Amelia Malpas
@malpas.bsky.social
government PhD student @ Harvard. alumna @ Mount Holyoke.
somewhere between American + comparative politics.
https://www.ameliamalpas.com/
somewhere between American + comparative politics.
https://www.ameliamalpas.com/
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Amelia Malpas
@malpas.bsky.social
· Apr 7
At least we didn't elect a woman president!
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San Francisco will have a new representative for the first time since like 2 years after the first registered internet domain names !!
It is wild to me that the leading city of the knowledge economy revolution has had the same representative throughout
It is wild to me that the leading city of the knowledge economy revolution has had the same representative throughout
Breaking News: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the only female House speaker, said she would retire in 2027, ending a run as one of the most powerful women in U.S. politics. nyti.ms/3XkTV49
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
San Francisco will have a new representative for the first time since like 2 years after the first registered internet domain names !!
It is wild to me that the leading city of the knowledge economy revolution has had the same representative throughout
It is wild to me that the leading city of the knowledge economy revolution has had the same representative throughout
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
San Francisco will have a new representative for the first time since like 2 years after the first registered internet domain names !!
It is wild to me that the leading city of the knowledge economy revolution has had the same representative throughout
It is wild to me that the leading city of the knowledge economy revolution has had the same representative throughout
Breaking News: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the only female House speaker, said she would retire in 2027, ending a run as one of the most powerful women in U.S. politics. nyti.ms/3XkTV49
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
San Francisco will have a new representative for the first time since like 2 years after the first registered internet domain names !!
It is wild to me that the leading city of the knowledge economy revolution has had the same representative throughout
It is wild to me that the leading city of the knowledge economy revolution has had the same representative throughout
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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Sam Zacher & I have a paper under review basically to this effect. Among Democrats, renters have distinct left preferences in candidates (e.g. Sanders) and housing reforms (broadly YIMBYism). We find less distinction among Dem renters and homeowners with national social policy prefs.
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sam Zacher & I have a paper under review basically to this effect. Among Democrats, renters have distinct left preferences in candidates (e.g. Sanders) and housing reforms (broadly YIMBYism). We find less distinction among Dem renters and homeowners with national social policy prefs.
Sam Zacher & I have a paper under review basically to this effect. Among Democrats, renters have distinct left preferences in candidates (e.g. Sanders) and housing reforms (broadly YIMBYism). We find less distinction among Dem renters and homeowners with national social policy prefs.
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sam Zacher & I have a paper under review basically to this effect. Among Democrats, renters have distinct left preferences in candidates (e.g. Sanders) and housing reforms (broadly YIMBYism). We find less distinction among Dem renters and homeowners with national social policy prefs.
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Democrats mostly campaign on economics.
In addition to @rachelporter.bsky.social's evidence, this is true for the national party's platforms and legislative priorities, and what Dem MCs tweet about, regardless of their district or if they are a Progressive!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In addition to @rachelporter.bsky.social's evidence, this is true for the national party's platforms and legislative priorities, and what Dem MCs tweet about, regardless of their district or if they are a Progressive!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Democrats mostly campaign on economics.
In addition to @rachelporter.bsky.social's evidence, this is true for the national party's platforms and legislative priorities, and what Dem MCs tweet about, regardless of their district or if they are a Progressive!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In addition to @rachelporter.bsky.social's evidence, this is true for the national party's platforms and legislative priorities, and what Dem MCs tweet about, regardless of their district or if they are a Progressive!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
Democrats mostly campaign on economics.
In addition to @rachelporter.bsky.social's evidence, this is true for the national party's platforms and legislative priorities, and what Dem MCs tweet about, regardless of their district or if they are a Progressive!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In addition to @rachelporter.bsky.social's evidence, this is true for the national party's platforms and legislative priorities, and what Dem MCs tweet about, regardless of their district or if they are a Progressive!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Democrats mostly campaign on economics.
In addition to @rachelporter.bsky.social's evidence, this is true for the national party's platforms and legislative priorities, and what Dem MCs tweet about, regardless of their district or if they are a Progressive!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In addition to @rachelporter.bsky.social's evidence, this is true for the national party's platforms and legislative priorities, and what Dem MCs tweet about, regardless of their district or if they are a Progressive!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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October 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Last chance to apply! APSA’s Diversity Fellowship Program awards $5,000 to support future political science scholars applying to political science PhDs for Fall 2026 admission.
Learn more about the #APSADFP program and application eligibility:
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As an Amelia named after Earhart and incidentally with her same birthday, I do not like Trump's new Earhart interest at all
Fun fact: Mellon is known to be fixated with Amelia Earhart — so if you’ve wondered why Trump has talked about her seemingly out of nowhere, that’s probably a big clue!
www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/news/federal...
