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NBER @nber.org · 16/07/2026

Using a difference-in-discontinuities design to study the effects of federal aid to school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic, from Jeffrey Clemens, Philip G. Hoxie, and Stan Veuger www.nber.org/papers/w35447

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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 11/08/2026

A new book claims mass emigration drains countries of their most liberal-minded citizens, deepening authoritarianism at home. Stan Veuger says: not so fast.

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Does Immigration Lead to ‘Democratic Drain’ and Illiberalism in Native Countries?

A fascinating book by a political scientist says yes—but, in fact, there is strong evidence for the opposite case, too

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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a huge scandal that I don't think the public will properly appreciate until we get a colorful story about a provider fraudulently billing outpatient mental health services — but once that reporting happens, expect to hear about this from Trump capitalcommonsense.com/p/why-is-dcs...

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Why Is DC’s Medicaid Program So Expensive?

A Look at How the District Uses Federal Health Care Funding

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The excess spend splits about evenly between higher enrollment as a share of the population and higher spending per enrollee. I dig into some of the drivers of the latter, which include very high spending on enrollees with disabilities and staggering amounts of fraud by community support providers.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In the third part of my series for Capital Commonsense on DC's federal grants I look at healthcare grants, which basically (95%) means Medicaid. DC has the most expensive Medicaid program (per resident) in the country. Compared to the expansion states we spend almost twice as much.

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Aaron Strauss @aaronstrauss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Two concrete learnings this AM: 1) D respondents are more engaged than Rs--might lead to small bias @gelliottmorris.com gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-10-06-survey-effort-nonresponse 2) DC's Medicaid has massive fraud in one specific code @stanveuger.bsky.social capitalcommonsense.com/p/why-is-dcs...

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Make sure to come to AEI this Friday at noon. You will hear about @omzidar.bsky.social and Eric Zwick’s book, “The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There,” not just from the authors but from Greg Ip as well. Register here: www.aei.org/events/the-e...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The other thing that Gov. Cox “expanded” is the Utah Supreme Court, adding two seats after his political party lost a big redistricting case.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The September issue of Veugerity, my monthly roundup, is out: amicus briefs on the forced-labor and Section 122 tariffs and on immigration detention, plus a post on DC's federal funding. open.substack.com/pub/veugerit...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

Hannity's list of "TRUMP'S TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS" includes restoring Confederate names to military bases and releasing dietary guidelines

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The fact that it's become such a shrugged-off overused cliche has blinded us to how much the dashboard really is lit up with screaming red lights blaring "this the fall of the Roman republic, you idiots."

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MassiveCivilResistance @wildoneness.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Trump thinks that it's a hostile act against the US if other countries trade with the US, and also if other countries trade with each other without the US.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

After his testimony, there is no doubt that the rule was changed for one specific person that Kash Patel knows personally and he wants to hire (or already hired) and their circumstance is definitely not "trafficking victim."

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All of this is a lie. Anyone who has visited recently knows the KC was not "in a virtual state of collapse," and anyone who can read a tax filing can see that it was not "losing hundreds of millions of dollars". In fact, its finances were pretty healthy UNTIL Trump trashified it.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As always I am grateful to Jenner & Block for their pro bono support, and to my fellow amici, including @danieldbunn.bsky.social @kclausing.bsky.social @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social @kylepomerleau.bsky.social.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

…assumptions; and that the tariffs are large enough to raise a major question because of the revenue they raise, their effects on consumers, and their impact on firms and U.S. competitiveness. You can read the full brief here: www.aei.org/wp-content/u...

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The pretextual justification for these tariffs is the burden on US commerce from overseas production involving forced labor. We explain that the tariffs are disproportionate compared to the economic impact of forced labor on U.S. employment, production, and trade under any set of reasonable…

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Pleased to present the economist amicus brief we filed yesterday in support of plaintiffs in litigation against the administration’s latest round of worldwide tariffs, imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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Kimberly Clausing @kclausing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Happy to be a part of this effort. These forced labor tariffs make no sense unless they are understood for what they are: a clear attempt to take authority that belongs to Congress. The tariffs bear no relation to possible underlying harms; they merely create a distortionary and regressive tax.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I find it infuriating and unnerving how liberals are unable to recognize brownshirts when they see them, or understand that brownshirts exist along a separate axis of public mobilization than “protesters,” which is how they’re always described. These aren’t protesters, they’re paramilitaries!

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Remember kids, communism isn’t when the government owns the means of production. It’s when someone with blue hair tells you their pronouns, as Karl Marx demanded.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As always I am grateful to Aaron Cooper, Debbie Berman, Adam Unikowsky, and their colleagues at Jenner & Block, as well as to Holger Spamann, for their pro bono counsel.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The government's interpretation of the statutes and the economic concepts in it would grant it unconstrained authority to impose worldwide tariffs that, as we have seen, have vast economic and political significance. You can read the full brief here: www.aei.org/wp-content/u...

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Separately, we argue the United States does not face the "fundamental international payments problems" the statute requires as a threshold condition for authorizing (or in fact, mandating) the tariffs.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

With floating exchange rates, no balance-of-payments imbalance can be “large and serious" in the sense of Section 122.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We explain what such deficits looked like in the context of fixed exchange rates policymakers found themselves in until the 1970s, and that the government conflates balance-of-payments deficits with negative intermediate balances on the accounting statement known as the Balance of Payments.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In the brief, we argue that "large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits," which the tariffs purportedly address, are impossible in today's system of floating exchange rates.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I organized an economist amicus brief in support of affirmance of the Court of International Trade's ruling in Oregon v. Trump and Burlap and Barrel v. Donald J. Trump that the administration exceeded its authority when it imposed 10% worldwide tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Update: the government now agrees with G.M.’s counsel that because governor Hochul pardoned him in late August, the basis for his removal and 1226(c) detention is gone and the case is moot. The Second Circuit’s ruling stands, and victory is ours.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As always I am grateful to Aaron Cooper, Debbie Berman, Adam Unikowsky, and their colleagues at Jenner & Block, as well as to Holger Spamann, for their pro bono counsel.

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With floating exchange rates, no balance-of-payments imbalance can be “large and serious" in the sense of Section 122.

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In the brief, we argue that "large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits," which the tariffs purportedly address, are impossible in today's system of floating exchange rates.

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You can find the full brief here: www.aei.org/wp-content/u... I am grateful to our pro bono counsel from Sidley, and to the other amici who joined this effort, including @danybahar.bsky.social, @kclausing.bsky.social, @mclem.org, @kylepomerleau.bsky.social, and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social.

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