Michael Artime
@docartime.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at Pacific Lutheran University. St. Louis Cardinals aficionado.
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Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
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"It honors our country."
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"It honors our country."
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
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wearing slippers and pajamas to the airport is antifa now
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
wearing slippers and pajamas to the airport is antifa now
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
This is precisely how I feel. Nice to know that when the series ends it won’t affect my next day one iota.
I love baseball, but there is something very freeing about not caring at all what happens in the World Series. (Officially I am Anybody Except The Dodgers, but I truly do not care.)
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is precisely how I feel. Nice to know that when the series ends it won’t affect my next day one iota.
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There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.
August 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.
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Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award honors "a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics." This year's winner is Jamelle Bouie. Since joining the New York Times as a columnist in 2019, Jamelle Bouie has consistently worked to redefine what a newspaper opinion column can be.
politicalsciencenow.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
@clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes brilliantly about the need to honestly grapple with history. His book was essential for my class in DC last January. It is infuriating that the anger from the administration is with teaching this history and not the fact that unconscionable violence was committed
a thought i have reading @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s wonderful piece is that one reason the administration wants to erase any mention of the worst of our past is because it is intent on recapitulating those atrocities www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes brilliantly about the need to honestly grapple with history. His book was essential for my class in DC last January. It is infuriating that the anger from the administration is with teaching this history and not the fact that unconscionable violence was committed
Cracker Barrel allowed people to buy an audio book and return it at another Cracker Barrel and get everything but $5 back. Great for road trips. I have a fondness for it. So, one on hand, this is the absolute stupidest nonsense. On the other, people lose their jobs and are hurt.
Chris Rufo suggests his new campaign is to “break” the Barrel.
August 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Cracker Barrel allowed people to buy an audio book and return it at another Cracker Barrel and get everything but $5 back. Great for road trips. I have a fondness for it. So, one on hand, this is the absolute stupidest nonsense. On the other, people lose their jobs and are hurt.
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"GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert."
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert."
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
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The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
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This was the *short* version of the paragraph too, it easily could have been 2-3x as long. Anyway, for all the handwringing certain Dems do about what might happen if they expand the Supreme Court, this is what is going to happen for the next 40ish years if they don't! bsky.app/profile/prof...
Boy that is one depressing paragraph
July 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This was the *short* version of the paragraph too, it easily could have been 2-3x as long. Anyway, for all the handwringing certain Dems do about what might happen if they expand the Supreme Court, this is what is going to happen for the next 40ish years if they don't! bsky.app/profile/prof...
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Every once in a while I think “what if someone made a straight version of Police Academy without the jokes” and honestly that’s what the Rockies are
June 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Every once in a while I think “what if someone made a straight version of Police Academy without the jokes” and honestly that’s what the Rockies are
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The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.
May 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.
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We astoundingly elected the one single person in the entire world who is not interested in reading the intelligence in the President’s Daily Brief.
The country with the most sophisticated intelligence capabilities in the world, and the president is holding up
"a months-old blog post" from an obscure, conspiracy-mongering site "featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic of Congo" while making allegations against South Africa to its president
"a months-old blog post" from an obscure, conspiracy-mongering site "featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic of Congo" while making allegations against South Africa to its president
“Look, here's burial sites all over the place. These are all white farmers that are being buried,” Donald Trump said during today’s White House meeting with South Africa’s president.
The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...
The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...
May 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
We astoundingly elected the one single person in the entire world who is not interested in reading the intelligence in the President’s Daily Brief.
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The country with the most sophisticated intelligence capabilities in the world, and the president is holding up
"a months-old blog post" from an obscure, conspiracy-mongering site "featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic of Congo" while making allegations against South Africa to its president
"a months-old blog post" from an obscure, conspiracy-mongering site "featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic of Congo" while making allegations against South Africa to its president
“Look, here's burial sites all over the place. These are all white farmers that are being buried,” Donald Trump said during today’s White House meeting with South Africa’s president.
The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...
The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...
Trump Displays DRC Visual As Proof Of South African 'Genocide'
US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa.
www.barrons.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The country with the most sophisticated intelligence capabilities in the world, and the president is holding up
"a months-old blog post" from an obscure, conspiracy-mongering site "featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic of Congo" while making allegations against South Africa to its president
"a months-old blog post" from an obscure, conspiracy-mongering site "featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic of Congo" while making allegations against South Africa to its president
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Guys, you're still trying to replace FDR. I told you we can't do it, and we can't do it. Now, what we might be able to do is re-create him. Re-create him in the aggregate.
April 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Guys, you're still trying to replace FDR. I told you we can't do it, and we can't do it. Now, what we might be able to do is re-create him. Re-create him in the aggregate.
Person who purposely set off fireworks in their house hailed as local hero for successful use of fire extinguisher
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Person who purposely set off fireworks in their house hailed as local hero for successful use of fire extinguisher
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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No one's doing this better than JB right now.
March 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
No one's doing this better than JB right now.
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No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
March 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
How utterly unserious we must seem to the rest of the world at this moment.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
How utterly unserious we must seem to the rest of the world at this moment.
Seems like this would be a good message to spread far and wide
How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
February 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Seems like this would be a good message to spread far and wide