Nicole Foster Shoaf
@fostershoaf.bsky.social
Political scientist.
PreLaw Advisor.
Avid gardener.
PreLaw Advisor.
Avid gardener.
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Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
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They know what they’re doing.
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
They know what they’re doing.
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Gender studies scholars and experts on domestic violence have long known that gender-based bigotry is a gateway to violent extremism. It’s time for national security officials to catch up.
Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism.
In her new book, an expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — so national security officials need to do something about it.
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Gender studies scholars and experts on domestic violence have long known that gender-based bigotry is a gateway to violent extremism. It’s time for national security officials to catch up.
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General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
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Political scientists: can you help me with something?
I'm adding suggested podcast episodes to my Politics of Public Policy syllabus this year.
I need a podcast episode on these two topics:
-Agenda Setting
-Policy Feedback
Anything come to mind?
Thanks in advance!
I'm adding suggested podcast episodes to my Politics of Public Policy syllabus this year.
I need a podcast episode on these two topics:
-Agenda Setting
-Policy Feedback
Anything come to mind?
Thanks in advance!
August 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Political scientists: can you help me with something?
I'm adding suggested podcast episodes to my Politics of Public Policy syllabus this year.
I need a podcast episode on these two topics:
-Agenda Setting
-Policy Feedback
Anything come to mind?
Thanks in advance!
I'm adding suggested podcast episodes to my Politics of Public Policy syllabus this year.
I need a podcast episode on these two topics:
-Agenda Setting
-Policy Feedback
Anything come to mind?
Thanks in advance!
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one extremely horrific aspect of slavery was systematic, vicious, constant rape and sexual abuse. there remain major taboos about talking about that, especially in schools or museums for all ages.
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
one extremely horrific aspect of slavery was systematic, vicious, constant rape and sexual abuse. there remain major taboos about talking about that, especially in schools or museums for all ages.
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NEW from @pewresearch.org: The number of Christian-majority countries declined between 2010 and 2020, "largely because millions of Christians around the world left the religion." The number of countries with a religiously unaffiliated majority went up. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
July 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
NEW from @pewresearch.org: The number of Christian-majority countries declined between 2010 and 2020, "largely because millions of Christians around the world left the religion." The number of countries with a religiously unaffiliated majority went up. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Updating my CV this morning & I've hit 39 different courses over my 13 year career. This is wild - I'm a 🤏 impressed w/my versatility & a bit dizzy from the pivoting. I almost always have a new prep - sometimes it's fun, but eventually they'll run out of things to throw at me, right?
August 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Updating my CV this morning & I've hit 39 different courses over my 13 year career. This is wild - I'm a 🤏 impressed w/my versatility & a bit dizzy from the pivoting. I almost always have a new prep - sometimes it's fun, but eventually they'll run out of things to throw at me, right?
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A post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth showed his support of a fringe evangelical Christianity that is gaining more traction in the Republican Party.
Who’s questioning women’s right to vote?
A post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth showed his support of a fringe evangelical Christianity that is gaining more traction in the Republican Party.
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August 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth showed his support of a fringe evangelical Christianity that is gaining more traction in the Republican Party.
I got to bring 4 amazing students to MPSA to present their research- this is the part of research that I think is fun!
April 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I got to bring 4 amazing students to MPSA to present their research- this is the part of research that I think is fun!
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I’m excited to share my new paper in @polcommjournal.bsky.social with Stephanie L. DeMora & Dolores Albarracín! We examine how shifting from a past-tense “I Voted” to a future-tense “I Will Vote” message can motivate vote intention among low-propensity voters. A brief 🧵1/7
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1058...
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Motivating Future Voters: Comparing the Effects of ‘I Voted’ and ‘I Will Vote’ Stickers on Intention to Vote
“I Voted” stickers have long symbolized civic pride and voter participation in American political culture. This study examines the impact of these stickers’ language on voting intentions, comparing...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I’m excited to share my new paper in @polcommjournal.bsky.social with Stephanie L. DeMora & Dolores Albarracín! We examine how shifting from a past-tense “I Voted” to a future-tense “I Will Vote” message can motivate vote intention among low-propensity voters. A brief 🧵1/7
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1058...
