Luke Heslip 🥥🌴
@HeslipLuke
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Educator | Politics Ph.D. student at @UCSC | @uaw_4811 member | Parties, elections, & American political development | Frm instructor at @poliscisfsu | Bay Area
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I am thrilled to announce that I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Politics at the University of California Santa Cruz starting this September! I am equally proud to become a card-carrying UAW member!
@ucsc
@UAW
#UnionStrong
#AcademicTwitter
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I got my first Ph.D. acceptance today (fully funded 😎)!
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@jbarro
The coalescence of the institutional Democratic Party behind Biden over the last 72 hours in incredible.
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I delivered my final lecture at
@SFSU
today. Teaching American politics for the last two years has been the greatest joy of my professional life. I found my calling here and am eternally grateful to everyone at
@PoliSciSFSU
for this opportunity.
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This shows the DSA's misreading of U.S. politics. Parties are politician-mediated networks of policy-demanding groups that steer nominations to candidates that are broadly acceptable to the party coalition. Savvy groups understand this and integrate into a major-party coalition.
This is our lesson, and we hope socialists everywhere will pay close attention: the Democratic Party is a dead end. It is a “party” in name only; truly, it is simply a tangled web of dark money and mega-donors, cynical consultants, and lapdog politicians.
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Political scientists! I'm applying to P.h.D. programs this cycle and would be grateful for help pinpointing my options. What programs and scholars would you recommend for studying parties, elections, and American Political Development? I welcome any re-tweets ☺️.
#PoliSciTwitter
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John Zaller and I both study political science
Both the vaccinated and unvaccinated can spread the virus.
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I lined up my Ph.D. application letters of rec! Now the GRE looms 🫠.
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First-year of grad school and first semester of being an instructor of record complete 😰😂🥳
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Teaching at a college does not remotely prepare you for middle school classroom management, lol.
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New job announcement! Starting in June, I will teach politics, history, and media courses to middle-school GATE students in San Francisco. Fellow educators, please DM me if you have curriculum/project recommendations!
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What an outrageously inappropriate question.
Sen. Graham: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how faithful would you say you are in terms of religion?"
Judge Jackson: "I am reluctant to talk about my faith in this way...I want to be mindful of the need for the public to have confidence in my ability to separate out my personal views."
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Calling all CA academics! Higher Ed employees in the state are eligible for Pfizer booster shots. I just made an appointment for my third dose. Thanks to my friend and colleague
@roque_coral
for letting me know!
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Truman’s average approval rating in 1946 was in the low 30s. H.W. Bush’s average approval rating in 1991 was around 90 percent. We have no idea what Biden’s numbers will look like in three years when he is up for re-election.
Some Democrats have begun saying out loud what others are saying privately—that Joe Biden’s political standing is so weak less than a year into his presidency that he may not be able to win reelection in 2024 if he were to run again.
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As a Bay Area Democrat, it's exceedingly satisfying to see the GOP stumble so shambolically to assume Nancy Pelosi’s seat.
Seventh ballot tally
212 - Jeffries
201 - McCarthy
19 - Donalds
1 - Trump
1 present vote.
Eighth ballot next. 100 years ago, it took nine ballots — the last speaker’s race to go multiple ballots
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I have a 7 AM Zoom Ph.D. interview tomorrow with a university in New England. I guess they don't know I am on the West Coast 🤣.
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It's horrifying to see the DSA be apologists for Russian imperialism. When people tell you who they are, believe them.
🧵 5 months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war has no seeming end in sight. The US has mainly focused on fueling conflict with nearly $35B in military aid. With looming global economic crises and conflict, people demand change.
Contact Congress:
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@huzzahmpls
The prevailing narrative is democracy is only authentic when an amorphous “grassroots” is at the helm. However, de-legitimizing elite coordination has made politics more amateurish and rudderless. There is no other field where people say professionals should have a reduced role.
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A bird just flew into my office, explored for a few minutes, then returned out of the same window in entered from...I'm going for a walk 😅.
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A lot of media professionals don’t understand the role and objectives of political parties
Biden needs a primary challenger. The overwhelming majority of Dem voters want to get rid of him. Having only one person on the ballot makes a mockery of democracy, it's the stuff of authoritarian states. If voters want someone else, they deserve a choice
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The Western Political Science Association accepted my abstract! I'll present my MA thesis project on why American political parties change at the annual
@theWPSA
conference in April. Thank you,
@RebeccaEissler
&
@ValisJason
, for your gracious mentorship!
@PoliSciSFSU
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I can't believe tomorrow begins my second year of teaching American politics
@PoliSciSFSU
! I couldn't have shared this journey with better friends and colleagues than
@roque_coral
and Emily Woo ❤️.
@SFStateLCA
@SFSU
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YES. Many Americans’ interchangeable use of the terms leftist, liberal, and progressive is incoherent.
The one political/linguistic hill I'm somewhat willing to die on is that I don't think people (or I guess it's really just us Americans) should use "liberal" as a synonym for "left".
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@roque_coral
@Acyn
You can’t build there, that parking lot is integral to community character!
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Is there anything George Santos can’t do?
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - US has downed the Chinese balloon off the Carolina coast and an operation is underway to recover the debris.
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I am looking forward to seeing everyone at
@theWPSA
! I'm presenting my
@PoliSciSFSU
research on Democratic-allied interest groups’ PAC contributions at the Intra-Group Coalition Building panel at 8 AM in Garden B for anyone here early today!
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The two parties are not the same
Breaking: The House just approved the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
The bill was passed 219-212. Zero Republicans voting for it.
