Don't forget 50 copies of your paper.

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!?"

This sounds excellent--can't wait to read it!

Don't get me started about Bellefontaine, OH.

Nine times?

a white cat wearing glasses and a pink bell around its neck Alt: a white cat wearing glasses and a pink bell around its neck

Bucknell U's political science department is searching for two VAPs for next year ('26-'27) in IR & CP, respectively. Deadline is quite soon: 30 March. Please feel free to DM me with questions! bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

A fair amount of confusion about the talking filibuster comes from nomenclature; it messes people up b/c (1) minorities filibuster; but (2) the talking filibuster is described as a *majority* tactic ("the GOP should use the talking filibuster.")

Let's straighten this out. 1/

Congrats Jaxon--a loss for WITF, but I'm looking forward to learning more from your work in your new gig!

TIL that Alexander Butterfield dated Dr. Seuss's widow "for many years." www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

I liked the Doobie Brothers version better . . .

It's already $5/gal here in Pennsylvania.

Fall Resents "Mandatory" Subpoena. (Published 1925)

I think this might be the closest example, but was anybody other than a *former* cabinet secretary subpoenaed?
www.nytimes.com/1925/03/08/a...

Fixed, finally:

The Senate vote on the Venezuela resolution was not a final passage vote . . . this seems like something the Post should get right?

Mike Johnson: A Broker in Czar’s Clothes The House suffers from a clash of strong institutions and fragmenting Republican politics.

A persuasive framework from @joshhuder.bsky.social for thinking about Mike Johnson's struggles as speaker:

It should count as exercise!!

Thread on Senate nuking of supermajority cloture for their nomination reform resolution:

Very nice! Is there a table of contents yet?

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.

Can Trump's unprecented power consolidation last? Power, not legitimacy, is what drives politics right now. But that could change.

Some thoughts on Trump, power, Epstein, coalitions
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

This is great--thanks!

Geeky question for Congress geeks: has anyone tried to validate the idea that the DW-Nominate 2nd dimension has started picking up a cross-party establishment/antiestablishment thing in the House? Or published anything that works from this assumption?

Our article introducing CampaignView is now officially online! Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And Johnson has proven very willing to innovate procedural end-runs around privileged business this year, making the hill even steeper . . .

Green's data on declining electoral effects for roll-call votes parallels the Ellis/Ura findings that econ fundamentals in presidential elections weaken w/rising polarization. And the partisan megabill packaging, along w/delayed rollout, might make it tougher to rouse "inattentive publics" (3/3)

OBBB will be a test of how the old concept of "traceability" works with such a massive wide-ranging bill that is branded as the party's agenda. Can challengers credibly forge a link between MC's one vote on OBBB and the many costs/cuts that voters are (eventually) going to notice? (2/3)

Will the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” hurt Republicans in 2026? What political science tells us.

Really good overview of (1) what we know about when/how voters punish members of Congress on big votes and (2) what that might mean for the OBBB from @mattngreen.bsky.social

*Commonwealth

Time to resurrect the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics!