@robglover
Associate Professor of Political Science & Honors at the University of Maine. Co-Leader of the Maine chapter, Scholars Strategy Network. My research explores drug policy reform, voting/election administration and democratic theory.
Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
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Tweet on X by Amir Kiyae reads: Strikes on Iran appear to have hit the home where opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard have been held under house arrest - both are reported safe, but their residence was damaged. Former President Ahmadineiad's home was also targeted. Israel has stated it is targeting Iranian leaders "past, present, and future." This follows previous Israeli strikes on Evin Prison. Draw your own conclusions,
Home of reformist opposition leaders from 2009 Green Movement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard was also hit by Israeli/US strikes. They have been under house arrest by the regime for over a decade.
The only reason we are alive to debate this is because Stanislav Petrov decided not to trust a computer.
unironically, I think the thing that would most mystify the founders is how Congress has so thoroughly ceded its status as a coequal branch such that checks and balances are only either dead or weaponized.
excited to hear tech companies will now be allowed to build their own power plants for their data centers. i am sure the makers of "the app that tells kids to kill themselves" will responsibly operate coal plants
He's saying a Trump account for a newborn with $1,000 in it could turn into $100,000 by the time that kid is 18? What are they investing in? Cocaine?
That's like a....30% annual return? I would like to invest in the Trump baby cocaine, pleez.
This is, very literally, bread and circuses, except we’re not really getting either
RESULT: Democrats defend a pivotal House seat in Maine today in a special election. Scott Harriman will join the legislature.
Had the GOP flipped the seat, they’d have been very likely to entirely erase Democrats’ narrow majority later this year when another vacancy is filled.
A reminder that Donald Trump had very little—if nothing—to do with lowering the national crime rate. It started plunging in mid-2023. No one knows why. Finding the actual answer should be important to everyone. reason.com/podcast/2026...
President Trump just said, “We lifted 2.4 million Americans off of food stamps.”
A reminder of what happened to those 2.4 million Americans:
The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.
This is the GM firing an assistant coach and hoping that will be the end of the questions, except with fascism.
Like is it good the trenchcoat nazi is gone? Yes. But let’s remember he was always a ridiculous member of the supporting cast.
Politicians gotta start calling for Miller to go. Right now.
In this @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social op-ed, @robglover.bsky.social (UMaine) and @kcolempls.bsky.social (Metro State University) explain why teaching students to engage with state-level policymaking builds practical civic skills and deeper public policy engagement.
Read now:
A short interview with Karyn Sporer shared in an article by the @pressherald.com.
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
The book (and the article) draw on nearly a decade of work within the ENACT network, a consortium of faculty empowering students to drive real civic and policy change in their communities and across nearly all 50 states.
We (along with co-authors in Rich Meagher in VA and Kat Owens in CT) have a new book which provides a clear guide for engaging students in this important work.
We all know the federal government is dysfunctional and chaotic. The critical democratic work is happening closer to home.
@kcolempls.bsky.social (Metro State in MN) and I make the case in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social — explaining why teaching students to build power locally matters more than ever.
With the stroke of a pen, the Trump administration is wiping out critical life-saving addiction and mental health support that has helped the US turn the tide on opioid overdose.
If you want to be really enraged check out the math on our adventures in Venezuela:
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
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The whole cannabis "rescheduling" thing probably seems like it was years ago at this point. Anyhooo...I wrote a thing about it.
something I've noticed with right wingers is that they don't really understand like what tradeoffs *are* they just kind of generally fetishize the aesthetic of Hard Men, Hard Choices, so we get idiot playacting at Hard Choices like committing war crimes to stop .000000000004% of illegal drugs
TODAY! Looking forward to this Q&A with @robglover.bsky.social et al
ENACT empowers students to be active participants in the democratic process by connecting with policymakers and community orgs, conducting research and analysis, and informing public policy with evidence and expertise 📍
