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.

@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...

#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

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

This article is now open access: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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

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.

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.

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

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...

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.

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...

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

It would be difficult to exaggerate the profound and irreparable damage that John Roberts has done to this country.

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...

Remarkably since 2020 the USA has become a net food importer.

Good day to read @clarebrock.bsky.social on tariffs @3streamsblog.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/tar...

I’m going to be headed back home by Saturday, but those of you still at MPSA should attend!

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.

I verified. This is so embarrassing for them (and the rest of America too)

Absolutely essential reading.

Forget resignations, Democrats should be filing articles of impeachment, or calling for criminal investigations and charges.

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.

Ahem. But her emails

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...

Well that didn’t take long. I love you America, you litigious country you.

My work was used without my consent.

Yep. ICE detention makes enormous sums for the private prison industry. There's a reason that Trump's victory sent their stocks shooting higher.

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

I’ve never seen a group of people worse at being an opposition party.

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

no kings. no feudal lords. (pretty meh on pants also)

Defense of free markets is in need of DEI

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."

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

Sure, since you asked so nicely! 1. McConnell and the Senate GOP kept Judd Gregg from joining Obama’s Cabinet and blocked Tom Daschle — a powerful senator! — from being Obama’s HHS pick.

NEW from me: Russ Vought was on the verge of breaking the mortgage market by shutting down a core function provided by CFPB. But he blinked, and in so doing revealed that regulation is actually pretty important. prospect.org/economy/2025...

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.

Hey I forgot to push my item this morning where I babbled about why a know-nothing president could accidentally take down the economy, so at least I have timing going for me. Also the links @profsaunders.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @clarebrock.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social etc.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

All the reporting of Musk seizing control of & wiring himself access to the US Treasury's central payment system suggests he's building a line-item veto machine, a piece of software that will give anyone in control of it the ability to unilaterally block payments. Such a tool is unconstitutional.