I’d like to share this Bluesky thread from Henry Farrell, who teaches courses on technology, coercion and democracy at Johns Hopkins.
Farrell suggested good sources of information, saying:
I don't get the sense that U.S. journalists have a good sense of who to talk to when basic government functions are being ripped out. Gutting the administrative state is not a standard beat. A short thread with some starter suggestions for who to read/talk to. Please - people add more in replies!
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
2. On @bsky.app - the obvious people who cover this are @donmoyn.bsky.social and @pamherd.bsky.social. For lawyerly understanding, @sbagen.bsky.social. More generally, @lawfare.bsky.social Executive Branch vertical www.lawfaremedia.org/topics/execu... and @qjurecic.bsky.social
Executive Branch www.lawfaremedia.org
3. On both policy processes and consequences for people's lives, @chloethurston.bsky.social @povertyscholar.bsky.social and @epopppp.bsky.social Off social media, Dan Carpenter at Harvard, @jacobhacker.bsky.social for starters.
4. On intelligent comparison to what has happened in other countries - @tompepinsky.com on authoritarianism and @annagbusse.bsky.social and @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social for soft autocracy. These are all or nearly all academics. I'm sure I'm missing people - scholars or otherwise. Add more!
On Census - now down - @zephoria.bsky.social and Dan Bouk both know the ins and outs. Ken Prewitt is long retired but (I think) still active.
On Census add @hansilowang.bsky.social of NPR:
