Rob Glover
@robglover.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science & Honors at the University of Maine. Co-Leader of the Maine chapter, Scholars Strategy Network. My research explores drug policy reform, voting/election administration and democratic theory.
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Rob Glover
@robglover.bsky.social
· Nov 21
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Reintroducing myself for all you fun new peeps. I'm an Associate Professor of Political Science & Honors at University of Maine.
Current interests include drug policy & non-punitive ways to address the opioid crisis. Also interested in election administration, state politics & democratic theory.
Current interests include drug policy & non-punitive ways to address the opioid crisis. Also interested in election administration, state politics & democratic theory.
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Senate Dems: actually it’s totally fine to make life worse for Americans as long as you promise us a performative vote
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Senate Dems: actually it’s totally fine to make life worse for Americans as long as you promise us a performative vote
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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You ever drunk dial your senator?
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
You ever drunk dial your senator?
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
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Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
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After nigh on a decade of collaboration across five states, ENACTing Change is finally out in the world.
A practical, no-nonsense guide to helping young people (and the rest of us) actually shape state policy instead of just yelling at it.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
A practical, no-nonsense guide to helping young people (and the rest of us) actually shape state policy instead of just yelling at it.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
ENACTing Change
Explains the ENACT model of student civic engagement, empowers instructors to implement it, and shows them how to assess its impact. ENACT: The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation ai...
press.uchicago.edu
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
After nigh on a decade of collaboration across five states, ENACTing Change is finally out in the world.
A practical, no-nonsense guide to helping young people (and the rest of us) actually shape state policy instead of just yelling at it.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
A practical, no-nonsense guide to helping young people (and the rest of us) actually shape state policy instead of just yelling at it.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Live your life in such a way that when you die people don't literally rise from the dead to shit on your grave.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Live your life in such a way that when you die people don't literally rise from the dead to shit on your grave.
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Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
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I don't live in NYC, but my favorite part of the mayoral election is that Cuomo got beat twice by the same dude.😂😂😂
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I don't live in NYC, but my favorite part of the mayoral election is that Cuomo got beat twice by the same dude.😂😂😂
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Re-watching the ninth inning. It appears Blue Jays Chris Bassit drew #51 on his cap for Dodger Alex Vesia.
What a class act.
What a class act.
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Re-watching the ninth inning. It appears Blue Jays Chris Bassit drew #51 on his cap for Dodger Alex Vesia.
What a class act.
What a class act.
I scared the hell out of the cats, Dodgers. They were cutely snuggling. But not anymore. I hope you are happy.
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I scared the hell out of the cats, Dodgers. They were cutely snuggling. But not anymore. I hope you are happy.
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Givin’g ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle.
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Givin’g ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle.
That commercial break was just long enough to run out in the back yard and scream at God.
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
That commercial break was just long enough to run out in the back yard and scream at God.
How is Yamamoto not just barfing between pitches right now?
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
How is Yamamoto not just barfing between pitches right now?
I honestly expected the German call to be more terrifying.
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I honestly expected the German call to be more terrifying.
Does Blake Snell sleep ever? He has the look of a guy who "rests his eyes" for 20 minutes and then pounds a scalding cup of black coffee and gets on with it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Does Blake Snell sleep ever? He has the look of a guy who "rests his eyes" for 20 minutes and then pounds a scalding cup of black coffee and gets on with it.
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give us 20 innings this time. make this a root canal. i'll be watching. fuck god and fuck you
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
give us 20 innings this time. make this a root canal. i'll be watching. fuck god and fuck you
Look, Blue Jays. I'm a 45 year old man. I don't bounce back like I used to. That 18 inning game messed my week up. You pull that again, I'll end up dead or fired. Let's get this done in 9.
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Look, Blue Jays. I'm a 45 year old man. I don't bounce back like I used to. That 18 inning game messed my week up. You pull that again, I'll end up dead or fired. Let's get this done in 9.
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Fuck it, let’s go 23 innings
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Fuck it, let’s go 23 innings