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Andrew Rudalevige

@rudalev.bsky.social
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Bowdoin College professor of political science; affiliated with UCL's Centre on US Politics and UVa's Miller Center. Feed includes posts on presidential power, bureaucratic politics, and carping about Boston sports and European football

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h
If you recognize Kliger's name, it is probably in this context: he manually shut down life-saving aid from USAID. In between his DOGE work and starting his defense start-up he was appointed to the DOD as - brace yourselves - chief data officer. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Science is doing essential reporting on the decimation of NSF social science funding. We need public accounting. If you’ve benefited from an NSF grant from SBE, add to this 🧵. Tell the world what was funded that will not be funded from NSF anymore. I’ll start… www.science.org/content/arti...
Graph showing the number of NSF grants over 7 years—moving to zero in 2026.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
How to track the effects of Trump's mismanagement? Look at a) emergencies and b) big, public-facing agencies. New at Can We Still Govern? @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social & Ellis Chen break down the data of the mess at IRS. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/things-rea...
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Things Really Are Getting Worse at IRS
Data show damage to service quality and taxpayer privacy in a more politicized agency
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
All of this falling off the rails because there’s been acceptance that Congress doesn’t need to do their job.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Workday finance was one step towards hell, but “Workday Student” is a belly flop straight to the bottom.
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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Jesus, no LARPing Leftist has ever made any indictment of America as scathing as Markwayne’s last sentence here.
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ha! Abso-freaking-lutely.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
CLAIM: ICE violated the law in multiple ways in this complete hash of an enforcement effort. FACT: Squirrel!!
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you don't live in DC, may be hard to appreciate scale of nihilist, grifter-based desecration of what has always distinguished the nation's capital, and what so many people have worked so hard for so long to sustain and improve. Backhoe-based counterpart to wartime damage we see in news footage.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🚨Under the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act 2022, Russian diesel CANNOT be imported into the U.S. unless the President certifies to Congress that Russia has withdrawn from Ukraine, acknowledged Ukraine's sovereignty & no longer poses a threat to NATO.🚨 (Credit: @jayinkyiv.bsky.social)
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump, ordering that Fed's Lisa Cook be found guilty of something: "it is my job to ensure the laws are faithfully executed, including by firing subordinates who cannot be trusted to tell the truth and follow the law." What % of Trump 2.0 appointees would be left if he actually did "[his] job"?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump’s love for Putin is the only pure thing in his life.
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tim frye @timfrye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Now there is a headline Princeton Celebrates Anne Carson, a Nobel Winner Whom It Denied Tenure www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...
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Princeton Celebrates Anne Carson, a Nobel Winner Whom It Denied Tenure
Carson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, taught at the university in the 1980s. Social media users mocked a congratulatory message from the school.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This looks like he's holding a press conference to deny paternity in a Daily Wire reboot of the Mamma Mia franchise.
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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · 07/10/2026
BTW this means no funding for GSS, ANES, or PSID. GSS 2026 is in the field now, but then it looks like that's it. Devastating for social science.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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kelsey ables @kelseyables.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New: The White House is conditioning $190 million for the Smithsonian on compliance with its executive order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" through legally-binding footnotes in recent OMB apportionments. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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The White House Revives a Pressure Tactic Against the Smithsonian
The Trump administration is threatening $190 million in museum funding.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Robert Jackson's book about FDR is pretty interesting (but maybe not in this category).
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of these was literally a Trump 2024 campaign ad. The only difference is that it now says "paid for by the US government"
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Two more states I should have added to the list: Montana, and South Carolina (you can't do online in either at this point—you can only postmark mail: and make sure you get a postmark if so)
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“I am the house.” - Sept 8 “I can’t control the bond market.” - Oct 3 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This line by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com might be the best short description of "originalism" I've read yet.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On this day 107 years ago-Oct. 2, 1919-President Woodrow Wilson suffered a major stroke that left him physically and somewhat mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency and his life. His wife, Edith, and a close circle of advisers began to strictly control access to him. Image: LOC.
This black and white photo shows a clean-shaven man, Woodrow Wilson,  wearing glasses and a suit coat and tie.
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Now he's arguing that Social Security "is not an entitlement." But, he thinks (correctly!) that he is entitled to it... (Apparently entitlements are code for "welfare program for minorities"?)
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In the ME CD-2 debate: Apparently former Gov. LePage hasn't read Article I of the Constitution -- he says the Commander in Chief power is all the president needs to start a war without Congressional approval. (He does say the $ comes from Congress.) #MEpolitics
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Czar Reed, as the Thomas Brackett Reed chair at Bowdoin, I think I'd better follow you...
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CSPAN-2 (if you're on cable). I see former Gov. LePage hasn't gotten any more coherent. ("As a mayor"? that was kind of a long time ago.)
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WTAF?
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 01/10/2026
In order to execute their illegal pocket rescission scheme, the Trump White House is breaking federal laws, “openly saying that they did illegal activities to get here,” experts tell TPM.
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Russ Vought Insists He Has a Neat Trick to Override Congress. It’s More ‘a Confession,’ Experts Say
Following a failed bid by Senate Democrats to block it, President Donald...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When the US State Department is doing such great work to project a friendly American face to the world, it’s a total mystery why fewer people are choosing to visit.
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This and 250,000 visa revocations.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump's "pocket rescission" of $810 million in spending across several agencies, an appropriation Trump himself previously signed into law, is troubling, not because the spending in question is good, but because it strikes at Congress's constitutional power of the purse. [David Ditch, @cato.org]
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Congress Should Put an End to Pocket Rescissions
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize and manage all aspects of federal spending. It should start acting like it.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think that the Red Sox should try scoring runs
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
Trump is now running pro-Iran War propaganda commercials on Fox News paid by for taxpayer dollars
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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Schmitt is a clown, but this is Grassley’s committee. He and committee staff lost control. He’s old, weak, and decades past his prime. Really embarrassing… for Schmitt, for Grassley, for the committee, and for the Senate.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u... w/ Ben Weiser
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Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh, I agree - suburban is low, and even in Maine, a random sample statewide should be >4% urban (Portland alone is 5ish% of the state population).
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Andrew Rudalevige @rudalev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can't speak for the pollsters, or how they're defining their terms, but there is plenty of rural even the first CD. I live in the 8th largest municipality in Maine a half hour north of Portland -- population 22,000!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
During the World Cup.
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