Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 1hThe irony is that Jack Smith embodies many conservative ideals, from the pre-Trump years: a hard-working, dedicated professional; a Harvard law guy, coming up from pretty ordinary circumstances, playing football and baseball; committed to the rule of law, truth and honesty, and public service. 280
Reposted by Andrew SinclairStefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 19hOur School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring two permanent (!) Assistant Professors in any field of political science, international relations, political theory, or development. Deadline: 9 November Start date: 30 August 2027 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... 13529
Reposted by Andrew SinclairJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 5hAmazing video of Republican Senator Katie Britt as the Hawks/Hawkeyes mistake is revealed. This should be viewed with Curb Your Enthusiasm music. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator...thedailybeast.comMAGA Senator Caught on Camera Watching Colleague Self-CombustNo one appeared more mortified by Sen. Eric Schmitt’s humiliating blunder than Katie Britt. 57111
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 5hGas prices are high enough in CA that it cost me $20 to drive to work today. 121
Reposted by Andrew SinclairBrian Schaffner @bfschaffner.bsky.social · 12hwe’re hiring an assistant professor in American politics 🐘 apply.interfolio.com/194599 13723
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 6hMr. Smith Goes to Washington: “You're not gonna have a country where these kind of rules work, if you haven't got men that have learned to tell human rights from a punch in the nose.” 031
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 7hThis is absurd and Schmitt should resign out of sheer embarrassment. He won’t, but he should. An incredible moment. 060
Reposted by Andrew SinclairDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 12hMy favorite part of this is how Jack Smith is so utterly baffled by Schmitt's bonkers conspiracy theory that, when Klobuchar is like "the Iowa Hawkeyes, right?", his response is just "uh, I just wanted to see Caitlin Clark play Maryland." 1024944
Reposted by Andrew SinclairKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15hJack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage." 122110172883
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 12hMr. Smith goes to Washington: youtu.be/B1esQRfJupM?...youtu.beWATCH: Jack Smith's full opening statement in Senate Judiciary hearing on Trump investigationsYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 010
Reposted by Andrew SinclairConnor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 21/07/2026🪧 The University of Toronto (St. George) is hiring in American Politics, with a focus on democracy in the United States. Please spread the word! I'm on the committee and am more than happy to answer questions. Full ad & details here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... 910277
Reposted by Andrew SinclairAmerican Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Congratulations to Christine Bailey, Paul M. Collins Jr., Jesse H. Rhodes, and Douglas Rice, winners of the Best Journal Article Award for "The Effect of Judicial Decisions on Issue Salience and Legal Consciousness in Media Serving the LGBTQ+ Community," published in the APSR. buff.ly/B2md7nm 0124
Reposted by Andrew SinclairJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 28/09/2026I preordered it in the summer and look what came today! Very excited for this one. Congratulations to @jlray.bsky.social, @angelaxocampo.bsky.social, and the off-BlueSky authors! 1204
Reposted by Andrew SinclairTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The mayoral race has all the headlines, but one of the starkest choices for Angelenos is further downballot: the race for city attorney. From enforcing tenants' rights to policing homelessness, this office matters matters on all sorts of things. Learn more in our new Bolts reporting!boltsmag.orgThe Most Overlooked But Wide-Reaching Office on the Los Angeles Ballot - BoltsIn June, when Hydee Feldstein Soto became the first Los Angeles city attorney to lose a primary reelection race in nearly 100 years, her ouster put the spotlight on an... Read More 3267108
Reposted by Andrew SinclairDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895373910
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There’s a good America out there for us to find. 131
Reposted by Andrew SinclairBethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026wild semester for teaching elections. 2361
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Still thinking about this remarkable story. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 023
Reposted by Andrew Sinclairjenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm so excited to share my newest publication at @thejop.bsky.social "Intersectional Threat" argues that all threats are experienced based on social location and orientation to power. This paper has been under review since Jan 22. I'm SO happy it is finally out. www.academia.edu/176155961/In... 23513
Reposted by Andrew SinclairSam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For my journo friends, some helpful, digestible stuff on the (un)realities of voter fraud. WV #WestVirginia #journalism #Election2026 011
Reposted by Andrew SinclairSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New at the Smotus Report: A post-midterms GOP is not about to pivot away from Trump, even if they get wiped outsmotus.substack.comWhat if November is catastrophic for the GOP?Could the party pivot? How? Toward what or whom? 3247
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The idea that Trump has anything in common with Winston Churchill is laughable. 132
Reposted by Andrew SinclairOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...status.newsThe Source Behind The BanThe anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned. 952538909
Reposted by Andrew SinclairDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is correct - personal experiences of needing social services makes people, including policymakers, more opposed to imposing administrative burdens (which is how they are breaking SNAP and Medicaid) academic.oup.com/jpart/articl... 10705173
Reposted by Andrew SinclairJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Taught the Fugitive Slave Act for the first time in a few years. Man, my head was spinning as I uttered my familiar refrain about how the FSA radicalized Northerners who maybe never thought much about slavery until they saw people being snatched off the street right in front of them...static.klipy.comEuphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About UsAlt: Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us 202160536
Reposted by Andrew SinclairKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Tell me you don't understand...oh, what's the use 1938642
Reposted by Andrew SinclairPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026I 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... 552967769
Reposted by Andrew SinclairTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026i don't know if i've ever seen a poll where the numbers between the two sole candidates are as low as 39/28 with 6 weeks to go and ballots ready to go 917933
Reposted by Andrew SinclairG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23/09/2026Yes. here you go. Trump’s approval is significantly below where it was in 2018 31809172
Reposted by Andrew SinclairRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 22/09/2026My department and college are searching for FOUR new tenure-track assistant professor colleagues! Please share, and application reviews begin October 15. 15747
Reposted by Andrew SinclairRoper Center @ropercenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026During her Cornell University visit last week, CNN Polling & Analytics Editor Ariel Edwards-Levy shared her recently published guide to handling the oncoming deluge of midterm polling. Read the article here: www.cnn.com/2026/09/... 072
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You just have to treat this like a tie and work for every vote. 020
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“You never count your money // When you're sittin' at the table // There'll be time enough for countin' // When the dealin's done.” 000
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"What's [...] the splendour of autumn, to those // Who've barter'd their freedom for gain?" 021
Reposted by Andrew SinclairDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If I were an opposing quarterback, I would simply ensconce myself in a round tower to frustrate the Vikings's attacks 8548
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It is awful that our government is undermining food safety regulations and public health policies. One reason we developed these systems: kids died. Lots of them. Painful personal stories of loss are commonplace findings in any sort of historical research. (1/2) 141
Reposted by Andrew SinclairJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy to report that my next book titled Diverse and Divided: How Demographic Changes Shape our Politics will be out next year and published by Columbia University Press. In this book, i track how demographic changes (growing racial diversity, education, etc), affect American political competition 4295
Reposted by Andrew SinclairMetropolitan Wargamers @metrowargamers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Rainy Sunday in Brooklyn made for a great day of gaming at the club including Gandhi from @gmtgames.bsky.social, Chicago ‘68 from @yoyoni.bsky.social and @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social, Day of Days from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social and the weird Cosmic Frog #wargames #boardgames 1274
Reposted by Andrew SinclairCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 20/09/2026NEW ISSUE from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Perspectives on Politics - Volume 24 - Special Issue 3 - September 2026 cup.org/4cFOy7V Special Section: Authoritarian Politics 073
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He’s nuts.npr.orgTrump says his D.C. arch will serve as 'military complex' with snipers and dronesPresident Trump has claimed that military operations are needed at his proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C., in order to protect national security. A federal court is weighing the arch's legalit... 170
Reposted by Andrew SinclairLotte Hargrave @lottehargrave.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🚨New paper🚨 Very pleased that “Using Gender to Choose: Voter Decision-Making in Low-Information Elections”, coauthored with Ellie Woodhouse, is now out at @jeppjournal.bsky.social. In it, we ask: when voters know very little about candidates, how do they use gender when deciding who to vote for? 🧵👇static.klipy.comHappyALT: Happy 24618
Reposted by Andrew SinclairEmily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My article is an homage to Sarah Miller's 2019 story for Popula, in which she performed the same experiment It is an absolute masterclass in literary journalism and one of my favorite piece of climate writing, so if you have to pick one to read I recommend herspopula.comHeaven or High WaterSelling Miami's last 50 years 541041