Quality of decisions made by CDC #vaccine advisers has nose-dived, former voting members say
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices policymaking maturity rating fell from an overall score of 100% to 58% from April to September this year.
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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices policymaking maturity rating fell from an overall score of 100% to 58% from April to September this year.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Clearly one of the casualties of the death of legislative policymaking is the death of reporters' ability to understand legislative policymaking.
This "analysis" is breathtakingly illiterate and ahistorical.
So, a Monday for the New York Times.
This "analysis" is breathtakingly illiterate and ahistorical.
So, a Monday for the New York Times.
The ACA was gutted by Democrats. you can argue those key democrats could've been siding with what many see as the more liberal/patient centered options. or you could say it was unfortunate that Dems didnt have 60+ more liberal senators.
but it was Democrats.
but it was Democrats.
Ok, but maybe you need to re-work that a bit. Also, you could also acknowledge that the original ACA was gutted by Republicans before it was finally passed, which is partly why it has been a problem for some.
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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On Maslow's hierarchy and our new political era in which policy will not be the dominant framework for understanding American politics. When the mechanisms of governing and policymaking are broken, debating policy is like arguing about where we want to drive a car that won't start. But don't fret...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The overthrow of the Trump regime is the first step towards any kind of actual leftist policymaking in the United States
Seven million people in the streets demanding the deposition of Trump is a good thing, actually!
Cops mostly not standing in the way of this effort: also good!
Seven million people in the streets demanding the deposition of Trump is a good thing, actually!
Cops mostly not standing in the way of this effort: also good!
October 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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📘 Delighted that my first peer-reviewed article has been published @bjpir.bsky.social
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🏴🏴🇬🇧 It explores the accountability of intergovernmental policymaking between Scotland, Wales and UK.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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We can't necessarily blame the collapse of civic education but it certainly does not help that most Americans have no idea how national security policymaking works or ought to work in a democracy
Now that Trump has illegally bombed a seventh boat in the Caribbean, please note this: Rep Adam Smith, ranking Dem on Armed Services, tells me that *at no point* have officials given lawmakers even the most basic information about these extrajudicial murders:
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October 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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I know it's been repeated a lot 'round these ways, but it's worth noting again that the average person should always be wary of any proposed bill that props itself up with "child safety" or any morality policing at its core.
It's always a cover-up for more invasive and destructive policymaking.
It's always a cover-up for more invasive and destructive policymaking.
Michigan has a similar bill, House Bill 4938, that is also seeking the same goals!
VPN usage at risk in Michigan under new proposed adult content law
The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" would force internet service providers to monitor and block VPN connections
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October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Every single one of the academic and professional enablers of Bhattacharya, Makary, Prasad, and by extension RFK Jr should be asked to account for the devastating consequences of their contrarianism, their asinine epistemic overreach, their refusal to listen to disabled people/patients.
October 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Parliamentary committee says about the government’s restrictions on refugee family reunion rights that immigration policymaking “too frequently react[s] to events, rather than proceeding from rigorous analysis and supported by evidence” and accuses govt of “policymaking by press release” >
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October 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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What happens if the A.I. bubble bursts? Today on The Bunker, Seth Thévos is joined by Ryan Cummings, chief of staff at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policymaking, to ask whether the future of A.I. could trigger the next big economic crash. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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What happens if the A.I. bubble bursts? Today on The Bunker, Seth Thévos is joined by Ryan Cummings, chief of staff at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policymaking, to ask whether the future of A.I. could trigger the next big economic crash. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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October 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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"institutions are the cornerstone of evidence-based policymaking, yet events in the United States have exposed how fragile that independence can be"
On strengthening the indepence of the ONS, Office for Budget Responsibility, Food Standards Agency, MHRA, Met Office, UKRI, Natural England, and UKHSA
On strengthening the indepence of the ONS, Office for Budget Responsibility, Food Standards Agency, MHRA, Met Office, UKRI, Natural England, and UKHSA
How safe are UK research institutions from politicisation?
