Brendan Nyhan
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
- Shocking how little discussion this gets. So much anti-moderate factional discourse that yada yadda's how you run eight points ahead of the national ticket. Um.
- See also our Bright Line Watch survey documenting self-censorship among political scientists brightlinewatch.org/threats-to-d...
- “The lived experience of a scientist right now is terrifying” My colleague Warren Cornwall spoke to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, @rebekahtromble.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social and others about “the fear and self-censorship coursing through the nation’s scientific establishment today”. 🧪
- The Founders assumed Congress would defend its prerogatives, not sit passively as the Constitution is subverted
- Congress must act. “This is a takeover of a major component of the legislative branch,” the expert tells Rolling Stone. “There’s no reason that they’re going to stop there.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- "Our results suggest that a social media message would have to be sent by more than 47 constituents for it to exceed the value of a single face-to-face meeting." academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
- Leopards Eating People's Faces Party, judicial branch
- A classic graphic
- Updating my data - here is the total value of the most serious alleged direct benefits to past presidents or family members as compiled by o3 with the $400M plane added. No comparison.
- Unprecedented corruption
- It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
- So much terrible news but this made me happy
