Marci Harris
@marcidale.bsky.social
POPVOX Inc / POPVOX Foundation cofounder; JD/LLM; former congress staffer; past fellowships at HKS Ash Center, New America; taught poli sci / public policy at SJSU, USF
Reposted by Marci Harris
🚀 Join our Reboot Democracy Workshops this fall, an
@innovateus.bsky.social series led by @bethnoveck.bsky.social, and Danielle Allen, @harvardash.bsky.social
Real practitioners, real tools starts Sept 11! Learn more and register for workshops: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/reboot2...
@innovateus.bsky.social series led by @bethnoveck.bsky.social, and Danielle Allen, @harvardash.bsky.social
Real practitioners, real tools starts Sept 11! Learn more and register for workshops: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/reboot2...
September 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🚀 Join our Reboot Democracy Workshops this fall, an
@innovateus.bsky.social series led by @bethnoveck.bsky.social, and Danielle Allen, @harvardash.bsky.social
Real practitioners, real tools starts Sept 11! Learn more and register for workshops: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/reboot2...
@innovateus.bsky.social series led by @bethnoveck.bsky.social, and Danielle Allen, @harvardash.bsky.social
Real practitioners, real tools starts Sept 11! Learn more and register for workshops: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/reboot2...
*Attention public servants leaving service*
Departure Dialogues offers a meaningful way to pass along what you’ve learned about strengthening the programs you've spent years implementing, without the politics. Thank you for your service! 🫡popvox.org/departure
Departure Dialogues offers a meaningful way to pass along what you’ve learned about strengthening the programs you've spent years implementing, without the politics. Thank you for your service! 🫡popvox.org/departure
Departure Dialogues Project — POPVOX Foundation
Departure Dialogues captures insights from former federal employees to help Congress strengthen agency performance and close gaps between policy and practice.
popvox.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
*Attention public servants leaving service*
Departure Dialogues offers a meaningful way to pass along what you’ve learned about strengthening the programs you've spent years implementing, without the politics. Thank you for your service! 🫡popvox.org/departure
Departure Dialogues offers a meaningful way to pass along what you’ve learned about strengthening the programs you've spent years implementing, without the politics. Thank you for your service! 🫡popvox.org/departure
Stop saying this!
It is not the enlightened judo you think it is.
Militarized policing of urban centers in red states is a briar patch that some would be very happy to be thrown into. JUST. STOP.
It is not the enlightened judo you think it is.
Militarized policing of urban centers in red states is a briar patch that some would be very happy to be thrown into. JUST. STOP.
Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.
August 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Stop saying this!
It is not the enlightened judo you think it is.
Militarized policing of urban centers in red states is a briar patch that some would be very happy to be thrown into. JUST. STOP.
It is not the enlightened judo you think it is.
Militarized policing of urban centers in red states is a briar patch that some would be very happy to be thrown into. JUST. STOP.
Reposted by Marci Harris
There’s a widespread myth that Americans hate traffic cameras. It’s simply not true.
On the contrary, researchers have consistently found that Americans broadly support using automatic enforcement to curb crashes. And for good reason: It works.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
On the contrary, researchers have consistently found that Americans broadly support using automatic enforcement to curb crashes. And for good reason: It works.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
Automated Traffic Enforcement Is More Popular Than You Think
Cameras that ticket drivers who run red lights and speed are effective and widely popular with city residents. So why are they banned in so many places?
www.bloomberg.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
There’s a widespread myth that Americans hate traffic cameras. It’s simply not true.
On the contrary, researchers have consistently found that Americans broadly support using automatic enforcement to curb crashes. And for good reason: It works.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
On the contrary, researchers have consistently found that Americans broadly support using automatic enforcement to curb crashes. And for good reason: It works.
Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
I have had SO many questions about the Abundance™️ debates & at times felt aligned, at times opposed, confused, excited… and SO lost for a clear definition. This new piece from @niskanencenter.bsky.social’s Steve Teles on “Abundance Varieties” is SO clarifying!
www.niskanencenter.org/abundance-va...
www.niskanencenter.org/abundance-va...
Varieties of Abundance - Niskanen Center
We will know that abundance has succeeded when there is a proliferation of “abundances,” different governing projects attached to previously existing ideologies, interests, and parties.
www.niskanencenter.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I have had SO many questions about the Abundance™️ debates & at times felt aligned, at times opposed, confused, excited… and SO lost for a clear definition. This new piece from @niskanencenter.bsky.social’s Steve Teles on “Abundance Varieties” is SO clarifying!
www.niskanencenter.org/abundance-va...
www.niskanencenter.org/abundance-va...
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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Smart update for Login.gov!
(& yes am speaking from personal experience as someone still having issues w/ new drivers license being mailed to correct address & having perfectly good passport for ID verification)
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
(& yes am speaking from personal experience as someone still having issues w/ new drivers license being mailed to correct address & having perfectly good passport for ID verification)
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
The public’s one account for government.
| Login.gov
Use one account and password for secure, private access to participating government agencies.
Login.gov
August 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Smart update for Login.gov!
(& yes am speaking from personal experience as someone still having issues w/ new drivers license being mailed to correct address & having perfectly good passport for ID verification)
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
(& yes am speaking from personal experience as someone still having issues w/ new drivers license being mailed to correct address & having perfectly good passport for ID verification)
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
Perfect:
“I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit. I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
“I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit. I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
August 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Perfect:
“I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit. I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
“I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit. I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
More of this please!
“After some delays, the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will launch on Aug. 18, 2025, running twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile. This route will include stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.”
“After some delays, the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will launch on Aug. 18, 2025, running twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile. This route will include stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.”
OPINION: 'When we invest in transit infrastructure, we invest in education, jobs, health care and—ultimately—a better quality of life for all Mississippians," Dr. Selika Sweet writes.
