Reposted by Josh ChafetzJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 53mI remember a decade-long panic about undergraduates, activists, or Tumblr pages declaring new language rules and denouncing people for violating them. 720038
Reposted by Josh ChafetzGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2hNational Republicans just pulled nearly $2 million of spending out of the Georgia Senate race, per Dem source who shared ad-tracking data with me. The source believes some of it might get redeployed to South Carolina. Another sign of the times. 19583127
Reposted by Josh ChafetzMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 50m#earlyvote midday update 10/8: at least 2.2 million people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2...election.lab.ufl.eduUF Election Lab: 2026 General Election Early Vote StatisticsLive national and state-by-state early voting statistics for the 2026 general election. 52812
Reposted by Josh ChafetzNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1hTheories that Trump and Mike Johnson will somehow bar Democrats who win Congressional elections from sitting, thereby successfully killing off the remaining vestiges of US democracy, require candidates who just won to accept that they won’t get a seat, and for the Dem caucus to say OK to that too. 2028554
Reposted by Josh ChafetzCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3hFor the first time on record, a majority of Americans have not much/no confidence in the government to ensure food safety. news.gallup.com/poll/715430/... 16298103
Reposted by Josh ChafetzBryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 5hGoin' in the Intro IR slide deck 0356
Reposted by Josh ChafetzMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 5hOverall trend. Touching grass is winning. Combined use of social media, gaming, and streaming is down by more than 1.5 hours a day for this class compared to 2024. Netflix & HBO Max taking big hits. 36011
Reposted by Josh ChafetzG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 6hGood pts from Kyle. Many indicators are significantly more Dem than 2018, including POTUS approval and the generic ballot, but the big diff is Democrats are polling about 6 points better on average in red-state Senate seats 518742
Reposted by Josh ChafetzG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 6h👀 fiftyplusone.news/polls/govern... 1319225
Reposted by Josh ChafetzDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A wild figure from the Kansas Senate campaign. In the last FEC reported donation cycle, Roger Marshall took contributions from 77 donors within the state of Kansas. Adam Hamilton took 3,000 521551
Reposted by Josh ChafetzSam Lloyd @llamsoyd.bsky.social · 15hgreat bit by major league baseball that the 19th, 24th, 28th, and 30th highest payroll teams are going to be four of the five squads still standing tomorrow, given that the whole sport will shut down for 2027 because owners have brainwashed everyone into believing teams like them don’t have a chance 29033
Reposted by Josh ChafetzIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 22hBREAKING NEWS: Look at this otter. He's sleeping! 131092117
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 23hSo, did the @yalepress.bsky.social website get hacked, or ... ? 110
Reposted by Josh ChafetzDeborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The election is now. 1225
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026He did. You only know about the few that he missed. 2100
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026See also David Strauss chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/journal_arti...chicagounbound.uchicago.eduThe Irrelevance of Constitutional AmendmentsArticle V of the Constitution specifies how the Constitution may be amended. Notwithstanding all the attention that constitutional amendments receive, however, our constitutional order would look litt... 180
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Feels like this isn’t even about the expanded map; it’s about Trump wanting to do a rally somewhere he can fill a venue. 159311
Reposted by Josh ChafetzNoah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I keep waiting for more coverage of this. Affirmative action for men is out of control. The silence from the “merit first” types on this really undercuts their integrity 28314
Reposted by Josh ChafetzMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A surprising number of people on here don't actually want to see Democrats win, or even Republicans lose, they just want to have an outlet for weird conspiracy theories and fatalism about the human condition. I may have to start muting/blocking for this behavior, it has no value. 910818
Reposted by Josh Chafetzgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Shamelessly reposting my favorite thing I've ever written, which is about being trans and a Texas A&M alum, in light of that excellent Arkansas Times piece about being Black and gay at University of Arkansas: www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comTexas A&M helped me thrive as a transgender person. Now, it's complicated.A mostly good college experience is hard to square with the school that exists now. 27010
Reposted by Josh ChafetzPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026today, the fuel clock for diesel hit $50 billion- businesses and consumers have since March spent $50 billion more on diesel compared to the same time last year. adding gasoline's $78.46 billion, the tally is $128.6 billion more spent on fuel vs a year ago. 8228102
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026smdh Jackson has just alienated the ENTIRE road-salt-eating community 1922229
