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@rewasem.bsky.social
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Experiences include domestic policy specialist at US Library of Congress; professor of policy practice at LBJ School of Public Affairs in Austin; senior fellow at CSU Levin College. From eastern Ohio to Ann Arbor to DC to Austin to CLE.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Siri: Give me an example of "saying the quiet part out loud."
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Longtime Republican political operative Karl Rove said his party is being taken over by "Nazis" and railed against the moral failings of U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton during a one-on-one interview at the Texas Tribune Festival over the weekend.
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Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Textbook case of how these things are orchestrated.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Textbook case of how these things are orchestrated.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Indeed. It sure confirms how I was intending to vote BLUE.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And everyone was watching for his big moment. OOPs!
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow! I should not be surprised after all we know, but the arrogance & incompetence of DOGE was staggering.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In his dramatic move to increase the buzz as a potential VP, Schmitt apparently had all his ducks in an order -- but did realize they were actually Hawkeyes. Rut Ruh!
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In his dramatic moves to increase the buzz as a potential VP, Schmitt apparently had all his ducks in an order -- but did realize they were actually Hawkeyes. Rut Ruh!
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In his dramatic moves to increase the buzz as a potential VP, Schmitt apparently had all his ducks in an order -- but did realize they were actually Hawkeyes. Rut Ruh!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/09/2026
if the GOP runs a vance/schmitt ticket then they should just give up the pretense and make the party’s slogan the fourteen words www.axios.com/2026/09/29/e...
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Sen. Eric Schmitt is drawing buzz as a possible Vance VP in 2028
Vance views the Missouri senator as trustworthy.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s stunning how they amplify their stupidity.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So the question is: did Schmitt’s staff totally mess up the texts? Or, is Schmitt knowingly lying?
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rove has read the tea leafs, and his instincts are usually on point. If Rove is speaking out it does not bode well for Republicans, especially in Texas.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Karl Rove has read the tea leafs. www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have seen how quickly our quality of life deteriorated when candidates who were backed by the big money interests took over in 2025. These deceitful ads appeared to turn voters minds two years ago, but we may have "herd immunity" to this garbage today. signalcleveland.org/big-crypto-b...
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crypto industry behind ads critical of Sherrod Brown in Ohio race
Ohio politics news and insights from the State Signals newsletter. Plus, local Democrats rebuke Marcy Kaptur over her transgender ad.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Creepy, obsequious and decadent.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This sure conveys the ick factor
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The prisoner who later committed murder in SOUTH Carolina had been released in Republican-led SOUTH Carolina, not North Carolina. North, South, whatever ... right, Republicans?
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Ad Attacking Cooper Makes False Connection to Murder - FactCheck.org
An ad from a super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley features a heart-wrenching testimonial from the father of a woman who was murdered in 2025. The ad falsely implies the acc...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon listening to Heather Cox Richardson and Connie Schultz discuss the 2026 election in historical context.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hope that attorney groups are preparing instructions for voters who are challenged at the polls in jurisdictions using the SAVE data to be provided provisional ballots. Also hope a monitoring system is devised so a class action lawsuit can be brought if the SAVE system prevents citizens from voting.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hope that attorney groups are preparing instructions for voters who are challenged at the polls in jurisdictions using the SAVE data to be provided provisional ballots. Also hope a monitoring system is devised so a class action lawsuit can be brought if the SAVE system prevents citizens from voting.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hope that attorney groups are preparing instructions for voters who are challenged at the polls in jurisdictions using the SAVE data to be provided provisional ballots. Also hope a monitoring system is devised so a class action lawsuit can be brought if the SAVE system prevents citizens from voting.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why do some people feel the need to exaggerate or lie on their resume? Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/m...
michiganadvance.com
Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The United States government killed another innocent person.👇
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What a tragically beautiful way to symbolize the cruelty!
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Weird. Now he has gloves on both hands. No wonder he likes AI
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why is he wearing one glove? Should we presume AI doctors his photos?
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Very strange. Clearly the First Lady could not keep him walking straight as he angles her off the red carpet.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
President Nixon got the for-profit provisions into a bipartisan bill aiming to bring down healthcare costs.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My op-ed is out in USA Today www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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DEI initiatives didn't cost companies. Just the opposite. | Opinion
Firms that kept DEI, whether due to executive decisions or shareholder pressure, performed as well in the stock market as those that rolled it back.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Indeed. The monopolies are voracious
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Since when is kicking the healthy people who have not yet filed claims off health insurance is a good idea? Do these guys not understand how insurance works? It's the healthy people who keep the system afloat.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Since when is kicking the healthy people who have not yet filed claims off health insurance is a good idea? Do these guys not understand how insurance works? It's the healthy people who keep the system afloat.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
War always comes home, as history repeatedly shows, whether its higher prices, scarcer goods, diverted funding, or young people in caskets.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please use trusted booksellers or the publisher if you order the book. At least one website is selling it for a jacked up price.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Am I paranoid to be suspicious of any fertilizers going on my food sources that come from Putin’s orbit?
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New book by IEHS member Ruth Wasem: The Struggle for Fairness: Forging the Immigration Act of 1965 @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thank you for sharing!
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This kid of the working poor always felt out of place in grad school and academia. When I learned that some of my leisure class professors had become Marxists because of a grueling summer job in a factory, I laughed.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/09/2026
My father died of a heart attack at only 39 years old. I’ve always kept an eye on my health because of that history. Now, I’m walking every day and taking a GLP-1 so I can be around for my family. My health journey isn’t over, but sharing this might help others.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Struggle for Fairness: Forging the Immigration Act of 1965 is out today from DeGruyter Brill. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And imagine what the rest of us think when we watch Fox, NewsMax, and and OneAmericaNews. The latter media do not hurt my feelings, they shock my conscience.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s stunning to me how some people repeatedly use false equivalency to avoid answering the tough questions. The result is that the political right is amplifying and elevating an antisemitic voice that most people on the political left had never heard of.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our only consolation to this bald faced lying is this: if they had worked productively, they likely would have enacted harmful anti-democratic legislation.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I tackle some of these issues in my new book “The Struggle for Fairness”. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
degruyterbrill.com
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