At a time when it seems impossible to get anything done in Washington, bipartisan members of Congress and I did something. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will save lives.

Launching my return to academic twitter after deleting the app at the start of the pandemic. I'm excited to connect and learn!

So, we'll be covering the implications of this WV v. EPA case by the Supreme Court this morning, limiting EPA's authority to act on climate change--at least under this section of the Clean Air Act. However, it does not go as far as it could have gone....

You can regulate a pregnant body but not a coal plant. You can control the free speech of a teacher but not the money-as-speech of a corporation. You can coerce a child to pray in school but you can’t keep guns out of their classroom. What a world this Supreme Court is making.

Happy Fri-Yay! Here are our top #gender + #politics reads from the week: Kaylin Bourdon The Washington Post, Juliana 현혜 Kim NPR, Lylah M. Alphonse The Boston Globe, Billy Jean Louis The Baltimore Sun genderontheballot.org/media-round-up…

Prosecutors are convinced that he still intends to commit a mass shooting at his alma mater. The case highlights the challenges of preventing a mass shooting — even after a potential shooter has come to law enforcement’s attention. latimes.com/california/sto…

Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to Uvalde elementary school but “systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was finally confronted, according to a report apnews.com/article/31aa13…

Right-wing media's demonstrably false claims about an Indiana doctor continue to spread mediamatters.org/fox-news/india…

I’ve enjoyed a quick 36 hours in NYC! We saw the sights and found gluten free bagels + pizza 🥰

I won’t even pretend to be able to condense such a complicated issue into 280 characters, but a few things stood out to me when reporting this piece: nytimes.com/2022/07/31/us/…

First day as instructor of record ✔️ I’m lucky to be teaching Protest, Movements, and Revolutions (PMR) for UCI summer session. We started the class by brainstorming a list of PMR we already know, followed by a discussion of what we want to know.

What does it mean to be a mother in politics? Analysis by Kaylin Bourdon washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

First day of Cal State Long Beach PREPP & I already learned so much a about what it would mean to be a TT professor in the CSU system!