Miranda Yaver, PhD
@mirandayaver
Followers
31,497
Following
4,375
Media
10,029
Statuses
112,432
Poli Sci prof (health politics/law, public policy, APE) at @Wheaton . Soon: Asst Prof @PittHPM , bylines at NYT WaPo, @Columbia PhD, @Cal bear, Springsteen fiend
Attleboro, MA
Joined August 2013
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
어린이날
• 557030 Tweets
こどもの日
• 530979 Tweets
#HAPPYBAEKHYUNDAY
• 122681 Tweets
#해피큥데이
• 92422 Tweets
GW最終日
• 79113 Tweets
#기다리던_민족대명절_큥탄일
• 71049 Tweets
Al Jazeera
• 67998 Tweets
Vlad
• 54968 Tweets
#HappySkyDay
• 53287 Tweets
Bernard Hill
• 51276 Tweets
Cole Palmer
• 42170 Tweets
سعد اللذيذ
• 35527 Tweets
Theoden
• 26776 Tweets
Gallagher
• 25287 Tweets
Madueke
• 23362 Tweets
Sodoma e Gomorra
• 23121 Tweets
Nicolas Jackson
• 21575 Tweets
#LIVTOT
• 20928 Tweets
D-1 to BLOSSOM
• 20407 Tweets
Happy Cinco de Mayo
• 19169 Tweets
West Ham
• 18158 Tweets
Cucurella
• 15656 Tweets
碧海くん
• 13357 Tweets
LOSE MY BREATH MV TEASER 2
• 12180 Tweets
Rohan
• 11798 Tweets
Anfield
• 11528 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
I'm delighted to share that beginning 7/1, I'll be an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh, teaching health politics/policy in the new undergrad program. I'll miss Wheaton colleagues, but am excited about the many adventures ahead!
65
13
506
You know, I always wanted to know what it would be like to simultaneously experience the Spanish flu, Great Depression, and 1968 mass protests while Andrew Johnson was president.
1K
37K
181K
Seems like a good day to remind people that the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice supported this shit.
768
17K
83K
Dude, you oppose SNAP.
Biden is eating lobster in Nantucket for Thanksgiving, while you struggle to afford groceries at home.
Discussing that and more on
@foxandfriends
at the top of 8:00 a.m. ET hour.
Tune in!
13K
3K
19K
747
9K
79K
Mike Pence left a football game because some players were kneeling in peaceful protest against racial injustice.
We believe in law and order in this Country. We condemn violence against property or persons. We will always stand for the right of Americans to peacefully protest and let their voices be heard.
20K
1K
11K
355
16K
64K
Dude, you literally blocked the 9/11 victims' compensation fund.
Today is a day of remembrance & reflection. Kelley & I offer our thoughts & our prayers to the families & service members who put their lives on line to protect America.
#NeverForget
the Americans who died on 9/11 & those who still sacrifice to this day to protect and defend us.
5K
887
9K
375
11K
64K
Civilians do not need an AR-15
Civilians do not need an AR-15
Civilians do not need an AR-15
Civilians do not need an AR-15
Civilians do not need an AR-15
Civilians do not need an AR-15
Civilians do not need an AR-15
Civilians do not need an AR-15
Civilians do not need an AR-15
10K
14K
61K
Supreme Court: We're going to delay oral arguments for the first time since the Spanish flu because this pandemic is an extraordinary time & also we don't know how to use Zoom.
Also Supreme Court: There's no reason people shouldn't still have to show up to the polls in-person.
363
19K
55K
Republican members of Congress sure seem upset over Twitter banning an account whose tweets they claimed they didn't read.
238
6K
50K
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
351
10K
42K
If you only care about sexual assault when it’s committed by a member of the opposing political party, you don’t really care about sexual assault.
212
5K
36K
Alabama has the 3rd highest maternal mortality rate in the nation and its infant mortality rate is 6th highest in the nation.
Minor details.
278
6K
30K
Today, Jay Sekulow argued at the Supreme Court that the President of the United States is above the law.
President
#Obama
is not above the law. So why does he and his Administration act like it?
