Andrew R. Flores
@aflor017.github.io
Political science
LGBTQ politics
Assoc Prof @American University
Distinguished Visiting Scholar @Williams Institute
Associate Editor @PRQ
Affiliated Scholar @PRRI.org
https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/aflores.cfm
https://aflor017.github.io
LGBTQ politics
Assoc Prof @American University
Distinguished Visiting Scholar @Williams Institute
Associate Editor @PRQ
Affiliated Scholar @PRRI.org
https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/aflores.cfm
https://aflor017.github.io
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Democrats and Republicans who both toil in bad jobs see their labor policy preferences align.
In POQ, Lyon & Schneider explore how working conditions affect views on labor policy. As working conditions deteriorate, partisanship decreases.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
In POQ, Lyon & Schneider explore how working conditions affect views on labor policy. As working conditions deteriorate, partisanship decreases.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Democrats and Republicans who both toil in bad jobs see their labor policy preferences align.
In POQ, Lyon & Schneider explore how working conditions affect views on labor policy. As working conditions deteriorate, partisanship decreases.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
In POQ, Lyon & Schneider explore how working conditions affect views on labor policy. As working conditions deteriorate, partisanship decreases.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
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New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
However, researchers are concerned AI companies could “set the models up to push for one side or another.”
However, researchers are concerned AI companies could “set the models up to push for one side or another.”
Voters’ minds are hard to change. AI chatbots are surprisingly good at it.
New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
However, researchers are concerned AI companies could “set the models up to push for one side or another.”
However, researchers are concerned AI companies could “set the models up to push for one side or another.”
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A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence. n.pr/44K1Tb9
DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence. n.pr/44K1Tb9
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According to this Supreme Court:
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to this Supreme Court:
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
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Was on Civic Forum with @rorytruex.bsky.social talking about US democracy. We talked about political inequality & minority rule in the US, with a focus on my research on the states. But then talk about what's new in the more acute democracy crisis of 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbxC...
Is American Democracy Failing at the State Level? | Jake Grumbach, UC Berkeley
YouTube video by The Civic Forum
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Was on Civic Forum with @rorytruex.bsky.social talking about US democracy. We talked about political inequality & minority rule in the US, with a focus on my research on the states. But then talk about what's new in the more acute democracy crisis of 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbxC...
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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Breaking news: Video footage showing a U.S. military strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea shows two people attempting to flip their capsized vessel when they were attacked again. Adm. Frank M. Bradley faced a day of difficult questions.
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Breaking news: Video footage showing a U.S. military strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea shows two people attempting to flip their capsized vessel when they were attacked again. Adm. Frank M. Bradley faced a day of difficult questions.
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A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Same!
For what it's worth, my experience was the exact opposite.
I found my students this semester to be more engaged and excited about the work than they have been in years.
I found my students this semester to be more engaged and excited about the work than they have been in years.
Hearing, and seeing, many university professors express despair, of this sort, this fall. Faculty are famously headstrong and truculent, if sometimes grouchy. But this affect is new. ’ve never seen the widespread descent into sorrow before, that I am seeing now.
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Same!
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READ: The Pentagon inspector general just released the 84-page report on Pete Hegseth's use of Signal to discuss sensitive military strikes in Yemen.
The report found Hegseth's actions risked putting troops in danger. www.dodig.mil/reports.html...
The report found Hegseth's actions risked putting troops in danger. www.dodig.mil/reports.html...
www.dodig.mil
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
READ: The Pentagon inspector general just released the 84-page report on Pete Hegseth's use of Signal to discuss sensitive military strikes in Yemen.
The report found Hegseth's actions risked putting troops in danger. www.dodig.mil/reports.html...
The report found Hegseth's actions risked putting troops in danger. www.dodig.mil/reports.html...
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All about the Compton's Cafeteria riot, when drag queens and trans women rose up against police at a diner in San Francisco.
Years before Stonewall, a cafeteria riot became a breakthrough for trans rights
All about the Compton's Cafeteria riot, when drag queens and trans women rose up against police at a diner in San Francisco.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
All about the Compton's Cafeteria riot, when drag queens and trans women rose up against police at a diner in San Francisco.
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ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
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The “crime emergency” declared by Trump in D.C. resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump in D.C. resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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ND's Klau Institute for Civil & Human Rights is searching for a postdoc; candidates from political science, econ, and sociology are encouraged to apply. I've been on the Klau board for a long time and this is a great group of folks, esp director Jennifer Mason McAward. apply.interfolio.com/177620
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
ND's Klau Institute for Civil & Human Rights is searching for a postdoc; candidates from political science, econ, and sociology are encouraged to apply. I've been on the Klau board for a long time and this is a great group of folks, esp director Jennifer Mason McAward. apply.interfolio.com/177620
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48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
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It’s not your grandmother’s Jeopardy.
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
It’s not your grandmother’s Jeopardy.
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Five members of Congress from both parties and both chambers are asking Pam Bondi for a briefing and status update — by the end of the week — on the legally mandated release of the Epstein files.
Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Five members of Congress from both parties and both chambers are asking Pam Bondi for a briefing and status update — by the end of the week — on the legally mandated release of the Epstein files.
Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
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Applicable to smaller subpopulations (👀 @ you LGBT Res Seg): Measuring Latino & Asian segregation w bias-corrected indices reveals much lower segregation—& important subgroup differences. The separation index is better and "D-index is dead." [email protected]
@readdemography.bsky.social
@readdemography.bsky.social
Research Note: A Path Forward for Understanding Latino and Asian Panethnic and Ethnic Subgroup Residential Segregation
Abstract. In this research note we address measurement challenges in the study of residential segregation to advance our understanding of the segregation of Latino and Asian ethnic subgroups. Our prim...
read.dukeupress.edu
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Applicable to smaller subpopulations (👀 @ you LGBT Res Seg): Measuring Latino & Asian segregation w bias-corrected indices reveals much lower segregation—& important subgroup differences. The separation index is better and "D-index is dead." [email protected]
@readdemography.bsky.social
@readdemography.bsky.social
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🚨New pub alert!🚨 Now available open-access in @journal-of-comm.bsky.social, we (w/ @dkreiss.bsky.social, @danlane.bsky.social, & @shannimcg.bsky.social) critique political communication's "Identity Turn" and offer instead a foundation for studying #polcomm from a *group* perspective. 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🚨New pub alert!🚨 Now available open-access in @journal-of-comm.bsky.social, we (w/ @dkreiss.bsky.social, @danlane.bsky.social, & @shannimcg.bsky.social) critique political communication's "Identity Turn" and offer instead a foundation for studying #polcomm from a *group* perspective. 🧵
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Trump administration launches latest immigration crackdown in New Orleans
Trump administration launches latest immigration crackdown in New Orleans
Coined “Operation Catahoula Crunch,” the dispatch comes just a day after Trump said he’d send federal agents to New Orleans at the request of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry.
dlvr.it
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Trump administration launches latest immigration crackdown in New Orleans
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See Taylor, it's not that hard to condemn fascists for appropriating your intellectual property (that we know *all too well* you value A LOT) to further their fascist projects!
Just ask your BFF Sabrina to help you out!
apnews.com/article/whit...
Just ask your BFF Sabrina to help you out!
apnews.com/article/whit...
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
See Taylor, it's not that hard to condemn fascists for appropriating your intellectual property (that we know *all too well* you value A LOT) to further their fascist projects!
Just ask your BFF Sabrina to help you out!
apnews.com/article/whit...
Just ask your BFF Sabrina to help you out!
apnews.com/article/whit...
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1. Missouri prefiled bills are in, and the anti-trans panic continues.
One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
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One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New Missouri Bill Would Ban "Social Transition" In Schools, Even With Parental Permission
The bill defines social transition as name changes and pronouns, and would disallow any "conduct that facilitates" such social transition.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
1. Missouri prefiled bills are in, and the anti-trans panic continues.
One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
There’s a great episode of Penn & Teller’s Bullshit on Fast Food.
Joni Ernst: "I have a McSCUSE ME Act which would disallow those SNAP benefits being used at fast food restaurants. We want to make sure that those hungry families, those food insecure families actually are receiving benefits, but we want them to really use those dollars on nutrient-rich foods."
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There’s a great episode of Penn & Teller’s Bullshit on Fast Food.