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S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Hakeem Jeffries now has more support than any Republican hoping to be speaker. If just six GOP reps were to set partisanship aside and vote for him, we could have a functioning House to do the people's business without further delay.
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Guys! Big Announcement! I am STOKED to debut the cover of my upcoming book, "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance." Out in 2024, I'm hype!
@BasicBooks @Wellesley @thisdaypod
You can pre-order here:
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S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
There’s lots of pop-antifeminism and pseudoscience out there attacking hormonal birth control, and it needs to be understood as continuous with the right wing anti-choice project.
The president of the most powerful conservative legal group in the country says banning birth control is at the top of his wishlist:
“We are on a winning trajectory...It may be that the day will come when people say the birth-control pill was a mistake.”
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S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Just finished up the new chapter with John Vasquez for the revised third edition of What Do We Know About War. Our chapter discusses how quantitative conflict research provides insights about the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war & potential for escalation to a major power war.
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
When Putin invaded Ukraine, he was counting on the democracies of the world to do nothing. But because of American leadership, we linked arms and proved him wrong.
It’s in our national security interests to stand with Ukraine—and we must deliver more aid to help them fight back.
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
So now I’m on the benefits committee this year. We have this issue on the agenda.
If your college/uni offers 12(or+) weeks FULL leave FULL pay, please drop the name of your school in the comments. We have a point to make.
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Does gender affect the length of parliamentary careers? In this study we develop three measures to investigate the size of gender gaps among political seniors in 9 countries from 1965-2020. Main take-away: Balanced parliaments reduce gender gaps, but size still large.
🙏P&G! 👇
#OpenAccess from @PoliticsGenderJ -
#Gender and Political Seniority: Three Measures - cup.org/48Gig9i
- @RMuriaas & @TorillStavenes
#FirstView
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Welcome to the newest member of the United States Senate!
ALT Vice President Harris swears in Laphonza Butler as the newest United States Senator from California.
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Like @Arturmaks I woke up feeling even better than usual. Speaker Fergus and Premier Elect Kinew will make great contributions. Very good news for Manitoba and Canada.
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
This week we’ve seen the effects of the US Republicans and UK Tories being captured by the extreme right
Yes, PR may enable radical right parties to win seats
But, majoritarian electoral systems have led to the extreme right gradually taking over mainstream right parties
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
🏆Congratulations to Agustina S. Paglayan for winning the Heinz I. Eulau Award for best article published in the #APSR in the previous calendar year. 🏆
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S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Get ready for #ecpg2024! The list of sections and call for panels and sections will be published later this week 🫣
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
NEW: California just became the first state in the nation to officially propose an Amendment to the United States Constitution to end our nation’s gun violence crisis.
Time to enshrine 4 widely supported gun safety freedoms --
1) Raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21
2) Universal background checks
3) A reasonable waiting period for gun purchases
4) Banning civilian purchases of assault weapons
No more waiting around for Congress. It’s time to act.
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S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Applications for Max Weber (Post-Doctoral) Fellows at @EUI_EU for 2024-25 have just opened. If you are interested in a Fellowship in @eui_sps please get in touch. eui.eu/apply?id=max-weber-fe…
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
It's #DemocracyDay.
Democracy, sustainable peace and conflict prevention cannot be achieved if women are left behind.
Repost if you agree!
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Event happening @SFUVan later in September. Registration is now open.
We're thrilled to welcome Indigenous author William Lindsay back to Lunch 'n' Learn—one year later! @sfu_voce's Am Johal & William will discuss the book, Rez Dog Blues & the Haiku, & William will reflect on his transformative writing journey.
Register: ow.ly/82Qr50PGTsK
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Allegations aren't facts. A sham impeachment inquiry against President Biden is in no way equivalent to the Trump impeachments.
S. Laurel Weldon retweeted
Instead of wasting time on a bogus impeachment, maybe @HouseGOP should do something about child poverty––which has DOUBLED in the last year.
They had a chance to extend these programs to keep our children fed & boost working families out of poverty.
But they didn't. Shameful.
So terrible that the wonderful gem that was Ontario place - a place for all- had become this fiasco
To give a sense of scale, this proposed private mega spa on the waterfront at Ontario Place is the size of 12 football fields, and is accompanied by a massive, public parking garage.
There is no way to put a ‘green’ spin on a waterfront destination spa of this scale. There is no planning rationale that can justify subsidizing an outsized parking structure on prime waterfront land where children should be playing instead - especially given that we are investing billions to deliver a new subway to this locatIon.
Sometimes it is better to start over than to proceed with a mistake that will last for generations.
It’s time for politicians to say no.
It’s time for planners to say no.
#OntarioPlaceForAll
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