Big Data Kane
@cmwitko.bsky.social
Political Science and Public Policy
E pluribus unum🇺🇸
Most recent coauthored book:
https://www.russellsage.org/publications/hijacking-agenda
E pluribus unum🇺🇸
Most recent coauthored book:
https://www.russellsage.org/publications/hijacking-agenda
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This. All of this. It’s not just the individual incidents. It’s the weight of all of it. Chicago is being intentionally traumatized. Repeatedly. It’s hard to describe. Kyle did it.
In last 2 months, trying to count how many days I *didn’t* hear helicopters overhead & I’m coming up w single digits.
In last 2 months, trying to count how many days I *didn’t* hear helicopters overhead & I’m coming up w single digits.
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This. All of this. It’s not just the individual incidents. It’s the weight of all of it. Chicago is being intentionally traumatized. Repeatedly. It’s hard to describe. Kyle did it.
In last 2 months, trying to count how many days I *didn’t* hear helicopters overhead & I’m coming up w single digits.
In last 2 months, trying to count how many days I *didn’t* hear helicopters overhead & I’m coming up w single digits.
Endorse. Also, make sure you go to a R1 or private for undergrad. 🥴 It helps to be born to rich parents. 😂
Only 9% of R1 faculty went to 4 year publics if I’m reading this right. I did undergrad at SUNY Plattsburgh (and got a great education) but I did go to UNC for my PhD.
Only 9% of R1 faculty went to 4 year publics if I’m reading this right. I did undergrad at SUNY Plattsburgh (and got a great education) but I did go to UNC for my PhD.
I don't think anyone should enter into a PhD program (unless you're trying to scam a free MA) given the dismal state of academia. But if you do, absolutely do not apply to any program that does not prominently display its placement record. Those places are a waste of your time.
Important—and sobering—findings about the state of the discipline and the academy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Endorse. Also, make sure you go to a R1 or private for undergrad. 🥴 It helps to be born to rich parents. 😂
Only 9% of R1 faculty went to 4 year publics if I’m reading this right. I did undergrad at SUNY Plattsburgh (and got a great education) but I did go to UNC for my PhD.
Only 9% of R1 faculty went to 4 year publics if I’m reading this right. I did undergrad at SUNY Plattsburgh (and got a great education) but I did go to UNC for my PhD.
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Happy Veterans Day.
One-fourth of federal workers are veterans.
Trump has literally decimated the federal workforce over the last nine months. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
One-fourth of federal workers are veterans.
Trump has literally decimated the federal workforce over the last nine months. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Has Forced Out An Alarming Number Of Federal Workers — And Now We Have An Exact Number
“The performance of our government across the board is being diminished,” warned Max Stier, CEO of Partnership for Public Service.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happy Veterans Day.
One-fourth of federal workers are veterans.
Trump has literally decimated the federal workforce over the last nine months. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
One-fourth of federal workers are veterans.
Trump has literally decimated the federal workforce over the last nine months. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
I wish all the veterans out there a good one. This is a picture of my father back in the day.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I wish all the veterans out there a good one. This is a picture of my father back in the day.
Interesting bond proposal to provide funding for scientific research.
Vote ID and a research funding bond are two propositions that could appear on California’s 2026 ballot?
What propositions might appear on California’s 2026 ballots?
Vote ID and a research funding bond are two propositions that could appear on California’s 2026 ballot?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Interesting bond proposal to provide funding for scientific research.
Chuck Schumer is not a wartime consigliere.
Godfather Tom Hagen GIF
ALT: Godfather Tom Hagen GIF
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November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Chuck Schumer is not a wartime consigliere.
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I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Shutdown Surrender
I just... I mean... Whatever.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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University of California President James B. Milliken writes about how science funding and immigration fuel America’s innovation - and how they’re now at risk. Read the op-ed. ⤵️
Contributor: Science funding and immigration fuel America's innovation. They're at risk
The symbiotic relationship between the federal government and our universities — one that has delivered so much for America, its people and its economy — is now at risk.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
University of California President James B. Milliken writes about how science funding and immigration fuel America’s innovation - and how they’re now at risk. Read the op-ed. ⤵️
Good points
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good points
The fundamental issue is that Democrats wants government programs to exist and work, and Republicans don’t. So, they are just not playing on a level field with the shut downs. They have very asymmetric preferences. Yes Schumer is weak but that is almost irrelevant.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The fundamental issue is that Democrats wants government programs to exist and work, and Republicans don’t. So, they are just not playing on a level field with the shut downs. They have very asymmetric preferences. Yes Schumer is weak but that is almost irrelevant.
