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Melissa R. Michelson

@melissamichelson.bsky.social
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Dean of Arts & Sciences at Menlo College. Political Scientist. She/Her

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience
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Betina Cutaia Wilkinson @betinawilkinson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Such a critical study on #highschool #voter #mobilization #registration by @melissamichelson.bsky.social Stephanie DeMora and Maricruz Osorio, check it out! 👇
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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New study shows that — contra widely accepted narratives — there is NO EVIDENCE that professors change their students’ politics and make them more liberal through their teaching
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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Wtf is this show
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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Using RCTs, surveys, & focus groups, the authors demonstrate that registrar visits to high schools increase political interest & decrease anxiety about registering and voting. By @melissamichelson.bsky.social @sldemora.bsky.social & @cruzita.bsky.social! Check it out: shorturl.at/l1XqV #polisky
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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant
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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m appalled (transgender girls), a little relieved (birthright citizenship), and mostly enraged that we are governed this way
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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Decades ago, my baby brother was taken away for a weekend after a false/mistaken report of child endangerment and he was traumatized. The attack on Buttigieg and his family is enraging. Those responsible must be held accountable. I know personally how evil this is.
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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Outstanding @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode with @unlawfulentries.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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Anna O. Law, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Podcast Episode · New Books in Political Science · June 18 · 47m
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@thejop.bsky.social announces the right to refuse consideration of manuscripts of those who have declined to review 3+ times. Careful who you co author with!
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.
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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I Stan @kristenwelker.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Hunter Biden spending his whole day every day on Twitter being like "I'm not a pedophile, I was smoking crack with ADULT hookers at the Super 8 outside of Newark, you guys have pictures of all of it INCLUDING my hog from My Leaked Stolen Laptop™" is a masterstroke. Should've done this years ago.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Republicans blocked a law to keep your taxpayer money from going to convicted pedophiles"
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Canvas, the Strait of Hormuz for American education
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built. This comment says it all.
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Stanford AAUP @stanfordaaup.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Women and minorities bore the brunt of NIH grant cancelations last year. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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NIH grant cuts disproportionately hit minority and female scientists
A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year’s spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration.
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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I know y’all have other things you’re going but this CA gubernatorial debate is lit
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
42,000 Louisianians voted absentee before Gov. Jeff Landry suspended primaries for the state’s six U.S. House races
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42,000 Louisianians voted absentee before Gov. Landry suspended US House primaries • Louisiana Illuminator
The Louisiana Secretary of State received more than 42,000 absentee ballots from voters for the May 16 election by the time Gov. Jeff Landry suspended primaries last week for the state’s six U.S. Hous...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Chief Justice John Roberts should be impeached and removed from the Supreme Court.
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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
There’s so much to say about the remarkable reporting from Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak—and I’ll say a lot of it in Monday’s newsletter. But the most striking thing about all of it is the role & behavior of Chief Justice Roberts. “Calling balls and strikes” this ain’t: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
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Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"He is erratic, suspicious of others, and prone to jumping to conclusions before he has necessary evidence...a management failure and ... a national-security vulnerability." The FBI Director! Thanks Chris Wray for standing down and the GOP Senate for confirming this charlatan
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The FBI Director Is MIA
Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13/04/2026
Tens of millions of dollars in almond, walnut, and pistachio exports are being CANCELED. Diesel and fertilizer costs are WRECKING shipping plans, machinery fueling, and future planting. Trump's war with Iran is devastating California consumers AND producers.
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
On Saturday, a U.S. boat strike killed another five people, leaving one survivor, bringing the number of people who have been killed in illegal boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 168 since the Trump administration began targeting boats in early September. apnews.com/article/boat...
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Strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5, leave 1 survivor in eastern Pacific, US military says
The U.S. military says it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Host: In a major shift, Cook Political Report has now moved 4 Senate seats toward the Democrats (NC,GA, OH, NE). That's on top of 5 House races that Cook Political moved leftward just last week, all partly due to Trump's unpopular war in Iran that sent gas prices skyrocketing.
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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What does a guy have to do to get impeached?!?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Something you will never see from Republicans: Swalwell loses all 21 of his endorsements from Democratic colleagues
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Eric Swalwell loses all 21 of his endorsements from Democratic colleagues in Congress
It is a stunning reversal for Swalwell in the 24 hours after he was accused of sexual misconduct.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
You know, there are a lot of other Democrats running for governor of California who *haven't* demonstrated a clear patten of abusing their public office for personal gratification
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Take a look at the CNN sourcing and fact-checking on their Swalwell article. Look at how many extra people they contacted in order to corroborate claims. They viewed screenshots, called parents/husbands/friends/colleagues. They viewed TV footage and interviews, & more. Two things worth pointing out:
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Karen Sue Waters @karensuew.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
First rule of fascism: own the means of communication.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
JUST NOW: House Democrats were set to try to pass a resolution to halt Trump's war with Iran — but the Republican presiding over the session, Chris Smith of New Jersey, gaveled out without calling on Rep. Glenn Ivey, who going to introduce the resolution. Democrats shouted in protest.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
My latest @npr.org story: To figure out how to boost student voting, colleges have relied on a study about campus voter registration and turnout rates. A Trump administration probe has cut off new data, leaving schools in the dark in a midterm election year www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n...
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Colleges are trying to boost student voting. A Trump probe freezes data for that work
To figure out how to boost student voting, colleges have relied on a study about campus voter registration and turnout rates. A Trump administration investigation has cut schools off from new data.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This is a United States surrender. We surrendered a war we started.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Delaying booking a return flight back to my house in case my idiot president launches a nuclear war tonight. Even if he eats shit and walks away tonight, don't let anyone forget how fucking stupid this moment was. Don't let kids forget how close we are to annihilation, provided we make it.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Uh, Bret, I was KIDDING. You absolute dolt. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...
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Opinion | No, Iran Isn’t Winning the War
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy and Ted Lieu have both reminded members of the military chain of command that they're legally obligated to refuse to follow illegal orders. That's really good and important.
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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