Grant Mitchell
@grantmitchell.bsky.social
Ph.D student at UCLA studying regime change, parties, and party systems. My goal is to be the number one contributor on the transit app for big blue bus line 8
On the brightside Dave Portnoy is as miserable as I am
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the brightside Dave Portnoy is as miserable as I am
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I want to announce again what should be a well established fact:
No. Old. Food. For. Thanksgiving.
We’re only eating food that was made the day of. Period.
#nooldfood
No. Old. Food. For. Thanksgiving.
We’re only eating food that was made the day of. Period.
#nooldfood
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I want to announce again what should be a well established fact:
No. Old. Food. For. Thanksgiving.
We’re only eating food that was made the day of. Period.
#nooldfood
No. Old. Food. For. Thanksgiving.
We’re only eating food that was made the day of. Period.
#nooldfood
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Just found a variable with a p-value of 1 someone give me an award
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Just found a variable with a p-value of 1 someone give me an award
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Here is a new article just published co-authored w/@grantmitchell.bsky.social & @sharilfranke.bsky.social
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Here is a new article just published co-authored w/@grantmitchell.bsky.social & @sharilfranke.bsky.social
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The claim originated on a satirical news site called the “Dunning-Kruger Times.”
Trump Posts Claim About Obamacare ‘Royalties’ That Originated On Satirical News Site
The claim originated on a satirical news site called the “Dunning-Kruger Times.”
www.forbes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The claim originated on a satirical news site called the “Dunning-Kruger Times.”
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
God knows I've never seen a party this capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
God knows I've never seen a party this capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Kinda indicative of the times that a large portion of the second hour of my church services (used for Gospel doctrine discussions most of the time) were used to figure out how the hell we are gonna feed all the starving people in our congregation and our neighborhood
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Kinda indicative of the times that a large portion of the second hour of my church services (used for Gospel doctrine discussions most of the time) were used to figure out how the hell we are gonna feed all the starving people in our congregation and our neighborhood
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the thing about this is that a) small states do not have any interests that are inherent to their size (no less than james madison understood this) b) the senate is organized along party lines which makes the small/big distinction almost irrelevant and c) the filibuster has never been used this way
Underrated aspect of killing the filibuster is making pundit hacks at Cook Political p-p-p-piss their pants
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the thing about this is that a) small states do not have any interests that are inherent to their size (no less than james madison understood this) b) the senate is organized along party lines which makes the small/big distinction almost irrelevant and c) the filibuster has never been used this way
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Zohran Mamdani won young men 18-29 by 40 points.
40!
And he did so by standing FOR economic justice, FOR Trans rights, FOR immigrant rights, FOR labor rights, FOR Palestinian rights, & FOR diversity—& still unapologetically dunking on Trump.
He is anti-MAGA w/o throwing people under the bus.
1/2
40!
And he did so by standing FOR economic justice, FOR Trans rights, FOR immigrant rights, FOR labor rights, FOR Palestinian rights, & FOR diversity—& still unapologetically dunking on Trump.
He is anti-MAGA w/o throwing people under the bus.
1/2
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Zohran Mamdani won young men 18-29 by 40 points.
40!
And he did so by standing FOR economic justice, FOR Trans rights, FOR immigrant rights, FOR labor rights, FOR Palestinian rights, & FOR diversity—& still unapologetically dunking on Trump.
He is anti-MAGA w/o throwing people under the bus.
1/2
40!
And he did so by standing FOR economic justice, FOR Trans rights, FOR immigrant rights, FOR labor rights, FOR Palestinian rights, & FOR diversity—& still unapologetically dunking on Trump.
He is anti-MAGA w/o throwing people under the bus.
1/2
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November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
What I find remarkable is that Prop 50 outperformed the 2024 margins in a good number of countries, even ones that went Republican. The image is obv not comprehensive (and not done counting), but some of the shift are pretty crazy. Look at Riverside! + 1.4 R to + 14 Prop 50
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What I find remarkable is that Prop 50 outperformed the 2024 margins in a good number of countries, even ones that went Republican. The image is obv not comprehensive (and not done counting), but some of the shift are pretty crazy. Look at Riverside! + 1.4 R to + 14 Prop 50
Why do conservatives make the best memes by accident???
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Why do conservatives make the best memes by accident???
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we're burying the lede here, which is that what elon is saying is stupid as dogshit
These people will speculate about the wildest sci-fi futures, and then call free buses for all unrealistic utopianism
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
we're burying the lede here, which is that what elon is saying is stupid as dogshit
I've had conversations with family that are essentially this. But unfortunately for them, in cases like SNAP, ACA, or Medicare/Medicaid, they won't be able merely brush off their skyrocketing cost of living with willful ignorance.
This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."
November 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've had conversations with family that are essentially this. But unfortunately for them, in cases like SNAP, ACA, or Medicare/Medicaid, they won't be able merely brush off their skyrocketing cost of living with willful ignorance.
Sadly for the blue jays, the clock had struck midnight in Toronto, while it is merely 9:19 in LA
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Sadly for the blue jays, the clock had struck midnight in Toronto, while it is merely 9:19 in LA
Be kinda funny if the blue jays lost on the position they almost just won on
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Be kinda funny if the blue jays lost on the position they almost just won on
I'm screaming rn
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I'm screaming rn
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Has November 1st always come right after October 31st? Seems kind of abrupt.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Has November 1st always come right after October 31st? Seems kind of abrupt.