Stella Rouse
@stellarouse.bsky.social
Political scientist and director of the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University. I study how identities inform political attitudes. policy preferences, and institutional outcomes. Opinions are obviously my own. www.stellarouse.com
It really is way beyond time for Allstate to retire the Mayhem guy.
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It really is way beyond time for Allstate to retire the Mayhem guy.
An artifact weakness of the Constitution that said so little about the judiciary. When it was set up by Congress there was no appetite for a true independent check for enforcement of its decisions. It's all been respected norms that were bound to be challenged by the "make us do it" administration.
The open disregard for judicial decisions and orders is being normalized more every day
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
An artifact weakness of the Constitution that said so little about the judiciary. When it was set up by Congress there was no appetite for a true independent check for enforcement of its decisions. It's all been respected norms that were bound to be challenged by the "make us do it" administration.
A worthy contemporary of the best to ever do it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A worthy contemporary of the best to ever do it.
If only there was something Senator Cassidy, MD could have done to prevent this from happening.
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If only there was something Senator Cassidy, MD could have done to prevent this from happening.
Similar to other stories, Mike Johnson has not heard or has yet to read about what Congress isn't doing.
Mike Johnson: "We've had one of the most productive Congresses in the history of the institution."
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Similar to other stories, Mike Johnson has not heard or has yet to read about what Congress isn't doing.
I so long for decent and serious people to be in charge of government.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I so long for decent and serious people to be in charge of government.
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cameo but for murder
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
cameo but for murder
Tell me you never took a political science class without telling me you never took a political science class.
Diego Pavia asks Donald Trump to expand CFP: 'MAKE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER PLEASE'
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia called on President Donald Trump to expand the College Football Playoff via an executive order
sports.yahoo.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Tell me you never took a political science class without telling me you never took a political science class.
This sounds like hell.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This sounds like hell.
In any other job setting, the person uttering these words would be summarily fired, shunned from civil society, and told to seek professional help.
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In any other job setting, the person uttering these words would be summarily fired, shunned from civil society, and told to seek professional help.
"After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer."
Who among us hasn't...
Who among us hasn't...
Drunk raccoon found passed out in liquor store bathroom: Officials
A raccoon collapsed in the bathroom of the Ashland ABC Store Saturday morning, where he had ransacked shelves and drank multiple types of alcohol.
abcnews.go.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer."
Who among us hasn't...
Who among us hasn't...
This country is morally bankrupt.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This country is morally bankrupt.
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If you are in line to make your retirement announcement from the house please stay in line.
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If you are in line to make your retirement announcement from the house please stay in line.
*Stealing this for state and local politics class lecture.
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
*Stealing this for state and local politics class lecture.
Great campaign by Behn, but partisanship is still a hell of a drug.
NBC News projects: Matt Van Epps (R) wins TN-7 special election.
Trump won the district by 22 points in 2024.
Now with 90% of the vote in, Van Epps is winning by 4.1%.
Trump won the district by 22 points in 2024.
Now with 90% of the vote in, Van Epps is winning by 4.1%.
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Great campaign by Behn, but partisanship is still a hell of a drug.
77.3 million people voted for this, even if they did not vote specifically on this.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
77.3 million people voted for this, even if they did not vote specifically on this.
This is beyond disgusting.
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is beyond disgusting.
"...the initial optimistic assessment during the pandemic that remote work was a success has given way to a more-sobering reality for many organizations: Performance, collaboration, innovation and workplace culture are taking a measurable hit."
What We Lose With Remote Work—and How to Minimize the Damage
Offices have historically been where relationships are built and learning happens. The key is figuring out how to keep those things with hybrid work.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"...the initial optimistic assessment during the pandemic that remote work was a success has given way to a more-sobering reality for many organizations: Performance, collaboration, innovation and workplace culture are taking a measurable hit."
Comical.
Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
President Donald Trump says he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. During an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida on Sunday, he said: ...
share.google
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Comical.
It appears that higher ed appeasement and capitulation are not limited to U.S. institutions.
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It appears that higher ed appeasement and capitulation are not limited to U.S. institutions.
The "lock the door behind me" theory of immigration.
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The "lock the door behind me" theory of immigration.
$12 million a year (w/ bonuses!) to coach "college" football for a guy who's loyalty is only to his ego. Meanwhile, LSU (my alma mater) struggles to keep academic programs afloat. The priorities of American society are money and entertainment above all else. The arc of Idiocracy in real life.
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
$12 million a year (w/ bonuses!) to coach "college" football for a guy who's loyalty is only to his ego. Meanwhile, LSU (my alma mater) struggles to keep academic programs afloat. The priorities of American society are money and entertainment above all else. The arc of Idiocracy in real life.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, says he is directing inquiries into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's reported order to "kill them all" in strikes on an alleged drug boat.
The Mississippi Republican vowed "vigorous oversight."
The Mississippi Republican vowed "vigorous oversight."
Wicker Directs Inquiry Into Hegseth's Reported 'Kill Them All' Order, Vowing 'Vigorous Oversight' of Boat Strikes
Sen. Roger Wicker is vowing "vigorous oversight" amid reports Hegseth ordered the U.S. military "to kill everybody" in a boat strike.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'll believe it when I see it.
Institutions of higher learning have for years held themesleves as the beacons of intellectual fortitude and clarity of mission to stand on principle. Guess that was all bullshit since they fold like a thin deck of cards to someone who is the antithesis of everything they claim to represent.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Institutions of higher learning have for years held themesleves as the beacons of intellectual fortitude and clarity of mission to stand on principle. Guess that was all bullshit since they fold like a thin deck of cards to someone who is the antithesis of everything they claim to represent.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.