https://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3mhsyo7dyn22wNew BrightLineWatch.org report is out and @brendannyhan.bsky.social provides the summary. The full report is here - check it out - https://brightlinewatch.org/the-persistence-of-diminished-democracy-in-a-second-trump-presidency/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsyo7dyn22whttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3m25ab2zo3c2qNew Bright Line Watch report out today, with @brendannyhan.bsky.social Gretchen Helmke Susan Stokes and Jack Andolina. As always, sobering news but worth reading. And as always, thanks to all the academic experts who give time to our surveys. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25ab2zo3c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3loghwjbvts2eNew report from BrightLineWatch.org with lots on threats to academic freedom as well as updates on the state of American democracy. With @brendannyhan.bsky.social, Gretchen Helmke, and Sue Stokes [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2025 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3loghwjbvts2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3liwucjq4ms2qRe-upping @brendannyhan.bsky.social alert on the new Bright Line Watch report on the first month of Trump 2. New data on attitudes toward democracy, executive aggrandizement, and political violence. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwucjq4ms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3lhwbkb6hrc2uRead and heed from @stevelevitsky.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social. This is the best overview I've seen, not just of the last few weeks, but of what to expect in the next few years, and how history (ours and, yes, from other countries) can instruct us - https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump11 Feb 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwbkb6hrc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3lhm6opci2c2k@brendannyhan.bsky.social and brand new survey data from Bright Line Watch featured in @nytimes.com The Morning newsletter with German Lopez. We're on new and unfamiliar terrain here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Feb 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhm6opci2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3lglej4kk5s2phttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/trump-administration-gulf-of-america-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share This is government by 8 year-old boys25 Jan 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglej4kk5s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3lfqr233gzs2thttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/14/opinion/fix-congress-proportional-representation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Intro course in electoral reform from @leedrutman.bsky.social @jessewegman.bsky.social let’s do this15 Jan 2025 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfqr233gzs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3lfdq3uyfl226Outstanding back and forth on current threats to democracy, pessimism bias among experts, and how to correct for it - featuring @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @smotus.bsky.social, and BrightLineWatch.org data. Catch it (recommending 1.75x speed) at https://www.niskanencenter.org/threats-to-democracy-in-the-2nd-trump-administration/09 Jan 2025 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdq3uyfl226https://bsky.app/profile/johncarey.bsky.social/post/3kwzkf57wqd2pLatest from @brightlinewatch just out today, with @brendannyhan.bsky.social @suestokes.bsky.social Gretchen Helmke and Olivier Bergeron-Boutin - check out the Nyhan thread or read the whole report here - https://brightlinewatch.org/from-convictions-to-elections-american-democracy-amid-legal-turmoil/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2024 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:ysprni5trsvvd55mpu2r5qqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kwzkf57wqd2p