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The ironic thing about this photo being used by Schumer’s critics is that it’s from Trump’s first term when he agreed to sign the Democratic backed budget plan to the shock of then-Senate Majority Leader McConnell and then-Speaker Paul Ryan. It was seen as Trump caving to Schumer

Let’s go!

Remember, as experts in your field it is CRUCIAL that you have no opinions about the thing you spend your life studying

Perhaps a bit unfair, but a lot of folks really want social science to be a discipline where we look at data and say things that are the equivalent of, "huh, well I guess ice cream actually causes drownings."

Yes, academics being notoriously unvetted folks who have blindly loyal legions of followers unlike people in industry such as the leaders of major tech companies

FWIW, every attorney I know has a story about someone accidentally emailing opposing counsel something. Sometimes it’s trivial, sometimes not.

Breaking - to deal with any operational problems following the HHS layoffs, Sec. Kennedy is bringing in renowned physician Dr. Terminus of Passamaquoddy, Maine as a consultant.

If I’m presenting, prepare for the hand gestures. Had a great time presenting at the Political Polarization Conference at UMD!

In the year 2025, it’s major news when a candidate actually concedes after they’ve lost an election

To be fair, President Camacho deferred to expertise and was interested in data informed policy

Congratulations to Sam Champa (Sam Chapa). Sam's paper, "Cities, Inclusion Policies, and the Ripple Effect on Immigrant Communities," won the MPSA Latina/o Caucus Best Grad Student Paper award.

Perhaps two unpopular opinions/hot takes: 1) Trump's political instincts are much better than Obama's in the post-2016 world 2) we've largely memory-holed that political & economic circumstances aligned well for Obama's wins in 2008/12 so we largely overestimate Obama's instincts

Two Senators on April 17, 2025

“Can I make up my grade if I can submit 15 weeks worth of reading responses, essays, and exams in the next 48 hours?”

Minor point, but Pope Leo XIV is only 69. He is likely to be around for a while.

While “all y’all” could in theory be used when there is a lot of y’all, in practice it’s mostly used when the speaker believes that those addressed did not did not understand that he/she in fact meant you ALL. “Y’all come here” *only some proceed to come here* “ALL y’all!”

Congrats Eric Gonzaba !!!

In my new paper with Barry Burden and Bob Stein, we examine how people become poll workers. We find that recruitment methods vary based on experience and race of the poll worker. Now available at American Politics Research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

First official 10K. Houston Pride Run

I wanted to figure out what these birds were called because I’d seen a lot of them at a local park and discovered that ornithologists are not the least bit creative