John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 55mone thing about America is that we're actually really good at turning weirdos into warriors. 140
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 1hclankers don't have rights clankers don't vote don't poll them 121
Reposted by John CluveriusJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 3hSaying it again: the destruction of the service academies as actual universities is a very importany piece of the Trump administration's undermining of both higher ed and the civilian-military constitutional order. thehill.com/policy/defen...thehill.comHegseth freezes hiring of civilian tenured faculty at US military academiesDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed departments on Tuesday to halt appointments of civilian staff to tenured positions at U.S. military service academies and develop hiring plans that prioritiz… 26332
Reposted by John CluveriusThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 5hNo one wants to be a poster child for data centers anymore, least of all Sen. Jon Husted. He will get a chance to avert that fate with a vote to pass a largely symbolic bill aimed at protecting consumers from the facilities.washingtonsun.comRepublicans Confront a Data Center ‘Shitstorm’ in the MidtermsThey hope a vote in the Senate Wednesday on a Jon Husted bill will provide an umbrella. 1193
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 18hWait hold up Hillman is supposed to be in Hampton Roads, right? So does this new student not know area codes, or did I misread the lore?! 000
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 20hObama lost 13 House seats and 9 Senate seats that year 040
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 20h“Also he lives in Florida” - this is not a specific joke a bunch of these dudes live in Florida 0111
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 29/09/20262026 MacArthur Fellows were announced today. Yet another class with zero political scientists. In the 21st Century, more cellists have been awarded MacArthur Fellowships than political scientists. 330
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Having Gen Alpha kids is weird bc they’re like dad do you know about memes what’s your favorite meme and then you have to explain Distracted Boyfriend to an eight year old child 1100
Reposted by John Cluveriusmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 28/09/2026Recent Events have me once again considering: the cube 171693247
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 28/09/2026you also cannot be nonbinary in the 2025 sample. no literally the options are "male," "female," and then you know, terminate the survey. 173
Reposted by John CluveriusKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen 252839647
Reposted by John CluveriusKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did Anthropic's Claude discover something new in biotech? Well, just like with those recent alleged math proofs, it looks like it was given the answers in advance from real humans doing actual research. (gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...) 817355
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am not going to poll about the bar in Greenfield. 100
Reposted by John CluveriusJames Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000. 151359304
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@samsteindc.bsky.social my man, UMass Lowell is not UMass Amherststatic.klipy.comAnthony Anderson: There's A DifferenceALT: Anthony Anderson: There's A Difference 010
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not a lot of polls with close races show one candidate's favorables above water with the other's below. 100
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Gender results in our Maine Poll show: Lots of women undecided in Senate race Lots of women not firmly committed to Jackson Lots of women not firmly committed to Collins All told these "wavering women" are about 12% of the sample, 91 unweighted, 79 weighted, enough that I'm ok taking a look 🧵 101
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New from @umlcpo.bsky.social / @today.yougov.com in Maine: 8/28-9/14 U.S. Senate Jackson 48% Collins 43 Another candidate 1 Undecided 6 Will not vote 1 So much to unpack in this, check it all out via the link for topline, methodology, etc.uml.eduCenter for Public Opinion Polls | Research 033
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 23/09/2026great day for my POLLING IS NOT A CRIME shirt from @raygunsite.com 1234
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 23/09/2026guys i have a great idea, six weeks before the election we throw 750,000 people off of the insurance rolls. Then, THEN we crash an already rickety-ass economy into a mountain. 1151
Reposted by John CluveriusAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026STOP QUOTE TWEETING THE POLL ACCOUNTS THAT NEVER LINK BACK TO THE POLLS THEY'RE MENTIONING thank you 141091108
Reposted by John CluveriusDaniel Schlozman @daschloz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I talked to @gintautasd.bsky.social about why I, like almost all of us who study political parties, think top-two electoral systems are a bad idea. And stay for a little Mass. politics inside baseball: www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...wbur.orgMass. mayoral elections use all-party primaries. So what do mayors think of Question 3?Question 3 supporters have pulled in a growing number of mayors who’ve witnessed top-two elections up close. But not everyone agrees that the system would translate well to state elections. 262
Reposted by John CluveriusMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It’s so cool that every American elite is desperate to stop having to think for themselves or learn anything 27924134
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Where are there going to be courts if it destroys the world? The moon? 031
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have to keep saying this. Trans rights are very unpopular on face but extremely sensitive to persuasion and question wording. In other words very few people care deeply about them, one way or another. Electorally, there is no advantage or penalty for Democrats to take one way or another. 331490177
