Andrew R. Flores
@aflor017.github.io
Political science
LGBTQ politics
Assoc Prof @American University
Distinguished Visiting Scholar @Williams Institute
Associate Editor @PRQ
Affiliated Scholar @PRRI.org
https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/aflores.cfm
https://aflor017.github.io
LGBTQ politics
Assoc Prof @American University
Distinguished Visiting Scholar @Williams Institute
Associate Editor @PRQ
Affiliated Scholar @PRRI.org
https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/aflores.cfm
https://aflor017.github.io
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Holy shit!
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Holy shit!
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This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
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Why do some union members vote Republican?
In POQ, Macdonald analyzes how workplace political discussion affects voting behavior among union members. More frequent workplace political discussion is associated with union members voting Democrat.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
In POQ, Macdonald analyzes how workplace political discussion affects voting behavior among union members. More frequent workplace political discussion is associated with union members voting Democrat.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Why do some union members vote Republican?
In POQ, Macdonald analyzes how workplace political discussion affects voting behavior among union members. More frequent workplace political discussion is associated with union members voting Democrat.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
In POQ, Macdonald analyzes how workplace political discussion affects voting behavior among union members. More frequent workplace political discussion is associated with union members voting Democrat.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
How the writers at SNL are likely changing their opening after yesterday….
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
How the writers at SNL are likely changing their opening after yesterday….
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Mamdani walked in with an agenda. Trump walked out repeating it.
Trump’s Oval Office Surrender to Zohran Mamdani
In a stunning White House meeting, Donald Trump abandoned his party’s narrative and embraced New York City’s mayor-elect, while Mamdani stayed laser-focused on issues facing the city.
www.meidasplus.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Mamdani walked in with an agenda. Trump walked out repeating it.
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Pretty well established finding that immigration raids of workplaces reduce student test performance for nearby schools, including for non-vulnerable students. The general DHS surge appears to be doing the same for student performance. www.nber.org/papers/w34452
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Pretty well established finding that immigration raids of workplaces reduce student test performance for nearby schools, including for non-vulnerable students. The general DHS surge appears to be doing the same for student performance. www.nber.org/papers/w34452
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@ucrpolisci.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Mass Behavior! Please see the following link for details.
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02196
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02196
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Mass Behavior
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucr.edu
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
@ucrpolisci.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Mass Behavior! Please see the following link for details.
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02196
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02196
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BREAKING: Alito has issued a temporary administrative stay BLOCKING the order that found Texas’ gerrymander to be racially biased. 1/ apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Alito has issued a temporary administrative stay BLOCKING the order that found Texas’ gerrymander to be racially biased. 1/ apnews.com/article/supr...
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
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L.A.'s alt-right extremists are doubling down on their “WHITE MAN FIGHT BACK!" fliers, neo-Nazi tattoos, and white power band tees.
The full story: lataco.com/highland-par...
By Nik Venet
The full story: lataco.com/highland-par...
By Nik Venet
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
L.A.'s alt-right extremists are doubling down on their “WHITE MAN FIGHT BACK!" fliers, neo-Nazi tattoos, and white power band tees.
The full story: lataco.com/highland-par...
By Nik Venet
The full story: lataco.com/highland-par...
By Nik Venet
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
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Fox Business: "Remember, if you do want to do another protein like beef, the price is still up. It's about 5 times the price it was last year. So just keep that in mind. Turkey is probably your best bet. Just stick to the one."
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fox Business: "Remember, if you do want to do another protein like beef, the price is still up. It's about 5 times the price it was last year. So just keep that in mind. Turkey is probably your best bet. Just stick to the one."
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Amazing the things you could have learned just by asking people rather than building a police state and increasing inflation.
In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ workers from other countries.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/21/r...
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/21/r...
Trump allows more foreign ag workers, eases off ICE raids on farms • Minnesota Reformer
In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. At the same time, U.S. Imm...
minnesotareformer.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Amazing the things you could have learned just by asking people rather than building a police state and increasing inflation.
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Some fun Thanksgiving research from Rep Data comparing responses of real and fraudulent respondents on important questions of Thanksgiving protocol
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Some fun Thanksgiving research from Rep Data comparing responses of real and fraudulent respondents on important questions of Thanksgiving protocol
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells NBC News that Capitol Police are now with her 24/7.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells NBC News that Capitol Police are now with her 24/7.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
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“U.S. District Judge (ruled) that the federal government’s deployment of National Guard troops to the District is illegal.” www.popville.com/2025/11/u-s-...
“U.S. District Judge (ruled) that the federal government’s deployment of National Guard troops to the District is illegal.” - PoPville
photo by Diane Krauthamer From the office of the DC Attorney General: "Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the below statement following today’s ruling from U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb that t...
www.popville.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“U.S. District Judge (ruled) that the federal government’s deployment of National Guard troops to the District is illegal.” www.popville.com/2025/11/u-s-...
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Raids Long Beach Taking Gardeners, Old Men, and A 12-Pack of Beers
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Raids Long Beach Taking Gardeners, Old Men, and A 12-Pack of Beers
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
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Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
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Pride flags, however, are not okay.
Kristi Noem's U.S. Coast Guard is okay with some displays of swastikas and nooses.
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
New U.S. Coast Guard policy OK with some swastikas & nooses, but not transgender service members
Hate symbols will now be recategorized as "potentially divisive.”
www.advocate.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Pride flags, however, are not okay.
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The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
Democrat Sarah McBride on her approach to expanding trans acceptance in Congress — and America
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Trump follows up this post by calling for these Democratic lawmakers to be put to death
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trump follows up this post by calling for these Democratic lawmakers to be put to death