Lindsey Cormack

Twitter was much more into this news than blue sky was which was interesting to me given my priors

If you are teaching high school social studies/civics/AP US Gov, etc - there is a resource that I have used in my classes, and I have nothing but good things to say about it: www.everythingpolicy.org/policy-educa...

Awww - i just got some fan art

I got to talk to Ellen Weintraub - FEC commissioner & four-time chair from 2002 to 2025! It's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFKn... **And while I have you, it's free to subscribe to the YouTube channels and helps me a lot on the backend - so this is a request/plea if you've got a YouTube account**

Well at least my work gets to go on a trip

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "transgender" over time, by party

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "election day" over time, by party

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "fentanyl" over time, by party

This is my last public talk for the season, coming up on Nov 6 www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...

Mentions of "Vivek Ramaswamy" in official congressional e-newsletters over time, by party

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "golden age" over time, by party

The Authoritarian Is the Other Guy (But it used to be a guy in another country) dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/the-author...

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "delve" over time, by party

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "corporation" over time, by party

AI and Data Centers Will Impact Midterm Voting, According to Experts (Peep that figure) www.cnet.com/news/politic...

If official e-newsletters members of Congress don't talk a ton about data centers (though they are increasingly focused on this). When they do here are the broad areas they tend to focus on:

Focus on AI and data centers over the 119th Congress in official e-newsletters, by party

The CEO of United Airlines said this in the NYTimes this morning: (but the headline they ran was: United’s C.E.O. Says It Should Cost More Not to Sit in the Middle Seat)

Use of the word "rigged" over time, by party in official congressional e-newsletters

"Fraudsters" is a new Republican it word in official e-newsletters

Today was the first time pictures of a bodybuilding competition made it into DCinbox. From Del. Kimberlyn King-Hinds of the Northern Mariana Islands:

Representative Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) back in 2014 on President Obama disregarding laws and the Constitution:

Well past time for news organizations to recognize Meta for what it always has been: a company only interested in its own products, not yours.

mentions of "authoritarian" in official congressional e-newsletters over time, by party

undergrad students of today writing about "Albert Gore" makes me laugh a little

Official Congressional e-newsletters mentioning "Christopher Columbus" over time, by party

Socialism & Women explaining their votes Ten years after one of my first DCinbox papers a pattern showed up again: dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/socialism-...

Did he hug the boys?

I would like to apply to host the National Civics Bee championship next year.

The word "thrive" is a little bit Republican coded as of late

From a member of congress on her subscribers:

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "grateful to President Trump" over time, by party

official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "god" over time, by party

A really nice thing about a talk I gave in Ridgewood last month just came out: www.tapinto.net/towns/ridgew...

A 2024 find from DCinbox re: Guilfoyle

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "pray" over time, by party

The next Congress - and all the links @normornstein.bsky.social @rickhasen.bsky.social @brownphdgirl.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @smotus.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social and lots more. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/ideas-for-...

This is the yearly count of official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "socialism" over time, by party. My best guess is that 2026 total from Republicans will surpass the 2021 total by November 3, 2026.

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "planned parenthood" over time, by party

Oh wow - this is another funny old-ish find from DCinbox. Matt Gaetzs' dream

I was going back through DCinbox and found this from Mark Sanford insulting both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez *and* Ivanka Trump

use of the word "infringe" in official congressional e-newsletters over time, by party

You know who said "defund the police" the most over the past few years? Republicans. Full write up here: dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/who-kept-d...

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning measles over time, by party

Mentions of "accountable" in official congressional e-newsletters very with the President's party.

Focus on the "national debt" over time, by party in official congressional e-newsletters:

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "illegal alien" over time, by party

Mentions of the word "shame" in official congressional e-newsletters. Similar-ish patterns for Ds&Rs right now as in the first two years of Trump one, different levels

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "data center" over time, by party

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "execution" over time, by party