Heather Silber Mohamed
@heathersmo.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Political Science focusing on immigration policy, Latino politics, and gender and politics @ClarkUniversity. Former Hill staffer. @BrownUniversity PhD. @TuftsUniversity BA.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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My local school district in Alachua County, Florida is making free breakfast and lunch available to children of families who receive SNAP, with directions on how to apply www.alachuaschools.net/o/acps/page/...
Client Challenge
www.alachuaschools.net
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My local school district in Alachua County, Florida is making free breakfast and lunch available to children of families who receive SNAP, with directions on how to apply www.alachuaschools.net/o/acps/page/...
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
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When donating to food banks, MONEY goes the furthest bc they can purchase food way cheaper than us. If you are going to get food: pasta, sauce, peanut butter, canned fruits & veggies. Also, food kids can make on their own like ready Mac & cheese. Whatever you can do is a spiritual gift to humanity.
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When donating to food banks, MONEY goes the furthest bc they can purchase food way cheaper than us. If you are going to get food: pasta, sauce, peanut butter, canned fruits & veggies. Also, food kids can make on their own like ready Mac & cheese. Whatever you can do is a spiritual gift to humanity.
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With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution
Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution
Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.
Q: You talked about the Hudson River Tunnel in NYC. Is the funding terminated?
TRUMP: Right now there is no funding. Because it's up to me
TRUMP: Right now there is no funding. Because it's up to me
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution
Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution
Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
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IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
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A 76% point gap between how satisfied Republicans are with the country versus how satisfied Democrats are. The largest partisan gap ever. news.gallup.com/poll/694370/...
September 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A 76% point gap between how satisfied Republicans are with the country versus how satisfied Democrats are. The largest partisan gap ever. news.gallup.com/poll/694370/...
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Just an outstanding choice. Well-deserved for @jamellebouie.net!
Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award honors "a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics." This year's winner is Jamelle Bouie. Since joining the New York Times as a columnist in 2019, Jamelle Bouie has consistently worked to redefine what a newspaper opinion column can be.
politicalsciencenow.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just an outstanding choice. Well-deserved for @jamellebouie.net!
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Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
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He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
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Source: "Yellin’ at Yellen: Hostile Sexism in the Federal Reserve Congressional Hearings"
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Yellin’ at Yellen: Hostile Sexism in the Federal Reserve Congressional Hearings | The Journal of Politics
How prevalent is hostile sexism among US politicians? We analyze the transcripts of every congressional hearing attended by the chair of the US Federal Reserve from 2001 to 2020 using Janet Yellen as ...
journals.uchicago.edu
August 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Source: "Yellin’ at Yellen: Hostile Sexism in the Federal Reserve Congressional Hearings"
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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shocking
Donald Trump‘s White House is not pursuing a campaign promise to mandate health insurance pay for in vitro fertilization (IVF), even though he pledged to do so multiple times on the 2024 campaign trail.
Campaign Promise Broken? Trump Has No Plans to Mandate IVF Coverage
Despite a pledge to make insurers cover in vitro fertilization, Donald Trump's White House is backing off plans to do so.
www.rollingstone.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
shocking
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More attention here please.
A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.
‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions
One of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized during the strike but continued to refuse food, he said on Thursday.
nbcnews.to
August 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
More attention here please.
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I bring up this chart showing media coverage of shootings during an election year in NYC a lot. The local news is 100% complicit in making it look like crime is out of control to help “tough on crime” politicians like Eric Adams and Trump spread the false narrative that crime is out of control.
July 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I bring up this chart showing media coverage of shootings during an election year in NYC a lot. The local news is 100% complicit in making it look like crime is out of control to help “tough on crime” politicians like Eric Adams and Trump spread the false narrative that crime is out of control.
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July 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
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We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
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California was consistently Republican through the Mid-1990s. In 1994, Republican Governor Pete Wilson championed the Prop 187 ballot initiative which aimed to cut off illegal immigrants from medical care, education, etc. It passed big, but it alienated CA's large and growing Latino population. 1/x
Trump Approval - Hispanics:
February 7, 2025:
🔴 Disapprove: 51%
🟢 Approve: 49%
July 18, 2025:
🔴 Disapprove: 68%
🟢 Approve: 32%
- YouGov -
February 7, 2025:
🔴 Disapprove: 51%
🟢 Approve: 49%
July 18, 2025:
🔴 Disapprove: 68%
🟢 Approve: 32%
- YouGov -
July 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
California was consistently Republican through the Mid-1990s. In 1994, Republican Governor Pete Wilson championed the Prop 187 ballot initiative which aimed to cut off illegal immigrants from medical care, education, etc. It passed big, but it alienated CA's large and growing Latino population. 1/x
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The Immigration and Nationality Act is pretty darn clear: native-born citizens of the United States can voluntarily relinquish their citizenship but cannot have it involuntarily stripped from them. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/b...
Birthright Citizenship in the United States - American Immigration Council
This fact sheet explains birthright citizenship, the Fourteenth Amendment, and its interpretations. Who is eligible for birthright citizenship? Can birthright citizenship be taken away?
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
July 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Immigration and Nationality Act is pretty darn clear: native-born citizens of the United States can voluntarily relinquish their citizenship but cannot have it involuntarily stripped from them. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/b...
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We have a fact sheet for that! www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/h...
July 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We have a fact sheet for that! www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/h...