Opinion | Amtrak’s Return to the Gulf Coast Is a Game-Changer
Dr. Selika Sweet writes about the economic growth that may come to Mississippi from the return of the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service.
buff.ly
August 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
More of this please!
“After some delays, the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will launch on Aug. 18, 2025, running twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile. This route will include stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.”
“After some delays, the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will launch on Aug. 18, 2025, running twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile. This route will include stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.”
Good to know, actually:
"Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHitler happened."
www.wired.com/story/xai-gr...
"Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHitler happened."
www.wired.com/story/xai-gr...
xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHilter happened.
www.wired.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Good to know, actually:
"Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHitler happened."
www.wired.com/story/xai-gr...
"Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHitler happened."
www.wired.com/story/xai-gr...
Shared some thoughts on the ratcheting up of redistricting rhetoric between Texas and California, which illustrates "The Reformer's Dilemma" (unilateral reform creates a strategic disadvantage for reformers)
open.substack.com/pub/reconsti...
open.substack.com/pub/reconsti...
The Fairness Trap: California’s Redistricting Commission and the Reformer’s Dilemma
California played fair in a game where everyone else played to win. Now it's rethinking whether it can afford to keep doing so.
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Shared some thoughts on the ratcheting up of redistricting rhetoric between Texas and California, which illustrates "The Reformer's Dilemma" (unilateral reform creates a strategic disadvantage for reformers)
open.substack.com/pub/reconsti...
open.substack.com/pub/reconsti...
REALLY ominous crossing of a threshold here with Grok going even beyond passive bias to actually *asserting* a point of view and issuing calls to action
July 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
REALLY ominous crossing of a threshold here with Grok going even beyond passive bias to actually *asserting* a point of view and issuing calls to action
How does one get on this mailing list?
July 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
How does one get on this mailing list?
And THIS is a very good use for LLMs 👇
1 o'my controversial views is that it's neither practical nor desirable for Congress to actually read bills. People are familiar w/the idea that politicians lie, but I think people mostly assume that's restricted to interactions w/the public, & don't realize it extends to actual legislative language
Again, we want to emphasize this for every voter who believes in an informed Congress passing bills that are supposed to be in the interest of the country, if they voted yes without reading it, you need to replace them. They get paid $174k a year with benefits for life and can't bother to read bills
July 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
And THIS is a very good use for LLMs 👇
My very non-ag boyfriend when I ask if he knows what that machine is cutting the wheat:
“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂
“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂
July 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My very non-ag boyfriend when I ask if he knows what that machine is cutting the wheat:
“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂
“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂
Reposted by Marci Harris
“To be serious about reclaiming its constitutional role, Congress must start by rebuilding its own capacity.” - @marcidale.bsky.social
thehill.com/opinion/cong...
thehill.com/opinion/cong...
A year after Loper Bright, Congress has failed to step up
Rules on everything from firearm bump stocks to environmental permitting are being invalidated or reopened, but Congress has taken no meaningful steps to review or update those laws and is now acti…
thehill.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“To be serious about reclaiming its constitutional role, Congress must start by rebuilding its own capacity.” - @marcidale.bsky.social
thehill.com/opinion/cong...
thehill.com/opinion/cong...
On the 1-yr anniversary of SCOTUS overturning the Chevron doctrine, Congress has not only failed to step up, but is now slashing sources of nonpartisan expertise. The First Branch is sadly validating critics & failing the Loper Bright test.
t.co/Es622hMHPP
t.co/Es622hMHPP
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5374349-a-year-after-loper-bright-congress-has-failed-to-step-up/
t.co
June 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
On the 1-yr anniversary of SCOTUS overturning the Chevron doctrine, Congress has not only failed to step up, but is now slashing sources of nonpartisan expertise. The First Branch is sadly validating critics & failing the Loper Bright test.
t.co/Es622hMHPP
t.co/Es622hMHPP
Spare a thought for the Senate clerks, parls, SAA staff, pages, & other nonpartisan staff spending their weekend in OBBB land
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#Senate floor update: Reading of the substitute amendment to H.R. 1 began at 11:08 p.m.
At 4:08 a.m., after 5 hours and of reading, we are at page 257 of 940.
At 4:08 a.m., after 5 hours and of reading, we are at page 257 of 940.
June 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Spare a thought for the Senate clerks, parls, SAA staff, pages, & other nonpartisan staff spending their weekend in OBBB land
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Something something Loper Bright…
June 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Something something Loper Bright…
Did someone already do the “Dr. Pep-per” joke yet?
We’re proud to award an honorary doctorate to Pep Guardiola for his incredible impact on Manchester - on and off the pitch. @mancity.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Did someone already do the “Dr. Pep-per” joke yet?
Reposted by Marci Harris
One morning, sitting in an immigration office in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen found himself transformed. A day before, he was a welding foreman, a husband and father of four.
Now, he was a detainee, bound and shackled in a detention shuttle in Tennessee.
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-...
Now, he was a detainee, bound and shackled in a detention shuttle in Tennessee.
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-...
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
One morning, sitting in an immigration office in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen found himself transformed. A day before, he was a welding foreman, a husband and father of four.
Now, he was a detainee, bound and shackled in a detention shuttle in Tennessee.
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-...
Now, he was a detainee, bound and shackled in a detention shuttle in Tennessee.
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-...
Reposted by Marci Harris
The solution here is that we need to treat governance as a critical job that demands physical stamina and presence. We need to normalize requiring the disclosure of health limitations from those who are responsible for national security, the economy, etc.
May 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The solution here is that we need to treat governance as a critical job that demands physical stamina and presence. We need to normalize requiring the disclosure of health limitations from those who are responsible for national security, the economy, etc.