Christian A. Meissner

It was a pleasure to offer this talk for @CINAatMason. The science of investigative interviewing is reliable, effective, and applicable to sources, suspects, witnesses, and victims. It’s time for agencies to adopt science-based practices

@AmericanAir incredibly disappointed with how flight #3485 was handled this evening. Oversold and coordinated unprofessionally by gate agents. Nearly an hour delay and frustrated pilots, attendants, passengers.

This is a very important story that anyone who has a loved one who suffers from mental illness should read. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

As @CDCgov wrote in 23: "The overall % of children w/an exemption increased from 2.6% during the 21–22 school year to 3.0% during the 22–23 school year, the highest exemption rate ever reported in the US." At 5% opting out herd immunity fails-endangering kids whose parents comply

Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury found government contractor CACI liable for the torture of Iraqi men at Abu Ghraib in 2003-04 and ordered it to pay each of the three plaintiffs $3 million in compensatory damages and $11 million in punitive damages. ccrjustice.org/home/press-cen…

This weekend while out for lunch at a restaurant near Asheville, NC I sat near two Trump supporting gentleman and close enough to overhear their conversation. I used to think of them as low information, but I was wrong. These men were smart and full of information. Unfortunately, the information comes from another universe from the one that I am living in. This really was clear when they were discussing the storm and discussing how all of the information about how the Government was directing the storm to this area will come out after Trump is in office. I make this point because they were as certain in what they were discussing and intelligent in discussing it as I am certain of how wrong they are. As they both drove away in their septic tank work trucks, I realized how the Republicans won this group of hard-working Americans and it was on AM Radio. They will go turn on AM radio and receive their information about America there. I finally understand why Rush Limbaugh and others were paid so much money to work on AM radio. We lost that battle, and we need to figure out how to reengage with these Americans across America with actual facts and in a format that they want to listen to.

Job Opening: The Congressional Research Service seeks an Analyst in Crime Policy to provide objective analysis to the U.S. Congress on the criminal, juvenile, and tribal justice systems. Salary $82k-$107k in DC area. usajobs.gov/job/812772300 @ASCRM41 @APLS41

Kudos to @meg_anders of @NPR for her excellent story on efforts to ban deception during Interrogations of minors. Many of these laws were inspired by Brendan Dassey & other false confession cases of youthful suspects. wprl.org/npr-news/2024-… @LauraNirider

I’m migrating to bluer skies. Find me @cameissner.bsky.social …

If RFK Junior eviscerates the CDC and FDA, and we get another horrific pandemic, along with outbreaks of measles and polio, we have to be able to respond to limit human damage, but to make sure people understand that it is our scientist and experts doing just that. 6

What Biden inherited was a broader set of problems, supply chain and others, driven by Covid, including inflation that beset every industrial democracy. That we emerged from it better and stronger than anyone else was not evident to a large swath of Americans. 3

IMO: Latino dealignment is a symptom of broader class dealignment. My argument, however, is that this transformation comes from electoral strategy as much as ideological shift. Dems *could* win; but they're not trying as hard as the GOP to win working class voters. 8/9

The University of Iowa is expanding services to offer short-term psychiatric care to K-12 students all across Iowa, working with school districts and families to ensure access, @BrooklynDraisey reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/11/04/ui-… via @IowaCapDispatch @Report4America

“Students are encouraged to plan ahead and make time in their schedule to vote on Election Day, or to vote early if that is more convenient,” said Rob Schweers, the communications director for the senior vice president and Provost. iowastatedaily.com/303738/news/sh…

@peterbakernyt Quid pro quo

In July, Bezos called Trump to praise his response to the assassination attempt. In August, Trump hit up Amazon's current CEO for a large check, saying it would be in the company's best interest. The CEO did not agree to make the donation. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10…

🚨New publication by the incredible Ryan Lahay🚨 Are traditional measures of cognitive load and arousal during deception valid? No! Find out what that could mean for the field here: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lc… @ontariotech_u @OT_FSSH @OTfpsych

New recs call for legal psych programs to ⬆️ diversity, ⬇️ financial barriers, and prepare students for career paths beyond academia. By addressing these recs, programs can support ECPs in a rapidly evolving field. Read Cantone et al.'s full article here buff.ly/4f3KopC

The group of scientists and economists said they feared a Trump presidency would impede progress in science and technology and in fighting climate change. nyti.ms/48kHp9A

Nothing to see here, no worries at all. Just another attempt to compromise our national security. 🤦🏻‍♂️ nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/… via @NYTimes

Don't sleep on state supreme courts! Michigan's may flip. So could Ohio's. Kentucky's may take a step left. Montana's, 2 big steps right. Right hopes to gain in North Carolina & Oklahoma. Arizona progressives aim for 1st-ever ousters. I review them all: boltsmag.org/your-state-by-…

Elon says he'll "need a lot of security" once he stops government programs that help the poor and middle class because "a lot of people are going to be upset about that."