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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the best moments I’ve ever seen in baseball. Good on the Tigers for doing this for Verlander and his family. A beautiful end to a Hall of Fame career.

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Now Open! Submit papers for the 18th APSA Teaching & Learning Conference, to explore the theme "Building Bridges: Dialogue and Discovery in Political Science." 📍Portland, Oregon | February 5-7 Submit by October 7th! buff.ly/AOMVnAq #APSATLC

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Now Open: Call for Proposals for the 2027 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC)

Join political science teacher-scholars and students for a unique meeting to promote greater understanding of high-impact practices and innovative methodologies for the political science classroom.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Did he...copy the 1948 Schlesinger poll and add in a couple contemporary presidents?

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 13/07/2026

If you can make words mean whatever you want them to mean, there is no law and no constitution.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”

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Jessica Riedl @jessicabriedl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

NEW from me. Each year, 100-200 young people message me seeking career advice. So I wrote a guide for younger people seeking a career in the Washington D.C. policy community. It includes 4 main keys to landing your first DC job or internship, & career advice. www.jessicariedl.blog/p/so-you-wan...

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Advice for Aspiring Policy Analysts

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is what made the US the closest it’s ever come to aspirational democracy. Shelby County v. Holder (2013) undid a major provision of VRA. Today, the Callais decision twists the knife deeper.

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My book From Gridlock to Governance is now available for pre-order in hardcover! If you are interested in how and why policy change occurs or the strategies legislators use in negotiations, you’ll enjoy this book! Use code PALAUT for 20% off. link.springer.com/book/9783032...

Orange book cover for From Gridlock to Governance by Alex P. Smith

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This is a sign of the complete moral failure of our society. AP report. apnews.com/article/suic...

Detainee says guards bet on suicide
Like other detainees, Ramsingh said that between cleanings the rooms, restrooms and showers were often filthy and infested with insects. He said detainees stole others’ food because everyone was hungry due to the small and sometimes inedible meals, which led to fights, and the conditions took a toll on his mental health.

At one point he said he overheard a security guard talking about bets made among the staff over which detainee would be next to die by suicide. The guard said he had paid $500 into a pool, with the total pot riding on the outcome. The talk was particularly jarring, he said, because he had contemplated suicide himself.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Federalist 51: “But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others.” Behold, the fatal error.

But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department, the necessary constitutional means, and personal motives, to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defence must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to controul the abuses of government. But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controuls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to controul the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to controul itself. A dependence on the people is no doubt the primary controul on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.
This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, private as well as public. We see it particularly displayed in all the subordinate distributions of power; where the constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that each may be a check on the other; that the private interest of every individual, may be a centinel over the public rights. These inventions of prudence cannot be less requisite in the distribution of the supreme powers of the state.
But it is not possible to give to each department an equal power of self defence. In republican government the legislative authority, necessarily, predominates. The remedy for this inconveni…

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Added a category for 5 tracks: Singles: Out of the Woods (TV), 22, You Belong with Me Ballad: All Too Well (10 minute version) Title track: Fearless Feature: Exile Deep Cut: Death by a Thousand Cuts Opener: Ready for it? Closer: Long Live 5 track: You’re on Your Own Kid Wildcard: Marjorie

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A Drake has gotten destroyed in consecutive Super Bowls

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Northern Lights showing up in Iowa City!

Northern lights appear red and green in night sky

Northern lights appear green in night sky

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Chicago Cubs @cubsbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

REPOST IF YOU'RE READY FOR OCTOBER BASEBALL

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

¡¡VOLUME 23, ISSUE 3 IS NOW OUT!! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Featuring work by: @natekelly.bsky.social, @janamorgan.bsky.social, @annkristinkolln.bsky.social, @felixlehmann.bsky.social, @feligsantos.bsky.social, @abenewman.bsky.social & ....,

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 07/09/2025

Just in time for #APSA2025! New issue from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Perspectives on Politics - Special Section: Challenges to Democracy - Volume 23 - Special Issue 3 - September 2025 - cup.org/3VCgRep cc @apsa.bsky.social

Cover of the September 2025 issue of Perspectives on Politics by APSA, featuring an Amnesty International installation. The installation includes a large yellow block with a quote about freedom of the press, with a cityscape in the background.

