Virginia Sapiro

@vsapiro.bsky.social

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Retired political scientist in NH & Boston who still scholars. Also making believe I'm a historian, farmer, cook, baker. I do love democracy, knowing stuff, looking at art, listening to music. Current research: history of higher education in the U.S. .. more

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Virginia Sapiro is an American political scientist and political psychologist.

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Political science 63%

Sociology 10%

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 15h

Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists at the National Gallery is a terrific exhibit. Makes me want to revisit the Kröller-Müller, where I haven’t been in decades. I remember it as a beautiful setting.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 17h

Yes of course. But even the pretty well informed people I talk to have little understanding of the structural constraints of being in the minority. There are few tools to use. “Do something!” They yell. “What?” One asks. “I don’t know, just DO something!”

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 19h

Upper hand? Dems had a bit of cog in the wheels.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 19h

I wish more people kind of knew what they were talking about when they do flash conclusions.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 20h

True, but looking at opensecrets doesn't look like donations distinguished how Dems voted.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 20h

Not the foliage, but the berries. Lloyd Park, Walthamstow.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 20h

luckily, it's make believe.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 21h

Politics more complicated than surface may seem.

Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

REPHRASING THIS THREAD:

The FIRST PART of this is actually a good summary of what happened.

The first paragraph is important: A lot of people do indeed seem to be under the impression that ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring.. They aren't. They're becoming FAR LESS GENEROUS. 1/

OrdinaryBrotha @ordinarybrotha.bsky.social · 1d

Now for some levity and logic based in facts.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 22h

First stipulate: I don’t like the cave. But. The long game of the R’s may be that they knew that any compromise means Ds would jump around wildly attacking their own party more effectively than the Rs could.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 22h

Not connected.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 22h

In the face of this “deal,” thinking about last week’s election feels like we’ll always have Paris.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 22h

I always believe Republican pinky promises to do something they are clearly opposed to doing.

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro, Timothy D. McBride

Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

OrdinaryBrotha @ordinarybrotha.bsky.social · 1d

Now for some levity and logic based in facts.

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 1d

This feels like a good time to remind everyone that budgets are moral documents

Reposted by Michael Warner, Dana R. Fisher, Virginia Sapiro

Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.

Reposted by Susan Strasser, Virginia Sapiro

Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 1d

Call them:

Jeanne Shaheen (202) 224-2841
Gary Peters (202) 224-6221
Jon Ossoff 202-224-3521
Mark Kelly (202) 224-2235
Peter Welch 202-224-4242
Tammy Baldwin (202) 224-5653
Elissa Slotkin 202-224-4822
John Fetterman (202) 224-4254
Catherine Cortez Masto (202) 224-3542
Angus King (202) 224-5344

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

CllrAndyOddy @cllrandyoddy.bsky.social · 1d

Them US House of Reps has only sat 87 times whilst Trump has signed 212 executive orders, 54 memoranda, and 104 proclamations since Jan 20th. America is no longer a functioning democracy.

House lawmakers have met and voted just 87 days so far in 2025

"People run for Congress in order to be able to, you know, come to the Capitol and legislate."

www.axios.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Virginia Sapiro

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like the "removal of statues etc is erasing history" folks are actually into doing those removals if the history being erased is the history of black people

My Politics @mypolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Here are the two plaques that were removed. I am so ashamed of our racist current administration.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

The gift shop, unfortunately, had a kind of limited range of Liberty tchotchkes. I was hopeful too.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow is worth visiting. And the borough is also very interesting. Nice Sunday market. Had good Caribbean food.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

Armistice Day, Walthamstow.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

I miss the Hatch Act.

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

All of those churches who turned away the woman looking for formula to feed her hungry baby will soon be retelling the story of the pregnant woman who was turned away at the inn and forced to put her newborn baby in a manger.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

OK. Great.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

You can't blame a guy who really works hard at what he wants. In this case, of course, starving people.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

Essential. Secret police is just not acceptable. Unless we love the tradition of night riders.

Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d

Make this un-quiet. Disgusting.

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 1d

If you're not familiar with Brumsic Brandon Jr., creator of long-running comic strip "Luther," here's a classic single panel by him from 1977

Image of Black child gesturing at a man dozing in an armchair and saying, "Did we overcome yet?" with caption reading, "The weary picket"

Reposted by Martin Tomko, Daniel Kuehn, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 2 more Martin Tomko, Daniel Kuehn, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Virginia Sapiro, Peter Bergman

Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d

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