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Andrew Sinclair

@jandrewsinclair.bsky.social

Ast. Prof. of Gov't, Claremont McKenna College. Interested in political reform, public policy process, public administration, electoral institutions, and political behavior. Polling at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government.

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Literally millions will die because of the shuttering of USAID (for all of its faults). Millions more will die (versus the policy status quo) if we undermine progress in creating new mRNA vaccines, which could save us during the next pandemic and much more.

06.08.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 240    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5

It’s hard to believe that this is not a consensus view.

05.08.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m in favor of medical researchβ€”literally saving people’s livesβ€”which means not only government funding but also being open to the world, since immigrants and visitors are critical for science research.

05.08.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wouldn’t it be nice if our society kept doing medical research.

05.08.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today I am doing a massacre of the footnotes.

05.08.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Broadly…

05.08.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/

05.08.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3422    πŸ” 1829    πŸ’¬ 218    πŸ“Œ 142

When I was studying costume design a professor with many decades of industry experience told us it’s great to have ideas but if you don’t put little red riding hood in a little red hood you’ll be out of a job. don’t be too afraid of clichΓ©!

04.08.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

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04.08.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m just pointing this out, not expressing an opinion in favor or opposed to Newsom’s idea itself. 3/3

04.08.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CA’s experience with a partisan redistricting approach might be very different than states with party primaries. 2/3

04.08.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

An interesting feature of a CA pro-Dem redistricting is that some general election competition would still potentially exist from Dem-on-Dem top-2 general elections in which Rs and Inds could still participate. 1/3

04.08.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's syllabus-writing time for many of us! If you assign anything I've written, I'm always happy to zoom into your class or even just share slides about the work.

04.08.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 18

A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.

04.08.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5352    πŸ” 1786    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 36
When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard that President Trump was holding small group dinners with major donors, he saw opportunity.
Mr. Schiermeyer reached out to a lobbyist with connections in Mr. Trump’s orbit, who arranged for him to attend a dinner with the president at his private Mar-a-Lago club on March 1 in exchange for donations to a pro-Trump PAC called MAGA Inc. totaling $1 million.
The personal and corporate donations were among dozens of seven- and eight-figure contributions to MAGA Inc. from crypto and other interests revealed in a campaign finance filing on Thursday night that hinted at the access Mr. Trump accords those willing to pay.
At the dinner, Mr. Schiermeyer, who had never given a federal political donation before, presented an idea for a cryptocurrency called β€œU.S.A. Token” that would be distributed to every citizen, according to interviews and a flier he distributed to attendees that sets out details of the proposal. He hoped it could be su

When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard that President Trump was holding small group dinners with major donors, he saw opportunity. Mr. Schiermeyer reached out to a lobbyist with connections in Mr. Trump’s orbit, who arranged for him to attend a dinner with the president at his private Mar-a-Lago club on March 1 in exchange for donations to a pro-Trump PAC called MAGA Inc. totaling $1 million. The personal and corporate donations were among dozens of seven- and eight-figure contributions to MAGA Inc. from crypto and other interests revealed in a campaign finance filing on Thursday night that hinted at the access Mr. Trump accords those willing to pay. At the dinner, Mr. Schiermeyer, who had never given a federal political donation before, presented an idea for a cryptocurrency called β€œU.S.A. Token” that would be distributed to every citizen, according to interviews and a flier he distributed to attendees that sets out details of the proposal. He hoped it could be su

Cryptocurrency interests, which have benefited from the Trump administration’s dismantling of a yearslong government crackdown and from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45 million in donations to MAGA Inc.An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the crypto services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each. Ondo Finance, which has a partnership with the Trump family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to MAGA Inc., on top of $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.

Cryptocurrency interests, which have benefited from the Trump administration’s dismantling of a yearslong government crackdown and from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45 million in donations to MAGA Inc.An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the crypto services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each. Ondo Finance, which has a partnership with the Trump family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to MAGA Inc., on top of $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.

The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the @nytimes.com is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.

03.08.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2589    πŸ” 989    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 84
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Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.

We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...

02.08.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4159    πŸ” 2476    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 372
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
YouTube video by Road Less Marveled May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications

With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.

01.08.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2463    πŸ” 1030    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 41

β€œWha for Scotland's king and law // Freedom's sword will strongly draw, // Freeman stand, or freeman fa', // Let him follow me!”

02.08.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The idea that a Scottish person would ever give in about anything β€” I mean, people are still really mad about 1746.

02.08.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio...

New: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it is shutting down

cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

01.08.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 777    πŸ” 558    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 461

Terrible, but sadly, expected β€” and the latest remark in an Orwellian laundry list that suggests the president views gov economic data as a source of propaganda to make him look good, not to guide policy for the best interest of all Americans. Facts don’t matter, only Trump does.

01.08.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

If you are teaching Intro to US Politics/American Government at the college level this coming year and would like a place to share resources, ideas, and questions, please join our Slack! Email me at sara.chatfield @ du.edu for the link.

Polisky Gendersky PolScience

01.08.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I really wonder what % of those comments represent genuinely authentic behavior (the alternative being bots / people who behave like bots for likes / strategic behavior by political opponents).

01.08.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Steve Rattner

Steve Rattner

The only fraud and waste is DOGE.

17.04.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Designing for impact with John Burn-Murdoch In our second session, we'll go over what it takes to create an impactful chart

Really looking forward to today’s data visualisation class, where I’ll be going behind the scenes to walk through the little design decisions that can transform a chart.

Free to watch for anyone interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

(Recording will be available later)

21.05.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 222    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

jonathan capehart, subbing for an msnbc host, just used the last minutes of the show to explain his departure from the washington post, specifically citing management's insistence on an optimistic vision of america while a corrupt president flouts the law and deploys troops to march american streets

01.08.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2041    πŸ” 509    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 17
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Reforming the City | Columbia University Press Most American cities are now administered by appointed city managers and governed by councils chosen in nonpartisan, at-large elections. In the early twentie... | CUP

This is really great book: cup.columbia.edu/book/reformi...

01.08.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The β€œdeal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.

Read it for yourself here:

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

30.07.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2105    πŸ” 1162    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 210

Thank you.

31.07.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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