John Cluverius
@johncluverius.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science @ UMass Lowell.
“If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
All statements are personal opinions, not reflective of university positions.
“If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
All statements are personal opinions, not reflective of university positions.
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The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be
Net favorability of how Americans view
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
How Americans view key members of the Trump administration
A 58% majority say they have an unfavorable view of President Donald Trump, and 40% have a favorable view.
www.pewresearch.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be
I will also say Franken defenders had no case for him *remaining* in the Senate. Sub-replacement Minnesota Senator.
Defending Al Franken is a petty kind of left-of-center vice signaling and I do not have patience with it. If you insist that a guy who harassed multiple women belongs in the Senate you are saying the harassment of women is unimportant and / or his accusers are all liars. Both are sexist positions.
February 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I will also say Franken defenders had no case for him *remaining* in the Senate. Sub-replacement Minnesota Senator.
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I mean, frankly, his strategy of taking everybody who knew Palpatine was a Sith lord and getting them all killed instantly without even trying to disseminate the information widely or gain the support of other organs of the Republican government was a mistake, in retrospect.
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I mean, frankly, his strategy of taking everybody who knew Palpatine was a Sith lord and getting them all killed instantly without even trying to disseminate the information widely or gain the support of other organs of the Republican government was a mistake, in retrospect.
Again, modest proposal for college rankings: no college or university can get ranked if they have active faculty or staff in the files.
February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Again, modest proposal for college rankings: no college or university can get ranked if they have active faculty or staff in the files.
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The Epstein files make clear how easy it is for "elite" academics to get away with lying for personal gain.
In 2011, for ex, Harvard professor Shing-Tung Yau asked Epstein for $1.5M to keep 6 professors from leaving Harvard, adding "of course, I shall come up with some serious proposal." 1/
In 2011, for ex, Harvard professor Shing-Tung Yau asked Epstein for $1.5M to keep 6 professors from leaving Harvard, adding "of course, I shall come up with some serious proposal." 1/
February 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The Epstein files make clear how easy it is for "elite" academics to get away with lying for personal gain.
In 2011, for ex, Harvard professor Shing-Tung Yau asked Epstein for $1.5M to keep 6 professors from leaving Harvard, adding "of course, I shall come up with some serious proposal." 1/
In 2011, for ex, Harvard professor Shing-Tung Yau asked Epstein for $1.5M to keep 6 professors from leaving Harvard, adding "of course, I shall come up with some serious proposal." 1/
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The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social.
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows
"We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."
www.niemanlab.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social.
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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90% of my conversations with my oldest ends with “you could devote a career to studying this” and then texting/DMing someone I know who has.
anyway i basically tried to explain the russian revolution, soviet economic history, and the various political and economic crises of the soviet 1980s in 10 minutes and then said, “kid you could devote your whole life to studying this if you wanted to”
February 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
90% of my conversations with my oldest ends with “you could devote a career to studying this” and then texting/DMing someone I know who has.
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This is a factually inaccurate claim. Polls indeed show voters say they trust the Republicans more than Democrats to "handle the issue of immigration", but (a) the GOP lead is within the margin of error & (b) this is not "firmly behind Trump's handling of the issue" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This is a factually inaccurate claim. Polls indeed show voters say they trust the Republicans more than Democrats to "handle the issue of immigration", but (a) the GOP lead is within the margin of error & (b) this is not "firmly behind Trump's handling of the issue" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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The first primaries of 2026 are on March 3. The *last* are not until Sept. 15. That's 28 weeks, or 6 months 12 days, or 54% of a year, or a really long-ass time.
Catch your breath. It's a marathon, not a sprint. And bookmark our election calendar.
Catch your breath. It's a marathon, not a sprint. And bookmark our election calendar.
The Downballot's 2026 election calendar
Find the dates for every filing deadline, primary, and runoff for the November midterms in all 50 states—and much more
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February 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The first primaries of 2026 are on March 3. The *last* are not until Sept. 15. That's 28 weeks, or 6 months 12 days, or 54% of a year, or a really long-ass time.
Catch your breath. It's a marathon, not a sprint. And bookmark our election calendar.
Catch your breath. It's a marathon, not a sprint. And bookmark our election calendar.
Pretty sure mine is Lucy Dacus.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Pretty sure mine is Lucy Dacus.
One problem of unbiased reporting is that sometimes you need to be able to say “if normal people did this it would be fine, but the people doing this are untrustworthy fascist weirdos.”
February 12, 2026 at 12:52 AM
One problem of unbiased reporting is that sometimes you need to be able to say “if normal people did this it would be fine, but the people doing this are untrustworthy fascist weirdos.”
U.S. News should just DQ any college, university, or program that has active faculty or administrators in the files.
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
U.S. News should just DQ any college, university, or program that has active faculty or administrators in the files.
El Paso being back in the news is a reminder for all of my ASL peeps that the sign for El Paso is the funniest proper noun in all of American Sign Language.
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
El Paso being back in the news is a reminder for all of my ASL peeps that the sign for El Paso is the funniest proper noun in all of American Sign Language.
I think you could probably get faculty to go for essentially open lecture capture with accessibility for all students if you weren't using it to create a culture of fear and intimidation.
“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently rolled out a new policy that permits university officials to record classes without notifying the instructor. It’s a practice administrators have used in the past to investigate professors but have now formalized in writing.”
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I think you could probably get faculty to go for essentially open lecture capture with accessibility for all students if you weren't using it to create a culture of fear and intimidation.
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don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
February 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
a THOUSAND.
Just going to keep posting this one---->Jeffrey Epstein victimized 1,000 women and children. His survivors have a message. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com
Jeffrey Epstein victimized 1,000 women and children. His survivors have a message.
“I am one story of a thousand," said Danielle Bensky, who was 17 when she first met Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. "Think of that number, 1,000."
www.usatoday.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
a THOUSAND.
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Essential reading for those who understand that having something repeated frequently does not constitute evidence.
Clinton's victory in 1992 is the canonical example that supposedly proves Dems win by moving to the center. There's only one problem: The data disagrees. Voters saw Clinton as more liberal than Dukakis, & simulations show even a solid progressive would have won www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-d...
What Democrats can actually learn from the 1992 election
Bill Clinton's victory is supposed to prove that Democrats win by moving to the center. The data disagrees
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Essential reading for those who understand that having something repeated frequently does not constitute evidence.
again, goldman has a tough primary.
He did the cartoon!
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
again, goldman has a tough primary.
has anyone tried to re-run the Peasants or Bankers data from 2020 on? essentially, how is the economy driving presidential approval if consumer sentiment is nearly completely unmoored from economic reality?
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
has anyone tried to re-run the Peasants or Bankers data from 2020 on? essentially, how is the economy driving presidential approval if consumer sentiment is nearly completely unmoored from economic reality?
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kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 AM
kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s
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February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The point of PhDs is that for every one of your idle thoughts someone literally spent 5-6 years deep diving on it.
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The point of PhDs is that for every one of your idle thoughts someone literally spent 5-6 years deep diving on it.
How the hell does BAD BUNNY’s HISTORIAN not have more followers on [email protected]
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo (@jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social)
Associate Prof of Latin American and Caribbean History @UWMadison. ✍️The Lettered Barriada (DukeUP); Puerto Rico: A National History (PrincetonUP/Planeta); A Counter-Republic of Letters (under contrac...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:31 AM
How the hell does BAD BUNNY’s HISTORIAN not have more followers on [email protected]