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REP, immigration, latin@x politics. 🌞
Talk policy to me. 🌸
she/her/ella. 🏳️🌈
Talk policy to me. 🌸
she/her/ella. 🏳️🌈
Pinned
I want RCV for the Sanrio character rankings and also the United States
I will forever love the diy scene, tell me why the bassist showed up 30 minutes late to the set and then tried to fight the drummer
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I will forever love the diy scene, tell me why the bassist showed up 30 minutes late to the set and then tried to fight the drummer
Me reading the race calls on Decision Desk
a woman is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed while a hot dog is being thrown at her head .
ALT: a woman is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed while a hot dog is being thrown at her head .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Me reading the race calls on Decision Desk
Tonight imma take an edible and go to bed at 7pm because I’m not a sadist like you lot
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tonight imma take an edible and go to bed at 7pm because I’m not a sadist like you lot
This has been the plan for decades, underfund and overwork the schools, claim they fail, seize control.
Nobody thought that Texas public schools were doing well but the question is WHY
Nobody thought that Texas public schools were doing well but the question is WHY
From Tuesday: “An appointed board of managers is beholden not to local citizens, they’re beholden to Mike Morath and ultimately, Greg Abbott.”
Fort Worth ISD Parents Fear the Same Chaos that State Takeover Has Brought to Houston ISD
TEA intervention into locally controlled school districts has become increasingly common—despite mixed results.
www.texasobserver.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This has been the plan for decades, underfund and overwork the schools, claim they fail, seize control.
Nobody thought that Texas public schools were doing well but the question is WHY
Nobody thought that Texas public schools were doing well but the question is WHY
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
The masses crave populists !
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The masses crave populists !
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It would help to have a National Day of Action re: SNAP - perhaps on November 1. It would take rapid response but houses of worship could take the lead in mobilizing their members. Educate everyone about the cuts, encourage local donations, pressure Congress, etc...
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It would help to have a National Day of Action re: SNAP - perhaps on November 1. It would take rapid response but houses of worship could take the lead in mobilizing their members. Educate everyone about the cuts, encourage local donations, pressure Congress, etc...
Damn this past month of album releases is giving scorned white woman winter
October 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Damn this past month of album releases is giving scorned white woman winter
We need the gun emoji back, now more than ever
October 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We need the gun emoji back, now more than ever
Lets work it out on the remix
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lets work it out on the remix
It’s actually really heartening to see the current cohort of “senior” scholars opening talking about unionizing.
When I was in grad school so many people I looked up to were hostile to faculty unionizing, grad student unionizing, even discussing striking.
Hyper individualism will not protect you.
When I was in grad school so many people I looked up to were hostile to faculty unionizing, grad student unionizing, even discussing striking.
Hyper individualism will not protect you.
October 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s actually really heartening to see the current cohort of “senior” scholars opening talking about unionizing.
When I was in grad school so many people I looked up to were hostile to faculty unionizing, grad student unionizing, even discussing striking.
Hyper individualism will not protect you.
When I was in grad school so many people I looked up to were hostile to faculty unionizing, grad student unionizing, even discussing striking.
Hyper individualism will not protect you.
The only thing that could heal the deep partisan divide in this country is a reboot of Glee starring the original cast
October 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The only thing that could heal the deep partisan divide in this country is a reboot of Glee starring the original cast
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This makes sense and is one reason I don’t do bumper stickers (the main one is that I think police might discriminate against my politics). But I do wonder if this creates partisan asymmetry, and also whether stickers do some good in normalizing minority political options in places.
Frontiers | How do drivers react to partisan bumper stickers? Understanding polarization in apolitical settings
IntroductionThe impact of political polarization is no longer confined to the voting booth, and partisan identity can shape behavior even in seemingly apolit...
www.frontiersin.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This makes sense and is one reason I don’t do bumper stickers (the main one is that I think police might discriminate against my politics). But I do wonder if this creates partisan asymmetry, and also whether stickers do some good in normalizing minority political options in places.
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This will make for great intro to US politics fodder; thanks, @torrespolisci.bsky.social!
#Polarization affects everyone & everything!
#Polarization affects everyone & everything!
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This will make for great intro to US politics fodder; thanks, @torrespolisci.bsky.social!
#Polarization affects everyone & everything!
#Polarization affects everyone & everything!
The curse continues…
October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The curse continues…
The law of utility repair appointment “windows”: if you need them to arrive early they’ll inevitably arrive late, and vice versa
October 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The law of utility repair appointment “windows”: if you need them to arrive early they’ll inevitably arrive late, and vice versa
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You are more likely to get honked at if you drive badly and have an out-party-evocative bumper sticker on your car. www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
Frontiers | How do drivers react to partisan bumper stickers? Understanding polarization in apolitical settings
IntroductionThe impact of political polarization is no longer confined to the voting booth, and partisan identity can shape behavior even in seemingly apolit...
www.frontiersin.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
You are more likely to get honked at if you drive badly and have an out-party-evocative bumper sticker on your car. www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
🚨Out Now (Open Access) in Frontiers🚨: ‘How do drivers react to partisan bumper stickers? Understanding polarization in apolitical settings’
My coauthor and I conducted realistic encounters with partisan bumper stickers to see if it triggers partisan identity !
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
My coauthor and I conducted realistic encounters with partisan bumper stickers to see if it triggers partisan identity !
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
Frontiers | How do drivers react to partisan bumper stickers? Understanding polarization in apolitical settings
IntroductionThe impact of political polarization is no longer confined to the voting booth, and partisan identity can shape behavior even in seemingly apolit...
www.frontiersin.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🚨Out Now (Open Access) in Frontiers🚨: ‘How do drivers react to partisan bumper stickers? Understanding polarization in apolitical settings’
My coauthor and I conducted realistic encounters with partisan bumper stickers to see if it triggers partisan identity !
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
My coauthor and I conducted realistic encounters with partisan bumper stickers to see if it triggers partisan identity !
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
Only the Democratic Party would continue to allow itself to be defined by its own electoral losers 😑
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Only the Democratic Party would continue to allow itself to be defined by its own electoral losers 😑
I’m no big city economist but isn’t this like, fundamentally, what libertarians are always complaining about
Breaking news: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said 'all options' are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility on.ft.com/3W5D9W4
September 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I’m no big city economist but isn’t this like, fundamentally, what libertarians are always complaining about
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You’ve been Susan Strange’d
August 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You’ve been Susan Strange’d
Turn 30 and all of the sudden it’s nonstop “DO YOU WANT TO FREEZE YOUR EGGS” ads.
September 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Turn 30 and all of the sudden it’s nonstop “DO YOU WANT TO FREEZE YOUR EGGS” ads.