Natalie
@natalievotes.bsky.social
PhD student, political strategist, Pol Sci researcher & scientist-practitioner: US election law • voting rights • Latino vote • Pol Psych (intergroup relations) • quant methods
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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My terrorism class finished a section on jihadists and is now discussing white nationalists, and it occurred to me that in some states (Florida? Texas?) I might not be allowed to teach about the latter, since it mentions race, and doesn't balance it out with pro-white-nationalist-terrorism readings.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My terrorism class finished a section on jihadists and is now discussing white nationalists, and it occurred to me that in some states (Florida? Texas?) I might not be allowed to teach about the latter, since it mentions race, and doesn't balance it out with pro-white-nationalist-terrorism readings.
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A #Skydiver Appears to Fall from the #Sun in a Stunning Image
#photography #Icarus Credit: Andrew McCarthy
Link for more: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andr...
#photography #Icarus Credit: Andrew McCarthy
Link for more: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andr...
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A #Skydiver Appears to Fall from the #Sun in a Stunning Image
#photography #Icarus Credit: Andrew McCarthy
Link for more: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andr...
#photography #Icarus Credit: Andrew McCarthy
Link for more: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andr...
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“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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I usually don’t like linking to the NYT, but I think it’s important to know that they wrote and published an obituary immediately for Alice Wong. (It selectively left out parts of her disability activism that they didn’t like, of course.)
“One of the things that really gives me joy is the fact that there are so many amazing, brilliant, creative disabled people out there. But part of my rage — and it’s a very real rage — is that most people don’t really know about them.”
Obit:
Obit:
Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I usually don’t like linking to the NYT, but I think it’s important to know that they wrote and published an obituary immediately for Alice Wong. (It selectively left out parts of her disability activism that they didn’t like, of course.)
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5/🧵 Race divides the Democratic Party more than it does Republicans. Young Republicans remain almost as racially resentful as older Republicans. But among Democrats and independents, massive shifts. White Gen Z independents have lower racial resentment than Boomer Democrats.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
5/🧵 Race divides the Democratic Party more than it does Republicans. Young Republicans remain almost as racially resentful as older Republicans. But among Democrats and independents, massive shifts. White Gen Z independents have lower racial resentment than Boomer Democrats.
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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
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Hello Mr. Insurance Company I would like to purchase a comprehensive health insurance plan for 1 dollar. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hello Mr. Insurance Company I would like to purchase a comprehensive health insurance plan for 1 dollar. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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It’s funny that Harvard has been a consistent target for reactionary campaigns, and not one has been dedicated to ousting Larry Summers, an openly political figure who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein; meanwhile, it’s a fine-toothed comb for *checks notes* Black women.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s funny that Harvard has been a consistent target for reactionary campaigns, and not one has been dedicated to ousting Larry Summers, an openly political figure who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein; meanwhile, it’s a fine-toothed comb for *checks notes* Black women.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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Powerful words from @robertgarcia.bsky.social.
"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Powerful words from @robertgarcia.bsky.social.
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The numbers are so negative, they just said the machine is broke.
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The numbers are so negative, they just said the machine is broke.
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Why would they give up?
Republicans control 28 state legislatures, both chambers of Congress, and the White House
They have a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court and a R appointments outnumber D appointments to other fed courts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Republicans control 28 state legislatures, both chambers of Congress, and the White House
They have a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court and a R appointments outnumber D appointments to other fed courts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up
The Trump appointees’ remarks came at a Federalist Society event in Washington.
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Why would they give up?
Republicans control 28 state legislatures, both chambers of Congress, and the White House
They have a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court and a R appointments outnumber D appointments to other fed courts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Republicans control 28 state legislatures, both chambers of Congress, and the White House
They have a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court and a R appointments outnumber D appointments to other fed courts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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It's the first Friday of the month, which means we've gone 2 months now without a jobs report. For Trump, this is a feature of the shutdown, not a bug, since private surveys show the job market slowing dramatically. But without official data he's able to keep lying about it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's the first Friday of the month, which means we've gone 2 months now without a jobs report. For Trump, this is a feature of the shutdown, not a bug, since private surveys show the job market slowing dramatically. But without official data he's able to keep lying about it.
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
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This is the gayest shit (laudatory)
Miss Piggy movie on way from Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and Cole Escola
The demanding Muppet is set to get her own movie at Disney with Oscar-winning actors producing and the Tony-winning multi-hyphenate writing
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the gayest shit (laudatory)
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Mamdani is Obama’s dad!
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Mamdani is Obama’s dad!
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while the story in Virginia and New Jersey was heavily one of relative turnout, with far more votes than usual coming from liberal areas, this was not the case in New York
Republicans showed up in pretty clearly greater numbers than Democrats, motivated to beat Mamdani
but they didn't
Republicans showed up in pretty clearly greater numbers than Democrats, motivated to beat Mamdani
but they didn't
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
while the story in Virginia and New Jersey was heavily one of relative turnout, with far more votes than usual coming from liberal areas, this was not the case in New York
Republicans showed up in pretty clearly greater numbers than Democrats, motivated to beat Mamdani
but they didn't
Republicans showed up in pretty clearly greater numbers than Democrats, motivated to beat Mamdani
but they didn't
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GOP-led states are blocking college students from registering to vote with campus addresses.
In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
NAACP sues Virginia officials, accusing them of disenfranchising student voters
The NAACP has sued Virginia state election officials, accusing them of disenfranchising students by rejecting voter registration forms from students that do not include details like dormitory names, room numbers and campus mailbox information.
www.reuters.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
GOP-led states are blocking college students from registering to vote with campus addresses.
In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...