Dan Bowen
@bowendc.bsky.social
Political scientist and Public Policy Graduate Director @TCNJ.
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From The Archives: ‘We Will Never Speak Of This Again,’ Says Trump To Mohammed Bin Salman As They Dump Khashoggi’s Body Into New Jersey River https://theonion.com/we-will-never-speak-of-this-again-says-trump-to-moha-1830547181/
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
From The Archives: ‘We Will Never Speak Of This Again,’ Says Trump To Mohammed Bin Salman As They Dump Khashoggi’s Body Into New Jersey River https://theonion.com/we-will-never-speak-of-this-again-says-trump-to-moha-1830547181/
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Reporter to MBS: "U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."
Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Reporter to MBS: "U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."
Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."
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A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?
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If the U.S. had 100 people, what would religious affiliation look like? 🧵👇
Find the full analysis here:
Find the full analysis here:
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious affiliations
If the U.S. had 100 people, 62 would be Christians, including 40 Protestants, 19 Catholics, two Latter-day Saints and two who identify with other Christian groups.
www.pewresearch.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If the U.S. had 100 people, what would religious affiliation look like? 🧵👇
Find the full analysis here:
Find the full analysis here:
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@thenewjerseyer.bsky.social has unearthed a crazy nugget here, from an interview with incoming NJ governor Mikie Sherrill. She clearly says that she stopped talking about building new housing, even though she thinks it's a good idea, because most every voter she spoke to hated the idea!! (1/5)
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@thenewjerseyer.bsky.social has unearthed a crazy nugget here, from an interview with incoming NJ governor Mikie Sherrill. She clearly says that she stopped talking about building new housing, even though she thinks it's a good idea, because most every voter she spoke to hated the idea!! (1/5)
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Turns out poor people spent a lot of money on tea and sugar *because they were poor* and that was their inadequate replacement for unaffordable things like cooking fuel, food with actual nutritional content, and enough calories to slave away over a loom for 12 hours.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Turns out poor people spent a lot of money on tea and sugar *because they were poor* and that was their inadequate replacement for unaffordable things like cooking fuel, food with actual nutritional content, and enough calories to slave away over a loom for 12 hours.
Bucks County, PA
Trump flipped Bucks County, a swing county in Pennsylvania, last year.
The GOP sheriff enthusiastically followed his lead, partnering with ICE to help Trump’s deportations.
Dems flipped the office by 11% last week, ousting the sheriff after promising to end the ICE contact.
The GOP sheriff enthusiastically followed his lead, partnering with ICE to help Trump’s deportations.
Dems flipped the office by 11% last week, ousting the sheriff after promising to end the ICE contact.
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Bucks County, PA
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
Yes. And it has had all sorts of cultural implications too. American evangelicalism is now largely white Southern Baptism spread across the country.
It cannot be overstated how much swallowing up the Dixiecrats post Civil Rights turned the GOP into a party of Southerners and turned everywhere governed by Republicans into the South.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Yes. And it has had all sorts of cultural implications too. American evangelicalism is now largely white Southern Baptism spread across the country.
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Attention pollsters, election nerds, and associated #MitofSKY folks: in honor of Ann Selzer's victory, @raygunsite.com has produced a run of "Polling is not a Crime" shirts.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Attention pollsters, election nerds, and associated #MitofSKY folks: in honor of Ann Selzer's victory, @raygunsite.com has produced a run of "Polling is not a Crime" shirts.
Order yours today!
Order yours today!
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A short #election 🧵- Democrats had historic victories across the nation; in Virginia they dominated. The outcomes are a strong repudiation of Trump who is a polarizing & unpopular figure in the face of high inflation, democratic erosion & a government shutdown voters largely blame on Republicans 1/
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A short #election 🧵- Democrats had historic victories across the nation; in Virginia they dominated. The outcomes are a strong repudiation of Trump who is a polarizing & unpopular figure in the face of high inflation, democratic erosion & a government shutdown voters largely blame on Republicans 1/
Hey, if Mr. Grand Nagus is out there going door-to-door, you can show up to vote on Tuesday.
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey, if Mr. Grand Nagus is out there going door-to-door, you can show up to vote on Tuesday.
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New Jersey early vote update as of Friday, with a same-day comparison to 2024 open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
New Jersey early vote update as of Friday, with a same-day comparison to 2024 open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
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It’s Halloween post your Worfs in jeans
October 31, 2024 at 4:46 PM
It’s Halloween post your Worfs in jeans
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1000%. But more specifically, what the founders didn't anticipate that leads these other folks to sublimate their own authority in deference to Trump, is partisanship.
The Founders anticipated the possibility of a corrupt, venal, lawbreaking, wannabe monarch president.
What they did not expect is numerous people achieving prominent national office and not wanting to guard their own power. The combo of ego to run but pathetic absence of ego in office stands out.
What they did not expect is numerous people achieving prominent national office and not wanting to guard their own power. The combo of ego to run but pathetic absence of ego in office stands out.
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
1000%. But more specifically, what the founders didn't anticipate that leads these other folks to sublimate their own authority in deference to Trump, is partisanship.
One county in NJ will be "monitored": Passaic County.
Passaic has the highest percentage of Latino/a residents in NJ and has a huge foreign-born population more generally (Paterson is the county seat). Press release provides no rationale beyond "transparency" and election integrity.
Passaic has the highest percentage of Latino/a residents in NJ and has a huge foreign-born population more generally (Paterson is the county seat). Press release provides no rationale beyond "transparency" and election integrity.
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
One county in NJ will be "monitored": Passaic County.
Passaic has the highest percentage of Latino/a residents in NJ and has a huge foreign-born population more generally (Paterson is the county seat). Press release provides no rationale beyond "transparency" and election integrity.
Passaic has the highest percentage of Latino/a residents in NJ and has a huge foreign-born population more generally (Paterson is the county seat). Press release provides no rationale beyond "transparency" and election integrity.
Voters across democracies are very sensitive to public officials enriching themselves on the public dime, likely b/c it suggests they are out to serve themselves instead of the public. It likely explains voter antipathy toward pay increases for officials and appeal of the wealthy class in elections.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Voters across democracies are very sensitive to public officials enriching themselves on the public dime, likely b/c it suggests they are out to serve themselves instead of the public. It likely explains voter antipathy toward pay increases for officials and appeal of the wealthy class in elections.
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The White House is a public building and a National Park, maintained by the National Park Service. The President is a tenant. He has zero authority to tear up this building.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The White House is a public building and a National Park, maintained by the National Park Service. The President is a tenant. He has zero authority to tear up this building.
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Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.
They're getting desperate for revenue.
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
They're getting desperate for revenue.
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To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
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Trump took office with a Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place, then announced a vision for Gaza as a US-owned resort, with most Palestinians living there gone. Israel restarted military ops in March and imposed famine. Thousands of dead Palestinians later, the Trump admin helped broker another ceasefire.
Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal
If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.
www.msnbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Trump took office with a Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place, then announced a vision for Gaza as a US-owned resort, with most Palestinians living there gone. Israel restarted military ops in March and imposed famine. Thousands of dead Palestinians later, the Trump admin helped broker another ceasefire.
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The regime is nervous. They know No Kings protests are widely appealing, deeply American, and unignorably large.
Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The regime is nervous. They know No Kings protests are widely appealing, deeply American, and unignorably large.
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By the time you get to the point where the Transportation Secretary is complaining about political protests, you know the administration is truly scared of the public backlash.
Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
By the time you get to the point where the Transportation Secretary is complaining about political protests, you know the administration is truly scared of the public backlash.
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On the blog: how to map hundreds of thousands of US Census blocks performantly with R and PMTiles.
This is the first in a three-post series on production mapping workflows for big spatial datasets with PMTiles.
Read the post: walker-data.com/post...
This is the first in a three-post series on production mapping workflows for big spatial datasets with PMTiles.
Read the post: walker-data.com/post...
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On the blog: how to map hundreds of thousands of US Census blocks performantly with R and PMTiles.
This is the first in a three-post series on production mapping workflows for big spatial datasets with PMTiles.
Read the post: walker-data.com/post...
This is the first in a three-post series on production mapping workflows for big spatial datasets with PMTiles.
Read the post: walker-data.com/post...