3K
673
828
451
7K
28K
If you’re a white dude who’s doubling down on the necessity of possessing AR-15s, I’m making some anatomical assumptions about you.
4K
3K
25K
This tweet was from March 2016.
The fact that there are warnings like "Do not drink" on bottles of bleach makes me realise that Donald Trump can become president.
1K
19K
51K
64
6K
26K
Ivanka Trump is 40 years old.
JUST IN: Donald Trump slams Jan. 6 panel after Ivanka Trump interview request: "They'll go after children"
7K
957
4K
626
2K
21K
Carter is a pharmacist who voted this week against lowering insulin prices.
Carter: I’m a pharmacist. I know addiction… I can tell you marijuana is nothing more than a gateway drug
5K
435
3K
972
5K
21K
Senators are prohibited from doing this during the proceedings. Violating this rule is punishable by imprisonment. No one — not the President, not Senator Marsha Blackburn — can be treated as above the law.
It appears Republican Senator Marcia Blackburn was just caught doing a live interview on Fox News instead of sitting in the Senate chamber.
1K
6K
12K
803
8K
20K
Excellent analogy, Sen. Kennedy.
Let's have licensing, registration, and insurance requirements for firearms like we do for cars.
Hours after America's second mass shooting in a week, Sen. John Kennedy downplays the gun problem by noting that "we have a lot of drunk drivers in America that kill a lot of people. We ought to try to combat that too ... the answer is not to get rid of all sober drivers."
3K
776
3K
421
3K
17K
This tweet aged well.
87
2K
17K
Let’s do our best to make Elizabeth Warren the next Senate Majority Leader.
267
3K
17K
If Republicans think that impeaching the President would divide the country too much, what exactly did they anticipate would be the effect of overturning a free and fair election as they sought to do on Wednesday?
158
4K
16K
Constitutional law professor here.
It’s not a First Amendment case. And Dershowitz, delusional though he is, knows this.
Dershowitz: This is the most important First Amendment case of the 21st century
3K
721
3K
848
3K
15K
Axe body spray is taking a stronger stance on American democracy than are many Republican members of Congress.
We'd rather be lonely than with that mob. AXE condemns yesterday's acts of violence and hate at the Capitol. We believe in the democratic process and the peaceful transition of power.
3K
10K
72K
79
2K
14K
This tweet did not age well.
241
2K
13K
Might have something to do with
@SarahHuckabee
defending a sexual predator who called white supremacists very fine people, who is working to strip health care from tens of millions, who is undermining US democracy, and who put babies in cages. I don’t know, I’m just spitballing.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she is "relentlessly" attacked by women
2K
70
504
423
2K
13K
NBC wasn’t conned into doing anything. They are consciously, intentionally helping Trump by giving him a megaphone after he ducked a presidential debate.
How is that NBC News has allowed itself to get conned by Donald Trump and (as of 11 pm Wednesday) continues to abrogate the public trust by not re-scheduling or taping-and-delaying broadcast, or canceling if Trump continues to demand the network’s obeisance? (1/7)
3K
16K
64K
322
2K
13K
Jamal Khashoggi could not be reached for comment.
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia says it told the US that it rejects the killing of unarmed civilians in "any way"
557
609
5K
57
2K
13K
I for one encourage Republicans to run on a platform against IVF, ice cream, and recreational sex.
Joe Biden eating ice cream while answering reporter questions about serious issues isn’t charming, it’s super weird. Do you know grown men who go get ice cream by themselves? I don’t. It’s very strange.
10K
934
9K
143
1K
12K
While we’re taking about 13 year-old girls,
@GovMikeHuckabee
endorsed Roy Moore...
So
@taylorswift13
has every right to be political but it won’t impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote. Still with
#MarshaBlackburn
11K
5K
24K
117
2K
10K
Tell me more about how Mike Lee is a constitutional conservative.
181
1K
9K
So is reporting sexual assault.
41
611
9K
Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards.
61
1K
8K
@senatemajldr
There is legislation to protect voting rights sitting on your desk (for months and months). If you want to honor John Lewis’s legacy, all the Senate to vote on and pass it.
