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Sara Chatfield

@poliscisara

Polisci prof at U of Denver. She/her. American politics and law, American political development, gender & politics, state politics. Opinions represent myself only. Check out my work: https://du.digication.com/sara-chatfield/home

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Judge: you intentionally drafted this with AI and you intentionally filed it with the court without checking it. How is this accidental? Why weren't you candid with the court?

10.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 897 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 27

Please link when it comes out...I'm still working on this one!

09.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Share Your Voting Story The Center for American Progress (CAP) is seeking to understand disabled people's voting experiences. Rarely are disabled voters highlighted when talking about their right to vote. CAP's Disability Ju...

We at @americanprogress.bsky.social are gathering stories from disabled voters about voting accessibility (particularly looking for folks from IN, MO, MN, RI, TX, UT, & WY). Please complete this Google form if you're interested in sharing your story:

#CripTheVote

06.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Couple things here:

1. What the fuck
2. I am allllllmost more offended by the suggestion that I would give this shitbox edit than having my identity stolen
3. The CEO is scheduled to be on Decoder soon and we will see if they back out!

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

06.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1849 πŸ” 333 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 44

Good.

This is appropriate. The reason those are licensed professions is that we recognize the danger of letting an untrained human dispense legal or medical advice.

That danger does not disappear when the advice is dispensed by an LLM. In fact, the danger multiplies

06.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 275 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5

I’m utterly uninterested in β€œdebates” about whether AI can do things well. I wouldn’t care if it could. 1. It stole from me. 2. I prefer me having my job to a computer having it. 3. I don’t teach β€œwith” Lockheed or Raytheon; why wld I teach with Anthropic or OpenAI?

05.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 266 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Shirley Chisholm flashes a peace sign.

Shirley Chisholm flashes a peace sign.

05.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Extraordinary online exhibition on the Nazi persecution of trans and gender non-conforming people. With lessons for us all, today. Curated by the fabulous Kai* Brust, trans historian in Berlin and member of the www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor... project.

exhibition-qi.educat-kollektiv.org/en/

04.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf [wealthy, powerful people] can get us to accept that the future’s already settled, AI is already here, the end is already here, then we will create that for them. My most daring idea is to refuse.” β€” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

04.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 3159 πŸ” 900 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 22
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We are pleased to present The Forum's new all-DU editorial team: Editors-in-Chief Sara Chatfield (@poliscisara.bsky.social) & Seth Masket (@smotus.bsky.social), and Book Editor Phil Chen (@pcs2k.bsky.social). Please see author instructions on our website: www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...

03.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Cambridge Element, Legislating Peace, by Elizabeth L. Brannon and Jakana Thomas, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
https://cup.org/4aJv0Oe

20.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
BJPolS abstract discussing the influence of women's pre-election experiences on their behavior in government, with a focus on Uganda and Zimbabwe, and topics related to wartime experiences.

BJPolS abstract discussing the influence of women's pre-election experiences on their behavior in government, with a focus on Uganda and Zimbabwe, and topics related to wartime experiences.

NEW -

Acting Out and Speaking Up: The Parliamentary Behavior of Ex-Rebel Women - https://cup.org/4oUHGqY

- Elizabeth L. Brannon & Nikolaos Frantzeskakis

#OpenAccess

06.11.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Research article titled "Who Gets to Speak? How Institutions and Political Careers Shape Gender Bias in South Africa's Parliamentary Debates" by Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and Ana EspΓ­rito-Santo.

Research article titled "Who Gets to Speak? How Institutions and Political Careers Shape Gender Bias in South Africa's Parliamentary Debates" by Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and Ana EspΓ­rito-Santo.

πŸ“£ Out on #FirstView πŸ“£

In "Who Gets to Speak?", Edalina Rodrigues Sanches & Ana EspΓ­rito-Santo investigate gender bias in speechmaking in South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

gendersky polisky

buff.ly/33fAqJt

09.12.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%)

Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose
U.S. adult citizens
39
Party ID
Democrats
14
Independents
35
Republicans
68

uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%) Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose U.S. adult citizens 39 Party ID Democrats 14 Independents 35 Republicans 68

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE.

Literally, "abolishing."

yougov.com/en-us/articl...

03.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 4310 πŸ” 1197 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 139
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Soldier Details Chilling Messaging From Higher-Ups About β€˜God’s Plan’ In Iran: β€˜It Shocked Many Of Us’ One commander had a β€œbig grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump β€œhas been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," a service member said.
03.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Iran War Shows Why Polymarket Should Be Illegal | Katelyn Burns Get more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon

Great write-up from @katelynburns.com on why Polymarket (etc.) needs to be illegal. Finally got a chance to read today. Absolutely insane and unacceptable that this is allowed.

www.patreon.com/posts/iran-w...

03.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trans Kansans are Right to Distrust Federal Courts Transgender Kansans are challenging a new discriminatory law in state court, refusing to leave their freedom up to an untrustworthy federal judiciary.

Two Kansans are suing in state court over the new law invalidating trans people's licenses & deputizing bathroom bounty hunters

And they're arguing on state law grounds alone

Kansas's anti-trans law violates federal law too, but federal courts can't be trusted

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/kansa...

03.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 732 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
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BREAKING: SCOTUS shadow docket decision rules in favor of forced outing of trans students, reinstating a lower court ruling against California's law prohibiting forced outing. Also references forcing teachers to misgender trans students. Horrific precedent.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

03.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 1068 πŸ” 430 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 60

is anyone writing about the rise of online gambling as it relates to the (supposed) male loneliness/disaffection crisis because I would read the fuck out of that

03.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 373 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 7

Six US soldiers dead in less than a week would be a scandal in any reality other than the hell dimension we’re trapped in where we’ve decided Donald Trump will face no consequences for any action.

03.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

The Supreme Court in 2022: Women do not have a right to make important decisions about their health

The Supreme Court in 2026: Parents obviously have a right to make important decisions about their children’s health

03.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 1121 πŸ” 265 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 16

And I’d say even in the academic context this term is pretty rare and certainly not the norm. Some people use it and it doesn’t really impact anyone, so I just don’t see the outrage of a few people using some term you don’t prefer. Who is being harmed here?

01.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If no one knows what it is, how is it being forced on anyone? If you don’t prefer it, literally don’t use it.

01.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess unwelcome is in the eye of the beholder. I literally don’t care.

01.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally there are other countries in America?

01.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 463 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

01.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 13988 πŸ” 4444 πŸ’¬ 471 πŸ“Œ 358

'fraudulent amber alert' is the sort of thing that simply must have decades in prison attached to it because of how corrosive it is to one of the few remaining high-trust law enforcement/public safety mechanisms.

26.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 1365 πŸ” 407 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

The night sky is ours. All of ours. Our children’s. Their children’s. We should be doing more to preserve the view of the stars for all. We give this up for some ludicrous to churn out wasteful nonsense to feed rich maniacs’ grift, it’s not coming back…

23.02.2026 06:31 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

It is very hard not to have a safe choice to use the bathroom in public.

It may be impossible to continue living, working, eating, etc without a valid driver's license if your life was built around driving and the assumption that your license wouldn't be invalidated overnight by the legislature.

26.02.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 3282 πŸ” 653 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 25
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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

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