Dallin Overstreet
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Dallin Overstreet
@dloverstreet.bsky.social
Football and public policy guy.

I love diving into data on safety net programs to figure out how to make them more effective and efficient!

PhD Public Admin and Policy @ ASU 2025 🔱 | Check me out on Substack!
https://open.substack.com/pub/polimetrics
California’s unemployment insurance program is still in debt from pandemic era loans, causing employer UI payroll taxes to be higher than what is normal.

How solvent is your state’s program?

polimetrics.substack.com/p/americas-l...

#recession #taxes #unemployment
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
When the federal government shut down at the start of October, the Trump administration promised it would start cutting “Democrat programs”.

Learn which grants and congressional districts have been hit hardest!

polimetrics.substack.com/p/the-politi...
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
ICE 287(g) agreements grew 8x in 9 months, but they didn’t spread randomly.

Counties copy their neighbors. When one sheriff signs, nearby counties follow suit. The maps show it clearly: wave after wave of regional clusters.

Read the full analysis here: polimetrics.substack.com/p/copying-th...
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM