John Cluverius
@johncluverius.bsky.social
Political scientist, professor, pollster, parent, partner. Pro-choice, pro-union, and pro-orca.
“If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
All statements are personal opinions, not reflective of university positions.
“If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
All statements are personal opinions, not reflective of university positions.
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Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
Listen I might only be making 5% of the food but I’m a fucking wizard at anticipatory dishwashing and refrigerator Tetris
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Listen I might only be making 5% of the food but I’m a fucking wizard at anticipatory dishwashing and refrigerator Tetris
Love to see a narrative where an admitted adderall user is too fucking stupid to realize the man in her life is not actually hot & cold with her he just is a privileged man with moderate untreated adhd
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Love to see a narrative where an admitted adderall user is too fucking stupid to realize the man in her life is not actually hot & cold with her he just is a privileged man with moderate untreated adhd
I mean my friends are aware of this, but I quote Rumsfeld *all the time*
A goofy quirk of this cultural moment is how rolling Trumpisms into your everyday speech is way more common among the left than the right
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I mean my friends are aware of this, but I quote Rumsfeld *all the time*
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NEW: 80 ice cream workers across 8 locations of Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream in Columbus, Ohio are unionizing with UFCW.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
NEW: 80 ice cream workers across 8 locations of Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream in Columbus, Ohio are unionizing with UFCW.
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Sorry to sound like Ezra Klein but there is one person who does politics (celebrity politics) the right way in this country and that’s Sabrina carpenter
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sorry to sound like Ezra Klein but there is one person who does politics (celebrity politics) the right way in this country and that’s Sabrina carpenter
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
The best part of my job is the fairy godmother shit. Yes you can have these data and guess what it has a highly relevant variable for you. Yes I will holler at my former student about your internship app. Yes I will ask my friend in admissions to give your file a good look. Yes you are crushing it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The best part of my job is the fairy godmother shit. Yes you can have these data and guess what it has a highly relevant variable for you. Yes I will holler at my former student about your internship app. Yes I will ask my friend in admissions to give your file a good look. Yes you are crushing it.
From the smells in my neighborhood, at least one of my neighbors is preparing some savory dish and at least one is doing epic bong rips. Reasonably certain it’s the same household.
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
From the smells in my neighborhood, at least one of my neighbors is preparing some savory dish and at least one is doing epic bong rips. Reasonably certain it’s the same household.
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I got the opportunity to share my thoughts on @jhppl.bsky.social’s 50th birthday, how health policy scholars can face this difficult moment, and my aspirations for the journal.
Today on the blog:
A Q&A with Sarah Gollust, editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law in celebration of 50 years of the journal: buff.ly/5rp6FVJ
@jhppl.bsky.social
A Q&A with Sarah Gollust, editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law in celebration of 50 years of the journal: buff.ly/5rp6FVJ
@jhppl.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I got the opportunity to share my thoughts on @jhppl.bsky.social’s 50th birthday, how health policy scholars can face this difficult moment, and my aspirations for the journal.
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One of the central problems with opinion polling in West Virginia, and even more so with national polls about West Virginians, is that they represent a few folks from our larger cities. West Virginia is a hard place to poll for geographical and infrastructure reasons. Quick 🧵. 🏛️🌐🗺️
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of the central problems with opinion polling in West Virginia, and even more so with national polls about West Virginians, is that they represent a few folks from our larger cities. West Virginia is a hard place to poll for geographical and infrastructure reasons. Quick 🧵. 🏛️🌐🗺️
It’s got that jiggle. Again, thank you @hels.bsky.social .
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s got that jiggle. Again, thank you @hels.bsky.social .
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Great news for all who care about telling the truth & the full story of American history. The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till died is now owned by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center thanks to a major donation from Shonda Rhimes. It will open as a memorial by 2039.
New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site
The new owner of the Mississippi barn where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed is to be opened as a memorial site by 2030.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Great news for all who care about telling the truth & the full story of American history. The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till died is now owned by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center thanks to a major donation from Shonda Rhimes. It will open as a memorial by 2039.
Happy start your dry turkey brine day to all to celebrate.
It’s also double stock day!
It’s also double stock day!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Happy start your dry turkey brine day to all to celebrate.
