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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’d watch this! Especially if there was an Our Flag Means Death episode

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

World’s largest outdoor screening of My Cousin Vinny

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

#OpenAccess from August 2025 - Principled Pragmatism: Big Business and Campaign Contributions After January 6 - cup.org/4l99G7Z - @amydmeli.bsky.social & @fgawehns.bsky.social #Jan6

BJPolS abstract analyzing how financial contributions to legislators from Fortune 500 companies change in response to the policymakers' involvement in election result disputes and accountability violations.

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Feeling overwhelmed? Despair? Unending urgency? My friends feeling this… a few things...🧵 1/6

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus. We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Thanks to the Consortium on American Political Economy for awarding me a grant to fund my research project on labor unions and partisanship! I'm excited to work with this group of scholars. You can read more about my research here: www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/grant-projec...

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CAPE Funded Research | Policy or Politics? Labor Unions in a Polarized America

Research Project | Sep 08, 2025

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Florian Gawehns @fgawehns.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

New in BJPS: @amydmeli.bsky.social and I investigate how Fortune 500 companies changed their 💰 after Jan 6. We find that they balance the interests of their two audiences by sending signals of disapproval towards those who violate established norms while continuing to lobby key lawmakers.

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I’m thrilled that our paper, “Principled Pragmatism: Access-Oriented Interest Groups and Campaign Contributions After January 6,” coauthored with Florian Gawehns, has been conditionally accepted for publication in @bjpols.bsky.social. We’re looking forward to sharing this with the world!

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

My son is home for spring break, so we spent a few hours today running around the monuments, eating all the food, and enjoying the sunshine. And of course we came upon some protesters along the way. I love this place so much.

Trans right demonstration on the Capitol grounds

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 21/02/2025

Congress can reassert its Article I prerogatives--such as its Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 prerogative to "To establish Post Offices and post Roads"--any time it pleases Again, the fatal flaw in the Founders' design is the assumption no branch would roll over for another bsky.app/profile/davi...

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Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Update — the order now extends nationwide:

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Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Virginians -- since our AG Jason Miyares didn't sue, the judges order doesn't apply to us. He's up for re-election this year...

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

IMP FYI for my readers & friends. Keep your eyes on this - and activate clergy & lay leaders to resist, protest and speak out: "Trump and his allies are widening their attacks on religious groups compassionate toward immigrants, refugees, the poor and LGBTQ people." baptistnews.com/article/maga...

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MAGA ramps up attacks on US Christian groups

Donald Trump and his allies are widening their attacks on religious groups compassionate toward immigrants, refugees, the poor and LGBTQ people. The Catholic and Episcopal churches have faced the heat...

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love. I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”

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Campaign Finance Research Group of APSA @cfrg-of-apsa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We're a research group within the American Political Science Association focused on campaign finance and policy and the role of money in politics. If you do campaign research or want to learn more about it, follow us! And if you're an APSA member, you can join us for free on the APSA website.

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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

If you're a scientist that serves on an NSF panel that got cancelled today, I'd love to talk to you about it for an NPR story. DM, email or reach out on signal.

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Goad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Good morning fellow legal experts. I am back at the Virginia General Assembly Building in Richmond for the Senate Committee Courts of Justice meeting. Based on today's docket, I'm calling it Fentanyl Day. Quite a few bills from Republicans about stronger criminal penalties.

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

These are fun! If you went to college 1. what was your career goal when you started? 2. your initial major? 3. if you changed majors, what did you change to? 4. what do you do now, professionally? 1. Translator 2. German/International Studies 3. Polisci/Communication Studies 4. Political Scientist

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Serious question: what happens in agencies like the Patent Trademark Office and GAO where they don’t have enough office space to accommodate all of their employees?

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Samidh @samidh.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Will Meta's retreat from proactive/automated enforcement of its community standards lead to Instagram and Facebook becoming deeper cess pools? Well, it's complicated and the devil will be in the details. Let's look at the data and see what questions we should be asking... 🧵 1/12

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Does anybody else feel like we’re about two years from living in an Octavia Butler novel?