36
747
8K
"Please forgive me. My illness won today" is such a gut punch. A heartbreaking end to one's life.
I've felt that way more than once, and come close. The illnesses of multiple friends of mine won.
If you’re struggling, reach out: 800-273-TALK (8255).
74
2K
8K
Today in Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, I'm teaching an 8-1 Supreme Court case that invariaby leads my students to exclaim, "Who in the hell would dissent in this case?"
Thomas. The answer is always Clarence Thomas.
159
2K
8K
Charlie Kirk claimed the Constitution says nothing about the separation of church and state. I said he’d fail my Con Law class (which that answer most definitely would).
He just emailed me. This added some much-needed hilarity to my day.
371
386
7K
"The economy is going to go up very quickly, or maybe slowly."
You guys, I don't think that Donald Trump knows what he's talking about.
298
906
7K
I didn’t realize
@SenatorCollins
voted for Merrick Garland.
Collins now notes she’s voted for every SCOTUS nominee during her time in office, regardless of the party of the president who picked them
176
32
98
137
2K
7K
Me: I wouldn’t mind moving to Montreal. It’s a great city.
Dude at bar: You don’t want to live there. So much of your taxes go to socialized medicine.
Me: Oh, you clearly need to read my book on the clusterfuckery of the American health care system.
Dude at bar: …
73
274
7K
14 year-olds cannot consent to sex.
14 year-olds cannot consent to sex.
14 year-olds cannot consent to sex.
14 year-olds cannot consent to sex.
14 year-olds cannot consent to sex.
14 year-olds cannot consent to sex.
14 year-olds cannot consent to sex.
Intense moment in court today, as Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers argued their client's alleged sexual abuse of dozens of underage girls didn't make him a rapist, and shouldn't count as sex trafficking.
347
1K
2K
98
2K
6K
Republicans: I will come to the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing with an open mind and this will not be a circus.
Also Republicans: If we were in the majority, we would have denied this highly-qualified judge a hearing.
50
1K
6K
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
Americans underestimate the extent to which we rely on norms as opposed to laws, and the fragility of our institutions when bad faith actors are in positions of power.
98
1K
6K
@SpeakerRyan
A good way to wish people a happy
#MothersDay
is not gutting women's health care & calling pregnancy a preexisting condition.
48
1K
6K
Nothing says respect and sympathy regarding the death of John McCain like posting a picture of oneself.
409
1K
6K
Yeah, Ben Shapiro, why should one bother working as a public school teacher or at a nonprofit if they need a 2nd job since giving back to communities isn't lucrative? Or imagine being born into poverty & having to care not just for oneself but a child.
Let's opt for compassion.
Ben Shapiro: "If you had to work more than one job to have a roof over your head or food on the table, you probably shouldn't have taken the job that's not paying you enough. That'd be a you problem"
11K
3K
14K
359
920
6K
Roger Wicker voted against the bill.
Independent restaurant operators have won $28.6 billion worth of targeted relief.
This funding will ensure small businesses can survive the pandemic by helping to adapt their operations and keep their employees on the payroll.
30K
1K
5K
71
2K
6K
While Trump is barring immigration visas for those who lacks health insurance, his administration is arguing in Texas v. United States that the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, which expanded health coverage to tens of millions of Americans, should be found unconstitutional.
Trump has just issued a ridiculous Executive Order barring immigration visas for those who lack health insurance.
If Trump will sell out America’s foreign policy to help him win an election, what are the odds he would sell out our domestic policy, too?
933
5K
16K
701
3K
6K
At urgent care and a guy walked in unmasked and said entirely earnestly, “I’ve got this cold or flu or something that just won’t go away. I don’t know what it is… can you help me with that?”
188
469
6K
What if... just hear me out... it's less important which party was bad on civil rights 100+ years ago than which party is bad on civil rights now.
32
771
6K
Antibiotics don’t “keep up with” coronavirus because antibiotics kill bacteria, not viruses.
TRUMP: "The germ has gotten so brilliant that the antibiotic can't keep up with it ... there's a whole genius to it ... not only is it hidden, but it's very smart."
