David Sousa
@djs60.bsky.social
Retired political scientist with expertise in US politics and environmental policy. Author (with Chris Klyza) of American Environmental Policy: Beyond Gridlock. Avid cross country skier, mediocre but enthusiastic mandolinist, and, alas, a Mariners fan
4 years of data, going back to 2020? I think you’d do better to
look back a few decades. I think I know what you’d see but am not sure. Are you?
look back a few decades. I think I know what you’d see but am not sure. Are you?
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
4 years of data, going back to 2020? I think you’d do better to
look back a few decades. I think I know what you’d see but am not sure. Are you?
look back a few decades. I think I know what you’d see but am not sure. Are you?
The Royal Scam, Steely Dan
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The Royal Scam, Steely Dan
I wonder….if Ds understand that they are facing minorities in the Senate pretty much forever, the preservation of the filibuster (however limited) might look like a good choice. Not my position, but that’s reality.
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I wonder….if Ds understand that they are facing minorities in the Senate pretty much forever, the preservation of the filibuster (however limited) might look like a good choice. Not my position, but that’s reality.
These are the best baseball conversations, all of the what ifs captured by The Baseball Project, a band fronted by an REM guy that does only baseball history. I offer you Buckner’s Bolero. open.spotify.com/track/4JTNao...
Buckner's Bolero
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November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
These are the best baseball conversations, all of the what ifs captured by The Baseball Project, a band fronted by an REM guy that does only baseball history. I offer you Buckner’s Bolero. open.spotify.com/track/4JTNao...
It is the time of shenanigans. Let’s hope.
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It is the time of shenanigans. Let’s hope.
I’ve read the report, quizzed people who know more about Congress than I ever will. Typically objections would be dealt with after the seating of the new members. But these are not typical times! I’d bet the house on a trainwreck.
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’ve read the report, quizzed people who know more about Congress than I ever will. Typically objections would be dealt with after the seating of the new members. But these are not typical times! I’d bet the house on a trainwreck.
I think that the old majority can delay and investigate contested elections. I don’t know how the Clerk would deal with this.
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I think that the old majority can delay and investigate contested elections. I don’t know how the Clerk would deal with this.
I’m not sure that’s the case. How does a new House organize itself? Members have to be sworn before they can elect a speaker. Constitution says that the House judges the qualifications of members, or those advanced for membership.
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’m not sure that’s the case. How does a new House organize itself? Members have to be sworn before they can elect a speaker. Constitution says that the House judges the qualifications of members, or those advanced for membership.
Wait until they refuse to seat Ds elected in “disputed” races in January 2027. That’s coming.
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Wait until they refuse to seat Ds elected in “disputed” races in January 2027. That’s coming.
The Sound and the Whining
September 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Sound and the Whining
This is a great loss. Good luck and please stay in the game
July 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a great loss. Good luck and please stay in the game
I wouldn’t discount the possibility that Trump collects embarrassing personal information that helps him hold people in line.
July 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wouldn’t discount the possibility that Trump collects embarrassing personal information that helps him hold people in line.
The political science of this, in a crude summary would hold that an elite consensus is mirrored in public consensus. Elite division yields public division. What’s happened with public messaging on nuclear power in the last 25 years?
June 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The political science of this, in a crude summary would hold that an elite consensus is mirrored in public consensus. Elite division yields public division. What’s happened with public messaging on nuclear power in the last 25 years?
Still true. She’s transforming the politics of WA 3 in ways that need to happen for Ds to win in places they need to win to gain the House and to have a prayer in the Senate
February 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Still true. She’s transforming the politics of WA 3 in ways that need to happen for Ds to win in places they need to win to gain the House and to have a prayer in the Senate
That’s a credit to her, right? She presented as a D people could support, and appropriately framed Kent as the fascist he is! Ds need to be competitive in rural areas. That’s going to create tension.
February 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
That’s a credit to her, right? She presented as a D people could support, and appropriately framed Kent as the fascist he is! Ds need to be competitive in rural areas. That’s going to create tension.
I think this is wrong. She’s about as constituency-service oriented a legislator as I’ve ever seen. Many of her constituents wouldn’t define what u might like her to do as “help.” It’s her, or somebody like her who’d vote to make Jeffries speaker, or a hard right R. See Joe Kent..
February 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I think this is wrong. She’s about as constituency-service oriented a legislator as I’ve ever seen. Many of her constituents wouldn’t define what u might like her to do as “help.” It’s her, or somebody like her who’d vote to make Jeffries speaker, or a hard right R. See Joe Kent..
Sorry, but come visit me in WA-3. This is not fertile ground for your politics, or mine. G-P loses her seat if you like her. She was hard-pressed to hold off a real fascist, twice. She’s doing what she needs to do to be competitive. We need her, more like her, like it or not.
February 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sorry, but come visit me in WA-3. This is not fertile ground for your politics, or mine. G-P loses her seat if you like her. She was hard-pressed to hold off a real fascist, twice. She’s doing what she needs to do to be competitive. We need her, more like her, like it or not.
I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer at 29, my first year as an asst prof. I’m 65. There’s life after!
December 21, 2024 at 3:27 AM
I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer at 29, my first year as an asst prof. I’m 65. There’s life after!
It’s that the price of eggs was so high for three weeks.
November 26, 2024 at 9:48 PM
It’s that the price of eggs was so high for three weeks.