Andrew Rudalevige
@rudalev.bsky.social
Bowdoin College professor of political science; affiliated with UCL's Centre on US Politics and UVa's Miller Center. Feed includes posts on presidential power, bureaucratic politics, and carping about Boston sports and European football
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Yep. My feelings exactly.
Still upset about no power of the purse language. You truly do hate to see it. The Trump admin undertook the most expansive set of illegal budgetary actions of any president in history, and broadcast as loudly as possible they’d keep doing it, and nothing. Budgetary lawlessness.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Yep. My feelings exactly.
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There are 280M Americans in households making less than $200k. ~80% of those are adults. It would cost $450 billion to give each of them a $2,000 check.
Treasury claims it's collected $200B in 2025.
Treasury claims it's collected $200B in 2025.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There are 280M Americans in households making less than $200k. ~80% of those are adults. It would cost $450 billion to give each of them a $2,000 check.
Treasury claims it's collected $200B in 2025.
Treasury claims it's collected $200B in 2025.
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PSC experts @pamherd.bsky.social and Luke Shaefer @umfordschool.bsky.social help us understand the consequences of blocking SNAP benefits, which mostly go to children or disabled elderly adults.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
PSC experts @pamherd.bsky.social and Luke Shaefer @umfordschool.bsky.social help us understand the consequences of blocking SNAP benefits, which mostly go to children or disabled elderly adults.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef...
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Ken Burns drops some knowledge: "People always complain in our, in our divided, dialectical, preoccupied world that, you know, oh, you're taking away my history. No, we're not. We're just pulling back and we're just saying, there are a lot more people here than you think."
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ken Burns drops some knowledge: "People always complain in our, in our divided, dialectical, preoccupied world that, you know, oh, you're taking away my history. No, we're not. We're just pulling back and we're just saying, there are a lot more people here than you think."
Terrific piece by @profsaunders.bsky.social on Trump's foreign policy advising and the risks it runs.
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
goodauthority.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Terrific piece by @profsaunders.bsky.social on Trump's foreign policy advising and the risks it runs.
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
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Expect thousands of Christians around the world to die as the direct consequence of Trump's decision to slam the asylum door in their face says the head of Christian World Relief. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/refu...
Trump’s Refugee Policy ‘Is Slamming the Door on Persecuted Christians’ - Christianity Today
Faith organizations hope the Trump administration will reverse course after the announcement of a historically low refugee ceiling.
www.christianitytoday.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Expect thousands of Christians around the world to die as the direct consequence of Trump's decision to slam the asylum door in their face says the head of Christian World Relief. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/refu...
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I believe @rudalev.bsky.social addresses it as a post-Watergate reform in The New Imperial Presidency. Just tooling around finding examples for class I found an EO from Bush invoking it as part of the war on terror.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I believe @rudalev.bsky.social addresses it as a post-Watergate reform in The New Imperial Presidency. Just tooling around finding examples for class I found an EO from Bush invoking it as part of the war on terror.
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Unprecedented corruption - not just monetizing the presidency by selling branded products, but selling those products directly to government employees and having the Department of Homeland Security promote them to the media
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Unprecedented corruption - not just monetizing the presidency by selling branded products, but selling those products directly to government employees and having the Department of Homeland Security promote them to the media
Remember the Solyndra "scandal"? It... wasn't this.
Unprecedented corruption
The White House using taxpayer funds to invest in a startup whose investors include the President's son?
"The transaction...involves an investor group led by Brad Gerstner's Altimeter Capital...that includes 1789 Capital, where...Trump's eldest son is a partner."
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
"The transaction...involves an investor group led by Brad Gerstner's Altimeter Capital...that includes 1789 Capital, where...Trump's eldest son is a partner."
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Remember the Solyndra "scandal"? It... wasn't this.
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‼️Last chance to submit your paper or panel proposal to EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is TODAY!
Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩🏫🥳
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Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩🏫🥳
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
‼️Last chance to submit your paper or panel proposal to EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is TODAY!
Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩🏫🥳
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩🏫🥳
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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My new article "Immigration is Not Invasion" is now up on SSRN. It comprehensively explains why illegal migration and drug smuggling do not qualify as "invasion" under the Constitution and the Alien Enemies Act of 1798: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Immigration is Not Invasion
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In recent years, state governments and the second Trump Administration have increasingly advanced the argument that illegal migration and cross-border dr
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November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My new article "Immigration is Not Invasion" is now up on SSRN. It comprehensively explains why illegal migration and drug smuggling do not qualify as "invasion" under the Constitution and the Alien Enemies Act of 1798: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important
The Department of Homeland Security: “hide behind the First Amendment”
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important
Mamdani quoting Mario Cuomo is a pretty nice touch...
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani quoting Mario Cuomo is a pretty nice touch...
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Big win for Bowdoin and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Big win for Bowdoin and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain tonight.
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A hill I will die on is that a central pillar of the next Dem platform is the establishment of a Fed Reserve (but more independent) like anti-Corruption bureau that has the power to indict anyone including those in office.
A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A hill I will die on is that a central pillar of the next Dem platform is the establishment of a Fed Reserve (but more independent) like anti-Corruption bureau that has the power to indict anyone including those in office.
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Sep 30: USDA issues guidance saying they can use contingency fund
Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance
Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
Nov 1: no funds go out
Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance
Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
Nov 1: no funds go out
Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
The president says he will defy court orders and illegally withhold SNAP benefits despite there being money in the SNAP contingency fund that the Trump is required to use.
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sep 30: USDA issues guidance saying they can use contingency fund
Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance
Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
Nov 1: no funds go out
Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance
Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
Nov 1: no funds go out
Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
This video is not only blasphemous but ridiculous. (For one thing, maybe Secretary Pete should read the New Testament.)
Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This video is not only blasphemous but ridiculous. (For one thing, maybe Secretary Pete should read the New Testament.)
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
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Scoop: President's lawyer finds way to justify thing President wants to do.
Scoop: Trump’s OLC head tells lawmakers the War Powers Act doesn’t apply to cartel strikes, and the administration does not need to cease strikes by Monday.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
A top Trump administration lawyer told Congress that the War Powers Resolution, which would require the end of hostilities within 60 days, doesn’t apply to cartel strikes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Scoop: President's lawyer finds way to justify thing President wants to do.
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A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
BREAKING: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried to rein in federal agents’ use of force, an appeals court ruled. @wttw.bsky.social
Appeals Court Rules Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Does Not Have to Check In Every Day With Federal Judge
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried t...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
So if you search on "illegal use of public funds for partisan messaging" on the USDA website, the only thing that comes up is...
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
So if you search on "illegal use of public funds for partisan messaging" on the USDA website, the only thing that comes up is...
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"But Her Emails" he cried softly
What the actual f*ck?!!!
“Members of Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.“
“Members of Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.“
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
wapo.st
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"But Her Emails" he cried softly