lindsay Hoffman on Heterodox Academy Speakers Bureau

Hey folks! I’m officially a @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social speaker! www.hxaspeakers.org/en/listings/... #speaker #civildiscourse #communication

We're hiring!

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The Cornell Department of Communication is hiring an Assistant Professor in Science, Environment, and Risk Communication!

Applications received by September 15, 2025, will be given full consideration.

Can confirm. 10k people signed up in the two weeks after he won -- last night we had our biggest candidate intro call *ever*.

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Conspiracy Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats Disinformation around a “weather weapon” and cloud seeding is being widely promoted by everyone from anti-government extremists to GOP influencers—leading to real-world consequences.

people who think the gvt controls the weather are a faction that is quickly gaining power on the right — and MTG says she's planning to introduce legislation on this soon

@davidgilbert.bsky.social & i looked at how these conspiracy theories got supercharged after the tx floods this weekend:

50 Reasons Not to Give Up on Politics: Meet RFS’s Latest 2025 Endorsement Class It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the chaos right now. The headlines are brutal. The threats to our rights are real. But here’s the thing…

Looking for inspiration? We're announcing 50 (!!) new endorsements for 2025 races -- 74% running for municipal office, 16% for state leg, running across 15 states. These are community-focused leaders running strong grassroots campaigns. Hell yeah. runforsomething.medium.com/50-reasons-n...

They’re calling her an influencer. She’s calling it campaign strategy. 18,000 individual donors, Instagram and TikTok views have kept Deja Foxx — a once longshot Gen Z candidate — competitive in the race for a congressional seat in Arizona.

18,000 individual donors, Instagram and TikTok views have kept Deja Foxx — a once longshot Gen Z candidate — competitive in the race for a congressional seat in Arizona.