Christopher Devine

101 years ago: "American-Born Pope As Future Possibility"

100 years ago, the President of the United States treated his cold by having the Army lock him in an air-tight room filled with chlorine gas.

It went so well that the First Lady joined him the next day (just to hang out, she wasn't sick).

History is interesting.

How did people feel about Congress 100 years ago? About the same.

a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america ' ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

I think I finally understand the Teapot Dome scandal.

My university is being re-classified as R1. How about that? Pretty cool.

carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/...

'Constitutional crisis': The Impoundment Control Act takes center stage after Russell Vought's confirmation Here's a look at what's up for debate regarding government spending — and what changes could emerge during the Trump administration.

A good piece at Fox News about impoundment (in which I'm quoted). We need more like this in outlets that are read by Republicans. www.foxnews.com/politics/con...

"[H]e shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."

DeWine to appoint Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted to succeed VP-elect Vance in the US Senate More than a week after JD Vance resigned his U.S. Senate seat before his inauguration as vice president, Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to appoint his lieutenant governor Jon Husted to replace Vance.

Gonna take a victory lap because I said all along that DeWine would pick Husted for Senate—ditto for Vance and Walz as VP.

What’s that, you say—did I also get the 2024 election right? I’m sorry, you’re breaking up.

www.wosu.org/2025-01-17/d...

Thanks, Laura! I certainly will.

That Biden's last move is to weirdly and incompetently create needless confusion about what the full official text of the Constitution even is, is in some sense a fitting entry point for the post-constitutional era he's leaving us in.

Pretty excited about this one.

-administrative responsibilities

-grading

-8 am class times

-not being able to find the classroom

-ChatGPT

-18-month article review processes

-8 am conference slots

-budget freezes/ cuts

- PhD students' job prospects

-did I mention administrative responsibilities

-seriously though, grading

Starting a 6-week paternity leave today. Grateful to my university (and Harrison, too!) for making this possible.

This is correct and everyone gets it wrong including the media. Congress did not "certify" the presidential election today, and if you listen carefully to the script Harris followed during the joint session, she didn't say that because the parliamentarians are astute sticklers for these things.

I did it for the first time this semester & followed the example from one of my grad school profs of buying them something with the money. He did a pizza party. I made a game of forecasting the election outcome & got the top two students a gift certificate of their choosing. Went over well, I think.

Roadblocked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began their transition to the White House in the most unusual of circumstances: a global pandemic, a sitting president violently ...

Also, buy Heath’s book on the Biden-Harris transition, “Roadblocked” (50% off thru Thursday from UPK): kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637072/

Trump drops pretense of concern about e-mail security; prioritizes fear of 'deep state' persecution Despite making an issue of the security of Hillary Clinton's e-mails when he ran against her in 2016, Donald Trump is raising national security concerns because of his own disregard for proper protoco...

Terrific interview w/ @heathbrown.bsky.social on the Trump transition. If you’re looking for a quick but informative update on the process (and various attendant controversies), check this out.

www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-...

What a great interview, Heath! Very informative.

Postmortems Are Bad at Predictions: Democrats May Just Need a ‘Change’ Election An opening will probably emerge for Democrats in four years, but it may not be what the party and pundits expect today.

“Perhaps it’s the winning party that really faces the toughest question post-election: How do you build public support during an era of relatively slow growth, low trust in government and low satisfaction with the state of the country?”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...

Funny enough, this movie provides one of my earliest specific VP memories—(paraphrasing), “Everyone thinks I’m an idiot, but it’s all just a big fakade.”

Haha, same here.

YouTube video by Jeopardy! Presidential Candidates | Final Jeopardy! | JEOPARDY!

TFW you watch Jeopardy! and all three contestants miss a response because it's about obscure Vice Presidents and you know there are like 8 other people on the planet who feel the way you do @juliaazari.bsky.social @profdevine.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idrt...

Oh, that is so good! Thanks for sharing (I hadn't seen it). Tough question. My first thought was Cleveland b/c of Stevenson, but Sewall made me realize it was Bryan. Who was his other running mate in 1896, Tom Watson I think?

Exposure to Neighbor Adoptions, Agenda Setting Behavior, and Policy Diffusion | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

Happy to share my new paper online now @thejop.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Punchline: state legislators whose districts are in out-of-state media markets are more likely to author and cosponsor policy innovations already adopted in the neighboring state.

Man, I hear that. I’m good in the off-season when not thinking about baseball. These last few days have me missing it again.

Who do you see as the main piece in this trade—Hartle or Ortiz?

I see one Hall of Fame career here.

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Thank you. I checked, but not carefully enough. I appreciate you flagging this and will delete.