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Elon Musk says he wants to “eliminate” programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Entitlements... That’s the big one to eliminate”
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
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Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall has blamed the turmoil that erupted at a recent town hall meeting in rural Kansas on “paid Democratic operatives.”
But the people who attended the meeting say they are just concerned Kansans who wanted their senator to hear their concerns.
But the people who attended the meeting say they are just concerned Kansans who wanted their senator to hear their concerns.
Roger Marshall called them ‘paid Democratic operatives.’ They say they’re just concerned Kansans
Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall has blamed the turmoil that erupted at a recent town hall meeting in rural Kansas on “paid Democratic operatives.” But the people who attended the meeting say they ...
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March 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall has blamed the turmoil that erupted at a recent town hall meeting in rural Kansas on “paid Democratic operatives.”
But the people who attended the meeting say they are just concerned Kansans who wanted their senator to hear their concerns.
But the people who attended the meeting say they are just concerned Kansans who wanted their senator to hear their concerns.
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1. EXCLUSIVE
The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them
As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles
It is an unethical and likely illegal practice
The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them
As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles
It is an unethical and likely illegal practice
Veterans Administration therapists forced to provide mental health counseling in open cubicles
As part of the Trump administration's frenzied push to end remote work arrangements for federal government workers, the Veterans Administration (VA) is forcing therapists to provide mental health coun...
popular.info
March 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them
As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles
It is an unethical and likely illegal practice
The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them
As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles
It is an unethical and likely illegal practice
I'm very impressed by my students who successfully presented their research at the AR PoliSci Assoc Conference this weekend.
Their projects emanate from the State Party Platform Research Group - experiential learning is the best way to learn the research process... just jump in!
Their projects emanate from the State Party Platform Research Group - experiential learning is the best way to learn the research process... just jump in!
March 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm very impressed by my students who successfully presented their research at the AR PoliSci Assoc Conference this weekend.
Their projects emanate from the State Party Platform Research Group - experiential learning is the best way to learn the research process... just jump in!
Their projects emanate from the State Party Platform Research Group - experiential learning is the best way to learn the research process... just jump in!
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Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
March 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
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A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. The bit that gets me:”The male associate professors in particular made it clear that they actively engaged in evasiveness and did not want to participate if it was not positive for their careers”
Women end up doing the academic housework
kifinfo.no
April 5, 2024 at 10:22 PM
A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. The bit that gets me:”The male associate professors in particular made it clear that they actively engaged in evasiveness and did not want to participate if it was not positive for their careers”
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If you want to know how tariffs work, forget Google, read this: goodauthority.org/news/tariffs...
February 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you want to know how tariffs work, forget Google, read this: goodauthority.org/news/tariffs...
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very weird stuff from DOT, prioritizing spending in areas with "marriage and birth rates higher than the national average" www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
January 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
very weird stuff from DOT, prioritizing spending in areas with "marriage and birth rates higher than the national average" www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
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"The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children Get access Arrow"
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The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children*
Abstract. This paper examines the impact of denying a wanted abortion on women and children in Colombia using high-quality administrative microdata and cre
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January 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children Get access Arrow"
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Does the institution of Congress want to retain any power? The majority may be on board w/ the ideological goals, but it's a dangerous precedent to cede this much authority. I was assured this whole scheme would work b/c everyone would defend their own territory. Where's the leadership?
January 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Does the institution of Congress want to retain any power? The majority may be on board w/ the ideological goals, but it's a dangerous precedent to cede this much authority. I was assured this whole scheme would work b/c everyone would defend their own territory. Where's the leadership?
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Trump: "We're looking at the whole concept of FEMA. I like, frankly, the concept when North Carolina gets hit, the governor takes care of it. When Florida gets hit, the governor takes care of it. Meaning the state takes care of it ... I'd like to see the states take care of disasters."
January 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump: "We're looking at the whole concept of FEMA. I like, frankly, the concept when North Carolina gets hit, the governor takes care of it. When Florida gets hit, the governor takes care of it. Meaning the state takes care of it ... I'd like to see the states take care of disasters."