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Prof Clare Brock

@clarebrock.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof in poli sci. American Politics, Lobbying, and Public Policy, focused on agricultural and food policy. Queso enthusiast (Dr./she/her)

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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I keep getting emails and office visits from publishers who want “just a minute of my time” to discuss how I teach courses. Just putting it out there that I’m happy to do this for a reasonable consulting fee. Please pitch me the pay rate for all future/ initial contacts going forward.
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I’m here for it. Next project title locked in.
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Dan Mallinson @djmallinson.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
@clarebrock.bsky.social's review: "Defiant Innovation and Federalism: How Interest Groups Help Shape the Relationship between Federal and State Government doi.org/10.1093/publ...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 09/09/2025
#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social - Conflating Lobbying and PACs: The Surprisingly Low Overlap in Organizational Lobbying and Campaign Expenditures - cup.org/4gc34Vs - Alexander C. Furnas, Timothy LaPira & @clarebrock.bsky.social #FirstView
Logo for PS: Political Science & Politics with "PS #OpenAccess" next to an image of people participating in a colorful pride parade.
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tim lapira @timlapira.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Check out our new little paper with a simple but surprising (to many) fact: most “special interests” that lie by the govt don’t have a PAC for campaign donations. All too often lobbying and campaign contributions are conflated. With @clarebrock.bsky.social and @alexanderfurnas.com
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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This article is now open access: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We found a kids oral B app on the iPad for brushing teeth and it is the only thing that has stopped the incessant story telling / singing / gymnastics during tooth brushing time.
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Actually Citizens United says that government can restrict speech in the case of the appearance of corruption (eg the APPEARANCE of possible quid pro quo) because that constitutes a compelling interest of the state. The logic of the court is that democracy is undermined when gov appears corrupt
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I’m convinced that airlines intentionally make the flying process more frustrating and unpleasant than it needs to be, especially contacting customer service for anything.
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
For the second time in a year, a student has suggested that I start a podcast. Let me start by saying 1) I would never. But 2) I’m so flattered that a student thinks anyone would ever want to listen to what I have to say.
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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Lacking institutional memory, how do freshman legislators keep up? Discover how congressional offices use media and reference tools to navigate the policymaking environment. By Alison Craig & @anneliserussell.bsky.social Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
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Heath Brown @heathbrown.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Just early published in ARPS (open access) @garlicksauce.bsky.social @wmjunk.bsky.social & I survey remarkable recent lobbying research that shows how lobbying matters & whats ahead for studies of influence www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Congratulations!!!!
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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Are lobbyists influential? The public sure thinks so, but applied political science since lobbying registration data emerged (late 90s) struggled to produce evidence that it does. In new review @wmjunk.bsky.social @heathbrown.bsky.social and I chart a wave of research showing that lobbying matters.
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How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
New study analyzed 145 years of U.S. congressional speeches and found a clear shift away from evidence-based language toward more intuition-based language—especially since the mid-1970s. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Computational analysis of US congressional speeches reveals a shift from evidence to intuition - Nature Human Behaviour
This research explores the linguistic traces of evidence-based reasoning and intuitive decision-making in congressional speeches from 1879 to 2022. The analysis suggests that evidence-based language h...
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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Kids are dying of measles and the stock market is crashing and everything is about to become way more expensive but at least they're also massively violating basic civil liberties
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It would be difficult to exaggerate the profound and irreparable damage that John Roberts has done to this country.
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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Here's is the main reason people buy into so many bad diet & nutrition ideas: "The best advice is boring." I've been writing about diet for decades, and I think @marionnestle.bsky.social has been more consistently right than pretty much anyone. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/w...
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The Nutritionist Marion Nestle Meets Her Moment, At 88
After five decades in the field of nutrition, Dr. Marion Nestle thought she had seen it all. Then came “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Don’t let the robots hear you say that. You’ll be their first target when they become our overlords.
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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Remarkably since 2020 the USA has become a net food importer.
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Heath Brown @heathbrown.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Good day to read @clarebrock.bsky.social on tariffs @3streamsblog.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/tar...
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Tariffs, Lobbying, and the Spoils System of Exemptions
Trade wars and tariffs create a spoils system that appears to be (and probably is) corrupt
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I’m going to be headed back home by Saturday, but those of you still at MPSA should attend!
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
100%. That was so awesome. It’s really wonderful to have such thoughtful conversations about our research at these events.
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Dan Mallinson @djmallinson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I'll never forget @raulpachecovega.bsky.social calling this an "Author Meets Fans" panel at COPPR when discussing @clarebrock.bsky.social's awesome book. @sam-workman.bsky.social did a good job either thought provoking questions, but maybe we stop calling these "critics" panels.
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I verified. This is so embarrassing for them (and the rest of America too)
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Absolutely essential reading.
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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Forget resignations, Democrats should be filing articles of impeachment, or calling for criminal investigations and charges.
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I have a revise and resubmit article that has been under review since October. I know reviewers can be slow but these were minor revisions and I’m on a tenure clock here.
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a woman wearing glasses and a plaid shirt says " not cool " on a screen
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a plaid shirt says " not cool " on a screen
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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Ahem. But her emails
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Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Are you, or do you know, a recent or soon-to-be college grad who's interested in research and deep dives on Congress? @sarahbinder.bsky.social and I are hiring an RA to start this summer. More info here: careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3627/re...
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Jobs and Internships
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Rachel Navarre @rnavarre.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Well that didn’t take long. I love you America, you litigious country you.
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
My work was used without my consent.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Yep. ICE detention makes enormous sums for the private prison industry. There's a reason that Trump's victory sent their stocks shooting higher.
CoreCivic stock chart. It shows a massive jump in stock price happening after Trump won.Geo Group stock chart. It shows a massive jump in stock price happening after Trump won.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The Democratic Party’s problems are not about being moderate or left. That’s a consultant and pundit red herring The problems are in party organization, the culture of “it’s their turn” nominations, candidate recruitment, gerontocracy, inability to shape media topics, and coming off hella lame
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I’ve never seen a group of people worse at being an opposition party.
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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
How does polarization shape policy change? Discover this PSJ open-access article examining how rising partisanship extends gridlock and reshapes policy shifts in Congress. By @clarebrock.bsky.social and Daniel Mallinson Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
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Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Oh no. This is a nightmare. I’m so sorry.
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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
no kings. no feudal lords. (pretty meh on pants also)
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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Defense of free markets is in need of DEI
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/02/2025
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:

I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. 
 
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others. 

There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job. 

I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity. 

I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment —  I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction.
 
I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void. 
 
Jeff
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The Gilded Age is Trump's ideal--let's check the stats, shall we? --most Americans disenfranchised --most Americans in extreme poverty --most Americans worked 12 hour workdays, 6-7 days a week --most Americans consumed unsafe food, water, medicine The Gilded Age was great only for the rich folks
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