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… Meanwhile, as @juliaazari.bsky.social writes today, many Democrats are failing their moral duty on this, and probably for no good reason open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Social scientists have lent our names to calls for electoral system change and rule of law, because of the findings of our disciplines. We should do the same for anti-trans ads, which have dubious benefit and demonstrable harm. My latest at GP/BP goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/social-sci...

Bloody cowards. This has to stop and *now*. Out with the people doing this, advising this, thinking this is okay. Out out out.

On the road and forgot to tweet out my item this morning: The Expectations Game, other things that have no consequences, and things that do matter a whole lot goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/ah-expecta...

What is Trump’s closing message? Mostly France- and trans-bashing. My new one: open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.

Dominance Politics, Elite Gatekeeping and Jon Ossoff talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/domin...

Today's item from the Dep't of It Only Gets Worse Before It Gets Even Worse: Jim Jordan as House Minority Leader? Yeah, this'll go well. Or: What happens when no one in the party even knows what a leader is suppoed to do? At GP/BP. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-next-h...

I wrote about the Republicans, with their information-free administration and their post-policy Members of Congress and, gee whiz, it isn't working. Plus all the links. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-gop-go...

This semester has turned me into actual roadkill already somehow, but I still got a blog post together goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/studying-f...

Is there finally progress on making the Senate younger? Perhpas. Sort of. Maybe. I do through the numbers, at GP/BP goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/old-old-se...

Transportation Committee votes on amendments tomorrow at 9:30AM! Come make your voice heard!

I wrote in defense of horse race coverage of politics. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-stakes...

Yep.

Re-upping today's: All about what collective self-government means. Hooked to the data center backlash. Smooshed together a lot here so hope it reads OK and certain some disagree - but I think there's good stuff here and hope folks like it. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/data-cente...

thank you for the shout-out!

I'd be a lot more sick of Julia's (terrific) book if it didn't keep being immediately relevant to our current politics. Which is only going to get more so if/when Dems run the House and have to deal with impeachment.

You should pre-order this book from real experts on building more trustworthy systems.

Midterm Madness: Platner and the Dem version of a Sutter Complex, Trump unifying the out-party, the drill on election-stealing, and the big dog-not-barking (It's SCOTUS so far). My new one. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/fighting-d...

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and i wrote a book that might be of interest press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Sharing my piece from Friday, in case you were wisely away from the internet over the holiday and missed it

If only someone could figure out how to make milk safe to drink! It'd be such a big deal the process would be named after them.

Now that everyone has moved on from the DNC report, I wrote about it. What would a well-designed report do? And why no one has any incentive to do it. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

ICYMI and would rather read about Republicans than Democrats today or are all caught up on your 2024 report takes :)

AOC doesn't need me to give her career advice, but I foolishly went and did it anyway. Plus all the links. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/aocs-future

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The first step in truly reining in the Supreme Court "is to remember that the republic — and the Constitution that brought it to life — is meant for us. It is ours to interpret and ours to transform,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.

Certainly. But remember: It. Doesn't. Work. He does this crap, and he just gets more and more unpopular. He was unpopular first-term during good times, and he's unpopular now. Of course people should call him out on it, but he hasn't discovered some secret formula for anything.

The new focus of @smotus.bsky.social's newsletter is fantastic and pressing - the STAKES of the upcoming nomination contests for American democracy. There's not a better political science blogger - or person - for you to support!* *except for Jonathan and David and me

The paperback copy of Congress's Constitution is currently 50% off if you order directly from the @yalepress.bsky.social website! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Seriously if you're only going to subscribe to two newsletters about US politics, this should be the other one.

Josh Marshall: The Supreme Court's corruption runs so deep there is simply little effort any more to hide it. The Court no longer has any consistent or even comprehensible jurisprudence. It simply has political goals it seeks to achieve.

Looking at the midterms after the Iran cease fire. Plus: Links! @dandrezner.bsky.social @smotus.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @normornstein.bsky.social @rickhasen.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social and more goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/10-midterm...

Wrote about impeaching Trump - again - and the options available to next year's (likely) Democratic House majority. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/impeachmen...

oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...

Women’s progress in attaining elected office stalled in 2024. Yesterday we got a first look at whether 2026 will change that trajectory. My new one: open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

ICYMI

Too many times, we have seen gun violence inflict immense heartbreak and loss in Minnesota. It’s time for us to come together to take real, actionable steps toward common sense gun laws.

On AOC '28. Plus the links @johnsides.bsky.social @lizsuhay.bsky.social @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @smotus.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social and more all at GP/BP goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/aoc-28

Really excellent @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social column today on how to think about presidential primaries. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Finally got around to reading Backlash Presidents and it's so, so good. I learn so much from @juliaazari.bsky.social. Totally recommend. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

_Strength In Numbers_ gains more strength as it gains more numbers. Spitting distance from being a top-50 publication on Substack. Join us! (a free sub gets you at least two articles a week — a pretty good deal for time invested, IMO) gelliottmorris.com/subscribe

NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year. These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.* So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds. Read, & check out our maps:

Also I'll immodestly say: I think @juliaazari.bsky.social and @dbernstein.bsky.social and I have been good guides to [all this] and if you haven't subscribed you should, and also I'll invite y'all to support us and keep us going with a paid subscription. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com

Wrote a thing about whether the American presidency even exists anymore. No reason. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Everything Jamelle says. Plus: The problem with doomer expectations of "canceling" elections (other than it's annoying) is there are real things Trump/GOP might do to attempt to impede fully free & fair elections and doomerism doesn't go well with preparing to counter and resist those real dangers.