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Associate Prof Political Science at UCR. Immigration, REP, and Latino Politics; RPCV EC 72, chronic lethologica

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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sexual harassment from Trump? Who would have guessed? www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Scott Bessent reveals that Trump makes jokes about him being gay — to Melania’s friends
The out Cabinet matter insisted his sexuality played no role in Cabinet appointment, but did keep him out of the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not beating the eugenics accusations
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Álvaro Corral @alvarojcorral.bsky.social · 11h
Spoke to my university student newspaper about the rise of ICE's "shadow surge" in the RGV. In the story, some UTRGV students describe how their family members are scared to leave their house. www.utrgvrider.com/the-rise-of-...
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The rise of ICE in the RGV - The Rider Newspaper
Increased immigration enforcement has concerned the Rio Grande Valley community about how the presence of federal agents is
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If there was one lesson from political science I wish I could shotgun into the minds of everyone, it might that MONEY DOES NOT BUY ELECTIONS Elections are mainly determined by deep social & economic factors that a few TV & online ads can only affect at the margin.
Half a billion dollars in GOP spending does little to move polls

Republicans’ massive money advantage has yet to reshape the midterm map, as Democrats keep expanding their ambitions.
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
***Know Your Rights Cards*** Under the U.S. Constitution, all people in the U.S., regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s red cards give examples of how people can exercise these rights: www.ilrc.org/redcards
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Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Les enfants sont grognons
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Students protest and public sector workers strike ahead of French budget
French high school students blockaded dozens of schools and public sector workers went ​on strike on Tuesday, voicing discontent with planned budget cuts ahead of next year's presidential election.
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i reject and rebuke the term "geriatric millenial" in the name of Cheetos and their son, baked cheetos and the holy cheeto dust
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Keep DCcrats out of Texas elections... vote Talarico
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Kyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Happy to announce that our department is looking to hire two new colleagues at the Asst Professor level, one in American politics, specializing in public law, legal studies, administrative law and/or law and courts, the second in political behavior and/or political psychology. Ad links in reply.
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Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Job Alert ‼️ The Department of Political Science at CSU, Northridge is seeking a tenure-track faculty member in American politics w/ a primary expertise in American political institutions. Preference will be given to those with a secondary expertise in public policy and racial/ethnic politics.
careers.pageuppeople.com
Career Opportunities
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A perfect pretext for impeachment does not exis—
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Todd Moye @moye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great coverage of today’s rally from our student journalists. Unfortunately for Trump, it looks like they quoted him accurately.
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President Donald Trump to speak at Peterbilt Motors Company facility about manufacturing and jobs
Update at 5:40 p.m.: Trump thanks the crowd for welcoming him. He concluded his speech with a short dance to “Y.M.C.A.” (1978) by Village People and walking off the stage.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The United States crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism during Donald Trump’s second presidency...The new regime is unlikely to consolidate, however: The United States’ vast countervailing power—its wealth, private sector, and civil society—dilutes authoritarian abuse..."
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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 01/10/2026
y'all i'm working on this data collection project looking at dissertations & sometimes I get reminders that we are not all playing the same game (1999 edition)
not the least, I would like to thank my family: my parents, for buying me a lovely condominium at Harvard Street so that I could concentrate on my research with out worrying about paying rents,
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Álvaro Corral @alvarojcorral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My department is hiring! The School of Political Science, Public Affairs, Legal & Security Studies has just opened a tenure-track search in American Politics. careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52704
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s bad, guys
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kate @thekatriarch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it's time to look outside the mainstream sugar economy which has failed us
Homer Simpson with his baseball bat in front of his pile of sugar.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That's a full 0.5" of direct democracy
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Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is what they do when you give them endless money. $20.5M in fees and costs for buying 7 warehouses they're now going to sell. $10M for unused Guantánamo tents, and unneded food. ICE bought 11 warehouses for $1.07B without any plan. Taxpayer money, burned. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-spe...
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ICE wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in rapid push to expand detention capacity, government watchdog finds
With an unprecedented budget, ICE spent billions in a rush to expand its detention network, wasting millions in the process, the Government Accountability Office found.
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Camilo Pérez-Bustillo @cperezbustillo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
abcnews.com/Politics/fed...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The SNAP stuff was the part that they allowed to take effect before the midterms. That gives you a sense of just how awful the Medicaid stuff they are holding until after the midterms will be.
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
booo tomato tomato 🍅
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this is disgraceful...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If I had three wishes, my first wish would be to erase mosquitoes from California and the other two wishes would be to mitigate the consequences.
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Japanese omirice in Riverside? Asking too much??
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
gas is $6 and the federal minimum wage is $7.50. mitch mcconnell got 3 months paid leave and workers get none..
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ah, no...que pena... My auto-reply is up until the day before school starts... I'm a 👻 until sept 23...
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The University of Texas at Austin is planning to eliminate four majors: African and African diaspora studies, Mexican American and Latina/o studies, women's and gender studies, and the race, indigeneity and migration major.
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UT Austin plans to cut Mexican American, African, women's and gender studies majors
The decision comes after university officials consolidated seven ethnic studies departments into two earlier this year. Faculty within the College of Liberal Arts were told most majors could be consol...
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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Are you following us on Substack? If you hangout there, make sure to subscribe to our channel to get all of our articles and insights. Link 👇 substack.com/@goodauthori...
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Good Authority | Substack
Good Authority’s mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience.
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Rebecca Rauber @defeatthefascists.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The US is being run by worse-than-Nazi hyenas. “Amnesty International found in a report published in December, based on interviews with detainees and a tour of the facility, that the cages were used to punish detainees and amounted to torture, sparking a congressional probe.”
Graphic detailing the structure and size of the cage (7’ 9”x 4’ x 3’) with a 6’ tall shackled and handcuffed prisoner shown outside the cage. (Source: NBC News reporting and the DHS Office of Inspector General / Graphic: Javier Zarracina, NBC News
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Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So many Islamophobic and racist stories today, but the most recent one I've heard of is just mind bogging is LSAC blocking Iranians from taking the LSAT. www.law.com/2026/09/10/i...
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Iranian Students Prohibited From Taking LSAT Following US-Imposed Sanctions | Law.com
The U.S. Treasury Department announced the suspension of several general licenses in its Iran Sanctions program, including goods and services offered by the Law School Admission Council.
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
booooooo tomato tomato!
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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For those folks still scratching their heads about the immigration politics of some PoC, stop doing that and read this important paper instead… 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽💯💯💯
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is a lie. Job growth and labor force participation rates are declining. The declining SNAP coverage is not a sign of economic health, but that the administrative burdens embedded in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are leading to massive coverage loss. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-the-o...
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When the One Big Beautiful Bill comes due
Real people are losing SNAP. Medicaid will be next
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Speranta Dumitru @spe07.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The difference only makes sense because of mobility restrictions. In the past, refugees fleeing a country were also sought after by others. So a refugee could flee a country and choose another. UN should read my article about past policies to attract more foreigners link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Client Challenge
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Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
gifted... www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Missouri’s push to overturn gerrymandered map ruling
The move marks the end of a lengthy redistricting fight in Missouri and blocks a Republican attempt to oust Kansas City’s longtime congressman.
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
i want the communicator, but i can't justify paying $70 for a cheese grater... but any ideas are welcome!
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BREAKING: DC Circuit upholds district court order blocking IRS from sharing tax return information with ICE. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Before: MILLETT, PILLARD and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.
PILLARD, Circuit Judge:
After the Watergate scandal exposed executive branch abuses of U.S. taxpayers' information to harass the Administration's enemies, Congress enacted a prohibition against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sharing tax return information with any other federal agency unless the requesting agency meets stringent conditions. In response to requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the summer of 2025, the IRS developed a specialized procedure for disclosing return information. The procedure failed to ensure that ICE's requests complied with statutory requirements. The IRS nonetheless began using the procedure to disclose tens of thousands of records.
Several groups sued. The IRS had turned over more than 47,000 records by the time the district court stayed the IRS from using the new procedure and preliminarily enjoined further disclosures without notice to the court. We affirm.
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Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Gifted.. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots (Gift Article)
The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My book is ready for preorder! Chuffed to see the cover on the banner at #APSA26. for 30% off: NYUAU30 @nyupress.bsky.social
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
yuck gross
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
PST to EST is a violence
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Robin L Turner @robinlturnerphd.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026
“Authoritarians systematically target higher education as part of a broader attack on the independence of institutions that might question their power. That is what Orban did in Hungary. In Turkey, Erdogan did not just purge military academies; he abolished them. …”👇🏽
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Dr. Dre @asilvaphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
EXCITED To be at @wcps.bsky.social TODAY!!! Backroom ball, Sheraton!
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