Jenny Shen
@jennyqshen.bsky.social
Human to Peli. Content Regulation, GenAI, Child Safety, Privacy, etc. Attorney @Google. Formerly @EA; @HoganLovells; @BrennanCenter. Views my own.
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Cowards gonna coward.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Cowards gonna coward.
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basic problem is none of these folks is capable of saying “i was wrong”
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
basic problem is none of these folks is capable of saying “i was wrong”
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Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
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I think this take on the sandwich guy trial is correct. our system is built assuming that prosecutors will show appropriate restraint. the sandwich guy case went on for way too long and that in and if itself should be raising alarm bells www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I think this take on the sandwich guy trial is correct. our system is built assuming that prosecutors will show appropriate restraint. the sandwich guy case went on for way too long and that in and if itself should be raising alarm bells www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
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what's there to say, really?
This just into the newsroom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
what's there to say, really?
Dem Leadership should take note!
Did you know gov shutdowns aren’t in the Constitution, any law, or Court ruling?
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
They exist because of a 1980 OLC memo—a lawyer’s opinion that everyone just went along with. Before 1980, funding gaps didn’t cause shutdowns.
What one memo created, another can undo. How the next D admin can undo it:
Why America’s Government Shutdowns Exist and How to End Them
One Legal Memo Created The Shutdown Era. Another Can End It.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Dem Leadership should take note!
The next Democratic president can fix the evergreen government shutdown crisis: "It’s a systematic disadvantage they must fix when they have the power to do so ... No negotiation. No compromise. Just restore the system that worked for a century."
Read: data4democracy.substack.com/p/why-americ...
Read: data4democracy.substack.com/p/why-americ...
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The next Democratic president can fix the evergreen government shutdown crisis: "It’s a systematic disadvantage they must fix when they have the power to do so ... No negotiation. No compromise. Just restore the system that worked for a century."
Read: data4democracy.substack.com/p/why-americ...
Read: data4democracy.substack.com/p/why-americ...
It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me
it me, the workplace ruiner
many people are saying!
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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So proud of the students who led Stanford's 5th Democracy Day yesterday.
"Where democracy sprouts, university students are seldom far from its source. Search for democracy’s turning points—from Prague to Seoul, from Soweto to Santiago—and the pattern repeats: students move first, nations follow."
"Where democracy sprouts, university students are seldom far from its source. Search for democracy’s turning points—from Prague to Seoul, from Soweto to Santiago—and the pattern repeats: students move first, nations follow."
From the Community | Stanford's place in a global tradition of student democratic participation
Political science professor Adam Bonica writes about the importance of Democracy Day and its place in history of student protests.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So proud of the students who led Stanford's 5th Democracy Day yesterday.
"Where democracy sprouts, university students are seldom far from its source. Search for democracy’s turning points—from Prague to Seoul, from Soweto to Santiago—and the pattern repeats: students move first, nations follow."
"Where democracy sprouts, university students are seldom far from its source. Search for democracy’s turning points—from Prague to Seoul, from Soweto to Santiago—and the pattern repeats: students move first, nations follow."
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Have you voted yet?
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Have you voted yet?
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Fantastic article explaining why candidates can no longer outrun their party.
@leedrutman.bsky.social is absolutely right, electoral reform is needed to break the two party doom loop and he has a clear plan. In the short run, Dems can break out of the left-right frame by running on anti-corruption.
@leedrutman.bsky.social is absolutely right, electoral reform is needed to break the two party doom loop and he has a clear plan. In the short run, Dems can break out of the left-right frame by running on anti-corruption.
I jump into the moderation debate. I agree with @adambonica.bsky.social and @gelliottmorris.com on the methodology, but I want to draw attention to a bigger issue. The collapse of candidate effects generally.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Fantastic article explaining why candidates can no longer outrun their party.
@leedrutman.bsky.social is absolutely right, electoral reform is needed to break the two party doom loop and he has a clear plan. In the short run, Dems can break out of the left-right frame by running on anti-corruption.
@leedrutman.bsky.social is absolutely right, electoral reform is needed to break the two party doom loop and he has a clear plan. In the short run, Dems can break out of the left-right frame by running on anti-corruption.
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“Deciding to Win' also displays little awareness of what winning elections is for. There is an obvious reason why the Democratic Party ought not abandon its commitment to preventing the climate crisis," writes @davekarpf.bsky.social. Excellent piece. newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Why Centrist Democrats Keep Being Wrong About Elections
A new 60-page report insists the party is too radical. But the problem isn’t the party platform. The problem is the broader environment.
newrepublic.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Deciding to Win' also displays little awareness of what winning elections is for. There is an obvious reason why the Democratic Party ought not abandon its commitment to preventing the climate crisis," writes @davekarpf.bsky.social. Excellent piece. newrepublic.com/article/2023...