It’s also double stock day!
It’s also double stock day!
i am unabashedly an R1 and TLJ defender, but I also admit these are elevated in my mind because Andor really lifts up R1 and ROS' retconning of so much TLJ makes me like TLJ more.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i am unabashedly an R1 and TLJ defender, but I also admit these are elevated in my mind because Andor really lifts up R1 and ROS' retconning of so much TLJ makes me like TLJ more.
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Ex) maybe now controversial to point out, but before she was fired by billionaires (Pritzker, ackman), Claudine Gay courted them hard
She even renamed Harvard’s graduate school after a billionaire. It’s her one signature accomplishment!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023...
She even renamed Harvard’s graduate school after a billionaire. It’s her one signature accomplishment!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023...
Hedge Fund CEO Ken Griffin ’89 Makes $300M Donation to FAS, Harvard to Rename GSAS in His Honor | News | The Harvard Crimson
Billionaire hedge fund CEO and Republican megadonor Kenneth C. Griffin ’89 donated $300 million to Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the University announced Tuesday morning. Harvard will rename...
www.thecrimson.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ex) maybe now controversial to point out, but before she was fired by billionaires (Pritzker, ackman), Claudine Gay courted them hard
She even renamed Harvard’s graduate school after a billionaire. It’s her one signature accomplishment!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023...
She even renamed Harvard’s graduate school after a billionaire. It’s her one signature accomplishment!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023...
Literally a co-author on a study that says Vaccines produce higher levels of COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies than infection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Population-based serosurveys for SARS-CoV-2 transmission 2021–2022, Massachusetts USA
SARS-CoV-2 has been responsible for extensive morbidity and mortality in Massachusetts, especially during the 2021–2022 time period. The true burden o…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Literally a co-author on a study that says Vaccines produce higher levels of COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies than infection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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One of the worst trends in American society over the past few decades has been the increased obsession w/ Ivy League degrees. We’re much less of a meritocracy as a society than we were before this & both parties are to blame. A nice reform for Dems would be to become less Ivy League-obsessed.
"attending an Ivy-Plus college instead of the average flagship public college increases students- chances of reaching the top 1% of the earnings distribution by 50%, nearly doubles their chances of attending an elite graduate school, and almost triples their chances of working at a prestigious firm"
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
One of the worst trends in American society over the past few decades has been the increased obsession w/ Ivy League degrees. We’re much less of a meritocracy as a society than we were before this & both parties are to blame. A nice reform for Dems would be to become less Ivy League-obsessed.
Political scientists don’t really think about threats of violence as a constraint on elected officials but we really need to be thinking about it this way
#NEW: Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders over Indiana redistricting. www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/…
Indiana’s governor and at least 8 lawmakers have been swatted or threatened as state Republicans...
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders this week as President Donald Trump pressures Hoosier State lawmak...
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Political scientists don’t really think about threats of violence as a constraint on elected officials but we really need to be thinking about it this way
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
I was not ready for the Tatiana Schlossberg piece. Damn.
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I was not ready for the Tatiana Schlossberg piece. Damn.
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
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Re Lizza's "catch-and-kill" offhand accusation, either
1. It's true and BOTH of them (since he knew about it) are now not-even-that-tangentially responsible for RFK's attempts to destroy public health in America
2. It's false and both of these people should never have jobs in journalism again
1. It's true and BOTH of them (since he knew about it) are now not-even-that-tangentially responsible for RFK's attempts to destroy public health in America
2. It's false and both of these people should never have jobs in journalism again
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Re Lizza's "catch-and-kill" offhand accusation, either
1. It's true and BOTH of them (since he knew about it) are now not-even-that-tangentially responsible for RFK's attempts to destroy public health in America
2. It's false and both of these people should never have jobs in journalism again
1. It's true and BOTH of them (since he knew about it) are now not-even-that-tangentially responsible for RFK's attempts to destroy public health in America
2. It's false and both of these people should never have jobs in journalism again
If I was running in TN-02 my campaign song would be “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” because despite the phd and the bow tie I’ve got some real hick preferences.
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If I was running in TN-02 my campaign song would be “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” because despite the phd and the bow tie I’ve got some real hick preferences.