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yamamoto in the playoffs is … just like some kind of heretofore unknown magical creature 2273
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I hate Musk as much as the next Bluskysian, but I have to say, Starlink WiFi on a flight is so much better than the other in-flight WiFi options that there’s just no comparison. 14191
Reposted by Josh Chafetzjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic” 19369941096
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Bakker, Harris, Hastert. Three is a trend; I don’t make the rules. 1310
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This has been quite the week for the “oh yeah, THAT guy!” obituaries www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...nytimes.comOne of Patty Hearst’s Kidnappers Has DiedBill Harris was a disillusioned Vietnam veteran looking for purpose when he joined a revolutionary group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army. 2325
Reposted by Josh ChafetzJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Look, this is bad. Yes. But the Trump admin sent six (6) people to Maricopa and Pima. Where, by my count, there are 404 polling places, spread across 18,000 square miles (each county is ~9k sq mi). What they want is the FEAR to discourage the voting they can't actually prevent. 231253411
Reposted by Josh ChafetzJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you're gonna be in Madison, WI this Wednesday afternoon, come on out! law.wisc.edu/calendar/?tr...law.wisc.eduEvents | University of Wisconsin Law School 0255
Reposted by Josh ChafetzSimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Sorry I'm late, everyone. Somebody tampered with my brakes." "Well, then, you should have been early." 419331
Reposted by Josh ChafetzEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Cook Political report changes ratings: #KSSen from Lean R to Toss-up #NCSen from Lean D to Likely D #NHSen from Toss-up to Lean D Kansas is in play www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...cookpolitical.comA Senate Majority is Squarely in Democrats’ Sights as Kansas Moves to Toss Up; Two Other Races Shift LeftFour weeks out from Election Day, the Senate map is shifting further in Democrats’ favor — and with it, their odds of winning back the majority.While Republicans continue to have a financial edge in a... 815335
Reposted by Josh Chafetz🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 06/10/2026Even if you "don't believe" the polls, the behavior of parties should tell you where the races are. 39918
Reposted by Josh ChafetzStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Neat interactive model of state legislative results. Dems realistically could gain majorities in AZ, MI, MN, NH, PA, and WI, while a few more upsets are possible if the wave becomes a tsunami. Dems would be well-positioned to flip GA, NC, and TX too if they had fair maps instead of GOP gerrymanders 23811
Reposted by Josh ChafetzBill Scher @billscher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“The Republican Plan to Buy the Election Got Too Expensive” — my @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social latest on how Republican ad dollars aren’t going as far Democratic dollars because they’re too reliant on super PACs washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/06/t...washingtonmonthly.comThe Republican Plan to Buy the Election Got Too ExpensiveNew data shows the GOP’s money advantage has narrowed because it relies too heavily on super PACs, which pay more for broadcast ads. 12316
Reposted by Josh ChafetzCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026Restorative justice doesn't mean "nothing bad ever happens to you." It means, "in determining what happens from here on out, we center the needs of your victim to repair what happened to them over your own needs." 1691170
Reposted by Josh ChafetzJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A fun detail: Poirot repeatedly describes the Macho Jesus his leetle grey cells dreamed up as like a “Mustang.” You might think this is merely weird and homoerotic, but it’s actually linked to a bit of misinformation evangelicals like to use to retcon Jesus as a high-T alpha male. 2132792
Reposted by Josh ChafetzElyse Graham @elysegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I hate English department Halloween. What do you mean, you're the hermeneutics of suspicion 730158
Reposted by Josh ChafetzKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026From Physics Today (physicsworld.com/a/francis-ha...): ‘When asked what he will do for the rest of today, Halzen replied “I’m working on a proposal. I hope this prize will help get it approved.”’ 540585
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Stubbs’s managing philosophy is “iron snoozle covered by velvet ears” 010
Reposted by Josh ChafetzPeter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 06/10/2026This is actually Aaron Boone managing 5473
Reposted by Josh ChafetzScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump's crass incivility gets a scolding from one of the icons of the South Carolina GOP. 34741164
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026but iirc, he underperformed the party in winning his senate seat. so he’s a negative even in oh! 0131
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Like, where would he be a good draw? This way he feels useful, while being kept as useless as possible. 3120
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026prevents him from going anywhere else for a longer time? 2241