E.J. Fagan
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago. Author of The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics. Also, baseball.
- It sucks, but America’s anti-majoritarian institutions currently favor the right. The reality is that holding the Senate means pursuing voters who are more conservative than the median.
- They’re coming for the abortion pill with bullshit science. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- I consider myself pretty anti-gambling in sports and hold no particular love for Rose or Jackson, but I think that posthumous induction is fine. The incentives are still very strong against gambling. While we're forgiving sins, let's put other complicated figures like Bonds and Clemens in the hall.
- @JeffPassan tweeted It’s always great when @DanWetzel writes about baseball. And he hits the nail on the head with this. t.co/mlynkDhZ7M 💬 @DanWetzel The Hall of Fame is a museum. History is complicated. Banning Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe never made sense. t.co/eN1LNanFKZ
- I sat next to a flight attendant on their way to Newark this morning. He was heading to fill in for a flight heading to SFO. He said that crews were refusing to fly out of Newark because they feared for their safety.
- This weekend*
- Byrd bathed without a second thought.
- This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from @404media.co www.404media.co/republicans-...
- In the weird world of meme stocks, AMC is now thanking their investors before the previews begin.
- This is a bizarre thing for a Secretary of Transportation to say.
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View full threadwhen I'm back on campus, I gotta share some pictures of the Yankees bobblehead collection in my office (I've got a couple of empty bookshelves that I just filled with stadium giveaways. the Judge/Maris 62/61 HR bobbles are there, plus various others of Girardi, Pettitte, Betances Cole, and others)
- Heck yes! I’m at my parents this weekend, staring at this beautiful spread:
- Yeah but you weren't queuing up on Sunday at 11 AM in the rain to get this! (but I did get to meet Cashman!)
- Love it!
