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Andrew Kydd
@andrewkydd.bsky.social
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Political science, game theory, music, wooden boats, vintage airplanes and motorcycles.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 5d
“Pinkerton workers complain about low pay, working conditions” headline number 274.
jacobbogage.bsky.social Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 5d
Reporting this story, I heard near universal concern from Heritage staff of discrimination against unmarried women.

Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.

Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Ian Campbell, Julie Novkov , and 2 more

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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 5d
Reporting this story, I heard near universal concern from Heritage staff of discrimination against unmarried women.

Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.

Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 7d
Robert McNamara often expressed remorse over his role in the Vietnam War.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 9d
Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u... Not a big media critic but if the last two words were replaced by “punish people who voted against him,” it would be more accurate and amply supported by his own words.
Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda
www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 9d
When you go to extra innings in the seventh game, you know the teams are evenly matched. Hats off to both an thanks for a great series.

Reposted by Andrew Kydd

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12d
A new song, "Winnipeg," from my side project, the Lost Wax Process. Check it & more of our music out at lostwaxprocess.bandcamp.com/music.

Behind every seemingly blue sky
I just can’t hide all the clues
Another departure, another memory

Another flight away from you
Winnipeg, by Lost Wax Process
track by Lost Wax Process
lostwaxprocess.bandcamp.com

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 13d
Is this some kind of Halloween/ April fools day mashup?

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 15d
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
anthonymkreis.bsky.social Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 15d
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 15d
The schooner Brilliant. #MysticSeaport

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Mark A. Lemley, David Brady , and 21 more

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 15d
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 16d
Chippewa Falls c. 1900.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 17d
Ahh hah! Naturally. Bad as this is, a potential silver lining is that if Trump starts saying the troops were paid when in fact they were not, that becomes an important and self evident lie to a core constituency.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d
Breaking News: Timothy Mellon, a banking heir, is said to be the anonymous donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown.
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump.
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Reposted by Simon Lester, Andrew Kydd

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d
Breaking News: Timothy Mellon, a banking heir, is said to be the anonymous donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown.
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump.
nyti.ms

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 19d
Did not realize that the Presidential Emergency Operation Center is located under the East Wing. The bunker where the NSC met on 9/11.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 19d
You can renounce fascism. You can’t renounce being 80 years old.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 19d
Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini.
makeitsnow.bsky.social haunted mentions @makeitsnow.bsky.social · 19d
free line for democrats to use on the white house shit: donald trump has done what the flight 93 hijackers couldn’t

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Andrew Kydd

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haunted mentions @makeitsnow.bsky.social · 19d
free line for democrats to use on the white house shit: donald trump has done what the flight 93 hijackers couldn’t

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 19d
Portrait of a marriage.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 19d
The East Wing was where the First Lady’s office was. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Andrew Kydd

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 19d
Feels like a statement from a bipartisan group of former first ladies about the destruction of the east wing could capture some attention ...

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 21d
The Caravelle.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 21d
This just in from our yaching correspondent: www.foxbusiness.com/entertainmen...
Marine expert breaks down Katy Perry's yacht choice after Justin Trudeau sighting reports
Katy Perry's choice of the Feadship-built Caravelle yacht impresses marine expert Kevin Koenig, who compares the vessel to a vintage Porsche that was "also designed by Enzo Ferrari."
www.foxbusiness.com

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 23d
Ice in our coolers, not in our streets.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 23d
#nokings Middleton!

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 24d
Go big Green! #Dartmouth #NoCompact

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 24d
I thought I was clear on this point: No Kings. #nokings

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 27d
Loving the fact that the background to the voting rights act debate is that gerrymandering to lock the opposition party out of power is perfectly constitutional.

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Andrew Kydd @andrewkydd.bsky.social · 27d
State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Storing Classified Documents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Storing Classified Documents
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Tom Shakespeare, Trevon D. Logan , and 2 more

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 27d
Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch, Kim L. Scheppele , and 27 more

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Politico @politico.com · 28d
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com