4K
3K
8K
392
1K
6K
I say this with all due respect as a Democrat...
What in the ever loving fuck is wrong with our party?
507
622
6K
I thought Brett Favre said athletes should stick to sports.
Brett Favre Believes Derek Chauvin Didn't Mean To Kill George Floyd, Went Too Far
3K
362
2K
150
963
5K
Find someone who looks at you the way Steve Kornacki looks at voter turnout data.
#ElectionDay
36
637
5K
"Large letters on the display spelled out 'Build the Wall.' Kids...were given brick-colored paper cards and told to write their name with a marker and tape them to the wall. Alongside the paper wall were signs including one that read 'America First...'"
What. The. Fuck.
346
1K
5K
52 percent of men don't know where babies come from.
52 percent of men say they haven't benefited from women having affordable birth control
1K
1K
2K
28
2K
5K
It’s hard to overstate how cruel it is to sentence women to motherhood because they were raped.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed into law an unconstitutional bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest
120
362
521
122
1K
5K
*checks to see who the 6 senators voting no were*
OF COURSE it was Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Rand Paul, Roger Marshall, and Tommy Tuberville.
Senate just voted 92-6 to advance legislation designed to combat hate crimes against Asian-Americans
72
466
2K
147
1K
5K
Current unemployment rate: 3.6%
Unemployment rate when Trump left office: 6.4%
Rep. McClain: What we have now is a shambles. It’s a complete mess. Unemployment, 40 year high
3K
315
2K
289
1K
5K
This asshole appointed a third of our Supreme Court justices.
87
945
4K
I’m going to try to find a delicate way to respond to Louis CK...
What the fucking fuck is wrong with you?
404
441
4K
@BriscoeCain
You made a fucking death threat against a presidential candidate and former member of Congress. You know who’s the child? The person relying on a high-capacity penis substitute instead of trying to actually address the devastating issue of gun violence plaguing our nation.
123
377
4K
If you’re up in arms over hypothetical court packing when Biden’s opponent separated families at the border, won’t condemn white supremacists, undermines confidence in US elections, and won’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power, forgive me if I don’t take your views seriously.
64
1K
4K
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”
Michael Flynn tonight: “If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion. One nation under God, and one religion under God.”
14K
4K
11K
195
595
4K
It is not illegal to seek asylum.
It is not illegal to seek asylum.
It is not illegal to seek asylum.
It is not illegal to seek asylum.
It is not illegal to seek asylum.
It is not illegal to seek asylum.
It is not illegal to seek asylum.
It is not illegal to seek asylum.
A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America to the U.S., run from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico at Tijuana on Sunday -
@Reuters
2K
3K
4K
62
1K
4K
Amy Coney Barrett punted on whether the president can unilaterally postpone the election.
She punted on whether the President should be committed to a peaceful transfer of power.
Democracy is at stake in this confirmation, and Barrett is failing the most basic test.
74
1K
4K
You mean, like, taxes?
Sean Hannity: America should “maybe charge people to be citizens”
125
26
91
40
386
4K
If only Ben Sasse were part of a legislative body equipped to help hold Trump accountable. Wouldn't that be nice...
Mr. President:
Are you recanting of the Oath you took on Jan. 20 to preserve, protect, and defend the 1st Amendment?
5K
18K
43K
60
1K
4K
Hobby Lobby is one of the most infuriating Supreme Court cases that I teach in Constitutional Law.
This company somehow just managed to get even more reprehensible, endangering public health and safety amid a pandemic and mistreating their employees in the process. Despicable.
Hobby Lobby owner David Green is telling store managers to stay open despite the pandemic because his wife had a vision from god.
He also warns they'll all have to "tighten their belts" soon. His net worth is $6.4 billion—hourly employees don't get paid sick leave.
#COVIDIOT
6K
30K
65K
173
1K
4K
Now do Mar-a-Lago membership fees.
While Americans are struggling to pay more than EVER for the holidays, Kamala Harris is out buying a $375 pot.
19K
424
1K
59
348
4K
Oh yes, I’m sure Republican retirees are just itching to forgo Social Security and Medicare.