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It’s a sign of the times that the people who funded the WelcomePAC report that’s telling Democrats they are “out of touch” with ordinary Americans are mostly billionaires, hedge fund managers, VCs, and corporate execs.
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It’s a sign of the times that the people who funded the WelcomePAC report that’s telling Democrats they are “out of touch” with ordinary Americans are mostly billionaires, hedge fund managers, VCs, and corporate execs.
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California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
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This is brutal
Look. It would be great if there was one simple trick for winning elections. But 'just be more moderate' isn't it.
In fact, you can use the NYT's exact method to 'prove' a 'Progressive Advantage' of +1.4 pts.
This piece shows what's really going on: funded candidates do better than unfunded ones.
In fact, you can use the NYT's exact method to 'prove' a 'Progressive Advantage' of +1.4 pts.
This piece shows what's really going on: funded candidates do better than unfunded ones.
The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion
After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is brutal
Yep
For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again.
Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
Fire The Consultants
The Democratic party must move on from the same old stale, carefully poll-tested politics and get back to solving voters' problems.
There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Democra...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Yep
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If you are reading this piece today, you may be interested to know that I found Adam Bonica on moderate candidates compelling. Ht @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you are reading this piece today, you may be interested to know that I found Adam Bonica on moderate candidates compelling. Ht @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
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If I were a betting man—like Nate is—I’d put my money on Grumbach and Bonica every time. Bonica is famously a very modest guy, so he won’t say this, but it’s wild he still has to explain basic stats to people who think they’re his equals and then they still speak w/ such certainty. Just crazy stuff.
If you had told me in college that Nate Silver, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2009, would eventually be reduced to cursing me and a coauthor out on a podcast and writing a whole angry article about us, I woulda been like damn, poor guy, sending love and support
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If I were a betting man—like Nate is—I’d put my money on Grumbach and Bonica every time. Bonica is famously a very modest guy, so he won’t say this, but it’s wild he still has to explain basic stats to people who think they’re his equals and then they still speak w/ such certainty. Just crazy stuff.
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The NYT editorial board told Democrats that they must discard populism be more “centrist” to win. Stanford’s @adambonica.bsky.social ran the data that the NYT used and shows that the entire premise is false.
The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion
After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The NYT editorial board told Democrats that they must discard populism be more “centrist” to win. Stanford’s @adambonica.bsky.social ran the data that the NYT used and shows that the entire premise is false.
Felt like the right time to re-read this:
“Movements that abandon their core supporters in pursuit of mythical moderate voters often end up with neither … the authentic moral voice that might actually persuade the persuadable gets replaced by calculated positioning that convinces no one.”
“Movements that abandon their core supporters in pursuit of mythical moderate voters often end up with neither … the authentic moral voice that might actually persuade the persuadable gets replaced by calculated positioning that convinces no one.”
The entire piece is worth a read.
"The evidence suggests that compromising on basic humanity doesn’t broaden coalitions; it hollows them out. The work now is to find ways to expand our reach without abandoning our foundation—to bridge gaps, yes, but never at the expense of our neighbor’s humanity."
"The evidence suggests that compromising on basic humanity doesn’t broaden coalitions; it hollows them out. The work now is to find ways to expand our reach without abandoning our foundation—to bridge gaps, yes, but never at the expense of our neighbor’s humanity."
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Felt like the right time to re-read this:
“Movements that abandon their core supporters in pursuit of mythical moderate voters often end up with neither … the authentic moral voice that might actually persuade the persuadable gets replaced by calculated positioning that convinces no one.”
“Movements that abandon their core supporters in pursuit of mythical moderate voters often end up with neither … the authentic moral voice that might actually persuade the persuadable gets replaced by calculated positioning that convinces no one.”
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
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NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
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Very proud of my pal’s public work.
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The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion
After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
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One tactic these data guys use online is to dismiss academic work they don’t like by calling it “overly complex” or “disconnected from reality.” I call this anti-rigor propaganda. It’s a move to sour people on serious scholarship when you don’t have better evidence.
Adam addresses it in the piece.
Adam addresses it in the piece.
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One tactic these data guys use online is to dismiss academic work they don’t like by calling it “overly complex” or “disconnected from reality.” I call this anti-rigor propaganda. It’s a move to sour people on serious scholarship when you don’t have better evidence.
Adam addresses it in the piece.
Adam addresses it in the piece.