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I did something that's big news for me, and not typically what academic political scientists do: I wrote a parenting book about our subject. This is a medium-long thread on why/how.

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Lindsey Cormack

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8 months

A short thread on the legislative effectiveness of the 8 Republicans legislators who ousted Speaker McCarthy: Andy Biggs of Arizona has been in Congress since 2017. In that time, he has successfully authored and passed 1 law,

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Wrecking ball ring leader Matt Gaetz of Florida has been around since 2015 and he also has never successfully passed a piece of legislation.

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But don't be fooled into thinking these are good, effective governing members trying to make Congress work. These are largely people that others even within their own conference don't want to work with.

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Ken Buck of Colorado has been in office since 2015 and has never successfully sponsored a piece of legislation signed into law.

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Eli Crane also of Arizona is brand new. He doesn't really do legislating at all - he does however spend A LOT of time on right-wing media and does send really strange official e-newsletters.

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Tim Burchett of Tennessee has only been in Congress since 2019, but like Buck, he too has never successfully authored a piece of legislation signed into law.

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Bob Good of Virginia has been here since 2018, and he's got one thing to his name to go to the President, where it was vetoed,

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Nancy Mace of South Carolina is newer than Andy Biggs, but she too only has a bill renaming a facility

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Matt Rosendale of Montana has only been in office since 2021 - but he like most everyone else in this list has never successfully passed a law.

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8 months

HR 4983 To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic.

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8 months

I know passing laws is HARD and is not the sole work of any one person, that many members are not successful, and that partisanship and leadership and a whole host of other things matter.

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8 months

HJ Res 45 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans"

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HR 6042 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the "Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building".

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8 months

And an important additional note: Introducing legislation that is eventually successful is absolutely not the end all, be all measure of legislative effectiveness. People like @danielschuman does work directly on this topic and correctly points out the ability to block

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8 months

Annnnnd - conceiving of, introducing, and passing legislation is very clearly not the only job of a member of Congress. It's just one part of it. It's also the case that ideas get wrapped into other bills via amendments and mark ups.

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8 months

And personally, I really like Congress...it's my favorite branch by far

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1 year

Today we did the thing in class where I introduce students to @OpenSecretsDC and then we look up the political donation habits of their boy/girlfriends parents before attending Thanksgiving ✌🏻

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2 years

What flavor of gelato should I order to celebrate being promoted and tenured?

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5 months

@emilykmay Phone free walks

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Lindsey Cormack

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4 years

Saying “don’t make this political” or asking people to not bring politics “into” X is a political act. It is a preference for the status quo.

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

I just opened the best email I’ve seen in 13 months: “you have been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Provost’s Online Teaching Excellence Award.” I didn’t do online before COVID-19, but tried my best the last 3 terms, and oh my I am so so happy about this 🎇🙈🎇 #teaching

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Lindsey Cormack

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1 year

In violation of House policy, former Rep. Devin Nunes took his official e-newsletter email list to do his private business...and is complaining that BigTech is hurting his ability to do this

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3 years

9 year old, “hey mom, the minute you turn 18 do you become an adult or do you have to like do some training or something to actually become and adult??” 🧐

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 years

If you were wondering who it seems has taken their official email address lists from their .gov pages and ported them to their campaigns/ongoing grift lists, the current offenders are Lauren Boebert and Devin Nunes.

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Lindsey Cormack

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4 months

George Washington was paid $25,000 a year - about 2% of the then federal budget. If that were the presidential salary today it would be about $851,000 based on the dollar amount or $122,600,000,000 if it were based on 2% of the total federal budget.

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 months

The book cover for How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It’s Up to You to Do It) is now done. And I’m feeling pretty happy about it ⭐️

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Lindsey Cormack

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8 months

@mattbencole Snowball fight! Pick the topic (I’ve done thoughts about Democrats and Republicans) Have the students write down their thoughts that they’re unwilling to say or share. Crumple them into balls. Throw them all into a Republican corner or Democratic corner. Read them out loud

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

8 year old morning logic, "Kids are actually doing really good at wearings masks and we don't seem to have a lot of spread in our schools...if you grown ups could get yourselves under control for a few weeks we could be pretty much done with COVID" 🧐

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

I strongly prefer reviewing papers where figures/tables are inserted in the text versus having to scroll the bottom of a pdf, mentally note where I was so that I can then scroll back up, and then scroll down again as I read the description.

