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Political scientist. Political behavior + methods. Spatial analysis. Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.

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Will always be glad I’ve supported her years. Hope she’s still our president some day. That’s it. That’s the post.

03.03.2026 04:29 — 👍 76    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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South Carolina's Republican Governor Henry McMaster meeting with Rev. Jesse Jackson's family, Rep. James Clyburn, and Ambassador Andrew Young today.

03.03.2026 04:06 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Fetterman is looking like he's going to be the subject of a future episode of Dateline. What an incredibly creepy-looking man. Is he being interviewed while holding someone hostage in his basement?

03.03.2026 02:51 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Greg Bovino, other federal agents investigated for Operation Metro Surge actions Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is already investigating 17 incidents involving potential unlawful conduct by federal agents.

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

02.03.2026 19:38 — 👍 14407    🔁 3359    💬 335    📌 196

Seriously. A Republican senator with what are obviously blonde highlights in his hair. Take a look at the photo at the top of the thread.

03.03.2026 02:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Truth About Democratic Primary Voters Third Way is a national think tank and advocacy organization that champions moderate policy and political ideas. Our work on the center left acts as a critical bulwark against political extremism.

I'm not saying I agree or disagree with these polling results from Third Way on Democratic primary voters. Just passing the results along in the interest of passing along polling results.
www.thirdway.org/memo/the-tru...

03.03.2026 02:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Police investigating knife threat at Ohio State’s Ohio Union University police are investigating after a fight led to a knife being brandished inside the Ohio Union on the Ohio State University campus Sunday evening.Offic

Seriously, what's happening at Ohio State under its President, Ted Carter, who has no business leading a major research university?
abc6onyourside.com/news/local/p...

03.03.2026 02:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is what it looks like when you're relegated to the kids table on foreign policy decisions.

03.03.2026 02:29 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Pretty Bad for Vance’: The VP’s Silence on Iran Peeves Allies JD Vance used to praise Donald Trump for not starting wars.

‘Pretty Bad for Vance’: The VP’s Silence on Iran Peeves Allies

03.03.2026 02:25 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Olivia Rinaldi
@olivialarinaldi
A source familiar with the Vice President's thinking before the strikes on Iran tells 
@CBSNews
 that while the Vice President was personally against the strikes, if the strikes were to happen, he argued that the operation should 'go big' and 'go fast.'

A spokesperson for the Vice President declined to comment.

@nytimes
  was first to report.

Olivia Rinaldi @olivialarinaldi A source familiar with the Vice President's thinking before the strikes on Iran tells @CBSNews that while the Vice President was personally against the strikes, if the strikes were to happen, he argued that the operation should 'go big' and 'go fast.' A spokesperson for the Vice President declined to comment. @nytimes was first to report.

significant that even Vance believes Trump's war is a political loser

03.03.2026 02:10 — 👍 1129    🔁 199    💬 62    📌 20
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I was able to say goodbye and give thanks.
For the inspiration.
For the advice.
For the unwavering belief in young leaders like me.
I am somebody because he was somebody.
Rest in Power, Rev. Jesse Jackson.
We will keep hope alive.

03.03.2026 02:13 — 👍 165    🔁 28    💬 4    📌 0
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Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran

www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

03.03.2026 02:05 — 👍 309    🔁 171    💬 46    📌 26

I've been thinking of trying to watch all 66 years of Coronation Street. I'm up to episode 3, December 16, 1960. See you in 66 years :)

03.03.2026 02:09 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nuncio to Kuwait: ‘A long war benefits no one in region already under strain’ - Vatican News Archbishop Eugene Nugent, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, speaks to Vatican News about local Church’s desire to pray and fast for ...

Nuncio to Kuwait: ‘A long war benefits no one in region already under strain’
www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

03.03.2026 01:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The White House Correspondents Association Dinner is an abomination in multiple ways & should have ended long ago. Want to raise scholarship $ (which is always the shameless go-to justification)? Find some other way to do it. You're not hurting for money compared to most Americans, elite journalists

03.03.2026 01:42 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yep.

03.03.2026 01:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Right. What's going on?

03.03.2026 01:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Middle East U.S. Campuses Shutter; Students Unable to Return Iran’s retaliation across the Middle East against ongoing U.S. and Israeli bombings has disrupted higher ed in previously calm Gulf states.

U.S. Campuses in Middle East Shutter; Students, Employees Unable to Fly Back
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

03.03.2026 00:56 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Pardoned Capitol rioter who said Jan. 6 officer 'needs to be put down' is charged Jake Lang confronted a Washington police officer at a Jan. 6 anniversary event, telling him, "Public execution is the only solution for animals like you," charging documents say.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

03.03.2026 00:47 — 👍 590    🔁 206    💬 31    📌 8

“… Trump himself is named more than a million times in the files, according to lawmakers with access to the un-redacted documents. Several victims identify Trump by name, alleging he raped and assaulted them.”

03.03.2026 00:43 — 👍 45    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 2
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Ohio House votes to stamp out ranked choice voting before it begins • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio House lawmakers have approved a measure aimed at banning ranked choice voting. Under the bill, no state election may be conducted with ranked choice and any local government that decides to use a...

Ohio Republicans refuse to create an economy or a culture that will keep young Ohioans from fleeing their state, but they’re focused on this instead.

Ohio House votes to stamp out ranked choice voting before it begins
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/02/o...

03.03.2026 00:36 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Ever notice how often you hear of a conservative elite like Hegseth or Vance who were mentored by conservative academics but you never hear that about liberal elites and liberal academics? Maybe that’s bc it’s conservative activist academics who have always been the ones indoctrinating students.

03.03.2026 00:31 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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More voters overall view the stances of the Democratic Party as "mainstream" than say that of the Republicans'.
(@anthonysalvanto.bsky.social, CBS News)
www.cbsnews.com/news/2026-mi...

03.03.2026 00:25 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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The Southern Baptist Convention Free Fall - Dr. James Emery White The Southern Baptist Convention Free Fall, Dr. James Emery White - Read breaking news headlies with a Christian perspective and commentary from Dr. James Emery White.

The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3.6 million members in the past two decades.

03.03.2026 00:27 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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SBC president lauds bill that allows death penalty for abortion SBC president appears to have endorsed proposed legislation in Tennessee that would impose the death penalty on women who have abortions.

The President of the Southern Baptist Convention supports a bill to execute women who have abortions.
baptistnews.com/article/sbc-...

03.03.2026 00:23 — 👍 93    🔁 72    💬 9    📌 28
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Lindsey Graham’s out of control.

03.03.2026 00:09 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Markwayne Mullin pulling an Alan Jackson:
“I watch CNN, but I'm not sure I can tell you
The diff'rence in Iraq and Iran”

03.03.2026 00:05 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Great vineyards on a rainy day

Great vineyards on a rainy day

"Sergio" shares "This is how the fields look after a rainy day. I've been tying grapevines because sprouting season - when vine plants start producing new shoots or sprouts - will soon be here. It's important that the support being placed before this occurs." #WeFeedYou

03.03.2026 00:01 — 👍 197    🔁 30    💬 2    📌 2

Atlanta. Head and shoulders over the other choices.

02.03.2026 23:55 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Interesting that latest YouGov survey of Texas primary, which uses text-to-web recruitment, has quite different estimates of vote choice by race/ethnicity than polls using YG online panel

02.03.2026 23:36 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 2