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Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Earhart Lawsuit
Timothy Mellon of Wyoming claimed an aircraft recovery group found wreckage of Amelia Earhart's missing airplane in the South Pacific but kept it quiet
www.wyomingnewsnow.tv
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As an Amelia named after Earhart and incidentally with her same birthday, I do not like Trump's new Earhart interest at all
I don't think you are actually anti genocide if you're not also anti Nazi
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I don't think you are actually anti genocide if you're not also anti Nazi
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Can't help but compare their story about No Kings yesterday to the anti-immigration protests in London last month. "Large crowds" when it's millions of left to center ppl and "huge crowd" when its tens of thousands of rightwingers (not remotely similar mobilization even controlling for US vs UK pop)
October 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Can't help but compare their story about No Kings yesterday to the anti-immigration protests in London last month. "Large crowds" when it's millions of left to center ppl and "huge crowd" when its tens of thousands of rightwingers (not remotely similar mobilization even controlling for US vs UK pop)
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The ai dumping shit on protestors is just a crazy thing for a us president to post, even for him
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The ai dumping shit on protestors is just a crazy thing for a us president to post, even for him
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October 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
October 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Nationalism is wild. A Scottish acquaintance just insta posted abt being at a real life event commemorating English attacks in 1545. Like, my guy, that is a rather long time ago. A lot has happened with Scottish-English relations since, inc union bc Scotland was so bad at colonization by itself
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Nationalism is wild. A Scottish acquaintance just insta posted abt being at a real life event commemorating English attacks in 1545. Like, my guy, that is a rather long time ago. A lot has happened with Scottish-English relations since, inc union bc Scotland was so bad at colonization by itself
Columbus is probably the single clearest example of the limits of the person of the times argument
The "man of his times" crowd always seem to forget that Columbus was arrested and tried by *the Spanish crown* for his cruelty toward Indigenous people.
Pretty sure I say this every Columbus Day, but getting hauled back to Spain for excessive brutality in 1500, just as the Inquisition was really getting fired up, is some genuinely Evil Guys Hall of Infamy material
October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Columbus is probably the single clearest example of the limits of the person of the times argument
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Which also mentions this cool paper by @malpas.bsky.social et al! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Bridging the Blue Divide: The Democrats’ New Metro Coalition and the Unexpected Prominence of Redistribution | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Bridging the Blue Divide: The Democrats’ New Metro Coalition and the Unexpected Prominence of Redistribution - Volume 22 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
October 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Which also mentions this cool paper by @malpas.bsky.social et al! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Nationalism is wild. A Scottish acquaintance just insta posted abt being at a real life event commemorating English attacks in 1545. Like, my guy, that is a rather long time ago. A lot has happened with Scottish-English relations since, inc union bc Scotland was so bad at colonization by itself
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Nationalism is wild. A Scottish acquaintance just insta posted abt being at a real life event commemorating English attacks in 1545. Like, my guy, that is a rather long time ago. A lot has happened with Scottish-English relations since, inc union bc Scotland was so bad at colonization by itself
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California!!
Rare to feel political optimism, but CA is taking real action on housing affordability, its biggest issue, with #SB79.
Last time I was home, I could see clear evidence of the state’s recent zoning liberalization in my parents’ neighborhood. So good!
Rare to feel political optimism, but CA is taking real action on housing affordability, its biggest issue, with #SB79.
Last time I was home, I could see clear evidence of the state’s recent zoning liberalization in my parents’ neighborhood. So good!
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
cayimby.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
California!!
Rare to feel political optimism, but CA is taking real action on housing affordability, its biggest issue, with #SB79.
Last time I was home, I could see clear evidence of the state’s recent zoning liberalization in my parents’ neighborhood. So good!
Rare to feel political optimism, but CA is taking real action on housing affordability, its biggest issue, with #SB79.
Last time I was home, I could see clear evidence of the state’s recent zoning liberalization in my parents’ neighborhood. So good!
California!!
Rare to feel political optimism, but CA is taking real action on housing affordability, its biggest issue, with #SB79.
Last time I was home, I could see clear evidence of the state’s recent zoning liberalization in my parents’ neighborhood. So good!
Rare to feel political optimism, but CA is taking real action on housing affordability, its biggest issue, with #SB79.
Last time I was home, I could see clear evidence of the state’s recent zoning liberalization in my parents’ neighborhood. So good!
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...
cayimby.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
California!!
Rare to feel political optimism, but CA is taking real action on housing affordability, its biggest issue, with #SB79.
Last time I was home, I could see clear evidence of the state’s recent zoning liberalization in my parents’ neighborhood. So good!
Rare to feel political optimism, but CA is taking real action on housing affordability, its biggest issue, with #SB79.
Last time I was home, I could see clear evidence of the state’s recent zoning liberalization in my parents’ neighborhood. So good!
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Also kinda incredible he could write this whole piece without mentioning that the first major modern British immigration controls were trying to restrict Jewish emigration from eastern Europe!
October 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Also kinda incredible he could write this whole piece without mentioning that the first major modern British immigration controls were trying to restrict Jewish emigration from eastern Europe!