Amanda C
@adclark.bsky.social
Political science prof. Election admin nerd. Views are my own.
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📢 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, #SNAP, payments are expected to stop on November 1 amid the government shutdown. For reporters covering this developing story, the following experts are available to comment. ⤵️
🔗 Connect: scholars.org/features/exp...
🔗 Connect: scholars.org/features/exp...
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📢 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, #SNAP, payments are expected to stop on November 1 amid the government shutdown. For reporters covering this developing story, the following experts are available to comment. ⤵️
🔗 Connect: scholars.org/features/exp...
🔗 Connect: scholars.org/features/exp...
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We asked Donald Trump to cut health care costs. Instead, he cut off a wing of the White House.
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We asked Donald Trump to cut health care costs. Instead, he cut off a wing of the White House.
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40% of state legislative races in 2024 went uncontested. 😳
That means voters didn’t even get a choice in nearly half the state legislative races in the country.
We can’t afford to sit one out—every seat, every race, every ballot matters.
Let’s fill those empty spots. 🗳️ Run for office.
That means voters didn’t even get a choice in nearly half the state legislative races in the country.
We can’t afford to sit one out—every seat, every race, every ballot matters.
Let’s fill those empty spots. 🗳️ Run for office.
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
40% of state legislative races in 2024 went uncontested. 😳
That means voters didn’t even get a choice in nearly half the state legislative races in the country.
We can’t afford to sit one out—every seat, every race, every ballot matters.
Let’s fill those empty spots. 🗳️ Run for office.
That means voters didn’t even get a choice in nearly half the state legislative races in the country.
We can’t afford to sit one out—every seat, every race, every ballot matters.
Let’s fill those empty spots. 🗳️ Run for office.
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I've been warning for years that this was how Republicans would ban birth control - by twisting language and redefining certain types of contraception as 'abortifacients'
jessica.substack.com/p/the-gops-p...
jessica.substack.com/p/the-gops-p...
The GOP’s Plan to Ban Birth Control (Part I)
Redefining Contraception as 'Abortion'
jessica.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I've been warning for years that this was how Republicans would ban birth control - by twisting language and redefining certain types of contraception as 'abortifacients'
jessica.substack.com/p/the-gops-p...
jessica.substack.com/p/the-gops-p...
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"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations
New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.
www.kgw.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Constitution Day 2025 Conversations on EveryLibrary Live!
Wednesday, September 17 | Streaming All Day on Facebook Live & YouTube Live
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September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Votebeat and Spotlight PA’s examination of 10 years of crime records found just 2 cases where a stricter ID requirement would have stopped a ballot from being cast fraudulently.
Pennsylvania voter ID proposal may not prevent most ballot fraud, analysis shows
Votebeat and Spotlight PA’s examination of 10 years of crime records found just 2 cases where a stricter ID requirement would have stopped a ballot from being cast fraudulently.
bit.ly
August 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Votebeat and Spotlight PA’s examination of 10 years of crime records found just 2 cases where a stricter ID requirement would have stopped a ballot from being cast fraudulently.
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I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
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More from Sotomayor's dissent:
"When the Executive publicly announces its intent to
break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the
Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it. ... The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive."
"When the Executive publicly announces its intent to
break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the
Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it. ... The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive."
July 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
More from Sotomayor's dissent:
"When the Executive publicly announces its intent to
break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the
Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it. ... The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive."
"When the Executive publicly announces its intent to
break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the
Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it. ... The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive."
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Our latest local election official survey found that 60% of local election officials are concerned about federal cuts to election security services, and 87% say it’s important for state and local government to provide additional resources to make up for the cut funds and support.
Local Election Officials Survey — July 2025
Sixty percent of local election officials are concerned about federal cuts to election security services, and 87% say it’s important for state and local government to provide additional resources to m...
www.brennancenter.org
July 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our latest local election official survey found that 60% of local election officials are concerned about federal cuts to election security services, and 87% say it’s important for state and local government to provide additional resources to make up for the cut funds and support.
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Looks like the embattled National Weather Service did it's job here. It was Texas officials who failed to act on the weather service warnings for FOUR HOURS. Read this from Austin local news KXAN-TV: www.kxan.com/investigatio...
July 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Looks like the embattled National Weather Service did it's job here. It was Texas officials who failed to act on the weather service warnings for FOUR HOURS. Read this from Austin local news KXAN-TV: www.kxan.com/investigatio...
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This site shows the names Medicaid goes by for each state. www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/state-medica...
Medicaid By State: Alternative Names and Contact Information
Medicaid and state specific Medicaid names, contact information and website links
www.medicaidplanningassistance.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This site shows the names Medicaid goes by for each state. www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/state-medica...
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I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
Just finished www.blueskryb.cloud/book/link/97... today on the plane. So good and timely, but infuriating.
Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
Something is deeply rotten at the Supreme Court. How did we get here and what can we do about it? Crooked Media podcast host Leah Litman shines a light on the unabashed lawles…
www.blueskryb.cloud
June 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just finished www.blueskryb.cloud/book/link/97... today on the plane. So good and timely, but infuriating.
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This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
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Want to help save democracy but not sure how? Help us save the data.
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Save the Data: Data Preservation Event Summer 2025
Join MDI and partners in coordination with the Data Rescue Project (DRP) to save open data from deletion. Learn how to save data, about the importa...
events.georgetown.edu
June 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Want to help save democracy but not sure how? Help us save the data.
events.georgetown.edu/event/saveth...
events.georgetown.edu/event/saveth...
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In over 99.5 percent of protest events in April and May, we recorded no injuries, arrests, or property damage — an unprecedentedly tiny fraction for a movement of this size and geographic dispersion.
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In over 99.5 percent of protest events in April and May, we recorded no injuries, arrests, or property damage — an unprecedentedly tiny fraction for a movement of this size and geographic dispersion.
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Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
May 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
This is an ongoing project of ours! @csbarsky.bsky.social
Redefining ‘Integrity’ – Reflections on Electoral Policy Change: 2024 Post-Election Reflection Series
Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections, for a PSNow blog series…
Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections, for a PSNow blog series…
Redefining ‘Integrity’ – Reflections on Electoral Policy Change: 2024 Post-Election Reflection Series
Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections, for a PSNow blog series of political science scholars who reflect on key moments, ideas, and challenges faced in the 2024 election. The views expressed in this series are those of the authors and contributors alone and do not represent the views of the APSA.
politicalsciencenow.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is an ongoing project of ours! @csbarsky.bsky.social
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⏳Time to stop SB 37 is running out! SB 37 is now scheduled for a hearing in the House on Saturday, May 24. Please call, email & visit your house rep and let them know how harmful this bill will be to #HigherEd in Texas. Let’s fight to protect our public colleges and universities! 👊👊
⏰ There is still time to STOP SB37 in the House Higher Ed committee! 💪💪
1️⃣ Reach out to the members of the House Committee on Higher Ed + your Texas House representative! Automatic emails and click-to-call resources below. ⬇️
2️⃣ Ask your friends, family, and colleagues to do the same!
1️⃣ Reach out to the members of the House Committee on Higher Ed + your Texas House representative! Automatic emails and click-to-call resources below. ⬇️
2️⃣ Ask your friends, family, and colleagues to do the same!
Oppose SB37 to keep colleges & universities competitive
Updated May 10, 2025.
aaup-texas.org
May 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⏳Time to stop SB 37 is running out! SB 37 is now scheduled for a hearing in the House on Saturday, May 24. Please call, email & visit your house rep and let them know how harmful this bill will be to #HigherEd in Texas. Let’s fight to protect our public colleges and universities! 👊👊
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@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
Pres. Pauline Strong: “Far from the false stereotype of woke professors this bill seeks to address, faculty are responsible, hardworking citizens dedicated to the advancement of our students, our institutions and our state.” ✊
Pres. Pauline Strong: “Far from the false stereotype of woke professors this bill seeks to address, faculty are responsible, hardworking citizens dedicated to the advancement of our students, our institutions and our state.” ✊
Here's why Texas professors, advocates are protesting SB 37 as it pends in House committee
Senate Bill 37 is now pending in the Texas House Higher Education Committee after it was passed in the Senate. Here's why professors are against it.
www.statesman.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
Pres. Pauline Strong: “Far from the false stereotype of woke professors this bill seeks to address, faculty are responsible, hardworking citizens dedicated to the advancement of our students, our institutions and our state.” ✊
Pres. Pauline Strong: “Far from the false stereotype of woke professors this bill seeks to address, faculty are responsible, hardworking citizens dedicated to the advancement of our students, our institutions and our state.” ✊