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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Great news! We have a federal government task force focused on fraud, especially in public health programs. I'm sure this will be top of their list!

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

DHS has always had a difficult time managing its workforce. When I created measures of capacity based on personnel data, it was the lowest ranked department. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Bureaucratic autonomy and the policymaking capacity of United States agencies, 1998–2021 | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core

Bureaucratic autonomy and the policymaking capacity of United States agencies, 1998–2021 - Volume 12 Issue 3

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

As we look ahead to SNAP benefits not being administered on November 1, it's a good time to read Mohammed Abba-Aji and Sandro Galea's recent article on the health impact of Administration cuts to non-health structures including related to food assistance. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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The Health Implications of US Federal Changes to Non-Health Structures and Policies | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 25/10/2025

This is obviously illegal. It is also very stupid. An unconstrained executive will quickly learn that the best way to pay for the government is to call together all of the billionaires and ask them who wants to demonstrate their patriotism the most

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Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

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Sally Nuamah @sallynuamah.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

This paper has been in the works for about five years and is finally in print! It's about the work that formerly incarcerated Black women engage in to resist efforts to undermine their citizenship. In this moment, when citizenship is becoming more and more precarious, I highly recommend this read.

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

One of the pillars of the 9th circuit opinion allowing the National Guard to deploy to Portland is that the remedy for presidential overreach in the use of military force against civilian populations is and has always been the political process. Not just a bad argument, but bad history. /1

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Monstrous. "federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

FYI, if you try to measure the strength of civil society (what Hahrie, Milan, and I call civic opportunity in our 2023 Nature Human Behaviour paper), you may want to consider using our org-, county-, and ZIP code-level datasets published in Scientific Data: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

An unprecedented violation of our civic and Constitutional traditions. Calling every military leader in the world back to the U.S. to hear a wildly inappropriate partisan campaign speech followed by a fascist call to use the military against Americans.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

"We are asking the Department of War to deploy to our cities" should be a statement that ends any Governor's political career.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

"Data manipulation by the US Gov...makes crucial datasets untrustworthy and unusable. If the US Government secretly changes datasets for political reasons, researchers relying on the data might erroneously recommend ineffective or counterproductive interventions." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Data manipulation within the US Federal Government

A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

You've heard me talk about it. You've seen me write about it. And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied! Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it! cup.org/4nfM2IM

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Ask yourself if this is the kind of country you want to live in

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Uncivil Democracy

How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities

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Charley E. Willison @charleywillison.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Homelessness and Mental Illness: How Trump’s New Executive Order Could Backfire thefulcrum.us/governance-l... With mental health expert @isabelmperera.bsky.social and the excellent support of @scholars.org ! Important context with now second case of federalizing subnational law enforcement, DC

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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Backseat car hammocks for babies? Thanks to government, they are no longer for sale in the United States. Now, as federal regulators come under attack from within, political scientists and legal scholars gathered for a conference on the future of studying the administrative state: bit.ly/44LJSbW

Blake Emerson, Andrea Katz, and Jennifer Nou listen to a speaker while seated at a table in a classroom.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Here's a preview of our conversation with @charleywillison.bsky.social from our new podcast series on the local politics of public health. Check out the full episode! www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

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STAT @statnews.com · 25/06/2025

News: The American Academy of Pediatrics says it will no longer take part in the process of ACIP meetings. “We won’t lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health,” the group's president says. www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...

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CDC vaccine advisory committee to review long-approved immunizations

A leader of the CDC's reconstituted vaccine advisory committee said the panel would start a review of long-approved shots.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do. So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Literally describing themselves as occupying a blue state like hostile territory with the military and federal forces.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

WTF; he's one of the leading scholars in the world

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Yet another day when I'm thinking about Paul Musgrave's old Twitter post: "Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war Americanists: haha but seriously IR and comparative: who is joking"

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

“Better Health Is a Political Intervention…Ill health can lead to distrust, which benefits the far right. Appeals to patient-centered, trustworthy, responsive health care take on a new edge if we can tell policymakers that the alternative is an increasing far-right vote in their constituency.”

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What Can Be Done About the Global Far Right’s Threat to Health? | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 6

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

"For 142 years, the merit-based civil service survived because both parties recognized that functional government requires professional expertise. That consensus is dead. We're watching the transformation of public servants into party servants, of a government of laws into a government of loyalty."

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Michael Shepherd @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

With @mirandayaver.bsky.social. Medicaid cuts will be particularly harmful for rural communities, even for those not enrolled in the program. In Republican districts and states, Republican voters are disproportionately likely to suffer. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

NEW symposium from guest editor @charleywillison.bsky.social on local politics and public health. Click the link below for the full table of contents: www.urbanaffairsreview.com/public-health

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The Intrinsic Relationship between Local Politics and Public Health — Urban Affairs Review

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"Ideas, Municipal Sanitation, and the Transformation of Public Health" by @kathlsullivan.bsky.social & @patriciastrach.bsky.social

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"Building the Plane While Flying: Informal State Capacity, Policy Autonomy, and Public Health" from @didikuo1.bsky.social & @askellyphd.bsky.social

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"Racism as a Public Health Crisis: How Declarations Shape Local TV News Attention to Racism" by @nataliapmoreira.bsky.social, Steven Moore, @breezefloyd.bsky.social, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social, @sarahgollust.bsky.social

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"Draining the Swamp: The Local Governance of Mosquito Borne Diseases in Florida" by @hjarman.bsky.social Phillip Singer, Iris Holmes, Jessica Hsu, Chloe Harper, Naquia Unwala, and @charleywillison.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🎺🎺🎺 NEW SYMPOSIUM on @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social from guest editor @charleywillison.bsky.social, "The Intrinsic Relationship between Local Politics + Public Health." Intro here, follow the thread for more great scholarship 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The Founders assumed Congress would defend its prerogatives, not sit passively as the Constitution is subverted

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Was grateful for @richardsondilworth.bsky.social's invite to write this commentary on a fantastic symposium edited by @charleywillison.bsky.social, whose introductory essay is here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....

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Andrew S. Kelly @askellyphd.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It was such a pleasure to join a wonderful group of scholars in this issue of @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social on The Local Politics of Public Health @didikuo1.bsky.social and I look at public health capacity and COVID policy variation across California. Thanks, Charley, for leading this effort!

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Charley E. Willison @charleywillison.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

***Online First Special Issue Release of Urban Affairs Review – The Local Politics of Public Health*** Open Access coming soon! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

How do life changes shape political behavior? Authors Ojeda, @povertyscholar.bsky.social, and Haselswerdt explore this question in the article, “The Politics of Personal Crisis: How Life Disruptions Shape Political Participation”. Read more at the open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The Politics of Personal Crisis: How Life Disruptions Shape Political Participation - Political Behavior

Economic risk and instability are urgent and central facts in the lives of increasing numbers of Americans. Though experienced as “personal,” the causes of life disruptions like unemployment, eviction...

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The presidents of 200 US colleges declare: "As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education." Good! www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

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A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U

A Call for Constructive Engagement

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AAUP @aaup.org · 12/04/2025

More on the Harvard AAUP & Nat'l AAUP lawsuit filed last night to block the Trump admin's unlawful threats to use funding cuts as a cudgel to coerce Harvard University to restrict speech and allow government control over teaching and learning. 🧵 Lawsuit Here:

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