Reposted by John CluveriusJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Glaring error in “free speech” rankings is they exclude Dartmouth’s use of state swat team w/ long guns to in some cases violently arrest peaceful Gaza protesters obstructing nothing. But the elephant now is AI, college’s embrace of it, & what I’ve encountered as student dismay & self-censorship. 511911
Reposted by John CluveriusMatt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Midterm voters are more concerned about gas prices than vaccines. BUT, as I discuss with @usatoday.com, vaccines are becoming an increasingly important litmus test for figuring out which candidates will stand up to the Trump admin, and who will not. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...usatoday.comVaccines become a 2026 midterm election issue amid measles outbreakA measles outbreak and the Trump administration narrowing childhood immunization recommendations have made vaccines a midterm election issue. 1156
Reposted by John CluveriusFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18/09/2026Silicon Valley philanthropists who *aren’t* evil need to become a lot more willing to take personal and political risks by loudly condemning their fellow SV overlords who have leapt into bed with Trump and Musk - who *created* the aid crisis that (some) of their charitable efforts are aimed at. 723343
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 18/09/2026a great day for massive glowing orb enthusiasts. 140
Reposted by John CluveriusScott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“The problem with sports gambling is not that it gives antisocial losers an excuse to harass athletes, but that it constantly creates new antisocial losers. The population of American sports bettors is… a self-replenishing orchard of bad apples.”defector.comThere's Always More Angry Problem Gamblers Where Those Came From | DefectorThis week, five sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLS) and their associated players’ unions sent letters to gambling regulators in 35 states requesting that something be done to curtail the incr... 1137
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Data centers are 30% support / 70 oppose, high salience, and Dems can gain a lot of midterm voters on the issue. Trans people playing sports is 35% support / 65 oppose, low salience, and no one can gain a lot of midterm voters on the issue. Dems losing ‘24 on trans rights is centrist headcanon 130
Reposted by John CluveriusStephen Clermont @sjclermont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Can we see some metrics on what votes and races these AI PACs have moved before pre-emptively surrendering on one of the few issues driving public opinion right now? www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comDemocratic advisers are warning their candidates not to go too hard at AIDemocratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them. 021
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 17/09/2026it is wild to consider a national scenario where Ds pick up NC and TX, hold GA, but somehow lose NH 001
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 17/09/2026every day this guy says stuff that would cause any other president to lose 100 house seats 070
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 16/09/2026there was something really special about the Kennedy Center. Also, the rooftop brunch *ruled* 010
Reposted by John CluveriusGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I get that some Dems might not want to go here during this election, but there's a big opening to harness public anxiety about AI data-centers to make a case for powering the AI future we actually want with sun and wind. I think Dems should connect these dots. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2154... 18571121
Reposted by John CluveriusKPD Max von Sydnow @mpdeejay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's really fun to see people discover why everyone hates the Patriots. 322936
Reposted by John CluveriusMother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026In a campaign ad released Monday, Seth Bodnar—an Independent candidate running for U.S. Senate in Montana—warns viewers that Flock Safety cameras are tracking Americans. He then sets a surveillance camera on a tree stump, pulls a shotgun from his car, and just absolutely blows the thing away.motherjones.comMeet the candidates putting bullets in Flock camerasSome political hopefuls aren't just opposed to surveillance cameras—they're shooting at them. 1213134
Reposted by John CluveriusMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026👇🎯 This last point, especially. Democrats pretending we can have nice things without broad taxation is neither serious policy nor good politics: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 14518
Reposted by John CluveriusKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026They’re going to claim that trace amounts of birth control in drinking water is a public health risk, and then make birth control pills illegal, aren’t they? 1192028618
Reposted by John CluveriusMax Read @maxread.info · 15/09/2026i would like to have a lot fewer high-breathlessness low-details confessional letters/essays/tweets/resignations from big ai and a lot more specificity & transparency 111112133
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 14/09/2026concentrating buying power in the top 10% of earners was a ghastly economic mistake 080
Reposted by John CluveriusAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 13/09/2026Occasional reminder that the right-wing attack on higher ed, including the push for "viewpoint diversity" and "civic education," is largely a racist backlash against an increasingly non-white college-going demographic. 513628
Reposted by John CluveriusMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sure this matters, but actually countering the unprecedented corruption & ending the lawless authoritarianism must be at the center of the Democratic agenda, & I continue to find maddening the ways in which Obama chooses to re-insert himself into the National Conversation™️ bsky.app/profile/mcop... 11956
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 12/09/2026i swear to god these people spent a month hanging out with bunch of super cool algerians and now they're quoting ahmed ben bella and making "pottawotamie creek was a good start" football hype videos. 061