Erin S. Pumpkins
@erincikanek.bsky.social
Political Scientist. Rhymes with mechanic. Emotions, media, measurement, food, coffee, rowing, and dogs.
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IT'S TIME!
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Live In Reno)
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November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
IT'S TIME!
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Things that would get any other president impeached
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Things that would get any other president impeached
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Here is my latest for @msnbc.com, on Trump's ill-advised concept of a plan for health care, which entails repealing the ACA, and redistributing private insurers' tax breaks to the people for what would essentially amount to an HSA, which is unhelpful if not wealthy. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump’s new plan for Obamacare leaves Americans to fend for themselves
We finally know what “concepts of a plan” looks like – and it’s not good.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Here is my latest for @msnbc.com, on Trump's ill-advised concept of a plan for health care, which entails repealing the ACA, and redistributing private insurers' tax breaks to the people for what would essentially amount to an HSA, which is unhelpful if not wealthy. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Public opinion folks: I know there are surveys about optimism/pessimism for family finances & national economy in 1 yr.
Have you seen any polls on public optimism focused several years into the future? Like 5, 10, or more?
Have you seen any polls on public optimism focused several years into the future? Like 5, 10, or more?
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Public opinion folks: I know there are surveys about optimism/pessimism for family finances & national economy in 1 yr.
Have you seen any polls on public optimism focused several years into the future? Like 5, 10, or more?
Have you seen any polls on public optimism focused several years into the future? Like 5, 10, or more?
They are delighting in terrorizing people.
“While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
“Little Village!” the crowd shouted back from the Downtown sculpture, located 6 miles northeast from the Chicago neighborhood.”
“While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
“Little Village!” the crowd shouted back from the Downtown sculpture, located 6 miles northeast from the Chicago neighborhood.”
Border Patrol agents posed at "The Bean" for an apparent photo op after a weekend of clashes in Little Village. blockclubchi.co/4oUHKae
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
They are delighting in terrorizing people.
“While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
“Little Village!” the crowd shouted back from the Downtown sculpture, located 6 miles northeast from the Chicago neighborhood.”
“While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
“Little Village!” the crowd shouted back from the Downtown sculpture, located 6 miles northeast from the Chicago neighborhood.”
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I can and no government can stop me.
Dave, you can’t count a book as read if it was an audio book. You didn’t read it you listened to it. Two fundamentally different ways to ingest media. We as a country, need to stop people from saying they “read” 50 books this year when they actually listened to them. Absolute fraudulent behavior.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I can and no government can stop me.
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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Wow what a week, huh?
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wow what a week, huh?
<Charlie Brown bows his head> We are re-opening the playground. We agreed to negotiate with Lucy for her to hold the football steady at some future date.
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
<Charlie Brown bows his head> We are re-opening the playground. We agreed to negotiate with Lucy for her to hold the football steady at some future date.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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It is almost impossible to emphasize how unprofessional this is. Immigration enforcement agents pepper sprayed a car driving in the opposite direction, which was in no way a threat to them, hitting a toddler.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It is almost impossible to emphasize how unprofessional this is. Immigration enforcement agents pepper sprayed a car driving in the opposite direction, which was in no way a threat to them, hitting a toddler.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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New Yorkers should call and leave messages for both of our frequent sellouts:
Schumer's DC office: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office: (202) 224-4451
I also don’t see why everyone can’t call those two (especially Schumer) since this deeply effects all of us.
Schumer's DC office: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office: (202) 224-4451
I also don’t see why everyone can’t call those two (especially Schumer) since this deeply effects all of us.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
New Yorkers should call and leave messages for both of our frequent sellouts:
Schumer's DC office: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office: (202) 224-4451
I also don’t see why everyone can’t call those two (especially Schumer) since this deeply effects all of us.
Schumer's DC office: (202) 224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office: (202) 224-4451
I also don’t see why everyone can’t call those two (especially Schumer) since this deeply effects all of us.
I remain convinced we could have avoided all this if we just ‘Truman Show’-ed the President
Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I remain convinced we could have avoided all this if we just ‘Truman Show’-ed the President
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"Is being spineless a winning political strategy for Democrats? These male consultants think it is the answer in light of the big wins last week." - NYT Opinion section, probably
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Is being spineless a winning political strategy for Democrats? These male consultants think it is the answer in light of the big wins last week." - NYT Opinion section, probably
It’s pie season!
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It’s pie season!
My grandma used to do this.
She would say she was "resting her eyes."
And my whole family went along with it
...Because she didn't have the nuclear codes.
She would say she was "resting her eyes."
And my whole family went along with it
...Because she didn't have the nuclear codes.
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“The President was not sleeping,” WH spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said.
Trump, who repeatedly mocked President Biden by calling him “Sleepy Joe,” had his eyes closed, was slumped in his chair, and snored while Dr. Oz was speaking.
Gift article:
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“The President was not sleeping,” WH spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said.
Trump, who repeatedly mocked President Biden by calling him “Sleepy Joe,” had his eyes closed, was slumped in his chair, and snored while Dr. Oz was speaking.
Gift article:
wapo.st/4oqQm8F
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My grandma used to do this.
She would say she was "resting her eyes."
And my whole family went along with it
...Because she didn't have the nuclear codes.
She would say she was "resting her eyes."
And my whole family went along with it
...Because she didn't have the nuclear codes.
"Is being spineless a winning political strategy for Democrats? These male consultants think it is the answer in light of the big wins last week." - NYT Opinion section, probably
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Is being spineless a winning political strategy for Democrats? These male consultants think it is the answer in light of the big wins last week." - NYT Opinion section, probably
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Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
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Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
trib.al/ADixIUH
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I’ve already skeeted about this once, but I just realized what it reminded me of: the task where Joe Lycett has to smile with increasing enthusiasm every 30 seconds youtu.be/gD-r7Y3kYYI?...
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’ve already skeeted about this once, but I just realized what it reminded me of: the task where Joe Lycett has to smile with increasing enthusiasm every 30 seconds youtu.be/gD-r7Y3kYYI?...
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the wine moms are trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
the wine moms are trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored
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bluesky branding refresh unveiled
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
bluesky branding refresh unveiled