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Lauren Bell @lmcbell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Grateful to have met my “critics” at #APSA26 this morning to talk about my new book, Transatlantic Majoritarianism.

Book cover of Transatlantic Majoritarianism by Lauren C. Bell. The image features a nineteenth century map of the Atlantic region.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

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Charlie Feldman @parlcharlie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

If you ever think your legislature is having a bad day, this was a Monday in Texas in 1969

Two fistfights, bomb threat -- then crickets

Austin -- you won't believe this but there were two fistfights on the floor of the House, a bomb scare in the capital...

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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This lede makes no sense: "Congress learned some hard lessons about the limits of its power during the first year of the second Trump administration..." They did not in fact learn any lessons about how powers they entirely declined to exercise might have worked. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...

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A Diminished Congress Weighs Whether to Reassert Its Power

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Lauren Bell @lmcbell.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Was not expecting to read today that on Black Friday, a raccoon broke in, got drunk, and passed out in the bathroom of the liquor store just off campus. And yet, it also seems like a very Ashland thing to happen.

Social media post from the Hanover County, VA animal control office describing a liquor store break-in, which was perpetrated by a raccoon, who proceeded to get very drunk.

A photo of one of the liquor store aisles. There are broken bottles and puddles of alcohol in the photo.

The drunk raccoon passed out next to the toilet in the store’s bathroom. According to the report, he slept off the effects of the alcohol at animal control and was released back into the wild.

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LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Senator Cory Booker got into some ‘good trouble’ and the consequences are still reverberating writes @lmcbell.bsky.social of Randolph-Macon College blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate Kendrick: actually

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Again, a decade from now "AI skills" will be a commodity, & the scarce resource in the labor market will (once again) be individuals who can think, write, analyze, & communicate, as it has been forever and always. And we'll still be fighting tired, age-old battles defending the liberal arts.

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Lauren Bell @lmcbell.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a perfectly smoked turkey, thanks to @webergrills.bsky.social. 🦃🍗🍽

Whole turkey, with crisp, golden brown skin.

Picture of a dining room table set for Thanksgiving.

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Alex Jaffe ➡️ NYCC @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

You used to call me on my self-own

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Bookmarking this for syllabus updates. As always, great work by @jdrackey.bsky.social and @lmcbell.bsky.social

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Lauren Bell @lmcbell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

These days I really wish I’d studied turf management in college instead of history and political science. I think I’d be a lot happier.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Trump is highly abnormal but this campaign outcome is standard poli sci: -Incumbent parties perform poorly when the public is unhappy with the economy -Most people don't pay very close attention or have consistent ideological views -Election-specific variation often takes the form of a uniform swing

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 31/10/2024

Don’t know where this came from but I think it might be the poster from a John Hughes movie.

Serious fucking cool Kamala Harris looking like Prince in 1984, Tim Walz sitting on a car in sunglasses just chilling like a not-creepy guy in a John Hughes movie.

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Mike Crespin @mikecrespin.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

The Carl Albert Center is recruiting a graduate Fellow to earn a PhD in political science from OU Political Science. Our package includes 5 years of funding with year 1 as a TA for the intro class, 2-4 as a RA or TA for CAC faculty, and a 5th year dedicated to finishing your dissertation.

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Hey Virginians--tomorrow, October 15, is the last day to register to vote before the Nov. 5th election. Verify or register TODAY!

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