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

@chaselaspisa.bsky.social is an IR scholar who examines how offshore fossil-fuel resources influence when and where maritime conflicts occur. He has two publications, he is teaching his own course, and he was a 24-25 Fulbright Study/Research Grantee to Norway. See chaselaspisa.github.io /4

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Chase LaSpisa

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Semal Gerot is an Americanist who examines how habitual news consumption shapes public opinion & attitudes about misinformation, polarization, & emotional well-being. She is a 2025–26 APSA/NSF DDRIG awardee and she won the UI Outstanding TA Award. See sbgerot.github.io /3

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Simal B. Gerot

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Alex Bezahler (alexbezahler.weebly.com) is an IR/CP scholar who studies the intersection of resource development (petroleum and water) and national identity. He has 2 solo publications and 1 R&R. He was a 2024-2025 Boren Fellow in Tbilisi, Georgia & he also has a J.D. /2

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Alex Bezahler

Alex D. Bezahler

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Had no idea I’ve been walking with the Barking Crooner

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Spectacular save to keep it level

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

First attempt at tacos al pastor was pretty successful #poliscicooks

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

In the political literature this is known as donating for access. It’s very common. Campaign donations should be interpreted as strategic manifestations of political goals, not expressions of true preference.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

If a Democratic president were openly & repeatedly saying that neither the 14th nor the 22nd amendment constrained him, the country would grind to a halt, the NYT & WaPo would have 96-point font front page headline articles, & the Senate impeachment trial would already be underway.

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Today we brought home Ranger! We are so excited this sweet little guy is part of our family!

A chocolate lab puppy with his new family

A little girl missing her front two teeth holding her puppy for the first time!

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Stephen Phillips, PhD @scvphillips.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🚨 Job Alert! Clemson University is hiring a lecturer in American Politics for Fall 2025. Position open with respect to specialty, but ability to offer research methods and institutions courses is a plus. Deadline is 5/16. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/167554 #poliscisky #academicsky

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Very honored to be featured in the University of Iowa’s Class of 2025’s “Faculty and Staff Who Made a Difference”. It’s been an honor to teach and get to know these students. Can’t wait to see what they do in the future! provost.uiowa.edu/students-ide...

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Students Identify Faculty and Staff Who Made a Difference

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Half marathon #5 about to get started. Looking forward to finishing in Drake Stadium!

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The arc of justice bends towards the shape of Jeremy Bearimy

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Seth @sethjmeyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The Jeremy Bearimy political theory.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Just sit with this for a minute. The administration is saying that veterans, who served their country in the military, are not *fit* to help serve that country in civil service. What an insult to them and their loyalty to country.

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Sometimes you have to enjoy the small things in life, like really good barbecue #poliscicooks

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Members of Congress swear an oath to defend the Constitution. If they are too scared to follow through on that—not unreasonable, many really are getting harassment and death threats—then they should step down so someone who is up for the job can do it. Of 220m US adults, only 535 are in Congress.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Well buck up buttercup, they signed on to defend the constitution, not just go to social events all damn day. They don't have anymore fear than the civil rights activists that pushed for the laws they are allowing to be dismantled, and those activists had way less resources.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Worse and worse and worse 👉 “IDRS access is extremely limited — taxpayers who have had their information wrongfully disclosed or even inspected are entitled by law to monetary damages — and the request for DOGE access has raised deep concern within the IRS.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/02/2025

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

It’s wild to see so many Members of Congress so easily giving up and abdicating their core power of appropriations. Like we have 535 people whose main job it is each year to look over federal spending and decide what money should go where….

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/02/2025

it is honestly kind of striking to me that the founders were basically on target re: “things that could end our republic”

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