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@chrischirp.bsky.social & have have written a new blog for LSE on our report
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How safe are UK research institutions from politicisation? - Impact of Social Sciences
New research finds the arm's length bodies that underpin UK research run the risk of politicisation unless they are put on a firmer footing.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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1. Wealth inequality leads to increased power and influence of elites, particularly in areas like policymaking.
2. Wealth inequality permits the superrich to engage in excessive highly carbon intensive consumption, such as the use of private jets.
2. Wealth inequality permits the superrich to engage in excessive highly carbon intensive consumption, such as the use of private jets.
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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While the shutdown drags into week four, essential economic data collection has been suspended. That means blind policymaking while families feel the effects. Dems say restore operations now.
#DataVacuum #ProtectWorkingFamilies
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#DataVacuum #ProtectWorkingFamilies
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October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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This thread is the angriest I've ever seen 4 people completely agreeing with each other. At first glance I thought there was an enormous barney going on.
(FAOD - The 'health surcharge' is a disgraceful snide bit of policymaking and variations of 'fraudulently described tax' are perfectly fine)
(FAOD - The 'health surcharge' is a disgraceful snide bit of policymaking and variations of 'fraudulently described tax' are perfectly fine)
October 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Still time to apply for this exciting @ukri.org Engaging with government course 2026 ~ deadline October 30th
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October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes Jose Marichal. In an increasingly irrational environment, tech policymakers need to broaden their views of policymaking, moving away from pure rationality towards storytelling, he says.
We Aren’t Ready to Live in a World of Algorithmic Enchantment | TechPolicy.Press
New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes José Marichal.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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We're so used to such vast presidential-driven policymaking, and it's hard to make talk of budgets and appropriations and legislative procedure sound compelling. But usurping the power of the purse is probably the most critical load-bearing pillar of the Constitution he's destroyed.
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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The news that Ashley Tellis, an Indian-born foreign policy strategist and a leading expert on U.S. and South Asian affairs, has been arrested sent shockwaves in policymaking in Washington,
Is Ashley Tellis Really a China Spy?
Chinese analysts see a tragic irony in the arrest of Tellis – the architect of the India-U.S. “alliance” aimed at countering China – on national security charges.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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While I agree in principle that the modern Congress has become dangerously deferential to the executive branch - and outsourced too much policymaking power there - it is also the case that 21st century policymaking can't be as centered in the legislature as 18th and 19th c framers hoped it would be.
October 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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📊 World Statistics Day 2025 | We at LISER reaffirm our commitment to advancing evidence-based policymaking through rigorous research, data collection, and analysis.
🔗 Learn more about our data-driven approach: www.liser.lu/policy-lab
🔗 Learn more about our data-driven approach: www.liser.lu/policy-lab
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes José Marichal. In an increasingly irrational environment, tech policymakers need to broaden their views of policymaking, moving away from pure rationality towards storytelling, he says.
We Aren’t Ready to Live in a World of Algorithmic Enchantment | TechPolicy.Press
New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes José Marichal.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Strategic foresight is an emerging policymaking tool that helps governments prepare for complex future scenarios, strengthening resilience, safeguarding the environment, and boosting performance.
October 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes José Marichal. In an increasingly irrational environment, tech policymakers need to broaden their views of policymaking, moving away from pure rationality towards storytelling, he says.
We Aren’t Ready to Live in a World of Algorithmic Enchantment | TechPolicy.Press
New, creative thinking is needed to address the tech policy challenges of the coming decade, writes José Marichal.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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How much individuals pay in tax, and how much they claim in benefits, is more influenced *by* the health of the country's economy that it determines the health of the country's economy.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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These large national cohorts provided data that supported healthcare policymaking across the public and private sectors. They were some of the most important works that only CDC was able to perform - and execute well - as a nationally representative survey.
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CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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