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Claire Adida

@claireadida.bsky.social
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Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Would rather be spending time outdoors with my family and friends.

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Switched from mail-in do Dropbox for the primaries and will do so again for the general.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jewish Democrats contend with another glass ceiling: Their religion #TheHill
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Jewish Democrats contend with another glass ceiling: Their religion
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important: the USPS rule that SCOTUS blocked tonight was Trump’s big plan to control and restrict mail voting. But a separate policy remains in place: USPS is no longer postmarking mail as soon it gets it, which is hugely important for deadlines. So people must mail back with plenty of time.
boltsmag.org
In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - Bolts
A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Via @juddlegum.bsky.social
Top 25 consumer brands backing the r biggest ICE supporters in Congress for the 119th Congress. From top to bottom: SpaceX, Home Depot, Charter (Spectrum), UPS, Chevron, Walmart, Valero, New York Life, Altria (Marlboro), Aflac, Toyota, Regions Bank, Verizon, Google, Capital One, Phillips 66, At&T, Amazon, Comcast/NBCUniversal, Cox Communications, Delta Air Lines, Dell, FedEx, Enterprise, Microsoft.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
LOL i guess he sure has some competing incentives here.
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
1/ I'm starting the holiday weekend off with some good vibes. I’m not giving bad news any headspace right now, so let's pause and celebrate some public health wins that have happened recently!
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 30/06/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits.
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Live updates: Supreme Court is set to rule on Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court will rule on President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally aren't citizens.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/06/2026
Ossoff: "You've got the American govt controlled by Donald Trump backing a Trump family tungsten mine in Kazakhstan w/ a billion plus dollars of federal commitments at the very same time that they are cutting healthcare, defunding hospitals, & nursing homes, & doubling health insurance premiums."
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Obama is in a league of his own. H/t @gelliottmorris.com
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
syracuse.com
Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE
She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This #worldcup is all about the goalkeepers.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
TIL that all clownfish are born male. One develops into a female once the matriarch dies.
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All clownfish are born male.
There’s a good reason why both main characters in Finding Nemo are male, at least initially. All clownfish are born that way, and it’s only when a group’s dominant female dies or disappears that a mal...
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Lukaku comes on and immediately scores!!!
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Marco looks so bored.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🚨Trump is going to deport Iranian women who PROVED to an immigration court that they would be persecuted in Iran to the Central African Republic, a country so dangerous to others the U.S. recommends no American travel there. Trump is destroying this country's legacy of freedom!
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Polymarket ends its sponsorship of election misinformation thanks to reporting from @popular.info and the public outcry. popular.info/p/update-pol...
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UPDATE: Polymarket ends sponsorship of election misinformation
On Monday, Popular Information revealed that a network of at least 16 online influencers was pushing election misinformation in posts on X sponsored by Polymarket, a popular online prediction market.
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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New: Asylum appeal backlog rises to 87,450 cases — by Colin Yeo
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Asylum appeal backlog rises to 87,450 cases - Free Movement
The latest quarterly tribunal statistics show that the backlog of asylum appeals has continued to rise. The statistics cover the period January to March 2026.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2026
I call it propaganda because these numbers aren’t legit, and Track AIPAC doesn’t show their math. They’re anti-Jewish. They want you to believe this number is from AIPAC donations, but it isn’t. www.fec.gov/data/candida...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2026
It can’t be emphasized enough how problematic it is that a self-proclaimed Marxist, living in Germany is trying to influence an American election with antisemitic propaganda. The optics of this are absolutely insane. Corey Archibald is the cofounder of Track AIPAC.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“Congress's top bathroom sheriff Nancy Mace is on the ballot, and while not all of the votes have been counted yet, she is in a respectful fifth place,” Sarah McBride just said. “I don't like punching down and I believe in the politics of grace. So all I will say is happy Pride, Nancy.”
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Not at all a fan of this Brazil women’s soccer team. All they do is foul and flop. They have the skills and athleticism. They should play soccer.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Been listening to Brandi Carlile lately. This line from her beautiful song The Mother, encapsulates one of my favorite parts of parenthood: Oh, but all the wonders I have seen, I will see a second time From inside of the ages through your eyes
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
So much shithousery from this Brazil team.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I am not into purity tests and I think Dems need to learn to build coalitions; but the Platner stuff suggests to me that Dems have learned the wrong lessons from the MAGA cult.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Are we sure this is not from The Onion?
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🚨🚨 #Switzerland’s star striker Breel Embolo has been barred from entering #US ahead of #WorldCup following a last-minute decision by US authorities to review his #clearance to travel. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/swit...
politico.eu
Switzerland’s star striker barred from entering US ahead of World Cup
Breel Embolo has hasn’t traveled to the U.S. yet, but his team is saving his seat for him.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
That’s it??
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I just want everyone to know that there were more than 60 candidates for California governor, and two of those were named Barack D. Obama Shaw and LivingForGodAndCountry DeMott.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
RIP Raúl. May your memory be a blessing.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
More than 2 million voted in the Dem TX Senate primary. 1.4 million voted in the Rep TX Senate primary runoff. Should we make something out of this? Or was yesterday’s runoff unusually low turnout?
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Lauren Gilbert @lgilbert.co · 21/05/2026
I'm hiring for In Development's first not-me hire. Help shape the future of development journalism; edit pieces that do serious cost-effectiveness analysis AND have jokes. Up to $90k USD, fully remote worldwide. indevelopmentmag.com/jobs/
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Jobs – In Development
evidence and argument for a developing world
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Yesterday’s elections confirmed that today’s GOP is very much Trump’s party, still. Let’s hope the November elections confirm that today’s GOP is entirely out of step with the rest of America.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
So when folks say they want to see Dems stand up to Trump, I think what they mean is don't succumb to Trump's pressure and grant clemency to an election denier who breached her county's election equipment.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A powerful tribute to Jason Collins, who died this week. by @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
charlotteclymer.substack.com
If You Don't Understand Jason Collins
Allow me to explain.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he says. @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?
Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he say...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
RESULT: Democrats tonight have defended a swing district in Michigan's state Senate. This means they also defended their majority in the chamber. (The GOP could have erased it by winning.) SD35 voted by Harris by just 1% in 2024, but Dem Chedrick Greene appears to have won easily today.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Polls have now closed in the Michigan special election: Democrats are defending a state Senate seat, while the GOP is looking to flip it — and if they do they erase Dems' majority in the chamber. Stay tuned.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Will Democrats' over-performance in special elections strike again today in Michigan's 35th? We'll know tonight! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2025-26 cycle
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 29/04/2026
NEW: Now that the Supreme Court has rendered the last remaining pillar of the VRA toothless, Republicans in eight states are free to gerrymander more than a dozen congressional districts that had been designed to remedy discrimination against Black and Latino voters. We catalog them all here -->
the-downballot.com
With the VRA gutted, the GOP could target over a dozen Black and Latino House districts
The assault would be devastating for minority voting rights—and for Democrats
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A few weeks ago, Christopher Rufo, of all people, publicly vented his frustration with the increasingly deranged state of today’s Right, bemoaning that its “collective brain is getting melted in a vat of slop, conspiracy, and algorithm-chasing.” He’s right! But also: He bears responsibility.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Makoka brothers were waiting on the curb of their street to get on their school bus in Diamondhead, Mississippi, last Tuesday. But when their bus arrived to pick them up, 10 unmarked cars suddenly surrounded them, and ICE agents rushed to zip tie them and take them away.
mississippifreepress.org
Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.
ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I know we’re all numb to this now but… this is so unhinged.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
"women are less likely than men to receive CPR from a bystander (a nonmedical professional who is nearby) in public, and they are less likely to receive defibrillation (shocks that can restart the heart)." via @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
If Your Heart Stopped Right Now, Would a Stranger Save You? It Depends on Your Sex.
Why women are less likely to receive CPR—and less likely to survive
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Happy Tax Day! Last year, Tesla reported $5.7 billion in U.S. profits. It paid $0 in federal taxes. As did Citigroup, CVS, Palantir, PayPal, and many others. via @juddlegum.bsky.social
popular.info
These highly profitable corporations paid zero federal income taxes last year
In 2025, Tesla reported $5.7 billion in U.S.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
"Coachella is run by... a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation, which is owned by right-wing billionaire Philip Anschutz" who donates to the Republican Governors Association, the Republican AGs Association, the Senate Leadership Fund, & the Congressional Leadership Fund. @juddlegum.bsky.social
popular.info
Coachella performers are funding the MAGA movement
Following the money from Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G to the politicians advancing Trump’s agenda
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