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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ
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"A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg
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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 11h
Too bad, I had such hopes for her career

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The Associated Press @apnews.com Β· 11h
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week, just months after resoundingly winning an office previously held by a Republican.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week, just months after resoundingly winning an office previously held by a Republican.
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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 11h
Who among us
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🚨BREAKING: A national security official says Donald Trump is in a catch-22 where Iranians are threatening to release videos of him sexually assaulting children if he bombs them, and Israel is threatening the same if he doesn't!

My god! Lock that fucker up!
Leak the videos. The End.

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 1d
I was told that Trump's brilliant airstrike on Iran last year resolved the issue of Iran's nuclear program

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social Β· 1d
🚨BREAKING: A national security official says Donald Trump is in a catch-22 where Iranians are threatening to release videos of him sexually assaulting children if he bombs them, and Israel is threatening the same if he doesn't!

My god! Lock that fucker up!
Leak the videos. The End.

Reposted by Seth Masket

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social Β· 1d
How do journalists counteract bias? A good question - and a belated invitation to explore my conversation with @smotus.bsky.social about covering politics nowadays and the changing media landscape. It's on my Substack: substack.com/@kyleclarkis...
Kyle Clark (@kyleclarkisofftheair)
How do journalists counteract bias? A good question - and a belated invitation to explore my conversation with @Seth Masket about covering politics nowadays and the changing media landscape. https://...
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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 1d
Well that meeting could have been a vague scatterplot

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 1d
This is the one forgotten truth

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 1d
Bari Weiss's lecture at Pepperdine on "being canceled by UCLA" now scheduled
eoinhiggins.bsky.social Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social Β· 1d
Bari Weiss’s lecture at UCLA on β€œthe future of journalism” canceled

Reposted by Seth Masket, Daxton R. Stewart

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social Β· 1d
Bari Weiss’s lecture at UCLA on β€œthe future of journalism” canceled

Reposted by David Darmofal

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 1d
New at Tusk: Republicans are campaigning in Iowa; Democrats don't know where to go
Is the DNC already shaping the 2028 presidential contest?
Republicans are campaigning in Iowa; Democrats don't know where to go
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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 2d
Coloradans to Lower Colorado River Basin

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Tom Clark, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 2d
Just once I’d love these guys to come back from Europe and say β€œHad a great time in Europe” instead of endorsing a Fourth Reich

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 2d
Thin Mints now $6/box. Thanks Biden.

Reposted by Tom Clark, David R. Miller

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 2d
An actual video put out by the department in charge of public health
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Β· 2d
The US Department of Health and Human Services just released this video.

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Jonathan Wolff, Amir Attaran , and 5 more

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Β· 2d
The US Department of Health and Human Services just released this video.

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 2d
(Note: this is from 2017)

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 2d
How could we have known

Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 2d
New at Tusk: Jesse Jackson leaves behind a Democratic Party that once worked to marginalize him and his supporters in the name of electability
Jesse Jackson and the specter of electability
The reverend was everything mainstream Democrats hoped for and feared
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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 3d
My favorite Duvall role was when he played Brando's cue card

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 3d
Passenger on Noem's jet: "Do you by chance have a bidet I could use."
Flight attendant: "I'm afraid it's in use."
Passenger: "Darn."
Flight attendant: "But I have some good news."
susanmcp.bsky.social Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social Β· 3d
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
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Nash Is Here For It @nashishereforit.bsky.social Β· 3d
Wow.

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 3d
Tapper now working on his "AOC is Old" book manuscript

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Tom Clark, Leigh Sparks , and 8 more

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social Β· 3d
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 3d
Fair point.

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 3d
More time has passed since the Achen/Bartels shark attacks paper than passed between the actual shark attacks and the paper's publication.
Okay that isn't true but it will be someday.
borisheersink.bsky.social Boris Heersink @borisheersink.bsky.social Β· 3d
To add excitement to everybody's Presidents Day; @davidryanmiller.com and I have a new article out today in American Politics Research in which we engage with the 1916 shark attacks debate. journals.sagepub.com/share/YQAM7F...
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Boris Heersink @borisheersink.bsky.social Β· 3d
To add excitement to everybody's Presidents Day; @davidryanmiller.com and I have a new article out today in American Politics Research in which we engage with the 1916 shark attacks debate. journals.sagepub.com/share/YQAM7F...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 5d
The announcers hyped him like Cal Hockley hyped Titanic

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 5d
Rough night for House Targaryen

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πŸ¦ƒ Seth Masket πŸ¦ƒ @smotus.bsky.social Β· 6d
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future" is a thing you say when you've definitely done the homework
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Β· 6d
Trump: β€œThe Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple β€” They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired … There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!β€œ
Trump: β€œThe Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple β€” They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired. I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future. There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!β€œ