Sitting in LAX on my way to #IPSA2023, the worst airport in the best city, thinking about how much these fine folks deserve a city council that reflects their greatness. My latest Union of Concerned Scientists blog.ucsusa.org/michael-latner…

Laws of politics: Seat Product predicts # of leg parties among BIPOC members almost perfectly, across systems, but city racial composition (% BIPOC) and electoral formula shape whether BIPOC members come from fewer or more parties relative to whites #IPSA2023

Samurai were 10x the rugged indivdualists as cowboys. And they did it with swords and jujustu.

Well my first #IPSA2023 in 10 years is done, so happy to recontact with comparativists, make new friends, and think about new adventures, see you all in #Seoul2025!

Trying to get my brother Medicaid/Disability services in TX, my theory = TX "Health & Human Services" made entirely of no reply emails and an intricate series of phone numbers with circular push button tracing to each other in infinite regress to make you quit. Prove me wrong TX.

Exciting to see such a broad range of policy experts converging on real solutions...

My First Substack! Reflections on the March on Washington, by Mike on the Mic🏴‍☠️🐉🗡 open.substack.com/pub/mikelatner…

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Very proud that my Union of Concerned Scientists ciolleague Kristina Dahl has been named TIME magazines top 100 for her amazing climate science! time.com/collection/tim…

Outstanding contributions from a range of scholars on the future of democracy in the US democracyjournal.org/magazine/70/fo…

I have soft launched the site, UnderstandingCongress.org. The site aims to explain the what, why, and how of Congress, and includes both curated and original content. Please have a look, and send me suggestions/pitches for content.

While I’m not convinced that a new fusion “party” could pull enough GOP votes to elect the DEM nominee in 2024, I support this fusion voting effort based on the logic that it can incentivize multiparty coalitions, which we badly need.

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