Stuart Shapiro

@stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social

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Dean of Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Obsessed with baseball, basketball, regulation, TV

Stuart S. Shapiro is a producer, writer, director, and Internet entrepreneur. Shapiro began his career as an independent film distributor in 1974 by starting International Harmony which distributed cult classics TunnelVision, Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps, Bob Marley's Reggae Sunsplash, The Sex Pistols' DOA, and Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle. .. more

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Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 1h

I agree with your explanation for the vast bulk of Trump voters and that we have not undergone a realignment. I think the tipping point voters though were swayed by inflation and the general anti-incumbency sentiment worldwide. Both now work against Trump.

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River Ave. Blues @riveraveblues.bsky.social · 3h

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 4h

Yep

Alexandra Jordan MD @alexandrajordanmd.bsky.social · 4h

This is gonna have apocalyptic effects in places like southwestern Ohio, where we’ve got a higher percentage of foreign medical grads doing the work than the 25% that this article cites…

'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?

Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.

www.npr.org

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4h

The Myth of a Rightward Realignment

Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.

As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:

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The Myth of a Rightward Realignment

Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment

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Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 5h

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 23h

But as @joshtpm.bsky.social points out he has also cut back on the golf. Maybe the surest sign something is up.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1d

Probably goes without saying but I'll say it anyway: The rhetoric of the next Democratic president will matter a lot. How she talks about government, its importance, and its performance -- this will carry a lot of influence with the public after their experience of authoritarian GOP administrations.

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Rutgers Bloustein School @bloustein.rutgers.edu · 1d

Join us on Zoom for the next Rutgers Health Management Perspectives Lecture on December 3, 12:00 noon. We will be hosting Wansoo Im, PhD, Professor, Department of Population Health, Meharry Medical College. Register at go.rutgers.edu/halectureseries.

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Rutgers Bloustein School @bloustein.rutgers.edu · 1d

Soumitra Bhuyan, Executive Director of Health Administration Programs co-edited a #textbook titled Fundamentals of Healthcare Management: Theory and Practice with Kevin Broom (University of Pittsburgh). bloustein.rutgers.edu/bhuyan-broom...

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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:

People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem

Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.

www.theatlantic.com

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 1d

Jose Reyes?

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 1d

Can they now take the small step to talk about his mental acuity?

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 1d

"You'll be visited by three spirits"

The three spirits:

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 2d

New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.

Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Presidential Control of the Civil Service

<p>Conventional wisdom treats the federal civil service as largely beyond the president’s reach. This Article challenges that assumption. Legal scholars too oft

papers.ssrn.com

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New Jersey State Policy Lab @njpolicylab.bsky.social · 2d

💵 Gov. Murphy announced $150M in municipal infrastructure grants for Fiscal Year 2026; 🔒 state senators introduce amendments to Daniel's Law, a data privacy bill enacted in 2023; 🧑‍💼the #NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Development announced $3M in grant funding for the CARE program:

Gov. Murphy Announces $150M in Municipal Infrastructure Grants for FY 2026 – NJ State Policy Updates - New Jersey State Policy Lab

Public Administration Gov. Murphy Announces $150 Million in Municipal Aid Grants for Fiscal Year 2026 - On November 17, Governor Phil Murphy announced that the state is allocating $150 million in Muni...

policylab.rutgers.edu

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 2d

This doesn't make capitalism the best we could possibly have it!

The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 3d

It also means that in competitive (or even mildly competitive) seats Republicans won't have a significant incumbency advantage.

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 3d

The report itself is here: www.nationalacademies.org/read/29231

Alan Leshner, Alex Helman, André Porter, and Katie Wullert, Editors

www.nationalacademies.org

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 3d

Earlier this fall, the National Academy of Sciences wrote a report on streamlining regulation of university research. I was lucky enough to be on the committee. My blog for @theregreview.bsky.social on the report is here: www.theregreview.org/2025/11/24/s...

Research Regulatory Burden Redux | The Regulatory Review

Greater regulation of university speech and research threatens U.S supremacy in higher education.

www.theregreview.org

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 3d

She even sort of has a super villain name

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 3d

I'm a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk Charlie Brown

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3d

That's not a knife Charlie Brown. *This* is a knife.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3d

That's not a knife Charlie Brown. *This* is a knife.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!

CHOAM for the holidays @samthielman.com · 3d

This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown

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Richard Staff @richstaff.bsky.social · 3d

Brandon Nimmo is the first millionaire to flee Zohran Mamdani's Communist New York City

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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 4d

Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 4d

One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 4d

I keep hearing from people who cancelled their @washingtonpost.com subscriptions. I hope they will reconsider. As stories like this show, the WaPo is still doing great journalism and holding power to account. Please support its vital journalistic mission. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats

The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.

www.washingtonpost.com

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 4d

Marcy's take is much better and ties together the three most confusing things going on!

"Groceries," and Other Secrets of Managing Donald Trump - emptywheel

Three developments that have befuddled observers -- Trump's fawning praise of Zohran Mamdani, Kirill Dmitriev's latest success at manipulating Trump advisors, and Marjorie Taylor Greene's departure --...

www.emptywheel.net

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 4d

Hello darkness my old friend.
I've come to speak with you again.

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 4d

Woody Allen, "I tried becoming an atheist but then I realized they don't have any holidays."

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4d

Every 2-4 years, a bunch of left-wing populists have the brilliant thought “Hey, what if people’s resentment of social minorities is actually just sublimated resentment for capitalist elites?” and then we get to spend 2-4 years once again learning that no, it’s very much the reverse

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Rutgers Bloustein School @bloustein.rutgers.edu · 4d

Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill announced an ambitious and collaborative initiative to chart a bold course for New Jersey’s future. Bloustein professor Carl Van Horn and alumnus Christiana Foglio, MCRP ’86 were named to two of the transition teams. Read the full release: https://bit.ly/49zGEw7

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