Andrew R. Flores

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Administration has a real data manipulation problem: - DHS exaggerates immigrants who’ve left US - Patel's FBI pads crime stats - IRS hides tax cut data until after midterms - Census excludes immigrants www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Excited to share that my paper with Zhongren Chen on generalizing causal effects in the presence of non-compliance is now out in Political Analysis! doi.org/10.1017/pan....

As a scholar in this area - yup!

Good essay here from @juliaazari.bsky.social. Since Julia is in part asking for other social scientists to weigh in here, I thought I'd add some thoughts that have been germinating in my head for while. The main point is that the base of evidence that anti-trans ads 'work' is paper thin. (1/2)

I do also think that empirical research *generally* sheds reasonable doubt on whether political professionals accurately predict what issue messages -- for example, the anti-trans ones that consultants seem to be recommending to some Democratic candidates this cycle -- actually land, i.e.,

Senior Public Policy Scholar Jody Herrman discusses why the recently reported decline in LGBTQ identification among young people warrants closer examination. @washingtonpost.com: tinyurl.com/4hht5z5e

A group of former federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers is coming together to investigate political corruption and law enforcement violence that it says is being ignored by the Trump DOJ. "The rule of law is on life support, but it's all of our responsibility to make sure it doesn't die."

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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Anti-trans laws often make exceptions for surgeries on intersex children. Thea Hillman explains why both communities' rights are at stake.

Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall to access Georgia voter data without authorization www.axios.com/2026/10/25/a...

They contradict Trump officials' insistence that — as required by law — immigration judges serve as independent arbiters of justice. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

BREAKING: BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

Liberal democracy remains a towering achievement of humanity and it is worth fighting for.

Deeply disheartening to see what appears to be a deliberate effort to suppress the votes. Hope they pay the consequences.

The Alliance Defending Freedom is seeking emergency intervention in a Washington wrestling case, with ambitions to restrict transgender athletes nationally.

Some great research from @nazita.bsky.social on anti-Muslim bias in politics cited in this piece www.vox.com/politics/507...

There it is. Elon Musk admits it. “That loophole was closed last week.” In a deranged post on X, Musk openly acknowledges that SpaceX recently restricted Ukraine’s ability to use Starlink.

The lesbian judge overseeing the transgender military ban challenge disclosed threats after Donald Trump called her a “crazed lunatic” for ruling against his public golf course takeover.

The ability of the Trump administration to keep breaking the law depends on telling staffers that they will be pardoned www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

Ideological bias in “Ideological bias in the production of research findings” statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/10/24/i...

Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"

Just signed an email with my initials: “ARF” I laughed because years ago, my undergrads didn’t gather that was my initials - they just thought I was barking at them! 😂 Good thing I don’t sign off as “AF” - who knows what they’d think about that…

BREAKING: Fifth Circuit, on a 10-7 vote, says no bond hearing for detained immigrants pending removal proceedings, no matter how long they're detained — reversing panel decision and district courts. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

Our research finds that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people who have undergone conversion therapy are more likely to think about and attempt suicide. Read the full report: bit.ly/CTsuicide

NEW: The EPA is quietly killing its web archive. Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

BREAKING: The Trump Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska's Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses.

monumentally corrupt even by the standards of the Trump crime family

Important piece: Republicans already strip-mined their donor base, and now are deeply dependent on billionaires. Unless Dems change, they will go the same route, or become electorally uncompetitive.

Our new survey of Gen Z voters found differences in priorities on big policy issues between LGBT and non-LGBT respondents. Gaps emerged in issues like climate change, ICE, and access to gender-affirming care. See the full report here: tinyurl.com/LGBT-GenZ

Here’s a piece from me out this AM for MS NOW as part of their partnership with FiftyPlusOne. Trump’s net approval rating is the worst ever for a president heading into a midterm, and the GOP has lost its advantage on handling the economy and immigration www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao is fighting for reelection in central California. 6 in 10 residents of his district are covered by Medicaid, which he voted to cut last year. n.pr/47xDZkw

Democrats have filed a lawsuit against Trump and the Trump Justice Department — alleging that the administration is unlawfully interfering with the midterms by pressuring states to remove voters from their rolls.

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My Goodness Meet the National Zoo’s Newly Named Red Panda Cub – Dolly!! - I mean www.popville.com/2026/10/my-g...

BREAKING: SCOTUS rejects Trump admin's request to allow it to end gender-affirming medical care in prisons — a significant, if tentative, rejection of one of the admin's most extreme anti-trans arguments. Only Thomas and Alito noted they would have granted the stay. More to come: www.lawdork.com

AAPOR has released a new statement strongly condemning the fabrication of polling data following reports that another organization produced and distributed fake poll results under the guise of an experiment on data integrity and accountability. Read the statement: aapor.org?p=8490

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A chemical tank exploded in Toledo, Ohio, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes or shelter in place due to fears of a toxic release, and the mayor warned Wednesday that it may still be explosive. https://cnn.it/4z0vKt0

India is plunged into political crisis after 130 million names were struck off voter rolls during a massive revision. n.pr/4z10QAO