Natalie
@natalievotes.bsky.social
PhD student, political strategist, Pol Sci researcher & scientist-practitioner: US election law • voting rights • Latino vote • Pol Psych (intergroup relations) • quant methods
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"We’ve been told this place is a sh*thole.” - Pat McAfee
“We’ve been told that for a long time." - A.J. Hawk.
“This place has been gorgeous. It has been incredible." - McAfee
“We’ve been told that for a long time." - A.J. Hawk.
“This place has been gorgeous. It has been incredible." - McAfee
Pat McAfee blown away to learn San Francisco is not what conservative media makes it out to be
Pat McAfee spent a lot of time this week praising San Francisco and saying it's not the city many have made it out to be.
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 7:03 PM
"We’ve been told this place is a sh*thole.” - Pat McAfee
“We’ve been told that for a long time." - A.J. Hawk.
“This place has been gorgeous. It has been incredible." - McAfee
“We’ve been told that for a long time." - A.J. Hawk.
“This place has been gorgeous. It has been incredible." - McAfee
Conservative bs aside, Pat McAfee unironically assumes that an hr south of SF is "the sticks". Nope...it's a Silicon Valley city that has a pop of 100k+ and a private university.
I feel like conservatives would lose it if they understood how huge the SF Bay area is. So. Many. Liberals.
I feel like conservatives would lose it if they understood how huge the SF Bay area is. So. Many. Liberals.
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Conservative bs aside, Pat McAfee unironically assumes that an hr south of SF is "the sticks". Nope...it's a Silicon Valley city that has a pop of 100k+ and a private university.
I feel like conservatives would lose it if they understood how huge the SF Bay area is. So. Many. Liberals.
I feel like conservatives would lose it if they understood how huge the SF Bay area is. So. Many. Liberals.
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they target someone in unfair and horrific ways, it's exposed, and in retribution, they target them in even more unfair and horrific ways. 1
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 AM
they target someone in unfair and horrific ways, it's exposed, and in retribution, they target them in even more unfair and horrific ways. 1
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The chair of the first law firm that bent the knee to Trump’s extortion and agreed to do pro bono work for him is featured in the Epstein Files, you say? Huh.
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US Department of Justice detailed his relationship with the child sex offender
ft.trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The chair of the first law firm that bent the knee to Trump’s extortion and agreed to do pro bono work for him is featured in the Epstein Files, you say? Huh.
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oh.
The chair of the first law firm that bent the knee to Trump’s extortion and agreed to do pro bono work for him is featured in the Epstein Files, you say? Huh.
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 AM
oh.
Welp, it's a start. Let's see if the Dem leadership can hold their caucuses together to actually get these things done.
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Welp, it's a start. Let's see if the Dem leadership can hold their caucuses together to actually get these things done.
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A reminder that Bezos has zero financial need to layoff these journalists, and is only doing so because he wants to destroy the 4th Estate.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM
A reminder that Bezos has zero financial need to layoff these journalists, and is only doing so because he wants to destroy the 4th Estate.
Invest in independent voices. My human rights newsletter has grown to 160,000+ subscribers.
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Per my last quote post...
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
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My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 27, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Per my last quote post...
DOGE fired thousands of federal employees who had real jobs that helped people...I'd rather my tax dollars go to hiring some of those folks back instead of going to ICE, whose "job" of terrorizing the public is something we as a country can definitely do without!
I know this is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things but these guys are paid with your tax money and have no real job. ICE isn't necessary. They don't get rid of criminals. They just terrorize communities. And THAT'S why they should be abolished. No need for reins. It's not a job!
ICE being extremely professional
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
DOGE fired thousands of federal employees who had real jobs that helped people...I'd rather my tax dollars go to hiring some of those folks back instead of going to ICE, whose "job" of terrorizing the public is something we as a country can definitely do without!
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Yo' momma's so stupid she's lettin' folks tell her what her own eyes are seein'.
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Yo' momma's so stupid she's lettin' folks tell her what her own eyes are seein'.
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BREAKING: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension & Hennepin DA file fed lawsuit dmeanding immediate access to federal evidence in DHS agent's deadly shooting of observer during immigration enforcement operation Sat. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
#1 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants (filing fee $ 405, receipt number AMNDC-12575332) filed by Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Filer requests summons issued....
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January 25, 2026 at 3:50 AM
BREAKING: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension & Hennepin DA file fed lawsuit dmeanding immediate access to federal evidence in DHS agent's deadly shooting of observer during immigration enforcement operation Sat. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
He's right.
🔥 “This started as a pretext about immigration and fraud… it’s WELL beyond that now. It’s into your 2nd/4th/6th Amendments… We’re performing CPR on what may already be a corpse called the Constitution… Wake up. This isn’t just Minneapolis. It’s ALL of us.”
(H/T @allenanalysis.bsky.social )
(H/T @allenanalysis.bsky.social )
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 AM
He's right.
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Minnesota ICE-watchers did this.
By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.
By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Minnesota ICE-watchers did this.
By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.
By relentlessly documenting ICE/BP/DHS abuses—taking on personal risk to do so—they’ve gotten the horrors into more information streams. Got more people to pay attention, undermined Trump regime lies, and shifted the stances of some Democratic officeholders.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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Wine.
what are people stress eating?
January 25, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Wine.
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While Trump is focused on Iran, Greenland and Venezuela, his tariffs and de facto moratorium on renewable energy permits are raising the cost of housing, groceries, and energy.
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
While Trump is focused on Iran, Greenland and Venezuela, his tariffs and de facto moratorium on renewable energy permits are raising the cost of housing, groceries, and energy.
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I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
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"As she was dying, his last words to her were: 'Fucking bitch.' And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all."
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"As she was dying, his last words to her were: 'Fucking bitch.' And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all."
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Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
When Vance insists, contra the videos, that Good threatened the ICE agent and "had it coming", what he means is that he, like Ross, feels threatened by any woman who has the audacity to use her voice in the public sphere.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
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have overheard something similar in the smoking area at the industrial plant where i work today, also noticed the trump hat guy stopped wearing his trump hat this week
there are some very white working class dudes doing electrical work in the office next door and I just overheard one of them say “fucking paramilitary fucking shooting people in the street, did you see that shit?”
so I don’t think the PR is going over well
so I don’t think the PR is going over well
January 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
have overheard something similar in the smoking area at the industrial plant where i work today, also noticed the trump hat guy stopped wearing his trump hat this week
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She was protesting.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
She was protesting.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
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The Department of Homeland Security is one of those changes of government, a reaction to 9/11 interwoven with the militarization of American society caused by the Iraq War, that got us to this bad point. We should undo it, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes.
Abolish ICE? DHS Too. It’s Time
If you’ve been watching reportage and viral videos of immigration raids over...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is one of those changes of government, a reaction to 9/11 interwoven with the militarization of American society caused by the Iraq War, that got us to this bad point. We should undo it, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes.