Erin S. Pumpkins

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20 October 2026 01:06

I’m just a small-town political scientist who studies the US but I don’t think democracy here is fine, actually.

Andrew Whitehead

andrew-whitehead.bsky.social

20 October 2026 01:06

It will take a bit to rewire your filter, but when you see CNN or CBS just assume it’s Fox News and what you see being said starts to make a lot more sense regarding whether it is in good faith or not. The field has shifted.

Joanne Freeman

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20 October 2026 01:05

For those wondering if their vote matters: Speaking as a historian, there have been elections throughout American history that were decided by an AMAZINGLY SMALL number of votes. Don't surrender your right to have a say. Vote!

Jonathan Bernstein

jonathanbernstein.bsky.social

20 October 2026 00:47

Oh absolutely. There's no magic button to solve things that are already in the pipeline, and at best a Dem Congress will stop some of [all this]. (Just as the courts, and state/locals etc. stopped some of it, but only some).

Jonathan Bernstein

jonathanbernstein.bsky.social

19 October 2026 23:55

So many things are going to go wrong. So many things are already going wrong.