Amy Atchison
@dratchison.bsky.social
Maisie’s human, women & politics and women & academia scholar. <insert standard disclaimers here>
AARP has historically had considerable political influence (relative, of course) in the US context. Do advocacy orgs for older adults have similar pull elsewhere? Age UK? BAGSO in Germany? National Seniors Australia?
July 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
AARP has historically had considerable political influence (relative, of course) in the US context. Do advocacy orgs for older adults have similar pull elsewhere? Age UK? BAGSO in Germany? National Seniors Australia?
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Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
March 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
I googled so you don’t have to: Nix v. Hedden. (A tariff case.)
July 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I googled so you don’t have to: Nix v. Hedden. (A tariff case.)
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A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.
A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.
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Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & then, well, here it is, all in one post:
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
June 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & then, well, here it is, all in one post:
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This is Faye. She wanted to bring a little sunshine into your life. Heard it can help with the happiness. 14/10 thank you so much Faye
June 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is Faye. She wanted to bring a little sunshine into your life. Heard it can help with the happiness. 14/10 thank you so much Faye
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This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
June 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
Amidst the many other assaults on democracy & decency:
“White House spokesperson Harrison Fields in a statement cited the need to "*liberate our federal lands and waters to oil, gas, coal, geothermal, and mineral leasing.*" apple.news/AYbwyG7AZRyi...
“White House spokesperson Harrison Fields in a statement cited the need to "*liberate our federal lands and waters to oil, gas, coal, geothermal, and mineral leasing.*" apple.news/AYbwyG7AZRyi...
Trump can abolish national monuments, US Justice Department says — Reuters
President Donald Trump has the power to abolish two national monuments in California established by his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, as well as any others created by past presidents, according to...
apple.news
June 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Amidst the many other assaults on democracy & decency:
“White House spokesperson Harrison Fields in a statement cited the need to "*liberate our federal lands and waters to oil, gas, coal, geothermal, and mineral leasing.*" apple.news/AYbwyG7AZRyi...
“White House spokesperson Harrison Fields in a statement cited the need to "*liberate our federal lands and waters to oil, gas, coal, geothermal, and mineral leasing.*" apple.news/AYbwyG7AZRyi...
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I have to admit that I did not have “The Defense Department under a Republican administration resurrects Socialist Realism three decades after the USSR’s collapse” on my bingo card.
They’ve set up a meme combatant command basically.
interesting he’s there at the border fence with what some gangbangers and 60s fidelista types. Where the peer military he’s going to tangle with?
interesting he’s there at the border fence with what some gangbangers and 60s fidelista types. Where the peer military he’s going to tangle with?
May 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I have to admit that I did not have “The Defense Department under a Republican administration resurrects Socialist Realism three decades after the USSR’s collapse” on my bingo card.
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I also have no gasts left to flabber.**
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.
April 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I also have no gasts left to flabber.**
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.
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Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
April 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
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@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
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And, to be clear, it's almost certainly happening *because* the base has been screaming for action from elected Democrats.
This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."
This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."
Btw, that means in the last 24 hours we've had:
-Cory Booker going for a record in holding the floor
-Ruben Gallego putting a hold on VA nominees over cuts to veterans care
-Adam Schiff putting a hold on Ed Martin's nomination for DC US attorney over... a lot
That's a genuinely good start.
-Cory Booker going for a record in holding the floor
-Ruben Gallego putting a hold on VA nominees over cuts to veterans care
-Adam Schiff putting a hold on Ed Martin's nomination for DC US attorney over... a lot
That's a genuinely good start.
April 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
And, to be clear, it's almost certainly happening *because* the base has been screaming for action from elected Democrats.
This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."
This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."
I also have no gasts left to flabber.**
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.
April 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I also have no gasts left to flabber.**
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.
((TV announcer voice))
Having trouble hiring people due to low wages or undesirable jobs? Don’t increase the pay or make conditions better! Just hire KIDS to work those overnight shifts - they’re young, they don’t need sleep!
apple.news/Ar4VsEhF9RU-...
Having trouble hiring people due to low wages or undesirable jobs? Don’t increase the pay or make conditions better! Just hire KIDS to work those overnight shifts - they’re young, they don’t need sleep!
apple.news/Ar4VsEhF9RU-...
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants — CNN
Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...
apple.news
March 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
((TV announcer voice))
Having trouble hiring people due to low wages or undesirable jobs? Don’t increase the pay or make conditions better! Just hire KIDS to work those overnight shifts - they’re young, they don’t need sleep!
apple.news/Ar4VsEhF9RU-...
Having trouble hiring people due to low wages or undesirable jobs? Don’t increase the pay or make conditions better! Just hire KIDS to work those overnight shifts - they’re young, they don’t need sleep!
apple.news/Ar4VsEhF9RU-...
With the help of the @mpsa.bsky.social leadership team & Council, & many other PoliSci department chairs, the MPSA Department Chairs Caucus is now MPSA organized section 79! Our goal is to provide professional development opportunities & support to department chairs/heads in the discipline.
March 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
With the help of the @mpsa.bsky.social leadership team & Council, & many other PoliSci department chairs, the MPSA Department Chairs Caucus is now MPSA organized section 79! Our goal is to provide professional development opportunities & support to department chairs/heads in the discipline.
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Re-upping this again as more people read about the Khalil case. More information to come, but nothing in WP and NYT so far contradicts original reporting. Again, it DOES NOT MATTER what you think about him or his cause. Either government is bound by the law for all of us or we're all at their mercy.
Reminder: When a person or institution you hate is targeted for illiberal persecution by an aspiring authoritarian, you have to defend them EVEN IF you don't like them. It doesn't matter if you don't like campus protestors or Columbia or the law firms. We must defend them or we're all at risk next.
March 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Re-upping this again as more people read about the Khalil case. More information to come, but nothing in WP and NYT so far contradicts original reporting. Again, it DOES NOT MATTER what you think about him or his cause. Either government is bound by the law for all of us or we're all at their mercy.
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Reminder: When a person or institution you hate is targeted for illiberal persecution by an aspiring authoritarian, you have to defend them EVEN IF you don't like them. It doesn't matter if you don't like campus protestors or Columbia or the law firms. We must defend them or we're all at risk next.
March 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reminder: When a person or institution you hate is targeted for illiberal persecution by an aspiring authoritarian, you have to defend them EVEN IF you don't like them. It doesn't matter if you don't like campus protestors or Columbia or the law firms. We must defend them or we're all at risk next.