Bill Wilkerson
@bwilker.bsky.social
Political scientist, upstate NY, cycling, soccer
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The unitary executive can set the curriculum at Harvard, order the owners to change the names of professional sports teams, throw his enemies in prison, close a Cabinet-level Department, but he is powerless to ask the sycophants he put in place in the FBI and DOJ to release the Epstein files.
Reporter: Why doesn’t the President just order the FBI to release the full Epstein files?
Leavitt: The President has said if the DOJ/FBI want to move forward with releasing any credible evidence, they should do so. As to why they have not—you should ask the FBI
Leavitt: The President has said if the DOJ/FBI want to move forward with releasing any credible evidence, they should do so. As to why they have not—you should ask the FBI
July 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The unitary executive can set the curriculum at Harvard, order the owners to change the names of professional sports teams, throw his enemies in prison, close a Cabinet-level Department, but he is powerless to ask the sycophants he put in place in the FBI and DOJ to release the Epstein files.
I love soccer. But FIFA is a truly horrible organization.
FIFA has decided not to show any videos, signage or marketing assets in venues hosting the Club World Cup in the United States which explicitly mention challenging racism or discrimination.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I love soccer. But FIFA is a truly horrible organization.
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Hey, hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hey, hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?
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A deeply frustrating aspect of our current stupid trade war is that this eventuality has been perfectly predictable for years and Congress left the Chekhov's gun of tariff emergency powers just sitting there b/c neither party wants to disempower the presidency even a little bit
February 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A deeply frustrating aspect of our current stupid trade war is that this eventuality has been perfectly predictable for years and Congress left the Chekhov's gun of tariff emergency powers just sitting there b/c neither party wants to disempower the presidency even a little bit
Reposted by Bill Wilkerson
A public facing piece published this past summer by LSE US Politics and Policy blog, grounded in research on women governors done with @bwilker.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
There are blockages in the gubernatorial pipeline which discourage women from running
While more women than ever are running for – and winning – US state governorships, they still run at lower rates than men. In new research, William R. Wilkerson and Alana S. Jeydel look…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A public facing piece published this past summer by LSE US Politics and Policy blog, grounded in research on women governors done with @bwilker.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Polisky
New article with @politicsprofasj.bsky.social, "Why aren’t more women on the gubernatorial ballot?" is now posted on the @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social website. Open access thanks to funding from SUNY Oneonta and Fresno City College. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article with @politicsprofasj.bsky.social, "Why aren’t more women on the gubernatorial ballot?" is now posted on the @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social website. Open access thanks to funding from SUNY Oneonta and Fresno City College. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why aren’t more women on the gubernatorial ballot?
Although women now occupy a record number of governorships and the number of women running for governor has increased significantly in the last four years, women still run for governor at lower rat...
www.tandfonline.com
April 3, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Polisky
New article with @politicsprofasj.bsky.social, "Why aren’t more women on the gubernatorial ballot?" is now posted on the @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social website. Open access thanks to funding from SUNY Oneonta and Fresno City College. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article with @politicsprofasj.bsky.social, "Why aren’t more women on the gubernatorial ballot?" is now posted on the @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social website. Open access thanks to funding from SUNY Oneonta and Fresno City College. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
4/4 Does anyone know of any likely explanations? Johnson said again this weekend he doesn't have a bank account. He says a person of modest means.
November 5, 2023 at 6:46 PM
4/4 Does anyone know of any likely explanations? Johnson said again this weekend he doesn't have a bank account. He says a person of modest means.
3/4 The federal government generally requires direct deposit, typically a bank account. (Maybe members are exempt from this?) He does report mortgages. It is tough to get a mortgage without bank statements. This is really strange.
November 5, 2023 at 6:46 PM
3/4 The federal government generally requires direct deposit, typically a bank account. (Maybe members are exempt from this?) He does report mortgages. It is tough to get a mortgage without bank statements. This is really strange.
2/4 The FDIC says 2.7% of households making $75k or more are unbanked. For white households above 75K, it is 0.3%. Aside from lack of money, the most common reasons for not having a bank account are a lack of faith in the banking system and a desire for privacy.
November 5, 2023 at 6:45 PM
2/4 The FDIC says 2.7% of households making $75k or more are unbanked. For white households above 75K, it is 0.3%. Aside from lack of money, the most common reasons for not having a bank account are a lack of faith in the banking system and a desire for privacy.
1/4 Mike Johnson's financial disclosure have made me wonder how common it is for someone who makes at least $174k (the salary of US House members) don't have a bank account. This 2021 FDIC study reports it is unusual. www.fdic.gov/analysis/hou...
November 5, 2023 at 6:45 PM
1/4 Mike Johnson's financial disclosure have made me wonder how common it is for someone who makes at least $174k (the salary of US House members) don't have a bank account. This 2021 FDIC study reports it is unusual. www.fdic.gov/analysis/hou...