Adam Sheingate
@adamsheingate.bsky.social
Political Science Johns Hopkins University US politics, Ag policy, American political development.
Superb Owl by artist Marlene McCauley
#SuperbOwl
#SuperbOwl
February 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Superb Owl by artist Marlene McCauley
#SuperbOwl
#SuperbOwl
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The Breaking Bad graph
Look at how being diagnosed with cancer impacts people's involvement in crime!
February 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The Breaking Bad graph
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This “5 classes question” guides my approach to teaching. I tell my students when they are old like me they might remember five classes they took as undergrads. My goal as a teacher is to be one of them.
January 31, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This “5 classes question” guides my approach to teaching. I tell my students when they are old like me they might remember five classes they took as undergrads. My goal as a teacher is to be one of them.
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took at university:
Politics of Revolutions
American Political Thought
Ancient Philosophy
Free Will
Tai Chi
Politics of Revolutions
American Political Thought
Ancient Philosophy
Free Will
Tai Chi
January 31, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took at university:
Politics of Revolutions
American Political Thought
Ancient Philosophy
Free Will
Tai Chi
Politics of Revolutions
American Political Thought
Ancient Philosophy
Free Will
Tai Chi
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In a new Op-Ed in @thehill.com , CLF’s Daphene Altema-Johnson, @andrewtl.bsky.social & @ptand.bsky.social discuss how the 2025 Dietary Guidelines promote more meat & dairy—but what Americans really need is more fiber, which comes from foods like legumes. thehill.com/opinion/heal...
January 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In a new Op-Ed in @thehill.com , CLF’s Daphene Altema-Johnson, @andrewtl.bsky.social & @ptand.bsky.social discuss how the 2025 Dietary Guidelines promote more meat & dairy—but what Americans really need is more fiber, which comes from foods like legumes. thehill.com/opinion/heal...
I think the answer is in how Congress handled disputed elections in the past, esp. the 1870s and 1880s. Art 1, Sec 5: "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its own Members." What stops the GOP House refusing to seat Dem members, esp. in close races?
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I think the answer is in how Congress handled disputed elections in the past, esp. the 1870s and 1880s. Art 1, Sec 5: "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its own Members." What stops the GOP House refusing to seat Dem members, esp. in close races?
Lucky Strike in SoHo, circa 1995, I got an upward head nod from Willem Defoe.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Lucky Strike in SoHo, circa 1995, I got an upward head nod from Willem Defoe.
A colleague described a job applicant as “a cubic zirconia in the rough.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A colleague described a job applicant as “a cubic zirconia in the rough.”
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THE 2026 CHARLES H. LEVINE MEMORIAL BOOK PRIZE
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
(See thread below and attachment for nomination instructions):
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
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November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
THE 2026 CHARLES H. LEVINE MEMORIAL BOOK PRIZE
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
(See thread below and attachment for nomination instructions):
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
(See thread below and attachment for nomination instructions):
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Upcoming deadlines to apply to Syracuse U's great Qualitative and Multi-Method Research 2-week summer program! Fellowships available to cover the costs! Pls circulate widely!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Upcoming deadlines to apply to Syracuse U's great Qualitative and Multi-Method Research 2-week summer program! Fellowships available to cover the costs! Pls circulate widely!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
One challenge we face as political scientists is that the emerging disciplinary consensus is at odds with the regime's view of an unconstrained executive. It will become increasingly difficult to push against demands in higher ed for "viewpoint diversity" while staying true to our vocation.
The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
One challenge we face as political scientists is that the emerging disciplinary consensus is at odds with the regime's view of an unconstrained executive. It will become increasingly difficult to push against demands in higher ed for "viewpoint diversity" while staying true to our vocation.
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Early iterations of the Schedule F made the case that language in statute allowed the removal of civil service protections to senior officials.
Revised version leans into unitary executive theory: the civil service statute is unconstitutional. They are betting SCOTUS will go along.
Revised version leans into unitary executive theory: the civil service statute is unconstitutional. They are betting SCOTUS will go along.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Early iterations of the Schedule F made the case that language in statute allowed the removal of civil service protections to senior officials.
Revised version leans into unitary executive theory: the civil service statute is unconstitutional. They are betting SCOTUS will go along.