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Lindsey Cormack

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4 years

World - I present to you 2020 chess. The rules are simple. It’s chess, but when you lose a piece you must drink it. Pawns are 1 ounce, bishops and knights 3, rooks 5, queens 9, and kings are the top off. Yes, there is a lot of clean up after. #chess #StayAtHome

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Georgia has had "no-excuse" absentee voting for 15 years. Some other states instituted it during the pandemic. After the high voter turnout of the 2020 election, GA Sec. Raffensperger endorsed eliminating it. We should want more people participating, not fewer. #GAVote

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Lindsey Cormack

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1 year

Before outrage please know that my entire teaching practice is about how people who see political things differently have things to learn from on another, not that these differences ought to give rise to hate 💗

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Lindsey Cormack

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8 months

@sheaminter No, the move is avoid the finance bros

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Lindsey Cormack

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10 months

I asked @midjourney to draw two senators from each state. Here are some of the images of what it thinks these pretend legislators would look like: Alabama

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Lindsey Cormack

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1 year

On my way to go talk with a bunch of fifth graders about the second amendment. And then I’m off for a week writing retreat to make a big push on my how to raise a citizen project. My summer starts now!

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 years

Our politics would be better off if high school students left knowing about - Primary elections & types - Voter registration types & deadlines - Local political offices vs. - Theories of federal checks & balances - Founding fathers - Presidential bios

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Lindsey Cormack

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1 year

"Hogwash" is a regional term. For my birthday, can you all send me other terms you think are regional and we can see how they are used by members of Congress in their official e-newsletters?

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Lindsey Cormack

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1 year

Having Ted Lieu (D-CA) become the first Asian American ever elected to the Vice Chair position within the House Democratic Caucus is a neat thing that happened this month.

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

More men have problems wearing masks, that’s why we get laws saying it’s not ok to ask people to wear them. Women literally bear the brunt of childbearing, and we get controlling reproductive laws. One key difference is who holds seats of power. Please elect more women.

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3 months

@adamconover Such is the shift of places where one party typically dominates, we are having pockets of it in NYC as well.

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5 years

@Lin_Manuel Did you try the chili at Oklahoma? Thoughts?

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 years

I am in Kansas today and my family reported that they had never seen so many young people at the polls as they had today. 🏅

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Article accepted (after a few rounds of back and forth a)! Happy Friday! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

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Lindsey Cormack

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1 year

What would you think about a 36 hour no phones no tech retreat in an old Victorian home that starts with a hike, individual afternoon time, an evening meal and then an after “salon” style sitting room to talk politics? Would anyone do that with 3-4 strangers?

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Lindsey Cormack

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8 months

I've been reading Kevin McCarthy's official communications for 13 years. A few things: - His comms are written at a college graduate level (this is not true of others in Congress) - Before leadership in Congress he was relatively quiet - Then he sent day/week schedule emails

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Lindsey Cormack

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7 years

. @BecketAdams @kerpen Yeah - that's entirely inappropriate and pretty vile

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Both my husband and I have weekend conferences that sent swag. Mine came yesterday and I was legit *thrilled* at a new water bottle and coasters. Part 1 of his just came - wine, a new pour over set up, coffee, moleskine, and the whiskey tasting part comes later.

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Rep Earl Blumenauer at 11:45 am yesterday vs. Rep Earl Blumenauer at 9:42 pm yesterday

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5 months

This is a nice way to end the first half of my sabbatical. American Politics Research just published my latest, “More Choices, More Problems? Ranked Choice Voting Errors in New York City” #nyc #rcv

More Choices, More Problems? Ranked Choice Voting Errors in New York City - Lindsey Cormack, 2024

Examining the impacts of ranked choice voting (RCV) on voter efficacy is important as more areas consider adoption. The greater number of choices provided by lo...

journals.sagepub.com

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 years

Question for people post tenure: Did you all experience some period of time that feels close to overwhelming mental paralysis? Like now that the hurdle is cleared, the expanse of what’s possible is sort of daunting despite it being good and freeing???

