Jason McDaniel
@valisjason.bsky.social
Political scientist at San Francisco State University
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What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
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We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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Good breakdown from @kimwehle.bsky.social on what to do about the pardon power within the limits of its constitutional hard-coding. @theunpopulist.net
Congress Can Toughen Existing Laws to Expose Trump’s Pardon-for-Sale Racket
The Supreme Court’s immunity ruling gave presidents a free pass for corruption, but Congress can still demand transparency
www.theunpopulist.net
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Good breakdown from @kimwehle.bsky.social on what to do about the pardon power within the limits of its constitutional hard-coding. @theunpopulist.net
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I mean I did have other things to do today but fine www.theverge.com/business/828...
Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
The Streisand Effect strikes again
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I mean I did have other things to do today but fine www.theverge.com/business/828...
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Congrats, Rand Paul, you’ve invented health insurance companies.
Rand Paul: "What is the Republican plan for healthcare? My plan would allow for people to buy their insurance through a collective. Basically to buy their insurance through Costco or Sam's Club or Amazon."
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Congrats, Rand Paul, you’ve invented health insurance companies.
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“Experimental data from largest online survey of Irish Americans reveal learning about African Americans with Irish ancestry reduces prejudice among white Irish Americans who identify with Irish American identity, and effects are mostly driven by Republicans…” www.jasmineenglish.net/uploads/1/4/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Experimental data from largest online survey of Irish Americans reveal learning about African Americans with Irish ancestry reduces prejudice among white Irish Americans who identify with Irish American identity, and effects are mostly driven by Republicans…” www.jasmineenglish.net/uploads/1/4/...
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Turns out Originalism didn’t start as a reaction to the Warren Court or Brown but as a tool to argue the 15th Amendment was either invalid or didn’t apply to the states. Here’s the real birth story of the doctrine (discovered by a real historian): www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/11/orig...
Originalism's Racist Birth and Subsequent Death
A few weeks ago at the Federalist Society National Convention, Judge Patrick Bumatay of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decla...
www.dorfonlaw.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Turns out Originalism didn’t start as a reaction to the Warren Court or Brown but as a tool to argue the 15th Amendment was either invalid or didn’t apply to the states. Here’s the real birth story of the doctrine (discovered by a real historian): www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/11/orig...
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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We also have a non-academic version of the paper written up over here at the @brennancenter.org:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Growing Racial Disparities in Voter Turnout, 2008–2022
The gap is increasing nationwide, especially in counties that had been subject to federal oversight until the Supreme Court invalidated preclearance in 2013.
www.brennancenter.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We also have a non-academic version of the paper written up over here at the @brennancenter.org:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Haven't read the paper so far but will say (as many have said) that if you make it harder for a group to vote and they keep voting at the same rate...it means that they're paying a cost somehow, whether it's in money or time or aggravation or whatever. And likely also true if they do vote less.
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Haven't read the paper so far but will say (as many have said) that if you make it harder for a group to vote and they keep voting at the same rate...it means that they're paying a cost somehow, whether it's in money or time or aggravation or whatever. And likely also true if they do vote less.
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Giving MTG a 21 space laser salute
a red light beam is coming out of a black object in the dark .
ALT: a red light beam is coming out of a black object in the dark .
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Giving MTG a 21 space laser salute
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Trump is going to be inspired to create a string of government owned grocery stores, but they're going to be named "Trump's" and only sell Trump brand products and they will be the only place that accepts SNAP benefits, which he will increase, but also everything will cost 3x as much
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Trump is going to be inspired to create a string of government owned grocery stores, but they're going to be named "Trump's" and only sell Trump brand products and they will be the only place that accepts SNAP benefits, which he will increase, but also everything will cost 3x as much
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political scientists: anyone know of research on affective polarization among the electorate at state and local levels of govt?
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
political scientists: anyone know of research on affective polarization among the electorate at state and local levels of govt?
