Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ballots are dropping and #GOTV efforts are underway. My favorite season 🥰 #Midterms2026 #Vote #LFG 030
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 78-page response to reviewers memo!?! I regret clicking agree 😒 260
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026reporters 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 14765771367
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Betina Cutaia Wilkinson @betinawilkinson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Such a critical study on #highschool #voter #mobilization #registration by @melissamichelson.bsky.social Stephanie DeMora and Maricruz Osorio, check it out! 👇 073
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Nice to see the wahine updated to surfer 🏄🏻♀️ 010
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026New 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 61785451
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Using 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 075
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The 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 27791972411
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’m appalled (transgender girls), a little relieved (birthright citizenship), and mostly enraged that we are governed this way 050
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Decades 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. 0100
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Outstanding @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode with @unlawfulentries.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...podcasts.apple.comAnna 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 198
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026When 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. 8153372301
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson 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! 94514
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026Here'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. 116123353966
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I Stan @kristenwelker.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 010
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Hunter 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. 14587471056
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch. 364193864672
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/05/2026"Republicans blocked a law to keep your taxpayer money from going to convicted pedophiles" 502361878
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026They'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. 976237037974
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026this 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. 991272786872
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Canvas, the Strait of Hormuz for American education 251553356
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026On 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. 642862614
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Stanford AAUP @stanfordaaup.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Women and minorities bore the brunt of NIH grant cancelations last year. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comNIH grant cuts disproportionately hit minority and female scientistsA survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year’s spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration. 002
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I can’t type enough to comment except during commercial breaks but O.M.G. 🔥 010
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I know y’all have other things you’re going but this CA gubernatorial debate is lit 160
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/05/202642,000 Louisianians voted absentee before Gov. Jeff Landry suspended primaries for the state’s six U.S. House raceslailluminator.com42,000 Louisianians voted absentee before Gov. Landry suspended US House primaries • Louisiana IlluminatorThe 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... 24491265
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today. 38494153416661
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...nytimes.comThe Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court 20292136
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026WOW: 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...nytimes.comThe Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court 551931752
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Chief Justice John Roberts should be impeached and removed from the Supreme Court.nytimes.comThe Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court 12940321203
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18/04/2026There’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...nytimes.comThe Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court 751851551
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I 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. 270118792245
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson 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 charlatantheatlantic.comThe FBI Director Is MIAKash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences. 510526
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13/04/2026Tens 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. 61946423
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 13/04/2026On 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...apnews.comStrikes on alleged drug boats kill 5, leave 1 survivor in eastern Pacific, US military saysThe U.S. military says it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. 12419
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Host: 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. 13388137
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026What does a guy have to do to get impeached?!? 010
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime 3173540303
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Something you will never see from Republicans: Swalwell loses all 21 of his endorsements from Democratic colleaguesaxios.comEric Swalwell loses all 21 of his endorsements from Democratic colleagues in CongressIt is a stunning reversal for Swalwell in the 24 hours after he was accused of sexual misconduct. 1082492532
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The 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. 661367306715
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/04/2026You 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 662886343
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Take 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: 563497811
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Karen Sue Waters @karensuew.bsky.social · 10/04/2026First rule of fascism: own the means of communication. 16990592230
Reposted by Melissa R. Michelson Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026JUST 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. 971702659