Boebert: We’re here to tell government we don’t want your benefits. We don’t want your welfare…
8K
1K
5K
231
508
4K
I'm pretty sure we DID see Ronald Reagan disastrously mismanage a deadly virus.
Fmr. AG Holder says President Trump's coronavirus response shows he "is not up for the job."
“Can you imagine Ronald Reagan…can you imagine Bill Clinton… either of the Bushs…Barack Obama saying that this is something for the states to work out?”
468
1K
5K
37
741
4K
This week alone:
Marsha Blackburn opposed against Griswold v. CT (allowed married couples to use contraception)
John Cornyn opposed Obergefell v. Hodges (legalized same-sex marriage)
Mike Braun opposed Loving v. Virginia (legalized interracial marriage)
It's only Tuesday.
82
1K
4K
The President of the United States is mourning the loss of Twitter followers but not Puerto Ricans.
Trump asked for his current social media follower total and then bemoaned when platforms kick off bots: "I can tell you when things are different all of a sudden you lose people. And you say where do they go? They've taken off."
35
83
253
47
1K
3K
This is so infuriating. A 16 yo boy filmed himself raping a girl & called it rape, yet a judge questioned whether it was rape bc it didn’t involve a gun (neither did either rape I experienced) & said he deserved leniency bc he was from a good family. WTF.
334
1K
3K
Justice Thomas claiming that the Supreme Court isn’t political is nonsense and we all know it. FWIW, whenever I teach Constitutional Law and students go, “Who in the hell would write that opinion??” the answer is invariably Clarence Thomas.
171
721
3K
If you’re going to lie about graduating in the top 1% of one’s class, or graduating from college at all, maybe act the part better.
"They decided they were gonna give up all the energy. By him going out, giving up all the energy, now we're not energy independent anymore, which started the whole downfall" -- Herschel Walker's analysis of energy policy doesn't show a grasp of details or really anything at all
4K
2K
10K
298
512
3K
Lindsey Graham, the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, admitted in the Barr hearing that he hasn't read the full Mueller report.
That's absolutely nuts. And shows just how little he cares about getting to the truth.
110
873
3K
Hey, I’ve got a crazy thought:
Amid the
#ImpeachingHearing
and
#DemocraticDebate
, maybe
@MSNBC
should book a political scientist rather than Michael Moore for insights.
166
390
3K
@SpeakerRyan
You've voted to undermine health care for millions. You're enabling the government shutdown. I'd like it if you actually gave a flying fuck about CHIP, but stop trying to just make pontification great again.
56
258
3K
Minimum penalty for rape in Oklahoma: 5 years in prison
Penalty for an abortion resulting from rape in Oklahoma: Up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine
Okla. lawmakers approve bill to make performing an abortion illegal
36
122
200
116
2K
3K
Shorter Loeffler and Perdue: We can't point out particular election irregularities but we want you all to know we are VERY VERY angry about having to do run-off elections.
LOEFFLER and PERDUE jointly attack the Republican secretary of state in Georgia.
1K
2K
4K
102
714
3K
@brad_cogswell
He’s a right-wing troll who’s not engaged in good-faith arguments. I’m not wasting my time on him.
55
15
3K
"Zoom dick" is trending.
We are in the bad place.
38
397
3K
Just so I can keep track, is the Republican stance that life begins at conception and ends at coronavirus infection?
Republican Rep. Trey Hollingsworth says letting more Americans die of the coronavirus is lesser of two evils compared to the economy tanking
4K
3K
4K
82
866
3K
.
@LindseyGrahamSC
, I don’t remember John McCain calling white supremacists very fine people, tearing apart immigrant families and putting young children in cages, facing credible rape accusations, and telling minorities to go back to the countries from which they came.
Sen. Lindsey Graham: "I don't remember anyone treating John McCain the way they're treating Trump. I don't remember John McCain having to go through this crap every day all the time."
7K
1K
3K
344
718
3K
Whatever happens, far too many Americans decided that they were okay with someone hostile to democracy, ethics, health care, and equality.
50
412
3K