Working the refs works. Just ask coach K or Donald Trump, who has worked the media so hard they simply can’t cover politics at all objectively. The government is fighting tooth and nail to deprive people of food. This is some dark, sick stuff.
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Working the refs works. Just ask coach K or Donald Trump, who has worked the media so hard they simply can’t cover politics at all objectively. The government is fighting tooth and nail to deprive people of food. This is some dark, sick stuff.
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"appearing to close his eyes" guys what are we doing here
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"appearing to close his eyes" guys what are we doing here
Using hunger as a weapon against your own people/tactic of political negotiation is evil. Full stop. Stalin and others have done the same. Let’s not let this be normalized.
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Using hunger as a weapon against your own people/tactic of political negotiation is evil. Full stop. Stalin and others have done the same. Let’s not let this be normalized.
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We're closing on two months of one person single-handedly shuttering Congress. This is beyond absurd. No one should be able to do this.
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We're closing on two months of one person single-handedly shuttering Congress. This is beyond absurd. No one should be able to do this.
It has never been more apparent in my lifetime that the people in power simply do not care at all about the wellbeing of Average Americans
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
It has never been more apparent in my lifetime that the people in power simply do not care at all about the wellbeing of Average Americans
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Republicans have been warning about socialism for years, but it turns out the call was coming from inside the house.
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Republicans have been warning about socialism for years, but it turns out the call was coming from inside the house.
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Just posted on @3streamsblog.bsky.social from @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social on the Mamdani win in New York cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/zoh...
Zohran Mamdani and the Other “Boy Mayor”
What today’s mayor-elect can learn from the ghosts of New York City government
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November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just posted on @3streamsblog.bsky.social from @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social on the Mamdani win in New York cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/zoh...
I might forget to call you on your birthday but I will be sure to call you to abuse you when I remember you were really into Rusted Root for a few months in the 90s.
a group of people are dancing on top of a desert cliff
ALT: a group of people are dancing on top of a desert cliff
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November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I might forget to call you on your birthday but I will be sure to call you to abuse you when I remember you were really into Rusted Root for a few months in the 90s.
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One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP.
The Dems have won the popular vote in presidential elections six times since 1992 by roughly 5.5%(1992), 8.5%,(1996) .5%(2000), 7.3%(2008), 4%(2012), 2%(2016),and 4.5%(2020).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP.
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This is how personalistic autocracies operate. Here in the USA.
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is how personalistic autocracies operate. Here in the USA.
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"Economic populism" has become completely divorced from policy. Vance cheered on and supported Trump's "big, beautiful bill," perhaps the most regressive piece of domestic legislation in recent history, featuring tax cuts for the rich and benefit cuts for the poor. He does say "elites" a lot tho.
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Economic populism" has become completely divorced from policy. Vance cheered on and supported Trump's "big, beautiful bill," perhaps the most regressive piece of domestic legislation in recent history, featuring tax cuts for the rich and benefit cuts for the poor. He does say "elites" a lot tho.
I’m old enough to remember when people said “we just need some good billionaires to buy media companies.” 😵💫Nobody becomes a billionaire by being altruistic.
Mr. Obama sir we tried to tell you that you were running with a bad crowd (billionaires), they’re bad news
www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I’m old enough to remember when people said “we just need some good billionaires to buy media companies.” 😵💫Nobody becomes a billionaire by being altruistic.
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Anonymous billionaires funding the army and the police should be a leading story in the US. It seems less than alarmist to say these are signs of oligarchy.
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.
Nation's largest fleet of police Cybertrucks to patrol Las Vegas
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Anonymous billionaires funding the army and the police should be a leading story in the US. It seems less than alarmist to say these are signs of oligarchy.
I thought America was going to be great, and meanwhile Canadians are beating us in our national pastime.
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I thought America was going to be great, and meanwhile Canadians are beating us in our national pastime.