Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD
@elizabethbitmeehan.com
Transparency, regulation, business & interest group politics, and polisci metascience. Run @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG. Go 'Cats. Always a Midwest Princess 👑
also if not breitbart why breitbart shaped
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
also if not breitbart why breitbart shaped
The top search that’s fed to me when I go to Google right now:
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The top search that’s fed to me when I go to Google right now:
The government is the information collector of last resort, national vital statistics edition:
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i’m not sure the US can still produce national vital statistics (live births, deaths, etc). this is a shocking thing to say for a high income nation. very short thread.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The government is the information collector of last resort, national vital statistics edition:
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If Dems accept this deal, it will help the GOP cement the following ideas into the public conscience over the coming 4 weeks:
-Shutdown was Dems fault/responsibility
-They did it for nothing
-They caved to Trump
Having accepted responsibility, it will also cripple them in the follow up debate.
-Shutdown was Dems fault/responsibility
-They did it for nothing
-They caved to Trump
Having accepted responsibility, it will also cripple them in the follow up debate.
First, I will say this: never believe an Axios backed story with only a Thune test vote schedule.
That being said, for obvious reasons to anyone who sees my posts regularly, I don't think a deal is a good idea for Dems, but the rumored deal seems pretty poor even factoring in my priors against.
That being said, for obvious reasons to anyone who sees my posts regularly, I don't think a deal is a good idea for Dems, but the rumored deal seems pretty poor even factoring in my priors against.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
get in loser, we’re doing politics by regenerating civil society and its connections with political organizations
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November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
get in loser, we’re doing politics by regenerating civil society and its connections with political organizations
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November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Who is buying these tranches of data center leases? When those buyers start to go belly up from investments in bad financial instruments...
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Who is buying these tranches of data center leases? When those buyers start to go belly up from investments in bad financial instruments...
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
post-halloween good vibes - I saw more people out of all ages last night than I have in DC for a while
November 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
post-halloween good vibes - I saw more people out of all ages last night than I have in DC for a while
yeah I was hoping for a why too
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
yeah I was hoping for a why too