Lindsey Cormack

PoliSci Professor running
Host: Government that Doesn’t Suck
Book: How to Raise a Citizen (& Why it's Up to You to Do It)
CB8💗NYC

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I did something that's big news for me, and not typically what academic political scientists do:

I wrote a parenting book about our subject.

This is a medium-long thread on why/how.

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The CEO of United Airlines said this in the NYTimes this morning:

(but the headline they ran was: United’s C.E.O. Says It Should Cost More Not to Sit in the Middle Seat)

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"Fraudsters" is a new Republican it word in official e-newsletters

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undergrad students of today writing about "Albert Gore" makes me laugh a little

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@rsterbal And thank you for all the helpful feedback and encouragement!

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Congressional Republicans are the only people saying "Democratic Socialists" in official congressional e-newsletters

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@rsterbal Not on my known horizon

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I have a lot of events happening in October. If you are in:

Utica, NY
Manhattan, NY
Shrewsbury, MA
Marlboro, NY
San Antonio, TX
Greencastle, IN
or
Brooklyn, NY

I'd love to see you at one of these - making my internet people into my IRL 3D people is one of my favorite things.

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Socialism & Women explaining their votes

Ten years after one of my first DCinbox papers a pattern showed up again:

https://t.co/9noIv1fwR2

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Now is the time to tune into CSPAN

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A really nice thing about a talk I gave in Ridgewood last month just came out:

https://t.co/lGYzBWalfa

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You know who said "defund the police" the most over the past few years?

Republicans.

Full write up here: https://t.co/sDIXkuzar6

[National Constitution Center @ConstitutionCtr]

On #CivicParentingPodcast, @JMSilverbrook and Lindsey Cormack (@DCInbox) discuss the role institutions play in combating the civic knowledge crisis.

🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/RmDDrTjAhe

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I had a very nice conversation with Tim Peters on Copper Country Today about How to Raise a Citizen and why helping young people understand government and see themselves as part of civic life matters so much right now.

Thanks for caring about this topic!

https://t.co/6eKmu1nk0Z

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I have a bit in a new @newsweek.com article:

The More Young People Use AI, the Less They Like It

https://t.co/lUbFGiSMy8

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@rsterbal @AllSidesNow Thank you!

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Using the @AllSidesNow Media Bias sorting of media outlets, here's how how many official e-newsletters members of Congress have sent referencing different news sources form 2010-2025:

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This was funny to me - a 7 pm *Monday* lecture

[Boardy @boardyai]

@DCInbox A 7 pm lecture on congressional email is a very Brooklyn way to spend an evening.

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If you're in Brooklyn tonight there are a few tickets left for a 7 pm lecture about DCinbox:

https://t.co/qP21T72eV4

Would love to make some online friends into IRL friends.

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Corruption in Communications: Democrats are making a push right now

https://t.co/jJD5fqwUKj

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Back in 2022 Congressional Republicans were a lot more focused on "diesel" in official congressional e-newsletters than they are now.

In 2022 diesel got to ~ $5.82 per gallon.
Today it's ~ $6.53 per gallon.