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Pet peeve: an alphabetical list of US state names =/= an alphabetical list US state name abbreviations.

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 years

Being able to be a part of the smallest, most local form of government in the largest, (and arguably) most consequential city government in the United States is something I’m really looking forward to. 😊

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Let me tell you I am a nerd without telling you I am a nerd. 13 years ago I married @cormatt in a public library with one of our college debate coaches as the officiant. I also thought I would want pictures like this...👰‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

You can’t tell how excited I am! #GAVote here we come!

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5 years

Now with more a more proper y axis

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 months

@david_darmofal @ThurberTeam I am so glad you are here to be the amplifier

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3 years

Omg. I wore a crop top on this 80 degree day and my daughter just said, “let me pluck that teenager out of your little heart and throw it in the trash, so you have more room for the woman in you” 😭😝😭

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Acting like our "non-work/family/kids' lives" aren't supposed to impact parts of our "work lives" is a really weird game of pretend that was previously made possible by men in the workplace pushing things off to supportive women outside of the "formal" labor space. Let's change.

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 years

My daughter just took this picture of me and I think it’s funny 🌲

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3 years

When I was a kid I used to think adults HAD to read the news before going to work. Now as an adult I realize "reading the news" is a way to delay doing work.

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Oh my god I just cleaned my freezer and found a sleeve of thin mints. This Friday is won.

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Lindsey Cormack

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7 years

. @SpeakerRyan Dude - you could have been President in a few years and now you're a part of this fiasco - what a Valentines day

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Lindsey Cormack

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1 year

We do have a fentanyl problem in the US, but for the most part only Congressional Republicans are willing to talk about it in their official e-newsletters. The partisan differences on this topic are really stark.

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1 year

Republicans write about "Foreign Relations Committee" to constituents far more than Democrats do

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1 year

Today none of the undergrads in my intro course had ever heard of Karl Rove.

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4 years

Today I ran to 16 @NYPDnews Manhattan precincts. It was a little odd. Some precincts have taken to closing the streets their buildings are on from the public, others are more welcoming. Here's my full take on it: (running splits at the bottom).

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 years

Kavanaugh saying the Constitution is silent on abortion is the most frustratingly obtuse version of reading. The Constitution was written by founders with the universal and implicit understanding that women weren’t even full citizens and non-white women weren’t full people.

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Lindsey Cormack

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2 months

Earlier this week @PRQjournal published a paper my coauthors ( @_Jon_Green , @k_shoub , @blumrm ) and I worked on for a while, called "Cross-Platform Partisan Positioning in Congressional Speech". We find that Democrats are consistently separable from Republicans, but...

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Please let faculty meetings always stay on Zoom

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2 years

Who wants to start a broad political science Discord?

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

Ranked Choice Voting might be the gentrification of voting. -Has a raise all boats narrative -Feels like do-good "development" -Liked by tech and hipsters -Actually makes it harder for voters already farther away from political power to participate equitably

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

I just finished reading all 350 passages about masks from Republican official e-newsletters sent from May-mid July 2020 and not a single one of them is anti-mask. That politicization and the subsequent harms from "mask wars" came from Trump and the extended party network.

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4 years

Accidentally ran 27 miles

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2 years

@AliMortell Age 35: not responding

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7 months

Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, "If the Republicans decide that Jim Jordan should be Speaker of the House, there would be no— there would no longer be any possible way to argue that a group of elected Republicans could be counted on to defend the Constitution."

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

I haven’t pulled 225# since the good people at @HSpecialSurgery fixed up my snapped ACL. #PoliSciLifts #legday

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3 years

If I ever gave a graduation speech I would emphasize the importance of physical health in the coming years. Careers and passions are awesome, but cultivating good, sustainable food and exercise habits in your 20s makes aging in any job/lifestyle so much easier.