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

1/2 Pattern we're notably seeing w Musk, Thiel, Bezos, Zuck,etc: People who must have been smart, or at least cunning, in their original biz naturally assume they are savants on everything. No idea that public policy is actually "complicated" and involves "details" and inconvenient "facts" Thus...

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer

photo from President Jimmy Carter’s funeral showing many dignitaries but hiding the tangerine tyrant behind a pillar

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Not an engineer vinaigrette

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now: * lifeguard * retail * hill staffer * government affairs

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

To brighten your day, from VA-05, here’s a sign my 74 year old Republican dad put in his yard last week

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Have you wondered how advocacy messages influence how members perceive their interest group? I find that pragmatic & bipartisan messages can help a group's standing, but the effects are dependent upon partisanship. Read more in my piece for the Public Affairs Council: tinyurl.com/keh6re3h

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Does Grassroots Activism Influence Advocacy Group Members’ Perceptions?

How does member engagement on policy impact members' perception of advocacy groups? A study explores the link.

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

Today, I defended my dissertation and passed with no revisions. I’m excited to see what lies ahead. Onward!

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

What 5 topics can you talk about unprepared? 1. Proper pronunciation of Virginia municipalities 2. Swimming (especially backstroke) 3. How interest groups interact with their members 4. How PACs work 5. Saved by the Bell

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Name a fictional character you believe would appear on the Epstein list

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

I’m delighted to share my new article “Who is to Blame?” now available in American Politics Research. I find that partisans engage in blame spreading when they observe a copartisan engaging in unfair or dishonest behavior. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/G4BN8...

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Who is To Blame? Partisans’ Use of Blame Spreading in Reaction to Unfair or Dishonest Behavior - A...

Blame attribution research suggests partisans acknowledge evidence that portrays copartisans negatively but blame externalities for negative events. This study ...

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

List 5 famous people you’ve met, but one is a lie. Magic Johnson Rod Stewart David Hasselhoff Henry Kissinger Rene Russo

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Interest Groups & Advocacy @igajournal.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

The December (4) issue of the journal is up on the website with articles by @davekarpf.bsky.social @mjlacombe.bsky.social Michaela Flum as well as Amy Meli, Harold Sick, Laura Moses, and a review by Boris Heersink: link.springer.com/journal/4130...

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Interest Groups & Advocacy | Volume 12, issue 4

Volume 12, issue 4 articles listing for Interest Groups & Advocacy

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Karen Costa (she/her) @karencosta.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

A great example of a small action to support a caring campus community in #HigherEd in today's @insidehighered.bsky.social. “For student leaders who have advocated for extra time and space for our community to take care of one another, we hear you.” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

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UMD extends Thanksgiving break during "challenging fall"

The University of Maryland will extend its Thanksgiving break to provide students, faculty and staff a chance to “rest and recharge” in light of a “challenging fall,” according to a campuswide...

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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Just a reminder that this is happening tomorrow morning!!! Please share with all of your AP & non-AP friends bc this will be a conversation everyone who will ever write reviews can get something from!

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Can’t pick just one! (Nice Dream) - Radiohead One - U2 Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins Surf Wax America- Weezer The Wood Song- The Indigo Girls

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

We’ll that was delightful

Boehner getting a vote for speaker on the floor today

McHenry smiling when announcing Boehner’s vote on the house floor

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

It’s a great day to be in Blacksburg!

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Amy Meli @amydmeli.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Check out my new article, now available at @igajournal.bsky.social. I develop a novel measure for interest group party proximity and find that while many groups are partisan, others (especially professional/trade associations) maintain distance from both parties. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

@amydmeli.bsky.social will present her paper, "Take Action Now! How Group Type Influences Member Mobilization Strategies" www.amydmeli.com

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