Maya Sen
@mayasen.bsky.social
Professor, Harvard Kennedy School | Speaking in a personal capacity | https://msen.scholars.harvard.edu/
@stevevladeck.bsky.social has a piece on this
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
@stevevladeck.bsky.social has a piece on this
Eviscerating Congressional established agencies? No problem
Moving $40 billion from account A to account B? Whoa there, hold your horses
Moving $40 billion from account A to account B? Whoa there, hold your horses
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Eviscerating Congressional established agencies? No problem
Moving $40 billion from account A to account B? Whoa there, hold your horses
Moving $40 billion from account A to account B? Whoa there, hold your horses
Reposted by Maya Sen
But basically this agreement reads to me like one where the administration recognizes they are losing and are desperate to sign any deal to notch a win.
Many of the most dangerous elements from the Columbia and Brown deals (and the proposed deals with Harvard and UCLA) are missing from this one.
Many of the most dangerous elements from the Columbia and Brown deals (and the proposed deals with Harvard and UCLA) are missing from this one.
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
But basically this agreement reads to me like one where the administration recognizes they are losing and are desperate to sign any deal to notch a win.
Many of the most dangerous elements from the Columbia and Brown deals (and the proposed deals with Harvard and UCLA) are missing from this one.
Many of the most dangerous elements from the Columbia and Brown deals (and the proposed deals with Harvard and UCLA) are missing from this one.
As always, spot on in your analysis, Joey
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As always, spot on in your analysis, Joey
Enduring 3-4 years in an inhospitable ideological climate is apparently a huge ask in exchange for decades of political power
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Enduring 3-4 years in an inhospitable ideological climate is apparently a huge ask in exchange for decades of political power
Yeah when demand for highly talented conservatives > supply, then you get pretty unqualified people in key roles
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Yeah when demand for highly talented conservatives > supply, then you get pretty unqualified people in key roles
There’s never been a better time to be a young well-educated conservative
demand for them across every area of expertise (legal, economic, scientific) vastly outstrips supply
Maybe cool it a bit with the victim mentality?
demand for them across every area of expertise (legal, economic, scientific) vastly outstrips supply
Maybe cool it a bit with the victim mentality?
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There’s never been a better time to be a young well-educated conservative
demand for them across every area of expertise (legal, economic, scientific) vastly outstrips supply
Maybe cool it a bit with the victim mentality?
demand for them across every area of expertise (legal, economic, scientific) vastly outstrips supply
Maybe cool it a bit with the victim mentality?
Also if you're an economist who thinks this is all insane, you've got to be feeling pretty relieved following that oral argument
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Also if you're an economist who thinks this is all insane, you've got to be feeling pretty relieved following that oral argument
And funny
Humor in a political candidate is completely underrated
Humor in a political candidate is completely underrated
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
And funny
Humor in a political candidate is completely underrated
Humor in a political candidate is completely underrated
He’s part of your brand now, guys
You can ignore this issue and let Fox News and Trump turn him into a bogeyman
Or you can take control the narrative and make him a communicator on economic populism and working class issues
You can ignore this issue and let Fox News and Trump turn him into a bogeyman
Or you can take control the narrative and make him a communicator on economic populism and working class issues
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
He’s part of your brand now, guys
You can ignore this issue and let Fox News and Trump turn him into a bogeyman
Or you can take control the narrative and make him a communicator on economic populism and working class issues
You can ignore this issue and let Fox News and Trump turn him into a bogeyman
Or you can take control the narrative and make him a communicator on economic populism and working class issues
Wouldn’t be an issue if we had a working national legislature!
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wouldn’t be an issue if we had a working national legislature!
Basically all everyone is doing now is using whatever models you have (legal, partisan, ideological, personal) to guess the four swings - JR, ACB, and maybe NG and BK - depending on the issue and to see if you can pick off 2
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Basically all everyone is doing now is using whatever models you have (legal, partisan, ideological, personal) to guess the four swings - JR, ACB, and maybe NG and BK - depending on the issue and to see if you can pick off 2
Yeah there’s a well trodden foreign policy deference to the govt and upholding Trump’s ability on tarrifs would fit with that, and Kavanaugh has basically telegraphed this
So you’d need 2 of ACB, NG, and JR
law is endogenous to politics obvs, but this isn’t clear cut predictively
So you’d need 2 of ACB, NG, and JR
law is endogenous to politics obvs, but this isn’t clear cut predictively
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yeah there’s a well trodden foreign policy deference to the govt and upholding Trump’s ability on tarrifs would fit with that, and Kavanaugh has basically telegraphed this
So you’d need 2 of ACB, NG, and JR
law is endogenous to politics obvs, but this isn’t clear cut predictively
So you’d need 2 of ACB, NG, and JR
law is endogenous to politics obvs, but this isn’t clear cut predictively
I think lawyers see this case as less clear cut than do others
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I think lawyers see this case as less clear cut than do others