Revised version leans into unitary executive theory: the civil service statute is unconstitutional. They are betting SCOTUS will go along.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Here's the Eight Democratic Senators who voted to end the shutdown arrayed from left to right using their first dimension nominate scores. No real surprise. As many noted, Coons and Warner (both to the right of Kaine) are up for reelection in '26.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Here's the Eight Democratic Senators who voted to end the shutdown arrayed from left to right using their first dimension nominate scores. No real surprise. As many noted, Coons and Warner (both to the right of Kaine) are up for reelection in '26.
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Dems who voted with GOP on ending shutdown:
DURBIN
SHAHEEN
HASSAN
FETTERMAN
ROSEN
CORTEZ MASTO
KAINE
And KING (I)
On track for 60-40 vote
DURBIN
SHAHEEN
HASSAN
FETTERMAN
ROSEN
CORTEZ MASTO
KAINE
And KING (I)
On track for 60-40 vote
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Dems who voted with GOP on ending shutdown:
DURBIN
SHAHEEN
HASSAN
FETTERMAN
ROSEN
CORTEZ MASTO
KAINE
And KING (I)
On track for 60-40 vote
DURBIN
SHAHEEN
HASSAN
FETTERMAN
ROSEN
CORTEZ MASTO
KAINE
And KING (I)
On track for 60-40 vote
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Did you know gov shutdowns aren’t in the Constitution, any law, or Court ruling?
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
Why America’s Government Shutdowns Exist and How to End Them
One Legal Memo Created The Shutdown Era. Another Can End It.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Did you know gov shutdowns aren’t in the Constitution, any law, or Court ruling?
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
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Myths about our ancestors' meaty diets animate modern politics and culture wars about food and identity. But the history of human diets tells a different story about food's past and lets us be more rational about its future.
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The myth of the carnivore caveman
You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein.
www.vox.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Myths about our ancestors' meaty diets animate modern politics and culture wars about food and identity. But the history of human diets tells a different story about food's past and lets us be more rational about its future.
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Reading Umberto Eco’s “How to write a thesis” in my undergraduate honors seminar. Eco is a big believer in using index cards to catalog research, which prompted me to dig out my PhD notes from 30 years ago. Passed them around with my students like a sacred artifact from an analog past.
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reading Umberto Eco’s “How to write a thesis” in my undergraduate honors seminar. Eco is a big believer in using index cards to catalog research, which prompted me to dig out my PhD notes from 30 years ago. Passed them around with my students like a sacred artifact from an analog past.
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For a long time, Congress linked farm subsidies and food stamps when it passed a multi-year farm bill. That coalition is now effectively dead, but it is still worth noting which counties depend on farm subsidies, SNAP, or both.
October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
For a long time, Congress linked farm subsidies and food stamps when it passed a multi-year farm bill. That coalition is now effectively dead, but it is still worth noting which counties depend on farm subsidies, SNAP, or both.
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Was curious about the relationship between congressional district politics and SNAP recipients. While there are more households receiving SNAP in Harris-voting districts, there are more vulnerable people (kids, disabled and elderly) receiving them in Trump-voting ones. www.pbump.net/o/breaking-d...
Breaking down SNAP benefits by congressional district
Thanks to the government shutdown, participants in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) are not expected to receive that aid next month. The effects of this could be dire; SNAP, ofte...
www.pbump.net
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Was curious about the relationship between congressional district politics and SNAP recipients. While there are more households receiving SNAP in Harris-voting districts, there are more vulnerable people (kids, disabled and elderly) receiving them in Trump-voting ones. www.pbump.net/o/breaking-d...
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It’s not a dissertation, but there is a growing field of ethnography focused on how organizations accept outsider advice
Doing Corporate Ethnography as an Outsider (Consultant) | 11 | Advanci
This chapter explains Vidar Heps's account of experiences informed by doing ethnographic work for more than 20 years as an 'insider' employee at a large
www.taylorfrancis.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It’s not a dissertation, but there is a growing field of ethnography focused on how organizations accept outsider advice
Would you start a massive reno of your home if you were planning to move in three years? I didn't think so.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Would you start a massive reno of your home if you were planning to move in three years? I didn't think so.
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Congratulations, you're department chair.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Congratulations, you're department chair.
Re-upping this post from February showing location of fed employees by House district. The pain of a shutdown reaches far and wide.
Lots of GOP House members have large numbers of federal employees in their districts. Yes, DC metro is hardest hit by DOGE, but the pain from cuts will be felt across the country. crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Re-upping this post from February showing location of fed employees by House district. The pain of a shutdown reaches far and wide.