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Andrew Sinclair

@jandrewsinclair.bsky.social

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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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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 15d

A theory. Everyone who cares about politics on bluesky ALSO needs to make a habit out of posting about their other interests and hobbies. Making bluesky work for many communities of interest will increase the political reach of the experts here.

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gretchen @boxofmillipedes.bsky.social · 14h

perusing some of my grandpa's old files that my mom had, and finding some cool shit

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 8h

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 2h

A great point. —>

Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not a political radical, in fact, I'm far from it. That's is why I'm going to be at the #nokings protest on Saturday. Tearing down our institutions to suit a mad king's delusions isn't conservatism, it's radicalism. It's destruction for its own sake. They aren't trying to conserve anything!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 8h

Reminds me of this: www.npr.org/sections/the...

'Boston Globe' Runs Fake Front Page Detailing A Donald Trump World

The front page of the paper's opinion section has fake stories about a market crash, the beginning of mass deportations and U.S. military refusing orders from its civilian leadership.

www.npr.org

Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 14h

If you want to get started with serious reading, instead of that frivolous claptrap young people read today, you can start with Wodehouse’s darkest novel, a story of crime and intrigue: Summer Lightning. a.co/d/9yGFGN6

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 14h

I was today years old when I realized that some calendar programming screwup had me inviting a college classmate I haven’t seen in twenty years to celebrate PG Wodehouse’s birthday every year. Anyway, Happy Birthday, PG Wodehouse.

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 15h

Time for one of the best things on bluesky! #hillfortswednesday.

Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 15h

Torsburgen is the third largest fortified hillfort in Scandinavia in 112.5 ha. It was likely created during the Late Roman Iron Age (200 - 400 AD). The walls were made of dry stone, rubble from boulders, limestone, and a raised beach. It is a nature reserve. #HillfortsWednesday

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 20h

Hellish Los Angeles.

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 23h

The funny thing about the Broncos is that they really could play much better. I feel like we haven’t really seen it all click yet.

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 1d

“This is very close to middle-schoolers’ previous favorite number, 69,” Sean Rainville, a math YouTuber, says of the figure charged with innuendo that once had no rival in the number arena. “There’s some relief for teachers that this meme is not sexual.”
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/si...

The Numbers Six and Seven Are Making Life Hell for Math Teachers

‘Six seven’ sends teens into a frenzy that schools have been powerless to stop. ‘It’s like throwing catnip at cats.’

www.wsj.com

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Really bad news. Also, just awful: JPL employees were hit badly by the Altadena fires in January. Undoubtedly there are people here who lost both their house and their job in 2025.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Note John Burgess, an important figure in the development of the professional field of political science in the US, is on the list.

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

BIB L I OGRAPH Y
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.)
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876.
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida.
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic .
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc·
tion.
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana.
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907.
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina.
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 .
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas .
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850.
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War.
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas .
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald
Dunning.
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson.
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips.
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith.
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd.
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis.
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson.
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley.
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction.
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872.
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.

Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

The #Bills did not look like themselves this week. Never know what will happen in the #NFL.

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 2d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Look at this reviewer! Sign this one up to review journal articles! So positive! “Or, as one reviewer summed up, “This tastes like real beer.””

Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, it’s the Jets, but a W is a W in the #NFL.

Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

Broncos!

Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

This is really cool!

Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 3d

Great photo! And quite the house.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 5d

It’s really worth noticing that France and the UK are also a mess at the moment.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 5d

France still doesn't have a prime minster, as Emmanuel Macron promised a new name today — but it's now 9pm local time.

What we know: The center-left parties said today Macron made it clear he would once again *not* call them to lead a government — for now the fourth time since July 2024.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 5d

Touch rugby.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5d

To his great credit

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 6d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 5d

Despicable.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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