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Not that this is a statistically significant observation, but I have my students submit a weekly forum post, and without fail, at least 2/3 of them turn it in within three hours of the deadline. Have other instructors noticed similar behavior amongst undergrads ?
#AcademicChatter
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They are not anti-war; they are pro-Russian imperialism.
NEW - Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confronted by anti-war protesters.
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Scholars who post their work online as free PDFs are my favorite people.
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One of my students referred to me as a political scientist this week. As a grad student who hasn't published anything, I'm skeptical that I qualify as a consummate political scientist.
#PoliSciTwitter
folks, at what point did you consider yourselves political scientists?
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I'm confident this would be a flagrant 14th Amendment Violation.
Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests that if Democrats move to a red state, they shouldn't be allowed to vote for five years:
"You can live there and you can work there, but you don't get to bring your values."
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Most of my Ph.D. applications ask me to list the other programs I am applying to. I'm hesitant to do this for several reasons. Is there a substantial risk to leaving this blank?
#AcademicTwitter
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Are any scholars willing to provide feedback on my personal statement draft for Ph.D. programs? ☺️
#AcademicTwitter
#PoliSciTwitter
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@huzzahmpls
I am biased because I study parties and think they are a normative plus for democracy, but it is striking how pervasive anti-party populism is in America. Very few other liberal democracies subvert party nominations to the will of voters.
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I had a great day speaking with Petaluma voters about why they should elect my friend and mentor
@Bmhooper1M
supervisor for Sonoma County’s 2nd District!
@HooperForSuper
@SonomaDems
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Obviously, this is satirical, but I genuinely find political stan culture problematic. Worshiping a politician or viewing them as a savior skews how democratic politics works. Parties and institutional structures/rules are infinitely more important than any individual actor.
Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane
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A storm ravaged campus. I’ve never seen such severe weather in the Bay Area.
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Sometimes when I'm watching TV, I wonder why the characters aren't wearing masks. And then I remember the before times.
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In its nearly 200-year history, the Democratic Party has never been socialist or otherwise ideological. Instead, the Democratic Party has always been an evolving coalition of heterodox groups and policy demanders.
The Democratic Party is now a socialist party.
Joe Biden is a socialist president.
@club4growth
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I was proactive about grading this week which enabled me to joyfully devote today to reading for a forthcoming research project on the impact of parties on the modern presidency. I'm especially grateful for
@julia_azari
and
@richardmskinner
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My campus was without electricity for the last three hours, which gave me the perfect excuse to not do thesis research!
@PoliSciSFSU
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It's still wild that the RNC literally didn't draft a platform in 2020.
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“The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states rights and walk forthrightly into the sunshine of human rights.” - Minneapolis mayor Hubert Humphrey at the 1948 DNC.
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Let's not
Ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo considers running against Kathy Hochul despite opposition from his own party
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Those are two words, Ambassador.
Biden's State of the Union in 6 words:
Tax. Spend. Tax. Spend. Tax. Spend.
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Hi, all! I spent the last few years in grad school and teaching political science. I'm looking to get back into electoral politics. If anyone in the Democratic/progressive campaign world has advice/suggestions, please DM me!
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Who else can't relax unless they accomplish certain threshold/quality of work each day?
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Writing my first syllabus today, or more accurately, adapting various syllabi sections from faculty members who I work into what I hope results in a marginally original document 😂.
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I had a great day promoting
@PoliSciSFSU
with professors
@ProfARoberti
and Otruba at the
@SFSU
incoming student fair!
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I'm compensating my poor students for having to present their final papers at 8 a.m. 😂
@PoliSciSFSU
@SFSU
@SFStateLCA
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This isn't a particularly progressive perspective, but I genuinely struggle to enjoy time off from work/academia. If I don't achieve a certain productivity threshold per day, I don't feel like I deserve to chill.
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The GOP-controlled state government forced NH Dems to do this. However, it's manifestly unfair that Iowa and NH have participated in presidential nominating contests before other states for 50 years. As a Democrat, I am proud that Biden and the DNC ended this absurd tradition.
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I’m taking my first International Relations course in years this summer. While my Poli Sci (Americanist) chops are not as transferable as I would have hoped, I'm genuinely enjoying my foray into our sister science!
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What was academia like before the internet? Was everyone taught the Dewey Decimal System? Would people keep drafts of papers in a big folder? How was plagiarism policed?
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@_sean_n
He also pushed for Mayor (Secretary) Pete to be included in the early 2019 primary debates. He has had quite the political evolution...
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Best foreign policy in a generation
BREAKING: Blinken overturns “Pompeo Doctrine” and says Israeli settlements in the West Bank are “inconsistent with international law”. The move comes a day after Israel announces thousands of new housing units in the settlements
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It's civil liberties week in my Intro to American Politics course. I'm excited to read the Bill of Rights with my students this morning!
@PoliSciSFSU
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Got dinner in San Diego with Emily Woo! One of my best friends from grad school and a political scientist on the rise!
@PoliSciSFSU
@BallastPoint
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Someone just rear-ended my mom and me in a hit-and-run. Fortunately, I got clear photos of the driver, car, and license plate as they fled through construction traffic!
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I am substituting at a middle school today and just found out it is for gym class…
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One of my students came to office hours for career advice today!
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Bernie’s integration into the institutional wing of the Democratic Party was strategically sound. He’s advanced more progressive policy goals in the last 2 years by allying with Biden than he did in the previous 30 operating on the margins with radical actors like Stein.
Bernie Sanders clarifying that the takeover of the Democratic Party by the war machine is now complete.
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I've been drafting a paper on Brexit-era Conservative Party leadership instability for months that I now need to expand. Thanks,
@trussliz
, for enlarging the scope of my project!
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Did he write this on a typewriter?
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