Andrew Scott Waugh
@aswaugh.bsky.social
Political Science PhD (UCSD ‘13), Data Science Bureaucrat (Oregon DHS), Union Member (SEIU), Mediocre Golfer (16 Handicap), Dad (‘25)
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Aw, good for Indiana.
January 20, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Aw, good for Indiana.
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This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
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There are numerous reports across the Twin Cities on ICE monitoring pages of drones circling apartment buildings. What valid law enforcement reason could there be for this?
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 AM
There are numerous reports across the Twin Cities on ICE monitoring pages of drones circling apartment buildings. What valid law enforcement reason could there be for this?
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Stephen Miller is basically High School Debate Guy who has been handed all the powers of the U.S. presidency
Please feel free to explain High School Debate Guy for those who may not know
Please feel free to explain High School Debate Guy for those who may not know
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Stephen Miller is basically High School Debate Guy who has been handed all the powers of the U.S. presidency
Please feel free to explain High School Debate Guy for those who may not know
Please feel free to explain High School Debate Guy for those who may not know
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How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 AM
How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
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When Dems are in power, we got stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.
When the Trump admin acts, we get stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.
When the Trump admin acts, we get stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.
January 20, 2026 at 2:22 AM
When Dems are in power, we got stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.
When the Trump admin acts, we get stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.
When the Trump admin acts, we get stories and entire narratives framed through the lens of right-wing people’s imagined wrongs.
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Congress scholar here. This is good advice.
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Congress scholar here. This is good advice.
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For those saying “oh but the cabinet are all sycophants.” Yes. We know.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 10:58 PM
For those saying “oh but the cabinet are all sycophants.” Yes. We know.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
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I agree.
Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it.
-The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man.
-That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war
Which side are we on?
Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it.
-The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man.
-That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war
Which side are we on?
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I agree.
Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it.
-The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man.
-That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war
Which side are we on?
Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it.
-The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man.
-That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war
Which side are we on?
How do you go down 30 at the half at home against a team missing 4 of its 5 best players? Smdh. #KnicksSky
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 PM
How do you go down 30 at the half at home against a team missing 4 of its 5 best players? Smdh. #KnicksSky
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They pulled an elderly Hmong man out of his home in the Twin Cities in -18° weather wearing only shorts. That’s sick. This administration is dismantling civil rights, ignoring due process, and turning cruelty into policy. This isn’t law and order. It’s state-sanctioned abuse.
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
They pulled an elderly Hmong man out of his home in the Twin Cities in -18° weather wearing only shorts. That’s sick. This administration is dismantling civil rights, ignoring due process, and turning cruelty into policy. This isn’t law and order. It’s state-sanctioned abuse.
@markwarner.bsky.social this is embarrassing. Families can’t even get to the grocery store to see the high prices because of the effing secret police!!
Learn to talk about more than one thing at a time.
Learn to talk about more than one thing at a time.
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:58 PM
@markwarner.bsky.social this is embarrassing. Families can’t even get to the grocery store to see the high prices because of the effing secret police!!
Learn to talk about more than one thing at a time.
Learn to talk about more than one thing at a time.
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Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
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This is such a widespread sickness among pundits. Pointing out that Republicans are lying about welfare fraud — and have been for decades — doesn't qualify as a publishable take.
So you get this bizarre fixation on optics and this amorphous demand for Dems to "admit" something they admit already.
So you get this bizarre fixation on optics and this amorphous demand for Dems to "admit" something they admit already.
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This is such a widespread sickness among pundits. Pointing out that Republicans are lying about welfare fraud — and have been for decades — doesn't qualify as a publishable take.
So you get this bizarre fixation on optics and this amorphous demand for Dems to "admit" something they admit already.
So you get this bizarre fixation on optics and this amorphous demand for Dems to "admit" something they admit already.
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The US has reduced its presence in Greenland to a single base and less than 200 troops.
If Russia were an imminent threat, Washington could simply deploy more forces tomorrow under the existing defense treaty.
Trump is just inventing a security crisis to justify an annexation
If Russia were an imminent threat, Washington could simply deploy more forces tomorrow under the existing defense treaty.
Trump is just inventing a security crisis to justify an annexation
January 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
The US has reduced its presence in Greenland to a single base and less than 200 troops.
If Russia were an imminent threat, Washington could simply deploy more forces tomorrow under the existing defense treaty.
Trump is just inventing a security crisis to justify an annexation
If Russia were an imminent threat, Washington could simply deploy more forces tomorrow under the existing defense treaty.
Trump is just inventing a security crisis to justify an annexation
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This has been true throughout all the Greenland insanity, and anyone who knew anything knew it at the start of all this.
The US has reduced its presence in Greenland to a single base and less than 200 troops.
If Russia were an imminent threat, Washington could simply deploy more forces tomorrow under the existing defense treaty.
Trump is just inventing a security crisis to justify an annexation
If Russia were an imminent threat, Washington could simply deploy more forces tomorrow under the existing defense treaty.
Trump is just inventing a security crisis to justify an annexation
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This has been true throughout all the Greenland insanity, and anyone who knew anything knew it at the start of all this.
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me staring at an EU economic sanctions and tariffs package that threatens to make everything 50% more expensive for me [but 100% worse for the Hitler party currently running my nation, hastening its retreat and eventual collapse]
Indiana Jones Soul GIF
Alt: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: "MY soul is prepared. How's yours?"
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January 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM
me staring at an EU economic sanctions and tariffs package that threatens to make everything 50% more expensive for me [but 100% worse for the Hitler party currently running my nation, hastening its retreat and eventual collapse]
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Michael is doing valid work by highlighting this crap so I’m not tempted to give them any engagement, but also I don’t see how we can ever have a viable democratic society when elite media culture so openly embraces lazy dissembling like this. It’s corrosive to public trust and destroys discourse.
This man's entire job is to classify one-dimensional right-wing movements as far too complicated to place on the ideological spectrum.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Michael is doing valid work by highlighting this crap so I’m not tempted to give them any engagement, but also I don’t see how we can ever have a viable democratic society when elite media culture so openly embraces lazy dissembling like this. It’s corrosive to public trust and destroys discourse.
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these guys are conservative, but, *get this*, they *also* have a narrow and hierarchical conception of masculinity!
This man's entire job is to classify one-dimensional right-wing movements as far too complicated to place on the ideological spectrum.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
these guys are conservative, but, *get this*, they *also* have a narrow and hierarchical conception of masculinity!
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The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
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Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
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Once upon a time, presidents used their platforms to engage in public acts of service and charity, sending a message that we are all members of a community with responsibilities to one another.
Just thinking about that for no reason.
Just thinking about that for no reason.
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Once upon a time, presidents used their platforms to engage in public acts of service and charity, sending a message that we are all members of a community with responsibilities to one another.
Just thinking about that for no reason.
Just thinking about that for no reason.