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Texas Files Emergency Supreme Court Motion to Stay District Court Order Throwing Out 2026 Gerrymandered Maps for Congressional Elections; Justice Alito Asks for Response by Monday at 5 pm ET: What Should We Expect at SCOTUS and When? electionlawblog.org?p=153164
Texas Files Emergency Supreme Court Motion to Stay District Court Order Throwing Out 2026 Gerrymandered Maps for Congressional Elections; Justice Alito Asks for Response by Monday at 5 pm ET: What Sho...
The State of Texas, as expected, has filed an application for a stay at the Supreme Court of the 2-1 racial gerrymandering decision issued earlier this week (over a fiery dissent by Judge Smith). Just...
electionlawblog.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Texas Files Emergency Supreme Court Motion to Stay District Court Order Throwing Out 2026 Gerrymandered Maps for Congressional Elections; Justice Alito Asks for Response by Monday at 5 pm ET: What Should We Expect at SCOTUS and When? electionlawblog.org?p=153164
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It's extremely bad for left politics that we are apparently incapable of doing the internal hygiene required to keep these vicious bullies from claiming the mantle of "leftism"
Felt the need to share my journal entry today. Don't know why. Here it is, make of it what you will.
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It's extremely bad for left politics that we are apparently incapable of doing the internal hygiene required to keep these vicious bullies from claiming the mantle of "leftism"
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Moderation as a strategy, "It's tapped out. There are no gains left to be had. ....I see anti-corruption as this very open lane for realignment," says @adambonica.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Transcript: Anti-Corruption Politics Are The Way to Crush Trumpism
Stanford political scientist Adam Bonica says trying to be more moderate is a dead end for Democrats and the solution is for the party to be seen as fighting against corruption, oligarchy and other il...
newrepublic.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Moderation as a strategy, "It's tapped out. There are no gains left to be had. ....I see anti-corruption as this very open lane for realignment," says @adambonica.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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In changing his position on the Epstein files, Donald Trump shows why he’s a terrible political ally for Republicans—and he also might be hurting himself, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
Trump’s Epstein-Files Punt
The president’s about-face shows how he’s a terrible ally—but he may be hurting himself too.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In changing his position on the Epstein files, Donald Trump shows why he’s a terrible political ally for Republicans—and he also might be hurting himself, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
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As Trump again ramps up attacks on judges as biased, consider: his own appointees rule against his admin 49% of the time. Republican appointees 65%. Reporters should ask: If the judiciary is biased, why do the judges he picked keep ruling against him?
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
As Trump again ramps up attacks on judges as biased, consider: his own appointees rule against his admin 49% of the time. Republican appointees 65%. Reporters should ask: If the judiciary is biased, why do the judges he picked keep ruling against him?
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Ford's last deployment was a record 257 days long (extended 3 times). It's now been at sea for about 147 days. Gives you a sense that there's a clock ticking in the background, that if you're going to use the Ford's air wing, it's going to be sooner rather than later
"This marks the largest U.S. military presence in the Caribbean in decades, with nearly 20% of the Navy’s deployed warships in the region"
Gerald R. Ford strike group enters Caribbean Sea
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group transited the Anegada Passage and entered the Caribbean Sea.
www.stripes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ford's last deployment was a record 257 days long (extended 3 times). It's now been at sea for about 147 days. Gives you a sense that there's a clock ticking in the background, that if you're going to use the Ford's air wing, it's going to be sooner rather than later
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Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy
After I wrote this “status interview” piece on Tuesday, I heard from...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
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"The low-stakes Strange New Worlds was in search of a more ambitious thesis than 'Star Trek was already great.'"
Adam Kotsko reviews season 3 of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/strange-new-lows/
Adam Kotsko reviews season 3 of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/strange-new-lows/
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"The low-stakes Strange New Worlds was in search of a more ambitious thesis than 'Star Trek was already great.'"
Adam Kotsko reviews season 3 of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/strange-new-lows/
Adam Kotsko reviews season 3 of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/strange-new-lows/
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Rolexes didn’t exist so it was impossible for the founders to have considered accepting them to be a violation of the Emoluments Clause.
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Rolexes didn’t exist so it was impossible for the founders to have considered accepting them to be a violation of the Emoluments Clause.