Chris Nehls
@nehls.bsky.social
Senior advisor @americalabs Congressional reform, democracy, civic tech. US History PhD. 3x Wahoo. Back from Japan. Let's Go Mets. 🏀. wants to know the exact dimensions of hell
if you're interested in how Pelosi centralized control of the House like no other Speaker, I recommend Josh Huder's essay www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: A Master of the House
This article analyzes the record of Nancy Pelosi’s four terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives. It evaluates her performance through three main lenses: as a party leader, institutional leade...
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
if you're interested in how Pelosi centralized control of the House like no other Speaker, I recommend Josh Huder's essay www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
Sounds better than Whole Foods, where the employees are all other shoppers filling instacart orders.
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sounds better than Whole Foods, where the employees are all other shoppers filling instacart orders.
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We should all ask ourselves: what are we willing to sacrifice to uphold the rule of law and ensure Congress's constitutional power of the purse is upheld? For me, some flight cancellations is not too high a price to pay. (If we were in France, we'd have had general strikes far earlier.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We should all ask ourselves: what are we willing to sacrifice to uphold the rule of law and ensure Congress's constitutional power of the purse is upheld? For me, some flight cancellations is not too high a price to pay. (If we were in France, we'd have had general strikes far earlier.)
Honestly, constituent service should mostly be centralized
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Honestly, constituent service should mostly be centralized
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Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.