Lindsey Cormack

I did something that's big news for me, and not typically what academic political scientists do: I wrote a parenting book about our subject. This is a medium-long thread on why/how.

@Nolan_Mc + 20 minutes on the wrong password rigamarole

I bet the young academics on this site don't realize there was a time where you could simply review a paper rather than spending the first 20 minutes updating your profile on editorial manager.

@suetheob yeah in a special election similar to Letlow, Dingell, Matsui

@DCInbox Sony Bono’s wife filled out some of his term after he died.

Darline Graham Nordone is the first *sister* ever to be appointed to fill her deceased brother’s vacant U.S. Senate seat. She’s also the first woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate. Usually if a grieving relative is selected, it’s a widow… A short thread:

thanks for reading my little Women in politics history

House seats are not be filled by appointment. But Julia Letlow who serves right now won a special election for the seat after her husband, Luke, was elected to Congress in 2020 and died from COVID-19 complications before he was seated.

I know there are mixed feelings around the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, but is anyone else like at all wondering if the timing and style of this (coming right after he returned from Ukraine + short fatal illness) points to some sort of Russian actor + poison?

The E15 Exception: The Year-Round Fuel Fight in the 119th Congress It’s 🌽! dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/the-e15-exce…

I had such a fun conversation with @coreysnathan on Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other. We talked powerlifting, founding cross-fitters, parenting, and why democracy depends on people actually knowing how to use it. It's all here: youtube.com/watch?v=4janQB…

@CalebJSmith Oh thank you! And please know that I’m always open for suggestions on topics and how to make this better

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This is the introductory episode of our new show, Government that Doesn’t Suck! open.spotify.com/episode/2vHdpe…

Right as I was starting DCinbox, Lisa Murkowski won reelection as a write-in candidate to the Senate from Alaska after losing the Republican primary. Just saying.

Maine is a great Summer state, but I’m really happy that I don’t have to be someone who’s making consequential decisions there right now.

This is the introductory episode of our new show, Government That Doesn’t Suck! open.spotify.com/episode/2vHdpe…

Started the day in independence hall, Ended it under Washington in NYC