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Lindsey Cormack

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3 years

I...I sorta feel like MPSA doesn't understand how the conference sausage gets made: the week/days of. "Researchers will be asked to upload a photo, speaker biography, their PowerPoint, Recorded presentation, and research paper **two weeks ** before the conference. "

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3 years

My Tuesday hybrid class had 22 online students and just a few on campus ones. The on campusers and I ended the last class with outdoors brunch. I’m feeling really happy about getting through this time together. #hoboken #AcademicTwitter #callmore

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3 years

“Banning critical race theory” isn’t a racist dog whistle - it’s a foghorn. It’s also nonsense seeing as nearly no K-12 curricula even stumble near to anything close to CRT.

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2 years

It seems like when "white collar" workers don't want to work at the same place for various reason we call it "The Great Resignation". But when "blue/pink collar" workers don't want to work at the same place for various reason we call it a "labor shortage" 🤦‍♀️

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2 years

Does everyone else feel like the last 2 pandemic years actually aged them like ~5 years?

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2 months

RCV IS harder for voters. It requires knowing more. It requires more mental ordering. It requires more marking. It's not used in every election in places that adopt it, education efforts are low...this is *confusing* @jacksantucci

The impact of voter confusion in ranked choice voting

Objectives Election observers have expressed concerns about voter “confusion” under ranked choice voting (RCV) since the 1890s. What is the meaning of “confusing,” and how does it affect behavior?...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Lindsey Cormack

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10 months

Colorado (what's happening here...?)

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3 years

I do really like my teaching views

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Lindsey Cormack

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@PressSec @realDonaldTrump Pfizer was not a part of Operation Warp Speed funding....

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3 years

Senate positive and COVID-19 negative, I'm coming home NYC. Thanks for the love Georgia! 🍑->🏙️

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3 years

Dear people who study congress/communications, Hi. I'm getting all the official 2010-2020 e-newsletters texts + bioguide_ids up on my website as .csvs for you to use however you like. It's all going to be here: Slowly but surely, Lindsey

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Seriously - I wish we could just focus on House races. Presidential election coverage is the worst, the House matters, it’s close, and the outcomes you fight for in house races can/will impact top ticket outcome. Magic wand 🪄

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6 months

I’ve had food sitting in an unplugged in crockpot for 4 hours 😭

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2 years

Patriarchy is: 1.) permitting boys who knowingly wade into dangerous situations with guns to kill people when they feel at risk 2.) banning girls who accidentally get into dangerous situations without access to contraceptives to not be able to protect themselves when at risk

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3 years

Just picked my kid up from school and asked her what she wants to do this afternoon. Her answer with a straight face: I want to breathe in the future and exhale the past…

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7 months

It’s NYC voting time

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2 years

How I know "Defund the police" is used as a rallying cry for the right, and not a federally endorsed slogan by the left: Use in congressional e-newsletters, by party, over time

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3 years

Well, I’m 35 now. 8 year old, “Now you can be President! But you were probably ready last year, maybe it shouldn’t be by age but instead be a test or something.” My plans include blow drying my hair (with the bday dryer I got from @cormatt ) & eating scones with my new friends.

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3 years

Saying "X can fix democracy" is the same as thinking a diet pill can propel a body to health while ignoring exercise, food, sleep, etc.. No one thing fixes democracy. Democracy is a process and it takes work in a lot of different ways to keep it healthy.

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4 years

Takeaway from my first zoom funeral: Ugly crying alone in my home office/bedroom while watching my friends & colleagues trying to keep it together while they are also alone in their own home offices/bedrooms nearly fully encapsulates my feelings towards 2020. This time sucks.

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2 years

My kid is officially old enough to tell me she’s embarrassed by me…but what am I supposed to do when Hips Don’t Lie comes on in the cafe???? 💃🏼

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3 years

Having a “men” bathroom and then an everything else is the patriarchy. 👎🏼

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