Justin Leinaweaver
@jleinaweaver.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at Drury University
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If you relatively recently started studying politics and think you have discovered a simple trick to generate a perpetual majority party and then win elections forever, and a large portion of the world is just too stupid to see it, I would ask you to consider that you might be overconfident.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you relatively recently started studying politics and think you have discovered a simple trick to generate a perpetual majority party and then win elections forever, and a large portion of the world is just too stupid to see it, I would ask you to consider that you might be overconfident.
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Measuring the Ideology of Political Parties Worldwide
vrollet.github.io/files/Ideolo...
vrollet.github.io/files/Ideolo...
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Measuring the Ideology of Political Parties Worldwide
vrollet.github.io/files/Ideolo...
vrollet.github.io/files/Ideolo...
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Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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"Kindly take 10 minutes to provide us your thoughts about generative AI in the classroom -"
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Kindly take 10 minutes to provide us your thoughts about generative AI in the classroom -"
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Has Bernie considered renaming his "Medicare for all" policy as Trumpcare?
I happily invite Fox News to begin running segments on how medical debt exploded during Obamacare and the only fix is the new Trump Gold Plan!
I happily invite Fox News to begin running segments on how medical debt exploded during Obamacare and the only fix is the new Trump Gold Plan!
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Has Bernie considered renaming his "Medicare for all" policy as Trumpcare?
I happily invite Fox News to begin running segments on how medical debt exploded during Obamacare and the only fix is the new Trump Gold Plan!
I happily invite Fox News to begin running segments on how medical debt exploded during Obamacare and the only fix is the new Trump Gold Plan!
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Huge COPs are an equity issue.
We don't hear marginalised voices above the din of who can afford the pavilions, flights, comms teams, or hosting.
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
We don't hear marginalised voices above the din of who can afford the pavilions, flights, comms teams, or hosting.
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
The UN climate talks have become too big for their own good
Cop30 will have 50,000 delegates. But bigger Cops are not better Cops.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Huge COPs are an equity issue.
We don't hear marginalised voices above the din of who can afford the pavilions, flights, comms teams, or hosting.
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
We don't hear marginalised voices above the din of who can afford the pavilions, flights, comms teams, or hosting.
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Yes, having grown up in the 1990s when this was the prime dark fantasy of the NRA, this is really something to behold. From a social science perspective, it's another piece of evidence that most of what we call ideology is really just identity politics.
It still blows my mind that the lawless government paramilitary stormtroopers from every 1990's conspiracy theory have arrived and all the don't tread on me 1776 people just pulled a fade.
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Yes, having grown up in the 1990s when this was the prime dark fantasy of the NRA, this is really something to behold. From a social science perspective, it's another piece of evidence that most of what we call ideology is really just identity politics.
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The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
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I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
Yeah, but does anybody have a clip of any Reagan speeches where he opposed the state ownership of the means of production?
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yeah, but does anybody have a clip of any Reagan speeches where he opposed the state ownership of the means of production?
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Bane: We will blow up all the bridges connecting this city of Gotham to the world.
Batman: Like hell you will.
Bane: We will start with your precious Verrazano.
Batman: Don’t forget the Ferry. You also must take out the Ferry.
Joker: On it.
Batman: Cool.
Gordon: What?
Batman: ssh. Adults are talking
Batman: Like hell you will.
Bane: We will start with your precious Verrazano.
Batman: Don’t forget the Ferry. You also must take out the Ferry.
Joker: On it.
Batman: Cool.
Gordon: What?
Batman: ssh. Adults are talking
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bane: We will blow up all the bridges connecting this city of Gotham to the world.
Batman: Like hell you will.
Bane: We will start with your precious Verrazano.
Batman: Don’t forget the Ferry. You also must take out the Ferry.
Joker: On it.
Batman: Cool.
Gordon: What?
Batman: ssh. Adults are talking
Batman: Like hell you will.
Bane: We will start with your precious Verrazano.
Batman: Don’t forget the Ferry. You also must take out the Ferry.
Joker: On it.
Batman: Cool.
Gordon: What?
Batman: ssh. Adults are talking
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“Speaker Johnson, many Americans are wondering why you’re unable to see or hear any developments in the news. Some are speculating that you were kicked in the head by a horse; others theorize that you’ve been huffing spray paint. Which is it?”
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Speaker Johnson, many Americans are wondering why you’re unable to see or hear any developments in the news. Some are speculating that you were kicked in the head by a horse; others theorize that you’ve been huffing spray paint. Which is it?”
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It's a nice interview and I love a Markov chain as much as the next guy, but c'mon, there's an entire discipline with research focused on representation and voting over here. We don't need to reinvent the wheel on this.
Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's a nice interview and I love a Markov chain as much as the next guy, but c'mon, there's an entire discipline with research focused on representation and voting over here. We don't need to reinvent the wheel on this.
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If you have one dollar, you could buy a can of black beans to donate it or you could just let the local food bank turn ONE dollar into FIVE nutritious meals because they have better bulk purchasing power.
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you have one dollar, you could buy a can of black beans to donate it or you could just let the local food bank turn ONE dollar into FIVE nutritious meals because they have better bulk purchasing power.
Two notes:
1. Drop the question mark and make the argument the title
2. Put it on the front page and make it the banner headline
1. Drop the question mark and make the argument the title
2. Put it on the front page and make it the banner headline
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Two notes:
1. Drop the question mark and make the argument the title
2. Put it on the front page and make it the banner headline
1. Drop the question mark and make the argument the title
2. Put it on the front page and make it the banner headline
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Venezuela doesn't produce fentanyl
Venezuela doesn't produce cocaine
Venezuela produces oil
Venezuela doesn't produce cocaine
Venezuela produces oil
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
@miamiherald.com
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@miamiherald.com
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Venezuela doesn't produce fentanyl
Venezuela doesn't produce cocaine
Venezuela produces oil
Venezuela doesn't produce cocaine
Venezuela produces oil
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shoot this straight into my veins
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
shoot this straight into my veins
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[sigh]
- We don't have the most
- We're just getting started on "update and renovation"
- Other countries aren't testing
- DOW (DOD) doesn't do that
- It's not happening immediately lol
- We don't have the most
- We're just getting started on "update and renovation"
- Other countries aren't testing
- DOW (DOD) doesn't do that
- It's not happening immediately lol
“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
[sigh]
- We don't have the most
- We're just getting started on "update and renovation"
- Other countries aren't testing
- DOW (DOD) doesn't do that
- It's not happening immediately lol
- We don't have the most
- We're just getting started on "update and renovation"
- Other countries aren't testing
- DOW (DOD) doesn't do that
- It's not happening immediately lol
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This narcissistic attitude that sees a vote as a curated extension of your personal brand or a version of a celebrity endorsement is going to be the death of this nation.
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This narcissistic attitude that sees a vote as a curated extension of your personal brand or a version of a celebrity endorsement is going to be the death of this nation.
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”